Personal Preferences, General operation

Preparation

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Personal Preferences

In the Personal Preferences settings menu, you can customize your player to suit your own particular requirements.

General operation:

1Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control.

2 The

will be highlighted in the menu bar.

3Press 4 to activate the Personal Preferences menu.

4Use the 1 2 3 4 keys to toggle through the functions and select your preferred option.

5Press OK to confirm a highlighted selection. The following items are available:

Picture

–TV Shape

Select the aspect ratio of the TV to be connected.

16:9 ➜ when you connect a wide-screen TV to the DVD player.

4:3 LETTER BOX ➜ when you connect a normal TV to the DVD player. Displays a wide picture with bands displayed on the upper and lower portions of the TV screen.

4:3 PAN SCAN ➜ when you connect a normal TV to the DVD player. Displays the wide picture on the whole TV screen with a portion automatically cut off.

16:9

4:3

Letter Box

4:3

Pan Scan

–Black level shift (NTSC output only)

Select ON for adapting the colour dynamics to obtain richer contrasts.

–Video shift

Use this setting to personalize the position of the picture on your TV by scrolling it to the left or right.

–Monitor type selection

Allows you to select the type of display device that is connected to the DVD Video player. For each device, a set of predefined picture settings (eg. Rich-Natural-Soft•Animation) is available. Or choose “Personal” that allows you to fine tune the brightness, saturation and contrast according to your preference.

Notes:

–You can select one of the following display devices: eg.TV, Plasma TV,Video Projector and Projection TV.

Note:

– Pan Scan is subject to availability on the disc.

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