Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AG-VP300P Panasonic
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POWER /I VCR EJECT OPEN / C L O SE PULL -OPEN STOP / REW FF / PICT U RE MO DE T IM ER CH E CK PROG RE SS IV E O U T S T OP RE C CHE CK M US I C WIT H PICT U RE PL AY PLAY D V D VQT0C73-1 DVD Player/Video Ca ssette Recorder Before at tempting to connec t, opera te or ad just this produ ct, ple ase read these ins tructio ns comp letely.
2 Contents Dear Custome r ...... .... ...... .... .... ....... .... .... ...... ..... .... ...... .... ..... ...... . 3 Accesso ries . ...... ..... .... ...... .... .... ....... .... .... ...... ..... .... ...... .... ..... ...... . 3 Usage Precautions .
3 Dear Customer Thank you for purchasing this product. For optimum performance and safety, please read these instructions carefully. User memo: ≥ Operations in these instructions are described mainly with the re mote contro l, but you ca n do the operati ons on the main unit if th e controls are the s ame.
4 (Inside of product) FCC NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These l imits are designed to provide reasonable prot ection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
5 Bef ore U se Usage Precautions Please read these precautions before you operate this unit. ª Avoid Sudden Changes in Temperature If this unit is suddenly moved from a cold to a warm place, dew may form on the tape and inside this unit.
6 Disc information ª Discs that can be play ed ¢ Discs you can use These indications s how you the features you can use with the different type s of discs. ≥ Use discs with the above logos and that conform to specifications. The unit cannot play other discs correctly.
7 Bef ore U se Contr ol refere nce guid e This section des cribes in detail the f uncti on of each button, switch and connection sock et. FRONT REAR POWER Í /I TIMER REC TA PE REFRESH AV2 IN REC/OTR .
8 Control referenc e guide (con tinued) The unit’s disp lay REC REMAIN LP SP VCR EP VP PGM RND (1) (2) (3) (1) [A] (4) (5) (6) (7) (3) (4) [C] (2) [B] ª Common sect ion [A] VCR indicator .
9 Bef ore U se Control referenc e guide (con tinued) Infra-red Rem ote Controller The remote control unit for this unit is a universal remote cont roller. As such, s ome of its buttons are not used to oper ate this unit. ª VCR OPERATION When you operate the video cassette recorder, always select “VCR” with the [VCR/TV/DVD] switch.
10 Control referenc e guide (con tinued) ª DVD OPERATION When you operate the DVD, always select “DVD” w ith the [VCR/TV/DVD] switch. If “DVD” is not selected, nor mal operation will not be possible. (1) DVD POWE R button (DVD Í ) ..........
11 Bef ore U se Control referenc e guide (con tinued) ª TV OPERA TION Only Panasonic TVs can be operated with the provided remote control. The set tings for operating the TV with the remote c ontrol have already been made. No additional settings need to be performed.
12 Connections This section s hows you how t o connect the u nit to an antenna, TV, et c. When the unit is turned on after connecting th e antenna cable a nd the AC pow er cord, Plug in Auto Tuning and A uto Clock Setting start automati cally.
13 Bef ore U se Connections (con tinued) To enjoy D VD video with a higher ima ge quality Connection to a TV using the COMPONEN T VIDEO OUT termi nal (progressi ve out) ª COMPONENT VIDEO OUT termin al (progressive out) These terminals can be used for either interlace or progressive output and provide a purer picture than the S-VIDEO OUT terminal.
14 Cable Connection Cable-This Unit-TV (For CATV/PAY Channels Reco rding/Playback) The unit has an extended range, and can t une the Low-Band, Mid-B and, Super-Band, Hyper-Band, Ultra-Band, and Special cable chan nels (Channels A-5 s A-1, A s W, AA s EEE, GG G s WWW, WWW r 1 s WWW r 12, 100 s 125, 5A).
15 Bef ore U se Tuning the TV to your unit.
16 Tuning the TV to your unit (continued) Preparations ≥ Switch [VCR/TV/DVD] to “VCR”. ª To Restart Plug in Auto Tuning Make sure there is no video cassette and disc loaded in t he unit. 1) Keep both [CH] I and J on this unit pressed simultaneously for 3 seconds or more while the unit is powered on.
