Panasonic SC-HT744 User Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . 4
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Simple Setup
STEP 1
Assembling the front and
surround speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Speaker installation options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
STEP 2
Positioning the speakers . . . . . . . . . 9
STEP 3
Speaker connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
STEP 4
Audio and video connections. . . . . 10
Television with an HDMI terminal . . . . . . . . 10
Basic audio connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Basic video connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Basic audio connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Basic video connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STEP 5
Radio and AC cord connections . . . . 12
STEP 6
Preparing the remote control . . . . 12
STEP 7
Performing QUICK SETUP . . . . . . 13
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Discs that can be played. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Disc caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Product Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Basic play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the main unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Convenient functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Checking the disc type in each tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Displaying current playback condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Playing CDs sequentially . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing the zoom ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Repeat play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Program and Random play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Displaying current playback condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Playing CDs sequentially . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing the zoom ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Repeat play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Program and Random play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing data discs using navigation menus . . . 20
Playing data discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting a track using CD text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing HighMAT
Selecting a track using CD text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing HighMAT
TM
discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing RAM and DVD-R/-RW (DVD-VR) discs . . . . . 21
Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Changing the player settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Changing the delay time of the speakers. . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Presetting stations automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting the preset channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using an outdoor antenna (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting the preset channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using an outdoor antenna (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using sound effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Changing the sound quality: Sound Field Control . . . 30
Enhancing the sound from the center speaker:
Enhancing the sound from the center speaker:
Center Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Enhancing the stereo sound: Dolby Pro Logic II . . . . 30
Enhancing the bass sound: H.BASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting the amount of bass: Subwoofer level . . . . . 31
Adjusting the volume of each speaker:
Enhancing the bass sound: H.BASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting the amount of bass: Subwoofer level . . . . . 31
Adjusting the volume of each speaker:
Speaker level adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Operating other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Operating the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing the remote control code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing the remote control code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using other useful functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Muting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Music Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Muting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Music Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Getting
Started
Reference
Playing
Discs
Other
Operations
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