Panasonic Dvd Home Theater Sound System Sc-dm3 Operating Instructions

11
RQT6220
Disc operations
Discs—Basic play
[DVD-A] [DVD-V][CD] [VCD]
Preparation
≥Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input on the
television to suit the connections for the unit.
≥Press [POWER Í/I] to turn on the unit.
1Press [DVD/CD 1] to select “DVD/CD”
as the source.
2Press [< OPEN/CLOSE] to open the
disc tray and place the disc.
Standing [12 cm (5q) disc]
Standing [8 cm (3q) disc]Lying down
Press [< OPEN/CLOSE] again to close and start play.
3If play doesn’t start after step 2...

RQT6220
12
Disc operations
Discs—Basic play
≥Starting play from a selected chapter
Press the numbered buttons and press [ENTER].
Example: Chapter 23: [2] ➡ [3] ➡ [ENTER]
(Pressing [S10] is unnecessary.)
≥Repeat play
You can use chapter repeat or title repeat (➡ page 15).
≥Program play, random play
You cannot use program play or random play.
≥The information displayed in the On-Screen Menu Icons
Total number of chapters
Note
≥If you play an MP3 track that includes still picture data, it will take
some...

13
RQT6220
Disc operations
Skipping chapters or tracks
[DVD-A] [DVD-V][CD][VCD]
During play or while paused
Press [:] or [9].≥Each press increases the number of skips.
Fast forward and rewind—SEARCH
[DVD-A] [DVD-V][CD][VCD]
During play
Press [6] or [5].
≥Press and hold [:/
X XX X
X] or [
W WW W
W/9] on the main unit.
≥Audio will be heard during search for most discs. You can turn this
audio off if you want to (➡ page 26, Audio—Audio during Search).
Slow-motion play
[DVD-A] [DVD-V][VCD]
While paused
Press...

RQT6220
14
Disc operations
192k24b 2chLPCM3/2.1 chDigitalÎ1  1 1 ENG 
Subtitles
During play
Press [SUBTITLE].
The number changes each time you press the button.
≥In some cases, the subtitle language is not changed to the
selected one immediately.
≥If the subtitles overlap closed captions recorded on discs, turn the
subtitles off.
≥Refer to [A] on page 19 for language abbreviations.
To clear/display the subtitles
1. Press [SUBTITLE].
2. Press [1].
3. Press [3, 4] to select “OFF” or “ON”.
Angles
During...

15
RQT6220
Disc operations
Discs—Convenient functions
Repeat play
[DVD-A] [DVD-V][CD] [VCD]
During play
Press [REPEAT].Each time you press the button:
[DVD-A]
≥Normal play
Track Whole group OFF
≥All group play
Track All groups OFF
≥Program play
Track Whole program OFF
≥Random play
Track All selected groups OFF
[DVD-V]
[CD] (MP3 disc)
Chapter Title OFF
[CD] [VCD](There is no on-screen display.)
Track Entire disc OFF
If the Video CD has playback control
1. Press [∫].
2. Press the numbered buttons to select...

RQT6220
16
Disc operations
Program play
[DVD-A]
[CD] [VCD] (There is no on-screen display.)
To play a maximum of 24 tracks in a programmed order
1While stopped
Press [PROGRAM] until the following
display appears.
e.g. [DVD-A]
2[DVD-A]
Press the numbered buttons to select
a group.
3Press the numbered buttons to select
a track.
≥Repeat steps 2 and 3 to program other tracks.
≥[DVD-A] To select a track using the cursor buttons
Press [ENTER] and [3, 4] to select a group or track, then
press [ENTER] again to...

17
RQT6220
Disc operations
Random play
[DVD-A] [CD] [VCD]
Remote control only
[DVD-A]
1While stopped
Press [RANDOM].
e.g. three groups
2Press [2, 1] to select a group and
press [ENTER].
≥You can select more than one group.
≥To clear a group, select it again and press [ENTER].
3Press [1 DVD/CD].Play now begins in random order.
[CD] [VCD] (There is no on-screen display.)
While stopped
Press [RANDOM].Play now begins in random order.
To cancel
Press [∫] until “RND” goes out.
Selecting groups to play
[DVD-A]...

RQT6220
18
Disc operations
Using On-Screen Menu Icons
2[Unit\information\only]
While the leftmost icon is highlighted
Press [3, 4] to select the menu.
Each time you press the button:
[>Play menu
l
l
l;:
l>Display menu
l
l
l;:
l>Audio menu
l
l
l;:
{>Video menu
3Press [2, 1] to select the item.
4Press [3, 4] to select the setting.≥Items with “3” or “4” above and below can be changed by
[3, 4].
≥Press [ENTER] if the setting does not change after pressing
[3, 4].
≥Some items require different operations....

19
RQT6220
Disc operations
e.g. [DVD-V]
Disc information
.1: Subwoofer signal(not displayed if there is no subwoofer signal)
.0: No surround
.1: Mono surround
.2: Stereo surround (left/right)
.1: Center
.2: Front leftiFront right
.3: Front leftiFront rightiCenter
[B] [B][B] [B]
[B]Signal type/data
LPCM/PPCM/ÎDigital/DTS: Signal type
k (kHz): Sampling frequency
b (bit): Number of bits ch (channel): Number of channels
  Example:
3/2 .1ch [A] [A][A] [A]
[A]Audio/Subtitle language
ENG: English
FRA: French...

RQT6220
20
Radio operations
2Press [6] or [5] to select the fre-
quency of the required station.
Press and hold [6] or [5] until the frequency starts scroll-
ing to start automatic tuning. Tuning stops when a station is
found.
3Adjust the volume.
If noise is excessive in FM
Press [SHIFT] 
i ii i
i [FM MODE] to display
“MONO”.
This mode improves sound quality if reception is weak but broad-
casts are heard in monaural.
Press [SHIFT] i [FM MODE] again to cancel the mode.
The mode is also canceled when you...