Panasonic DMR-EZ49VEB Operating Instructions Manual

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VQT2J5185Digital broadcasts cannot be received.¾ Check the connections. (> 10, 11, 75)¾ Digital broadcast may not have started in your region yet.¾ Perform “DVB Auto Setup by Signal Quality” in the Setupmenu. (> 67)TV reception worsens after connecting the unit.¾ This can occur because the signals are being dividedbetween the unit and other equipment. It can be solved byusing a signal booster, available from electronics retailers.After “DVB Auto Setup by Signal Quality” or “DVBAuto Setup by Region” only some or no DVBchannels are found.¾ Check to ensure your area is covered by DVBtransmissions.¾ Check that the aerial and antenna cable are designed forDVB.¾ Perform “DVB Auto Setup by Signal Quality” in the Setupmenu. (> 67)Picture regularly breaks up on some channels, “NoSignal” message is displayed.¾ Check “Signal Condition”. If “Signal Quality” or “SignalStrength” are displayed in red or constantly changing,check aerial. If problem persists consult your local TV aerialinstaller. (> 67)¾ Check that the aerial and antenna cable are designed forDVB.¾ Interference (known as impulse noise) from householdappliances such as light switches, fridges, etc. may causepicture break up and/or audio distortion. Use a high qualityquad shielded coaxial cable fly lead between this unit andantenna wall socket to minimise impulse noise pickup. Ifproblem persists consult your local TV aerial installer.¾ Check aerial connection.¾ Adjust the aerial reception with “DVB Manual Tuning”.(> 67)¾ Perform “DVB Auto Setup by Signal Quality” in the Setupmenu. (> 67)Picture very infrequently breaks up on some or allchannels.¾ Electrical atmospheric interference caused by local ordistant lightning storms or heavy rain with wind in “leafy”locations may cause pictures to break up and audio to muteor distort momentarily.¾ Impulse noise interference from an infrequently usedelectrical appliance, or a passing vehicle or lawn mowerwith a “noisy” ignition system.¾ Perform “DVB Auto Setup by Signal Quality” in the Setupmenu. (> 67)Unusual station sorting.¾ The station sorting of this unit is pre-defined. UseFavourites to sort the stations as you want them. (> 66)The digital channel information does not appear.¾ Select the length of time (3–10 sec.) in the “On-ScreenMessages” in the Setup menu. (> 69)¾ The digital channel information will not appear duringplayback or recording.¾ Perform “DVB Auto Setup by Signal Quality” in the Setupmenu. (> 67)No Digital Teletext¾ Not all functions of Digital Teletext work on this unit.¾ When subtitle is on or additional information in the digital channelinformation is displayed, Digital Teletext does not work.¾ Perform “DVB Auto Setup by Signal Quality” in the Setupmenu. (> 67)After the Auto-Setup, there aren’t any stations in thestation list although found stations were displayedduring Auto-Setup.¾ “Shipping Condition” was performed or the unit was in the deliverystatus. The Auto-Setup was then started and interrupted.Do an Auto-Setup again and let it continue right through tothe end.The data is only saved after this has beencompleted.The Signal Strength is over 100% (> 10)¾ Reduce the signal amplification at your aerial. (> 67)After performing an update, you can no longerreceive broadcasts.¾ Depending on the content of the software update, somesettings may have returned to the preset values.Perform “Shipping Condition” in the Setup menu and thenset the channel. (> 67, 73)VIERA Link doesn’t work.¾ Check the HDMI cable connection. Check that “HDMI” isdisplayed on the front display when the unit is powering on.¾ Make sure that “VIERA Link” is set to “On”. (> 70)¾ Check the “HDAVI Control” settings on the connecteddevice.¾ Some functions may not work depending on the version of“HDAVI Control” of the connected equipment. This unitsupports “HDAVI Control 5” function.¾ If the connection for the equipment connected with anHDMI cable was changed, or if there was a power failure orthe plug was removed from the household mains socket,“HDAVI Control” may not work. In this case, perform thefollowing operations.1 When the HDMI cable is connected to all equipment withthe power on, turn the TV (VIERA) on again.2 Change the TV (VIERA) settings for the “HDAVI Control”function to off, and then set to on again. (For moreinformation, see the VIERA operating instructions.)3 Switch the VIERA input to HDMI connection with thisunit, and after this unit’s screen is displayed, check that“HDAVI Control” is working.The Control Panel does not appear.¾ The control panel is only displayed when connected to a TVwith “HDAVI Control 2” or later function. (> 47)The operation on this unit (music playback etc.) isinterrupted.¾ The operation on this unit may be interrupted when youpress buttons on the TV remote control that do not work forVIERA Link functions.General Issues: DVB-TGeneral Issues: VIERA Link