3DO M2 Documentation
Panasonic's operating instructions for the two interactive media players built on the 3DO M2 hardware are hosted here. They are owners' manuals, in English and French, and are the only Panasonic documents for M2 hardware found in the 3DO Development Repo and the 3DO-information archive.[1] Both carry the notice "© Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 1998".[2][3]
FZ-21S1K operating instructions
[edit | edit source]A 7-page scan of the Interactive Media Player / Lecteur multimédia interactif FZ-21S1K Operating Instructions / Manuel d'utilisation.[2]
- p. 1: unpacking: the player, a keyboard adaptor, the power cord, an RS-232C cable and the instructions
- pp. 2–3: precautions and warnings in English, including the FCC Class A notice and the class 1 laser warning
- pp. 4–5: the same in French
- p. 6: connection to a television (composite or S-Video), a touch screen through the RS-232C cable, and a keyboard, trackball or mouse through the keyboard adaptor
- p. 7: specifications in English and French
What it does not contain
[edit | edit source]No description of the controls beyond the connection drawing, no operating instructions for software, and no service information.
FZ-35S operating instructions
[edit | edit source]A 12-page scan of the Interactive Media Player / Lecteur multimédia interactif FZ-35S Operating Instructions / Manuel d'utilisation.[3]
- p. 1: unpacking and contents
- pp. 2–5: precautions and warnings in English and French
- pp. 6–7: names and functions of the front and rear panels, including the RGB/composite display selector
- p. 8: connection example
- p. 9: operation
- p. 10: models fitted with a SuperDisk drive or a LAN card
- pp. 11–12: specifications in English and French; a line under the specifications says the product uses RSA Data Security's encryption technology
What it does not contain
[edit | edit source]No service information, and no detail of which model numbers carry the DVD-ROM drive, the extra memory or the battery-backed SRAM.
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- 3DO M2: processors, memory, drives, ports, power and dimensions of both players
FZ-21S1K manual
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Download: Panasonic FZ-21S1K Operating Instructions.pdf
FZ-35S manual
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Download: Panasonic FZ-35S Operating Instructions.pdf
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Manuals and Schematics, 3DO Development Repo—link(accessed 2026-10-01) The GoldStar entries are the GDO101M owner's manual and the GDO101M power supply drawing; the service manuals listed are all Panasonic's. The 3DO-information repository (https://github.com/trapexit/3DO-information) holds the same two GoldStar files.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Interactive Media Player FZ-21S1K Operating Instructions (1998), 7 pages, specifications on p. 7. Hosted here as File:Panasonic FZ-21S1K Operating Instructions.pdf; see 3DO M2 Documentation.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Interactive Media Player FZ-35S Operating Instructions (1998), 12 pages: names of parts p. 6, built-in optional devices p. 10, specifications p. 11. Hosted here as File:Panasonic FZ-35S Operating Instructions.pdf; see 3DO M2 Documentation.