Panasonic 42"46"50"55" Class 1080p Plasma Hdtv Tc P42st30 Owners Manual

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Basic
 Watching TV
 
■Other Useful operations
Entering characters
You can use the remote control keys to enter the alphanumeric characters.\
 
■Switches input mode
 ABC  → abc → 123
  ↑_____________|
 
■Press each number key 
to cycle through the 
alphanumeric character 
RETURN
1 @.4 GHI7 PQRS2ABC5 JKL8 TUV3 DEF6MNO9 WXYZ0 - ,LASTSelect OK
Delete
ABC  → abc
MenuProxy settingProxy address
0
Proxy port1  4  
8
Navigation area
 
●You can also use a USB keyboard (not supplied) to enter the alphanumeri\
c...

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Using  VIERA TOOLS
 Press to exit from a menu screen
 
 Press to go back to the previous 
screen 
Display VIERA TOOLS
Select the item
 select
 next
Set each item
 3D
Change the view 3D ⇔
2D (p. 25)
  VIERA Connect
Displays VIERA Connect Home Screen for 
Enjoying Internet Services (p. 43)
  Media player
Media player (p. 26-31)
  DLNA
Using DLNA feature (p. 44)
 Game mode
Change to “Game” mode.
Picture mode (p. 49)
  VIERA Link
VIERA Link (p. 36-37)
  Eco mode
ECO/energy saving (p. 53)
VIERA TOOLS is...

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Basic
  Watching content from external devices Using VIERA TOOLS
With the connected equipment turned On
Display the  Input select menu
Select the input mode
Input selectANT/Cable In1234
HDMI 1
HDMI 2GAME
HDMI 356VideoComponent
AUX
Not used
(example)
Input label select
 enter
or
  Setup ANT/Cable (p. 46)
  Edit Device labels 
 Input labels (p. 53) (shortcut) Press the 
corresponding NUMBER button 
on the remote control to select the 
input of your choice. Or, press the 
INPUT button repeatedly, to...

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Precautions for Viewing 3D Images
 Infra-red receiver section  Do not soil the infra-red receiver section or attach stickers etc. to it\
.•  Doing so may prevent the receiver from receiving signals from the televi\
sion, which may prevent the 3D Eyewear  from operating normally.
  If the 3D Eyewear is affected by other infra-red data communication equipment, the 3D images ma\
y not be displayed 
correctly.
 Cautions During Viewing   Do not expose the infra-red receiver section to strong light such as...

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Basic
  Viewing 3D images on TV
Change the view 3D⇔2D
 
■Simply switches 3D  ⇔
 2D images (Auto mode)
 
●  Switches to Manual mode (see below)
3D format select
3D
2D
 select
 OK
(example)
 
●VIERA TOOLS -->p. 22
”3D” icon also available.
 
■Change 3D format (Manual mode)During above operation press red button and switch to manual mode.
  Display “3D format select (Manual)  Press 3D to cycle through the 3D format
3D format select (Manual)
Native
Frame sequential (3D)
Frame sequential (2D)
Side by side...

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Using  Media player
You can view still and motion images and play music saved on a USB flash \
memory and an SD card.
Basic features for Media player
 
■Available contents and features
Option menu
Photos --> p. 28-29
Videos --> p. 30
Music --> p. 31Displays data information.
(File name, Date, and Size etc.)
* Information differs depending 
on selected data. select
 OK
 select
 OK
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Photos
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Media select
Slideshow Drive select Info
SD memory card
OK
Select...

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Basic
  Using Media player
 Viewing Contents
 
■Press to exit from 
a menu screen
 
■Press to go back to 
the previous screen 
Insert Media (SD card or USB flash memory)•  Auto play setting  Image viewer auto play (p. 53)
Display Media player
Select Drive(Display connected drive)
Media player
SD memory card Drive selectOK
RETURN Select
 select
 OK
Select the Media
Media player
Photos Videos MusicSD memory card Media selectOK
RETURN Select
 select
 OK
Select the data (Photos/Videos/Music)How to view...

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 Photos view
[Photos thumbnail]sotohp llA
Photos
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Media select
Slideshow Drive select Info
SD memory card
OK
Select
RETURNSort
SUB MENU
[Features]
 
●Slideshow setting  
 
●Sort  
 
●Drive select  
 
●Media select  
*  In DMR mode, Slideshow is not 
available
DMR: Digital Media Renderer 
 p. 38
[Photos playback screen]
Next
RotateRETURN
Single view
StopPrev.2D2D/3D status
Single viewSlideshow
Photo status
Single view
NextPrev.Rotate
RETURNStop
Slideshow
NextPrev.RETURNStop...

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Basic
  Using Media player
Sort
 Display “Sort select” menu and select item
 select
 OK
Folders
Sort by date
Sort by month
 Displayed each viewSort by Date
24/11/2009 01/12/2009 03/12/2009 20/12/2009 22/12/2009 23/10/2009
25/10/2009 01/11/2009 05/11/2009 10/11/2009 22/11/2009 23/11/2009
Media player           Photos
Media select
Slideshow Drive select Info
SD memory card
OK
Select
RETURNSort
SUB MENU(e.g. Sort by date)
• Folders 
(ascending order of 
numeric/alphabetical)
•   Sort by month  (ascending...

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 Videos view
[Videos thumbnail]Titles/Folders view
Videos
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2009_9 Nature2 Nature3 Nature4 Nature5 Nature6 2009_4 2009_7 Trip1
Trip2 Trip3 Trip4 Trip5 Room Nature1
Media select
Play Drive select Info
SD memory card
OK
Select
RETURN
SUB MENU
[Features]
 
●Play  
 
●Drive select  
 
●Media select  
 
●Aspect change  
*  In DMR mode, Resume playback 
is not available
[Videos playback screen]
00:00.10
00:00.0301/04/2010  15:34
SD
00:00.10
00:00.0301/04/2010  15:34
SD
2DRETURN
Drive...