Panasonic Th 50pf20 Operating Instructions

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SIGNAL
EXTENDED LIFE SETTINGS
INPUT LABEL
SET UP
OFF
STANDBY SAVE
OFF
PC POWER MANAGEMENTOFFDVI-D POWER MANAGEMENTOFF
AUTO POWER OFF
OFF
OSD LANGUAGEENGLISH (
US) COMPONENT/RGB-IN SELECT
RGB SCREENSAVER
POWER SAVE
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Reduces power consumption
Press to select 
“POWER SAVE”
“STANDBY SAVE”
“PC POWER MANAGEMENT”
“DVI-D POWER MANAGEMENT”
“AUTO POWER OFF”.
Press to select “ON” or “OFF”.
On 
 Off
Press to exit from SET UP. • POWER SAVE:  When this function is turned ON, luminous level of the Plasma Display is suppressed, so 
power consumption is reduced.
• STANDBY SAVE: When this function is turned ON, power consumption of the microcomputer is reduced during 
power supply standby (see page 14, 17, 18), so standby power of the set is reduced.
• 
PC POWER MANAGEMENT:  When this function is set to ON, it operates under the following conditions to turn the power 
on or off automatically.
  When no pictures (HD/VD sync signals) are detected for 30 or so seconds during PC signal 
input:
         Power is turned off (standby); the power indicator lights up orange.
  When pictures (HD/VD sync signals) are subsequently detected:
         Power is turned on; the power indicator lights up green.
 Notes:
  • This function operates only during PC signal input.
 •  This function is effective when “SYNC” is set to “AUTO”, “COMPONENT / RGB-IN SELECT” 
is set to “RGB” and during normal viewing (one picture screen).
•  DVI-D POWER MANAGEMENT:  When this function is set to ON, it operates under the following conditions to turn the 
power on or off automatically.
When no pictures (sync signal) are detected for 30 or so seconds during DVI signal 
input:
 Power is turned off (standby); the power indicator lights up orange.
When pictures (sync signal) are subsequently detected:
 Power is turned on; the power indicator lights up green.
Notes:
•  This function operates only during DVI signal input.
 •  This function is invalid during input from DVI-D Terminal Board (TY-FB11DD).
 •  Depending on the type of terminal board equipped, this function may be invalid.
• AUTO POWER OFF:  Equipment power supply is turned OFF when there is no signal.
  When this is set to ON, the power supply of the unit goes Off 10 minutes after the input 
signals stop. 
 Note:
  This function is effective during normal viewing (one picture screen).
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SIGNALSCREEN SAVEREXTENDED LIFE SETTINGSINPUT LABEL
OFF
STANDBY SAVE
OFF
PC POWER MANAGEMENTOFF
AUTO POWER OFF
OFF
OSD LANGUAGEENGLISH (
US) COMPONENT/RGB-IN SELECT
RGB
POWER SAVE
SET UP
DVI-D POWER MANAGEMENTOFF
Press to display the SETUP menu.
Press to select INPUT LABEL.
Press to display the INPUT LABEL screen.
Press to select image input.
Press to change input label.1
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SLOT INPUT
VIDEO
INPUT LABEL
COMPONENTHDMIDVI
PC
SLOT INPUT
VIDEO
COMPONENT
HDMI
DVI
PC
Customizing the Input labels
This function can change the label of the Input signal to be displayed. (see page 16)
Image input  Input label
[SLOT INPUT]*1  SLOT INPUT / DVD1 / DVD2 / DVD3 / Blu-ray1 / Blu-ray2 / Blu-ray3 / CATV / VCR / STB / (SKIP)
[VIDEO]  VIDEO / DVD1 / DVD2 / DVD3 / Blu-ray1 / Blu-ray2 / Blu-ray3 / CATV / VCR / STB / (SKIP)
[COMPONENT]*2  COMPONENT / DVD1 / DVD2 / DVD3 / Blu-ray1 / Blu-ray2 / Blu-ray3 / CATV / VCR / STB / (SKIP)
[HDMI]  HDMI / DVD1 / DVD2 / DVD3 / Blu-ray1 / Blu-ray2 / Blu-ray3 / CATV / VCR / STB / (SKIP)
[DVI]  DVI / DVD1 / DVD2 / DVD3 / Blu-ray1 / Blu-ray2 / Blu-ray3 / CATV / VCR / STB / (SKIP)
[PC]  PC / DVD1 / DVD2 / DVD3 / Blu-ray1 / Blu-ray2 / Blu-ray3 / CATV / VCR / STB / (SKIP)
(SKIP) : The INPUT button press will skip its input.
*1 “SLOT INPUT” is displayed when a Terminal Board is installed.
*2  “COMPONENT” may be displayed as “RGB” depending on the setting of “COMPONENT/RGB-IN SELECT”.
 
