Panasonic BT-LH1500p, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...ructions LCD Video Monitor F0308T0 P Printed in Japan VQT1R47 ENGLISH D Model No BT LH1760P Model No BT LH1760E Before operating this product please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use ...

Page 2: ... confined space To prevent risk of electric shock or fire hazard due to overheating ensure that curtains and any other materials do not obstruct the ventilation CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD AND ANNOYING INTERFERENCE USE THE RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES ONLY CAUTION This apparatus can be operated at a voltage in the range of 100 240 VAC Voltages other than 120 V are not intended fo...

Page 3: ...nic Way Secaucus NJ07094 Support contact Panasonic Broadcast Television Systems Company 1 800 524 1448 This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation To assure continued compliance fol...

Page 4: ...RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT AWAY FROM ALL LIQUIDS USE AND STORE ONLY IN LOCATIONS WHICH ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF DRIPPING OR SPLASHING LIQUIDS AND DO NOT PLACE ANY LIQUID CONTAINERS ON TOP OF THE EQUIPMENT CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD AND ANNOYING INTERFERENC...

Page 5: ...ng of 13 amps and that it is approved by ASTA or BSI to BS1362 Check for the ASTA mark or the BSI mark on the body of the fuse If the plug contains a removable fuse cover you must ensure that it is refitted when the fuse is replaced If you lose the fuse cover the plug must not be used until a replacement cover is obtained A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your local Panasonic Dealer C...

Page 6: ...ll impair its characteristics and lower image quality In an environment exposed to drastic temperature fluctuations condensation may build up on and inside the LCD screen This may lower the quality of the screen and may damage it Some video images may appear blurred on the screen Leaving the unit in a location exposed to high temperature and humidity for an extended period of time may damage the L...

Page 7: ... this feature to see video in its native resolution that is every pixel of the original corresponds to one pixel on the screen Time code display During HD SDI input you can select to display VITC LTC or UB time code Closed caption During VIDEO NTSC input this feature displays the closed caption information embedded in the video signal EIA 608 compliant Waveform and vector display This feature show...

Page 8: ...8 Video monitor unit Front view Rear view Rear panel J page 10 Power supply you can switch between AC and DC J page 11 Front panel J page 9 Tally J page 29 36 Controls and Their Functions ...

Page 9: ...FUNCTION4 FUNCTION5 Confirms a menu item assigned to FUNCTION5 When the control lock is on the key mark appears and FUNCTION does not operate Picture adjusting knob PHASE 0 60 30 CHROMA 0 60 30 BRIGHT 0 60 30 CONT CONTRAST 0 60 50 B LIGHT BACKLIGHT 0 60 60 denotes factory preset values Turn or press this knob to display and adjust menu settings Press the knob a second time to save settings When va...

Page 10: ...the YPBPR RGB signal input terminal OUT This is the input signal through out terminal When using the RGB signal you can also connect the external synchronizing signal to the SYNC HD terminal When using a PC RGB signal connect the horizontal synchronizing signal to the SYNC HD terminal and the vertical synchronizing signal to the VD terminal VD IN input terminal This is the vertical synchronizing s...

Page 11: ...C input terminals Use a shielded DC cable that is not longer than 2 m A cable that is 2 m or longer may cause noise Use an external 12 V DC 7 A 10 A peak or more DC power supply Connecting and fixing the power cord Power cord hook Using the power cord hook and the screw attach the power cord to the monitor unit Power cord Screw When using external DC power 12 V DC check the external DC input termi...

Page 12: ...he PIXEL TO PIXEL mode is engaged 4 Various indications FILM mode This indicates that GAMMA SELECT is set to FILM 5 Various indications lock status This indicates that the control lock is on Note UNSUPPORT SIGNAL and NO SIGNAL may not be properly displayed Picture adjusting knob J page 9 Press or turn this knob to make adjustments The status display appears when the knob is pressed To clear the di...

Page 13: ...meter indicates the audio level for SDI signals You can switch the level display on off and set the number of displayed channels using the menu The 0 dB line and channel display can be switched on off from the menu This is the menu display It disappears after 2 minutes of inaction You can change position of the display J page 22 MENU POSITION FUNCTION display F1 MARKER F2 WFM VECTOR F3 PIXEL TO PI...

Page 14: ...ferent delimiter between seconds and frames is used Note Read errors are displayed as In VUB and LUB display modes BG8 BG7 BG6 BG5 BG4 BG3 BG2 BG1 appear in the stated order BG binary group The delimiter does not appear Note Read errors are displayed as Use the menu to display closed caption for VIDEO NTSC signals It also allows you to select display mode CC1 to CC4 Note Closed captions are not av...

