Selecting Preferences
MONITOR TYPE
You can select a monitor type when you playback DVD discs recorded for wide screen televisions.
If your television has a normal (4:3) screen, select “4:3 PS ” (cuts both sides of the “wide” picture) or “4:3 LB ” (with masking bars to maintain the “wide” aspect ratio).
[on DVD disc] | [4:3 (normal) television screen] |
| |
| converted and output |
| letter box conversion |
squeezed recording | [16:9 wide television screen] |
| pan scan conversion |
If your television has a wide (16:9) screen, you have to select “16:9 WIDE”.
AV COMPULINK MODE
If you use the AV Compulink system, you must set this item correctly.
Select from the three options: DVD1, DVD2 and DVD3 according to the equipment to be connected.
See “AV Compulink remote control system” on pages 62.
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT
To connect the player‘s digital output with an external amplifier or receiver equipped with a digital input, this item must be set correctly.
PCM ONLY: to connect to a PCM digital input of a piece of audio equipment.
The following chart shows the relationship between kinds of playback discs and output signals.
Playback discs | Output | Output |
| (PCM ONLY | |
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| mode) |
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DVD with | ← | |
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DVD with | ← | |
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DVD with | no output | ← |
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DVD with Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital bitstream | |
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| linear |
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| PCM |
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DVD with MPEG audio | ← | |
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CD | ← | |
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Video CD | ← |
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