Panasonic Viera TX-P42X60B Operating Instructions Manual Download Page 3

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 Take care

 Warning

 

 Do not remove covers and never 
modify the TV yourself as live 
parts are accessible when they 
are removed. There are no user 
serviceable parts inside.

 

 

 Do not expose the TV to rain 
or excessive moisture. This TV 
must not be exposed to dripping 
or splashing water and objects 
filled with liquid, such as vases, 
must not be placed on top of or 
above the TV.

 

 

 Do not insert foreign objects into the TV through the air 
vents.

 

 Do not use an unapproved pedestal / mounting 
equipment. Be sure to ask your local Panasonic dealer 
to perform the setup or installation of approved wall-
hanging brackets.

 

 Do not apply strong force or impact to the display panel.

 

 Do not place the TV on sloped 
or unstable surfaces, and ensure 
that the TV does not hang over 
the edge of the base.

 

 

 Do not expose the TV to direct 
sunlight and other sources of 
heat.

 

 To prevent the 
spread of fire, keep 
candles or other 
open flames away 
from this product at 
all times

 

 

 Dangerous part / Small object

 Warning

 

 This product contains possibly dangerous parts such 
as plastic bags, that can be breathed in or swallowed 
by young children accidentally. Keep these parts out of 
reach of young children.

 

 Pedestal

 Warning

 

 Do not disassemble or modify the pedestal.

 Caution

 

 Do not use any pedestal other than the one provided 
with this TV.

 

 Do not use the pedestal if it becomes warped or 
physically damaged. If this occurs, contact your nearest 
Panasonic dealer immediately.

 

 During setup, make sure that all screws are securely 
tightened.

 

 Ensure that the TV does not suffer any impact during 
installation of the pedestal.

 

 Ensure that children do not climb onto the pedestal.

 

 Install or remove the TV from the pedestal with at least 
two people.

 

 Install or remove the TV by the specified procedure.

 

 Ensure that the mains plug is easily accessible.

 

 Disconnect the mains plug when cleaning the TV.

 

 Do not touch the mains plug with wet 
hands.

 

 

 Do not damage the mains lead.

 

 Do not place a heavy object 
on the lead.

 

 

 Do not place the lead near a 
high temperature object.

 

 

 Do not pull on the lead. Hold 
onto the mains plug body 
when disconnecting the plug.

 

 

 Do not move the TV with the lead plugged into a 
socket outlet.

 

 Do not twist the lead, bend it excessively or stretch it.

 

 Do not use a damaged mains plug or socket outlet.

 

 Ensure the TV does not crush the mains lead.

 

 Do not use any mains lead other than that provided with 
this TV.

 

 Ensure the earth pin on the mains plug is securely 
connected to prevent electrical shock.

 

 An apparatus with CLASS I construction shall be 
connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective 
earth connection.

  IMPORTANT: 
THE MOULDED MAINS PLUG

 FOR YOUR SAFETY, PLEASE READ THE 
FOLLOWING TEXT CAREFULLY.

 This TV is supplied with a moulded 3-pin mains plug 
for your safety and convenience.
 A 10 amp fuse is fitted in this mains plug. Shall the 
fuse need to be replaced, please ensure that the 
replacement fuse has a 10 amp rating and that it is 
approved by ASTA or BSI to BS1362.

 Check for the ASTA mark 

 or the BSI mark 

 on 

the fuse body.
 If the mains plug contains a removable fuse cover, 
you must ensure that it is refitted when the fuse is 
replaced.
 If you lose the fuse cover, the mains plug must not be 
used until a replacement cover is obtained.
 A replacement fuse cover may be purchased from 
your local dealer.
 Do not cut off the mains plug.
 Do not use any other type of mains lead except the 
one supplied with this TV. The supplied mains lead 
and moulded plug are designed to be used with this 
TV to avoid interference and for your safety.
 If the socket outlet in your home is not suitable, get it 
changed by a qualified electrician.
 If the plug or mains lead becomes damaged, 
purchase a replacement from an authorised dealer.

 WARNING: THIS TV MUST BE EARTHED.

