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Page 1: Operating Instructions
Please read these instruction before operating your set and retain them for future reference. English Progressive Plasma Television Operating Instructions Pedestal stand shown above is optional extra. TH-37PA20 Model No. TH-42PA20 TQBC0627-2... -
Page 2: Tqbc0627
Dear Panasonic Customer Welcome to the Panasonic family of customers. We hope that you will have many years of enjoyment from your new Plasma TV. To obtain maximum benefit from your set, please read these Instructions before making any adjustments, and retain them for future reference. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Important Safety Notice ... 4 Safety Precautions ... 5 Supplied Accessories ... 7 Fitting remote control batteries ... 7 Quick start Guide ... 8 Choose Your Connection Type ... 8 Cable fixing band ... 11 Mains lead connection ... 12 Plasma TV On/Off ... -
Page 4: Important Safety Notice
If you lose the fuse cover the plug must not be used until a replacement cover is obtained A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your local Panasonic Dealer. If the fitted moulded plug is unsuitable for the socket outlet in your home, then the fuse shall be removed and the plug cut off and disposed of safety. -
Page 5: Safety Precautions
If water is spilt onto the Plasma TV or foreign objects get inside it, a short-circuit may occur which could result in fire or electric shock. If any foreign objects get inside the Plasma TV, please consult your local Panasonic dealer. -
Page 6: Cleaning And Maintenance
If water or foreign objects get inside the Plasma TV, if the Plasma TV is dropped, or if the cabinet becomes damages, disconnect the mains plug immediately. • A short circuit may occur, which could cause fire. Contact your local Panasonic dealer for any repairs that need to be made. CAUTION When using the Plasma TV Do not bring your hands, face or objects close to the ventilation holes of the Plasma TV. -
Page 7: Supplied Accessories
Supplied Accessories Check the accessories before installations. • • Operating Instruction book • Batteries for the Remote • Control Transmitter (2 R6 (UM3) size) Installing the ferrite core (Small size) Pull back the tabs (in two places) Installing the ferrite core (Large size) Pull back the tabs (in two places) Fitting remote control batteries... -
Page 8: Quick Start Guide
Quick start Guide Choose Your Connection Type Connection and setting up options • If connecting the TV using an RF cable only, see below. • If connecting the TV using Scart and RF cables, see page 9. • If connecting the TV to a Q-Link (or Q-Link compatible) VCR, see page 9. •... - Page 9 2. Connection of Plasma TV and VCR/DVD recorder using Scart and RF cables Plasma TV ANTENNA Antenna Input terminal AV 4C COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUT S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO Antenna Output terminal VCR/DVD recorder Antenna Lead 3. Q-Link connection of Plasma TV and VCR/DVD recorder using Scart and RF cables ANTENNA Antenna Input terminal AV 4C...
- Page 10 Quick start Guide 4. Q-Link connection of Plasma TV, VCR/DVD recorder and Satellite Receiver using Scart and RF cables Plasma TV Antenna Input terminal AV 4C COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUT S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO S VIDEO Scart socket ANTENNA Antenna Input terminal Antenna Lead Satellite...
