Panasonic AG-VP300P

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)”. 49

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”.

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. —