Setting DVD preferences
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:Picture menu (PICTURE)

7MONITOR TYPE

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.
• 16:9/16:9 MULTI (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
automatically.
• 4:3 LB/4:3 MULTI LB (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.
• 4:3 PS/4:3 MULTI PS (Pan Scan conversion)
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.
NOTE
• Even if “4:3 PS” or “4:3 MULTI PS” is selected, the screen size may
become “4:3 LB” or “4:3 MULTI LB” with some DVDs. This
depends on how DVDs are recorded.
• When selecting “MULTI” options as the monitor type for the multi-
color system TV, this system outputs PAL or NTSC video signal
according to the disc, regardless of the scan mode setting. (Apg. 17)

7PICTURE SOURCE

When you set the scan mode to “PAL PRG” or “NTSC PRG”
(Apg. 17), you can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting
whether the content on the disc is processed by frame (film source)
or by field (video source) .
Normally set to “AUTO”.
•AUTO
Used to play a disc containing both video and film source
materials.
This system recognizes the source type (video or film) of the
current disc according to the disc 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 for playing back a film source disc.
•VIDEO
Suitable for playing back a video source disc.

7SCREEN SAVER (Apg. 21)

You can activate or deactivate Screen Saver function.

7FILE TYPE

When several types of files are recorded on a disc, you can select
which files to play.
•AUDIO
Select this to play MP3/WMA files.
• STILL PICTURE
Select this to play JPEG files.

: Audio menu (AUDIO)

7D. RANGE COMPRESSION

(Dynamic range compression)
You can enjoy low level recorded sound clearly at night even at a
low volume when listening to the sound with Dolby Digital.
•AUTO
Select this when you want to enjoy surround sound with its
full dynamic range (no effect applied).
•ON
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 COMPRESSION is
set to ON automatically.
Ex.: 16:9 Ex.: 4:3 LB Ex.: 4:3 PS
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