Panasonic AG-2580P manual Initial Settings, Language Setting, Clock Setting

Initial Settings

Language Setting

The default setting is “ENGLISH”.

AAccess Main Menu screen, then

Initial Set screen

Press MENU on the Remote. Press rtto move the highlight bar (arrow) to “INITIAL SET”, then press OK or e.

MAIN MENU

FUNCTION SET

TUNER SET

INITIAL SET

PRESS ( ,), THEN (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

CSelect D.S.T. mode

Press OK or eto move the highlight bar to “D.S.T.”, then press rtrepeatedly until the desired setting is selected.

AUTO: Select if you want to adjust your VCR’s clock automatically by the incoming signal from the host channel. (Auto Daylight Saving Time enables automatic adjustment of the VCR’s clock at the start and end of Daylight Saving Time.) Be sure to select the correct time zone manually in step 4.

ON: Adjustment will be made by the built-in clock itself.

OFF: Select when Daylight Saving Time does not apply to you.

DSelect time zone

BSelect language

This VCR offers you the language choice to view menus and some messages — in English, Spanish or French. Press rtto move the highlight bar (arrow) to “LANGUAGE”, then press OK or e repeatedly until the desired language is selected.

Press MENU to return to normal screen.

INITIAL SET

CLOCK SET

LANGUAGE ENGLISH GUIDE CHANNEL SET

*CABLE BOX SET

*DBS RECEIVER SET

SELECT WITH ( ,) AND (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

* not function with this VCR

Press OK or eto move the highlight bar to “TIME ZONE”, then press rtrepeatedly until “AUTO” or the desired time zone is selected. Each time you press the button, the time zone changes as follows:

{AUTO {ATLANTIC {EASTERN {CENTRAL

{MOUNTAIN {PACIFIC {ALASKA {HAWAII

{(back to the beginning)

EComplete Semiauto Clock Set

Press MENU to return to normal screen. Turn off the VCR. “Aut” will appear on the display panel while the clock is being set. The

Clock Setting

Perform clock setting only if the clock has not been set correctly by the Plug&Play setting or if you use a cable box.

current clock time will appear automatically when the clock setting is complete.

Setting clock manually

Preparations

AAccess Main Menu screen, then

Initial Set screen

Press MENU on the Remote. Press rtto move the highlight bar (arrow) to “INITIAL SET”, then press OK or e.

MAIN MENU

FUNCTION SET

TUNER SET

INITIAL SET

PRESS ( ,), THEN (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

— Manual Clock Set

First follow steps 1 to 2 in “Preparations” above, then go to the following steps.

A Set time, date and year		CLOCK SET
Press rtuntil the desired time appears,	TIME	DATE	YEAR
	– –:– –AM	1/ 1	00
then press OK or e. Set the date and year
	AUTO CLOCK : ON
in the same way.	HOST CH	: AUTO	(CATV)
	D.S.T.	: AUTO
● Holding rtchanges the time in 30-	TIME ZONE : AUTO

B Access Clock Set screen	INITIAL SET
Press rtto move the highlight bar
	CLOCK SET

minute intervals, or changes the date in	PRESS ( , ), THEN (OK)
	PRESS (MENU) TO END

15-day intervals.

(arrow) to “CLOCK SET”, then press OK or	LANGUAGE	ENGLISH
	GUIDE CHANNEL SET
e.	* CABLE BOX SET
	* DBS RECEIVER SET
	SELECT WITH ( ,	) AND (OK)
	PRESS (MENU) TO END

* not function with this VCR

Setting clock semiautomatically

— Semiauto Clock Set

BSelect D.S.T. mode

Press OK or eto move the highlight bar to “D.S.T.”, then press rtto select the desired setting.

ON: Adjustment will be made by the built-in clock itself.

OFF: Select when Daylight Saving Time does not apply to you.

	CLOCK SET
TIME	DATE	YEAR
1:00AM	12/ 24	00 SUN
AUTO CLOCK : OFF
D.S.T.	: ON

PRESS ( , ), THEN (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

You can change the host channel/D.S.T. (Daylight Saving Time)/ time zone setting manually. First follow steps 1 to 2 in “Preparations” above, then go to the following steps.

NOTE:

The time set previously will be erased when “AUTO CLOCK”, “HOST CH”, “D.S.T.” or “TIME ZONE” setting is changed.

A Set Auto Clock to ON		CLOCK SET
Press OK or eon the Remote repeatedly	TIME		DATE	YEAR
to move the highlight bar to “AUTO	1:00PM		12/24	00 SUN
	AUTO CLOCK : ON			(CATV)
CLOCK”, then press rtso that “ON” is	HOST CH		: AUTO
	D.S.T.		: AUTO
selected.	TIME ZONE		: AUTO
	PRESS (	,	), THEN (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

BSelect host channel

You can either select “AUTO” or enter a PBS channel number. Press OK or eto move the highlight bar to “HOST CH”, then press rtrepeatedly until “AUTO” or the desired PBS channel number is selected.

CStart clock

Press MENU and normal screen appears.

To make corrections any time during the process

Press OK or erepeatedly until the item you want to change blinks, then press rt.

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