26 EN INITIAL SETTINGS

Monitor Set

 

1 Press DVD so that the DVD lamp lights up on the unit.

 

2 Press SET UP to access the Main Menu screen.

 

You can select the monitor type depending on the TV used when

● You cannot set the monitor type during recording or playback.

3 Press w e to select “FUNCTION SET UP”, then press t.

you play back DVD VIDEO discs recorded for wide-screen TVs.

● Turn on the unit.

 

4 Press w e to select “VIDEO IN/

DVD VIDEO SET UP HDD/DVD SET UP

FUNCTION SET UP INITIAL SET UP

 

OUT”, then press t.

REC/PLAY SET UP DISPLAY SET

VIDEO IN/OUT

● Turn on the TV and select the video channel (or AV mode).

5 Press rtto select “MONITOR

MONITOR TYPE

4:3LB

● Slide the TV/CABLE/DBS/DVD switch to DVD.

 

TYPE”, then press ENTER.

F-1 INPUT

VEDIO

 

 

L-1 INPUT

VEDIO

 

 

6 Press rt to select the desired

CABLE/DBS

 

 

 

option, then press ENTER.

 

 

 

TV

DVD

 

 

 

7 Press SET UP to complete the

SET UP

ENTER SELECT WITH [ ] THEN PRESS [ENTER]

 

 

 

 

EXIT

SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS [SET UP] TO EXIT

DVD

 

setting.

 

 

 

* The boldface settings below indicate the settings at your purchase.

8 MONITOR TYPE — 4:3LB / 4:3PS / 16:9 AUTO / 16:9 FIX

ENTER

rtwe

SET UP

4:3LB (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.

4:3PS (Pan&Scan): 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.

16:9 AUTO (Wide television conversion): Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV).

16:9 FIX (Wide television conversion): Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is fixed to 16:9 (wide TV). The unit automatically adjusts the screen width of the output signal correctly when playing back a picture whose aspect ratio is 4:3.

Pan&Scan/Letter Box

In general, DVD VIDEO disc are produced for a wide-screen TV with 16:9 aspect ratio.

Material with this ratio will not fit to a TV with 4:3 aspect ratio. There are two styles to display the image, “Pan&Scan” (PS) and “Letter Box” (LB).

Pan&Scan

The right and left side of the image are cut off.

The image fills the screen.

● The picture will be shown in the “4:3LB” mode depending on the disc even if the “4:3PS” mode is selected.

Letter Box

Black bands appear at the top and bottom of the image. The image itself appears in 16:9 aspect ratio.