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Page 11: Cable Fixing Band
Cable fixing band – Mains lead fixing Connect power plug to the socket of the main body. Fix the left clamper. Fix the right clamper. Install the ferrite core. Ferrite core (Large size) supplied. – Cable fixing bands Secure any excess cables with bands as required. To secure cables connected to Terminals, wrap the cable fixing band around them then pass the pointed end through the locking block, as shown in the figure. -
Page 12: Mains Lead Connection
Quick start Guide Mains lead connection Connect the AC cord plug to the Plasma TV. Plasma TV On/Off Remote Control Sensor C.A.T.S sensor Plasma C.A.T.S (Contrast Automatic Tracking System) Plasma C.A.T.S automatically senses the ambient light conditions and adjusts the brightness and gradation accordingly, to optimise contrast. -
Page 13: Auto Setup
Auto setup AUTO SETUP IN PROGRESS SEARCHING:PLEASE WAIT TV/AV : To exit DOWNLOAD IN PROGRESS PLEASE WAIT Programme : 11 Remote control unavailable Notes: If the recording device has not accepted download data from the TV, you may need to select the Download option from the device’s menu system. -
Page 14: Basic Controls
Basic controls Front panel controls and Remote control R - STANDBY G - POWER ON TV/AV S VIDEO VIDEO Plasma TV ON / Off Switch Store (see page 20-23, 35, 39-41, 43) Function selection Displays the On Screen Display functions, press repeatedly to select from the available functions. -
Page 15: Vcr / Dvd Player Operation
VCR / DVD player Operation The Remote Control is capable of operating some functions of selected Panasonic VCR’s and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) player equipment. Some VCR and DVD equipment have different functions, so to ensure compatibility please refer to the equipment's instruction book or consult your dealer for details. -
Page 16: Using The On Screen Displays
Using the On Screen Displays Many features available on this set can be accessed via the On Screen Display menu system. Use the remote control as shown below to access and adjust features as desired. Press to display “Picture menu” screen. - Page 17 TV/AV Tuning menu (see page 19, 20-23, 38-41) Tuning menu Programme edit Access Auto setup Access Manual tuning Access Decoder (AV2) Shipping Condition Access Owner ID Access Input signal selection by colour button Input selection can be made by colour buttons, which match on screen button indication. 16 : 9 AV2/S AV3/S/PC...
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Page 18: Q-Link
Q-Link Q-Link allows the television to communicate with a compatible VCR or DVD Recorder. For Q-Link communication to work, the TV must be connected to a recording device with the “Q-Link”, “NEXTVIEWLINK”, “DATA LOGIC”, “Easy Link”, “Megalogic” or “SMARTLINK” logo using a “fully wired” Scart cable between the AV2 socket of the television and the appropriate socket on your VCR, and the AV4 socket of the television and the appropriate socket on your DVD Recorder. -
Page 19: Auto Setup Tuning
Auto setup tuning Auto setup Automatically scans all TV channels and stores them in memory. Auto setup automatically retunes your set. This feature is useful, if for example, you move house and wish to retune your set to receive the local stations. Display the Tuning menu screen SET UP Auto setup tuning... -
Page 20: Tuning Menu
Tuning menu SET UP TV/AV Tuning menu Programme edit Access Auto setup Access Manual tuning Access Decoder (AV2) Shipping Condition Access Owner ID Access Pressing after having adjusted some feature will store the setting as the default (replacing the factory setting). Press to display the Setup menu screen. -
Page 21: Manual Tuning
Manual Tuning Manual tuning of the programme position is available either from the On Screen Display menu or from the front panel controls. Turn this set on and select the broadcast channel. Follow the step on the previous page to display the Tuning menu screen. -
Page 22: Decoder (Av2/Av4)
Tuning menu Decoder (AV2/AV4) If a Q-link compatible VCR or DVD recorder is connected to AV2/AV4, the recording source for DIRECT TV REC can be changed by selecting the Decoder (AV2/AV4) ‘On’ or ‘Off’ using the remote control. Press to select the Decoder (AV2/AV4) on tuning menu screen. -
Page 23: Owner Id
To do this, press the “N” button, found under the remote control’s pull down flap. Note: If you lose or forget your PIN number, contact your nearest Panasonic Dealer for advice. Press to select the Tuning menu. Press to access to tuning menu. -
Page 24: Setup Menu
Setup menu The setup menu provides access to various advanced features and also to the Tuning menu. SET UP TV/AV Q-Link Allows you to enable or disable data communication between this set and a compatible VCR or DVD recorder. (see page 8, 18) AV2/AV4 out Offers a choice of signals to send to the Scart socket selected in the Q-Link. - Page 25 Side panel Do not display a picture in 4:3, 14:9 mode for an extended period, as this can cause an after-image to remain on the side panels either side of the display field. To prevent the appearance of such an after-image, illuminate the side panels.
