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.
•16:9/16:9 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.
Ex.: 16:9 | Ex.: 4:3 LB | Ex.: 4:3 PS |
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, the system outputs PAL or NTSC video signal according to the disc/file, regardless of the scan mode setting (see page 17).
7PICTURE SOURCE
When you set the scan mode to the progressive mode (see page 17), 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.
7SCREEN SAVER (See page 20.)
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
: 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.
: Speaker setting menu (SPK. SETTING)
7Level menu (LEVEL)
FRONT LEFT SPEAKER/FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER/CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND RIGHT SPEAKER/SURROUND LEFT SPEAKER
While monitoring the test tone, adjust the center and surround speakers volume as much as that of the front speakers.
You can adjust the output level in the
TEST TONE*
Outputs the test tone.
*The test tone comes out of all of the activated speakers in the following sequence:
Front left speaker Z Center speaker Z Front right speaker Z Surround right speaker Z Surround left speaker Z (back to the beginning)
NOTE
• For adjustment of subwoofer output level, see page 36.
7Delay menu (DELAY)
FRONT LEFT SPEAKER/FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER/CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND RIGHT SPEAKER/SURROUND LEFT SPEAKER
Adjust the distance from the listening position to the speakers.
Within the range from 0 ms to 15 ms (by 1 ms).
Example:
Center speaker | Subwoofer | ||
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Front left |
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| 0 ms | |
0 ms |
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| 3.0 m |
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| 2.7 m |
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| 2.4 m |
Surround left |
| 2.1 m | |
2 ms | Surround right |
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| 2 ms |
Select this to play MP3/WMA files.
•STILL PICTURE
Select this to play JPEG files.
•VIDEO
Select this to play
1 ms increase (or decrease) in delay time corresponds to about 30 cm decrease (or increase) in distance.
Set to “0 ms” for the furthest speaker from your position as the basis for the delay time setting.
In this case, set the delay time of each speaker as follows;
•Delay time of front speakers: 0 ms
•Delay time of center speaker: 1 ms
•Delay time of surround speakers: 2 ms
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