Viewing Mode; Colour Temperature; Option Settings; Ambient Sensor - Panasonic Viera TX-P42X60B Operating Instructions Manual

Picture

Viewing Mode

Selects your favourite picture mode for each input.
[Dynamic]: Improves contrast and sharpness for viewing
in a bright room.
[Normal]: Normal use for viewing in a normal lighting
condition.
[Cinema]: Improves the performance of contrast,
black and colour reproduction for watching movies in a
darkened room.
[True Cinema]: Reproduces the original image quality
precisely without any revision.
[Custom]: Adjusts each menu item manually to suit your
favourite picture quality.
In each Viewing Mode, [Contrast], [Brightness], [Colour],
[Tint], [Sharpness], [Colour Temperature], [Vivid Colour],
[Ambient Sensor], [Noise Reduction] and [MPEG Noise
Reduction] can be adjusted and stored.
When in [True Cinema] or [Custom] mode, [Advanced
Settings] can be adjusted additionally. The settings in
[True Cinema] or [Custom] mode can be stored for each
input.
Contrast / Brightness / Colour / Tint /
Sharpness
Adjusts the levels of these options according to your
personal preference.

Colour Temperature

Sets the overall colour tone of the picture (bluer - redder).
Vivid Colour
Automatically adjusts colours to vivid ones.

Ambient Sensor

Automatic Brightness Control function
Adjusts picture settings automatically depending on
ambient lighting conditions.

Noise Reduction

Reduces unwanted picture noise.

MPEG Noise Reduction

Reduces flicker noise in contoured parts of a picture and
block noise.

Advanced Settings

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Panel Luminance Setting
Changes the luminance level of the panel to adjust the
overall brightness.
■
Adaptive Gamma Control
Adjusts the gamma curve to make the image brighter.
■
Black Expander
Gradually adjusts the shades of black.
■
Colour Gamut
Reproduces image colour precisely according to the
colour gamut.
[Normal]: Displays colours according to the colour
gamut.
[Native]: Displays deep colours by expanding the colour
gamut to its maximum.
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White Balance
[R-Gain] / [G-Gain] / [B-Gain]
Adjusts the white balance of bright red / green / blue
areas.
[R-Cutoff] / [G-Cutoff] / [B-Cutoff]
Adjusts the white balance of dark red / green / blue
areas.
[Reset to Defaults]
Resets to the default White Balance.
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Colour Management
[R-Hue] / [R-Saturation] / [R-Luminance]
Adjusts the picture hue / saturation / luminance of red
areas.
[G-Hue] / [G-Saturation] / [G-Luminance]
Adjusts the picture hue / saturation / luminance of green
areas.
[B-Hue] / [B-Saturation] / [B-Luminance]
Adjusts the picture hue / saturation / luminance of blue
areas.
[Reset to Defaults]
Resets to the default Colour Management.
■
Gamma
[Gamma]
Switches the gamma curve.
● Please note the numerical values are reference for the
adjustment.
[Reset to Defaults]
Resets to the default Gamma.
■
Reset to Defaults
Resets [Advanced Settings] to the default settings.

Option Settings

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Film Cadence Mode
Improves vertical resolution for movie images.
●
This function is available for interlaced signals.
■
HDMI Content Type
Adjusts the picture settings of each HDMI input according
to the selected content type.
●
For HDMI input
[Auto]: Automatically adjusts the picture settings
according to the received HDMI content if the connected
equipment supports HDMI Content Type.
●
To set the availability of each content type for [Auto]
mode [Auto Detail Setting]
■
HDMI RGB Range
Adjusts the black level of the image for each HDMI input.
●
When the black level is not suitable, select [Full].
●
For HDMI input
■
3D-COMB
Makes still or slow moving pictures more vivid.
Occasionally, while viewing still or slow moving pictures,
colour patterning may be seen. Set to [On] to display
sharper and more accurate colours.
●
For PAL / NTSC signal reception in TV mode or from
composite

Screen Settings

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16:9 Overscan
Selects the screen area displaying the image for 16:9
aspect.
[On]: Enlarges the image to hide the edge of the image.
[Off]: Displays the image in the original size.
●
Set to [On] if noise occurs on the edge of the screen.
●
This function can be memorised for SD (Standard
definition) and HD (High definition) signals respectively.
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