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Page 26: Aspect Controls
Zoom2 and Zoom3. Notes: • If you leave Aspect set to Panasonic Auto, this set software determines the best ratio for each programme viewed. In order not to disrupt your viewing, no mode information is displayed while this is happening. - Page 27 16:9 16:9 will display the picture at its maximum size but with slight stretching. 14:9 Letterbox 14:9 will display a 14:9 picture at its standard 14:9, size without any stretching. Gray stripes will be visible down the left and right sides of the picture.
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Page 28: Sound Menu
Sound menu SOUND Press Some features are only available with the Ambience feature switched off. Volume, Bass, Treble, Balance, Headphone Volume Item Volume Less Bass Less Treble Less Balance Left SP Headphone volume Less Usually set to On to receive a Stereo signal, but if NICAM reception deteriorates or if the service is not available then switch to Off. - Page 29 Mode Sound quality can be improved when watching music or speech by selecting the appropriate mode Music or Speech. Press Music Ambience To enjoy a concert hall effect, turn Ambience to on. Press The benefits of Ambience sound are enormous. You can be completely enveloped in sound; just as if you were at a concert hall or cinema.
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Page 30: Picture Menu
Picture menu PICTURE TV/AV Viewing mode Picture menu mode will be memorized for each TV, AV mode. Press Dynamic Auto Mode Dynamic Normal Cinema Auto In each Viewing mode setting, Contrast, Brightness, Tint (in NTSC only), Colour, Sharpness and Colour balance can be adjusted and stored to suit your particular viewing requirement (for example, you may require different settings for viewing sport, films, news etc.) Viewing mode offers you up to maximum of three separate settings for each signal source: RF, AV1, AV2, AV3 and AV4 (including RGB). - Page 31 P-NR This Picture Noise Reduction System (P-NR) is designed to reduce picture noise during poor quality reception conditions. The P-NR mode will change as below. 3D-COMB Occasionally, whilst viewing still or slow moving pictures, colour patterning may be seen. Set 3D-COMB to On to display sharper nd more accurate colours.
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Page 32: Picture Adjustments (Pc Mode)
Picture Adjustments (PC mode) When you switch to PC input (AV3 / PC), Picture menu will be changed as shown bellow. Sound menu will not be accessible in PC mode. PICTURE Picture Normalise Normal Picture Mode Normal Contrast Brightness Sharpness White balance Normal Advanced settings... -
Page 33: Advanced Settings
Item Effect Contrast Less More Brightness Darker Brighter Sharpness Less More Note: In PICTURE, there is not a noticeable change even when contrast is increased with a bright picture or reduced with a dark picture. Advanced settings Item Effect W/B High R Less W/B High B Less... -
Page 34: Adjusting Position And Size
Picture Adjustments (PC mode) Adjusting Position and Size Adjusting screen SET UP Press to display the Setup menu. Press to select H-Pos/H-Size/V- Pos/V-Size/Clock Phase. Setup Normalise H-Size V-Size H-Pos V-Pos Clock Phase Sync Press to adjust Pos./Size. TV/AV Press to exit from adjust mode. When the Position Left “... -
Page 35: Tuning Your Vcr And Satellite Receiver
Tuning your VCR and satellite receiver Your new TV is supplied with programme position ‘0’ set to receive an RF signal from your VCR, although a Scart connection is preferable if the VCR is so equipped (see page 9, 10 or 45 for suitable inputs to the Scart socket on this set.) However, if for some reason your VCR is tuned to a different RF channel then you will not receive any picture or sound from your VCR on programme position ‘0’... -
Page 36: Multi Window
Multi Window You can watch two TV channels or input video source and television channel on the screen at the same time. MULTI WINDOW The main picture and sub picture can be changed as below, using the red, green, yellow and blue buttons on the remote control while referring to the Colour Bar Guide shown at the bottom of the display. -
Page 37: Channel Search
Channel Search Select the desired channel after displaying still pictures of all stored channels on the screen divided into 9 sections. Up to 9 channels can be displayed at the same time. CH SEARCH Green To exit a channel search mode. Press Blue Press to display divided-by-9 screen of... -
Page 38: Programme Edit
Programme edit Use this setting when changing setting of receiving channels or changing the channel display. This feature is not available for AV1 to AV4 and PC positions. To access the Programme edit screen SET UP Programme edit Press to select the Programme position. Press to select the Prog., Name or Lock. - Page 39 Deleting, Adding and Moving a programme Delete To delete an unwanted programme position Ensure that the cursor is in the Prog. Column. Choose the programme position. Press the Red button on remote control. Press the Red button again to confirm. TV/AV If you have finished in the Programme edit menu, press the TV/AV button to exit.
