Panasonic th-42px600 User Guide

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 How to Use Menu Functions

(picture, sound quality

, etc.)

Resets all picture adjustments to factory default settings except for “Other adjust” (Set/No)

Basic picture mode (Vivid/Standard/Cinema) (p. 55)

Adjusts color, brightness, etc. for each picture mode to suit your 
taste

Selects level of warm colors (red) and cool colors (blue) (Cool/Normal/Warm)

On : enhances green and blue color reproduction, especially outdoor scenes. (Off/On)

Adjusts the brightness and gradation accordingly, to optimize contrast. (Off/On)

Adjusts vertical alignment and size when aspect setting is “ZOOM” (p. 52)

Sets PC display (p. 30)

Reduces noise, commonly called snow. Leave off when receiving a strong signal. (Off/On)

Minimizes noise and cross-color in the picture. (On/Off)

Selects image resolution of component-connected devices (HD/SD)

 SD: Standard Difinition  HD: high-definition
 Only 480p signal accepted; regular TV (NTSC) is not available.

Reduces noise of specific digital signals of DVD, STB, etc. (On/Off)

Select Dark or Light. Valid only for external input signals. (Dark/Light)

Reset Bass, Treble and Balance adjustments to factory default settings.

Increase or decrease the bass response.

Increase or decrease the treble response.

Emphasize the left / right speaker volume.

Equalize overall volume levels across all channels and external inputs. (On/Off)

BBE ViVA HD3D (High Definition 3D) Sound provides musically accurate natural 3D image with Hi-Fi sound. 
The clarity of the sound is improved by BBE while the width, depth and height of sound image are expanded 
by BBE’s proprietary 3D sound process. BBE ViVA HD3D Sound is compatible with all TV programs 
including news, music, dramas, movies, sports and electronic games. (On/Off)

BBE High Definition Sound restores clarity and presence for better speech intelligibility and 
musical realism. (On/Off)

Enhances audio response when listening to stereo. (On/Off)

Switch to “Off” when using external speakers (On/Off)

 “AI sound”, “Surround” and “Audio leveler” do not work if “Off” is selected

Selects according to the signal when HDMI is connected (Auto/Digital/Analog)

 Auto: Automatically selects Analog / Digital signal

Minimizes volume disparity after switching to external inputs

The TV can automatically turn On/Off at the designated date and time (p. 44)

Locks the channels and programs (p. 38)

Displays SD card data (p. 26)

Enter the TV Guide

Selects the channel with “channel up/down” button (Fav./All)

 Fav.: Only channels registered as FAVORITE (p. 19)

Selects the screen menu language (p. 13)

Adjusts the clock (p. 13)

Sets channels (p. 40)

Select the terminal and the label of the external equipment (p. 42)

Displays subtitles (Closed Caption) (p. 42)

Set to “On”, if you light SD card LED while SD card is inserted. (On/Off)

Turns TV On automatically when the cable box or a connected device is turned On (Off/Set)

 The “Sleep” Timer and “On / Off timer” will not function if “Auto power on” is set.

Increases the brightness of the side bar (Off/Dark/Mid/Bright) (4:3 mode only)
The recommended setting is “Bright” to prevent panel “after image”. (P. 55)

To prevent howling and image oscillation, stops output of the pictures and audio specified in this 
menu. (p. 47)
(Off/Comp.1/Comp.2/HDMI 1/HDMI 2/Video 1/Video 2/Video 3)

 When recording with a VCR using TV Guide, set “Prog-out stop” setting to the terminal 

connected the VCR.

Controls equipment connected to HDMI terminals (p. 34) (On/Off)

 “Power off link” and “Power on link” do not work if “Off” is selected.

Sets “Power off link” of HDMI connection equipment (p. 34) (Set/No)

Sets “Power on link” of HDMI connection equipment (p. 34) (Set/No)

Displays TV version, software license and CableCARD™ information

Performing Reset will clear all items set with Setup, such as channel settings. (p. 40)

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In AV mode, the Audio menu and Setup menu give a smaller number of options.

3

2

4

adjust
or
select

1

 select

 next

select

(example: Picture menu)

Various menus allow you to make settings for the picture, sound, and 
other functions so that you can enjoy watching TV in your own way.

(example: Picture menu)

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Displays the functions that
can be set (varies according
to the input signal)