17 VCR Playback To Switch to th e Desired Video (Common Output) This unit allows both video cassette and DVD discs to be played back. You can set the unit so that the out pu t is automatically switched to the device which starts playback. Operations 1 Press [MENU] to show the VCR MENU.
18 VCR Playb ack (continue d) To Obtain a Higher Speed Picture than Cue, Review (Jet Se arch) During playback, tap [ 5 ] or [ 6 ] twice. ≥ Select search speed to view the picture recorded. ( l page 30) ≥ The picture that appears in the EP or VP mode at approx.
19 VCR VCR Playb ack (continue d) To Playba ck in the Desi red Pictu re Quality (Picture Mode) This function reproduces optimum play back picture from various kind of recorded tapes and contents. Pres s [PICTURE] and s elect the corresponding Picture Mode as follows.
20 Manual Recording Tape Speeds: There are three tape speeds. SP: You can record the length shown on the t ape. EP: Three times the length of SP mode. VP: Five times the length of SP mode. ≥ To have a longer recording duration, select “EP” or “VP”.
21 VCR Manual Rec ording (con tinued) To play back a disc while recor ding on a video cass ette You can play back a DVD disc while recording. ≥ Playback will not affect the recording.
22 Timer Recording To Program with the On Screen Display (OSD) This method o ffers easy step-by-step progr amming with the remote control while you view the prompts on the TV screen. Up to 16 timer programs , including weekly and daily programs, can be recorded f or up to one m onth in advance by setting the timer.
23 VCR Timer Recording (continued) ª Weekly T imer Reco rding In step 3 , select the desired day by pressing [Cursor] 34 . For example, SU (Sunday) (SU u Sunday, MO u Monday, TU u Tuesday, WE u Wednes day, TH u Thursday, FR u Fr iday, SA u Saturday) ª Daily Timer Rec ording For this timer function, several groups of days can be selected.
24 Search Functio ns Jet Naviga tor This unit can display a list of the recorded programs on the inserted video cassette on the TV screen. You can then select the desired program, a nd this unit will quickly locate its beginning and start playback.
25 VCR Search F unctions (continue d) To Set the Cate gory The category setting allows you to f ind what kind of pro grams are recorded by the characte r and the icon indications. 1) Press [Cursor] 1 while the Jet Navigator list appears. Then, select the desired category by pressing [Cur sor ] 3421 .
26 Search F unctions (continue d) To Check the Recorded Programming Data (Time Stamp F unction) When playbac k starts after searc hing with the Je t Navigator function or th e index search f unct ion, recorded programm ing data (called Time Stamp) appears on the TV screen for approx.
27 VCR Search F unctions (con tinued) Searching wh ile checking the video cassette con tents (Intro-Jet Scan) The approximate beginnings of eac h re corded program are played in succession at high speed so that t he program to be viewed can be located easily.
28 Settings Using the On Screen Display Change the settings to suit your preferences and to suit the unit to the environment in which it is being used. These set tings are retained in memory until they are changed, even if t he unit is turned off. Common procedure Preparations ≥ Confirm that the TV is on and the unit viewing channel is selected.
29 VCR Settings Using the On Screen Display (continued) Cha nne l Se t The unit tunes automatically after you plug i t in and turn it on f or the first time (Plug in Auto T uning l page 15), but you can start the process again if necessary. Preparations ≥ Select any program position except “A1” or “A2”.
30 Settings Using the On Screen Display (continued) Option Operations While the V CR MENU is displ ayed (Common pr ocedure l page 28) 1 Select “OPTIO N” by pr essing [Cursor] 34 and then press [ENTER]. 2 Press [Cursor ] 34 to select the item an d press [Cursor] 21 to chang e the setting.
31 VCR Settings Using the On Screen Display (continued) Onscreen d isplay To see t hese dis plays, set the OSD item in the “OPTIO N” menu to “O N”. Press [DISPLAY]. The time and operation details appear on t he screen for about 5 seconds. Notes: ≥ These displays do not appear when paused or during slow play.
