Using on-screen menus

Other Settings

Items shown differ depending on the type of disc.

Using on-screen menus

Picture Menu (Continued)

 

This works when the HDMI connection is being used and

HD Picture

“Video Output” (page 26, “HDMI” tab) is set to “On”.

To sharpen the “720p” and “1080i” picture quality

Enhancer

 

Off,------. 1,------.2,------.3(sharpest picture)

 

^------------------------------------J

 

This works when the HDMI connection is being used and

 

“Video Output” (page 26, “HDMI” tab) is set to “On”.

 

To select suitable picture color with your television

HDMI Color

RGB

YCb Cr (4:4:4)

Space

YCb Cr (4:2:2)

If the setting above is not compatible with your television, it will not be displayed.

“RGB Range” (page 26, “HDMI” tab) is available when “RGB” is selected.

Audio Menu

Dolby Pro

(page 30, Enhancing the stereo sound: Dolby Pro

Logic II

Logic II)

 

 

Dialogue

To make the dialogue in movies easier to hear

[DVD-V](Dolby Digital, DTS, 3-channel or higher, with

Enhancer

the dialogue recorded in the center channel)

 

On ,------. Off

 

To enjoy comfortable, analog-like sound

 

[DVD-VR][DVD-V](Discs recorded with 48 kHz only)

 

[WMA] [MP3] (Disc recording is other than 8 kHz,

Sound

16 kHz or 32 kHz)

[VCD] [CD]

Enhancement

On ,------. Off

 

This may have no effect depending on the disc’s

 

recording.

 

This does not work with MP3 on DVD-RAM or

 

DVD-R/RW.

 

 

Display Menu

Information

[JPEG] On ,------. Off

 

 

Subtitle Position

0 to s60 (in 2 unit steps)

 

 

Subtitle Brightness

Auto, 0 to s7

 

 

 

To select how to show images made for

 

4:3 aspect screens on a 16:9 aspect

 

television

 

Normal: Laterally stretches images.

 

Auto: Expands 4:3 letterbox images to fill

4:3 Aspect

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 to 4:3 aspect ratio.

 

If your television has a similar feature, use it

 

instead for a better effect.

 

 

 

To select the appropriate screen size to fit

Just Fit Zoom

your television screen (Also refer to

 

“Changing the zoom ratio” on page 18.)

 

 

Manual Zoom

To zoom in and out manually (Also refer to

“Changing the zoom ratio” on page 18.)

 

 

 

Bit Rate Display

[DVD-VR] [DVD-V] [VCD]

[DVD-A](Motion picture part)

 

On ,------. Off

 

 

GUI See-through

To make the on-screen menu transparent

Off, On, Auto

 

 

 

GUI Brightness

To adjust the on-screen menu brightness

s3 to r3

 

 

 

 

Indicates various information when connected

HDMI Status

with HDMI AV OUT terminal.

 

(below, Confirming HDMI information)

 

 

 

To display current playback condition

Quick OSD

Off, Basics, Details

After registering the item, press [RETURN] to

 

 

show the QUICK OSD screen (page 18).

 

 

Other Menu

Setup

(page 25)

 

 

Play as DVD-Video

To play DVD-Video contents of DVD-Audio

or

Select “Play as DVD-Video”.

Play as DVD-Audio

 

 

 

Play as DVD-VR,

To use functions for data discs (page 20)

(To play JPEG or MP3 files on DVD-RAM, or

Play as HighMAT

to play a HighMAT disc without using the

or

HighMAT function)

Play as Data Disc

Select “Play as Data Disc”.

 

 

 

Confirming HDMI information

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HDMI Status----- HDMI is connected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shows the output signal type.

 

 

 

Audio Stream

PCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shows the number of audio channels.

 

 

 

Max Channel

2ch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 23, Video Output Mode)

 

 

 

Video Format

480p/720p/1080i

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color Space

YCbCr (4:4:4)/YCbCr (4:2:2)/RGB

 

 

 

(above, HDMI Color Space)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Note]

All possible types of output are displayed.

The current output for “Audio Stream”, “Video Format” and “Color Space” will be underlined.

(If you select a video output without an “¢” mark in the “Video Output Mode” in Picture Menu, the selected video format will not be underlined.)

When “Off” is selected in “Audio Output” (page 26, “HDMI” tab), “– – –” will be displayed in “Audio Stream” and “Max Channel”.

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Panasonic SC-HT744 operating instructions Audio Menu, Display Menu, Other Menu, Confirming Hdmi information

SC-HT744 specifications

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