Aspect Controls
Press the ASPECT ASPECT to move through the five aspect options: Panasonic Auto, 4:3, Zoom, 16:9 and 14:9.
Notes:
•If you leave Aspect set to Panasonic Auto, the TV software determines the best ratio for each programme viewed.In order not to disrupt your viewing, no mode information is displayed while this is happening.Simply press the ASPECT button to display mode information in the top left of the screen.
•The screen modes (4:3/Zoom/16:9/14:9) are selectable manually
•During Aspect change, the displayed picture will momentarily disappear. This is not a malfunction.
The on screen selector keys (corresponding to the two coloured buttons on the remote control) that appear for
some Aspect functions clear after a few seconds, if you want to select an operation when the keys are not shown, press the ASPECT ASPECT button once more and the keys will reappear.
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto determines the best aspect ratio to use to display the picture you are viewing. It does this using a four step process to determine if the picture being viewed is a widescreen picture.
If Panasonic Auto detects a widescreen signal it switches into the appropriate 16:9 or letterbox 14:9 mode.The Panorama (Just) mode is selected if a signal with wide aspect ratio is not present (the screen cannot be switched from Panorama mode into 4:3 mode).
The text shown on the screen indicates how Panasonic Auto determined which ratio to use:
‘WIDE’ appears in the top left of the screen if a widescreen identification signal (WSS) is found or a signal is found through a Scart socket. Panasonic Auto switches to the appropriate 16:9 or 14:9 widescreen ratio. ‘Panasonic Auto’ appears in the top left of the screen if black stripes above and below the picture are detected. Panasonic Auto chooses the best ratio and expands the picture to fill the screen. This process can take several minutes, depending how dark the picture is.
When in Panasonic Auto mode, if a Letter box signal is input and there is no Aspect information, the picture is automatically adjusted to 14:9 or Zoom.
When “Panasonic Auto” is indicated in the top left of the picture and the subtitle is indicated in the lower part, the position of the picture can be adjusted vertically using the Yellow
WIDE
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto
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Panasonic Auto
‘WIDE’ appears in the top left of the screen, Panasonic Auto switches to the appropriate 16:9 or 14:9 widescreen ratio.
‘Panasonic Auto’ appears in the top left of the screen. The best ratio is chosen and the picture expanded to fill the screen.
Notes:
•If, in Panasonic Auto mode, you experience problems with the screen display size when playing back widescreen format recordings from your VCR then it is possible that the tracking control your VCR requires adjustment (your VCR instruction book will contain adjustment details).
•The widescreen aspect ratios of different films and programmes can vary. If these are wider than a standard 16:9 aspect picture then a black band may be visible at the top bottom of the screen.
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