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ASPECT Controls
The Plasma Display will allow you to enjoy viewing the picture at its maximum size, including wide screen cinema
format picture.
Press repeatedly to move through the aspect options:
The aspect mode changes each time the ENTER button is
pressed.
[During MULTI PIP Operations]
• Picture and Picture, Picture in Picture :
• Others
: Aspect switching is not possible.
Notes:
• For PC signal input, the mode switches between “4:3”, “Zoom” and “16:9” only.
• For a 1125 (1080) / 60i · 50i · 24p · 25p · 30p · 24sF, 1250 (1080) / 50i, 750 (720) / 60p · 50p signal input, the mode
is set to “16:9” mode, and switching is not possible.
• Panasonic Auto can be selected only during Video signal input.
• The aspect mode is memorized separately for each input terminal.
Mode
Picture
Explanation
4 : 3
4 : 3
3
4
4:3 will display a 4:3 picture at its standard 4:3 size.
Zoom
Zoom
4
3
16
9
Zoom mode magni
fi
es the central section of the picture.
16 : 9
16 : 9
4
3
16
9
16:9 will display the picture at its maximum size but with slight
elongation.
Just
Just
4
3
9
16
Just mode will display a 4:3 picture at its maximum size but with
aspect correction applied to the center of the screen so that
elongation is only apparent at the left and right edges of the screen.
The size of the picture will depend on the original signal.
Panasonic
Auto
Panasonic Auto
4
16
3
9
The display will automatically become enlarged (depending on the
picture source), allowing you to view the picture at its maximum
size.
Notes:
• Panasonic Auto mode is designed to automatically adjust the
aspect ratio to handle a mix of 16:9 and 4:3 program material.
Certain 4:3 program material, such as stock market data screens,
may occasionally cause the image size to change unexpectedly.
When viewing such programs, it is recommended that the ASPECT
be set to 4:3.
• If adjusting the Picture V-Pos/V-Size in Panasonic Auto with 16:9
mode, the adjustment is not memorized. When exiting the mode,
the screen will return to a former adjustment.
For an elongated image
Image is expanded
4
3
Changes in
accordance with
the Panasonic Auto
mode setting (see
page 36).
For a 4:3 image
Note:
Do not allow the picture to be displayed in 4:3 mode for an extended period, as this can cause a permanent after-image
to remain on the Plasma Display Panel.
[from the unit]
INPUT
MENU
ENTER/
+
/
VOL
-/
4 : 3
16 : 9
4 : 3
Zoom
16 : 9
Panasonic Auto
Just
