ASPECT Controls

The Plasma Display will allow you to enjoy viewing the picture at its maximum size, including wide screen cinema format picture.

Press repeatedly to move through the aspect options:

[from the unit]

INPUT MENU VOL

ENTER/

4 : 3 Zoom 16 : 9

Panasonic Auto Just

The aspect mode changes each time the ENTER button is pressed.

[During MULTI PIP Operations]

 

4 : 3

16 : 9

• Picture and Picture, Picture in Picture

:

 

 

• Others

:

Aspect switching is not possible.

Notes:

• For PC signal input, the mode switches between “4:3”, “Zoom” and “16:9” only.

• For a 1125 (1080) / 60i · 50i · 24p · 25p · 30p · 24sF, 1250 (1080) / 50i, 750 (720) / 60p · 50p signal input, the mode is set to “16:9” mode, and switching is not possible.

Panasonic Auto can be selected only during Video signal input.

The aspect mode is memorized separately for each input terminal.

Mode

 

Picture

 

Explanation

 

4

 

 

 

4:3 will display a 4:3 picture at its standard 4:3 size.

 

4 : 3

 

 

 

 

4 : 3

 

3

 

 

 

 

4

 

16

 

Zoom mode magnifies the central section of the picture.

 

 

 

Zoom

 

 

Zoom

 

3

 

9

 

 

4

 

16

 

16:9 will display the picture at its maximum size but with slight

 

 

 

16 : 9

 

elongation.

 

 

 

 

 

16 : 9

 

3

 

9

 

 

4

 

16

 

Just mode will display a 4:3 picture at its maximum size but with

 

 

 

Just

 

aspect correction applied to the center of the screen so that

Just

 

3

 

9

elongation is only apparent at the left and right edges of the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

The size of the picture will depend on the original signal.

 

4

 

16

 

The display will automatically become enlarged (depending on the

 

 

 

Panasonic Auto

 

picture source), allowing you to view the picture at its maximum

 

 

3

 

9

size.

 

 

 

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Panasonic Auto mode is designed to automatically adjust the

 

For an elongated image

Image is expanded

aspect ratio to handle a mix of 16:9 and 4:3 program material.

Panasonic

Certain 4:3 program material, such as stock market data screens,

 

 

Changes in

 

4

 

 

may occasionally cause the image size to change unexpectedly.

Auto

 

 

 

 

accordance with

 

When viewing such programs, it is recommended that the ASPECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

the Panasonic Auto

be set to 4:3.

 

 

 

mode setting (see

 

• If adjusting the Picture V-Pos/V-Size in Panasonic Auto with 16:9

 

 

 

page 33).

 

mode, the adjustment is not memorized. When exiting the mode,

 

 

 

 

the screen will return to a former adjustment.

 

For a 4:3 image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Panasonic Auto can not be selected while TY-FB9BD (optional

 

 

 

 

 

BNC Dual Video Terminal Board) is installed.

Note:

Do not allow the picture to be displayed in 4:3 mode for an extended period, as this can cause a permanent after-image to remain on the Plasma Display Panel.

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Panasonic TH-37PG9W, TH-42PG9W manual Aspect Controls, Mode Picture Explanation