Using on-screen menus

Other Settings

Items shown differ depending on the type of disc.

Picture Menu

Using on-screen menus

 

Normal

 

 

 

Cinema1:

Mellows images and

 

 

 

enhances detail in dark

 

 

 

scenes.

 

Cinema2:

Sharpens images and

 

 

 

enhances detail in dark

 

 

 

scenes.

 

Animation: Suitable for animation.

 

Dynamic:

Enhances the contrast for

 

 

 

powerful images.

 

User:

 

Press [ENTER] to select

 

 

 

“Picture Adjustment”

 

 

 

(below).

Picture

 

Picture Adjustment

Mode

Contrast:

 

Increases the contrast

 

 

 

between light and dark parts

 

 

 

of the picture.

 

Brightness:

Brightens the picture.

 

Sharpness:

Adjusts the sharpness of the

 

 

 

edges of horizontal lines.

 

Colour: Adjusts the shade of the

 

 

picture’s color.

 

Gamma: Adjusts the brightness of dark

 

 

parts.

 

Depth Enhancer: Reduces the rough

 

 

 

noise in the

 

 

 

background to give a

 

 

 

greater feeling of depth.

 

 

 

To select suitable picture quality with

 

your television

 

§480p/576p (progressive)

Video

§480i/576i (interlace)

When you select “xxx§p” (progressive) and

Output

a confirmation screen appears, select

Mode

“Yes” only if connecting to a progressive

 

output compatible television.

 

§ The numbers displayed depend on the

 

disc being played. One of the above

 

numbers is displayed.

 

 

 

 

If you have chosen “xxx§p” (progressive) (above), select the method of conversion for progressive output to suit the type of material.

The setting will return to Auto or Auto1 when the disc tray is opened, the unit is turned off or another source is selected.

 

When playing PAL discs, MPEG4 or DivX

 

video contents

 

Auto:

Automatically detects the film and

 

 

video content, and appropriately

 

Video:

converts it.

 

Select when using Auto, and the

 

 

content is distorted.

 

Cinema: Select this if the

 

 

edges of the film

Transfer

 

content appear

Mode

 

jagged or rough

 

 

when Auto is selected.

 

 

However, if the video content is

 

 

distorted as shown in the

 

 

illustration to the right, then

 

 

select Auto.

 

When playing NTSC discs

 

Auto1:

Automatically detects the film and

 

 

video content, and appropriately

 

 

converts it.

 

Auto2:

In addition to Auto1, automatically

 

 

detects film contents with different

 

 

frame rates and appropriately

 

 

converts it.

 

Video:

Select when using Auto1 and

 

 

Auto2, and the content is

 

 

distorted.

 

When you select “Auto” the constructing

 

method of the DivX contents is

Source

automatically distinguished and output. If

the picture is distorted, select “I (Interlace)”

Select

or “P (Progressive)” depending on which

[DivX]

constructing method was used when the

 

 

contents were recorded to disc.

 

Auto, I (Interlace), P (Progressive)

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Panasonic SC-HT540, SC-HT990 operating instructions Using on-screen menus Other Settings, Picture Menu

SC-HT990, SC-HT540 specifications

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