Panasonic Th 42pf20 Operating Instructions

							
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Press to display the Setup menu.
Press to select the OSD Language.
Press to select your preferred language.
  Selectable languages
Selecting the On-Screen Menu Language
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2
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Signal Off
Standby save Off
PC Power management Off
DVI-D Power managementOff
Auto power off Off
OSD Language English (
UK )
Component/RGB-in select
RGB
Power save
Setup 
Screensaver
Extended life settings
Input label
.......(Japanese)
.......(Chinese)
Italiano
Français
Deutsch
English(UK)
Español
ENGLISH(US)
.......(Russian)
Русский
2/2 Setup 
MULTI DISPLAY SetupMULTI PIP SetupPortrait Setup
Set up TIMER
Network Setup
PRESENT TIME Setup
Display orientation Landscape
Display orientation
Sets the fan control and the display style of on-screen menu for vertica\
l installation.
Press to display the Setup menu.
Press to select Display orientation.
Press to select “Landscape” or “Portrait”.
Press to exit from adjust mode
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Notes:
•  Turn up the power switch for the upward direction when you set Display ve\
rtically.
•  Fan control will be switched when turning on the unit next time.
Landscape Portrait
Fan control for horizontal installation. Fan control for vertical installation. On-screen 
menu will be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise 
to be suitable for the setting.
 
						

							
2/2 Setup 
MULTI DISPLAY SetupMULTI PIP SetupPortrait Setup
Set up TIMER
Network Setup
PRESENT TIME Setup
Display orientation Landscape
MULTI DISPLAY Setup Off
Horizontal Scale  × 2
Vertical Scale × 2
Seam hides video Off
Location A1
AI-synchronization Off
MULTI DISPLAY Setup
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Press to display the Setup menu.
Press to select the MULTI DISPLAY Setup.
Press to display the “MULTI DISPLAY Setup” menu.
Press to select the MULTI DISPLAY Setup.
Press to select “On” or “Off”.
How to Setup MULTI DISPLAY
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Setup for MULTI DISPLAY
By lining up Plasma Displays in groups, for example, as illustrated belo\
w, an enlarged picture may be displayed across 
all screens.
For this mode of operation, each plasma display has to be set up with a \
Display number to determine its location.
(Example)
group of 16 (4 × 4)
group of 4 (2 × 2) group of 9 (3 × 3) group of 25 (5 × 5)
Item Details
MULTI DISPLAY Setup Select “On” or “Off”.Note: 
If you set MULTI DISPLAY Setup to On, Portrait Setup will be unavailable.
Horizontal Scale Select “× 1”, “× 2”, “× 3”, “× 4”, “\
× 5”.
Vertical Scale Select “× 1”, “× 2”, “× 3”, “× 4”, “\
× 5”.
Seam hides video Select “On” or “Off”.
To hide joints between displays.
Suitable for moving image display. To show joints between displays.Suitable for still image display.
On Off
Location
Select the required arrangement number. (A1-E5 : Refer to the following)
Display Number locations for each arrangement.
(Examples)
( 2 × 1) ( 2 × 3 ) ( 4 × 4 ) ( 4 × 2 ) ( 5 × 5 )
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5
 
						

							
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Setup for MULTI DISPLAY
Item Details
AI-SynchronizationSelect “Off” or “On”.
The brightness depends on each 
display’s setting.Equalize the brightness of all the  displays.
Off On
Notes:
• If you set AI-synchronization to On, the following menus will be unavailable and th\
ese  settings will be  fi xed to the initial values.
  Picture menu: Colour, Hue, Input level (Advanced settings)
•  This function cannot be adjusted during input from VIDEO terminal.
Press to exit from Setup.
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You can set the remote control ID when you want to use this remote contro\
l on one of several different displays.
Note:
To operate this function, please purchase ID remote controller sold separ\
ately.
Object model : EUR7636090R
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Press the 
 button on the remote control.
Press one of 
 - ,  for the tens digit setting.
Press one of 
 - ,  for the units digit setting. 4
Notes:
•  The numbers in 2, 3 and 4 should be set up quickly.
•  Adjustable ID number range is 0 - 99.
•  If a number button is pressed more than two times, the  fi rst two numbers become the ID number for the remote 
control.
ID Cancellation
Press  button on remote control. (This has the same effect as pressing the , ,  buttons at the same time.)
Notes:
•  Set the Remote ID “On” to operate the ID remote control.
  If Remote ID is set to “On”, you can use the remote control withou\
t identical ID number during option menu display. 
  (see page 54)
•  The ID remote control cannot be used when ID select is set to anything o\
ther than 0, and the remote control ID is  not the same as the ID select number (see page 54).
ID remote control button operation
The operation is the same as normal remote control except for the  button.
ID Remote Control Function
 
