Hitachi 42HDM12A X buttons, Return button, Video button, PC button, PIP Input button

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HOW TO USE THE REMOTE CONTROL TO CONTROL YOUR PLASMA MONITOR

9. ▲ ▼ W X buttons

Press Up/Down/Left/Right buttons to adjust the options under OSD menu.

10. RETURN button

Press this button to jump back to last page of OSD.

11. VIDEO button

Shortcut to access the composite video, S-video, Y/CB/CR, Y/PB/PR and HDMI mode. Press repeatedly to circle through the selections.

ATTENTION

Using 480i/576i signals:

When the input signal is 480i or 576i and you select in YPBPR, the monitor will suggest entering into high quality display mode. If you select yes, the image will display in high quality mode on the screen. Then the monitor will check with again. If you can accept the quality, please choose Yes.

Enter into high quality 480i?

 

Display accept

Yes ◀ ▶ No

 

Yes ◀ ▶ No

 

 

 

12. PC button

Press to switch directly to PC mode.

13. PIP INPUT button

Activate PIP by pressing PIP Input button to select desired video input. To turn off PIP by keep pressing PIP Input button until the PIP window disappear. PIP source cannot be the same with main video source. (Analog RGB & Component are not accessible to PIP)

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14. PIP SWAP button

Press to exchange the main video signal source with PIP video signal source.

15. ASPECT button

Press repeatedly to change image to different aspects. Aspects include 4:3 EXPANDED, 4:3 STANDARD, 4:3 ZOOM1, 4: 3 ZOOM2, 16:9 STANDARD, 16:9 ZOOM.

Depending on the input signal format received, the picture format ratio allows you to adjust the images through the following options.

4:3 EXPANDED

Use this aspect mode to display conventional (4:3) sources by linearly increasing image expansion from the

 

center towards the edges of the display area in order to fill it.

4:3 STANDARD

Use this aspect mode to display conventional (4:3) images. Side panels (gray areas) are placed to the left

 

and right of the image to preserve the original aspect ratio of the source. Note: Use this mode for only 15% of

 

your total viewing time to prevent uneven aging of the phosphors. Phosphors in the lighted area of the

 

picture will age more rapidly than the gray areas.

4:3 Zoom1/Zoom2

Use these aspect modes to zoom in on conventional (4:3) sources.

16:9 STANDARD

Use this aspect mode to display 16:9 sources like DVD’s preserving the original 16:9 aspect ratio.

16:9 Zoom

Use this aspect to Zoom-in once while in 16:9 aspect.

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42HDM12A specifications

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