Panasonic DMR-HS2 Operating Instructions Manual page 75

Underlined items are the factory presets.
ª Display
On-Screen Messages
Choose whether to show on-screen messages automatically or
not.
[Automatic] [Off]
Grey Background
Select whether to show the grey background, normally shown
when television reception is poor.
[On] [Off]
Channel Guide
[On] [Off]
On
The Channel Guide will appear for a few seconds each time
the channel is changed with [X, W] (18).
Off
The Channel Guide will not appear.
FL Display
Changes the brightness of the unit's display.
[Bright] [Dim During Play] [Dim] [Automatic]
Dim during play
The display dims during play of discs with video recorded.
Automatic
In standby mode:Off
During normal play:Dim
Others:Bright
≥This setting is fixed with "Automatic" if you set "Power Save" to
"On".
ª Connection
TV Aspect
(page 17)
Choose the setting to suit your television and preference.
[Norm (4:3)] [Wide (16:9)]
TV System
[PAL] [NTSC]
PAL
Select when connecting to a PAL or Multi-system television.
Programmes recorded using NTSC are played as PAL60.
Select to record television programmes and PAL input from
other equipment.
≥[HDD] : Select this when playing a PAL input programme
recorded on the HDD.
NTSC
Select when connecting to a NTSC television.
Select to record NTSC input from other equipment.
Television programmes cannot be recorded properly.
≥[HDD] : Select this when playing a NTSC input programme
recorded on the HDD.
≥To change the TV system (PAL/NTSC) setting:
While stopped, keep pressing [∫] (7) and [;] (8) on the main
unit for 5 or more seconds.
≥If the playback picture on the TV screen from a Video CD isn't
shown correctly:
- When connecting to Multi-system TV, select "NTSC". (After
viewing the disc, return the setting to "PAL".)
- When connecting to PAL TV, the lower part of the picture
cannot be displayed correctly during the fast forward and
rewind.
Changing the unit's settings (continued)
Norm (4:3) TV Settings (DVD-Video)
Select how video from DVD-Video is shown on a 4:3 standard
aspect television.
[Pan & Scan] [Letterbox]
Pan & Scan
Video recorded for a widescreen is
played with the sides cut off if the pan &
scan was specified by the producer of the
disc. 16:9 software prohibited from being
shown in the pan & scan style will appear
in the letterbox style (with black bands above and below the
picture) despite the setting here.
Letterbox
Video recorded for a widescreen is played in
the letterbox style.
Norm (4:3) TV Settings(DVD-RAM)
Select how video from DVD-RAM is shown on a
4:3 standard aspect television.
[Norm (4:3)] [Pan & Scan] [Letterbox]
Norm (4:3)
Programmes played as recorded.
Pan & Scan
Video recorded for a widescreen is played with the sides cut
off if the pan & scan format is specified at the time of
recording.
Letterbox
Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the letterbox
style.
AV1/AV2 Settings
(Press [ENTER] (10) to show the following settings. To return to
the previous screen, press [RETURN] (23).)
AV1 Output
[Video] [S-Video] [RGB] (page 70)
AV2 Input
[Video] [S-Video] [RGB (PAL only)]
AV2 Connection
[DECODER] [EXT] [Ext Link 1] [Ext Link 2]
DECODER
When a decoder is connected.
EXT
When the VCR or a satellite receiver is connected.
Ext Link1
When a digital receiver which transmits a special control
signal recordings via the 21-pin Scart cable, for example the
F.U.N. receiver (TU-DSF30/S3) is connected for the linked
timer recordings.
Ext Link2
When an external equipment with a timer function is
connected for the linked timer recordings.
≥If you connect an other equipment with RGB output capability to
the AV2 socket on this unit, the output signal of the equipment
must be set to RGB when you have set "AV2 Input" to "RGB (PAL
only)".
≥This setting is fixed with "EXT" if you set "TV System" to "NTSC".
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