 How to replace the fuse:

 

 Pull out the fuse cover with a 
screwdriver and replace the fuse.

Summary of Contents for Viera TX-P42X60B

Page 1: ...Inputs 12 Viewing Text Service 12 Using TV Guide 14 Using Menu Functions 14 Tuning and Editing Channels 19 Child Lock 20 Updating the TV Software 20 Using Media Player 21 VIERA Link 23 Others Technical Information 26 Maintenance 28 FAQs 29 Optional Accessories 30 Specifications 30 Thank you for purchasing this Panasonic product Please read these instructions carefully before operating this product...

Page 2: ...ted or shall be implied for any other use Additional information may be obtained from MPEG LA LLC See http www mpegla com Panasonic does not guarantee operation and performance of peripheral devices made by other manufacturers and we disclaim any liability or damage arising from operation and or performance from usage of such other maker s peripheral devices Safety Precautions To help avoid risk o...

Page 3: ...nect the mains plug when cleaning the TV Do not touch the mains plug with wet hands Do not damage the mains lead Do not place a heavy object on the lead Do not place the lead near a high temperature object Do not pull on the lead Hold onto the mains plug body when disconnecting the plug Do not move the TV with the lead plugged into a socket outlet Do not twist the lead bend it excessively or stret...

Page 4: ...rom the wall socket when the TV is not in use for a prolonged period of time Excessive volume Caution Do not expose your ears to excessive volume from the headphones Irreversible damage can be caused If you hear a drumming noise in your ears turn down the volume or temporarily stop using the headphones Battery for the Remote Control Caution Incorrect installation may cause battery leakage corrosio...

Page 5: ...supplied with this TV Ensure that the unit is disconnected from the mains socket before attaching or disconnecting any leads Check the type of terminals and cable plugs are correct when connecting Always use a fully wired SCART or HDMI cable Keep the TV away from electronic equipment video equipment etc or equipment with an infrared sensor Otherwise distortion of image sound may occur or operation...

Page 6: ...e that the mains lead is securely fixed To remove from the TV tabs Press both tabs and pull on mains connector to release AV devices DVD Recorder VCR TV DVD Recorder VCR SCART cable RF cable Terrestrial aerial RF cable DVD Recorder VCR and Satellite receiver TV Satellite receiver HDMI cable SCART cable DVD Recorder VCR Terrestrial aerial RF cable RF Cable SCART cable RF Cable ...

Page 7: ...licable when using an amplifier that has ARC Audio Return Channel function As for an amplifier without ARC function use DIGITAL AUDIO To enjoy the sound from the external equipment in multi channel sound e g Dolby Digital 5 1ch connect the equipment to the amplifier For the connections read the manuals of the equipment and amplifier Headphones To adjust volume Headphone Volume p 16 M3 stereo mini ...

Page 8: ...games Game equipment To use amplifier with speaker system VIERA Link Recommended Connection Use HDMI2 for connecting an amplifier This connection is applicable when using an amplifier that has ARC Audio Return Channel function Identifying Controls Indicator Control panel When pressing 4 5 6 buttons the control panel guide appears on the side of the screen for 3 seconds to highlight the pressed but...

Page 9: ...lume Up Down 10 Numeric buttons Changes channel and teletext pages Sets characters When in Standby mode switches TV on 11 Still Freezes unfreezes the picture 12 Input mode selection p 11 12 TV switches to DVB Analogue mode AV switches to AV input mode from Input Selection list 13 TV Guide p 14 Displays Electronic Programme Guide 14 Subtitles Displays hides subtitles if available 15 Exit Returns to...

Page 10: ...n to the normal viewing screen First time Auto Setup Automatically sets up the TV and searches for available TV channels when the TV is turned on for the first time These steps are not necessary if the setup has been completed by your local dealer Please complete connections p 5 8 and settings if necessary of the connected equipment before starting Auto Setup For details of settings for the connec...

