System Information

How to Use Menu Functions

Menu list

Menu

 

Item

 

Adjustments / Configurations (alternatives)

VIERA

VIERA Link Control

“Speaker control” (p. 31)

 

 

Controls the connected Panasonic equipment

 

 

 

“Easy control only with VIERA remote control” (p. 31)

Link

 

You can also access VIERA Link Menu directly using the VIERA Link button on the

Speaker Selection

remote control.

 

 

 

 

Viewing Mode

Basic picture mode (Dynamic / Normal / Cinema)

 

 

Set for each input signal

 

 

 

 

 

Contrast, Brightness,

Adjusts colour, brightness, etc. for each picture mode to suit your taste

 

 

Colour, Sharpness

 

 

 

 

Tint

Adjusts tint of image

 

 

For NTSC signal reception only

 

 

 

Picture

Colour Balance

Chooses the colour balance of the entire image (Cool / Normal / Warm)

P-NR

Automatically reduces unwanted picture noise (Off / Normal / Dynamic / Auto)

 

 

 

Automatically adjusts colours to vivid ones (Off / On)

 

 

Colour Management

Not valid on PC signal

 

 

 

Picture Noise Reduction

 

 

 

Not valid on HDMI, PC signal or DVB

 

 

MPEG NR

Automatically reduces noise for watching DTV, DVD and VCD (Off / Min / Mid / Max)

 

 

 

Automatically makes still pictures and slow pictures look more vivid (Off / On)

 

 

3D-COMB

For PAL or NTSC signal reception only

 

 

Not valid on S-Video, components, PC and HDMI

 

 

 

••Cannot be used with DVB

 

 

Reset Picture Defaults

Press the OK button to reset the present Picture Mode to the default settings

 

 

Mode

Basic sound mode (Music / Speech)

 

 

Bass

Adjusts the output level of deep bass

 

 

Treble

Adjusts the output level of high-pitch, shrill sound

 

 

Balance

Adjusts volume level of right and left speakers

 

 

Headphone Volume

Adjusts the volume of the headphones

 

 

Surround

Surround sound settings (Off / On)

 

 

Volume Correction

Adjusts volume of individual channel or input mode

 

 

 

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

 

 

MPEG :

from stereo (2ch) audio, these signals can also be multi-channel audio.

Sound

Preference

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

SPDIF Selection

terminal (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 Audio Level

You can adjust the audio level of MPEG as the initial setting

 

 

0dB to -12dB in -2dB reductions

 

 

 

••DVB mode only

 

 

 

Select to fit the input signal (Auto / Digital / Analogue) (p. 29)

 

 

 

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

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Menu list

Menu

 

Item

 

Adjustments / Configurations (alternatives)

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVB Favourites Edit

Creates list of favourite programmes (p. 23)

 

 

Auto Tuning

Automatically sets the channels received in the area (p. 24)

 

 

Analogue

Edits analogue channels (p. 25)

 

 

Programme Edit

 

 

 

 

 

Tuning

DVB Manual

Sets the DVB channels manually (p. 25)

 

Tuning

 

 

 

 

Analogue

Sets the analogue channels manually (p. 25)

 

Menu

Manual Tuning

 

 

 

Add New DVB

Adds new DVB services (p. 25)

 

Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Service

Selects whether to give a notification message when a new DVB service is found (p. 25)

 

 

Message

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVB Signal

Checks the DVB signal condition (p. 25)

 

 

Display

 

 

 

 

 

Off Timer

Sets the time the TV automatically turns Off (Off / 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 minutes)

 

Teletext

Teletext display mode (TOP (FASTEXT) / List) (p. 16)

 

Shipping Condition

Resets all settings, for example, when moving house (p. 26)

Setup

System Update

Downloads new software to TV (p. 23)

Power Save

Reduces brightness of picture to economise on power consumption (Off / On)

Side Panel

Increases the brightness of the side panel (Off / Low / Mid / High)

 

The recommended setting is “High” to prevent panel “image retention”

 

 

 

 

Input Labels

Labels or skips each input terminals (p. 27)

 

Banner Display

Sets how long the information banner (p. 11) stays on screen

 

Timeout

0 (No display) to 10 sec. in 1-sec. increments

 

VIERA Link

VIERA Link

Sets to use VIERA Link functions (Off / On) (p. 30)

 

 

 

 

Power off Link

Set to “Set” to use Power off Link function (No / Set) (p. 31)

 

Settings

 

 

 

Power on Link

Set to “Set” to use Power on Link function (No / Set) (p. 31)

 

 

 

 

 

Region Select

Selects the region where you live to adjust the standard time (NSW/ACT / Victoria /

 

Queensland / South Australia / Western Australia / Nothern Territory / Tasmania)

 

 

 

(p. 23)

 

 

 

 

 

Daylight Saving Time

Select time offset from the standard time for Summer Time

 

(Auto / Off / +1/2 Hr / +1 Hr) (p. 23)

 

Set to “Auto” normally

 

Refresh Rate

Changes the image processing of the panel (depending on the input signal) (50Hz / 100Hz)

 

Set to “100Hz” normally

 

 

 

 

Software Licence

Displays the software licence information

 

 

 

 

 

Displays the system information of this TV

A different menu will be displayed while PC or DVI to HDMI adapter cable is used. (p. 28 and p. 29)

Only available items can be selected.

How to Use Menu Functions (picture, sound quality, etc.)

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