Aspect Controls

The Widescreen TV will allow you to enjoy viewing the picture at its optimum size and aspect, including widescreen cinema format pictures.

Press the ASPECT button repeatedly to move through the aspect options:

Auto, 16:9, 14:9, Just, 4:3, Zoom1, Zoom2 and Zoom3

PC mode: 16:9, Just, 4:3 and Zoom

OR

Press the ASPECT button. Whilst the on screen selector keys are displayed, use the Red or Green buttons to move in either direction through the aspect options (except PC mode and Photo View mode).

Note:

This function is not available during 1080i signal input.

ASPECT

Red Green

OK

N

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

C0

TV

Auto

Auto position can be set to 16:9. When a wide screen signal is detected at the Video terminal the TV will select the 16:9 aspect ratio.

16 : 9

16:9 will display a true 16:9 (anamorphic) picture with no aspect distortions. Signals in the 4:3 format will be stretched to fit the picture.

Auto

Auto

16 : 9

16 : 9

14 : 9

14:9 will display a 14:9 picture at its standard 14:9 size without any stretching.

Just

Use Just when you wish to expand a 4:3 picture to fill the whole screen (rather than watching a programme with black stripes down the left and right sides of the picture). The 4:3 picture will be stretched horizontally so that the image fills the screen, this is done in such a way that the stretching is only obvious at the left and right edges of the screen.

4 : 3

4:3 will display a 4:3 picture at its standard 4:3 size with no aspect distortions.

Zoom1

Zoom1 allows you to magnify the picture.

Zoom2

Zoom2 will display 16:9 anamorphic letterbox pictures as a full screen display with no aspect distortions.

Zoom3

Zoom3 will display 21:9 letterbox pictures as a full screen display with no aspect distortions.

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

14 : 9

14 : 9

Just

Just

4 : 3

4 : 3

Zoom1

Zoom1

Zoom2

Zoom2

Zoom3

Zoom3

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Panasonic TH-42PV30, TH-50PV30, TH-37PA30 operating instructions Aspect Controls

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