32 Playing discs Basic play [DV D -V [ [R AM [ [VCD] [CD] [MP3] [ WMA] Preparations ≥ To view the video on a DVD or Video CD, turn on the TV and confirm that the unit v iewing channel is se lected. ≥ Press [VCR/TV] to select the video input mode for this unit.
33 DVD Playing discs (continue d) To view with progressive output [DV D -V [ You can enjoy higher image quality than that output from the conventional video out terminal or S- video terminal ( I nterlace and progressive output l page 58).
34 Playing discs (continue d) To immediately access a specific scene or track [DV D -V [ [R AM [ [VCD] [CD] [MP3] [ WMA] Preparations ≥ To view the video on a DVD or Video CD, turn on the TV and select the video input for this unit. ≥ Switch [VCR/TV/DVD] to “DVD”.
35 DVD Other methods of play [DV D -V [ [R AM [ [VCD] [CD] [MP3] [ WMA] Preparations ≥ To view the video on a DVD or Video CD, turn on the TV and select the video input for this unit. ≥ Switch [VCR/TV/DVD] to “DVD”. To view misse d scene s (Quick Re play) Dur ing pl ay Press [QUICK REPLAY].
36 Other me thods of play (con tinued) Preparations ≥ Switch [VCR/TV/DVD] to “DVD”. To play chapters/tracks at random (Random play) [DV D -V [ [V CD] [CD] [MP3] [WMA] Plays chapt ers in one DVD title or all tracks in a Video CD and audio CD at random.
37 DVD Playing the programs or play lists on DVD-RAM Select ing a prog ram to play (Direct Navigator) [RA M [ You can s earch for a desired program in the li st of the programs recorded by Panasonic DVD video reco rders (opt ional) to play it. Preparations ≥ Turn on the TV and select the video input for t his unit.
38 MP3/WMA and CD text navigatin g menus [MP3] [ WMA] [CDt ext] You can play back a MP3, WMA or CD text disc by using the menu. The menu screen can display t he names of folders and MP3/WM A files saved on a personal computer , etc. as group nam es and track names, respectively .
39 DVD MP3/WMA a nd CD text navig ating menus (con tinued) ª Viewing the text information on tr acks [CDtext] While the menu screen is displayed 1 To view the information for a track, sele ct it with [Cursor] 34 . 2 View the text information w ith [Cursor] 1 .
40 To get more enjoyment from movies and music To switch su btitle, audio or angle-view Preparations ≥ To view the video on a DVD or Video CD, turn on the TV and select the video input for this unit.
41 DVD To get more enjoyment from movies and music (continue d) To change the settings in accordance with the software Preparations ≥ To view the video on a DVD or Video CD, turn on the TV and select the video input for this unit. ≥ Switch [VCR/TV/DVD] to “DVD”.
42 To get more enjoyment from movies and music (continue d) Variable Zoom function [RAM] [DVD- V] [VCD] Change the zoom ratio so the pictures expands to the optimum size to fill the screen. Preparation Change the s etting “TV Aspect ” to suit your television.
43 DVD Using On-Screen Menu Icons [DV D -V [ [R AM [ [VCD] [CD] [M P3] [W MA] On-Screen Me nu Icons are menus that contain information about the disc or unit. These menus allow you to perform oper ations by changing this inform ation. Preparations ≥ Turn on the TV and select the video i n put for this unit.
44 MP3 Using On-Screen Menu Icons (con tinued) Indicates how f ar you have p layed through an item. Disc information Progress indicato r Audio/Su btitle language a PG: Program num ber [RAM] PL: Play l.
45 DVD MP3 Using On-Screen Menu Icons (con tinued) Play Menu ª Marker Stores the position from which playback will resume later. 1 Pr ess [E NTER ]. 2 Press [ENTER] again at th e position to be stor ed. To mark anoth er positio n Up to 5 points ( [RAM] only: up to 999 points) 1) Press [Cursor] 1 to select “ ¢ ”.
46 MP3 Using On-Screen Menu Icons (con tinued) Picture M enu [DV D -V [ [RA M [ [VCD] Unless otherwise indicated, s elect items with [Cursor] 2 1 and change with [Cursor] 34 .
