Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DMP-B500 Panasonic
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VQ T2J 81 Operat ing Instruc tions Por t able Blu-ray Dis c Playe r Model No. DM P-B50 0 De ar cust omer Th an k yo u fo r pu r c ha si ng this pr od uc t.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 2 Gett i n g st art ed IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION S R ead these operati ng instruc tions care fully befor e u sing the unit. F ollow t he safety in struction s on the un it and the applic able safety instructi ons listed belo w . K eep these operati ng instruct ions handy for futu re refe rence.
Gett i ng st arte d VQT 2J81 (EN G) 3 Batter ies 1 Ba ttery pack (Lith ium ion bat tery pack) ≥ Use the s pecified u nit t o recharg e the batter y pack. ≥ Do no t use the b attery pac k with equ ipment oth er than th e specifi ed unit. ≥ Do no t use the p layer outs ide if it i s snowing or rai ning.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 4 T able o f content s Getting st arted IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .... ......... ...... 2 Accessor i e s ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... 5 Uni t a nd m e d ia car e ... ... .. ... .. ... ..
Gett i ng st arte d Reference P lay b a ck Settin gs VQT 2J81 (EN G) 5 Network Acces sorie s Pl ea se che ck and ide ntify th e su ppli ed acce s sor ies. U se nu mber s i nd ic ated in pare nt hese s whe n as ki ng f or re plac e ment par ts. (P rod uc t n umbers cor r ec t as of March 20 10 .
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 6 Med ia (Dis c, card an d USB devic e ) informati on This cha rt show s t he di ffer ent type of r e tai l/c ommerci al disc s you ca n u se, a nd al so in cl udes th e i nd ustr y -st a nd ard l og os tha t sh ou ld ap pe a r on t he di scs an d/or pac k aging .
Gett i ng st arte d VQT 2J81 (EN G) 7 This cha r t show s the di f f ere nt type of car ds r ec orde d w ith ot he r devic es th at you can use . * Includes miniSD Card, microSD Card, microS DHC Card and microSDXC Card The ca rd type s ment ione d a bove wi ll be re fer red to as “ SD ca r d” in thes e op er a tin g in st r uc tio n s.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 8 Ov erview I nstr uct io ns f or o pe rat io ns a re g e neral ly des cri be d us in g the r emot e c ont ro l in th ese op era ting in st ruc tion s. Front Vi ew Re ar V ie w Side View 1 LCD scr een 2 S peaker 3 [CHARGE] indica tor ( > 11) Wh ile r ech ar gi ng t he b at ter y p ack, th is in di cat or lig hts up.
Gett i ng st arte d VQT 2J81 (EN G) 9 1 T urn the uni t on and off ( > 11 ) 2 Sh ow the Home screen of the VIERA CAST ( > 34) 3 S e l ec t ti tl e num bers, etc .
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 10 Inst allatio n of the un it Ope n the s tand an d set th e unit on a ho riz on tal an d st a ble lev el sur f ac e. ≥ Us e t he s tan d in a f ul ly op en ed s tate . ≥ Th e un it ca nnot be mo un ted in t he c ar . ≥ Th e un it does n ot hav e m agn eti c sh ie ldin g.
Gett i ng st arte d VQT 2J81 (EN G) 11 ∫ D et a ching th e battery p ack When not using for long peri ods of time ≥ De t ac h the batte ry pa ck ( > ab ov e). (Ev en wh en th e unit is tu rne d off, there is a s mall amo unt o f vol tage ru nn ing thr oug h th e uni t, an d t his ma y r esu lt i n a mal fun ct ion.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 12 Showing the FUNCTION MEN U Some f un ct ion s of t h is uni t can be o perat ed f r o m the FUNCTIO N MENU. 1 Press [FUNCTION MENU]. ≥ Fu ncti on s di sp la yed de pend o n t he m ed ia an d op erat ing cond ition s. 2 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to select the item an d pre ss [O K ] .
