JVC HR-XVC33U manual Monitor Type, Pan&Scan/Letter Box, Default setting is bold in the table below

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* The default setting is bold in the table below.

8MONITOR TYPE

16:9 NORMAL (Wide television conversion):

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

16:9 AUTO (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.

4:3 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 (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.

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.

Letter Box

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