How to Use the On Screen Menu

The screen displays eight types of information: input signal status, picture/volume adjusting menu status, sharpness display, FUNCTION display, audio level meter display, menu display, TIME CODE display and CLOSED CAPTION display.

Input signal status

1. Main window , sub-window indication

Indicates whether the main window or sub-window is displayed.

In split screen display, the screen synchronized to the reference sync changes with the input signal format and “TWO WINDOW SIZE” settings ( page 44).

The screen synchronized to the reference sync is displayed in white and the screen that is not synchronized is displayed in yellow.

2.

The selected input line ( page 11,

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VIDEO, SDI1, SDI2,

 

 

 

 

YPBPR/RGB-VIDEO/RGB-COMP.

 

DVI-VIDEO/DVI-COMP.

 

 

 

 

Use “STATUS DISPLAY” in the “SYSTEM CONFIG”

 

menu to set the display status (

page 29).

3.

Various indications (FILM mode)

 

This indicates that “GAMMA SELECT” is set to

 

“FILM” in the “VIDEO CONFIG” menu.

4.

Signal format

 

 

 

 

Use “STATUS DISPLAY” in the “SYSTEM CONFIG”

 

menu to set the display status (

page 29).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“UNSUPPORT SIGNAL” appears if an unsupported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

signal is input. It may also indicate that the format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selected in the “INPUT SELECT” menu does not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

match the input signal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“NO SIGNAL” appears if no signal is input.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“UNSUPPORT SIGNAL” and “NO SIGNAL” may not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be properly displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Various indications (Lock status)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This indicates that “CONTROL” is set to “REMOTE”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the “CONTROL” menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture/volume adjusting menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the ADJUST button ( page 11,

 

) to open

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the picture/volume adjusting menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To clear the display, press the ADJUST button again,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

press the MENU button or leave it idle for 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only adjustments that appear on the screen can be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

adjusted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The display always appears in the same screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

location.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharpness display

This is the SHARPNESS H/V mode display.

It disappears after 2 minutes of inaction.

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Panasonic BT-LH2550 manual Input signal status, Picture/volume adjusting menu, Sharpness display

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