Cambridge Audio DVD player, DVD89 user manual Video setup

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Audio setup page continued Video setup page

7.Dolby Digital Setup: To configure the Dolby Digital decoder, press the SELECT button to enter the Dolby Digital Setup page and press the LEFT ARROW button to exit the Dolby Digital Setup page.

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A. Dual Mono: To choose the output for Dolby Digital discs encoded with two independent audio channels, such as bilingual programs. The options are:

•Stereo – Stereo output

•L-Mono– Left channel output to both Left and Right speakers.

•R-Mono– Right channel output to both Left and Right speakers.

•Mix Mono – Left and Right channels mixed to both Left and Right speakers.

B. Dynamic: To set the Dynamic Range Compression (DRC). DRC can smooth out the sonic peaks and valleys common with wide-range digital audio. Increasing DRC may make low level audio more audible during low-level listening. Decreasing or turning off DRC restores the sonic energy present in the original recording.

8. HDMI Audio: Turns the audio output from the HDMI port on or off.

A. Multi-Channel– Digital audio output via HDMI will be multi-channel PCM format (HDMI 1.1 audio). The Down-mix setting in the “Speaker Setup Page” will affect whether and how multichannel audio content will be down-mixed to stereo. When this option is selected, compressed audio bit streams will decoded by the DVD player.

B. SPDIF – Digital audio output via HDMI will be the same as the SPDIF (digital coaxial/optical audio) output. The SPDIF setting will affect whether 2-channel PCM or raw compressed bit streams will be carried over via HDMI. When this option is selected and SPDIF is set to “Raw”, the TV or HDMI A/V receiver must decode compressed audio formats. (Copyright protection on some DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD discs may prevent audio output via HDMI with this setting.)

C. Off – No digital audio output via HDMI.

1.Sharpness: To set the sharpness of video output. Sharpness level can be set with the following options:

•Sharp – Enables edge enhancement which is an artificial and picture- degrading feature. We recommend leaving this off.

•Soft – Softens edges by smoothing the image which may cause slight loss of details.

•Off (recommended) – Turns off edge enhancement completely.

2. Brightness: Adjusts the brightness (black level) of the video output.

•Press the SELECT button to show the Brightness scale, and then use the LEFT/RIGHT ARROW buttons to adjust.

•Press the SELECT button to confirm the new setting.

3. Contrast: Adjusts the contrast (white level) of the video output.

Important: The ability to set brightness and contrast is no small thing. If you do not have the correct black and white levels then your images can appear washed out or you won’t be able to see into the shadows when watching darker scenes in movies. Televisions have brightness (black level) and contrast (white level) controls; however it may take a combination of tweaking both the DVD player and your television to get just the right result. We recommend using a calibration DVD like AVIA Guide to Home Theater or Digital Video Essentials and setting your display for the best possible picture. Once that is done, see if the DVD player settings can get even closer.

4.Hue: Adjusts the hue (tint) of the video output.

5.Saturation: Adjusts the saturation (color intensity level) of the video output.

6.Gamma: Adjusts the Gamma (the actual transition from black to white) of the video output. The available settings are High, Medium, Low and Off.

7.Color Space: Selects the color space for the HDMI output. The available options are:

•Auto (recommended) – Allows the DVD player to automatically select the best color space based on capability information collected from the TV display.

•YCbCr 4:4:4 – Forces YCbCr 4:4:4 color space. If you select this option please make sure that your TV is configured to accept YCbCr 4:4:4 signals, otherwise the video color will be incorrect.

•RGB – Forces RGB color space. If you select this option please make sure that your TV is configured to accept RGB signals, otherwise the video color will be incorrect.

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