Power Up Basics (Panasonic Q)

apply 110v to the console, and you should see a red standby light after this you can attempt a normal bootup press the power button you should also see hello , followed by booting into the last mode (game cube or dvd/cd) when powering up, if you don't hear the relay, check the cables and wiring on connectors p and s if you hear a double click (click on, then off) you have a short or fault somewhere in the system and the over current is protecting and turning off dvd / cd boot power on using the dvd/cd button if this wasn't already previously in dvd/cd mode if booting to dvd/cd it will display on screen after hello the text dvd/cd for a second and then change to read after this it will detect if it is a cd or dvd and show that icon on the left if there is no disc it will display no disc if there is a disc it will change the into numbers as it reads the disc it will change to 0 then 00 then 000 and finally try and play the disc for a non readable disc (like a gamecube game or a non japanese cd/dvd) it will display no play if you put in an audio disc it will read it and start playing, and you can use the buttons on the top lid to control it pressing the surround button cycles between i/ss off , i/ss 1 and i/ss 2 pressing the bass plus button cycles between bass on and bass off pressing the cinema button toggles the subtext cinema on and off pressing the dialog enhancer button does nothing until a dvd has loaded and is playing there will be no video output until a dvd has loaded gamecube boot power on pressing the game button if this wasn't already previously in gamecube mode if booting to gamecube it will display on screen after the hello the text gamecube after this it will show the video and audio output and boot like a normal gamecube pressing the surround button cycles between srnd on and srnd off there will be a subtext above the main gamecube text when on saying game surround pressing the bass plus button cycles between bass on and bass off pressing the game reset button reboots the gamecube pressing the game, cinema, dialog enhancer, previous, forward, stop, pause, rewind or fast forward buttons does nothing pressing the open/close button opens the disc tray, showing the words open or close as it operates the tray