Panasonic SC-HT500 operating instructions To change the user mode

[Audio\menu] [Picture\menu] [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD]

OFF/48kHz	OFF	N
1	2	1

1Re-master (➡ page 29)

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]

Dialogue Enhancer on/off [DVD-V]

2(Discs where the dialogue is recorded in the center channel)

This makes the dialogue in movies easier to hear.

[Display\menu]

Picture mode

≥N: Normal mode

≥S: Soft mode (Soft picture with fewer video artifacts)

1≥F: Fine mode (Details are sharper)

≥C1: Mellows images and enhances detail in dark scenes

≥C2: Sharpens images and enhances detail in dark scenes

≥U1/U2: User mode (➡ below)

To change the user mode

Normal	x1.00	0	0	OFF	0
1	2	3		4	5

4:3 Aspect

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD]

Select how to show images made for 4:3 aspect screens on a 16:9 aspect television.

1Select User mode and press [1] to highlight the number.

2Press [3, 4] to select “1” or “2”.

U1: MPEG D.N.R. (Digital Noise Reduction)

U 1 0 0 0 0

1 2 3 4 5

U 1 operations Disc

≥Normal: laterally stretches images made for a 4:3 screen.

1≥Auto: expands suitable 4:3 letterbox images to fill more

of the screen. Other images appear in full in the center of the screen.

≥Shrink: images appear in the center of the screen.

≥Zoom: expands all images to fill the screen.

If your television has a similar feature, use it instead for a better effect.

Zoom (➡ page 18)		[ENTER]
[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD]	;
2	[2, 1]
	;
		[ENTER]

Making fine adjustments to the zoom ratio

Subtitle position/Subtitle brightness [DVD-A][DVD-V]

≥Position (0 to j60): in 2 unit steps

3≥Brightness (Auto§/0 to j9)

§The brightness adjusts automatically against the background.

Bitrate display on/off [RAM] [DVD-A][DVD-V][VCD]

During play: shows the bitrate (approximate values) of the video being played

While paused: shows the data volume of the frame and type of picture (➡ page 38, Glossary—I/P/ B)

	9.438 Mbps
4	[2, 1]

Bit rate	5.0
Cur. 7.507 Mbps
	Mbps
Ave. 6.730 Mbps

Current	A record of bitrates for
bitrate	a sampling period.

Average bitrate

5OSD brightness (j3 to i3)

Adjust the brightness of the on-screen displays.

	Depth Enhancer (0 to i4)
2	Reduces the rough noise in the background to give a
	greater feeling of depth.
	3D-NR (0 to i4)/Dot NR (On)
3	Reduces overall noise/Reduces the dot noise that occurs at
	the borders between colors.
4	Block NR (0 to i3)
	Smoothes block noise.
	Mosquito NR (0 to i3)
5	Reduces the smudging that appears around contrasting
	sections of the picture.

U2

U2	0	0	0	0	0
1	6	7	8	9	:

	Contrast (j7 to i7)
6	Increases the contrast between light and dark parts of the
	picture.
7	Brightness (0 to i15)
	Brightens the picture.
8	Sharpness (j7 to i7)
	Adjusts the sharpness of the edges of the horizontal lines.
9	Color (j7 to i7)
	Adjust the shade of the picture’s color.
:	Gamma (0 to i5)
	Emphasis of outlines.

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