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Operating Instructions Progressive Wide Plasma Display TH-42PS9EK Model No. TH-42PS9ES 2PS 9 TH-4 High Defi nition Plasma Display TH-42PH9EK Model No. TH-42PH9ES TH-50PH9EK TH-50PH9ES TH-42PS 9 The illustration shown is an image. Please read these instructions before operating your set and retain them for future reference.
Dear Panasonic Customer Welcome to the Panasonic family of customers. We hope that you will have many years of enjoyment from your new Plasma Display. To obtain maximum benefit from your set, please read these Instructions before making any adjustments, and retain them for future reference.
Important Safety Notice WARNING 1) To prevent damage which may result in fi re or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to dripping or splashing. Do not place containers with water (fl ower vase, cups, cosmetics, etc.) above the set. (including on shelves above, etc.) No naked fl...
• If water is spills onto the Plasma Display or foreign objects get inside it, a short-circuit may occur which could result in fi re or electric shock. If any foreign objects get inside the Plasma Display, please consult your local Panasonic dealer.
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If water or foreign objects get inside the Plasma Display, if the Plasma Display is dropped, or if the cabinet becomes damages, disconnect the power supply plug immediately. • A short circuit may occur, which could cause fi re. Contact your local Panasonic dealer for any repairs that need to be made.
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Safety Precautions CAUTION When using the Plasma Display Do not bring your hands, face or objects close to the ventilation holes of the Plasma Display. • Heated air comes out from the ventilation holes at the top of Plasma Display will be hot. Do not bring your hands or face, or objects which cannot withstand heat, close to this port, otherwise burns or deformation could result.
Accessories Accessories Supply Check that you have the accessories and items shown Operating Instruction book Remote Control Transmitter Batteries for the Remote EUR7636090R Control Transmitter (2 × R6 (UM3) Size) Power supply cord Fixing bands × 2 Remote Control Batteries Requires two R6 batteries.
Connections When connecting the speakers, be sure to use only the optional accessory speakers. Refer to the speaker’s Installation Manual for details on speaker installation. (Example: TH-42PS9EK) Speakers (Optional accessories) SPEAKERS Terminals (L) SPEAKERS AC cord connection Terminals (R) (see page 12) –...
Connections PC Input Terminals connection COMPUTER AUDIO PC IN TH-42PS9 Conversion adapter (if necessary) Mini D-sub 15p PC cable Audio Stereo plug Connect a cable which matches the audio output terminal on the computer. Notes: • Due to space limitations, occasionally you may have trouble connecting Mini D-sub 15P cable with ferrite core to PC input Terminal.
JUST Just • If an incorrect command is sent by mistake, this SELF Panasonic Auto unit will send an “ER401” command back to the With the power off, this display responds to PON command computer. only.
Connections AV connection Example of input signal source AUDIO AUDIO VIDEO S VIDEO S VIDEO VCR AV IN SLOT1 SLOT2 SLOT3 CAMCORDER VIDEO S VIDEO AUDIO AUDIO Note: Additional equipment, cables and adapter plugs shown are not supplied with this set.
Power On / Off Connecting the AC cord plug to the Plasma Display. Fix the AC cord plug securely to the Plasma Display with the clamper. (see page 8) Connecting the plug to the Wall Outlet Note: Main plug types vary between countries. The power plug shown at right may, therefore, not be the type fi...
Initial selections Selecting the input signal Select the input signals to be connected by installing the optional Terminal Boards. Press to select the input signal to be played back from the equipment which has been connected to the Plasma Display. Input signals will change as follow: INPUT1 INPUT2...
Basic Controls Remote control sensor Volume Adjustment Volume Up “+” Down “–” When the menu screen is displayed: “+”: press to move the cursor “–”: press to move the cursor TH-42PS9 down (see page 16) Enter / Aspect button INPUT MENU ENTER/ (see page 16, 18)
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Basic Controls Standby (ON / OFF) button The Plasma Display must fi rst be plugged into the wall outlet and turned on at the power switch (see page 12). Press ON to turn the Plasma Display On, from Standby mode. Press OFF to turn the Plasma Display Off to Standby mode.
On-Screen Menu Displays To Picture adjust menu The MENU button on the unit can also (see page 22) Press to select. be pressed. Picture Normalise Normal Normal Picture Mode INPUT MENU ENTER/ Contrast Brightness Colour [ from the unit ] Each time the MENU button is pressed, Tint the menu screen will switch.
