JBL DSC 400, DSC 800 TV Display Setting, TV Type Setting, Multi/NTSC/PAL, G E N E R A L S E T U P

G E N E R A L S E T U P

TV Display Setting	• Depending on the DVD, 4:3 Letter-	If you wish to change the TV Type
Path: Main Page ➞ General Page ➞	box may be selected automatically	setting, follow the 3 steps below.
	instead of 4:3 Pan & Scan and vice	1. Press SETUP to enter SETUP
TV Display
	versa.
		MENU. Select GENERAL SETUP
	• You must also set the screen mode
		(see page 27), then press ENTER.
	on your widescreen TV to “FULL”.
NORMAL / PS		2. Select TV TYPE using (D/E), then
NORMAL / LB	• If WIDE is selected and a normal TV
W IDE 16:9		press ( ) to go to the right option
	is connected, 16:9 content will
		list. Select MULTI, NTSC or PAL
	appear distorted during playback
		using (D/E), then press ENTER to
	(objects look thin).
		confirm your selection.
	• If WIDE is selected and a normal 4:3
	TV, switchable to 16:9 mode, is
Selects the aspect ratio of the TV set	connected, to avoid vertically	M U LT I
	distorted videos the TV must be
to be connected.		N TS C
	turned to 16:9 mode manually when	PA L
• NORMAL/PS (4:3 Pan & Scan	16:9 content is played. This is done
mode):Used when you connect a	automatically when the unit is
normal TV to the system. Displays a	connected to the TV via SCART, but
wide picture on the whole TV	then the TV must be turned to 4:3
screen with a portion (right and left	mode manually when 4:3 content is	3. Press SETUP again to exit SETUP
sides of the picture) automatically	played, otherwise it will be shown
cut off.	compressed vertically.	MENU. The TV type selected will
• NORMAL/LB (4:3 Letterbox mode):		be activated.
Used when you connect a normal		Note
TV to the system. Displays a wide	TV Type Setting	• You can change TV system
picture with bands displayed on the		temporarily without changing the
upper and lower portions of the	(Multi/NTSC/PAL)	Default setting by pressing N/P
screen.	Your TV is either a PAL or multi-	(NTSC/PAL) on the remote control.
• WIDE (16:9 Widescreen mode):		However, when power is switched
	system TV.
Used when you connect a wide-		off or the disc drawer is opened, the
screen TV to the system or a normal	The initial Default TV Type setting of	TV type will automatically revert
4:3 TV, that can be turned to 16:9	this system is “PAL“. This setting will	back to the initial Default setting.
mode.	allow PAL discs to play properly on
	both PAL TV's and multi-system TV's.
NORMAL/PS	And with this setting, NTSC discs will
	also be played properly, as the unit
	will convert NTSC signals to the
	PAL60 format which is compatible
	with most PAL TVs and all multi TV
	types. Only old PAL TVs are not
NORMAL/LB	compatible with PAL60 and cannot be
	used with NTSC discs (no matter
	which setting is made).
	No further adjustment is necessary.
WIDE	You can skip to the next section.
	If you use a multi-system TV and
	want to see NTSC discs in the
	original NTSC format (may improve
Notes:	the video performance with some
	NTSC discs), MULTI should be
• Some widescreen discs that do not	selected.
permit Pan & Scan mode playback
are automatically played in Letter-
box mode.

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