Page 11: ...ceable at the left and right edges For HD High definition signals Sidecut Zoom Displays a 16 9 letterbox anamorphic image full screen without distortion For HD High definition signals Note Aspect mode can be memorised separately for SD Standard definition and HD High definition signals Aspect cannot be changed in teletext service Information banner Display Information banner Also appears when chan...

Page 12: ...approximately 5 seconds before pressing the TEXT button this will allow the software to download If you press the TEXT button before download is complete it will be ignored and you will have to press the TEXT button again when the download is complete While navigating text services you will find there is a short delay when moving between pages while the page downloads There is often a prompt shown...

Page 13: ...blue button List mode Factory setting is P888 subtitle service on the blue button FULL TOP BOTTOM green TOP BOTTOM Normal FULL Store frequently viewed pages Store frequently viewed pages in the colour bar List mode only If you use Subtitles do not change number on blue button As page is displayed Corresponding coloured button press and hold To change stored pages 1 Press the coloured button you wa...

Page 14: ...l position and name 5 D DVB A Analogue 6 TV screen 7 TV Guide date To watch the programme select access To the previous day DVB red To the next day DVB green To view a channel list of the selected type DVB yellow To search programme titles and view a list of the searched programmes DVB yellow Search Titles To view a channel list of the selected category blue To view details of the programme DVB To...

Page 15: ...alance R Gain G Gain B Gain Adjusts the white balance of bright red green blue areas R Cutoff G Cutoff B Cutoff Adjusts the white balance of dark red green blue areas Reset to Defaults Resets to the default White Balance Colour Management R Hue R Saturation R Luminance Adjusts the picture hue saturation luminance of red areas G Hue G Saturation G Luminance Adjusts the picture hue saturation lumina...

Page 16: ...und Menu instead of Bass and Treble Select Equaliser and adjust the frequency This function is not effective for the sound from headphones Bass Adjusts level to enhance or minimise lower deeper sound output Treble Adjusts level to enhance or minimise sharper higher sound output Equaliser Adjusts the frequency level to suit your favourite sound quality This function is available when Mode is set to...

Page 17: ...ttings Network Network Connection Sets the network setting to use this TV in your network environment p 21 Network Status Displays and checks the network status MAC Address current network settings etc Software Update Checks for available software updates from the Panasonic website p 21 New Software Message Selects whether to give a notification message when new software is found via network Timer...

Page 18: ...ungarian Lettish Polish Rumanian etc Input Labels Accesses the input labels list to select the label of each input mode or set to skip unconnected one for easier identification and selection in Input Selection p 12 or banner To name each input mode freely select User input and set characters maximum 10 characters To skip the input mode select Skip Banner Display Timeout Sets how long the Informati...

Page 19: ...Deletes all channels Channel List You can hide skip unwanted channels The hidden channels cannot be displayed except in this function Select a channel and reveal hide Example DVB 70 CBBC Channel 72 Cartoon Nwk 105 BBCi 719 BBC Radio Wales 720 BBC Radio Cymru 1 BBC ONE Wales 7 BBC THREE All DVB Channels Reveal Hide skip To edit the list by using the coloured buttons Tune Retunes each channel Manual...

Page 20: ...s all locks Next input Jumps to the top of the next input To change the PIN number Select Change PIN and enter a new PIN number twice Freeview Players Applies access control for some MHEG services To set Parental Rating To watch the DVB programme that has the rating information over the selected age enter the PIN number to watch depending on the broadcaster Select Parental Rating and set an age fo...

Page 21: ...e played back Supported file format Supported file format in Media Player p 27 During the operation audio signal is output from AV1 DIGITAL AUDIO and HDMI2 ARC function terminals But no video signals are output To use HDMI2 with ARC function connect an amplifier that has ARC function and set to use theatre speakers p 24 26 Date shows the date on which the recording was made by the recording equipm...

Page 22: ...elects enlarged or normal viewing on Single view and Slideshow This function is not available when Frame is set to Collage Drift Gallery or Cinema when Transition Effect is set to Motion Depending on the photo size it may not be fully enlarged to fill the screen e g portrait style picture Burst Playback Selects whether to display burst photos in a fast paced slideshow mode This function is not ava...

