Setting on screen display
On screen display can be switched on or off when you press the DISPLAY button.
1Press SETUP in the stop mode. Press 
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to select “Picture”.
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On: On screen displays appears when you press any buttons (factory setting).
Off: On screen displays do not appear when you press any buttons except SETUP, SEARCH, PLAY MODE, MARKER and DISPLAY.
4To make SETUP screen disappear, press SETUP.
Status display of disc
Each press of DISPLAY, the status display of the disc will appear on the screen and change as follows.
DVD
00:34:56 | 01:12:33 | 00:34:56 01:12:33 | |
| Title | 1/99 Chapter 1/999 | 1/9 |
| 1/8 | Eng DolbyDigital |
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| 1/32 | Eng |
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To make status display disappear, press DISPLAY again.
AUDIO CD
34:56 71:33
Track 11/99
When you playback the CD disc, the status display will appear on the screen and continue displaying.
Dynamic Range Control
DRC (Dynamic Range Control) enables you to control the dynamic range so as to achieve a suitable sound for your equipment.
1Press SETUP in the stop mode. Press 
or 
to select “Sound”.
Progressive scan
The unit supports the Progressive scanning system as well as the conventional interlaced scanning system. If your TV is equipped with component jacks which support the progressive video input, you can enjoy high quality picture by making the Progressive scanning mode active.
Video selector switch
1Press PROGRESSIVE in the stop mode.
The PROGRESSIVE indicator “
” on the display window will light.
•The unit recognizes the picture source (film or video) of the current disc according to the disc information.
2Press PLAY to start playback.
•To make the progressive scanning mode inactive, press PROGRESSIVE in the stop mode.
The PROGRESSIVE indicator “
” on the display window will go off.
About PROGRESSIVE SCANNING MODE
To display video on the TV screen, the conventional scanning method is called “Interlaced scanning.” With this method, only half of the horizontal lines are displayed at a time. So two fields complete a single picture (frame); i.e., the first field, containing all the
The Progressive scanning system scans all horizontal lines at a time, so you can double the number of lines compared with the interlaced scanning, resulting in a
To enjoy a progressive scanned video, the TV connected to the unit must have Progressive inputs.
Depending on the material source format, DVD discs can be classified into two categories; film and video (note that some DVD discs contain both a film source and a video source). Film sources are recorded as
When the unit plays back a film source material, uninterlaced progressive output signals are created using
2Press 
or ENTER to select “DRC”.
3Press 
or ENTER, then press 
or 
to select desired setting.
Language Picture Sound Parental Other
DRC | Std |
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/Enter/Setup/Return
the original information. When a video source material is played back, the unit interleaves lines between the interlaced lines on each to create the interpolated picture and outputs as the progressive signal.
NOTES:
• Some discs may not be played back with the progressive scan- |
ning mode correctly because of the disc characteristics or re- |
cording condition. |
Max: Full dynamic range is increased.
Std: Full dynamic range is maintained.
Min: Dynamic range is reduced.
NOTES:
•This function works only during playback of Dolby Digital recorded discs.
•The level of Dynamic Range Reduction may differ depending on DVD video disc.
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• There are some progressive TV and |
are not fully compatible with the unit, resulting in the unnatural |
picture when playing back a DVD disc in the Progressive scan- |
ning mode. In such a case, use the Interlaced scanning mode. |
• You cannot make the progressive scanning mode active in fol- |
lowing cases. |
– The unit is in the VCR mode. |
– The disc is played back in the DVD mode. |
– The |