Panasonic Broadcast BT-LH2550 Menu Information
How to Use the On Screen Menu The screen displays eight types of information: input signal status, picture/volume adjusting menu status, sharpness display, FUNCTION display, audio level meter display, menu display, TIME CODE display and CLOSED CAPTION display. Input signal status 1. Main window , sub-window indication • Indicates whether the main window or sub-window is displayed.
How to Use the On Screen Menu (continued) FUNCTION display • Use the menu to open and set up functions. • When “FUNCTION DISPLAY” ( page 32) is set to ON, press any of the "FUNCTION1" to "FUNCTION5" buttons to display the functions assigned to FUNCTION buttons. • This display disappears after 2 seconds of inaction. • “XXXXX” indicates operating status ( page 34, “Functions displayed during FUNCTION button operation”).
How to Use the On Screen Menu (continued) TIME CODE display (TC) • Use the menu to display and set the time code for HD-SDI signal input. It also allows you to switch display mode (VITC, LTC, VUB, LUB). In VITC and LTC display mode: • Displays the time code in hours: minutes: seconds: or frames. • In drop-frame mode, a different delimiter between seconds and frames is used. Note: Read errors are displayed as “--:--:--:--” ( : ) NDF ( .
How to Use the On Screen Menu (continued) Menu operations 1. Press [MENU] to display the MAIN menu. 2. Press [ , [ENTER]. 3. Press [ , ] to select a sub menu and press [ENTER]. The settings in the sub menu change to green. ] to select a menu and push [MAIN MENU] 4. Press [ , ] to select a setting, then press [ENTER]. To cancel, press [MENU]. To return to the previous screen Press the [MENU] button.
How to Use the On Screen Menu (continued) Picture/volume adjusting menu operations 1. Press [ADJUST] to display the picture/volume adjusting menu. 2. Press [ , ] to select item to adjust. The selected item changes to white. 3. Press [ , ] to adjust. PHASE 0-60 (30) CHROMA 0, 10-60 (30) BRIGHT 0-60 (30) B.LIGHT [BACKLIGHT] 0-60 (50) VOLUME 0-60 (0) ( ) : Factory defaults • Setting [B.LIGHT/CONT.] to CONT. [CONTRAST] in the [SYSTEM CONFIG] menu changes the B.LIGHT indication to CONT.
User Data You can save and load up to five combinations of menu settings and picture/volume adjustments as user data. You can also return settings and adjustments to their factory defaults. User data include the following settings. • Menu settings except “SETUP LOAD/SAVE” and “CONTROL/CONTROL” (including button function settings on the monitor front panel) • Screen adjustments made in the picture/volume adjustments menu Saving user data Loading user data 1. Press [MENU] to display the MAIN menu. 2.
Main Menu Menu configuration MAIN MENU MARKER MARKER 16:9 VIDEO CONFIG SYSTEM CONFIG FUNCTION GAMMA SELECT B.LIGHT/CONT. COLOR SPACE BACKLIGHT COLOR TEMP.
Main Menu (continued) MARKER This function is not available in split screen display of the TWO WINDOW function. (CROSS HATCH is not affected.) Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu MARKER 16:9*2*3*4 Setting *1 OFF ON OFF 4:3 13:9 14:9 CNSCO VISTA 95% 93% 90% 88% 80% USER 85% 4:3*2*4 OFF 95% 93% 90% 88% 80% USER 85% BACK*2 NORMAL HALF BLACK CENTER*2 OFF ON Description Turns the MARKER setting on and off. Selects/displays the 16:9 marker type.
Main Menu (continued) Sub menu GPI PRESET1*5 GPI PRESET2*5 Setting 4:3 13:9 14:9 CNSCO VISTA 95% (16:9) 93% (16:9) 90% (16:9) 88% (16:9) 80% (16:9) USER (16:9) 95% (4:3) 93% (4:3) 90% (4:3) 88% (4:3) 80% (4:3) USER (4:3) MARKER TYPE*4*6 TYPE2 TYPE1 CROSS HATCH OFF LOW HIGH Description GPI PRESET1: Selects the marker displayed by the GPI terminal “MARKER1 ON/OFF” ( page 48) operation. GPI PRESET2: Selects the marker displayed by the GPI terminal “MARKER2 ON/OFF” ( page 48) operation.
Main Menu (continued) Marker types ■ 16:9 marker (Displayed for HD input and SD input in 16:9 ratio mode.) This marker is only displayed as a vertical bar. The section becomes the “MARKER BACK”. 4:3 marker ■ 4:3 marker (Displayed for SD input in 4:3 aspect ratio mode) This marker is displayed as a dotted line. 95% Area marker 93% Area marker 90% Area marker 88% Area marker 13:9 marker 14:9 marker VISTA marker, CNSCO marker This marker is displayed as a horizontal dotted line.