						

							
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Blend PIP—
Off
0% Off
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MULTI PIP Setup
MULTI PIP
Display Mode
Transparency
Transparency level
Insert
Insert level
2/2Setup
MULTI DISPLAY SetupMULTI PIP SetupPortrait Setup
Set up TIMER
MULTI PIP Setup
Set the two-screen display function that is activated when  is pressed.
Press to select the MULTI PIP Setup.
Press to display the “MULTI PIP Setup” menu. Press to display the Setup menu.
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Press to select the menu to adjust.
Press to adjust the menu.
Sub Screen Insertion (During BLEND PIP)
1  Select “On” in “Insert”.
2  Set the “Insert level”. (1 to 10 %)
    Set the brightness level threshold for discriminating between the transp\
arent areas and non-transparent areas on 
the sub screen.
  
Setting example  Image to insert (sub screen)                    Insert level
               
Background image 
(main screen) Two-picture Insertion
Only the areas on the overlay 
image that are brighter 
than the “Insert level” are 
displayed on the background 
image.10 %
1 %
Note:  “Transparency” cannot be set when “Insert” is “On”.
Transparent Display of the Sub Screen (During Blend PIP)
1  Select “On” in “Transparency”.
2  Set the transparency level for the sub screen in “Transparency level”. (0 to 100 %)
  
Setting example  Transparent image (sub screen)
               
0 %: No transparency 100 %: Fully transparent
Note:  “Insert” cannot be set when “Transparency” is “On”.
Display Mode
The display mode can be changed separately for each function that was se\
t in “MULTI PIP Setup”.
   
For “PIP”:   
— (One screen) P and P P out PP in P
   For “Advanced PIP”:   — (One screen)1 to 8
   For “Blend PIP”: — (One screen) FullP in P
Note: 
The display mode changes in the same way when  is pressed.
MULTI PIP
Set the two-screen function.
  PIP Advanced PIP
Blend PIP
 
						

							
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2/2Setup
MULTI DISPLAY SetupMULTI PIP SetupPortrait Setup
Set up TIMER
Network Setup
PRESENT TIME Setup
Display orientation Landscape
Off
Portrait Setup
Seam hides video Off
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Off
AI-synchronization Viewing Area
Location 16 : 9
Portrait Setup
Off
Portrait Setup
Seam hides video Off
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Off
AI-synchronization Viewing Area
Location 16 : 9
Portrait Setup
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Divide an input image into 3 parts, and display one of them to a plasma \
display which is set vertically. The image will be enla
rged 
3 times and rotated 90-degree.
Set up for Portrait
Press to display the Setup menu.
Press to select the Portrait Setup.
Press to display the “Portrait Setup” menu.
Press to select the Portrait Setup.
Press to select “On” or “Off”.
Note:
If you set Portrait Setup to On, MULTI DISPLAY 
Setup will be unavailable.
Press to select Seam hides video.
Press to select “Off” , “On”.
How to setup Portrait
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To hide joints between displays.
Suitable for moving image display. To show joints between displays.Suitable for still image display.
On Off
Notes:
• 
When using the Portrait function with displays set vertically, “Display orientation” in Setup menu has to be set to “Portrai\
t” 
(see page 41).
• Turn up the power switch for the upward direction when you set Display ve\
rtically.
(Example)
 
						