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Colour system Auto P-NR P-NR Cinema reality Cinema reality P-NR H-Freq. 33.8 Panasonic Auto (4 : 3) 4 : 3 H-Freq. 33.8 V-Freq. 60.0 P-NR V-Freq. 60.0 Note : “Signal” setup menu displays different setting condition for each input signals. (see page 13)
• For a 1125 (1080) / 60i · 50i · 24p · 25p · 30p · 24sF, 1250 (1080) / 50i, 750 (720) / 60p · 50p signal input, the mode is set to “16:9” mode, and switching is not possible. • Panasonic Auto can be selected only during Video signal input. • The aspect mode is memorized separately for each input terminal.
This picture position movement cannot be H-Size controlled by the Picture Pos./Size function. V-Pos • If adjusting the Picture V-Pos/V-Size in Panasonic Auto with 16:9 mode, the V-Size adjustment is not memorized. When exiting the mode, the screen will return Clock Phase to a former adjustment.
MULTI PIP Press repeatedly. Each time pressing this button main picture and sub picture will be displayed as follows below. [Picture and Picture] [Picture out Picture] [Picture in Picture] Main picture Sub picture Main picture Sub picture Main picture Sub picture MULTI MULTI MULTI...
Advanced PIP Press to display the Setup menu. Press to select “OSD Language”. Press and hold until the Options menu is displayed. Press to select Advanced PIP. Options Off-timer function Enable Onscreen display Initial INPUT Press to adjust the menu. Initial VOL level Off : Sets normal two screen display mode Maximum VOL level...
Picture Adjustments Press to display the Picture menu. Select to adjust each item. Press to select the menu to adjust. Select the desired level by looking at the picture behind the menu. Picture Press “ ” or “ ” button to switch between modes. Normalise Normal Normal...
Picture Adjustments Notes: Item Effect Adjustments • “Colour” and “Tint” settings cannot be Selects the proper brightness and adjusted for “RGB/PC” and “Digital” Contrast density for the room. Less More input signal. • You can change the level of each Adjusts for easier viewing of dark function (Contrast, Brightness, Colour, Brightness...
Sound Adjustment Press to display the Sound menu. Select to adjust each item. Press to select the menu to adjust. Select the desired level by listening to the sound. Bass Emits the original sound. Sound Normal Adjusts low pitch sounds Normalise Normal Normal...
Digital Zoom This displays an enlargement of the designated part of the displayed image. Display the “Operation Guide”. Press to access Digital Zoom. Exit The “Operation Guide” will be displayed. During Digital Zoom, only the following buttons can be operated. [Remote control] [Unit] INPUT...
PRESENT TIME Setup / Set up TIMER The timer can switch the Plasma Display On or Off. Before attempting Timer Set, confi rm the PRESENT TIME and adjust if necessary. Then set POWER ON Time / POWER OFF Time. Press to display the Setup menu. Press to select Set up TIMER or PRESENT TIME Setup.
PRESENT TIME Setup / Set up TIMER Set up TIMER Display the Set up TIMER screen. Press to select Set up TIMER POWER ON Time / POWER OFF Time. PRESENT TIME 99:99 Press to setup POWER ON Function 0:00 POWER ON Time POWER ON Time / POWER OFF Time.
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Screensaver (For preventing after-images) Do not display a still picture, especially in 4:3 mode, for any length of time. If the display must remain on, a Screensaver should be used. Press to display the Setup menu. Setup Press to select Screensaver. Screensaver MULTI DISPLAY Setup Set up TIMER...
Screensaver (For preventing after-images) Setup of Screensaver Time After selecting Time Designation or Interval, the relevant Time Setup will become available for selection and the Operating Time may be set. (Time cannot be set when “Mode” is “On” or “Off”.) Screensaver Screensaver Screensaver...
Screensaver (For preventing after-images) Side Panel Adjustment side panel Do not display a picture in 4:3 mode for an extended period, as this can cause an after-image to remain on the side panels either side of the display fi eld. To reduce the risk of such an after-image, illuminate the side Screen Display panels.
Reduces power consumption • Power save: When this function is turned On, luminous level of the Plasma Display is suppressed, so power consumption is reduced. • Standby save: When this function is turned On, power consumption of the microcomputer is reduced during power supply standby (see page 12, 14-15), so standby power of the set is reduced.
