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Panasonic TH-37PA30 Operating Instructions Manual

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Please read these instruction before operating your set and retain them for future reference.
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Pedestal stand shown above is optional extra.

Operating Instructions

TH-37PA30
Model No.
TH-42PA30
TQBC0711

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    Operating Instructions Progressive Plasma Television TH-37PA30 Model No. TH-42PA30 Pedestal stand shown above is optional extra. Please read these instruction before operating your set and retain them for future reference. English TQBC0711...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Welcome Dear Panasonic Customer, We hope that you have many years of enjoyment from your new TV. The Quick Start Guide section at the beginning of this instruction book will allow you to use the TV as quickly as possible. We recommend that you then read the complete instruction book, and keep it to refer to as you explore the range of advanced features that this Plasma TV offers.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Notice

    Important Safety Notice WARNING 1) To prevent damage which may result in fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. Do not place containers with water (flower vase, cups, cosmetics, etc.) above the set. (including on shelves above, etc.) 2) To prevent electric shock, do not remove cover.

  • Page 4: 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 5: 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 power cord 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 6: Accessories

    Accessories Check that you have the accessories and items shown TV Guarantee Operating Instruction book Remote Control Mains Lead (TQBC0711) Transmitter (EUR7635020) Batteries for the Remote Ferrite core Ferrite core Clamper Control Transmitter (Small size) (Large size) R6 (UM3) size) Installing the ferrite core (Small size) Installing the ferrite core (Large size) Open...

  • Page 7: How To Open The Front Cover

    How to open the front cover SD CA -EJ EC PU SH Push “ ”. PC CARD EJECT SD CARD PUSH-EJECT TV/AV S VIDEO VIDEO Terminal cover open and close Open Close 1. Push down hooks and pull the 1. Insert the claws (at 4 points) cover slightly towards yourself to at the bottom end.

  • Page 8: Quick Start Guide

    Quick Start Guide SET TOP BOX RF cable (Not supplied) Scart cables (Not supplied) S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO S VIDEO VIDEO VCR / DVD recorder Plug in aerial and connect ancillary equipment. Connect the mains lead to the Plasma TV. Connect the mains plug to the wall socket.
  • Page 9 Quick Start Guide Select your country. Land For Belgium, Switzerland and E.Eu, select the desired language. If you wish to perform manual tuning, press the Green button. Green See page 19. Start ATP Suchlauf Abbruch Press the Red button to start Auto Setup.

  • Page 10: Basic Controls: Front Panel And Remote Control

    Basic controls: front panel and remote control SD Card slot PC Card slot (see page 29) (see page 29) PC CARD EJECT SD CARD PUSH-EJECT S VIDEO VIDEO TV/AV PC CARD EJECT SD CARD PUSH-EJECT TV/AV S VIDEO VIDEO TV/AV button AV3 terminals PC input terminal MAINS Power...

  • Page 11: Using The On Screen Displays

    Using the On Screen Displays Many features available on this TV can be accessed via the On Screen Display menu system. Use the remote control as shown below to access and adjust features as desired. The MENU button is used to open the main menus and MENU also to return to the previous menu.

  • Page 12: Picture Menu

    Picture menu MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Picture menu. Access Picture menu. Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV. Viewing mode The Viewing mode menu allows you to select three different screen settings - Dynamic, Normal, Cinema...

  • Page 13: Sound Menu

    Sound menu MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Sound menu. Access Sound menu. Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV. Pressing the OK button after having adjusted some features will store the setting as the default (replacing the factory setting).

  • Page 14: Setup Menu

    Setup menu MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Setup menu. Access Setup menu. Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV. Q-Link Allows you to select which AV terminal is to be used for data communication between this TV and a compatible recording...

  • Page 15: Tuning Menu - Overview

    Tuning menu – overview MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Setup menu. Access Setup menu. Move to choose Tuning menu. Access Tuning menu. Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV. Pressing the OK button after having adjusted some features will store the setting as the default (replacing the factory setting).

