JVC XV-M556TN, XV-M557GD manual Display, Lt/Rt Dolby Digital disc only, L0/R0, Mode

Initial settings

DOWN MIX

By setting DOWN MIX correctly, you can get the optimum stereo mix for your audio system from DVD discs recorded with Dolby Digital surround multichannel audio.

LANGUAGE	AUDIO	DISPLAY	SYSTEM
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT		DIGITALDOLBY /PCM
DOWN MIX		Lo / Ro
COMPRESSION			ON
			EXIT
PRESS	KEY

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MONITOR TYPE

You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you playback DVD discs recorded for wide screen televisions.

•Lt/Rt (Dolby Digital disc only):

For monitoring the unit's 2-channel audio output signals via a Dolby Pro Logic decoder.

•L0/R0:

For monitoring the unit's 2-channel audio output signals via a TV or an amplifier without built-in Dolby Pro Logic decoder. This is also for recording DVD audio to a cassette tape, MD, etc.

NOTE

•The Down mix function does not work when the 3D PHONIC function is activated.

• 4:3 LB (Letter Box Conversion) When you connect a normal TV to the unit.

When you play a wide picture

recorded on a DVD disc, the picture is displayed with bands across the upper and lower portions of the screen.

•4:3 PS (Pan scan Conversion)

When you connect a normal TV to the unit. When you play a wide picture recorded on a DVD disc, a portion of the picture is automatically cut off

from the left and right sides of the image.

COMPRESSION

You can compress the dynamic range of the sound if needed. Using this function, you can listen to sound at low volumes easily.

LANGUAGE	AUDIO	DISPLAY	SYSTEM
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT		DIGITALDOLBY /PCM
DOWN MIX		Lo / Ro
COMPRESSION			ON
			EXIT
PRESS	KEY

Depending on the disc, it may not be possible to playback in this mode. In that case, the picture is played back as in 4:3

LB mode.

• 16:9 WIDE (Wide Television screen) When you connect a wide-screen TV to the unit.

•ON

Audio is played back with the dynamic range compressed.

•OFF

Audio is played back as it was recorded.

NOTES

•The Compression function works only when playing back a disc recorded with DOLBY DIGITAL 1CH or 2CH. The setting is not effective for other discs.

•The Compression function does not work when the 3D PHONIC function is activated.

SCREEN SAVER

A television monitor screen may be burned out if a
static picture is displayed
for a long time. To prevent	LANGUAGE		AUDIO	DISPLAY SYSTEM
this, the unit automatically
	MONITOR TYPE				4:3 LB
activates the screen saver
	SCREEN SAVER				MODE 1
	ON SCREEN GUIDE					ON
function if a static picture,
such as an on-screen						EXIT
display or menu, is		PRESS	KEY
displayed for over 5
minutes.

•MODE 1

The current picture gets dark.

•MODE 2

The “screen saver” picture appears and its brightness changes.

•OFF

The screen saver function is off.

Initial settings

NOTES

•The monitor screen of a projector or projection TV is easily burned out if the screen saver mode is set to OFF and a static picture is displayed for a long time.

•The screen saver function is not activated when the selected disc is an Audio CD.

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