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High Definition Digital Receiver 

 

TU-HDT105A 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trademark Acknowledgment and license notice

 

 

Trade Mark of the DVB Digital Video Broadcasting Project (1991 to 1996) 

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Declaration of Conformity No TU-HDT105A, 29

th

 August 2005 

 

 

"Dolby", "Pro Logic", and the double-D symbol are 
Trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. 
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.   

Summary of Contents for TU-HDT105A

Page 1: ...nd license notice Trade Mark of the DVB Digital Video Broadcasting Project 1991 to 1996 Declaration of Conformity No TU HDT105A 29th August 2005 Dolby Pro Logic and the double D symbol are Trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories ...

Page 2: ...r to dripping or splashing water and objects filled with liquid such as vases must not be placed on top of or above the unit Adequate ventilation is essential to prevent failure of electrical components we recommend that a gap of at least 5cm is left all around this Digital Receiver even when it is placed inside a cabinet or between shelves Ensure that the ventilation holes beneath the unit are no...

Page 3: ...tion 9 4 3 State Territory Selection 11 4 4 Power Saving Timer 11 4 5 Auto Scan Channel 11 5 Operating Instructions Knowing your basic controls 12 5 1 Switching On Your Digital Receiver 12 5 2 Information Plate 12 5 3 Changing or Selecting Channels 13 5 4 Audio Mode Selection 13 5 5 Display Aspect Selection 14 6 Using the Main Menu 14 6 1 Program Guide 15 6 2 TV Radio Channels 17 6 3 Video Menu 17...

Page 4: ...settings according to your personal preference and Section 6 4 Audio Menu and Section 6 5 Tuning Menu to set your region for correct current time and to conduct channel search 2 The Digital Receiver 2 1 Front Panel Power Button Turns the Digital Receiver On Off Standby mode EXIT Button To return to the previous menu from the sub menus Display Shows channel number when the box is activated or curre...

Page 5: ...al Digital Audio output by optical Serial Port RS232 For system maintenance A B C Switch Switches for video output mode selection Selection options are listed in the table 2 3 Box Contents The box that carries your Digital Receiver should also contain the following items Remote Controller Two batteries AAA Size RCA video cables one white red the other red green blue RF cable User s Manual and Warr...

Page 6: ... OK To confirm choices and selection of highlighted item STTL To turn closed captions on off Red Application defined function key Number 0 9 keys To select channels directly and other commands Green Application defined function key Broadcasters have allocated logical channel numbers LCN to their services based on their service number identity The programs can be selected by the LCN Yellow Applicat...

Page 7: ...o connect the cable between your TV Antenna IN and RF Out connector on the rear of the Digital Receiver This connection allows your TV set to receive normal analogue programs Refer to A A Aerial Connection Video Connections Adjust switch on the rear panel according to the format supported by your display device and it contains three modes A B and C Mode A SD HD YPbPr Connect the YPbPr component vi...

Page 8: ...bility you may connect the Digital Audio output of your digital receiver to the display device s Digital Audio input using either the Optical or Coaxial RCA socket Refer to E You may also connect the digital audio output to your A V receiver if it is capable of decoding a Dolby Digital MPEG digital audio stream Note Cable is not supplied b Analogue Audio F Analogue Audio Connection If your display...

Page 9: ... picture is displayed correctly If the display device is not capable of displaying a particular video format the digital receiver will return to the last correctly displayed format after about 12 seconds Note In some cases a display device will fail to return to a previously tested mode after failing to display the next mode i e the display does not support this format If you experience this turn ...

Page 10: ... to INSTALLATION You have selected SD TV CVBS format at the rear panel switch Press OK to continue Installation The on screen display will ask which type of display device is being used You will have a choice of either Plasma LCD Flat panel displays or CRT eg Standard television Select from the choices using the remote control keypad The following screen will ask you to confirm 576i 576p depending...

Page 11: ... again NOTE Anytime you change the rear panel switch or change display device you will have to restart the procedure again 4 3 State Territory Selection The first time the digital receiver is installed or after default settings are restored section 6 5 please select the state or territory that you live in This will enable the digital receiver to display the correct local time 4 4 Power Saving Time...

Page 12: ...eiver is in STANDBY mode The front panel will show current local time When the digital receiver is in standby mode the power consumption is reduced by about 50 5 2 Information Plate The Information Plate I Plate shows information about the program that you are currently watching The information plate appears briefly whenever you switch to a new channel or when there s a problem with signal recepti...

Page 13: ... ABC 3 SBS 5 TEN Regionals 6 SEVEN Regionals 7 SEVEN 8 NINE Regionals 9 NINE Use to change channel Unlike Channel control channel movement is not aligned with favourite channels setting Use to toggle between current channel and previously watched channel 5 4 Audio Mode Selection Australian broadcasters transmit MPEG and or Dolby Digital audio with all programs The audio mode default setting is MPE...

Page 14: ...ct The OSD will disappear after a few seconds This function is similar to the VCR out setting on page 19 However the Display Aspect setting affects the TV CVBS or YPbPr output while the VCR out setting affects only the VCR CVBS output 6 Using the Main Menu Your receiver comes with a directory of features or the Main OSD The Main is your gateway to customising many of the features offered by your r...

Page 15: ...r TV s The EPG allows you to peek in advance depending on services provided by the broadcaster a few days or up to one week of TV programs and program information By using the arrow keys on either your receiver or the remote control you can roam the EPG to access various channels and programs In the list highlight the desired program by pressing the arrow buttons Once you have selected your choice...