  • Page 16: Tuning Menu - Programme Edit

    Tuning menu – Programme edit MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Setup menu. Access Setup menu. Move to choose Tuning menu. Access Tuning menu. Move to choose Programme edit. Access Programme edit. Move to choose programme position (e.g., Prog. 3). Make required change, e.g., moving a programme channel (see the relevant procedure below).

  • Page 17: Renaming A Programme Channel

    Tuning menu – Programme edit Renaming a programme channel Move to the Name column. Programme edit Prog. Chan. Name Lock CH44 Choose the new character. The box at the bottom of the screen CH51 CH41 shows the character currently selected. CH47 CH37 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST...

  • Page 18: Tuning Menu - Auto Setup

    Tuning menu – Auto setup Auto setup automatically retunes your TV. This feature is useful if, e.g., you move house and wish to retune your TV to receive the local stations. MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Setup menu. Access Setup menu.

  • Page 19: Tuning Menu - Manual Tuning

    Tuning menu – Manual tuning It is possible to retune individual programme positions: MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Setup menu. Access Setup menu. Move to choose Tuning menu. Access Tuning menu. Move to choose Manual tuning. Access Manual tuning. Select the programme position to be tuned.

  • Page 20: 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 / AV4 terminal of the television and the appropriate terminal on your VCR or DVD Recorder.

  • Page 21: Aspect Controls

    Panasonic Auto WIDE Panasonic Auto determines the best aspect ratio to use to fill your screen. It does this using a four step process to determine if the picture being viewed is a widescreen picture. If Panasonic Auto detects a widescreen signal it switches into the appropriate “WIDE”...
  • Page 22 Aspect Controls 16 : 9 16 : 9 16:9 will display a true 16:9 (anamorphic) picture with no aspect distortions. 16 : 9 14 : 9 14 : 9 14:9 will display a 14:9 picture at its standard 14:9 size without any stretching. 14 : 9 Just Just...
  • Page 23 Aspect Controls Zoom1 Zoom1 Zoom1 will display 16:9 letterbox or 4:3 pictures with no aspect distortions. Zoom1 Zoom2 Zoom2 Zoom2 will display 16:9 anamorphic letterbox pictures as a full screen display with no aspect distortions. Zoom2 Zoom3 Zoom3 Zoom3 will display 21:9 letterbox pictures as a full screen display with no aspect distortions.

  • Page 24: Multi Window

    Multi window Press the MULTI WINDOW button. Whilst the on screen selector keys are displayed, use the Red or Green buttons to move between the picture in MULTI WINDOW picture feature, picture out of picture and picture and picture feature. The on screen selector keys that appear for the features clear after a few seconds.

  • Page 25: Still

    Still Press the HOLD button to freeze the picture. HOLD Press again to return to watching the current programme. Channel search Press the INDEX button to show freeze-frames of the programmes INDEX being broadcast on all of the stored channels. These images are displayed in series, starting from the top left.

  • Page 26: Pc Mode

    PC mode When you switch to PC input (AV3/PC), the menu will be changed. TV/AV Press the TV/AV button. Whilst the on screen selector keys are displayed, press the Yellow button to access PC mode. Press the TV/AV button again to go back to watching TV. Yellow Picture During PC mode...
  • Page 27 PC mode Picture Pos. /Size During PC mode PC Menu MENU Press the MENU button. Picture Picture Pos. /Size Move to choose Picture Pos. /Size. Signal Access Picture Pos. /Size. Picture Pos. /Size Move to choose menu option. Normalise Normal H-Pos Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu.

  • Page 28: Photo View Mode

    Photo View mode Still image data (JPEG) made with a digital camera or digital video camera can be played back using an SD Card / PC Card. Displayable Image Formats: Baseline JPEG 64 64 - 8,192 8,192 pixels (sub-sampling 4:2:2 or 4:2:0) Displayable number of folders: Max 100 Notes: •...
  • Page 29 Photo View mode Compatible Card SD Card SD Card slot PC Card slot Insertion Removal SD Card Compact Flash* RD EJ EC RD EJ EC PC CA PC CA Multi Media Card Smart Media* miniSD Card Memory Stick* SD CA RD SD CA RD JE CT JE CT...

