Display

Picture

Still Mode

Select the type of picture shown when you pause playback.

	Automatic	Automatically selects the type of picture
	Automatic	shown.

	Field	Select if jittering occurs when “Automatic” is
	Field	selected.
		selected.
	Frame	Select if small text or fine patterns cannot be
	Frame	seen clearly when “Automatic” is selected.
		seen clearly when “Automatic” is selected.

Seamless Play

The chapters segment in playlists are played seamlessly.

≥Select “On”, when the picture freezes for a moment at the chapters segment in playlists.

NTSC Contents Output

Select PAL60 or NTSC output when playing NTSC discs.

Sound

Dynamic Range Compression

You can listen at low volumes but still hear dialog clearly. (Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD only)

≥“Auto” is effective only when playing Dolby TrueHD.

Digital Audio Output (> 35)

Press [OK] to show the following settings.

Dolby D/Dolby D +/Dolby TrueHD

DTS/DTS-HD

MPEG Audio

Select the audio signal to output.

≥Select “PCM”, when the connected equipment cannot decode the respective audio format.

≥Not making the proper settings may result in noise.

BD-Video Secondary Audio

Select whether to mix or not mix the primary audio and secondary audio (including the button click sound). (> 18)

≥If “Off” is selected, the unit outputs the primary audio only.

PCM Down Conversion

Select how to output audio with a sampling frequency of

96 kHz for the PCM output from the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT.

≥If “On” is selected, the signals that are converted to 48 kHz are output.

≥If “Off” is selected, and the connected equipment does not support 96 kHz, the sound will not be output normally.

≥Signals are converted to 48 kHz despite the settings across in the following cases:

–when the signals have a sampling frequency of 192 kHz

–when the disc has copy protection

–when “BD-Video Secondary Audio” is set to “On”

Downmix

Select the downmix system of multi-channel to 2-channels sound.

≥Select “Surround encoded”, when the connected equipment supports the virtual surround function.

≥There is no effect on “Bitstream” via HDMI AV OUT and

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT.

≥The audio will be output in “Stereo” in the following cases.

–AVCHD playback

–Playback of secondary audio (including the button click sound).

7.1ch Audio Reformatting

Surround sound with 6.1ch or less is automatically expanded and played back at 7.1ch.

≥If “Off” is selected, sound is played over the original number of channels.

(Note that in the case of 6.1ch audio, playback will be at 5.1ch.)

Audio reformatting is enabled in the following cases:

≥When you have selected “PCM” in “Digital Audio Output”.

≥When the audio is Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD or LPCM.

High Clarity Sound

When connected to TV via HDMI terminal for outputting image, it produces clearer sound.

≥Set to “Enable” and then set “High Clarity Sound” on the playback menu to “On”. (> 27)

Audio Delay

Mis-sync between the video and audio is corrected by delaying the audio output.

On-Screen Messages

Choose whether to show status messages automatically.

[For[Asia]

On-Screen Language

Choose the language for these menus and on-screen messages.

Screen Saver Function	Settings
This is to prevent burn-in on the screen.	Settings
≥ When this is set to “On”:
If there is no operation for 10 minutes or more, DIRECT
NAVIGATOR screen switches to FUNCTION screen
automatically.
≥ While playing and pausing, etc., this function is not
available.
≥ As for Music [CD-DA] or MP3, regardless of the setting, if
there is no operation for a while, DIRECT NAVIGATOR
screen switches to the other states automatically.

FL Display
Changes the brightness of the unit’s display.

≥If “Automatic” is selected the display is dimmed during playback and bright except during playback.

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