Panasonic th-50pv500ey User Manual

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Dear Panasonic Customer,
We hope that you have many years of enjoyment from your new TV. The Quick Start Guide section at the be gin ning 
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
Cable binding instructions .......................................... 7
How to open the front cover ....................................... 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 ............................................................. 23
PC mode .................................................................. 24
Card operations ........................................................ 26
Still ............................................................................ 33
VCR / DVD operation ............................................... 34
Teletext operation ..................................................... 35
Connections ............................................................. 38

How to connect the Headphones / AV3 terminals . 38
How to connect the Audio Output  terminals ......... 39
How to connect the AV1 / 2 / 4 Scart terminals ..... 39
How to connect the Component Input terminals ... 39
How to connect the HDMI Input terminal ............... 40
How to connect the PC Input terminal ................... 41

Troubleshooting ........................................................ 42
Scart and S-video terminal information .................... 43
Input signal that can be displayed ............................ 44
Specifi cations ........................................................... 45

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual 
property rights. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and 
is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. 
Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

U. S. patent No. 4,907,093.