47 DVD Enjoyi ng more powerful sound To connect to external au dio devices You can enjoy Dolby digital sound and DT S surround sound. ª Enjoying 5.1-channel surround sound with Dolby Digital .
48 Changing setti ngs Change the settings to suit your preferences and to suit the unit to the environment in which it is being used. These set tings are retained in memory until they are changed, even if the unit is turned off. ≥ See the right page for menu and opt ion details.
49 DVD Changing set tings (continued) SET UP menus ≥ Underlined items are the initial s etting. (continues on t he next page) Menus Items Options Disc DVD-V Audio Choose the pre ferred audio language.
50 Changing set tings (continued) Preparations ≥ Turn on the TV and select the video input for t his unit. ≥ Switch [VCR/TV/DVD] to “DVD”. Quick Setup The QUICK SETUP scr een assists you to make basic settings for DVD. While SET UP menus are displayed ( l page 48) 1 Press [Cursor ] 21 to sele ct “Others” tab.
51 DVD Changing set tings (continued) Entering a pa ssword (Ratin gs) [DVD-V] While SET UP menus are d isplayed, select the “Disc” tab and then “Rat ings” by f ollowi ng “Common proc edures” ( l page 48, 4 9) to set a ratings level to limit DVD-Video p lay.
52 Editing Assemble Editing This function can be used to m ake up an edited tape from other recordings or video sources. A new scene can be added to the end o f previous one. Preparations ≥ Connect a cam era or another VCR to this unit as show n. ≥ Confirm that the TV is on and the unit viewing channel is selected.
53 Others Editing (continue d) Adding Mu sic to Video (MUSIC WITH PICTURE) You can enjoy music fed from a disc while images taken by digital cameras or video c ameras are being played. The video and mu sic being played can be recorded on a video cassette.
54 Error Messages Before requesting service, check the following points once again. On Screen Display ª VCR ª DVD Self-diagn ostic Indicatio ns This unit has a self-diagnosis and display function. I f this uni t detects trouble during installation or during use, the following indications automatically appear in the unit’s display.
55 Helpful Hints Before Reque sting Service Before requesting service, check the following points once again. Gene ral Sound No power. ≥ Insert the AC power supply cord and system cable securely. 12 No response when buttons pressed. ≥ Some operations may be prohibited by the disc.
56 Before Requestin g Service (con tinued) Picture VCR picture Disc picture Recording No pic ture. ≥ Check the connection. ≥ Make sure t he television is on. ≥ Ensure the television’s video input setting is correct. When the audio/video cable is co nnected, Ensure the input is switched on the TV .
57 Helpful Hints Before Requestin g Service (con tinued) Disc play Editing Play doesn’t start (or stops immediately) when yo u press [ 1 ] (PLAY ). ≥ Condensation has formed: Wait 1 to 2 hours for it to ev aporate. ≥ This unit cannot play discs other than the ones l isted in these operating instructions.
58 Glossary Audio channel for DVD (ch) Sound is divided into channels based on the sound’s role. Example: 5.1 channel ≥ Front speakers— 1 left channel and 1 right channel ≥ Center speaker— 1 channel ≥ Surround speake rs— 1 left ch annel and 1 right channel ≥ Subwoofer— 1 channel a 0.
59 Helpful Hints Glossary (con tinued) MP3 (MPEG AUDIO Layer3 ) One of audio data compression methods adopted by MPEG. The audio data c an be compress ed into approx. 1/10 with only slight degradation of sound quality. Multi-sessi on This means recording data onto a CD-R/CD-RW dis c several times.
60 Q&A Connection I have a T V equipped w ith both the S-video input and the component video inputs. Which one should be used? ≥ To view only the video on the DVD section, it is recommended to connect to the component video inputs.
61 Helpful Hints Specifications AG-VP300 P ª VCR SECTION Video Rec ording Syst em: 2 rotary heads, helical scanning system Video Heads: 4 heads Tape Speed: SP; 33.3 mm /s EP; 11.1 m m/s Tape Format: VH S t ape Record/Play back Time: SP; 210 m in with NV-T210 EP; 630 m in with NV-T210 FF/REW Time: Approx.
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