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Stereo Colour Television
With TELETEXT
Operating Instructions
TX-68P200A
Please read these operating instructions completely before
operating this set and retain the booklet for future reference.
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Dear Panasonic Customer, Welcome to the Panasonic family. We hope that you will have many years of enjoyment from your new Colour Television. Please retain your proof of purchase along with these operating instructions. Space has been made available on the back page of this instruction book for recording the Serial Number. The Serial Number can be found on the back cover of the set and on the packing carton. Important Information Programme Location Numbers This television comes to you “factory
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Getting Started Connect the Aerial The RF (Aerial) Input impedance of this television is 75Ω. If your aerial lead is 300Ω ribbon (two wires separated by a flat plastic sheet) you will require a 300Ω/75Ω Balun (not supplied) in order to connect your aerial to the television. MONITOR AV1 AV2 AV4 OUT IN IN IN S-VIDEO DVD DVD Y-P-P B R Y-P-P B R Y VIDEO Y VIDEO MONO MONO P B MONO P B L L AUDIO P R AUDIO P R R R 300Ω Cable 75Ω Cable 300 / 75 ΩΩ RF Balun Input Note: For your safety any external aeria
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CONTENTS Battery Installation and Precautions ............................................................................................................ 6 Control Panel Buttons .................................................................................................................................... 7 Remote Control Television Buttons ............................................................................................................. 7 STR. ...................................
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CONTENTS Teletext Operation ................................................................................................................................19 ~ 21 F.P. (Favourite Page) ................................................................................................................ 19 Set Up ........................................................................................................................................ 20 TV/TEXT ...........................................
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Battery Installation and Replacement Place your thumb on the battery cover triangle. Apply a slight downward pressure with the thumb and slide the cover back. This allows the cover to be removed. Insert the batteries ensuring the polarity is correct. The polarity is identified by the “ + “ symbol on the battery and the “ + “ and “ - “ symbols on the battery compartment. The springs inside the battery compartment connect to the negative terminal of the battery. Two “AA” size batteries Fit the bat
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Control Panel Buttons Open the control panel door to gain access to the Television Controls Push the door at the point L/MONO R RGB (31.5kHz) AV3 IN marked to open. STR F -/V +/V TV/AV AUDIO S-VIDEO VIDEO Push again to close. STR F - / \/ + / /\ TV/AV Remote Control Television Buttons Stand By Mute Picture Programme Number Up Volume Up Sound Volume Down Programme Number Down Set Up TV / AV Stereo / Mono / *Bilingual Coloured Buttons. Used for Aspect Functions AV Selection Teletext Functio
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Television Control Panel Buttons BUTTON WHAT IT DOES STR This button is used to store tuning information and other function settings. It is also used to start the menu demonstration. STR F The F button is used to select the on screen display functions. Push the button to select the following functions sequentially. F VOLUME GEOMAGNETIC CONTRAST TUNING MODE BRIGHTNESS BALANCE COLOUR TREBLE SHARPNESS BASS NTSC-TINT Notes: NTSC-TINT: Only displayed when receiving NTSC signals. TUNING MODE: Not disp
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Remote Control Television Operation BUTTON WHAT IT DOES STANDBY The remote control button is used to turn the television into Stand-By mode. When the television is in Stand-By it is possible to turn it back on by Pushing this remote control Power Button, the Programme Number UP or DOWN Button (front panel or remote control) or any of the direct Programme Number Buttons. PICTURE This button is used to select the picture menu. Please refer to page 13 for detailed operating instructions. SOUND
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Remote Control Television Operation BUTTON WHAT IT DOES NORMALISATION The Normalisation Button is used to reset the television to factory set levels. Colour, Sharpness, Contrast, Brightness, Treble, Bass and Balance will be reset. The button will only operate if the menu is displayed on the screen. STR The STR (Store) button is used with a number of features to store settings after adjustments have been made or options have been set. It is also used in TELETEXT and tuning functions. HELP Pus
