Operating Instructions N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 Progressive Plasma Television Model No. TH-37PA30 TH-42PA30 Pedestal stand shown above is optional extra. Please read these instruction before operating your set and retain them for future reference.
Welcome Dear Panasonic Customer, We hope that you have many years of enjoyment from your new TV. The Quick Start Guide 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. Contents Important Safety Notice .............................................. 3 Safety Precautions ...........................
Important Safety Notice WARNING 1) To prevent damage which may result in fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. Do not place containers with water (flower vase, cups, cosmetics, etc.) above the set. (including on shelves above, etc.) 2) To prevent electric shock, do not remove cover. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. 3) Do not remove the earthing pin on the power plug.
Safety Precautions WARNING Setup This Plasma TV 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.) • Pedestal ....................................... TY-ST42PX20 • Display stand ................................
Safety Precautions If problems occur during use If a problem occurs (such as no picture or no sound), or if smoke or an abnormal odour starts to come out from the Plasma TV, immediately unplug the power cord plug from the wall outlet. If you continue to use the Plasma TV in this condition, fire or electric shock could result. After checking that the smoke has stopped, contact your local Panasonic dealer so that the necessary repairs can be made.
Accessories Check that you have the accessories and items shown Operating Instruction book (TQBC0711) Remote Control Transmitter (EUR7635020) Mains Lead TV Guarantee Ferrite core (Large size) × 2 Clamper × 2 N Batteries for the Remote Control Transmitter (2 × R6 (UM3) size) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 Ferrite core (Small size) × 5 Installing the ferrite core (Small size) 1 2 Installing the ferrite core (Large size) 1 3 2 3 Open Open Pull back the tabs.
How to open the front cover D SD CARECT PUSH-EJ Push “ ”. PC CARD EJECT SD CARD PUSH-EJECT STR F / / S VIDEO VIDEO AV3 TV/AV L R PC Terminal cover open and close Open Close 2 1. Push down hooks and pull the cover slightly towards yourself to disengage the claws (at 4 points). 2. Slowly pull out in the downward direction. 1 2 1 1. Insert the claws (at 4 points) at the bottom end. 2. Push until it clicks.
Quick Start Guide 1 SET TOP BOX OR Scart cables (Not supplied) AV4 S VIDEO VIDEO RGB VIDEO AV2 S VIDEO AV1 RF cable (Not supplied) RGB VIDEO VCR / DVD recorder Plug in aerial and connect ancillary equipment. 2 2 1 1 Connect the mains lead to the Plasma TV. 2 Connect the mains plug to the wall socket. 3 Press the the set on. switch on the TV set to turn OK To switch the TV set to Standby mode, press button on the remote control.
Quick Start Guide 4 Select your country. Land For Belgium, Switzerland and E.Eu, select the desired language. If you wish to perform manual tuning, press the Green button. See page 19. Start ATP Suchlauf OK Green Press the Red button to start Auto Setup. Red CH12 AUTO SETUP IN PROGRESS SEARCHING : PLEASE WAIT 02 EXIT 5 6 78:01 : To exit N Abbruch 41 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 Auto setup will begin, your stations will be located and stored.
Basic controls: front panel and remote control SD Card slot (see page 29) PC Card slot (see page 29) PC CARD EJECT SD CARD PUSH-EJECT STR F / / S VIDEO VIDEO AV3 TV/AV L R PC PC CARD EJECT SD CARD PUSH-EJECT STR F MAINS Power On / Off switch / / TV/AV S VIDEO VIDEO AV3 L R PC TV/AV button (see page 36) STR (Normalization store) Used to store tuning and other function settings. Increases or decreases the programme position by one.
Using the On Screen Displays Many features available on this TV can be accessed via the On Screen Display menu system. Use the remote control as shown below to access and adjust features as desired. The MENU button is used to open the main menus and also to return to the previous menu. MENU OK The up and down cursor buttons are used to move the cursor and select menus. N The left and right cursor buttons are used to access menus, adjust levels or to select from a range of options.
Picture menu Press the MENU button. MENU Move to choose Picture menu. OK Access Picture menu. N Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV. TV Viewing mode The Viewing mode menu allows you to select three different screen settings - Dynamic, Normal, Cinema and Auto.
