Panasonic TH-P50X10A, TH-P42X10A operating instructions Picture Sound

How to Use Menu Functions

Menu list

Menu

Picture

Sound

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Item		Adjustments / Configurations (alternatives)
	Basic picture mode (Dynamic / Normal / Cinema / Game)
	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
	Game	: Game playing time is displayed only when connecting a game equipment.
	●Set for each input signal
Contrast, Brightness,	Increases or decreases the levels of these options according to your personal
Colour, Sharpness	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
	Increases the colour gradations (Off / Auto)
x.v.Colour	This is effective when watching HD moving pictures with extended gamut (xvYCC) from
	external equipment.
	●HDMI input mode or Movie View mode only
Eco Mode	Adjusts picture settings automatically dependent on ambient lighting conditions (Off / On)
	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 the present Picture Menu to the default settings
Mode	Basic sound mode (Music / Speech)
	●Set for each input signal
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 / V-Audio)
	V-Audio: Provides a dynamic enhancer to simulate improved spatial effects
	●Switching is also possible by the Surround button on the remote control (p. 10).
Volume Correction	Adjusts volume of individual channel or input mode
Speaker Distance	Adjusts the low frequency sound (Over 30cm / Up to 30cm)
	●Over 30cm: Recommended when the back space between the TV and wall is over 30 cm.
to Wall
	●Up to 30cm: Recommended when the back space between the TV and wall is within 30 cm.
	Selects 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 (Dolby D / MPEG)
	If programme has both Dolby Digital and MPEG audio tracks, priority is given to what you select
Digital Audio	Dolby D: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.
	●Digital TV 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.
	●Digital TV mode only
	You can adjust the audio level of MPEG output from DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal as
MPEG Optical Level	the initial setting
	●0dB to -12dB in -2dB reductions
	●Digital TV mode only