Selecting Video TV Aspect and Picture Mode

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Setup

INITIAL SETUP SETTINGS

SELECTING VIDEO TV ASPECT AND PICTURE MODE

To select the appropriate display mode according to your TV set, one selects the SETUP menu form the remote. Choose ‘Video’, ‘Display Mode’, then the three choices that best fit your TV set.

1From the drop-down menu of the OSD screen, use the navigation arrows to select ‘Video’ and press ENTER on the remote.

2Use the navigation keys to select the desired ‘Display Mode’ and press ENTER on the remote

‘Widescreen 16:9’: Select when a wide-screen TV set is connected. Played in FULL size. (Setting the wide- screen TV to FULL mode is also necessary)

‘Letterbox 4:3’: The video material not formatted in the Pan & Scan style is played back in the letterbox style (black bands appear at top and bottom of screen).

‘Pan Scan 4:3’: Select when a conventional TV set is connected. The video material formatted in the Pan & Scan style is played back in that style (the left and right edges are cut off).

Cut Off

16:9 Wide

4:3 Letterbox

4:3 Panscan

NOTES

•Each screen shows an example when the video material for a widescreen is played. (This setting does not affect the video material for conventional size.)

Select Picture mode depending on the format; video or film. AUTO will switch between the two formats during playback.

NOTE

• For best performance, select AUTO when ever the format is unknown.

SELECTING SCAN TYPE

To select the appropriate scan type according to your TV set, one toggles the RES. (resolution) button on the M3 remote control. For each signal mode, NTSC or PAL there are four choices available. For NTSC the choices are: 480, 720p, and 1080i. For PAL, the four choices are: 576, 720p, and 1080i. See chart below for scan type availability.

1Observe the choices on the VFD.

2Observe the choices on the video outputs as OSD.

There are four modes for scanning depending on your TV set, two are Progressive scan, the other two are interlaced scan. Select the scan type that best suites your TV set.

NOTES

Progressive scan is available in NTSC and PAL, but may be limited or prohibited by copy protection on some media.

When VGA is set to ON, only 480i/576i will be available on the Component Output Refer to page 37 for scan types available for each video output

Not all monitors will be able to display VGA settings of 1080i. Please refer to your monitor’s instruction manual for scan type settings and compatibility.

TV Aspect	Widescreen 16:9
Picture Mode	Letter box 4:3
Signal Mode	Pan Scan 4:3
Black Level
Brightness
Contrast
Hue
Sharpness
Gamma
Video Output

TV Aspect	Auto
Picture Mode	Film
Signal Mode	Video
Black Level
Brightness
Contrast
Hue
Sharpness
Gamma
Video Output

HDMI = 480P

VGA = 480P

COMPONENT = 480P

HDMI = 576P

VGA = 576P

COMPONENT = 576P

HDMI = 720P

VGA = 720P COMPONENT = 720P

HDMI = 1080I

VGA = 1080I COMPONENT = 1080I

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