How to Use Menu Functions

Menu list

Menu

Item

Adjustments / Configurations (alternatives)

 

 

 

VIERA

Pause Live TV

Controls the connected equipment with VIERA Link function, and enables various

 

 

 

Direct TV Rec

 

convenient recording, playback, etc. (p. 34 - 37)

 

 

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

Link

VIERA Link Control

 

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

 

 

Set for each input signal

 

Contrast, Brightness,

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

 

Colour, Sharpness

 

Picture

Colour Management

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

Not valid on PC signal

 

Tint

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)

 

 

Automatically adjusts colours to vivid ones (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 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

Surround sound settings (Off / On)

 

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.

 

 

Select stereo / monaural (Mono / Stereo) (p. 41)

 

 

Normally: Stereo

 

MPX

Stereo signal cannot be received: Mono

 

 

M1 / M2: Available while mono signal is transmitted

 

 

Analogue mode only

 

 

Selects the initial setting for Audio tracks (Dolby Digital / MPEG)

Sound

 

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

 

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.

 

 

DVB mode only

 

 

Selects the initial setting for digital audio output signal from DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal

 

 

(Auto / PCM)

 

SPDIF Selection

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

 

 

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

 

 

DVB mode only

 

Audio Selection

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

 

 

Select to fit the input signal (Auto / Digital / Analogue) (p. 31)

 

 

Auto: Automatic detection of digital or analogue sound source

 

 

Digital: HDMI cable connection

 

HDMI1 Input

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

Menu list

Menu

 

Item

Adjustments / Configurations (alternatives)

 

 

 

 

 

DVB Favourites Edit

Creates list of favourite programmes (p. 25)

 

 

 

 

 

DVB Service List

Skips the unwanted DVB programmes (p. 25)

 

 

 

 

 

Analogue Service List

Skips the unwanted Analogue programmes or edits Analogue programmes (p. 25)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Tuning

Automatically sets the programmes received in the area (p. 27)

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVB Manual

Sets the DVB programmes manually (p. 27)

 

 

Tuning

 

 

 

 

Tuning

 

 

 

Analogue

Sets the Analogue programmes manually (p. 27)

 

 

Manual Tuning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu

Add New DVB

Adds new DVB services (p. 27)

 

Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Service

Selects whether to give a notification message when a new DVB service is found (p. 27)

 

 

Message

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVB Signal

Checks the DVB signal condition (p. 27)

 

 

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. 28)

 

 

 

 

Setup

System Update

Downloads new software to TV (p. 23)

 

 

 

 

 

Selects the screen area displaying the image (Off / On)

 

 

 

On : Enlarged the image to hide the edge of the image.

 

 

 

Off : Displayed the image in the original size.

 

Picture Overscan

Set to “On” if noise is generated on the edge of the screen.

 

 

 

This function is available when aspect is set to 16:9.

 

 

 

This function can be memorized separately for SD (Standard definition) and HD (High

 

 

 

definition) signals.

 

Input Labels

Labels or skips each input terminals (p. 29)

 

 

 

 

 

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

VIERA Link

Sets to use VIERA Link functions (Off / On) (p. 34)

 

Link

 

 

 

Power off Link

Sets to use Power off Link function (No / Set) (p. 34)

 

Settings

 

 

 

Power on Link

Sets to use Power on Link function (No / Set) (p. 34)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Region Select

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

 

 

 

(p. 23)

 

 

 

 

 

Daylight Saving Time

Select time offset from the standard time for Summer Time

 

Set to “Auto” normally

 

 

 

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

 

Software Licence

Displays the software licence information

 

 

 

 

 

System Information

Displays the system information of this TV

A different menu will be displayed while PC, DVI to HDMI adapter cable or SD Card is used. (p. 30-31 and p. 33)

Only available items can be selected.

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