Page 16: ...egory Selection This special feature enables you to screen out your preferred programs by program Category or type You can gain access to this feature by pressing the yellow button Use the arrow buttons to highlight the categories and press OK to select or unselect any of the categories By default the item All Categories is highlighted You have to de select that item before selecting specific prog...

Page 17: ...n the bar to indicate the favourite status When you are changing channels using the keys the receiver jumps to the next previous favourite channel and skips other channels favourite select all lock unlock de select all If you wish to lock or unlock any channel simply press the green button to do so When a channel is locked a symbol will appear to indicate the locked status Whenever you wish to wat...

Page 18: ... time depends on your choice such as 4 seconds 6 seconds 8 seconds and 16 seconds VCR Screen Format This setting affects the video format at the VCR output If your display is 4 3 format and the transmission of a program happens to be 16 9 the Letterbox mode will give you a complete picture but black areas will appear at the top and bottom Letterbox Centre Cut Alternatively you can choose the Centr...

Page 19: ...some settings in this segment are related to the A V equipment to which the digital receiver is connected Audio Delay Time Different displays may have different delay in displaying pictures which may cause a slight problem with lip sync This feature allows you to use to select your choice according to your actual video display equipment in order to compensate for this delay The delay time depends ...

Page 20: ... ogo l Audio igital Audio Selection Options Digital Audio Selection Options default Mode wi available We especially recommend this for the l Digita For each Audio Mode you can have different D Refer to Table 2 Digital Audio Selection Table Table 2 Digital Audio Selection Table Default Audio Mode Dolby Digital Bitstre PCM am stereo 3 Off MPEG 2 Same as above MPEG 1 PCM stereo 2 Off o Bitstream sele...

Page 21: ... to program your digital receiver Again som the settings especially Channel Installation 1 may require assistance from the Panasonic Customer Care Centre 132600 Your digital receiver will ask you to in a password and the default password is 0000 When the receiver is initially set up conduct a channel search by selecting the Auto Channel Search func Auto Auto Channel Search provides the easiest way...

Page 22: ... you change the passw in the area Without the password you cannot access any functions that require you to provide the correct password If you forget your password please contact customer service for help Using you may select to block programs with a certain rating or above N Block All Block G one Block PG Block M Block MA Block AV and Block R Your omatically block programs that are unsuitable to ...

Page 23: ...ou decide to restore default settings all previous sett be lost Please be very careful before you confirm this action 6 From here you can get g version on which it is operating and display signal strength and quality The signal strength and signal quality are shown as separate bars For the digital receiver to function correctly both these bars need to be displayed in green colour If either of the ...

Page 24: ...o return to TV mo Note If you press the TEXT button while teletext there may not be any indication on t to normal viewing viewing a station that is not transmitting he screen Press the TEXT button to return r decrease the page number by one he remote control viewing multi page information Press Index Press INDEX to return to the main index page Depending on the way information is e to be pressed m...

Page 25: ...ubtitles for the hard of hearing hese closed captions are accessed by the remote control STTL button Sub Coded Page Access When Teletext information exceeds more than one page it may take some time for the automatic changing of the sub pages to reach the sub page you require As each sub page is found its number is displayed at the bottom of the page so that you may select it by pressing left or ri...

Page 26: ...t a booked program is about to start Integrated Receiver Decoder IRD A device that is capable of decoding and tuning digital signals and converting these signals into a format that is understood by your TV set Aside from decoding signals it also verifies access rights Standby mode A condition in which your receiver allows retrieval of up dated information from input signals VCR Abbreviation for Vi...

Page 27: ...s l receiver does e all the local TV The signal strength of so RF channels may be to See DTV Reception Tr Shooting Guide be The digita not receiv channels me of the o low ouble low C table to receive a in ll RF channels Try doing channel tuning stallation again do if you can t solve the problem ave tried all of the actions suggested the Panasonic Customer Care Cent What to If you h a ove without s...

Page 28: ...1 ome channels display No Signal or Loss of Signal eceived signal is too weak i e poor quality to generate a stable picture icture regularly breaks up on some channels desir picture There are nd regions in Au some towns and regio can check the d not all broadcasters h erage for enced their digital services You ption Locator on ay be too po ot be designed to receive al V channels Antenna reception ...

Page 29: ...ich is overloading the TV tuner resulting in poor reception on some or all channels lease contact your local TV antenna installer icture very infrequently breaks up on some or all channels ons may cause pictures to break up and audio to mute or distort omentarily rence from an infrequently used electrical appliance or a passing ehicle or lawn mower with a noisy ignition system In electric stoves e...

Page 30: ...re switchable Decoding and display of Activated Closed Captions by specific hot key Caption Teletext Decoding and display of Teletext ETS 300 706 Level 1 5 TOP Activated by specific hot key Standard ISO IEC 11172 3 MPEG 1 layer I and layer II ISO IEC 13818 3 MPEG 2 Layer II Dolby Digital Sampling rate 32 44 1 48 and 96 kHz Audio Decoder Digital Audio SPDIF Output format IEC 60958 for PCM data IEC ...

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Page 32: ... or repai abnormally corro 4 If warranty service is required you should omer Care Centre on 132600 for the name address of the entre Provide a copy of your purchase receipt as proof of date of purchase ote that y you 5 The elivery han d do Panas ropolitan areas and most regional centres of Australia however coverage will vary dependant on product For advice on exact Autho ed Service Centre locatio...

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