Main Menu (continued) ■ “CROSS HATCH” The “CROSS HATCH” function enables display of markers at regular vertical and horizontal intervals to facilitate composition and other tasks. The width of marker lines is 1 dot, the markers consist of 1 line, and are spaced 120 dots apart (fixed value). Each press of the button (“FUNCTION1” to “FUNCTION5”) to which the “CROSS HATCH” has been assigned turns the function on and off.
Main Menu (continued) VIDEO CONFIG Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu GAMMA SELECT*1*2 Settings Description STANDARD STDIO/PST FILM Selects gamma curve. The gamma curve in the sub-window can be set in the split-screen display and sub-window display (single screen) of the “TWO WINDOW” function.
Main Menu (continued) Sub menu Settings Description I-P MODE*2*6 MODE2 MODE1 Selects IP conversion mode. ( page 27, “IP mode”) Both the main window and sub-window can be set up in the split-screen display of the “TWO WINDOW” function. Inter-field interpolation Inter-frame interpolation MONO*2 OFF ON Switches between color and monochrome (MONO). Color Monochrome • When ON, the CHROMA setting of the picture/volume adjusting menu is fixed at 0.
Main Menu (continued) ■ WB adjustment mode Select “VAR1” to “VAR3” for “COLOR TEMP.” in the “VIDEO CONFIG” menu to make “WHITE BALANCE VAR1” to “WHITE BALANCE VAR3” (WB) adjustments. Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu COLOR TEMP.*1 GAIN RED GAIN GREEN GAIN BLUE BIAS RED BIAS GREEN Settings Description USER0 - 6 D93 D65 D56 Selects the color temperature that will become the basis for adjustment.
Main Menu (continued) SYSTEM CONFIG Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu Settings Description B.LIGHT/CONT. BACKLIGHT CONTRAST Selects function to be assigned to BACKLIGHT/CONT. in the picture/ volume adjusting menu. Adjusts the BACKLIGHT. Adjusts the CONTRAST. BACKLIGHT 0 - 50 Adjusts the backlight when the B.LIGHT/CONT. submenu is set to CONTRAST. MENU POSITION CENTER LB RB RT LT Positions the on-screen menu.
Main Menu (continued) ■ CALIBRATION The CALIBRATION function in this unit measures LCD panel characteristics from low to high brightness values and internal monitor processing handles CALIBRATION. CALIBRATION does not rely on image quality settings since internal signals are used for a calibration. CALIBRATION in this unit is made at D65 color temperature and calibrations for other color temperatures are results calculated from this value.
Main Menu (continued) ■ CALIBRATION Select CALIBRATION in the “SYSTEM CONFIG” menu to open the following menus. Sub menu Setting Description AUTO CALIBRATION*1 Connect a CA-210 color analyzer and use this submenu to make a calibration. Select “AUTO CALIBRATION” and select “YES” in the confirmation screen that appears to start calibration. RESET*2 Returns calibration data to their factory defaults.
Main Menu (continued) FUNCTION Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu FUNCTION 1 FUNCTION 5 Settings HV DELAY AUTOSETUP BLUE ONLY GAMMA SELECT COLOR SPACE SD ASPECT SCAN TWO WINDOW SUB INPUT SEL.
Main Menu (continued) ■ FUNCTION setting restrictions Settings are not available under the following conditions. Setting Conditions that disable operation HV DELAY In TWO WINDOW and WFM mode, “INVALID FUNCTION” appears to indicate that operation is disabled. When “RGB-COMP.” is selected under “YPBPR/RGB” or “DVI-COMP.” is selected under “DVI-D” in the “INPUT SELECT” menu, “INVALID FUNCTION” appears to indicate that operation is disabled. AUTO SETUP When something other than “RGB-COMP.
Main Menu (continued) ■ Functions displayed during FUNCTION button operation Pressing any of the [FUNCTION1] to [FUNCTION5] buttons displays the operations assigned to each button as shown below. • HV DELAY DELAY OFF, H DELAY, V DELAY, HV DELAY • AUTOSETUP COMP.AUTOSETUP, COMPLETE, INCOMPLETE, NOT RGB-COMP.
Main Menu (continued) GPI “GPI CONTROL” is used to enable and disable GPI functions and assign functions to each of the GPI terminal pins ( page 48). Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu Settings Description GPI CONTROL DISABLE ENABLE Enables and disables GPI functions Disabled Enabled GPI1 - GPI8 UNDEF MARKER1 ON/OFF MARKER2 ON/OFF MARKER BACK HALF MARKER BACK BLACK CENTER MARKER INPUT SEL. VIDEO INPUT SEL. SDI1 INPUT SEL. SDI2 INPUT SEL. YPBPR/RGB INPUT SEL.
Main Menu (continued) INPUT SELECT Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu Settings Description VIDEO OFF ON Turns VIDEO line to the INPUT button on/off. *1 FORMAT AUTO NTSC PAL Selects the video input format.*2 Automatically selects NTSC or PAL. NTSC PAL NTSC SETUP 75 00 Selects NTSC setup level. <75> Select this function when using 7.5% setup signals. (Adjusts the interior of the monitor to the 7.