  • Page 30: Main Menu

    Photo View mode Picture menu During Photo View mode MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Picture menu. Access Picture menu. Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. Main menu EXIT Picture menu Press the EXIT button at any time to exit Picture menu. Viewing setup Contrast, Brightness, Colour, Sharpness Increase or decrease the levels of these options...

  • Page 31: Slide Show

    Photo View mode When you press the SD button, thumbnail screen is displayed automatically. After that you can choose your desirable view mode between the following three modes. Multi mode 12 images are displayed. 0001 / 0013 PHOTO VIEW MODE Press to select desired image.

  • Page 32: Vcr / Dvd Operation

    VCR / DVD operation The Remote Control is capable of operating some functions of selected Panasonic VCRs and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) 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 33: Teletext Operation

    Teletext operation • Teletext features may vary depending on the Broadcasting Companies and is only available if the channel selected is transmitting Teletext. • Pressing the MENU button whilst in Teletext operation will display the contrast function with a cyan bar, press alter the setting as required.
  • Page 34 Teletext operation It is not possible to change the programme position when in News flash, Update or Sub Coded Page Access operation. Favourite Page (F.P.) Stores a favourite page in memory for instant recall. To store such a page, the TV must be in List mode, and the programme position must be from 1 - 25.
  • Page 35 Teletext operation Alternatively, if you know which sub page you require, press the MENU button (to display special functions) followed by the Blue button; T**** will be displayed where the page number is normally found. Enter desired sub page number before the T**** disappears. e.g., to select page 6 enter 0, 0, 0 and 6.

  • Page 36: Connections

    Connections It is possible to connect a variety of additional equipment to this TV. The following pages detail how to connect external equipment to the front and rear of the TV. Once your equipment is connected, use the following procedure to view the input: TV/AV Press the TV/AV button.

  • Page 37: How To Connect The Audio Output Terminals

    Connections How to connect the Audio Output terminals AV 4C COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO AUDIO OUT Amplifier to Speaker AUDIO System S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO S VIDEO VIDEO How to connect the AV1 / 2 / 4 Scart terminals AV 4C COMPONENT VIDEO AV1:...

  • Page 38: How To Connect The Pc Input Terminals

    Connections How to connect the PC Input terminals COMPUTER S VIDEO VIDEO PC CARD EJECT PUSH-EJECT SD CARD TV/AV S VIDEO VIDEO Less than Ferrite core (Small size) 10 cm (supplied) AUDIO Stereo plug Connect a cable which matches the audio output terminal on the computer.

  • Page 39: Troubleshooting

    If there is a problem with your TV 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 the TV).

  • Page 40: Scart And S-Video Terminal Information

    Scart and S-video terminal information AV1 Scart terminal (RGB, VIDEO) AV2 Scart terminal (VIDEO, S-VIDEO, Q-Link) Socket Earth Socket Earth CVBS in (video) CVBS in (video) CVBS out (video) CVBS out (video) RGB status earth Earth CVBS earth CVBS earth Status RGB S.C.

  • Page 41: Input Signal Can Be Displayed

    Input signal can be displayed Applicable input signals for PC Input (D-sub 15P) ( Mark) Horizontal Vertical Signal name frequency(kHz) frequency(Hz) 400 @70 Hz 31.47 70.00 480 @60 Hz 31.47 59.94 Macintosh13” (640 480) 35.00 66.67 480 @75 Hz 37.50 75.00 480 @60 Hz 31.50...

  • Page 42: Specifications

    Specifications TH-37PA30 TH-42PA30 Power Source 220 V - 240 V 50 Hz / 60 Hz A.C. Power Consumption Normal use 245 W 315 W Standby 1.8 W Power-OFF 1.0 W Plasma Display panel Drive method AC type Aspect Ratio 16:9...
  • Page 44 Warranty Service purposes. Model Number Serial Number Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Web Site : http://www.panasonic.co.jp/global/ 2004 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. MBS0204S0...

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