Before requesting service, make the below checks. If you are in doubt about some of the check points, or if the remedies indicated in the chart do
not solve the problem:
In the U.S.A., contact the Panasonic
Customer
Call Center at l-800-21 l-7262, or e-mail consumerproducts@panasonic.com,
or web site
(http:flwww.panasonic.com).
In Canada, contact
Panasonic
Canada
Inc. Customer
Care Centre at l-800-561-5505,
web
site
(www.panasonic.ca),
or an authorized
Servicentre
closest to you.
Power
No power.
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The unit switches
to the
standby
mode.
*This is a power saving feature. You can turn it off if you would prefer (Set Up-Off
Timer-Off).
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Press [&, DVD POWER] to turn the unit on.
*One of the unit's safety devices may have activated. Press [(!I, DVD POWER] to turn the unit
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Operation
Picture
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When progressive output is on, refer also to the section listed under "Progressive
video" below.
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Make sure that the television's input setting (e.g., VIDEO 1) is correct
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When using this unit for the first time, the HDD has nothing recorded on it. You must record a
program etc. to the HDD before you can enjoy playback.
Television
reception
worsens
after connecting
the unit.
seconds. The setting will change to interlace.
Screen size is wrong.
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Check the settings on your television.
aCheck the settings for "TV Aspect", "4:3 TV Settings for DVD-Video" or "4:3 TV Settings for
DVD-RAM" in the TV Screen SETUP menus.
On-screen
messages
do not
appew.
The blue background
does
not appear.
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Go to Display in the SETUP menus and select "On" for "Blue Background".
There is ghesting.
with the on-screen menus.
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Progressive
video
There is ghosting
when pro-
gressive output is on.
*Select "Video" in the on-screen menu and set "Progressive" to "OFF". This problem is ca
by the editing method or material used on DVD, but should be corrected if you use interlace
output.
There is no apparent change
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The effect is less perceivable with sume types of video.
in picture-quality
when
adjusted with'the Video menu
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in the on-Screen menus.