Panasonic Color Television Dvd Combo Ct 20dc50 Operating Instructions

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DVD SETUP MENUS
On-Screen Messages
This menu lets you decide whether “Play”, “Still”’ and other on-screen displays will be 
displayed or not. It also lets you select the color and positioning of displays.
Procedure
• In the DVD SETUP menu, press p or q button to highlight On-Screen Mes-
sages.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button.The following sub-menu is displayed.
• Press p or q button to select the preferred item and press ENTER.
• If On-screen Message is highlighted, select On or Off.
• If Color and Position is selected, make your selection from the screen displayed 
on-screen.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button to enter your selection.
• Press RETURN to exit the menu.
On-Screen Messages
1 On-Screen Messages
2 Color and Position
Press RETURN to exitOn
Blue
On-Screen Messages
2
3
4
5
6
Press RETURN to exit
BlueColor and Position
Violet
Green
Blue
Violet
Green
1
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TV Aspect
This menu lets you select the aspect ratio of your television. Select 4:3 (conventional 
TV) or 16:9 (wide screen).
Procedure
• In the DVD SETUP menu, press p or q button to highlight TV Aspect.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button to display the sub-menu.
• Press p or q button to select either 4:3 or 16:9.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button to enter your selection.
Note:When AUTO ASPECT  is ON and the TV Aspect is set to 16:9, a DVD disc in
widescreen mode (squeeze or anamorphic widescreen) will be played back in
vertical compressed 16:9 mode.
Digital Audio Output
This menu lets you select the digital output to be outputted from the optical digital 
audio output connector of the TV set.
Procedure
• In the DVD SETUP menu, press p or q button to highlight Digital Audio Output.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button to display the sub-menu.
• Highlight PCM Down Conversion (Item 1). Press ENTER to display the sub-menu. 
Select either No or Yes.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button.
• Highlight Dolby Digital. Press ACTION/ENTER button to display Dolby Digital 
sub-menu.
• Select either Bitstream or PCM.
If Bitstream is selected, Dolby Digital  bitstream (6 Ch) is output during playback of 
DVDs recorded in the Dolby Digital. (Factory preset)
Use this setting when the audio output is connected to the Dolby Digital Decoder. 
Select your TV aspect
1
Press RETURN to exit 2 4 : 3
16 : 9
Digital Audio Output
1  PCM Down Conversion
2  Dolby Digital
3  DTS Digital SurroundNo
Bitstream
Off
Press RETURN to exit
Example: in the case of the P-Picture
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DVD SETUP MENUS
Digital Audio Output (cont.)
If PCM is selected the digital audio is converted to PCM (2ch) of 48kHz/16 bit and is 
output during playback of DVDs recorded in the Dolby Digital.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button.
• Highlight DTS Digital Surround. 
• Press ACTION/ENTER button to display sub-menu.
• Select either Off or Bitstream. 
Off - No digital audio is output from the Dolby Digital output jack during playback of the 
DVDs recorded in DTS. (factory preset)
Bitstream - DTS bitstream is output from the Dolby Digital audio output jack during 
playback of the DVDs recorded in DTS. Select this setting when the player is con-
nected to a DTS decoder.
• Press ACTION/ENTER.
Other Settings
This menu lets you perform other special features of the DVD player.
Procedure
• In the DVD SETUP menu, press p or q button to highlight Other Settings.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button to display the sub-menus.
Still Mode
Lets you select Automatic, Field or Frame still. In Automatic mode, Field still and 
Frame still are automatically selected (Factory preset). Field still or Frame still pre-
vents jittering from occurring or let the small text or fine patterns seen clearly in the still 
picture mode.
Audio During Search
This menu lets you decide whether you want hear the audio during search at the initial 
scan speed.
Procedure
• In the Other Settings menu, press p orq button to highlight Audio During 
Search.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button to display the sub-menu.
• If you wish to hear audio during initial search, select On.
• If you do not wish to hear the audio during initial search, select Off.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button after you have made the choice.
