Setting DVD preferences
: Picture menu (PICTURE)
7MONITOR TYPE
You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play DVDs recorded in the picture’s height/width ratio of 16:9.
•4:3 PS (Pan Scan conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3 (conventional TV). While viewing a wide screen picture, the black bars do not appear, however, the left and right edges of the pictures will not be shown on the screen.
•4:3 LB (Letter Box conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3 (conventional TV). While viewing a wide screen picture, the black bars appear on the top and the bottom of the screen.
•16:9 (Wide television conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is fixed on 16:9 (wide TV).
When you play DVDs recorded in the picture’s height/width ratio of 4:3, the system adjust the ratio of output signal automatically.
Ex.: 4:3 PS | Ex.: 4:3 LB | Ex.: 16:9 |
NOTE
•Even if “4:3 PS” is selected, the screen size may become “4:3 LB” with some DVDs. This depends on how DVDs are recorded.
7PICTURE SOURCE
When you set the scan mode to “480p” or “720p” (see page 18), you can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting whether the content on the disc/file is processed by frame (film source) or by field (video source).
Normally set to “AUTO”.
•AUTO
Used to play a disc/file containing both video and film source materials.
This system recognizes the source type (video or film) of the current disc/file according to the disc/file information.
If the playback picture is unclear or noisy, or the oblique lines of the picture are rough, try to change to other modes.
•FILM
Suitable for playing back a film source disc/file.
•VIDEO (NORMAL)
Suitable for playing back a video source disc/file with relatively a few movements.
•VIDEO (ACTIVE)
Suitable for playing back a video source disc/file with relatively a lot of movements.
7SCREEN SAVER (See page 21.)
You can activate or deactivate screen saver function.
7FILE TYPE
When several types of files are recorded on a disc/device, you can select which files to play.
•AUDIO
Select this to play MP3/WMA files.
•STILL PICTURE
Select this to play JPEG files.
•VIDEO
Select this to play
7HDMI DVI COLOR
When connecting the TV by using HDMI cable, you can adjust the picture appearance, such as image quality, color intensity, and black fading.
•STANDARD
Select this when you need no picture adjustment.
•ENHANCE
This system automatically makes picture adjustment suitable for the picture.
7HDMI OUT
When connecting the TV by using HDMI cable, you can select the type of video signal output from HDMI MONITOR OUT terminal. Normally set to “AUTO”.
•AUTO
This system automatically select the video signal type and outputs according to the type of TV connected with HDMI cable.
•RGB
Select this when no picture appears on the TV with “AUTO” setting. The video signal output is fixed to RGB.
: Audio menu (AUDIO)
7D. RANGE CONTROL
(Dynamic range control)
You can enjoy low level recorded sound clearly at night even at a low volume when listening to the sound with Dolby Digital.
•WIDE RANGE
Select this when you want to enjoy surround sound with its full dynamic range (no effect applied).
•NORMAL
Normally select this to activate this function.
•TV MODE
Select this when you want to fully apply the compression effect (useful at midnight).
NOTE
•When you play a multichannel Dolby Digital source with the surround mode is off, the setting of D. RANGE CONTROL is set to NORMAL automatically.
7HDMI AUDIO OUT
You can select whether the system outputs the audio signal with the video signal from HDMI MONITOR OUT terminal or not.
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