Page 23: ... Music mode Example Thumbnail Folder view My Music_1 My Music_2 My Music_3 Media Player Music Folder view USB Flash Select RETURN Play Folder Contents Select Info Access Option Menu Drive Select 1 Select the folder file 2 Start playback red To display hide the operation guide Music Setup Music Setup Repeat Folder Playback repeat within the selected folder One Playback repeat of the selected one fi...

Page 24: ...er theatre Blu ray Disc theatre Speaker system Speaker system Player theatre Blu ray Disc theatre with VIERA Link function Amplifier with VIERA Link function DIGA Recorder with VIERA Link function HDMI cable Use a fully wired HDMI compliant cable Connect the equipment supporting VIERA Link to the TV s HDMI terminal via an HDMI cable Use a fully wired SCART cable Use the optical digital audio cable...

Page 25: ...ption is increased to make startup time fast This function is effective if the connected equipment can change the power consumption in Standby mode and is set to higher consumption This function works when Power off Link is set to On Intelligent Auto Standby Set Intelligent Auto Standby to On in the Setup Menu to use this function p 18 When the TV is on non watched or non used connected equipment ...

Page 26: ...DMI cable from the DIGA Recorder to the Amplifier p 24 Technical Information Aspect Control Signal Programmes usually contain an Aspect Control Signal Widescreen signal Control signal through SCART HDMI terminal In Auto mode aspect mode will appear in the top left of the screen if a Widescreen signal WSS or a Control signal through SCART pin8 HDMI terminal is found The aspect will switch to the ap...

Page 27: ...EG4 SP ASP Audio codec AAC Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus DTS core HE AAC MPEG Audio MP3 Some subtitles or chapter functions may not be available WMA Pro and WMA Lossless are not supported ASF asf wmv Video codec MPEG4 SP ASP VC 1 Windows Media Video Ver 9 Audio codec AAC Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus HE AAC LPCM MP3 WMA Copy protected files cannot be played back WMA Pro and WMA Lossless are ...

Page 28: ... layout setting Some of the keys of keyboards may correspond to the operation of the remote control Keyboard Remote Control Cursor buttons Enter OK Backspace BACK RETURN Esc EXIT 0 9 Character Numeric buttons F1 GUIDE F2 VIERA TOOLS F3 MENU F4 AV F5 F6 Channel Down Up F7 F8 Volume Down Up F9 F10 F11 F12 Coloured buttons Maintenance First remove the mains plug from the socket outlet Display panel C...

Page 29: ...with EIA CEA 861 861D Set the sound setting of the connected equipment to 2ch L PCM Check the HDMI Input setting p 17 If digital sound connection has a problem select analogue sound connection The TV does not switch on Check the mains lead is plugged into the TV and the socket outlet The fuse in the mains plug may have blown Replace it with one of an identical rating p 3 The TV goes into Standby m...

Page 30: ... Holes for wall hanging bracket installation 400 mm Depth of screw minimum 14 mm maximum 35 mm Diameter M8 300 mm View from the side Screw for fixing the TV onto the wall hanging bracket not supplied with the TV Warning Using other wall hanging brackets or installing a wall hanging bracket by yourself have the risk of personal injury and product damage In order to maintain the unit s performance a...

Page 31: ...rom DVD player and recorder M NTSC Playback from M NTSC Video recorders VCR NTSC AV input only Playback from NTSC Video recorders VCR DVB T Digital terrestrial services PAL I VHF A J CATV S1 S20 UHF E21 E69 CATV S21 S41 Hyperband PAL 525 60 Playback of NTSC tape from some PAL Video recorders VCR or NTSC disc playback from DVD player and recorder M NTSC Playback from M NTSC Video recorders VCR NTSC...

Page 32: ...se contact your local authorities or dealer and ask for the correct method of disposal Note for the battery symbol bottom two symbol examples This symbol might be used in combination with a chemical symbol In this case it complies with the requirement set by the Directive for the chemical involved Declaration of Conformity DoC Authorized Representative Panasonic Testing Centre Panasonic Marketing ...

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