Sound menu Press the MENU button. MENU Move to choose Sound menu. OK Access Sound menu. N Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV. Pressing the OK button after having adjusted some features will store the setting as the default (replacing the factory setting).
Setup menu Press the MENU button. MENU Move to choose Setup menu. OK Access Setup menu. N Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV. Q-Link AV2 / AV4 out Allows you to select which AV terminal is to be used for data communication between this TV and a compatible recording device. Choose from Off, AV2 and AV4. See page 20.
Tuning menu – overview Press the MENU button. MENU Move to choose Setup menu. OK Access Setup menu. N Move to choose Tuning menu. Access Tuning menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. TV EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV. Pressing the OK button after having adjusted some features will store the setting as the default (replacing the factory setting).
Tuning menu – Programme edit MENU Press the MENU button. Move to choose Setup menu. OK Access Setup menu. N Move to choose Tuning menu. Access Tuning menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 Move to choose Programme edit. Access Programme edit. TV Move to choose programme position (e.g., Prog. 3). Make required change, e.g., moving a programme channel (see the relevant procedure below). EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to go back to watching TV.
Tuning menu – Programme edit Renaming a programme channel Move to the Name column. Programme edit Prog. 1 2 3 4 5 Choose the new character. The box at the bottom of the screen shows the character currently selected. : : : : : Chan. CH44 CH51 CH41 CH47 CH37 Name Lock Sys XYZ FTP 123 456 Off Off Off Off Off SC1 SC1 SC1 SC1 SC1 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST UVWXYZ+-. 0123456789 Move to the next character position. Continue until renaming is done. Press the OK button to store the new name.
Tuning menu – Auto setup Auto setup automatically retunes your TV. This feature is useful if, e.g., you move house and wish to retune your TV to receive the local stations. Press the MENU button. MENU OK Move to choose Setup menu. Access Setup menu. N Move to choose Tuning menu. Access Tuning menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 Move to choose Auto setup. Access Auto setup. TV Press to confirm start.
Tuning menu – Manual tuning It is possible to retune individual programme positions: MENU Press the MENU button. OK Move to choose Setup menu. N Access Setup menu. Move to choose Tuning menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 Access Tuning menu. Move to choose Manual tuning. TV Access Manual tuning. Select the programme position to be tuned. Press repeatedly until required station is found. 1 CH12 When the desired station is found, press the OK button to store. The programme position will flash.
Q-Link Q-Link allows the television to communicate with a compatible VCR or DVD Recorder. For Q-Link communication to work, the TV must be connected to a recording device with the “Q-Link”, “NEXTVIEWLINK”, “DATA LOGIC”, “Easy Link”, “Megalogic” or “SMARTLINK” logo using a “fully wired” Scart cable between the AV2 / AV4 terminal of the television and the appropriate terminal on your VCR or DVD Recorder.
Aspect Controls The Widescreen TV will allow you to enjoy viewing the picture at its optimum size and aspect, including widescreen cinema format pictures. Press the ASPECT button repeatedly to move through the eight aspect options: ASPECT OK Panasonic Auto, 16:9, 14:9, Just, 4:3, Zoom1, Zoom2 and Zoom3 N PC mode: 16:9, Just, 4:3 and Zoom 1 2 3 OR 4 5 6 7 8 9 Press the ASPECT button.
Aspect Controls 16 : 9 16 : 9 16:9 will display a true 16:9 (anamorphic) picture with no aspect distortions. 16 : 9 14 : 9 14 : 9 14:9 will display a 14:9 picture at its standard 14:9 size without any stretching. 14 : 9 Just Just Use Just when you wish to expand a 4:3 picture to fill the whole screen (rather than watching a programme with black stripes down the left and right sides of the picture).
Aspect Controls Zoom1 Zoom1 Zoom1 will display 16:9 letterbox or 4:3 pictures with no aspect distortions. Zoom1 Zoom2 Zoom2 Zoom2 will display 16:9 anamorphic letterbox pictures as a full screen display with no aspect distortions. Zoom2 Zoom3 Zoom3 Zoom3 will display 21:9 letterbox pictures as a full screen display with no aspect distortions. 16:9 will display the picture at its maximum size but with sligth stretching.