							
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Off
Portrait Setup
Seam hides video Off
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Off
AI-synchronization Viewing Area
Location 16 : 9
Portrait Setup
Off
Portrait Setup
Seam hides video Off
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Off
AI-synchronization Viewing Area
Location 16 : 9
Portrait Setup
Set up for Portrait
Press to exit from adjust mode.7
Press to select AI-synchronization.
Press to select “Off” , “On”.
Adjust to equalize the brightness of the 3 displays when using Portrait \
setting. 
The brightness depends 
on each display’s setting.Equalize the brightness  of all the displays.
Off On
Notes:
• 
If you set AI-synchronization to On, the following menus will be unavailable and th\
ese settings will be  fi xed to the initial 
values.
  Picture menu: Colour, Hue, Input level (Advanced settings)
•  This function cannot be adjusted during input from VIDEO terminal.
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Press to select Viewing Area or Location.
Press to select each functions.
Notes:
•  For HD signal videos, the “Viewing Area” is set at “16:9”,  and cannot be changed. 
  HD signal:   1125(1080) / 60i • 50i • 60p • 50p • 24p • 25p 
• 30p • 24sF, 750(720) / 60p • 50p, 1250(1080) / 50i
•  When “Viewing Area” is “16:9”, the aspect mode is set to “16:9”.
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Viewing Area:  Set a mode of image division for Portrait function.
Location:     Set a location of image to be displayed for Portrait function.
When Portrait Setup is “On”:
Display the image of the selected location. When Portrait Setup is “Off”:
Represent an area of the selected Location at a normal 
brightness and darken the rest of it.
Location setting
Viewing Area and Location
The mode of image division and the Location by setting of Viewing Area is as follows. 
Location 1 Location 2 Location 3
Location 1 Location 2 Location 3
Viewing Area : 4:3 Suitable to display 16:9 images. 4:3 images 
extend transversely.
Both right and left sides of the image are 
cut by 48 dots.
Viewing Area : 16:9
4:3 images are displayed without changing 
aspect ratio. 
Although the images of each Location 
overlap, you can adjust Pos. / Size to display 
the image normally. (see page 24)
Undisplayed area (48 dots)
Viewing Area / Location
AI-synchronization
 
						

							
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SignalScreensaverExtended life settingsInput labelOff
Standby save Off
PC Power management Off
DVI-D Power managementOff
Auto power off Off
OSD Language English (
UK )
YUV/RGB-in select
RGB
Power save
Setup
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Setup for Input Signals
Component / RGB-in select
Select to match the signals from the source connected to the Component /\
 RGB or PC input terminals.
Y,  P
B, PR signals   “Component”
RGB signals 
  “RGB”
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2Press to display the Setup menu.
Press to select the “Component / RGB-in select”.
Press to select the desired input signal.
Component 
 RGB
Press to exit from adjust mode.
Note:
Make setting of the selected input terminal (COMPONENT RGB IN or PC IN).
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YUV / RGB-in select
Select to match the signals from the source connected to the DVI input t\
erminals.
YUV signals   “YUV”
RGB signals 
  “RGB”
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2Press to display the Setup menu.
Press to select the “YUV / RGB-in select”.
Press to select the desired mode.
YUV 
 RGB
Press to exit from adjust mode.
Notes:
•  Selection may not be possible, depending on which optional board is inst\
alled.
•  Make setting of the selected input terminal (SLOT or DVI-D IN).
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SignalScreensaverExtended life settingsInput label
Off
Standby save Off
PC Power management Off
DVI-D Power managementOff
Auto power off Off
OSD Language English (
UK )
Component/RGB-in select
RGB
Power save
Setup
 
						

							
3D Y/C Filter (NTSC)On
Cinema reality
Signal
Off
H-Freq.
Dot Clock Freq. kHz
MHz63.98
108.0
V- F r e q . H z60.02
Noise reduction
Off
[ 
Digital  ] 
Signal Format1280×1024/60
Sync
Signal
H-Freq.
V-Freq. kHz
Hz63.98
60.02
Signal Format
1280×1024/60
Cinema reality
Noise reductionXGA Mode Auto
Off
Off
Auto
 [ 
Component  ]
Sync
Signal
H-Freq.
V-Freq. kHz
Hz63.98
60.02
Signal Format
1280×1024/60
[  RGB  ] 
Cinema reality
Noise reductionXGA Mode Auto
Off
Off
Auto
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SignalScreensaverExtended life settingsInput label
Off
Standby save Off
PC Power management Off
DVI-D Power managementOff
Auto power off Off
OSD Language English (
UK )
Component/RGB-in select
RGB
Power save
Setup
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3D Y/C Filter – For NTSC AV images
This menu is displayed when BNC Dual Video Terminal Board (TY-FB9BD) is installed to the unit.
Select “Signal” from the “Setup” menu during Video (S Video) input signal. (“Signal [AV]” menu is displayed.)
Press to select the “3D Y/C Filter (NTSC)”
Press to set On / Off.
Note:
When On, this setting only affects NTSC input signals.
Setup for Input Signals
Signal menu
Press ACTION  ( ) button
For Video (S VIDEO) For RGB
For Component For Digital
Press to select the menu to adjust.
Press to adjust the menu.
Press to exit from adjust mode.
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Press to display the Setup menu.
Press to select the “Signal”.
Press to display the Signal menu.
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Note: 
“Signal” setup menu displays a different setting condition for each input signal.
3D Y/C Filter (NTSC)
Colour system
Signal
On
Auto
Cinema reality Off
[ 
AV  ]
Noise reduction
Off
 
