Panasonic SC-HT895 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Getting

Started

Reference

Playing

Discs

Other

Operations

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Caution for AC Mains Lead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About DivX VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Simple Setup

STEP 1

Assembling the speakers . . . . . . . . . 6

Speaker installation options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

STEP 2

Positioning the speakers . . . . . . . . . 8

STEP 3

Speaker connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

STEP 4

Audio and video connections. . . . . 10

Television with an HDMI terminal . . . . . . . . 10
Basic audio connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Basic video connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

STEP 5

Radio and AC mains lead

connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

STEP 6

Preparing the remote control . . . . 13

STEP 7

Performing QUICK SETUP . . . . . . 13

Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Discs that can be played. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Disc caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Basic play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the main unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Convenient functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Displaying current playback condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
All group, Program and Random play. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Playing data discs using navigation menus . . . 19

Playing data discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting a track using CD text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing HighMAT

discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Playing RAM and DVD-R/-RW (DVD-VR) discs . . . . . 20

Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Changing the player settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing the delay time of the speakers. . . . . . . . . . 29

Using the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Presetting stations automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting the preset channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using an outdoor antenna (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using sound effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Changing the sound quality: Sound Field Control . . . 32
Enhancing the sound from the center speaker:

Center Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Enhancing the stereo sound: Dolby Pro Logic II . . . . 32
Adjusting the amount of bass: Subwoofer level . . . . . 32
Enhancing the bass sound: H.BASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Enhancing the surround sound effect:

Surround Enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Adjusting the volume of each speaker:

Speaker level adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using other useful functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Muting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Music Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Enjoying Karaoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Operating other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Operating the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
[Australia[and[N.Z.] Operating the cable TV box, digital

broadcasting or satellite receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Operating both the television and the home

theater system: Control with HDMI

(HDAVI Control

) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

One Touch Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Automatic input switching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Theater speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power off link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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