Page 15: ...ess ENTER 3 Press to select a sub menu and Press ENTER The settings in the sub menu change to green 4 Press to select a setting then press ENTER To cancel press MENU To return to the previous screen Push MENU Menu operations MAIN MENU How to Use the On Screen Menu continued ...

Page 16: ...and press ENTER The setting in the sub menu changes to green 4 Press to select a USER1 to USER5 file to save the settings to and press ENTER The following screen appears 5 Select YES and press ENTER This saves the user data 1 Press MENU to display the MAIN menu 2 Press to select the SYSTEM CONFIG menu and press ENTER 3 Press to select the SETUP LOAD sub menu and press ENTER The setting in the sub ...

Page 17: ...I D AUTOSETUP H POSITION V POSITION PHASE CLOCK WXGA XGA RESET AUDIO INPUT SELECT EMBEDDED SELECT L EMBEDDED SELECT R LEVEL METER CH SELECT 0 dB POINT CH INFO WHITE BALANCE VAR1 3 MARKER 16 9 4 3 BACK CENTER GPI PRESET1 GPI PRESET2 MARKER TYPE CROSS HATCH FUNCTION1 FUNCTION2 FUNCTION3 FUNCTION4 FUNCTION5 FUNCTION DISPLAY COLOR TEMP GAIN RED GAIN GREEN GAIN BLUE BIAS RED BIAS GREEN BIAS BLUE RESET ...

Page 18: ...rea marker 80 80 area marker 88 89 area marker TYPE1 88 area marker TYPE2 BACK 2 NORMAL HALF BLACK Selects the background brightness around the marker NORMAL Normal background HALF 50 background brightness BLACK 0 background brightness black CENTER 2 OFF ON Displays the center marker OFF Turns the display off ON Turns the display on GPI PRESET1 5 4 3 13 9 14 9 CNSCO VISTA 95 16 9 93 16 9 90 16 9 8...

Page 19: ...rker simultaneously Simultaneous display example The section becomes the MARKER BACK It controls the background of the marker selected with a 16 9 ratio Center marker Marker types 4 3 marker 13 9 marker 14 9 marker VISTA marker CNSCO marker VISTA marker CNSCO marker 95 Area marker 93 Area marker 90 Area marker 88 Area marker 80 Area marker TYPE1 Vertical 93 1 horizontal 93 TYPE2 Vertical Horizonta...

Page 20: ...rs at the top left of the screen when FILM is selected FILM GAMMA 2 VARICAM OTHER Selects type of FILM gamma mode VARICAM For VARICAM use OTHER Other COLOR TEMP USER0 63 5 D93 D65 D56 VAR1 VAR2 VAR3 Selects color temperature USER 0 63 Adjustable settings 0 63 equivalent to a color temperature range of 3 000 9 300K D93 Equivalent to a color temperature of 9 300K D65 Equivalent to a color temperatur...

Page 21: ...on is performed inside each field this mode is suitable for checking interlace status Sub menu Settings Description COLOR TEMP 1 USER0 6 D93 D65 D56 Selects the color temperature that will become the basis for adjustment USER 0 63 Adjustable settings 0 63 equivalent to a color temperature range of 3 000 9 300K D93 Equivalent to a color temperature of 9 300K D65 Equivalent to a color temperature of...

Page 22: ...ottom RB Right Bottom RT Right Top LT Left Top STATUS DISPLAY CONTINUE 3SEC OFF OFF Sets display state for input signal status on screen menu CONTINUE Displayed at all times 3SEC OFF Displayed for 3 seconds after a status change OFF Not displayed SETUP LOAD USER5 1 2 USER4 1 2 USER3 1 2 USER2 1 2 USER1 1 2 FACTORY Loads saved factory defaults FACTORY or user data USER1 USER5 After loading user dat...

Page 23: ...e gamma curve The display changes in the following order GAMMA STANDARD J GAMMA FILM J GAMMA STDIO PST J GAMMA STANDARD SD ASPECT Switches between 16 9 and 4 3 1 SCAN Switches between UNDER SCAN and NORMAL SCAN 1 SUB WINDOW Sets the split screen function 1 The display changes in the following order SINGLE J FULL PART J STILL J SINGLE WFM VECTOR Displays waveform or vector display MARKER Turns the ...

Page 24: ... to indicate that operation is disabled If you select RGB COMP or DVI COMP while motion picture is displayed in sub window the screen returns to a single screen display Selecting something other than RGB COMP or DVI COMP opens the split screen mode and a still image is blacked out WFM VECTOR During SUB WINDOW and PIXEL TO PIXEL mode operation INVALID FUNCTION appears to indicate that operation is ...