						

							
Cinema reality Off 
yXGA ModeAuto
3D Y/C Filter (NTSC) 
Colour system 
Signal 
On 
Auto 
Cinema reality  Off 
[ 
AV   ] 
Noise reduction
Off
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Setup for Input Signals
Colour system
Select Signal from the “Setup” menu during Video (S Video) input signal. (“Signal [AV]” menu is displayed.)
Press to select the “Colour system”.
Press to select each functions.
If the picture image becomes unstable:
With the system set on Auto, under conditions of low level or noisy input signals the image may\
 in rare cases 
become unstable. Should this occur, set the system to match the format of the input signal.
Cinema reality
Press to select Cinema reality.
Press to set On / Off.
Cinema reality:
When on, the display attempts to reproduce a more natural interpretation\
 of sources such as movie pictures, which 
are recorded at 24 frames per second. If the picture is not stable, turn\
 the setting to off.
Note:
When On, this setting only affects the following signal input:
•  NTSC / PAL signal input during “AV (S Video)” input signal.
•  525i (480i), 625i (575i), 1125 (1080) / 60i signal input during “Component” input signal.
Note:
After making this setting, be sure to make each adjustment (such as “\
Auto Setup”) on the “Pos. /Size” menu as 
necessary. (see page 24)
XGA Mode
This menu is displayed when the input signal is analog (Component/PC).\
 This unit supports three types of XGA signals with 
60Hz vertical frequency having different aspect ratios and sampling rates (1,024 × 768 @ 60Hz, 1,280 ×\
 768 @ 60Hz and 
1,366 × 768 @ 60Hz).
Press to select “XGA Mode”.
Press to select “Auto”, “1024×768”, “1280×768” ,\
 “1366×768”.
Auto:  Automatically selected from 1024×768/1280×768/1366×768.
       Switch the setting to suit the input signal for better display 
depends on the angle of view or display resolution condition. 
Colour system:
Set the colour system to match the input signal. When “Auto” is se\
t, Colour system will be 
automatically selected from NTSC/PAL/SECAM /M.NTSC. 
To display PAL60 signal, select “Auto” or “PAL”.
Auto SECAM M.NTSC
NTSC
PA L
 
						

							
Advanced NR[ 
AV  ]
Mosquito NRP-NR
Block NROff Off
Off
Advanced NR
[ 
Digital  ]
Mosquito NRP-NR
Block NROff Off
Off
Advanced NR
[ 
Component  ]
Mosquito NRP-NR
Block NROff Off
Off
Advanced NR
[ 
RGB  ] 
Mosquito NRP-NR
Block NROff Off
Off
()Noise reduction
Off
Noise reductionAdvanced
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Press to select “Noise reduction”.
Press to select “Off”, “Min” , “Mid” , “Max” , “Advanced”.
Sets the following three NR (Noise Reduction) functions together.
P-NR, Mosquito NR, Block NR
Noise reduction
Setup for Input Signals
Sets the three NR functions separately.
Press to select “Advanced”.
Press to enter Advanced NR.
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Press to select P-NR, Mosquito NR 
or Block NR.
Press to select “Off”, “Min”, “Mid”, 
“Max”.2
P-NR:      Automatically reduces unwanted picture noise.
Mosquito NR: Reduces mosquito noise around subtitles on MPEG videos.
Block NR:    Reduces block noise when playing MPEG videos.
Note: 
Noise reduction cannot be adjusted while a PC signal is being applied.
Advanced NR
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