Panasonic 42"50" Class 720p Plasma Hdtv Tc P42x5 Owners Manual

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Getting started
 Connections
  AV cable connection
Best
Good
Basic
(Not HD)
 To use  HDMI terminals
L
R
HDMI
AV OUT
HDMI-DVI 
Conversion cable DVI OUT
AUDIO OUTe.g. Blu-ray Disc 
player
e.g. Blu-ray Disc 
player
AV Equipment
AV Equipment
Connect to Audio input terminal  HDMI connection (p. 31)
 To use  COMPONENT terminals
L
R Y
P
B
PR
AUDIO
OUT
COMPONENT
VIDEO OUT
white red
green
blue
red
white
red green blue red
whitered
green
bluered e.g. Blu-ray Disc 
player AV Equipment
 To use  COMPOSITE...

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OK
SD/USBINPUT
MENU
OPTION
SURROUNDSLEEP
Identifying Controls
Note
 
●The TV consumes a small amount of electric energy even when turned off. 
●Do not place any objects between the TV remote control sensor and remote control.
TV controls/indicators
Front of the TV Back of the TV
Changes the input mode
Chooses Menu and 
Submenu entries
(Press and hold down for 
MENU function)
Volume up/down
Remote control sensor 
within about 23 feet (7 meters) 
in front of the TV set Selects channels 
in sequence...

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Getting started
 First Time Setup Identifying Controls
or
Turn the TV on with the POWER button
or
(Remote)
(TV)
Setup the following items
 
●Select your  language
 
●Select your viewing mode (Be sure to select “ Home Use”)
If you select “ Store Demonstration” by mistake, confirmation screen will be 
displayed.
To display the “Set viewing mode” screen again and select “Home \
Use”, perform 
“Reset to defaults” in the “Setup” menu.
 
●ANT/Cable setup
Select signal type (Over-the-air Antenna/Cable)....

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 Watching TV
OK
SLEEP
INPUT
OPTION
Turn power on(TV)
or
(Remote)Note
  Please select correct input --> INPUT 
(p. 16)
 Select a channel number
up
down or
•  CH buttons are also available on the side  of the TV. 
[For Cable/Satellite box connection]
- Use your connected box’s remote control.
 To directly enter a digital channel 
number
When tuning to a digital channel, press 
the button to enter the minor number 
in a compound channel number.
example:  CH15-1:    
 
■Other Useful Functions
Listen with...

15
Basic
 Watching TV
Change aspect ratio and Zoom the picture
 
■Press  FORMAT to cycle through the aspect modes  (p. 29)•  480i, 480p: FULL/4:3/JUST/ZOOM
•  1080p, 1080i, 720p: FULL/4:3/JUST/ZOOM/H-FULL
Use when the picture does not fill the whole screen (bars appear on eit\
her side of 
the image) or portions of the picture is trimmed.
Note
1.  Some content, such as film-based movies, are available in extra-wide for\
mat. Top 
and bottom bars are unavoidable.
2.  
Connected devices, such as...

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 Watching content from external devices
With the connected equipment turned On
Display the  Input select menu
INPUT
Select the input mode
ANT/Cable inInput select
HDMI 1
HDMI 2
Comp./Video
OK Exit
Select
(example)
 select
or
 enter
GAME
(example)Label
Press INPUT repeatedly to cycle through the available inputs. 
 
●You can label or skip each input mode
--> Input Labels (p. 24)
•  Skipped inputs will be grayed out when the INPUT button is 
pressed.
 
●During the selection, if no action is taken for...

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Basic
  Using Media player Watching TV / 
 Watching content from external devices
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. 19-20
Videos --> p. 21
Music --> p. 21Displays data information.
(File name, Date, and Size, etc.)
* Information differs depending 
on selected data. select
 OK
 select
 OK
Photos
OPTIONSD Card
EXIT
Select RETURN...

18
 Viewing Contents
Insert Media (SD card or USB flash memory)
Display Media player
SD/USB
Select Drive and Contents(Display connected drive)
 
Media player
 
Drive select
 
SD Card 
EXIT
  Select
  RETURN
 Access
 select
 OK
 
Media player
Photos Music Videos
 
Media select 
SD Card  EXIT
  Select
  RETURN
 Access
 select
 OK
Select the data (Photos/Music/Videos)Viewing of data differs depending on data storage conditions.
 Select Title/Folder
OPTION
2010/10/23
2010/11/24 2010/10/25
2010/12/012010/1...

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Basic
  Using Media player
 Photos view
[Photos thumbnail]
OPTIONSD Card
EXIT
Select RETURN
Media player  Photos All photos
Info
View
Slideshow settingsSlideshow View Select Drive select Media select
[Features]
 
●Slideshow   
 
●View select  
 
●Drive select  
 
●Media select  
[Photos playback screen]
Next
Prev. RotateRETURNStop
Single view
 
 Stop  EXIT
 Select
 
RETURN
Single view
Single viewSlideshow
Photo status
Single view
Stop EXIT
SelectRETURN
Rotate
Slideshow
Stop EXIT
SelectRETURN...

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Slideshow settings
 Display the “Slideshow settings” screen
Select the items and set
Slideshow settingsTransition effectDissolve
Display interval Photo size Normal5 second.RepeatOff
Background Music Off
 select
 set
Settings Item Description
Transition effect Selects the Transition effect shown between photos 
(None/Dissolve/Wipe →/Wipe ←/
Wipe ↑/Wipe  ↓/Box in/Box out/Random)
 
●Dissolve: The photo is replaced by an indefinite block unit 
●Wipe →: The next photo slides over the preceding clip from...