Other Settings
1 Still Mode 
2 Audio during Search 
3 TV Mode (4:3) 
4 D. Range Compression 
5 Still Picture Display 
6 Black Level Control 
            Press RETURN to exit.Automatic
On
Pan&Scan
Off
Off
Lighter
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Other Settings (Cont.)
TV Mode
Select either Pan & Scan or Letterbox. 
Pan & Scan: The video material for a wide-screen will be played back in the Pan & 
Scan style on a conventional television.
Note: Video material not formatted in the Pan & Scan style will be played back in the 
letterbox style.
Letterbox: The video material for a wide-screen will be played back in the letterbox 
style with black bars top and bottom on the screen.
D. Range Compression
Select D.(Dynamic) Range Compression Off or On. 
Off mode is selected to hear the normal audio range.
On mode is selected to listen to dynamic sound even on low volume. Dynamic range 
is the difference in volume between the quietest and loudest sounds heard. Dynamic 
compression limits the level for listening at low volume. This is useful late at night, for 
example.
Note: This function only works with Dolby Digital DVD.
Still Picture Display
This menu is used to select the type of still picture displayed on the screen. Select 
either Off or On.
If Off mode, the picture type (I/P/B) will not be displayed on the TV screen in the still 
picture mode. (Factory preset)
If On mode is selected, the picture type (I/P/B) will be displayed on the TV screen in 
the still picture mode.
For your reference:
When On is selected in the Still Picture Display, the following screen is displayed in 
the still picture mode.
Other Settings
Press RETURN to exit
1  Pan & Scan
2  Letterbox
TV Mode (4:3)
Still (P)
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DVD SETUP MENUS
Explanation of I/P/B
The MPEG 2 standard adopted for DVD uses the following 3 picture types for the 
coding of each picture (frame) on the TV screen.
• I-Picture (Intra coded picture)
This is the standard picture type, and each picture is coded separately. Since it 
features the best picture quality, it is recommended that the screen be frozen with 
I-Picture when the picture quality is to adjusted.
• P-Picture (Predictive coded picture)
This picture type is computed on the basis of a past I-Picture or P-Picture. 
• B-Picture (Bidirectionally-predictive coded picture)
This picture type is computed by comparing the previous and subsequent I-Picture or 
P-Picture. It has the lowest volume of information.
Black Level Control
This menu lets you select the black level of the picture, “Lighter” or “Darker”.
Procedure
• In Other Settings menu, press p or qbutton to select Black Level Control.
• Press ACTION/ENTER button to display the sub-menu.
• Press p orq button to select either Lighter” or “Darker”.
• Press ENTER.
• Press RETURN repeatedly to exit the DVD SETUP menu.
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LANGUAGE CODE LIST
Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings “Audio”, “Subtitle” and/or
“Menus”.
Code LanguageCode LanguageCode LanguageCode Language
6565Afar7079Faroese7678Lingala8375Slovak
6566Abkhazian7082French7679Laothian8376Slovenian
6570Afrikaans7089Frisian7684Lithuanian8377Samoan
6577Ameharic7165Irish7686Latvian, Lettish8378Shona
6582Arabic7168Scots Gaelic7771Malagasy8379Somali
6583Assamese7176Galician7773Maori8381Albanian
6588Aymara7178Guarani7775Macedonian8382Serbian
6590Azerbaijani7185Gujarati7776Malayalam8385Sundanese
6665Bashkir7265Hausa7778Mongolian8386Swedish
6669Byelorussian7273Hindi7779Moldavian8387Swahili
6671Bulgarian7282Croatian7782Marathi8465Ta m i l
6672Bihari7285Hungarian7783Malay8469Te l u g u
6678 Bengali, Bangla7289Armenian7784Maltese8471Tajik
6679Tibetan7365Interlingua7789Burmese8472Thai
6682Breton7378Indonesian7865Nauru8473Ti grin ya
6765Catalan7383Icelandic7869Nepali8475Tu rk me n
6779Corsican7384Italian7876Dutch8476Tagalog
6783Czech7387Hebrew7879Norwegian8479Tonga
6789Welsh7465Japanese7982Oriya8482Tu rk i sh
6865Danish7473Yiddish8065Panjabi8484Ta t a r
6869German7487Javanese8076Polish8487Tw i
6890Bhutani7565Georgian8083Pashto, Pushto8575Ukrainian
6976Greek7575Kazakh8084Portuguese8582Urdu
6978English7576Greenlandic8185Quechua8590Uzbek
6979Esperanto7577Cambodian8277Rhaeto-Romance8673Vietnamese
6983Spanish7578Kannada8279Romanian8679Volapük
6984Estonian7579Korean8285Russian8779Wolof
6985Basque7583Kashmiri8365Sanskrit8872Xhosa
7065Persian7585Kurdish8368Sindhi8979Yo r u b a
7073Finnish7589Kirghiz8372Serbo-Croatian9072Chinese
7074Fiji7665Latin8373Singhalese9085Zulu
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TROUBLESHOOTING CHART - TV
Troubleshooting Chart - TV 
Before calling for service, determine the symptoms and follow suggested solutions.