(see page 49)
When a Terminal Board with dual input terminals is installed
“SLOT INPUT” is displayed as “SLOT INPUT A” and “SLOT INPUT B” and independent settings are available.
[SLOT INPUT A]  SLOT INPUT A / DVD1 / DVD2 / DVD3 / Blu-ray1 / Blu-ray2 / Blu-ray3 / CATV / VCR / STB / (SKIP)
[SLOT INPUT B]  SLOT INPUT B / DVD1 / DVD2 / DVD3 / Blu-ray1 / Blu-ray2 / Blu-ray3 / CATV / VCR / STB / (SKIP)
When a Terminal Board with  xed display (such as Tuner Board) is installed
Only  xed display and (SKIP) are available as Input label of “SLOT INPUT”.
[SLOT INPUT]
  xed display / (SKIP)
 
						

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SIGNAL
EXTENDED LIFE SETTINGS
INPUT LABEL
SET UP
OFF
STANDBY SAVE
OFF
PC POWER MANAGEMENTOFFDVI-D POWER MANAGEMENTOFF
AUTO POWER OFF
OFF
OSD LANGUAGEENGLISH (
US) COMPONENT/RGB-IN SELECT
RGB SCREENSAVER
POWER SAVE
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Press to display the SET UP menu.
Press to select OSD LANGUAGE.
Press to select your preferred language.
   Selectable languages
.......(Japanese)  .......(Chinese)  Italiano  Français  Deutsch  English(UK) 
Español 
ENGLISH(US) 
.......(Russian) 
 
Selecting the On-Screen Menu Language
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Sets the fan control and the display style of on-screen menu for vertical installation.
Press to display the SET UP 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 vertically.
•  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.
DISPLAY ORIENTATION
2/2 SET UP
MULTI DISPLAY SETUP
SET UP TIMER
NETWORK SETUP
PRESENT TIME SETUP
DISPLAY ORIENTATIONLANDSCAPE
MULTI PIP SETUPPORTRAIT SETUP
 
						

