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Panasonic BTLH2550E | BTLH2550E User Guide - Page 1
Operating Instructions LCD Video Monitor Model No. BT-LH2550P Model No. BT-LH2550E DEUTSCH FRANÇAIS ITALIANO ESPAÑOL Für Erlauterungen . Before operating this product, please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. S1108T0 -P D Printed in Japan ENGLISH VQT2A05
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Read this first ! (for BT-LH2550P) ■ THIS EQUIPMENT MUST BE GROUNDED To ensure safe operation, a local or foreign Panasonic authorized service center for assistance in selecting an alternate AC plug. CAUTION: This Monitor is for use only with Panasonic Wall Mount Adaptor, BT-WMA26G. Use with other
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BT-LH2550P Trade Name: Panasonic Responsible Party: Panasonic Corporation of North America One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ07094 Support contact: Panasonic attached installation instructions and the S3125A 14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the
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first ! (for BT-LH2550E) ■ THIS EQUIPMENT shock, do not remove covers. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. CAUTION: THE MAINS PLUG OF THE CAUTION: This Monitor is for use only with Panasonic Wall Mount Adaptor, BT-WMA26G. Use with other Wall Mount is
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Read this first ! (for BT-LH2550E) (continued) Operating precaution Operation near any appliance which generates a replacement cover is obtained. A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your local Panasonic Dealer. How to replace the fuse 1. Open the fuse compartment with a screwdriver. 2.
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standards and operating environment (BT-LH2550E) The apparatus is compliant cables If your apparatus supports AES/EBU serial digital attached on cable(s) following instructions in this manual. 3. Performance level The of signal transmission towers, cellular phones, etc.). In order to minimize
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ambient temperatures. • Let authorized service person handle installation. Be sure to consult with the service person about the installation. Make BT-LH2550P> Power cord × 1 Power cord hook × 1 Screw × 1 (for securing power cord) AC Adaptor × 1 DC cord × 1 CD-ROM × 1 Optional units
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Outline The BT-LH2550 LCD monitor is a 25.5 inch full HD LCD display panel designed especially for broadcasting service and business use. ■ Compact 25.5 compatible), VIDEO, YPBPR/RGB, DVI-D (HDCP compatible) input jacks. • It supports both NTSC and PAL TV broadcast systems. ■ A host of functions •
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Dimensions Video monitor unit Unit: mm (inches) 346 (13.6) 18 (0.7) 196 (7.7) 220 (8.7) 12 (0.5) 370 (14.6) 599 (23.6) 550.08 (21.7) 100 (3.9) 60 (2.4) 343.8 (13.5) 410 (16.1) 440 (17.3) 215 (8.5) 100 (3.9) 116.5 (4.6) 200 (7.9) 100 (3.9) 169 (6.7) 10-M4,L=10mm Max 30 (1.2) 46 (1.8) •
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Controls and Their Functions Video monitor unit Front view Rear view 6 5 Tally lamp ( page 35, 48) The color of the tally lamp Indicates monitor status. Front panel controls ( page 11) POWER switch ( / ) The POWER switch is located at the bottom of the front panel. This switch turns the power On
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Controls and Their Functions (continued) Front panel controls 78 9 10 7 INPUT button ( ) Selects the signal input line. Each press of the button changes the lines in the following order: VIDEO DVI-D. SDI1 SDI2 YPBPR/RGB VIDEO : VIDEO input SDI1 : Serial digital interface input (HD/SD
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output when [SDI1] or [SDI2] is selected using the [INPUT] button. It is not output when something other than SDI is selected. This terminal supports embedded audio. 12 DVI-D terminal (DVI-D) An HDCP compliant DVI-D signal input terminal. 13 VIDEO terminal (BNC)*1 IN : This is the VIDEO signal
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Controls and Their Functions (continued) AC Adapter 1 23 4 AC IN (AC inlet) This is the AC input terminal. POWER switch (ON : , OFF : ) This switch turns the AC adapter on and off. POWER lamp This lamp lights green when the POWER switch is set to on. DC OUT This is the DC output terminal. This
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Power Supply Connecting the power cord 1. Connect the power cord to the AC inlet of the AC adapter. 4. Connect the power cord to an AC outlet. 5. Turn on the POWER switch. The POWER LED lights green. Power cord hook Screw Power cord Use the supplied screw (for securing power cord) and the
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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 Picture/volume
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[MAIN MENU] • This is the menu display. • It disappears after 2 minutes of inaction. • You can change position of the display ( "MENU POSITION"). page 29, Displays instructions on menu button operations. 16
