How to Use Menu Functions

Menu list

Menu

VIERA Link

Picture

Sound

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. 41 - 43)

 

 

 

 

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 / Eco)

 

 

 

Dynamic : Provides enhanced picture contrast and sharpness when viewing in a bright room

Viewing Mode

Normal

: Recommended for viewing under normal ambient room lighting conditions

Cinema

: For watching movies in a darkened room producing a cinema-like picture

 

Eco

: Adjusts picture settings automatically dependent on ambient lighting conditions

Contrast, Brightness,

Set for each input signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour, Sharpness

Increases or decreases the levels of these options according to your personal preference

Tint

With an NTSC signal source connected to the TV, the picture hue can be adjusted to suit your taste

 

For NTSC or Component / HDMI input signal reception only

 

Colour Balance

Allows you to set the overall colour tone of the picture

(Cool / Normal / Warm)

 

 

 

 

Colour Management

Automatically adjusts colours to vivid ones (Off / On)

 

 

 

 

 

Not valid on PC signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Displays the vivid images with the expanded colour gamut

 

 

Digital Cinema Colour

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Off / On / Auto)

This is effective when watching HD moving pictures

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI input mode or Movie View mode (p. 39) only

 

 

 

 

 

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, HDMI and SD Card

 

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 sound settings (Off / Simulated Surround / SRS TruSurround XT)

 

Simulated Surround: Provides a dynamic enhancer to simulate improved spatial effects

Surround

SRS TruSurround XT: SRS TruSurround XT® creates a high quality surround sound

 

 

effect using just two speakers from the source which can output

 

 

 

surround encoded signals

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switching is also possible by the Surround button on the remote control (p. 11).

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.

Preferred Audio Language

Selects the preferred language for Digital TV multi audio (depending on the broadcaster)

(English / Maori)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select stereo / monaural (Mono / Stereo) (p. 46)

 

 

 

 

MPX

 

Normally: Stereo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stereo signal cannot be received: Mono

 

 

 

 

 

M1 / M2: Available while mono signal is transmitted

 

 

 

 

 

Analogue TV mode only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selects the initial setting for Audio tracks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Auto / MPEG)

 

 

 

If programme has both Dolby Digital and MPEG audio tracks, priority is given to what you select

Digital Audio

Auto:Automatically selects the audio tracks if programme has more than two tracks. The priority

 

is given in the following order - Dolby Digital Plus, HE-AAC, Dolby Digital, MPEG.

Preference

 

MPEG:An audio compression method that compresses audio to small size without any

 

considerable loss of audio quality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital TV 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.

 

 

Digital TV mode or Movie View mode (p. 39) only

 

 

 

 

 

You can adjust the audio level of MPEG output from DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal as the initial setting

MPEG Optical Level

 

0dB to -12dB in -2dB reductions

 

 

 

 

 

Digital TV mode only

 

 

 

(p. 37)

 

 

Select to fit the input signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Auto / Digital / Analogue)

 

 

 

 

Auto: Automatic detection of digital or analogue sound source

 

HDMI1 / 4 Input

Digital: HDMI cable connection

 

 

 

 

 

Analogue: HDMI-DVI adapter cable connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI input mode only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI2 / 3 terminal is for digital signal only

 

 

 

 

 

No setting for HDMI2 / 3 available

 

 

 

 

 

Reset Sound Defaults

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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