							2/2 SET UP
MULTI DISPLAY SETUP
SET UP TIMER
NETWORK SETUP
PRESENT TIME SETUP
DISPLAY ORIENTATIONLANDSCAPE
MULTI PIP SETUPPORTRAIT SETUP
× 2  MULTI DISPLAY SETUP 
HORIZONTAL SCALE OFF 
A1
OFF
AI-SYNCHRONIZATION VERTICAL SCALE 
LOCATIONOFF
SEAM HIDES VIDEO× 2 
MULTI DISPLAY SETUP 
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By lining up Plasma Displays in groups, for example, as illustrated below, 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.
Press to select the MULTI DISPLAY SETUP.
Press to display the “MULTI DISPLAY SETUP” menu.
How to setup MULTI DISPLAY
group of 16 (4 × 4) group of 4 (2 × 2) group of 9 (3 × 3)
SET UP for MULTI DISPLAY
(Example)
group of 25 (5 × 5)
Press to display the SET UP menu.
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Press to select the MULTI DISPLAY SETUP.
Press to select “ON” or “OFF”.
Item Details
MULTI DISPLAY SETUPSelect “ON” or “OFF”.
Note: If you set MULTI DISPLAY SETUP to ON, PORTRAIT SETUP will be unavailable.
HORIZONTAL SCALESelect “× 1”, “× 2”, “× 3”, “× 4”, “× 5”.
VERTICAL SCALESelect “× 1”, “× 2”, “× 3”, “× 4”, “× 5”.
SEAM HIDES VIDEOSelect “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
LOCATIONSelect 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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You can set the remote control ID when you want to use this remote control on one of several different displays.
Note:
To operate this function, please purchase ID remote controller sold separately.
Object model : EUR7636070R
SET UP for MULTI DISPLAY
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2
3Switch  to  on the right side.
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  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 without identical ID number during option menu display. 
  (see page 56)
•  The ID remote control cannot be used when ID select is set to anything other than 0, and the remote control ID is not 
the same as the ID select number (see page 56).
ID remote control button operation
The operation is the same as normal remote control except for the  button.
ID Remote Control Function
Item Details
AI-SYNCRONIZATIONSelect “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-SYNCRONIZATION to ON, the following menus will be unavailable and 
these settings will be  xed to the initial values.
PICTURE menu: COLOR, TINT, INPUT LEVEL (ADVANCED SETTINGS)
•  This function cannot be adjusted during input from VIDEO terminal.
Press to exit from adjust mode.
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							— MULTI PIP
DISPLAY MODEBLEND PIP
 OFF 
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INSERT LEVEL TRANSPARENCY
INSERT0 %
TRANSPARENCY LEVELOFF
MULTI PIP SETUP
2/2 SET UP
MULTI DISPLAY SETUP
SET UP TIMERMULTI PIP SETUPPORTRAIT SETUP
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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 SET UP 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 transparent 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”.
MULTI PIP
Set the two-screen function.
  PIP ADVANCED PIP
BLEND PIP
DISPLAY MODE
The display mode can be changed separately for each function that was set 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.
 
						

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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 enlarged 3 
times and rotated 90-degree.
SET UP for PORTRAIT
(Example)
Press to display the SET UP 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
2/2 SET UP
MULTI DISPLAY SETUP
SET UP TIMER
NETWORK SETUP
PRESENT TIME SETUP
DISPLAY ORIENTATIONLANDSCAPE
MULTI PIP SETUPPORTRAIT SETUP
OFF PORTRAIT SETUP
SEAM HIDES VIDEOOFF 
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OFF
AI-SYNCHRONIZATION VIEWING AREA
LOCATION16:9
PORTRAIT SETUP
OFF PORTRAIT SETUP
SEAM HIDES VIDEOOFF 
1
OFF
AI-SYNCHRONIZATION VIEWING AREA
LOCATION16:9
PORTRAIT SETUP
Notes:
•  When using the PORTRAIT function with displays set vertically, “DISPLAY ORIENTATION” in SET UP menu has to be 
set to “PORTRAIT” (see page 43).
• Turn up the power switch for the upward direction when you set Display vertically.
 
						

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SET UP for PORTRAIT
Press to select VIEWING AREA or LOCATION.
Press to select each function.
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 “FULL”.
Press to exit from adjust mode.
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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 ONNotes:
•  
If you set AI-SYNCHRONIZATION to ON, the 
following menus will be unavailable and these 
settings will be  xed to the initial values.
PICTURE menu:  COLOR, TINT, INPUT 
LEVEL (ADVANCED 
SETTINGS)
•  This function cannot be adjusted during 
input from VIDEO terminal.
AI-SYNCHRONIZATION
OFF PORTRAIT SETUP
SEAM HIDES VIDEOOFF 
1
OFF
AI-SYNCHRONIZATION VIEWING AREA
LOCATION16:9
PORTRAIT SETUP
OFF PORTRAIT SETUP
SEAM HIDES VIDEOOFF 
1
OFF
AI-SYNCHRONIZATION VIEWING AREA
LOCATION16:9
PORTRAIT SETUP
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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.
VIEWING AREA / LOCATION
When PORTRAIT SETUP “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:  4:3Suitable to display FULL images. NORMAL 
(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 26) Undisplayed area (48 dots)
 