- Page 40 Programme edit To move a programme to another position Choose the programme position to be moved. Press the Yellow button on remote control. Yellow Choose new positon. Press the Yellow button again to confirm. Yellow TV/AV If you have finished in the Programme edit menu, press the TV/AV button to exit.
- Page 41 To lock a programme position to prevent access TV/AV Note: When a programme position is locked, Direct Channel Access using the ‘C’ and numeric buttons on the remote control is not available. To copy programme information to a VCR (Download) You must copy programme information to a compatible VCR connected to AV2 or AV4 (see page 45 for connection information) to be able to use Q-Link functions.
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Page 42: Teletext Operation
TELETEXT Operation TELETEXT • Teletext features may vary depending on the Broadcasting Companies and is only • Pressing the Picture button whilst in Teletext operation will display the contrast function PICTURE SOUND • Pressing the Setup button whilst in Teletext operation will display special function SET UP •... - Page 43 It is not possible to change the programme position when in News flash, Update or Sub Coded Page Access operation. List Store In List mode the four page numbers can be altered (programme positions 1 - 25 only). Red Green Yellow Blue To do this, press one of the four coloured buttons and enter the new page number.
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Page 44: Connections
TELETEXT Control Operation / Connections When Teletext information exceeds one page, it may take some time for the automatic Accessing sub pages changing of the sub pages to reach the sub page you require. As each sub page is found its number is displayed at the top of the page so that you may select it;... -
Page 45: How To Connect The Input/Output Terminals
How to connect the Input/Output terminals Connects VCRs and other peripheral equipment AV 4C COMPONENT VIDEO Input AV4 Component signal pin type VCR/S-VHS VCR Q-LINK COMPATIBLE VCR DVD PLAYER DVD RECORDER SATELLITE RECEIVER DVD PLAYER SATELLITE RECEIVER Note: Occasionally, it may take a while for picture to become stable when changing the input signal from Component input signal (625i) of AV4C to TV signal, this is not a malfunction. -
Page 46: How To Connect The Audio Out Terminals
Connections How to connect the AUDIO OUT terminals Amplifier to speaker system Notes: • The AUDIO OUT terminal provides a fixed level output only. (The menu settings and remote control volume controls have no effect.) • Additional equipment and cables shown are not supplied with this set. -
Page 47: Pc Input Terminals Connection
PC Input Terminals connection COMPUTER Conversion adapter (if necessary) Notes: (1) Computer signals which can be input are those with a horizontal scanning frequency of 15 to 110 kHz and vertical scanning frequency of 48 to 120 Hz. (However, the image will not be displayed properly if the signals exceed 1,200 lines.) (2) The display resolution is a maximum of 640... -
Page 48: Troubleshooting
If there is a problem with your set please refer to the table below to determine the symptoms, then carry out the suggested check. If this does not solve the problem, please contact your local Panasonic dealer, quoting the model number and serial number (both found on the rear of this TV). -
Page 49: For Your Guidance
Before requesting service, please refer to the troubleshooting guide on previous page to determine the symptoms. To obtain service please contact your local Panasonic dealer quoting the model number and serial number (both are located at the rear of this TV). Sleep Feature... -
Page 50: Specifications
Specifications Specifications Power Source Power Consumption Normal use Standby Plasma TV OFF Plasma Display panel Drive method Aspect Ratio Contrast Ratio Screen size (No.of pixels) 818 mm (W) Sound Speaker Audio Output Headphone Applicable signals Colour System NTSC, PAL, PAL60, Modified NTSC Scanning format 525 (480) / 60i ·... - Page 52 Warranty Service purposes. Model Number Serial Number Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Web Site : http://www.panasonic.co.jp/global/ Printed in Japan MBS0603S2063...