22 EN INITIAL SETTINGS

Monitor Set (DVD Deck Only)

1 Press VCR/DVD repeatedly so that the DVD lamp lights up on

the unit.

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

2 Press SET UP to access the Main Menu screen.

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

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

● Turn on the unit.

 

 

4 Press w e to select “VIDEO IN/

 

 

OUT”, then press ENTER.

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

5 Press rtto select “MONITOR

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

TYPE”, then press ENTER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 Press rt to select the desired

 

 

 

option, then press ENTER.

VCR/DVD

 

 

7 Press SET UP to complete the

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* The boldface settings below indicate the settings at your

 

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purchase.

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

 

 

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.