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CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover or back. No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualifi ed service personnel. The lightning flash with The exclamation point within arrow-head within a triangle a triangle is intended to is in tended to tell the user tell the user that important that parts inside the product operating and servicing are a risk of electric shock instructions are in the papers to per sons.
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Important Safety Instructions 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water. 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifi ers) that produce heat. 9) Do not defeat the safety purpose o
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Dear Panasonic Customer Welcome to the Panasonic family of customers. We hope that you will have many years of enjoyment from your new Plasma Display. To obtain maximum benefit from your set, please read these Instructions before making any adjustments, and retain them for future reference. Retain your purchase receipt as well, and record the model number and serial number of your set in the space provided on the rear cover of these instructions. Table of Contents Important Safety Instruction
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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee tha
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Safety Precautions CAUTION This Plasma Display is for use only with the following optional accessories. Use with any other type of optional accessories may cause instability which could result in the possibility of injury. (All of the following accessories are manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) • Speakers .................................................................. TY-SP37P8W-K (TH-37PH9UK), TY-SP42P8W-K (TH-42PS9UK, TH-42PH9UK), TY-SP50P8W-K (TH-50PH9UK) • Pe
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Safety Precautions / Maintenance WARNING Do not handle the power cord plug with wet hands. Setup • Doing so may cause electric shocks. Do not place the Plasma Display on sloped or unstable surfaces. Do not do anything that might damage the power cable. • The Plasma Display may fall off or tip over. When disconnecting the power cable, hold the plug, not the cable. Do not place any objects on top of the Plasma • Do not make any modifi cations, place heavy objects on, Display. place near hot o
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Connections SERIAL Terminals connection The SERIAL terminal is used when the Plasma Display is controlled by a computer. COMPUTER 6 7 8 9 14 2 3 5 SERIAL RS-232C Straight cable Pin layout for RS-232C D-sub 9p Notes: • Use the RS-232C cable to connect the computer to the Plasma Display. • The computer shown is for example purposes only. • Additional equipment and cables shown are not supplied with this set. The SERIAL terminal conforms to the RS-232C interface specifi cation, so that the Plasma D
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Connections AV & COMPONENT / RGB connection COMPONENT VIDEO OUT RR Example of input signal source PB Y, PB, PR, RCA-BNC OUT DVD Y adapter plug L Digital TV-SET-TOP-BOX AUDIO (DTV-STB) R OUT RL RL AUDIO AUDIO VIDEO RL AUDIO PR/CR/R PB/CB/B Y/G S VIDEO AUDIO B AV IN A COMPONENT/RGB IN PC IN SERIAL SLOT1 SLOT2 SLOT3 Example of input signal source S VIDEO VCR CAMCORDER VCR RL RL S VIDEO VIDEO OUT OUT AUDIO AUDIO OUT OUT Notes: • Change the “COMPONENT/RGB-IN SELECT” setting in the “SET UP” men
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Power ON / OFF Connecting the AC cord plug to the Plasma Display. Fix the AC cord plug securely to the Plasma Display with the clamper. (see page 9) Connecting the plug to the Wall Outlet Press the Power switch on the Plasma Display to turn the set on: Power-On. TH-42PWD8 INPUT MENU -/ VOL +/ ENTER/ Power Indicator: Green Power Indicator Example: The screen below is displayed for a while after the Plasma Display is turned on. (setting condition is an TH-42PS9 example.) Remote Control Senso
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Basic Controls Remote control sensor Volume Adjustment Volume Up “+” Down “–” When the menu screen is displayed: “+” : press to move the cursor up “–” : press to move the cursor down TH-42PS9 (see page 16) Enter / Aspect button INPUT MENU -/ VOL +/ ENTER/ (see page 16, 19) Main Power On / Off Switch MENU Screen ON / OFF Each time the MENU button is pressed, the menu screen Power Indicator will switch. (see page 16) The Power Indicator will light. Normal Viewing PICTURE SET UP • Power-OFF ...
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On-Screen Menu Displays [ from the unit ] 2 Press to access each adjust screen. INPUT MENU -/ VOL +/ ENTER/ Press the R button to return to previous menu. Press to return to next menu screen. To SIGNAL screen for VIDEO To SIGNAL screen for To SIGNAL screen for RGB To SIGNAL screen for DVI (S VIDEO) (see page 38, 39) COMPONENT (see page 39) (see page 39, 40) (see page 39, 40) [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] SIGNAL VIDEO SIGNAL COMPONENT SIGNAL RGB SIGNAL Digital 3D Y/C FILTER (NTSC) ON 3 : 2 PULLDOWN OFF S
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Adjusting POS. /SIZE 1 Press to display the POS. /SIZE menu. Press to select H-POS / H-SIZE / V-POS / V-SIZE / 2 CLOCK PHASE. Press to adjust POS. /SIZE. 3 During “VIDEO (S VIDEO)”, “COMPONENT” and “DVI” input signal. POS. /SIZE 4 Press to exit from adjust mode. NORMALIZE NORMAL 0 H-POS Notes: 0 H-SIZE 0 • Adjustment details are memorized separately for different input signal formats V-POS 0 V-SIZE (Adjustments for component signals are memorized for 525 (480) / 60i · 60p, 625 (575) / 50i · 50
