Panasonic AG-2580P manual Tuner Setting, Basic Playback

– Initial Settings –

Tuner Setting

Setting channels automatically

—Auto Channel Set

Perform Auto Channel Set only if channels have not been set correctly by the Plug&Play setting.

Playback

Basic Playback

ALoad a cassette

AAccess Main Menu screen, then Tuner

Set screen

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

BPerform Auto Channel Set

Press rtto move the highlight bar (arrow) to “AUTO CHANNEL SET”, then press OK or e. The VCR selects the correct band (TV or CATV) automatically during Auto Channel Set.

●When Auto Channel Set is complete, “SCAN COMPLETED” appears on screen.

●If the scan was unsuccessful, “SCAN COMPLETED–NO SIGNAL–” appears on screen. Check the connections and start again.

Press MENU to return to normal screen.

MAIN MENU

FUNCTION SET

TUNER SET

INITIAL SET

PRESS ( ,), THEN (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

TUNER SET

BANDCATV

AUTO CHANNEL SET MANUAL CHANNEL SET

SELECT WITH ( ,) AND (OK)

PRESS (MENU) TO END

AUTO CHANNEL SET

SCANNING...

PRESS (MENU) TO END

Make sure the window side is up, the rear label side is facing you and the arrow on the front of the cassette is pointing towards the VCR.

●Do not apply too much pressure when inserting.

●The VCR turns on, and the counter on the on-screen display is reset, automatically.

●If the cassette’s record safety tab has been removed, playback begins automatically.

BStart playback

Press PLAY (4).

During playback

Stop playback

Press STOP (8) on the	OR Press STOP/EJECT (0) on
Remote.	the VCR.

Setting channels manually

— Manual Channel Set

You can add the channels you want or delete the channels you do not want manually.

A Access Main Menu screen, then Tuner		MAIN MENU
Set screen	TUNER SET
	FUNCTION SET
Press MENU on the Remote. Press rtto	INITIAL SET
move the highlight bar (arrow) to “TUNER
SET”, then press OK or e.
	PRESS ( ,		), THEN (OK)
	PRESS (MENU) TO END
B Access Manual Channel Set screen		TUNER SET
Press rtto move the highlight bar	BAND			CATV
(arrow) to “MANUAL CHANNEL SET”,	AUTO CHANNEL SET
	MANUAL CHANNEL SET
then press OK or e.
	SELECT WITH ( , ) AND (OK)
	PRESS (MENU) TO END
C Add or skip desired channels	MANUAL CHANNEL SET
To add channels		(CATV)
A Press the Number keys on the Remote
		CH	45 ADD
to input a channel number you want to
add.	OR ( ,		), THEN (OK)
	PRESS NUMBER KEY (0–9)
B Press OK or eto set to “ADD”.	PRESS (MENU) TO END

CRepeat A to B to add other channels. Press MENU to return to normal screen.

To skip channels

APress rtor the Number keys to select a channel number you want to skip.

BPress OK or eto set to “SKIP”.

CRepeat A and B to skip other channels. Press MENU to return to normal screen.

— 8 —

Pause playback and view still picture
Press PAUSE (9).	OR Push the JOG dial.
● Press PLAY (4) to resume	● Push the JOG dial again to
normal playback.	resume normal playback.
Pause and Frame-by-Frame playback
Press PAUSE (9) to pause,	OR Push the JOG dial to pause,
then press 2or 6(or	then turn the JOG dial to the
PAUSE (9)) repeatedly.	left or right.
● Press PLAY (4) to resume	● Push the JOG dial again to
normal playback.	resume normal playback.
High speed search
Press REW (3) or FF	OR Turn the JOG dial quickly to
(5).	the left or right.

● Press PLAY (4) to resume normal playback.

● If you press and hold REW (3) or FF (5) for more than 2 seconds, simply releasing it cancels the picture search, and normal playback resumes.

Picture search at variable speed (including slow-motion)

Press 2or 6	OR Turn the JOG dial to the left
repeatedly.	or right.

●Press PLAY (4) to resume normal playback.

●Each time you press 2or 6or each time JOG dial passes a click position, the playback speed changes. To decrease the speed during picture search, press the opposite direction button repeatedly or turn the dial in the opposite direction.

●During still picture, press and hold 6to start forward (or 2to start reverse) slow motion playback. When you release the button, still picture resumes. During still picture, holding PAUSE (9) for more than 2 seconds also starts forward slow motion playback. If you press PAUSE (9) again, still picture resumes.