Panasonic th-42pa30e User Manual

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Dear Panasonic Customer,
We hope that you have many years of enjoyment from your new TV. The 

 section at the beginning

of this instruction book will allow you to use the TV as quickly as possible. We recommend that you then read the
complete instruction book, and keep it to refer to as you explore the range of advanced features that this Plasma TV
offers.

Important Safety Notice .............................................. 3
Safety Precautions ..................................................... 4
Maintenance ............................................................... 5
Accessories ................................................................ 6
Fitting remote control batteries ................................... 6
How to open the front cover ....................................... 7
Terminal cover open and close .................................. 7
Fastening method ...................................................... 7
Quick Start Guide ....................................................... 8
Basic controls: front panel and remote control ......... 10
Using the On Screen Displays ................................. 11
Picture menu ............................................................ 12
Sound menu ............................................................. 13
Setup menu .............................................................. 14
Tuning menu – overview .......................................... 15
Tuning menu – Programme edit ............................... 16

Adding / deleting a programme channel ............... 16
Moving a programme channel .............................. 16
Tuning a programme channel ............................... 16
Renaming a programme channel .......................... 17
Locking a programme channel .............................. 17
Changing the sound system for a channel ............ 17
Copying programme information to
     a recording device ............................................ 17

Tuning menu – Auto setup ....................................... 18
Tuning menu – Manual tuning .................................. 19
Manual tuning  (via front panel) ................................ 19
Q-Link ....................................................................... 20
Aspect Controls ........................................................ 21
Multi window ............................................................. 24
Still ........................................................................... 25
Channel search ........................................................ 25
Picture and text ........................................................ 25
PC mode .................................................................. 26
Photo View mode ..................................................... 28
VCR / DVD operation ............................................... 32
Teletext operation ..................................................... 33
Connections ............................................................. 36

How to connect the Headphones / AV3 terminals . 36
How to connect the Audio Output terminals .......... 37
How to connect the AV1 / 2 / 4 Scart terminals ..... 37
How to connect the Component Input terminals ... 37
How to connect the PC Input terminals ................. 38

Troubleshooting ....................................................... 39
Scart and S-video terminal information .................... 40
Input signal can be displayed ................................... 41
Specifications ........................................................... 42