Panasonic ag-vp300 User Manual

Helpful Hin

Before Requesting Service (continued)

Disc play

Editing

Play doesn’t start (or stops
immediately) when you press
[

1] (PLAY).

≥Condensation has formed: Wait 1 to 2 hours for it to evaporate.
≥This unit cannot play discs other than the ones listed in these operating instructions.
≥This unit cannot play DVD-Video with a region number other than “1”, “ALL” or multiple

region numbers including “1”.

≥The disc may be dirty and may require cleaning.
≥Ensure that the disc is installed with the label of the side to be played facing upwards.
≥Check that the DVD-RAM has something recorded on it.

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No menu play.

≥This function depends on software availability.

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No subtitles.

≥This function depends on software availability.
≥Subtitles are cleared from the television. Display the subtitles.
≥Subtitles position is wrong. Adjust the position.

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The position of the subtitles is
incorrect.

≥Change the position of the subtitles with “Subtitle Position” in the on-screen menu icon.

Soundtrack and/or subtitle
language is not the one selected
with the SETUP menus.

≥This function depends on software availability.

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Cannot change angle.

≥This function depends on software availability. Even if a disc has a number of angles

recorded, these angles may be recorded for specific scenes only.

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Cannot add markers.

≥You cannot add markers while playing a play list or if the disc’s play time doesn’t appear on

the unit’s display.

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There are already markers on a
disc.

[RAM[

≥The unit reads and displays the markers added with a DVD recorder. You can clear them

but reappear when you switch the unit to standby, change the source, or open the disc tray.

Marker numbers I added are
different when I call them up.
[RAM[

≥The unit numbers markers by time so they change when you add and delete them.

Cannot select random or
program play.

≥You cannot select random or program play with some DVD-Video.

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Folders deeper than the eighth
layer on a data CD are not
displayed correctly.

≥Folders deeper than the eighth layer are displayed as the eighth layer.

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You have forgotten your ratings
password.
Reset all the settings to Factory
Preset.

≥While stopped and “DVD” is the source, press and hold [REW6] (VCR), [PLAY1]

(DVD) and [

<DVD OPEN/CLOSE] on the unit for about 3 seconds until “Initialized”

disappears from the television. Turn the unit off and on again.
All settings will return to the default values.

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The progressive out indicator
does not light.

≥Go to “Video” in the SET UP menus, and select “Enable” in “Progressive Out

(Component)”.

Black bands appear in the
recording.

≥Move the other equipment away from the television as it may be picking up interference.

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Recording video or audio from
external equipment is not
possible.

≥The connections were done incorrectly.

Check the connections to the other equipment.

≥The external input channel “A1” or “A2”, to which the player is connected is not selected.

Press [CH]

IJ to select “A1” or “A2”.

A video was dubbed, but the
video is distorted or the colors
are abnormal.

≥Copy-protected material was dubbed.

Copy-protected materials cannot be recorded normally.
Most commercially available videotapes and DVD discs (including rental soft tapes/DVDs)
are copy-protected so that illegal dubbing is impossible.

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The audio level on the DVD
section is not corresponding to
that on the VCR after editing.

≥Some discs may reproduce different audio levels.

If the audio in particular parts, such as speech, is set to a low or high level, it may be
recorded on a video cassette at a high or low level, respectively.

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