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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. •
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How to Use the On Screen Menu (continued) Menu operations 1. Press [MENU] to display the MAIN menu. 3. Press [ , ] to select a sub menu and press [ENTER]. The settings in the sub menu change to green. 2. Press [ , ] to select a menu and push [ENTER]. [MAIN MENU] 4. Press [ , ] to select a setting
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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
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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" (
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Main Menu Menu configuration MAIN MENU MARKER VIDEO CONFIG SYSTEM CONFIG FUNCTION GPI INPUT SELECT AUDIO DISPLAY SETUP CONTROL HOURMETER B.LIGHT/CONT. BACKLIGHT MENU POSITION STATUS DISPLAY SETUP LOAD SETUP SAVE POWER ON SETUP COLOR SPACE POWER SAVE MODE CALIBRATION FUNCTION1 FUNCTION2 FUNCTION3
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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 4:3*2*4 BACK*2 CENTER*2 Setting OFF*1 ON OFF 4:3 13:9 14:9 CNSCO VISTA 95% 93% 90
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selected. MARKER TYPE*4*6 TYPE2 TYPE1 Selects conventional monitor or camera recorder marker size. Marker size compliant with the camera recorder (Panasonic) The marker has the same size as that of the previous model (BT-LH2600W). CROSS HATCH OFF LOW HIGH Turns the cross hatch
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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 (Displayed for SD input in 4:3 aspect ratio mode) This marker is displayed as a dotted
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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
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the split-screen display and sub-window display (single screen) of the "TWO WINDOW" function. SMPTE-C standard EBU standard ITU-R BT. 709 standard Sets the gamma curve to 2.2 in wide color gamut (using Adobe color space) mode. Sets the gamma curve to
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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
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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
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Main Menu (continued) SYSTEM CONFIG Sub menu Settings B.LIGHT/CONT. BACKLIGHT CONTRAST BACKLIGHT MENU POSITION STATUS DISPLAY 0 - 50 CENTER LB RB RT LT OFF 3SEC OFF CONTINUE SETUP LOAD SETUP SAVE POWER ON SETUP POWER SAVE MODE USER5*1*2 USER4*1*2 USER3*1*2 USER2*1*2 USER1*1*2 FACTORY USER5*2
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3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 GND (Straight) BT-LH2550 Side Pin number Signal 1 N.C. 2 TXD 3 RXD 4 DSR 5 GND 6 been calibrated. For details on setup procedures, refer to the CA-210 User's Guide. Calibration W R G B x 0.3091 0.6759 0.2029 0.1495 y 0.
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Main Menu (continued) ■ CALIBRATION Select CALIBRATION in the "SYSTEM CONFIG" menu to open the following menus. Sub menu AUTO CALIBRATION*1 RESET*2 Setting Description Connect a CA-210 color analyzer and use this submenu to make a calibration. Select "AUTO CALIBRATION" and select "YES" in the
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Main Menu (continued) FUNCTION Sub menu FUNCTION 1 FUNCTION 5 FUNCTION DISPLAY Settings HV DELAY AUTOSETUP BLUE ONLY GAMMA SELECT COLOR SPACE SD ASPECT SCAN TWO WINDOW SUB INPUT SEL. WFM/VECTOR MARKER LEVEL METER CROSS HATCH MONO TIME CODE CLOSED CAPTION ANAMO UNDEF (Factory default: FUNCTION1:
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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 "
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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
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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 GPI CONTROL GPI1 - GPI8 Settings DISABLE ENABLE UNDEF MARKER1 ON/OFF MARKER2 ON/OFF MARKER
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Main Menu (continued) INPUT SELECT Sub menu VIDEO FORMAT NTSC SETUP Settings OFF ON AUTO NTSC PAL 75 00 SDI1 SDI2 YPBPR/RGB MODE OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON YPBPR RGB-VIDEO RGB-COMP. COMPONENT LEVEL SMPTE B75 B00 SELECT SYNC INT EXT COMP. DVI-D MODE OFF ON DVI-VIDEO DVI-COMP. Underlined values
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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. Sub menu Settings AUTOSETUP*1 H POSITION V POSITION PHASE CLOCK WXGA/XGA RESET 0 - 30 - 60 0 - 30 - 60 0 - 16 - 60 700 - 2200 (Factory
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Main Menu (continued) AUDIO Use the following submenus to set headphone output and audio level meters. Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Sub menu INPUT SELECT Settings AUTO ANALOG Description Selects input line for audio output to headphone terminal. When an SDI input line is
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Main Menu (continued) DISPLAY SETUP Sub menu TWO WINDOW SIZE Settings L/S M/M S/L SUB INPUT SEL. WFM/ VECTOR POSITION VIDEO SDI1 SDI2 YPBPR/RGB DVI-D OFF WFM VECTOR LB RB RT LT VECTOR × 8 MODE × 4 × 2 × 1 VECTOR SCALE 100% 75% TIME CODE POSITION OFF ON TOP LEFT CENTER RIGHT FONT SIZE
