Panasonic TH-42PX8A manual Picture Sound, Menu, Adjustments / Configurations alternatives

How to Use Menu Functions

■Menu list

Menu

VIERA Link

Picture

Sound

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Item						Adjustments / Configurations (alternatives)
Pause Live TV	Controls the connected equipment with VIERA Link function, and enables various
Direct TV Rec
	convenient recording, playback, etc. (p. 37 - 39)
VIERA Link Control		You can also access VIERA Link Menu directly using the VIERA Link button on the
	•remote control.
Speaker Selection
	Basic picture mode (Dynamic / Normal / Cinema)
Viewing Mode	Dynamic : Provides enhanced picture contrast and sharpness when viewing in a bright room
	Normal				: Recommended for viewing under normal ambient room lighting conditions
	Cinema				: For watching movies in a darkened room producing a cinema-like picture
		Set for each input signal
Contrast, Brightness,	Increases•					or decreases the levels of these options according to your personal preference
Colour, Sharpness
Tint	With an NTSC signal source connected to the TV, the picture hue can be adjusted to suit your taste
		For NTSC or 60Hz (Component / HDMI) input signal reception only
Colour Balance	Allows•			you to set the overall colour tone of the picture (Cool / Normal / Warm)
	Automatically adjusts colours to vivid ones (Off / On)
Colour Management	•	Not valid on PC signal
	Picture Noise Reduction
P-NR	Automatically reduces unwanted picture noise and flicker noise in the contoured parts of
	a picture (Off / Min / Mid / Max)
		Not valid on PC signal
	Occasionally,•						whilst viewing still or slow moving pictures, colour patterning may be seen
3D-COMB	Set to “On” to display sharper and more accurate colours (Off / On)
		For PAL or NTSC signal reception only
	•Not valid on S-Video, Component, PC and HDMI
Reset Picture Defaults	Press•		the OK button to reset Viewing Mode on all inputs to default settings.
Mode	Basic sound mode (Music / Speech)
Bass	Increases or decreases level to enhance or minimise lower, deeper sound output
Treble	Increases or decreases level to enhance or minimise sharper, higher sound output
Balance	Adjusts volume level of right and left speakers
Headphone Volume	Adjusts the volume of the headphones
Surround	Surround sound settings (Off / On)
	Provides a dynamic enhancer to simulate improved spatial effects
Volume Correction	Adjusts volume of individual programme or input mode
Speaker Distance	Adjusts the low frequency sound (Over 30cm / Up to 30cm)
		If the back space between the TV and wall is over 30 cm, “Over 30cm” is recommended.
to Wall	•If the back space between the TV and wall is within 30 cm, “Up to 30cm” is recommended.
	Select stereo / monaural							(Mono / Stereo)		(p. 43)
	•	Normally: Stereo
MPX
	•Stereo signal cannot be received: Mono
	•M1 / M2: Available while mono signal is transmitted
	•Analogue mode only
	Selects the initial setting for Audio tracks								(Dolby Digital / MPEG)
	•
	If programme has both Dolby Digital and MPEG audio tracks, priority is given to what you select
DVB Audio	Dolby Digital:A method of coding digital signals developed by Dolby Laboratories. Apart
							from stereo (2ch) audio, these signals can also be multi-channel audio.
Preference	MPEG:An audio compression method that compresses audio to small size without any
	•			considerable loss of audio quality.
		DVB mode only
	Selects the initial setting for digital audio output signal from DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal
SPDIF Selection	(Auto / PCM)
	Auto: Dolby Digital is output as Dolby Digital Bitstream. MPEG is output as PCM.
	PCM:Dolby Digital is output as PCM. MPEG is output as PCM.
	•	DVB mode only
	Normally, MPEG sound is larger than Dolby Digital one
MPEG Optical Level	You can adjust the audio level of MPEG output from DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal as
	the initial setting
		0dB to -12dB in -2dB reductions
	•DVB mode only
Audio Selection	Selects•				the preferred language for DVB multi audio (depending on the broadcaster)
	Select to fit the input signal (Auto / Digital / Analogue) (p. 35)
	Auto: Automatic detection of digital or analogue sound source
HDMI1 Input	Digital: HDMI cable connection
	Analogue: HDMI-DVI adapter cable connection
		HDMI input mode only
	•HDMI2 terminal is for digital signal only
	•No setting for HDMI2 available
Reset Sound Defaults	Press•		the OK button to reset the present Sound Mode to the default settings