Using HDAVI ControlTM

HDAVI Control

This convenient feature links control of your receiver and your other Panasonic home theater equipment. VIERA televisions and DIGA DVD recorders connected with an HDMI cable can be controlled in this way. For details, refer to the operating instructions of your other equipment.

Preparation

1.Connect your other Panasonic home theater equipment (HDAVI Control compatible VIERA television or DIGA DVD recorder) with an HDMI cable (page 5).

(Cables that do not meet the HDMI specifications are not compatible with this feature. Use a Panasonic HDMI cable for best results.)

2.Read your television’s operating instructions and make the settings necessary to activate the HDAVI Control.

3.Switch on all your equipment, then switch your television off then on again and check that images from DIGA appear correctly.

(Do this whenever you change connections or settings.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rear panel

 

 

TV HDMI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD HDMI

DVD recorder

TV (VIERA)

(AV IN)

 

LOOP

EXT

LOOP ANT

 

 

 

 

 

(AV OUT)

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

 

 

(DIGA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM ANT

AM ANT

 

OUT

 

 

(DVD RECORDER) IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT (OPTICAL)

 

DIGITAL IN

 

 

 

S VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(TV/STB) (DVD RECORDER) (DVD PLAYER)

(CD)

 

OUT

IN

IN

IN

OUT

IN

 

 

 

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OPTICAL2 COAXIAL1 COAXIAL2

 

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• To take advantage of the multi-channel sounds now available with digital television, use a digital connection if your TV has a digital output terminal.

One-touch Home Theater

CD

VCR DVD

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Point the remote control at your DIGA DVD recorder and press [ONE

TUNER

PLAYER

 

 

 

BAND

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VOLUME

 

DISC

0

 

 

DIRECT TUNING

 

 

-/--

 

 

 

 

 

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SLOW/SEARCH

 

 

STOP

PAUSE

 

PLAY

DRIVE SELECT

DVD RECORDER

 

MANUAL SKIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.Your DIGA switches on. Play starts if there is a disc in the tray. If a disc is not in the tray, DIGA plays the television program last recorded to the hard disk.

2.Your VIERA switches on and input switches.

3.This unit switches on, input switches to “DVR”, and multi-channel play starts.

Press [+ VOLUME -] to adjust the volume.

You can also adjust the volume with VIERA’s remote control.

(An indicator appears on the television showing that you are adjusting this unit’s volume.) If the beginning of the program is cut off, press [u SKIP] to skip back to the beginning.

For your reference

If you switch your VIERA off, this unit also switches off (unless you have changed the input source to “TUNER” or “CD”).

VIERA’s speakers start to output the audio instead if you switch this unit off. If you then switch this unit on again, audio output switches back to this unit.

If this unit is off and you switch the setting on your VIERA so that audio is output from a connected receiver, this unit switches on and starts to output the audio.

Multi-channel audio for your VIERA

Connect your VIERA’s digital output terminal to the DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1 terminal on this unit (page 9).

Refer to your VIERA’s operating instructions and make the settings necessary to switch audio output from VIERA’s speakers to speakers connected to this unit.

The input source on this unit switches to “TV” if you select a channel or otherwise operate the television (page 34).

To turn off HDAVI Control, “HDMI settings”, page 29.

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Panasonic SA-XR58 Using Hdavi ControlTM English, One-touch Home Theater, To turn off Hdavi Control, Hdmi settings

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