Panasonic Viera TC-P42X3M, Owner'S Manual

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Advanced
How to Use Menu Functions
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“Reset to default” will be grayed out if no changes are made in the following menus:
“Picture”, “PC adjustments”, “Audio” and “Closed caption”.
Picture settings
Adjust the image or picture quality
Settings Items Item Description
Reset to defaults Resets all picture adjustments to factory default settings except for “Advanced
picture”.
Picture mode Vivid Provides enhanced picture contrast and sharpness for viewing in a well-lit
room.
Standard Recommended for normal viewing conditions with subdued room lighting.
Cinema For watching movies in a darkened room. It provides a soft, film-like picture.
Game
For playing video games.
Custom (Photo) Customizes each item according to your taste.
Photo is displayed in JPEG menu.
Contrast,
Brightness,
Color, Tint,
Sharpness
Adjusts the color, brightness, etc. for each picture mode to suit your taste
• Display range Contrast/Brightness/Color/Sharpness : 0 - 100
Tint : -50 - +50
Color temp. Cool 2/1/Normal/
Warm 1/2 Selects a choice of Cool (blue), Normal, or Warm (red) color.
Color mgmt. Off/On On: Enhances green and blue color reproduction, especially outdoor scenes.
C.A.T.S. Off/On Automatically adjusts the screen brightness according to the ambient lighting
condition.
Video NR Off/Weak/
Medium/Strong Reduces noise, commonly called snow. Leave it off when receiving a strong signal.
• Some menus are grayed out depending on the input signal or condition.
(e.g. “Zoom adjustments” will be grayed out if the aspect is not set to Zoom.)
Aspect
adjustments Screen format FULL/H-FILL/
JUST/4:3/ZOOM
Changes the format (aspect ratio).
Lets you choose the aspect depending on the format of
received signal. (p. 50)
H size Size 1/Size 2
Adjusts the horizontal display range to reduce noise of both side
edges of an image.
Size 2: Adjusts the image size according to the aspect mode to
reduce noise. (p. 50)
Zoom
adjustments Adjusts vertical alignment and size when aspect setting is “ZOOM”.
PC adjustments Reset to defaults Resets PC adjustments.
Sync H & V The H and V sync signals are input from the HD/VD connector. (p. 53)
On green Uses a synchronized signal on the Video G signal, which is
input from the G connector. (p. 53)
Dot clock Alleviates the problem if a picture appears to be vertically-striped, flickers partially or
is blurred.
H-position Adjusts the horizontal position.
V-position Adjusts the vertical position.
Clock phase
Alleviates the problem if the whole picture appears to flicker or is blurred.
First adjust the Dot Clock to get the best possible picture, then adjust the clock Phase
so that a clear picture appears.
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It may not be possible to display a clear picture due to poor input signals.
Input
resolution Switches to wide display.
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VGA (640×480 pixels), WVGA (852×480 pixels), XGA (1,024×768 pixels),
WXGA (1,280×768 pixels)
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Options change depending on signals
H-frequency
V-frequency Displays the H (Horizontal)/V (Vertical) frequencies.
Display range
Horizontal: 15 - 110 kHz
Vertical: 48 - 120 Hz
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