That brings us to our last menu, the Option menu, which, like the Picture Menu,
contains a number of important controls. It lets you control position of the
menus, and their translucency, the background color when there is no source
signal, and allows you to place a startup logo (Bob's Theater?) You can also set
whether the projector will start back up selecting the last source used, or to auto
scan for active sources.
But most importantly, you set the orientation (front, rear, ceiling, table), the
auto sleep function (shuts off the projector if no source), and, of course, lamp
power, either full power, or eco-mode. There is also a test pattern option.
PT-AX200U User Memory Settings
If there's one thing Panasonic does with plenty to spare, it is provide user
savable settings. The PT-AX200U offers 8 savable settings, which is more than
just about anyone will need. Better, though to have a couple to spare, than too
few. Generally I consider 3 to be just barely acceptable, 4 is better, and having
7,8, or 9, to be downright generous. You save your favorite settings from the
option on the Picture menu (which opens up the list of all of them), and retrieve
them the same way.
PT-AX200U Projector - Remote Control
Panasonic has changed the remote control, from the learning remote on previous models, to a
smaller, compact, and easy to use remote. It definitely has far less buttons. Despite missing a
few features, I really like this remote.
From the top: A red power button (press once to power up, and twice to shut down). Opposite
it, is the backlight button.
Please note, the backlight on the Panasonic PT-AX200U, is about the brightest I've ever seen,
and the labels on each button are large and easy to read. Almost all of the competition can
learn from Panasonic in this regard.
OK, the next two rows have lots of goodies, and an interesting scheme.
