JVC SP-THC40C, SP-THC60S, SP-THC60F, SP-THC40S, SP-THC40F Setting DVDpreferences, Audio menu Audio

Setting DVDpreferences

•MONITORTYPE

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 (comrentional 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 (comrentional 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 atttomatically.

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.

•PICTURESOURCE

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 flame (film source) or by field (video source).

Normally set to "AUTO".

•AUTO

Used to play a disc/file containing both video and fihn 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 fbr playing back a fihn source disc/file.

•VIDEO (NORMAL)

Suitable fbr playing back a video source disc/file with relatively a few nlovements.

•VIDEO (ACTIVE)

Suitable fbr playing back a video source disc/file with relatively a lot of movements.

•SCREENSAVER(See page 21.)

You can acti'_:tte or deactivate screen saver function.

•FILETYPE

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 ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1/DivX files.

•HDMIDVICOLOR

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.

•HDMIOUT

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)

•D.RANGECONTROL

(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.

•HDMIAUDIOOUT

You can select whether the system outputs the audio signal with the

video signal from HDMI MONITOR OUT ternfinal or not.

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