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 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

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Panasonic TH-P50X14A, TH-P42X14A manual Picture Sound