Model No.
SL-SW960V SL-SW963VJ
Portable CD player
Operating Instructions
The model number and serial number of this product can be found on either the back or the bottom of the unit.
Please note them in the space provided below and keep for future reference.
MODEL NUMBER
SERIAL NUMBER
Dear Customer
Thank you for purchasing this product. Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read these instructions completely. Please save this manual for future reference.
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Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company, | Panasonic Canada Inc. |
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Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America | 5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 2T3 | www.panasonic.ca |
One Panasonic Way Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 http://www.panasonic.com |
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Panasonic Sales Company, | C 2003 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | |
Division of Matsushita Electric of Puerto Rico, Inc. (“PSC”) | ||
Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5 San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985 | Printed in Japan | F0203KN0 |
Troubleshooting guide
Before requesting service, make the below checks. If you are in doubt about some of the check points, or if the remedies indicated in the chart do not solve the problem:
In the U.S.A., contact the Panasonic Customer Call Center at
≥The HOLD function is on (➪page 2). ≥The disc isn’t correctly set.
≥The disc is scratched or dirty. (Tracks skipped.)
≥You aren’t using the special rechargeable batteries (➪page 5).
Cannot recharge. ≥You must insert two batteries before you can recharge them. ≥The unit must be off before you can recharge.
≥The unit may not read MP3 correctly if it is shaken while it is reading the files.
No play.≥There is moisture on the lens. Wait for about an hour and then try again.
≥The lens is dirty: clean it with a blower (recommended product: SZZP1038C). If the lens gets marked with fingerprints, gently wipe them off with a cotton swab.
≥You may not be able to play MP3 if you have copied a multi- session disc that has no data between sessions.
≥Ensure the plugs are inserted firmly.
≥Wipe the plugs clean with a clean cloth.
No sound or there is a ≥Noise may occur when playing MP3 if recording quality is poor.
lot of noise.≥The elapsed playing time disappears and sound is interrupted
if bumps continue repeatedly.
≥Separate this unit from mobile telephones.
The AC adaptor becomes warm during recharging.
The batteries are taking a long time to recharge.
Play time is very short even after recharging.
Play time is short after recharging.
Radio reception is noisy.
This is normal.
The batteries may take a maximum of 6 hours to recharge under some conditions.
The batteries may have reached the end of their service life. Usually they can be recharged 300 times.
≥This may occur after the first time you recharge the batteries or after you haven’t used them for a long time. Play time should be restored after a few recharges.
≥The batteries can go flat if you leave the AC adaptor connected after recharging is complete.
≥Keep the unit away from other tuners and televisions.
≥The AM antena is in the unit, so noise may increase if you
Play doesn’t resume from the track where play stopped at.
Play doesn’t start from the first track.
The unit stops working.
Cannot search through tracks.
Cannot skip albums.
The battery indicator fails to appear or is incorrect.
≥This doesn’t work if you change discs. ≥This doesn’t work during random play.
≥It may not work correctly under some conditions.
≥Random play modes may be on (➪page 6).
≥Play resumes from the track where you last stopped play. Use skip to return to the first track.
Disconnect then reconnect all power sources (batteries and AC adaptor).
You cannot search through MP3 files.
You cannot skip between the first and last albums during play.
≥The indicator does not appear when the AC adaptor is connected. ≥The indicator does not appear correctly under some
conditions.
hold the unit.
Display
( | The HOLD function is on (➪page 2). |
)≥You haven’t inserted a disc or it isn’t inserted correctly. ≥You have inserted a disc this unit cannot play.
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| The disc lid is open. |
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| Full: The program already contains 20 tracks. |
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| Reading MP3 files. |
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