Panasonic AG-VP300P VCR User Manual


 
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Helpful Hints
Before Requesting Service (continued)
Disc play
Editing
Play doesn’t start (or stops
immediately) when you press
[1] (PLAY).
Condensation has formed: Wait 1 to 2 hours for it to evaporate.
This unit cannot play discs other than the ones listed in these operating instructions.
This unit cannot play DVD-Video with a region number other than “1”, “ALL” or multiple
region numbers including “1”.
The disc may be dirty and may require cleaning.
Ensure that the disc is installed with the label of the side to be played facing upwards.
Check that the DVD-RAM has something recorded on it.
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No menu play. This function depends on software availability.
No subtitles. This function depends on software availability.
Subtitles are cleared from the television. Display the subtitles.
Subtitles position is wrong. Adjust the position.
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The position of the subtitles is
incorrect.
Change the position of the subtitles with “Subtitle Position” in the on-screen menu icon. 40
Soundtrack and/or subtitle
language is not the one selected
with the SETUP menus.
This function depends on software availability.
Cannot change angle. This function depends on software availability. Even if a disc has a number of angles
recorded, these angles may be recorded for specific scenes only.
Cannot add markers. You cannot add markers while playing a play list or if the disc’s play time doesn’t appear on
the unit’s display.
There are already markers on a
disc. [RAM[
The unit reads and displays the markers added with a DVD recorder. You can clear them
but reappear when you switch the unit to standby, change the source, or open the disc tray. 45
Marker numbers I added are
different when I call them up.
[RAM[
The unit numbers markers by time so they change when you add and delete them. 45
Cannot select random or
program play.
You cannot select random or program play with some DVD-Video.
Folders deeper than the eighth
layer on a data CD are not
displayed correctly.
Folders deeper than the eighth layer are displayed as the eighth layer.
You have forgotten your ratings
password.
Reset all the settings to Factory
Preset.
While stopped and “DVD” is the source, press and hold [REW6] (VCR), [PLAY1]
(DVD) and [<DVD OPEN/CLOSE] on the unit
for about 3 seconds until “Initialized”
disappears from the television. Turn the unit off and on again.
All settings will return to the default values.
The progressive out indicator
does not light.
Go to “Video” in the SET UP menus, and select “Enable” in “Progressive Out
(Component)”.
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Black bands appear in the
recording.
Move the other equipment away from the television as it may be picking up interference.
Recording video or audio from
external equipment is not
possible.
The connections were done incorrectly.
Check the connections to the other equipment.
The external input channel “A1” or “A2”, to which the player is connected is not selected.
Press [CH]IJ to select “A1” or “A2”.
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A video was dubbed, but the
video is distorted or the colors
are abnormal.
Copy-protected material was dubbed.
Copy-protected materials cannot be recorded normally.
Most commercially available videotapes and DVD discs (including rental soft tapes/DVDs)
are copy-protected so that illegal dubbing is impossible.
The audio level on the DVD
section is not corresponding to
that on the VCR after editing.
Some discs may reproduce different audio levels.
If the audio in particular parts, such as speech, is set to a low or high level, it may be
recorded on a video cassette at a high or low level, respectively.