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Widescreen
Stereo Colour Television
With TELETEXT
Operating Instructions
TX-86PW100A
TX-76PW100A
TX-76PW50A
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Please read these operating instructions
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completely before operating this set and retain
the booklet for future reference.
Dolby, Pro Logic and the symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
Manufactured under licence from Dolby Laboratories.
Manufactured under licence from Digital Theatre Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942 and other worldwide patent
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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 The picture tube has a special coating. ? Please only use a soft c
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Getting Started Connect the Aerial The RF (Aerial) Input impedance of this television is 75? . If your aerial lead is 300? ribbon (two wires separated by a flat plastic strip) you will require a 300? /75? Balun in order to connect your aerial to the television. To Antenna TX-86PW100A & TX-76PW100A PCM/AC-3 MONITOR AV1 AV2 AV4 DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT AUDIO - OUT OUT IN IN IN OPTICAL Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. L L S-VIDEO “Dolby” “Pro Logic” and the DVD DVD double - D symbol
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CONTENTS Battery Installation and Replacement.......................................................................................................6 Control Panel Buttons...............................................................................................................................7 Remote Control Buttons ...........................................................................................................................7 STR.................................................
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CONTENTS Aspect Control ........................................................................................................................................23 Teletext Operation ..........................................................................................................................24 ~ 27 F.P. (Favourite Page) ............................................................................................................25 SET UP ................................................
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Battery Precautions Open Battery Cover 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 Batteries Insert the batteries ensuring the correct polarity. 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 batte
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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 marked ? to open. RGB (31.5kHz) AUDIO L/MONO R STR F -/\/ +//\ TV/AV Main Sub S-VIDEO VIDEO Push again to close. AV3 IN STR F -/\/ +//\ TV/AV Remote Control Buttons Standby Mute Picture Programme Number Up Sound Volume Up Volume Down Set Up Programme Number Down TV / AV / RGB Stereo / Mono / *Bilingual Coloured Buttons. U
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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. Press 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 d
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Remote Control Television Operation BUTTON WHAT IT DOES STANDBY The remote control button is used to turn the television into Standby mode. When the television is in Stand-By it is possible to turn it back on by pressing 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 14 for detailed operating instructions. SOUND This
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Remote Control Television Operation BUTTON WHAT IT DOES Picture In Picture Mode 2 4 Allows two pictures to be viewed at the same time. Pressing the Red button will change the position of the small picture. The Yellow button swaps between the two pictures. The Blue button LOCATE CHANGE EXIT removes the option bar. This mode is not available in 4:3 mode. 4 Picture Out Of Picture Mode (4:3 Mode only) 2 Allows two pictures to be viewed at the same time. The pictures will be shown side by side.
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Remote Control Television Operation BUTTON WHAT IT DOES SOUND MUTE Pressing this button reduces the sound from the television to nil. Pressing the button again returns the sound to the original setting. Pressing the Volume Up ( + ) or Down ( - ) will also restore the volume level setting. PROGRAMME NUMBER UP AND DOWN Pressing this button selects the next higher ( /\ ) or lower ( \/ ) Programme Number in sequence. Programme Numbers which have been “Skipped” (See page 31) will be bypassed when
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Remote Control Television Operation BUTTON WHAT IT DOES CH SEARCH (TX-86PW100A & TX-76PW100A only) This option is used to show freeze frames of the programmes being broadcast on all the stored channels. The images are displayed clockwise around the edge of the screen starting from the top left corner. The current programme is displayed in the centre of the screen. When the display gets back to the top left corner it will overwrite the first picture with the next one in series. The display wi
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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 to access and adjust features as required. SOUND SET UP MENU PICTURE MENU DYNAMIC MENU DYNAMIC TELETEXT TOP VOLUME OFF TIMER OFF CONTRAST BASS FLICKER REDUC OFF BRIGHTNESS TREBLE STROBE COLOUR SHARPNESS HEADPHONE VOL CH COLOUR SET SUBHEADPHONE VCR/GAME OFF NTS
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Picture Menu Operation 1 Push the PICTURE button. 2 Select the option menu using the buttons. 3 Adjust the chosen option using the buttons. Push the TV/AV button at any time to return to watching TV. PICTURE MENU The MENU control allows you to change the Picture MENU CONTRAST setting between Dynamic, Standard and Soft. BRIGHTNESS COLOUR SHARPNESS Use the buttons to switch between settings. NTSC-TINT C. TEMP STANDARD P-NR AUTO
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Picture Menu Operation C. TEMP The C. TEMP (Colour Temperature) control allows PICTURE you to change the White balance setting between MENU DYNAMIC Standard, Warm and Cool. CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS COLOUR Use the or buttons to switch between settings. SHARPNESS NTSC-TINT C. TEMP P-NR AUTO P-NR The P-NR (Picture Noise Reduction) system is PICTURE designed to reduce picture noise during poor quality reception conditions. Pushing the
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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 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 frequen
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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. SOUND SOUND OFF Turns the SUBWOOFER off. NORMAL Provides a mid-level bass effect. MENU DYNAMIC MENU DYNAMIC VOLUME VOLUME FULL Provides enhanced bass effect. BASS BASS TREBLE TREBLE HEADPHONE VOL HEADPHONE VOL SUBHEADPHONE SUB WOOFER NORMAL SUB WOOFER NORM
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Surround Sound Operation (TX-86PW100A & TX-76PW100A) Push the Surround ( ) to confirm that the Surround feature is On. If the on screen message that appears indicates Surround is Off, Push again to turn the feature On. Note: If Surround is Off, the sound output is two channel (ie: left and right) stereo or mono. 1 Push the SOUND ( ) button. 2 Select to Surround menu by using or . 3 Access Surround menu by using or 4 Move to chose menu option by using or . 5 Adjust cho
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Surround Sound Operation (TX-86PW100A & TX-76PW100A) Surround Sound Systems Stereo reproduction normally uses left and right speakers, but Digital Theater System and Pro Logic Surround go further, adding a centre and other channels so you are immersed in sound and special effects. Digital Theater Systems (DTS) I Dolby Digital Both DTS and Dolby Digital split soundtrack information into 6 separate channels of sound which are output through the speaker setup: five full range channels (left, center
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Surround Sound Operation (TX-86PW100A & TX-76PW100A) Dolby Digital and Pro Logic modes For Dolby Digital input or Pro Logic selected in Surround mode, the following three modes of operation are available as the speaker setting: Normal, Phantom, and 3 Stereo. Normal If front and rear speakers are connected, use Normal mode. The Left Front Right Front Speaker Speaker TV’s internal left and right speakers will produce centre speaker information. With a DTS/ Dolby Digital 5.1 input, the TV’s interna
