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Press the ASPECT
ASPECT
to move through the five aspect options: Panasonic Auto, 4:3, Zoom, 16:9 and 14:9.
Notes:
• If you leave Aspect set to Panasonic Auto, the TV 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 (4:3/Zoom/16:9/14:9) are selectable manually (wide-aspect modes are not automatically
selected if a wide-screen signal is applied).
• During Aspect change, the displayed picture will momentarily disappear. This is not a malfunction.
The on screen selector keys (corresponding to the two coloured buttons on the remote control) that appear for
some Aspect functions clear after a few seconds, if you want to select an operation when the keys are not
shown, press the ASPECT
ASPECT
button once more and the keys will reappear.
Aspect Controls
WIDE
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto
V - P O S
−
V - P O S
+
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto
Panasonic Auto determines the best
aspect ratio to use 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 16:9 or
letterbox 14:9 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:
‘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 how dark
the picture is.
When in Panasonic Auto mode, if a Letter
box signal is input and there is no Aspect
information, the picture is automatically
adjusted to 14:9 or Zoom.
When “Panasonic Auto” is indicated in the
top left of the picture and the subtitle is
indicated in the lower part, the position of
the picture can be adjusted vertically using
the Yellow (V-POS-: Downwards) or Blue
(V-POS+: Upwards) Buttons.
‘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, 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 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 bottom of the screen.