Page 25: ...PTION CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC OFF HV DELAY This displays the blanking period Each press of the button changes the display as follows H blanking display J V blanking display J H and V blanking display J no blanking display SUB WINDOW Opening the SUB WINDOW function splits the screen main window in two as shown below to enable comparison of a recorded still image with live video Use the SUB WINDOW settin...

Page 26: ...ssigned to any of the FUNCTION1 to FUNCTION5 buttons These examples show 16 9 aspect ratio images 1 Displayed only for SDI signal input PART Resizes the main window to show only its center to also display a second image two sub windows Normal window main window Before image input two sub windows After image input two sub windows Crops the image to show its center part The cropped main window image...

Page 27: ...Underlined values indicate factory defaults 1 The following settings are disabled in PIXEL TO PIXEL mode Setting ANAMO to ON and setting SCAN to UNDER in VIDEO CONFIG Any HV DELAY setting in FUNCTION MARKER display 2 Enabled during SDI1 SDI2 and YPBPR input PIXEL POSITION display position sequence PIXEL POSITION J J J J J Sub menu Settings Description PIXEL TO PIXEL 1 2 OFF ON Tailors the image di...

Page 28: ...onsist of 1 line and are spaced 80 dots apart fixed value Each press of the button FUNCTION1 to FUNCTION5 to which the CROSS HATCH has been assigned turns the function on and off Each press of the FUNCTION button to which the CROSS HATCH function is assigned changes the display as shown HD SD 16 9 mode SD 4 3 mode 1st press 2nd press Light cross hatch Dense cross hatch 3rd press back to original i...

Page 29: ...elected under YPBPR RGB in the INPUT SELECT menu MONO operation when input signal is PC GPI Sub menu Settings Description GPI CONTROL DISABLE ENABLE Enables and disables GPI functions DISABLE Disabled ENABLE Enabled GPI1 GPI8 UNDEF MARKER1 ON OFF MARKER2 ON OFF MARKER BACK HALF MARKER BACK BLACK CENTER MARKER INPUT SEL VIDEO INPUT SEL SDI1 INPUT SEL SDI2 INPUT SEL YPBPR RGB INPUT SEL DVI D SD ASPE...

Page 30: ...VIDEO Selects the video RGB signal RGB COMP Selects the PC RGB signal COMPONENT LEVEL SMPTE B75 B00 Selects YPBPR component signal input level SMPTE Signal level complies with SMPTE and PB and PR are 0 7 Vp p at 100 chroma B75 Select this when connecting a Betacam or similar device with a setup function Adjusts the interior of the monitor to the 7 5 setup level to suit the black level B00 Select t...

Page 31: ...ect YES to perform AUTOSETUP H POSITION 0 60 Factory preset settings 30 Adjusts horizontal image display position 2 V POSITION 0 60 Factory preset settings 30 Adjusts vertical image display position 2 PHASE 0 31 Factory preset settings 16 Adjusts the clock phase in 1 32 clock period increments 2 CLOCK 700 1800 Factory preset settings 3 Adjusts the sampling clock in dot units 2 WXGA XGA XGA WXGA Sw...

Page 32: ... selected with the INPUT SELECT button on the front panel analog AUDIO input terminal ANALOG Analog AUDIO input terminal EMBEDDED SELECT L CH1 CH8 Factory default CH1 Selects embedded audio channel output to the speaker L or headphones L EMBEDDED SELECT R CH1 CH8 Factory default CH2 Selects embedded audio channel output to the speaker R or headphones R LEVEL METER 1 OFF ON Selects embedded audio m...

Page 33: ... Selects the position for the WFM VECTOR waveform display 3 LB Left Bottom RB Right Bottom RT Right Top LT Left Top VECTOR MODE 8 4 2 1 Enlarges vector waveforms 3 8 8 4 4 2 2 1 1 VECTOR SCALE 100 75 Determines the scale of vector waveform 100 Displays it at 100 scale 75 Displays it at 75 scale TIME CODE OFF ON Turns the time code display on and off 1 MODE SELECT LTC VITC LUB VUB Selects time code...

Page 34: ...XX indicates the number of hours XXXXXX 262800H about 30 years 262800 or greater number results in OVER CONTROL Sub menu Settings Description CONTROL LOCAL REMOTE Selects operation with control clock LOCAL Enables front panel operation REMOTE Enables remote operation front panel operation is locked 1 LOCAL ENABLE 2 DISABLE INPUT Selects the disabled operation on the front panel when selecting REMO...

