Changing the unit’s settings (continued)
≥Underlined items are the factory presets.
ªDisplay
Choose whether to show
[Automatic] [Off]
Grey Background
Select whether to show the grey background, normally shown when television reception is poor.
[On] [Off]
Channel Guide
[On] [Off]
On
The Channel Guide will appear for a few seconds each time the channel is changed with [X, W, CH] (18).
Off
The Channel Guide will not appear.
FL Display
Changes the brightness of the unit’s display. [Bright] [Dim]
ªConnection
TV Aspect (page 19)
Choose the setting to suit your television and preference. [Norm (4:3)] [Wide (16:9)]
TV System
[PAL] [NTSC]
PAL
Select when connecting to a PAL or
NTSC
Select when connecting to a NTSC television. Select to record NTSC input from other equipment. Television programmes cannot be recorded properly.
≥To change the TV system (PAL/NTSC) setting:
While stopped, keep pressing [∫] (7) and [<, OPEN/CLOSE]
(39) on the main unit for 5 or more seconds.
≥If the playback picture on the TV screen from a Video CD isn’t shown correctly:
- When connecting to
- When connecting to PAL TV, the lower part of the picture cannot be displayed correctly during the fast forward and rewind.
Norm (4:3) TV Settings (DVD-Video)
You can select how to reflect the image on the TV, when you watch 16:9 images
[Pan & Scan] [Letterbox]
Pan & Scan
Video recorded for a widescreen is played with the sides cut off if the pan & scan was specified by the producer of the disc. 16:9 software prohibited from being shown in the pan
&scan style will appear in the letterbox style (with black bands above and below the picture) despite the setting here.
Letterbox
Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the letterbox style.
Norm (4:3) TV Settings (DVD-RAM)
You can select how to reflect the image on the TV, when you watch 16:9 images
[Norm (4:3)] [Pan & Scan] [Letterbox]
Norm (4:3)
Programmes played as recorded.
Pan & Scan
Video recorded for a widescreen is played with the sides cut off if the pan & scan format is specified at the time of recording.
Letterbox
Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the letterbox style.
AV1/AV2 Settings
(Press [ENTER] (10) to show the following settings. To return to the previous screen, press [RETURN] (23).)
AV1 Output
[Video]
AV2 Input
[Video]
AV2 Connection
[NORMAL] [DECODER] [Ext Link 1] [Ext Link 2]
DECODER
When a decoder is connected.
Ext Link 1
When a digital receiver which transmits a special control signal recordings via the
Ext Link 2
When an external equipment with a timer function is connected for the linked timer recordings.
≥If you connect an other equipment with RGB output capability to the AV2 socket on this unit, the output signal of the equipment must be set to RGB when you have set “AV2 Input” to “RGB (PAL only)”.
≥This setting is fixed with “EXT” if you set “TV System” to “NTSC”.
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