Gett i ng st arte d VQT 2J81 (EN G) 13 Loading the disc, SD card or USB device 1 Open the screen and press [OP E N]. 2 Set the dis c hold ing t he unit wi th you r han d an d c los e th e l i d. ≥ Set t he di sc s ecurel y un til y ou h ear a "clic k", with th e lab el side u p.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 14 Play ba ck Basic play (Play ing v ideo content s) I nstr uct io ns f or o pe rat io ns a re g e neral ly des cri be d us in g the r emot e c ont ro l in th ese op era ting in st ruc tion s. In sert the media ( > 13). Play st art s.
Pl ay back VQT 2J81 (EN G) 15 (If th e media co ntai ns dat a in di f feren t fi le for mat s) 1 Press [F UNCTION MENU]. 2 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to se l ect “Menu” and p ress [OK ]. 3 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to s elect “Play Video (A VCHD)” or “Play Vi deo ( MPE G -2)” an d p re ss [O K ].
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 16 [DV D-VR ] [AVCHD] 1 Insert a disc o r SD card ( > 13). ≥ If th e me nu is d ispl ay ed, pre ss [ 3 , 4 ] t o selec t the item and p r e ss [OK] . 2 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to select the ti tle and press [SUB ME NU ]. 3 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to sel ect “View Chap ters” and press [O K].
Pl ay back VQT 2J81 (EN G) 17 Duri ng p la yba ck , you ca n ac ces s sp eci fic re cord in gs or s cenes t hro ug h di r ec t ent r y of th e num b ere d bu tt o ns . P lay star ts f rom th e se lec ted ti tle or c hapt er . ≥ Whi le st op ped (th e i mag e o n the ri gh t is disp layed o n the s cr ee n), the t itl e is desi gnat e d.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 18 Enjoying BD-Liv e or BONUSVIEW in BD-V ideo [BD-V] What is BONUSVI EW? B ONUSVIE W a llows you to e njoy func tion s suc h as pict ure-in - pict ure o r s econd ary audio etc. , wi th BD -V ide o supp ortin g BD- ROM Pro fil e 1 ve rsion 1.
Pl ay back VQT 2J81 (EN G) 19 Playi ng music [CD] [MP 3] Y ou c an play g ener all y av aila bl e mu si c C Ds or MP 3 f iles recorded o nto a DVD-R /R DL, CD-R/RW and USB de vice. ( Abo ut str uc tu re of fo lde r s > 4 3, “S tr uc tur e of f ol de r s that ca n be pl ayed i n t his u ni t”) 1 Insert a d isc or USB device ( > 13).
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 20 Playing ba ck motion pictures or s till pi ctures as a Photo Frame It is pos sibl e t o use thi s unit as a Ph oto Fr am e, con tin uously play ing b ack still pictures (JPEG) and motion pictures (A VCHD) r ecorded on an SD c ard. 1 Press [PHOTO FRAME].
Pl ay back VQT 2J81 (EN G) 21 1 Press [FUNCTION MENU]. 2 Pre ss [ 3 , 4 ] to se lect “Photo Frame Settings” and press [OK]. 3 Select the item to set with [ 3 , 4 ] ( > bel ow). 4 A f ter the setu p is co mpleted, s elect “S et” wi th [ 3 , 4 , 2 , 1 ], a nd then press [OK].
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 22 Playing sti ll pictures [J PE G] Playback of the BD-RE, DVD-RAM/R/ R DL or CD-R/RW with stil l pictu res re cord ed . Thi s u nit can a lso pl ay sti l l pi ctur es rec orded on the SD card or USB m e mory .
Pl ay back VQT 2J81 (EN G) 23 T o r epeat sl ideshow Press [ 3 , 4 ] to se lect “ R ep ea t Play” an d press [ 2 , 1 ] to se le ct “On” or “O ff” . T o l isten to Back groun d Music The MP 3 tha t i s rec orded o n the USB devic e or the music CD can b e pl ay ed bac k as Backg rou nd M usi c duri ng the slid esh ow .
