Changing the initial settings
PICTURE menu
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MONITOR TYPE | 4:3 LB |
STILL MODE | AUTO |
SCREEN SAVER | ON |
MP3/JPEG | MP3 |
SELECT | USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM |
ENTER | TO EXIT, PRESS CHOICE. |
This menu allows you to select options having to do with picture quality or the monitor screen.
Menu item | Setting options | Notes/examples |
MONITOR TYPE | • 16:9 NORMAL (Wide Television screen) |
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You can select the monitor | Should be selected when you connect the unit to a |
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you playback DVD VIDEO | 16:9 (the unit automatically adjusts the screen width |
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discs recorded for | of the output signal correctly when playing back a 4:3 |
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televisions. | source). |
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| • 16:9 AUTO (Wide Television screen) | • If you play a 4:3 DVD VIDEO source |
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| (16:9) TV to the unit. | using the [16:9 NORMAL] mode, |
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| converting the picture width. |
| • 4:3 LB (Letter Box Conversion) |
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| Should be selected when you connect a normal (4:3) |
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| TV to the unit. |
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| When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded in |
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| wide picture format, the picture is shown with black |
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| bars at the top and bottom. |
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| • 4:3 PS (Pan Scan Conversion) |
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| Should be selected when you connect a normal (4:3) |
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| wide picture format, the picture is zoomed to fill the |
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| picture format, the picture will be | |||
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STILL MODE | • | AUTO | • Normally, set to [AUTO]. | |||
This mode selects whether the |
| The unit recognizes the picture type (film or video | • When Progressive scanning mode | |||
content on the disc is |
| source) of the current disc. | is active, the PROGRESSIVE | |||
processed by field or by |
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| indicator is lit. Note that the color | |||
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frame. If set to AUTO, the | of indication changes depending | |||||
decision of how to process the |
| Suitable for playing back a video source disc. | on this setting, source type and the | |||
content is made automatically, |
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| unit's status (see pages 9 and 10). | |||
• | FRAME | |||||
based on data and flags | • Some DVD VIDEO discs may not | |||||
recorded on the disc. |
| Suitable for playing back a film source disc. | play correctly if AUTO is selected. | |||
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SCREEN SAVER | • ON | • The screen saver function does not | ||||
You can set the screen saver |
| The current picture gets dark. | work for still images during DVD | |||
function ON or OFF. |
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| AUDIO playback. | |||
• | OFF | |||||
See page 19 for details about |
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the screen saver function. |
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MP3/JPEG | • | MP3 | • When a disc contains either only | |||
The unit can play MP3 and |
| Only MP3 files can be played back if a disc contains | MP3 files or only JPEG files, the | |||
JPEG files recorded on a |
| both MP3 and JPEG files. | unit can play back the files | |||
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• | JPEG | |||||
contains both MP3 and JPEG |
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files, you can only play files of |
| Only JPEG files can be played back if a disc contains |
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the type selected in this menu |
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