V Personal preferences

English

In this mode you can set your personal preferences for a

 

 

number of player features. After selected V (face mark)

 

in the menu bar, use w (down cursor). The personal

 

preferences will be appeared.

 

General operation

 

 

 

 

DISC

 

MENU

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

RETURN OK DISPLAY

Press MENU SYSTEM on the remote control.

Select V in the menu bar and press w (down cursor).

The Personal Preferences menu will appear.

Use the t u v w (left/right/up/down) keys to toggle through the menus, sub-menus and sub-menu options.

When a menu item is selected, the cursor keys (on the remote control) for operating the item will be displayed next to the item.

Press OK to confirm and return to the main menu.

The following items can be adapted:

pPicture

TV Shape

If you have a wide screen (16:9) TV, select 16:9. If you have a regular (4:3) TV, select 4:3.

In this case you can also choose between:

Letterbox for a ‘wide-screen’ picture with black bars top and bottom, or Pan Scan, for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed, provided these options are available on the disc in play. If a disc has Pan Scan, the picture will then move (scan) horizontally to keep the main action on the screen.

VIEWING ON 16:9 VIEWING ON 4:3

LETTERBOX

PAN SCAN

Black level shift (NTSC only)

Adapts the color dynamics to obtain richer contrasts. Select ONor OFF.

Video shift

Factory setting is such that the video will be centered on your screen. Use this setting to personalize the position of the picture on your TV by scrolling it to the left or right.

TVshape

 

BlackLevelshift

OKtoexit

Videoshift

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Marantz SA-12S1 manual Personal preferences, General operation, Picture

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