AUDIOVIDEOSolutions
Noisy Audio Snowy Video
Adjust Antenna Location and Connection
Noisy AudioMultiple Image
Adjust Antenna Location and Connection
Check Antenna Lead-in Wire
Noisy AudioInterference
Move TV from Electrical Appliances, Lights, Vehicles, 
and Medical Equipment
No Audio Normal Video
Increase Volume
Check Mute
Check TV SPEAKERS on/off
Change Channel
Noisy AudioNo Video
Set TV or Cable Mode Properly
Check Antenna Cables
No AudioNo Video 
No PIP
Check Power Cord is Plugged into Active Outlet
Adjust Brightness and Audio Controls
Change Channel
Check Cable Connections
Program the Remote Control Again
Check Second Video Source Operation
Normal AudioNo Color
Adjust Color Settings
Change Channel
Wrong AudioNormal Video
Check Audio Is Set To Stereo Or Mono, Not SAP
Normal AudioNormal Video
Replace Remote Control Batteries
Intermittent Remote Control Operation
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Troubleshooting Chart - DVD
Before calling for service, determine the symptoms and follow suggested solutions.
 
SYMPTOMSSolutions
Play fails to start even after PLAY 
is pressed.
Play starts but then stops 
immediately. This player cannot play a disc other than DVD, 
VIDEO CD and CD.
The disc may be dirty and may require cleaning.
Make sure that the disc is installed with the label side 
facing up.
Can’t adjust Volume with remote 
control while in DVD modePress the TV Mode button, then press VOL buttons.
Press the DVD mode button to return to DVD
operation.
No sound.Make sure that the TV speakers are turned On.
If connected to stereo systems, check all the 
connections and check the amplifier’s input selection.
Play does not start even when title 
is selected.Check the Ratings level setting. The disc has a 
different rating than the one selected in the DVD 
SETUP menu.
Picture distorted during rapid 
advance or rapid reverse.The picture will be somewhat distorted at times: this 
is normal.
No key operation (by the controls 
on the TV set or remote control 
unit) is effective. Some operations may be prohibited by the disc.
No 4:3 (16:9) picture.Choose the correct TV aspect from the DVD SETUP 
menu.
No on-screen display.
The “Off” setting is selected for On-screen 
Messages. Select “On” to view the On-screen 
Messages.
No subtitles
Subtitles appear only with discs containing them.
Subtitle option turned Off. Select “On” from subtitle 
sub-Menu.
Angle cannot be changed.This function dependent on software availability. 
Even if a disc has a number angles recorded, these 
angles are for specific scenes only.
Audio sound track and/or subtitle 
language is not the one selected at 
the initial settings.If the audio sound track and/or subtitle language 
does not exist on the disc, the language selected at 
the initial settings will not be seen or heard.
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NOTES
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Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation 
of America
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Tel. (915 ó 015) 488-1000
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Tel. (787) 750-4300
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