Page 35: ...I PRESET1 GPI PRESET2 MARKER TYPE CROSS HATCH VIDEO CONFIG GAMMA SELECT FILM GAMMA COLOR TEMP SHARPNESS MODE SHARPNESS H SHARPNESS V I P MODE MONO ANAMO SD ASPECT SCAN INPUT SELECT VIDEO NTSC SETUP YPBPR RGB COMPONENT LEVEL SELECT SYNC COMP DVI D AUDIO INPUT SELECT EMBEDED SELECT L EMBEDED SELECT R LEVEL METER CH SELECT 0dB POINT CH INFO DISPLAY SETUP WFM VECTOR 1 2 1 1 2 POSITION VECTOR MODE VECT...

Page 36: ...evel operation Short circuited ON Open OFF MARKER BACK BLACK 2 Reduces the brightness of the background outside the marker displayed in GPI PRESET1 J page 18 to 0 Level operation Short circuited ON Open OFF CENTER MARKER Turns the center marker display on and off When other markers are displayed this marker is superimposed on other markers Level operation Short circuited ON Open OFF INPUT SEL VIDE...

Page 37: ...ls on systems using RS 232C be sure to consult your dealer Connectors and signals Connector D SUB 9 pin female Signal Communication parameters Command format The command is the 3 character string starting with STX and ending with ETX Append any data after the colon following the command as required Response formats 1 Setting command response 2 Query command response 3 Error response Error codes ER...

Page 38: ... 16 9 marker MK100 OFF MK101 80 MK102 88 MK103 93 MK104 95 MK105 14 9 MK106 13 9 MK107 4 3 MK108 90 MK109 CNSCO MK110 VISTA 4 3 marker MK200 OFF MK201 80 MK202 88 MK203 93 MK204 95 MK208 90 Marker background BAK0 NORMAL BAK1 HALF BAK2 BLACK Center marker CMK0 OFF CMK1 ON DMK 12 MGM Gamma selection 1 STANDARD 2 FILM 3 STDIO PST MGM 13 MCT Color temperature settings 00 D56 01 D65 02 D93 03 VAR1 04 V...

Page 39: ...VAR1 04 VAR2 05 VAR3 10 73 USER0 63 9 QPC Sharpness SHP Sharpness mode 0 LOW 1 HIGH SHH Horizontal sharpness value 00 30 SHV Vertical sharpness value 00 30 10 QIP IP mode 0 MODE1 1 MODE2 11 QMO Monochrome 1 OFF 2 ON 12 QAS Aspect 0 16 9 1 4 3 13 QSC Scan 0 NORMAL 1 UNDER 14 QAN Analog mode 0 YPBPR 1 RGB VIDEO 2 RGB COMP 15 QSY SELECT sync 0 INT 1 EXT 16 QDV DVI D mode 0 DVI VIDEO 1 DVI COMP 17 QFR...

Page 40: ...re essential to keep the monitor in optimum condition and ensure safe operation Be sure to conduct the following maintenance inspections to enable long term full use of all its functions Necessity of periodic maintenance service The backlight in the LCD panel is a consumable component that deteriorates over time leading to gradual loss of performance that could eventually result in a malfunction C...

Page 41: ...s Symptom Remedy Inverter error If a malfunction occurs in the inverter that controls backlight brightness the backlight goes off and the screen turns black Turn off the power and then turn it back on If the problem still persists consult your dealer Warning of drop in external DC input voltage low voltage A LOW VOLTAGE indication in blue flashes on the screen This means that the external DC power...

Page 42: ...M 259M C and ITU R BT 656 4 2 lines BNC 3 1 connector with switched out configuration DVI D HDCP compatible TMDS single link 1 line DVI D 1 Vertical frequency 50 0 60 0 Hz Horizontal frequency 31 5 67 5 kHz Dot clock 25 165 MHz Audio input Pin jack 2 stereo Headphone output Stereo minijack M3 1 GPI D SUB 9 pins 1 RS 232C D SUB 9 pins 1 DC input XLR 4 pins 1 Signal level VIDEO EXT SYNC signal level...

Page 43: ...are subject to change without notice Input signal formats VIDEO SDI1 SDI2 YPBPR RGB VIDEO RGB COMP DVI VIDEO DVI COMP NTSC PAL 480 59 94I 480 59 94P 576 50I 576 50P 720 50P 720 59 94P 720 60P 1035 59 94I 1 1 1 1 1035 60I 2 2 2 2 1080 23 98PsF 1080 24PsF 1080 23 98P 1080 24P 1080 25P 1080 29 97P 1080 30P 1080 50I 1080 50P 1080 59 94I 1080 60I 1080 59 94P 1080 60P 640 400 70 Hz 640 480 60 Hz 640 480...

Page 44: ...products should not be mixed with general household waste For proper treatment recovery and recycling please take these products to designated collection points where they will be accepted on a free of charge basis Alternatively in some countries you may be able to return your products to your local retailer upon the purchase of an equivalent new product Disposing of this product correctly will he...