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Remote Control Television Operation BUTTON WHAT IT DOES DIRECT PROGRAMME NUMBER SELECTION Single Digit Programme Numbers (0 to 9) can be accessed directly by Pushing the corresponding number on the Remote Control Transmitter. TWO DIGIT PROGRAMME NUMBER SELECTION To directly access Programme Numbers 10 to 99, Push the “- / - -” Button followed by the two digits required. For example, to select Programme Number 12: The On-Screen display will be as shown: _ _
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Picture Menu Operation 1 Push the PICTURE button. 2 Move to the option menu using or . 3 Adjust the chosen option using or Push the TV/AV at any time to return to watching TV. PICTURE MENU The MENU control allows you to change the MENU DYNAMIC CONTRAST Picture setting between Dynamic, Standard and BRIGHTNESS Soft. COLOUR SHARPNESS Use the or buttons to switch between NTSC-TINT C. TEMP STANDARD settings. P-NR AUTO DYNAMIC For viewing in brightly lit rooms. This menu selects higher than no
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Picture Menu Operation PICTURE C. TEMP The C. TEMP (Colour Temperature) control allows MENU DYNAMIC you to change the White balance setting between CONTRAST Standard, Warm and Cool. BRIGHTNESS COLOUR SHARPNESS Use the or buttons to switch between settings. NTSC-TINT C. TEMP STANDARD P-NR AUTO PICTURE P-NR The P-NR (Picture Noise Reduction) system is MENU DYNAMIC designed to reduce picture noise during poor CONTRAST quality reception conditions. Pushing the left or BRIGHTNESS COLOUR right butto
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Sound Menu Operation 1 Push the SOUND button . 2 Move to the option menu using or . 3 Adjust the chosen option using or . Push the TV/AV at any time to return to watching TV. Some features are only available with the SURROUND feature switched off. Push the button to switch the SURROUND on or off. MENU The MENU control allows you to change the Sound setting between Dynamic, Standard and Soft. Use the or buttons to switch between settings. DYNAMIC Amplifies the low frequencies and outputs o
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Sound Menu Operation SUBWOOFER This function allows you to switch the SUBWOOFER between OFF, NORMAL and FULL modes. Use the or buttons to switch between settings. OFF Turns the SUBWOOFER off. SOUND NORMAL Provides a mid-level bass effect. MENU DYNAMIC VOLUME FULL Provides enhanced bass effect. BASS TREBLE HEADPHONE VOL SUBWOOFER NORMAL SURROUND MENU ON SURROUND MENU SOUND This function allows you to switch the Surround Sound on or off. MENU DYNAMIC VOLUME BASS Use the or buttons to s
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Set Up Menu Operation 1 Push the SET UP button . 2 Move to the option menu using or . 3 Adjust the chosen option using or . Push the TV/AV at any time to return to watching TV. TELETEXT This control allows you to change between LIST and SET UP MENU TOP modes. TOP mode is the current preferred TELETEXT TOP OFF TIMER OFF method in Australia. FLICKER REDUC DYNAMIC STROBE Use the or buttons to switch between settings. CH COLOUR SET VCR/GAME OFF TEXT SELECT ENGLISH SET UP MENU OFF TIMER The Off-
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Set Up Menu Operation SET UP MENU VCR/GAME Reproduction of irregular signals such as certain video games or some rental video tapes may be improved by TELETEXT TOP OFF TIMER OFF turning the VCR/GAME feature On. FLICKER REDUC DYNAMIC STROBE CH COLOUR SET Use the or buttons to switch VCR/GAME on or off. VCR/GAME OFF TEXT SELECT ENGLISH SET UP MENU TEXT SELECT Select the character set so that all characters needed TELETEXT TOP are available for text on teletext pages. The languages OFF TIMER OFF
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Aspect Controls Push the ASPECT button to select the different Aspect options. The options available are 4:3, 16:9 and S-ZOOM. During AV mode the options available are AUTO, 4:3, 16:9 and S-ZOOM. Mode Picture Description 16 4 AUTO When a wide screen signal from the 4:3 special video is detected at the S - Video terminal the TV will select 9 3 the16:9 aspect ratio. 16:9 Signal 4:3 Signal 4 4:3 4 : 3 This option will display a standard 4:3 picture without any stretching or 3 compression. 16 16 :
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TELETEXT Operation Teletext is only available on certain broadcast channels. The time taken to display the pages and sub-pages is set by the teletext transmitter and not by the television. Teletext is also used for Closed Captioning of television programmes for the hearing impaired. Closed captions can be found on Teletext Page 801. TOP (Table Of Pages) MODE In TOPTEXT mode, the red button moves to the previous page number and the green button moves to the next page number. The yellow and blue b
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TELETEXT Operation BUTTON WHAT IT DOES F.P. (FAVOURITE PAGE) This feature will store a favourite page in the TV memory. 1. The TV must be in the LIST mode, receiving a teletext broadcast and the programme number must be between 1 and 25. Please refer to page 20. 2. Push the Blue button. 3. Select the page number. 4. Push and hold the STR button until the screen flashes. 5. The page number is now stored. Push F.P. to recall this page. SET UP Used with the Coloured buttons to access the Reveal