Multi window Press the MULTI WINDOW button. Whilst the on screen selector keys are displayed, use the Red or Green buttons to move between the picture in picture feature, picture out of picture and picture and picture feature. The on screen selector keys that appear for the features clear after a few seconds. If you want to select an operation when the keys are not shown, press the MULTI WINDOW button again and the keys will reappear.
Still Press the HOLD button to freeze the picture. Press again to return to watching the current programme. HOLD OK N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 TV Channel search Press the INDEX button to show freeze-frames of the programmes being broadcast on all of the stored channels. These images are displayed in series, starting from the top left. The feature cycles through the stored channels until the INDEX button is pressed to exit the feature.
PC mode When you switch to PC input (AV3/PC), the menu will be changed. Press the TV/AV button. Whilst the on screen selector keys are displayed, press the Yellow button to access PC mode. Press the TV/AV button again to go back to watching TV. TV/AV OK Yellow N Picture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 During PC mode Press the MENU button. MENU TV Move to choose Picture. Access Picture. OK Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu.
PC mode Picture Pos. /Size During PC mode MENU PC Menu Press the MENU button. Picture Picture Pos. /Size Signal Move to choose Picture Pos. /Size. Access Picture Pos. /Size. OK Picture Pos. /Size Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to exit Picture Pos. /Size. Note: whilst the cursor is at the “Normalise” Press the N button or press position to reset all settings to their default levels.
Photo View mode Still image data (JPEG) made with a digital camera or digital video camera can be played back using an SD Card / PC Card. Displayable Image Formats: Baseline JPEG 64 × 64 - 8,192 × 8,192 pixels (sub-sampling 4:2:2 or 4:2:0) Displayable number of folders: Max 100 Notes: • Some parts of an image may not be displayed or the image may be displayed on a smaller scale depending on the size of the image. • Only EXIF standard JPEG images can be displayed on this TV.
Photo View mode Compatible Card SD Card Insertion Removal D PC CAR EJECT D PC CAR PC EJECT PC D SD CAR T JEC PUSH-E D SD CAR T JEC PUSH-E Direct the label side upward. Push the center of the card. Insert it to the depth. PC Card Before inserting or removing the PC Card, make sure that the TV is turned off. Otherwise, it may damage the unit. Do not insert anything other than the PC Card. Insertion Removal Holding both edges, securely insert it to the depth.
Photo View mode Picture menu During Photo View mode MENU OK Press the MENU button. Move to choose Picture menu. N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 0 Access Picture menu. Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. EXIT Press the EXIT button at any time to exit Picture menu. Contrast, Brightness, Colour, Sharpness Increase or decrease the levels of these options according to your personal preference. Tint The picture hue can be adjusted to suit your taste.
Photo View mode When you press the SD button, thumbnail screen is displayed automatically. After that you can choose your desirable view mode between the following three modes. Multi mode 12 images are displayed. 0001 / 0013 PHOTO VIEW MODE Press to select desired image. Exit Select Press the OK button to display Single mode. OK Menu Single Filename Date Pixel : 102-0001 : 30 / 03 / 2002 : 1600X1200 Single mode A single image selected from the index area fills the screen.
VCR / DVD operation The Remote Control is capable of operating some functions of selected Panasonic VCRs and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) equipment. Some VCR and DVD equipment have different functions, so to ensure compatibility please refer to the equipment’s instruction book or consult your dealer for details. Standby Press to switch the VCR, DVD or DVD recorder to Standby mode. Press again to switch back on. TV/AV VCR DVD OK MENU TV/TEXT F.P. EXIT Play Press to playback the tape or DVD.
Teletext operation • Teletext features may vary depending on the Broadcasting Companies and is only available if the channel selected is transmitting Teletext. • Pressing the MENU button whilst in Teletext operation will display the contrast function with a cyan bar, press to alter the setting as required. • Pressing the MENU button whilst in Teletext operation will display special function options at the bottom of the screen.
Teletext operation It is not possible to change the programme position when in News flash, Update or Sub Coded Page Access operation. Blue 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 7 OK F.P. VCR 0 MENU Yellow Favourite Page (F.P.) Stores a favourite page in memory for instant recall. To store such a page, the TV must be in List mode, and the programme position must be from 1 - 25. Press the Blue button, select the page number, then press and hold the OK button. The page number is now stored. Press F.P.
