Panasonic DVD-S24 Operating Instructions Manual

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DVD/CD PLAYER
DVD-S27/S24
Panasonic
DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27
DVD
CD
DVD-RAM VIDEO PLAYBACK
54MNz/10bit VIDEO D/A CONVERTER
OPEN/CLOSE
Before connecting the device, operating it or adjusting
settings please read these operating instructions
completely; especially the safety precautions on pages 2-3.
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Home cinema QUICK SETUP Playback functions 12 - 17 Navigation Menu 18 - 19 HighMAT / CD Text Panasonic Panasonic DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27 DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27 DVD-RAM VIDEO PLAYBACK 54MNz/10bit VIDEO D/A CONVERTER AV ENHANCER DISPLAY menu...
  • Page 2: Safety Precautions

    Important Safety Warnings The moulded three pin mains plug is supplied for your safety and convenience and must NOT be cut off. Fuse cover A 5 amp fuse is fitted in the mains 1. Open the fuse plug. If the fuse has to be replaced, cover with a it must be of the same rating and screwdriver.
  • Page 3 Caution Avoid exposing the unit to direct sunlight or other heat sources. Avoid sudden change in temperature or humidity, dew or condensation may form, causing malfunction. Dispose of batteries in accordance with the instructions given in this book. Place the unit on a flat, stable surface. Do not place heavy object on top of the unit. Your attention is drawn to the fact that recording of pre-recorded tapes or discs or other published or broadcast materials may infringe copyright laws.
  • Page 4: Operating Instructions

    Guarantee Card Audio/Video Cable K2KA6CA00001 Sales and Support Information Customer Care Centre Direct Sales at Panasonic UK Order accessory and consumable items for your product with ease and For UK customers: confidence by telephoning our Customer Care Centre 08705 357357.
  • Page 5: Rear Panel / Inserting Batteries

    Rear Panel AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT Please connect directly to TV. COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (PCM/BITSTREAM) Audio Out socket Video Out terminal L= AUDIO output left channel R= AUDIO output right channel AV Scart Output COAXIAL Digital connector AC INPUT socket Batteries Inserting batteries into the remote control unit: The batteries last for about a year, depending on how often you use the RC unit.
  • Page 6: Remote Control Unit

    Remote control unit General control Stand-by/on switch OSD menu selection buttons. Press to switch the unit from on to Select Groups ( ) or Titles ( ) for stand-by mode or vice versa. In stand- JPEG, WMA or MP3. by mode, the unit is still consuming a small amount of power.
  • Page 7: Playback Control

    Playback control Start playback Skip chapters, titles or frames Press PLAY . Press SKIP during playback or in Pause mode. Playback starts automatically. Stop playback Slow motion (backwards/forwards) STOP SLOW/SEARCH Press STOP Press SLOW in Pause mode. twice. Keeping the button pressed increases the speed Resume Press STOP of search at 5 steps.
  • Page 8: Front Dvd-Player

    Front DVD-Player Panasonic Panasonic DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27 DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27 DVD-RAM VIDEO PLAYBACK 54MNz/10bit VIDEO D/A CONVERTER AV ENHANCER OPEN/CLOSE Detailed information is available on Page the specified pages. Stand-by/on switch /I Pauses playback. Press to switch the unit from on to stand-by mode or vice versa.
  • Page 9: Connections

    Connections Before connecting Verify that all devices to be connected up are unplugged from the AC mains. Note on all connections shown Attach the unit directly to the TV set. If you let the player connection go through a video recorder you will experience a disturbed picture when playing copy-protected DVDs.
  • Page 10: Home Cinema

    Home cinema Enjoy the powerful theater sound available with multiple channel audio found on DVDs by connecting an amplifier and speakers. Analogue amplifier or Analogue connection ( AUDIO OUT ) analogue audio To be able to hear sound in stereo or Dolby Pro component (example) White Logic quality, attach an amplifier or an analogue...
  • Page 11: Quick Setup

    QUICK SETUP Switch on the TV set and set it to the video input that matches the connection between player and TV set. Setup Press the Stand-by/on button to switch on the DVD player. QUICK SETUP Press SETUP to display the QUICK SETUP menu. Use the navigator keys to select a menu language, Select the menu language.
  • Page 12: Playback Functions

    Playback functions DVD-Video Video CD JPEG Playback The label must Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. face up. Place the disc on the disc tray. Press PLAY . The disc tray closes and disc playback starts automatically. The player may take some time to read all of the disc information! MP3, WMA, JPEG: The Playback menu appears on the screen.
  • Page 13 Playback functions Repeat DVD-Video Video CD JPEG Press REPEAT during playback. You can choose from the following settings, depending on the disc you use: DVD-Video Chapter Title DVD-RAM PG Off Program DVD-RAM PL Off Scene Playlist VCD/CD Track WMA/MP3 Content Group JPEG Group...
  • Page 14 Playback functions DVD-Video Chapter review This function lets you browse back through the chapters of a DVD-V by playing the first couple of seconds of every chapter. Press STOP during playback. Press PLAY . A message appears: Press PLAY to Chapter Review. Press PLAY again.
  • Page 15 Playback functions DVD-Video Video CD JPEG Random playback All chapters/tracks are played once each in a random order. Press PLAY MODE while the disc is stopped. The Program Play screen is displayed. Press PLAY MODE again. The Random Playback screen is displayed. Press PLAY to start random playback.
  • Page 16 Playback functions DVD-Video Video CD JPEG Program play Program Play You can programme up to 32 chapters/tracks to be played Choose a title and chapter. in any order. Title Chapter Time Press PLAY MODE while the disc is stopped. Play The Program Play screen appears.
  • Page 17 Playback functions DVD-RAM Direct Navigator Press DIRECT NAVIGATOR to enter or exit the menu screen. Direct Navigator Programme names are shown only if they were entered when the RAM was produced. Press to display the programme information. Date Title Contents Press to browse.
  • Page 18: Navigation Menu

