MSB Technology DVD Audio Player user manual Screen sizes and disc formats, Widescreen TV users

Discs spin at high speed inside the player. If you can see that a disc is cracked, chipped, warped, or otherwise damaged, don’t risk using it in your player—you could end up damaging the unit. This unit is designed for use with conventional, fully circular discs only. Use of shaped discs is not recommended for this product. We disclaim all liability arising in connection with the use of shaped discs.

Screen sizes and disc formats

DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3. Televisions, too, come in different aspect ratios: ‘standard’ 4:3 and widescreen 16:9.

Widescreen TV users

If you have a widescreen TV, the TV Screen setting of this player should be set to 16:9(Wide). When you watch discs recorded in 4:3 format, you can use the TV controls to select how the picture is presented. Your TV may offer various zoom and stretch options; see the instructions that came with your TV for details. Please note that some movie aspect ratios are wider than 16:9, so even though you have a widescreen TV, these discs will still play in a ‘letterbox’ style with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. If you have a progressive-scan compatible widescreen TV, you can choose 16:9(Compressed). This setting displays 4:3 material with black bars either side of the picture.

Standard TV users

If you have a standard TV, the TV Screen setting (page 60) of this player should be set to 4:3 (Letter Box) or 4:3 (Pan&Scan), depending on which you prefer. Set to 4:3 (Letter Box), widescreen discs are shown with black bars top and bottom. Set to 4:3 (Pan&Scan), widescreen discs are shown with the left and right sides cropped. Although the picture looks larger, you don’t actually see the whole picture. Please note that many widescreen discs override the player’s settings so that the disc is shown in letterbox format regardless of the setting. Using the 16.9 (Wide) setting with a standard 4:3 TV, or either of the 4:3 settings with a widescreen TV, will result in a distorted picture.

Watching NTSC on a PAL TV

Most models of the newly developed countdown PAL TV system detect 50 Hz (PAL)/60 Hz (NTSC) and automatically switch vertical amplitude, resulting in a display without vertical shrinkage. If your PAL TV does not have a V-Hold control, you may not be able to watch NTSC discs because of picture roll. If the TV has a V-Hold control, adjust it until the picture stops rolling. On some TVs, the picture may shrink vertically, leaving black bands at the top and bottom of the screen. This is not a malfunction; it is caused by the NTSC to PAL conversion.

About the audio output settings

The table below shows how the audio settings you make in the Digital Audio Out and Audio Output Mode screens affect the output from the various outputs with various types of disc. The PCM CONVERT column shown is with the Dolby Digital > PCM, MPEG > PCM or DTS > PCM setting. Note that some DVD-Audio discs prohibit downmixing and turn off the PCM Digital outputs.

AUDIO	PLAYER	VOLUME	LINE LEVEL		DIGITAL OUT	DIGITAL OUT
		CONTROLED		MSB NETWORK	WITH PCM
FORMAT	SETTING		OUTPUTS			WITH BITSTREAM
		ANALOG			CONVERT
DOLBY	2 CH	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	DOLBY DIGITAL
DIGITAL	5.1 CH	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT
DTS	2 CH	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	DTS
	5.1 CH	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT
DVD- AUDIO	2 CH	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX
	5.1 CH	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT
SACD	2 CH	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	-	-	-
	5.1 CH	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT
DTS CD	2 CH	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	2 CH DOWNMIX	DTS	DTS
	5.1 CH	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT	6 CH OUT
CD	2 CH/5.1 CH	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT
DOLBY
DIGITAL	2 CH/5.1 CH	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	DOLBY DIGITAL
KARAOKE
DVD WITH	2 CH/5.1 CH	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT
PCM
MPEG	2 CH/5.1 CH	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	MPEG
						DOLBY DIGITAL,
DVD RW	2 CH/5.1 CH	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	MPEG OR
						PCM
VIDEO CD /	2 CH/5.1 CH	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT	LEFT/RIGHT
SUPER VCD

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