Teletext operation MENU Blue Alternatively, if you know which sub page you require, press the MENU button (to display special functions) followed by the Blue button; T**** will be displayed where the page number is normally found. Enter desired sub page number before the T**** disappears. e.g., to select page 6 enter 0, 0, 0 and 6. Press the Yellow button to view the TV picture whilst waiting for more sub pages to be found. The sub pages found will be displayed across the top of the screen.
Connections It is possible to connect a variety of additional equipment to this TV. The following pages detail how to connect external equipment to the front and rear of the TV. Once your equipment is connected, use the following procedure to view the input: TV/AV Press the TV/AV button. Whilst the on screen selector keys are displayed, press coloured buttons to select the AV source you wish to view.
Connections How to connect the Audio Output terminals AV 4C L AUDIO IN COMPONENT VIDEO L AUDIO OUT R R Amplifier to Speaker System AUDIO OUT Y L PB R PR AV2 S VIDEO AV1 VIDEO RGB VIDEO AV2 S VIDEO AV1 VIDEO RGB VIDEO AV2 S VIDEO AV1 VIDEO RGB VIDEO AV4 S VIDEO VIDEO RGB How to connect the AV1 / 2 / 4 Scart terminals AV 4C COMPONENT VIDEO AV1: VCR SET TOP BOX DVD PLAYER DVD RECORDER CAMCORDER GAME CONSOLE / COMPUTER(RGB) AV2: VCR / S-VIDEO VCR Q-Link COMPATIBLE VCR DVD PLAYER S-V
Connections How to connect the PC Input terminals COMPUTER S VIDEO VIDEO AV3 L R PC PC CARD EJECT SD CARD PUSH-EJECT STR F / / TV/AV S VIDEO VIDEO AV3 L R PC Ferrite core (Small size) (supplied) Less than 10 cm AUDIO Stereo plug Connect a cable which matches the audio output terminal on the computer.
Troubleshooting If there is a problem with your TV please refer to the table below to determine the symptoms, then carry out the suggested check. If this does not solve the problem, please contact your local Panasonic dealer, quoting the model number and serial number (both found on the rear of the TV).
Scart and S-video terminal information AV1 Scart terminal (RGB, VIDEO) Socket Earth 21 CVBS out (video) 19 CVBS earth 17 Red in 15 Red earth 13 Green in 11 Green earth 9 Blue in 7 Blue earth 5 Audio out (L) 3 Audio out (R) 1 20 CVBS in (video) 18 RGB status earth 16 Status RGB 14 Earth 12 - 10 - 8 Status CVBS 6 Audio in (L) 4 Audio earth 2 Audio in (R) Suitable inputs for AV1 include RGB (Red / Green / Blue).
Input signal can be displayed Applicable input signals for PC Input (D-sub 15P) (∗ Mark) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Signal name Horizontal frequency(kHz) Vertical frequency(Hz) PC 640 × 400 @70 Hz 640 × 480 @60 Hz Macintosh13” (640 × 480) 640 × 480 @75 Hz 852 × 480 @60 Hz 800 × 600 @60 Hz 800 × 600 @75 Hz 800 × 600 @85 Hz Macintosh16” (832 × 624) 1,024 × 768 @60 Hz 1,024 × 768 @70 Hz 1,024 × 768 @75 Hz 1,024 × 768 @85 Hz Macintosh21” (1,152 × 870) 1,280 × 1,024 @60 Hz 1,280 × 1,024 @
Specifications TH-37PA30 Power Source Power Consumption Normal use Standby Power-OFF Plasma Display panel Drive method Aspect Ratio Contrast Ratio Screen size (No.of pixels) TH-42PA30 220 V - 240 V 50 Hz / 60 Hz A.C. 245 W 315 W 1.8 W 1.
Customer’ Record The model number and serial number of this product can be found on its rear panel. You should note this serial number in the space provided below and retain this book, plus your purchase receipt, as a permanent record of your purchase to aid in identification in the event of theft or loss, and for Warranty Service purposes. Model Number Serial Number Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Web Site : http://www.panasonic.co.jp/global/ 2004 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