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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
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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. (
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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 window (SD) and sub-window (SD) 1920 1280 640 960 960 640 1280 "TWO WINDOW SIZE" setting: L/S "TWO WINDOW SIZE" setting: M/M "TWO
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Main Menu (continued) • Main window (HD) and sub-window (SD) 1920 1280 640 960 960 640 1280 "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 "TWO WINDOW SIZE" setting: S/L • Main window (SD) and
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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
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Main Menu (continued) CONTROL Sub menu CONTROL Settings LOCAL REMOTE LOCAL ENABLE*2 DISABLE. INPUT Underlined values indicate factory defaults. Description Selects operation. (with control clock) Enables front panel operation Enables remote operation (front panel operation is
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Main Menu (continued) ■ List of setting restrictions ( : available, ×: not available) CH MARKER VIDEO CONFIG INPUT SELECT *2 AUDIO*2 Input CH MARKER*1 16:9*1 4:3*1 BACK*1 CENTER*1 GPI PRESET1*1 GPI PRESET2*1 MARKER TYPE*1 CROSS HATCH*2 GAMMA SELECT*3 COLOR SPACE *3 COLOR TEMP.*4 SHARPNESS MODE*4
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Main Menu (continued) Input CH VIDEO SDI 1/2 YPBPR RGB-VIDEO RGB-COMP. CH SD HD SD HD SD HD TWO WINDOW SIZE × SUB INPUT SEL. WFM/VECTOR *5 *5 *5 × × × POSITION × × × VECTOR MODE × × × × × × DISPLAY VECTOR SCALE SETUP*2 TIME CODE × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
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REMOTE Specifications This monitor permits remote operation via GPI/RS-232C terminal. GPI terminal GPI screen items correspond to the following terminals. Use the GPI menu to assign functions to each terminal ( page 35). Functions assigned to terminals are executed when GND (pin 5) is short-
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dealer. RS-232C terminals (9P) PC Side Pin number Signal 1 N.C. 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 N.C. (Straight) BT-LH2550 Side Pin number Signal 1 N.C. 2 TXD 3 RXD 4 DSR 5 GND 6 DTR 7 CTS 8 RTS 9 N.C. RS-232C remote control method ■ Connectors
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REMOTE Specifications (continued) ■ Setting command No Command Description 1 IIS*1 Input switch VPC*2 2 Image quality adjustment 3 OBO*2 4 OHV*1 5 VBL*2 6 DCH*2 7 DSD*2 8 ISM*2 9 IRF*2 10 ISM*2 DMK*3 Blue only HV Delay Backlight Cross hatch Status display Analog mode SELECT Sync DVI-D mode
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: 800 × 600 (70 Hz) 65: 1280 × 768 (50 Hz) 66: 1600 × 1200(60 Hz) 67: 1920 × 1200(60 Hz) FF: UNSUPPORT SIGNAL 18 QID Model BT-LH2550 *1 When both 16:9 and 4:3 markers are displayed, the 16:9 marker state is returned. 51
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inspections to enable long-term, full use of all its functions. Necessity of periodic maintenance service The backlight in the LCD panel is a consumable component that deteriorates over time leading to off the power and then turn it back on. If the problem still persists, consult your dealer. 52
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XLR 4 pins × 1 Output: VIDEO output terminals BNC × 1 Through-out (Automatic 75 Ω termination) ■ Standard accessories Power cord Power cord hook Screw AC Adaptor DC cord CD-ROM AC mains lead AC mains lead hook Screw AC Adaptor DC cord CD-ROM ■ Optional units Wall
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Specifictions (continued) ■ List of compatible signal formats ( : Compatible, : Limited compatibility) Input signal formats VIDEO SDI1 SDI2 YPBPR RGB-VIDEO RGB-COMP. DVI-VIDEO DVI-COMP. NTSC PAL 480/59.94i 480/59.94p 576/50i 576/50p 720/50p 720/59.94p 720/60p 1035/59.94i *1 *1 *1
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MEMO 55
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24 Hr. Fax: 800-334-4880 Emergency after hour parts orders Tel: 800-334-4881 e-mail: [email protected] TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Emergency 24 Hour Service Tel: 800-222-0741 e-mail: [email protected] Panasonic Canada Inc. 5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 2T3 Tel: 905-624-5010

Section	Page
TABLE OF CONTENTS	7
Precautions for Use	7
Standard accessories	7
Optional units	7
Outline	8
Dimensions	9
Controls and Their Functions	10
Video monitor unit	10
Front panel controls	11
Rear panel terminals	12
AC Adapter	13
Power Supply.	14
How to Use the On Screen Menu.	15
User Data	20
Main Menu	21
Menu configuration	21
MARKER.	22
Marker types	24
VIDEO CONFIG	26
SYSTEM CONFIG	29
FUNCTION.	32
GPI	35
INPUT SELECT	36
AUDIO.	38
DISPLAY SETUP	39
CONTROL	45
HOURMETER	45
REMOTE Specifications	48
Maintenance inspecions.	52
Maintenance	52
Error Display	52