Setting DVD preferences

:Picture menu (PICTURE)

7 MONITOR 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 16:9 (wide TV).

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)

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.

7 PICTURE SOURCE

When you set the scan mode to PROGRESSIVE (A pg. 20), you can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting whether the content on the disc is processed by field (video source) or by frame (film 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.

7 SCREEN SAVER (A pg. 24)

You can activate or deactivate Screen Saver function.

7 FILE TYPE

When several types of files are recorded on a disc, you can select which files to play. If you have changed FILE TYPE setting, be sure to turn the power off, then turn the power on to enable the new setting.

AUDIO

Select this to play MP3/WMA files.

STILL PICTURE

Select this to play JPEG files.

VIDEO

Select this to play MPEG4 files.

: Audio menu (AUDIO)

7 D. 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)

7 Level menu (LEVEL)

CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND RIGHT SPEAKER/ SURROUND LEFT SPEAKER/SUBWOOFER

While monitoring the test tone, adjust the center and surround speakers volume as much as that of the front speakers.

TEST TONE*

Outputs the test tone.

RETURN

Returns to the SPK. SETTING menu.

*The test tone comes out of all of the activated speakers in the following sequence:

s Front left speaker s Center speaker s Front right speaker s Surround right speaker s Surround left speaker s (back to the beginning)

NOTE

Before you turn on the test tone, be sure to select AUTO SURR as the surround mode. (A pg. 26)

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