						

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SIGNAL
EXTENDED LIFE SETTINGS
INPUT LABEL
SET UP
OFF
STANDBY SAVE
OFF
PC POWER MANAGEMENTOFFDVI-D POWER MANAGEMENTOFF
AUTO POWER OFF
OFF
OSD LANGUAGEENGLISH (
US) COMPONENT/RGB-IN SELECT
RGB SCREENSAVER
POWER SAVE
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SIGNAL
EXTENDED LIFE SETTINGS
INPUT LABEL
SET UP
OFF
STANDBY SAVE
OFF
PC POWER MANAGEMENTOFFDVI-D POWER MANAGEMENTOFF
AUTO POWER OFF
OFF
OSD LANGUAGEENGLISH (
US) YUV/RGB-IN SELECT
RGB SCREENSAVER
POWER SAVE
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SET UP 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”
Press to display the SET UP menu.
Press to select the “COMPONENT / RGB-IN SELECT”.
Press to select the desired mode.
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 terminals.
YUV signals  
“YUV”
RGB signals 
 
“RGB”
Press to display the SET UP 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 installed.
•  Make setting of the selected input terminal (SLOT or DVI-D IN).
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SIGNAL
EXTENDED LIFE SETTINGS
INPUT LABEL
SET UP
OFF
STANDBY SAVE
OFF
PC POWER MANAGEMENTOFFDVI-D POWER MANAGEMENTOFF
AUTO POWER OFF
OFF
OSD LANGUAGEENGLISH (
US) COMPONENT/RGB-IN SELECT
RGB SCREENSAVER
POWER SAVE
3D Y/C FILTER (NTSC)
COLOR SYSTEM
SIGNAL
ON
AUTO
3 : 2 PULLDOWN
OFF
[ 
VIDEO ]
NOISE REDUCTION
OFF
3 : 2 PULLDOWN
SIGNAL
OFF
[ 
Digital ] 
NOISE REDUCTION
OFFH-FREQ.
V-FREQ.kHz
Hz 63.98
60.02
DOT CLOCK FREQ.MHz 108.0
SIGNAL FORMAT 1280×1024/60
SIGNAL [ 
COMPONENT ]
XGA MODE
AUTONOISE REDUCTION
OFFH-FREQ.
V-FREQ.kHz
Hz 63.98
60.02
SIGNAL FORMAT 1280×1024/60
SYNC
3 : 2 PULLDOWNAUTO
OFF
SYNC
SIGNAL
H-FREQ.
V-FREQ.kHz
Hz 63.98
60.02
SIGNAL FORMAT 1280×1024/60
[ 
RGB ]
3 : 2 PULLDOWN
XGA MODE
NOISE REDUCTION
OFF AUTO
OFF
AUTO
3D Y/C FILTER (NTSC)
ON
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Press to select the menu to adjust.
Press to adjust the menu.
Press to exit from adjust mode. Note: 
“SIGNAL” setup menu displays a different setting condition for each input signal.3
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SET UP for Input Signals
SIGNAL menu
For VIDEO (S VIDEO)
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 “SET UP” menu during Video (S Video) input signal mode.
(“SIGNAL [VIDEO]” menu is displayed.)
Note:
When ON, this setting only affects NTSC input signals.Press to select the “3D Y/C FILTER (NTSC)”.
Press to set ON / OFF. Press to display the SET UP menu.
Press to select the “SIGNAL”.
Press to display the SIGNAL menu.
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For RGB
For COMPONENT For DigitalPress ACTION  (
  ) button