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 24 Playin g DivX ® vid eos [Di vX] ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: Di vX ® is a digi tal vi deo form at c reate d by Di vX, Inc. This is a n of ficia l Div X Ce rt ifie d d e vice th at pl ay s D ivX vi de o. Vi sit www .di vx .c om for mo re i nfor ma t ion and so ftw ar e to ols to conve rt your f iles in t o Di vX vi deo.
Pl ay back VQT 2J81 (EN G) 25 Regarding Di vX VOD content that can only be played a set number of times Some DivX VO D c on t e nts can only b e play ed a set nu mb er of ti me s. W he n yo u pl ay this con t e nt, the nu mb er of time s al r ea dy pl ay ed and in iti ally pl aya ble num b er o f t imes i s di sp laye d.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 26 Changin g settings w i th the on -screen m enu 1 Press [DISPLAY]. ≥ It is a lso poss ible to d ispl ay w ith t he foll owi ng pr oced ur es : ≥ De pe ndin g o n the c on dit ion o f th e un it (p lay ing , sto pp ed, etc. ) an d media co ntent s, th ere may b e so me i tems th at you ca nnot sel ect or chang e .
Pl ay back VQT 2J81 (EN G) 27 Repeat Pl ay (Onl y when t he el apsed t ime is b eing di splay ed on the di spla y .) S elec t t he it em w hic h y ou w an t to re pe at . Th e it em s disp la yed dif fer de pe nd ing on the t yp e of me dia. S elec t “Off” to canc e l.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 28 Using this u nit with other equip ment It is pos si ble t o enjoy t he high q uali t y vide o an d audi o o f this un it o n th e lar ge sc re en by co nn ec ting th is unit wit h t he TV using a sing le cable. ≥ T urn off all equip me nt be fore co nne cti ng an d read the appr o pria te ope rati ng ins truc t ion s.
Pl ay back VQT 2J81 (EN G) 29 Linked op erations with the TV (VIERA Link™ “HDA VI Co ntrol™”) Preparat ion Conn ec t th is un it to you r TV o r am plifi er/r ec eiver wi th a n HDM I ca bl e ( > 28) . 1 Set “VIERA Link” to “On” ( > 39).
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 30 If yo u co nn ect thi s unit to t h e T V th at suppo rts “ HDA V I Co ntrol 2” or la ter w ith a n H DMI cab le, y ou c an en joy us in g mo re co nven ie nt fu ncti on s. Y ou ca n ope ra t e t his un it usin g bu ttons on t he TV remo te cont r ol .
Network VQT 2J81 (EN G) 31 Pl ay back Network Connec ting to a broadband n etwork The f ol lo win g se rvic es can be us ed wh en thi s un i t is con ne cted to br oa db and.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 32 P rec au tion s o f Wi rele ss L AN A da pto r T he fo ll owi ng lim its are in p la ce re ga rdi ng t he us age of th is dev ic e. Y ou must be aw are of th ese limi ts b ef ore usi ng th is dev ice.
Network VQT 2J81 (EN G) 33 Acce ss Po int Co nnec ti o n Se tt ing Network Easy Setting ( Connection Check) Network Easy Setting ( Internet Con nection C heck) ≥ Ref er to the op erat ing in str ucti ons of th e hub or rout er . ≥ Y o u ca n p er form t his se tup a ny ti me b y sele ct in g “ Netw or k Easy Sett ing” i n the Setu p me nu.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 34 Enjoying VIERA CAST™ Y ou c an acc es s a s el ecti on of Int e r net ser vi ces f rom th e Ho me scre en wi th V IERA CAST , for ex ampl e Y ouT ube, Pica sa We b Albu ms. ( Cur re nt as o f Decemb er 2 009) Pre p aration ≥ Ne twor k c o nnec ti on ( > 31 ) ≥ Ne twork s etti ng ( > 32 ) 1 Pr ess [VIERA CAST].
