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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 : 3

Zoom

16 : 9

[from the unit]

 

Panasonic Auto

Just

 

 

 

 

 

 

The aspect mode changes each time the ENTER button is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT MENU -/ VOL +/ ENTER/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[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

Panasonic

For an elongated image

Image is expanded

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

Auto

4

Changes in

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

may occasionally cause the image size to change unexpectedly.

 

 

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 36).

 

 

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

 

For a 4:3 image

 

 

 

the screen will return to a former adjustment.

 

 

 

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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