Adjusting picture and sound quality

Playback Adjusting picture and sound quality

CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS SHARPNESS COLOR

INTEGRATED

GAMMA 3D-NR DNR RE-MASTER

Adjusting the picture

During video playback, pressing each of the following buttons will display the corresponding on-screen adjustment as shown in the illustration on the right. Adjustments are made in units of 1 each time the button is pressed. You can also make the same adjustments by pressing the left or right cursor keys.

Contrast

Press the buttons below.

CONTRAST Contrast

Increases the contrast between light and dark parts of the picture (7 to 7).

	BRIGHTNESS	Brightness
		Brightens the picture (0 to 15).
		Sharpness


	SHARPNESS	Adjusts the sharpness of the edges of the horizontal
	SHARPNESS	lines (6 to 6).
		lines (6 to 6).
		Color

	COLOR
	COLOR	Adjusts the shade of the picture’s color
		Adjusts the shade of the picture’s color
		(7 to 7).

GAMMA

3D-NR

INTEGRATED

DNR

Gamma

Adjusts the brightness of dark portions of the screen (0 to 5).

3D-NR (Noise Reduction)

Reduces the rough noise in the background to give a greater feeling of depth (0 to 4).

Integrated DNR

(Digital Noise Reduction)

Smooths block noise and reduces the smudging that appears around contrasting sections of the picture (0 to 3).

Reproducing more natural audio

The purpose of the Re-master function is to add audio to portions of a track where audio was not recorded, or to reproduce audio signals that were lost in a natural, rich manner.

RE-MASTER	Re-master
	[DVD-V][DVD-VR][CD]

During multi-channel output		Tracks recorded with 48 kHz only
This feature reproduces the frequencies lost during recording to give you a sound closer		This may not work depending on the
to the original.
During 2 ch output		NOTE disc’s recording.
This feature gives you a more natural sound by adding higher frequency signals not		When connecting with DIGITAL

	recorded on the track. (For example, playing DVD-Video recorded with 48 kHz at 96 kHz.)	AUDIO OUT terminal, the actual
		output sampling frequency depends
		output sampling frequency depends
	Press [RE-MASTER] to select “1”, “2” or “3”.	on “Digital Audio Output” setting in
	Press [RE-MASTER] to select “1”, “2” or “3”.	“Audio” tab (➡ 22).
		“Audio” tab (➡ 22).

“Re-Master” has three different modes. Select the one that you like best.

Setting	When playing LPCM sound	Other types of sound
Setting	Type of music	Effect level
	Type of music	Effect level
1	High tempo (e.g., pop and rock)	Light
2	Various tempos (e.g., jazz)	Medium
3	Low tempo (e.g., classical)	Strong
Off	Off	Off

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