Network VQT 2J81 (EN G) 35 ≥ Down l o adi ng will r equi re sever al mi nu tes. It ma y ta ke longe r or th e Int er net ma y no t b e conn ec te d de pe ndin g on t he conn ecti on envi ro nm ent. It i s requi red tha t you use a br oa db an d co nn ec t i on .
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 36 Setti ngs Changin g the unit’ s settings Chan ge th e unit’ s sett ings if neces s a r y . The se tting s remai n inta ct ev en i f yo u sw itch the unit to standby . 1 Whi le st o pp e d Press [SETUP]. 2 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to select the m enu and press [O K].
Settin gs VQT 2J81 (EN G) 37 BD-Live Inter net Access [BD-V] ( > 18 ) Y ou ca n rest rict Int ern et acces s when B D-L i ve funct ions ar e used. DivX S u bt it le Tex t [Di vX] Sele ct a su itab le item a ccordi n g to th e la ng uage use d for Di vX subt itl e s tex t ( > 25 ).
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 38 Do wnmi x Swit ch the downmi x sy st em for pl a ying back multi- chan nel surr o und so und. ≥ When “Dolby D/Dolby D +/Dolby TrueHD” or “DTS/DTS-HD” is s et to “Bi tstrea m”, th ere are no do wn mix effects fo r th e out putte d audi o.
Settin gs VQT 2J81 (EN G) 39 Networ k Ea sy Sett ing ( > 32) Networ k Se ttings Pe rfo rm ne t wo rk-rel ate d setti n g s in di vidual ly . Press [OK] to s how th e fol low ing se ttin gs. HDMI RGB Output Ra nge Ef fe ctive w hen co nnecte d to a devi ce that on ly sup port s RGB ou tp ut.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 40 Auto Power Off S elect w het her the unit is au tom atica lly tur ned o ff when abo ut 15 min utes (a bo ut 5 minute s when us in g t he batt ery pa ck ) ha ve e lapse d w hil e st op pe d. Clock Adj ustment S ets the c lock time , date of t he ca lend ar dis play ed o n this unit, or D ay light Sa ving ti me.
Reference Settings VQT 2J81 (EN G) 41 Reference Enjoying High Bit rate Audio and V ideo The au dio out put dif fer s depe ndin g on th e setti n gs on t he unit. ( > 37, “D igi tal Au dio O u tput ”) ≥ Th e nu mb er of cha nn els l is te d is th e m axi mu m p os sibl e n u mber of ou tp ut ch an ne ls.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 42 About MP3/J PEG/DivX/ A VCHD/M PEG2 files ≥ Wit h ce r tai n recor din g st at es and fo lder st ruc tures , the play ord er ma y di f fer or p layback may n ot be pos sible. ≥ CD- R, CD - RW : IS O96 60 le vel 1 or 2 (e xce pt fo r ext end ed form ats), J olie t Thi s unit is comp at ib le wit h mu lt i-ses sion .
Reference VQT 2J81 (EN G) 43 Y ou ca n play fi les o n th is uni t by s truc ture of f olders as sho wn b elo w. Ho wev er dep end ing on the meth od of wri ting data (writing softwa re), play may not be in the o rde r yo u n um be red the fol der s.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 44 Indicators a nd screen message s The [CHARGE] indicator fla shes rap idly. ¾ Th er e is a p rob lem w i th th e bat tery pac k. Tur n th e unit on and chec k the me ss age on th e LCD. ( > be low, 4 5) ¾ Up date of th e firm ware did not comp lete suc ces sfully .
Reference VQT 2J81 (EN G) 45 Cannot obt ain I P address using DHCP. Please c heck the co nnection or route r settings. ¾ If you us e a hu b, th en che ck the conn ec ti on bet we en the hub and t he rout e r . j U se t he UP LIN K p ort of the h ub t o co nn ect t o a ro ute r .