Main Menu (continued) ■ COMP. Set “RGB-COMP” under “YPBPR/RGB” in the “INPUT SELECT” menu and select the “RGB-COMP” input line to enable the “COMP” menu. Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu AUTOSETUP Settings Description *1 Automatically adjusts RGB-COMP as well as H POSITION, V POSITION, PHASE and CLOCK settings of input formats. Selecting this submenu opens a confirmation screen and setup starts after choosing "YES" in this screen.
Main Menu (continued) AUDIO Use the following submenus to set headphone output and audio level meters. Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu Settings Description INPUT SELECT AUTO ANALOG Selects input line for audio output to headphone terminal.
Main Menu (continued) DISPLAY SETUP Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu TWO WINDOW SIZE Settings Description L/S M/M S/L Selects size of split-screen displays. main window LARGE, sub-window SMALL main window MEDIUM, sub-window MEDIUM main window SMALL, sub-window LARGE SUB INPUT SEL. VIDEO SDI1 SDI2 YPBPR/RGB DVI-D Selects sub-window input in split-screen display. WFM/ VECTOR OFF WFM VECTOR Switches between “WFM/VECTOR” waveform and vector display.
Main Menu (continued) ■ “WFM/VECTOR” The “WFM/VECTOR” function enables display of the waveform and vector display. Use “DISPLAY SETUP” in the main menu to select “WFM” and “VECTOR” display. ( page 39) Press the button ([FUNCTION1] to [FUNCTION5] ( page 32)) to which the “WFM/VECTOR” function has been assigned to turn the function on and off. (This assumes that the “WFM/VECTOR” function has been assigned to any of the [FUNCTION1] to [FUNCTION5] buttons.
Main Menu (continued) ■ TWO WINDOW function The “TWO WINDOW” function displays two inputs selected from VIDEO, SDI1/2, YPBPR/RGB or DVI-D in two windows. Each press of the button ([FUNCTION1] to [FUNCTION5]) (page 32) to which the "TWO WINDOW" function has been assigned changes the display mode. (In the factory default setting, it is assigned to FUNCTION3.) Press the FUNCTION button to which the TWO WINDOW function has been assigned.
Main Menu (continued) ■ TWO WINDOW size The “TWO WINDOW SIZE” setting in the “DISPLAY SETUP” menu determines the size of the main window and sub-window.
Main Menu (continued) • Main window (HD) and sub-window (SD) 1920 1280 640 960 960 “TWO WINDOW SIZE” setting: L/S “TWO WINDOW SIZE” setting: M/M Display size of main window: 16:9 or 16:10 Display size of sub-window: 4:3 or 5:4 • Main window (SD) and sub-window (HD) 1920 1280 640 960 960 “TWO WINDOW SIZE” setting: L/S “TWO WINDOW SIZE” setting: M/M Display size of main window: 4:3 or 5:4 Display size of sub-window: 16:9 or 16:10 640 1280 “TWO WINDOW SIZE” setting: S/L 640 1280 “TWO WINDOW SIZE”
Main Menu (continued) ■ TWO WINDOW screen sync In single screen display, the TWO WINDOW screen is synchronized to the frame rate frequency of the input signal format. In split screen display, the screen used as a reference for synchronization changes with the input signal format and “TWO WINDOW SIZE” settings as shown in the following table.
Main Menu (continued) CONTROL Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu Settings Description CONTROL LOCAL REMOTE Selects operation. (with control clock) Enables front panel operation Enables remote operation (front panel operation is locked)*1 LOCAL ENABLE*2 DISABLE. INPUT Selects the disabled operation on the front panel when selecting “REMOTE” under “CONTROL”. Disables all front panel operations.
Main Menu (continued) ■ List of setting restrictions ( Input CH CH MARKER : available, ×: not available) VIDEO SDI 1/2 SD HD YPBPR SD HD RGB-VIDEO SD HD RGB-COMP. DVI-VIDEO SD HD DVI-COMP. MARKER*1 × × 16:9*1 × × 4:3*1 × × BACK*1 × × CENTER*1 × × GPI PRESET1*1 × × GPI PRESET2*1 × × × × × × SHARPNESS MODE*4 × × SHARPNESS H*4 × × SHARPNESS V*4 × × MARKER TYPE*1 CROSS HATCH*2 GAMMA SELECT*3 COLOR SPACE *3 COLOR TEMP.
Main Menu (continued) Input CH CH TWO WINDOW SIZE SUB INPUT SEL. WFM/VECTOR POSITION VECTOR MODE DISPLAY VECTOR SCALE SETUP*2 TIME CODE POSITION FONT SIZE MODE SELECT CLOSED CAPTION CAPTION SELECT PHASE CHROMA Picture BRIGHT adjustment*2 CONTRAST BACKLIGHT VIDEO SDI 1/2 SD HD YPBPR SD HD RGB-VIDEO SD HD RGB-COMP. DVI-VIDEO SD HD × *5 × × × × × × *5 × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × *5 × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × DVI-COMP.