Setting DVD preferences
: 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 (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 (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 conversion)

7SCREEN SAVER (See page 21.)

You can activate or deactivate Screen Saver function.

7FILE TYPE

When several types of files are recorded on a disc/device, you can select which files to play.

•AUDIO

Select this to play MP3/WMA files.

•STILL PICTURE

Select this to play JPEG files.

•VIDEO

Select this to play ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1/DivX files.

: Audio menu (AUDIO)

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.

Ex.: 16:9

Ex.: 4:3 LB

Ex.: 4:3 PS

NOTE

•Even if “4:3 PS” is selected, the screen size may become “4:3 LB” with some DVDs. This depends on how DVDs are recorded.

7PICTURE SOURCE

When you set the scan mode to “480p” (see page 18), you can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting whether the content on the disc/ file is processed by frame (film source) or by field (video source).

Normally set to “AUTO”.

•AUTO

Used to play a disc/file containing both video and film source materials.

This system recognizes the source type (video or film) of the current disc/file according to the disc/file 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/file.

•VIDEO

Suitable for playing back a video source disc/file.

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.

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