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 46 T rouble shooting g uide B efore req uesting s ervice, p lease p erform th e following steps. To return al l set ti ngs other than some settings t o the factor y pres et . ¾ Se lect “ Y es” in “R est ore D e faul t S ettin gs ” ( > 40 ) in the Setup menu .
Reference VQT 2J81 (EN G) 47 The unit is on but cannot be oper ated. ¾ Is the in cor re ct play ba ck m edi a o r o pe rat ion f un ct ion sele cted? ¾ Th e uni t m ay no t be op erat ing pro pe rly d ue to l ightn in g, st atic elec tri ci ty or som e other exter nal fac to r .
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 48 No sou nd fro m the unit ’s spea ker. ¾ The spe ake r is o ff if head phon es ar e co nn ecte d. ¾ Turn up th e vo lume . ( > 14) Cannot hea r the des i red a udio t ype. ¾ Pre s s [ AUD IO] to se lec t th e audi o. ( > 17) ¾ [DivX ] : Au dio may no t be o utput depen di ng on ho w fil es wer e cr ea te d.
Reference VQT 2J81 (EN G) 49 The cont ent s of the USB de vice ca nnot be r ead. ¾ Th is u ni t doe s not g ua ran te e co nn ecti on wit h a ll U SB devi ce s. ¾ USB dev ices co nnec ted u sing a USB hu b ma y not be re co gn iz ed by thi s un it .
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 50 S pecifica tions P ow e r su ppl y: DC 12 V (DC I N terminal)/ DC 7.2 V ( Ex clu si ve b att ery te rm inal ) P ower consu mptio n (u sin g inc luded AC a dap tor): Play Mo de : Ap prox. 2 2 W (Un it on ly A pp rox . 1 8 W) Recharge mode (Qui ck Sta rt “Off”): A ppr ox.
Reference VQT 2J81 (EN G) 51 S pe cif icatio ns are su bjec t to ch an ge witho ut no t i ce. *1 Fin aliz ing is ne ce ssa ry. *2 ISO 966 0 leve l 1 o r 2 (e xcep t f or ex tend ed fo rm ats) , Jo li et Th is u nit i s co mp at ible with mu lti -ses sion .
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 52 Glo ssary AVCHD A VCHD i s a new fo rmat ( s t and ar d ) fo r hig h de fin ition vid eo ca me ra s t hat ca n b e us ed to re cor d an d pl ay h igh -re so lu tion HD im ag es. BD- J Some B D -V ide o disc s co ntain Java ap pli cation s, and th ese appl icatio ns are ca ll ed B D- J .
Reference VQT 2J81 (EN G) 53 JPEG (Jo int Phot ogra phi c Expert s Grou p) This i s a syste m use d f or co mpre ssin g/deco ding c olor sti ll pict ures. If you sel e ct J PEG a s the st orage sys te m on digi tal ca mera s, etc ., the d ata wi ll be c omp ressed to 1/ 10–1 /100 of its or igin al si ze.
VQT 2J81 (ENG) 54 Limit ed W arrant y (ONL Y FOR U .S.A. AND PUER T O RICO) Pan asonic Co nsumer E lectron ics Company , D ivision of P anasonic Co rporatio n of Nor th America One Panason ic Way , Secauc us, New J ersey 07 094 Panaso nic Blu-r ay and DVD Pr oduct s Lim ite d W a rr ant y Lim ited Warra nty Co ve rage ( For U.
Reference VQT 2J81 (EN G) 55 Limited W arranty (O nly for Cana da) P a n aso ni c C ana d a In c. P ANAS ONIC PRODUCT – LIMITED W ARRAN TY Panasoni c Canada In c.
VQT2J81 F0310Q K0 Index A AC adap tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 An gle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Audio Attr ibute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Chang ing audi o . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Chann el . . . . . . . .
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