Channel number does not go away

It isn't a 'channel' it is a connection port. Once a cable box or DVD / blue Ray player is plugged into it, you choose the port using the Input button on your remote and scroll through them.

That set has 2 HDMI connectors on the back panel, right side, more or less by themselves, to the lower left of the antenna jack.

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All the info on the television including manuals and inputs can be found here,
ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/television/howto/combo_connections_howto.html

58 Class 58 0 Diagonal 1080p Plasma HDTV with Anti Reflection

How many sets RCA ports (for Video 1 / Video 2 so on and on) does your TV have?

Sounds like an issue with the remote. Try other functions, too. You may need new batteries.

If still under guarantee take it back.
If not this sounds like a workshop job. If more than five years old (the TV, not you!) and you can afford it, junk this set and get a new one.

Usually if you go into the setup menu, there is an option to allow you to either "scan" for a channel, or "input" a channel. In this case, select "input" and see if the TV will allow you to press the up and down channel buttons and go to a specific channel. If so, when you get to channel 4, press the "add this channel" option (or whatever the menu option says) and you should then be able to go to channel 4 using the buttons on the front without skipping over it.

Use the tv remote to put the tv on ch 4. Use the direct tv then to select channel of the direct tv box. The box is broadcasting to the tv on ch 4. Also check that tv is on correct input . Again use the Panasonic remote to select correct input. If this does not work call direct tv for assistance.

Assigning a station name
1
Select SETUP.
2
Select Manual Tuning.
3
Select TV.
4
Select Name.
5
Select the position and make
your choice of the second character,
and so on.
You can use an the alphabet A
to Z, the number 0 to 9, +/ -,
and blank.
6
Select Close.
7
Select Store.

Press the DISPLAY button at its remote control once to vanish it.
If you wish to get some details; visit the site linked here. Pull up older posts.
http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/

Channel 3 or 4 is what you select on your actual television. using the TV remote press 03 or 04 ( whatever the converter box output is switched to on the back.

if you cannot get the tv to select 3 or 4 ( not programmed try searching for channels on the convertor box and after it finishes auto program the TV set.

For a more detailed specific answer please list the make and model of both the TV and the digital converter box

PLEASE NOTE THIS INFORMATION COVERS PROBLEMS FOR ALL DEVICES CONNECTED UP BY STUPID scart LEADS. I HOPE IT HELPS EVERYONE.

This is a common problem, the problem is caused by the fact your device is connected to the TV via a scart lead. The way it works is this: If you press the AV button on your TV remote your TV will turn over to the first scart channel. If you actively do something on the device connected via scart in this case the dvd player, (this includes things like playing a DVD or Video, or going into a menu), the device sends a signal down pin 8 of the scart lead and turns the TV over automatically to the AV channel, BUT as soon as you come out of the menu or stop the DVD/Video the signal stops and the TV will revert back to the channel it was on.
So you have 3 choices......maybe 4...
1. press the AV button on your TV remote directly.
2. Buy yourself and HDMI lead IF your TV supports it (note: you will have to select the HDMI channel on your TV remote because the auto thing is only on scart leads).
3. ONLY DO THIS IF YOU HAVE A SPARE LEAD look up a diagram of a scart lead on Google so you can find pin 8 and cut it out with a pair of wire cutters. YOU will have to still press the AV button on your TV remote to go to the channel though,
4. Connect your TV and DVD with an aerial lead and tune channel 6 on your TV into the DVD player. ps then disconnect the scart lead.
(Go for choice number one!)