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Aspect Controls
Press the ASPECT
ASPECT
to move through the seven aspect options: Panasonic Auto, 16:9, 14:9, 4:3, Zoom1,
Zoom2 and Zoom3.
Notes:
• If, in Panasonic Auto mode, you experience problems with the screen
display size when playing back widescreen format recordings from your
VCR then it is possible that the tracking control on your VCR requires
adjustment (your VCR instruction book will contain adjustment details).
• The widescreen aspect ratios of different films and programmes can vary.
If these are wider than a standard 16:9 aspect picture then a black band
may be visible at the top and bottom of the screen.
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto determines the best aspect ratio to display the picture
you are viewing. It does this using a four step process to determine if the
picture being viewed is a widescreen picture.
If Panasonic Auto detects a widescreen signal it switches into the
appropriate widescreen mode. The Panorama (Just) mode is selected if a
signal with wide aspect ratio is not present (the screen cannot be switched
from Panorama mode into 4:3 mode).
The text shown on the screen indicates how Panasonic Auto determined
which ratio to use:
When in Panasonic Auto mode, if a Letter box signal is input and there is no
Aspect information, the picture is automatically adjusted to Just, Zoom1 or
Zoom3.
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto
WIDE
Panasonic Auto
‘WIDE’ appears in the top left
of the screen, Panasonic Auto
switches to the appropriate
16:9 or 14:9 widescreen ratio.
‘Panasonic Auto’ appears in the
top left of the screen. The best
ratio is chosen and the picture
expanded to fill the screen.
Notes:
• If you leave Aspect set to Panasonic Auto, this set software determines the best ratio for each programme viewed.
In order not to disrupt your viewing, no mode information is displayed while this is happening.
Simply press the ASPECT button to display mode information in the top left of the screen.
• The screen modes (16:9/14:9/4:3/Zoom1/Zoom2/Zoom3) are selectable manually.
• During Aspect change, the displayed picture will momentarily disappear. This is not a malfunction.
The on screen selector buttons (corresponding to the two coloured buttons on
the remote control) will appear for some Aspect functions and disappear after a
few seconds, if you’d like to select an operation when the buttons are not shown,
press the ASPECT
ASPECT
button once more and the buttons will reappear.
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‘WIDE’ appears in the top left of the screen if a widescreen identification signal (WSS) is found or a signal is found
through a Scart socket.
Panasonic Auto switches to the appropriate 16:9 or 14:9 widescreen ratio.
‘Panasonic Auto’ appears in the top left of the screen if black stripes above and below the picture are detected.
Panasonic Auto chooses the best ratio and expands the picture to fill the screen. This process can take several
minutes, depending on how dark the picture is.
Screen mode
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