Setup for MULTI DISPLAY (For TH-42PS9EK/S) By lining up Plasma Displays in groups of 4, 9 or 16 as illustrated below, an enlarged picture may be displayed across all screens. For this mode of operation, each plasma display has to be set up with a Display number to determine its location. group of 4 (2 ×...
Setup for MULTI DISPLAY How to set the display location number for each Plasma Display Press to select Ratio (2nd step). MULTI DISPLAY Setup MULTI DISPLAY Setup Press to select “2 × 2”, “2 × 2 F”, “3 × 3”, 2 ×...
Setup for MULTI DISPLAY (For TH-42PH9EK/S, TH-50PH9EK/S) By lining up Plasma Displays in groups, for example, as illustrated below, an enlarged picture may be displayed across all screens. For this mode of operation, each plasma display has to be set up with a Display number to determine its location. (Example) group of 4 (2 ×...
Setup for MULTI DISPLAY How to set the display location number for each Plasma Display Press to select Horizontal Scale. MULTI DISPLAY Setup MULTI DISPLAY Setup Press to select “× 1”, “× 2”, “× 3”, “× 4”. Horizontal Scale × 2 Vertical Scale ×...
Setup for MULTI DISPLAY F (Seam hides video) Setting To hide joints between TVs. To show joints between TVs. Model No. Reference Suitable for moving image display. Suitable for still image display. TH-42PS9EK/S Step 4, Page 33 (2 × 2, 3 × 3, 4 × 4) (2 ×...
Press ACTION ( ) button Press to exit from adjust mode. [ AV ] Signal 3D Y/C Filter (NTSC) Auto Colour system Cinema reality Note: 4 : 3 Panasonic Auto (4 : 3) When On, this setting only affects NTSC input signals. P-NR...
M.NTSC NTSC Panasonic Auto Set to “4 : 3” to view 4:3 images in an unchanged format when Panasonic Auto is selected. (4 : 3) If you would like to view 4:3 images in Just format, set to “Just”. Note: Panasonic Auto does not function when TY-FB9BD (BNC Dual Video Terminal Board (option)) is used.
Setup for Input Signals Sync Select Signal from the “Setup” menu during RGB input signal. Setup Press to adjust. Signal Component/RGB-in select Input label Power save Standby save Power management Auto power off English ( UK ) OSD Language Press ACTION ( ) button Press to exit from adjust mode.
Options Adjustments Press to display the Setup menu. Press to select “OSD Language”. Press and hold until the Options menu is displayed. Press to select your preferred menu. Press to adjust the menu. Options Off-timer function Enable Onscreen display Initial INPUT Press to confi...
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Options Adjustments Options Off-timer function Enable Onscreen display Initial INPUT Initial VOL level Maximum VOL level INPUT lock Studio W/B Advanced PIP Display size Item Effect Adjustments Press button to adjust the volume when TV is turned on. Initial VOL Off: Sets normal volume.
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Options Adjustments Options Button lock Remocon User level ID select Remote ID Serial ID Item Effect Adjustments MENU&ENTER Off: All the buttons at the bottom of the main unit can be used. MENU & ENTER: Button lock Locks buttons on bottom face of main unit. MENU ENTER/ Locks all the button on bottom face of main unit.
Shipping condition This function allows you to reset the unit to the factory setting. Press to display the Setup menu. Press to select “OSD Language”. Press and hold till the SHIPPING menu is Setup displayed. Signal Component/RGB-in select Input label Power save Standby save Power management...
Troubleshooting Before you call for service, determine the symptoms and make a few simple checks as shown below. Symptoms Checks Picture Sound Electrical Appliances Interference Noisy Sound Cars / Motorcycles Fluorescent light Volume Normal Picture No Sound (Check whether the mute function has been activated on the remote control.) Not plugged into AC outlet Not switched on No Picture...
Specifi cations TH-42PS9EK/S Power Source 220 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power Consumption Power on 280 W Stand-by condition Save off 0.8 W, Save on 0.6 W Power off condition 0.2 W Plasma Display panel Drive method : AC type 42-inch, 16:9 aspect ratio Contrast Ratio Max 10000:1...
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Specifi cations TH-42PH9EK/S TH-50PH9EK/S Power Source 220 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power Consumption Power on 330 W 440 W Stand-by condition Save off 0.8 W, Save on 0.6 W Save off 0.7 W, Save on 0.5 W Power off condition 0.2 W 0.3 W Plasma Display panel...