    Navigation Menu JPEG To display the Navigation Menu Press MENU. The Navigation Menu is displayed. Press to select a title, then press ENTER to start playing it. Press MENU to quit the menu. Navigation Menu / Selection menu options To display the selection menu The [Group] and [Content] panels are tiled vertically.
  • Page 19 Navigation Menu JPEG JPEG Thumbnail Menu Pick DISPLAY from the Navigation Menu and press Thumbnail Menu 1 JPEG --:-- select [Thumbnail]. P1000001 Press ENTER to confirm. The Thumbnail Menu is displayed. Press to select a picture. Press to page up or down. When you have browsed the 1/68 pictures of a group, the pictures of the next group are shown.
  • Page 20: Highmat / Cd Text

    HighMAT HighMAT HighMAT (High Performance Media Access Technology) is a joint Panasonic and Microsoft technology development. Page 1/1 Diverse HighMAT-level 2 format data (WMA, MP3 and/or JPEG) stored on a disc by a PC can be quickly played back by the appliance with the additional help of a menu.
  • Page 21: Display Menu

    DISPLAY menu Playback status indicator (DVD-S27 only) 0 : 03 : 10 Press DISPLAY twice to activate the playback status indicator. Press to change the playback speed. Press to display the current and the remaining playback time. Press DISPLAY again to hide the status indicator. Advanced Surround DVD-Video Video CD...
  • Page 22 DISPLAY menu Menu DVD-Video Title/Track Search: Allows you direct access to a title/track if the disc hosts several. Title 1/36 Chapter 1/27 Program Search: Allows you direct access to a program if the disc hosts several. Time --:--:-- Audio - --- Chapter Search: Allows you direct access to a chapter if the disc hosts several.
  • Page 23 DISPLAY menu Play Speed: Select a factor by which to change the playback speed. These settings are not The digital audio output switches to PCM. available for every disc. AV-Enhancer: Automatically optimises and adapts the audio and video settings to the disc used. Other Settings The Picture and Audio menus are not available when this function is enabled.
  • Page 24: Setup Menus

    SETUP menus Menu Disc Audio Disc’s Audio Preference / Subtitle Preference / Menu Preference. To display the Setup menu Select the preferred language of either of the items. If the language Subtitle Press SETUP to display the Setup menu. you want is not on the list, select [Other] and type in the appropriate Menus Press to select a sub-menu,...
  • Page 25 SETUP menus Menu Audio PCM is the standard method used to record digital music signals on Audio Dolby Digital / DTS Digital CDs. For reasons of copyright protection, the digital output of PCM audio Surround / MPEG: PCM Digital Output signals may be limited to 48 kHz/16 bit.
  • Page 26: Before Requesting Service

    Before requesting service GENERAL PROBLEMS Unable to change the audio track or the subtitle language: The player does not respond to function key commands: Certain control operations are not available with some discs. You can only choose from the languages actually There may be interference caused by lightning or static charge.
  • Page 27 Before requesting service SOUND AND PICTURE PROBLEMS DISPLAYED PROBLEMS There is no audio output and the sound is distorted: Message [Disc is incompatible with this player] is displayed: The player cannot play discs of the current format. Check the connections. The disc contains no recorded material.
  • Page 28: Information

    Information Playing DVDs and VCDs The producer of the programme material can define the way in which the disc is played. Consequently, you may sometimes find that, in some cases, you cannot control the playback the way you wish using all of the functions and operations described in these operating instructions.
  • Page 29 "DTS" and "DTS 2.0 + Digital Surround" are DVD-RAM with JPEG: Recorded with Panasonic DVD-Video recorders. trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. To play JPEG files, select [Play as Data Disc] in DISPLAY menu (page 23).
  • Page 30: Specifications

    Specifications Power supply: Digital audio output: 220-240 Volt mains voltage, 50 Hz COAXIAL Power consumption: 9 Watt Output socket: Female cinch Power consumption in stand-by: < 1 Watt Output level: 0.5 Vpp (75 Ohm) Dimensions: Pickup: 430(W) x 227(D) x 55(H) mm Weight: 1.9 kg Wave length:...
  • Page 31: Country Codes

    Country codes Abkhazian 6566 Fiji 7074 Lingala 7678 Singhalese 8373 Afar 6565 Finnish 7073 Lithunian 7684 Slovac 8375 Afrikaans 6570 French 7082 Macedonian 7775 Slovenian 8376 Albanian 8381 Frisian 7089 Malagasy 7771 Somali 8379 Ameharic 6577 Galician 7176 Malay 7783 Spanish 6983 Arabic...
  • Page 32: Index

    Index Page Page Page Advanced Surround 21,23 JPEG 18,19 Angle Random Playback Audio Preference Laser Ratings Autom. Power Off 15,25 Letterbox Region codes AV Enhancer 6,8,23 Remote control Batteries Menu Preference Repeat Bitstream 18,19 Resume MPEG 10,25 11,24 Chapter review COAXIAL NTSC Disc Output Scene replay...

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