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Discs spin at high speed inside the player. If you can see that a disc is cracked, chipped, warped, or otherwise damaged, don’t risk using
it in your player—you could end up damaging the unit. This unit is designed for use with conventional, fully circular discs only. Use of
shaped discs is not recommended for this product. We disclaim all liability arising in connection with the use of shaped discs.
Screen sizes and disc formats
DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope
widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3. Televisions, too, come in different aspect ratios: ‘standard’ 4:3 and widescreen
16:9.
Widescreen TV users
If you have a widescreen TV, the TV Screen setting of this player should be set to 16:9(Wide). When you watch discs recorded in 4:3 format,
you can use the TV controls to select how the picture is presented. Your TV may offer various zoom and stretch options; see the
instructions that came with your TV for details. Please note that some movie aspect ratios are wider than 16:9, so even though you have
a widescreen TV, these discs will still play in a ‘letterbox’ style with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. If you have a
progressive-scan compatible widescreen TV, you can choose 16:9(Compressed). This setting displays 4:3 material with black bars either
side of the picture.
Standard TV users
If you have a standard TV, the TV Screen setting (page 60) of this player should be set to 4:3 (Letter Box) or 4:3 (Pan&Scan), depending on
which you prefer. Set to 4:3 (Letter Box), widescreen discs are shown with black bars top and bottom. Set to 4:3 (Pan&Scan), widescreen
discs are shown with the left and right sides cropped. Although the picture looks larger, you don’t actually see the whole picture. Please
note that many widescreen discs override the player’s settings so that the disc is shown in letterbox format regardless of the setting. Using
the 16.9 (Wide) setting with a standard 4:3 TV, or either of the 4:3 settings with a widescreen TV, will result in a distorted picture.
Watching NTSC on a PAL TV
Most models of the newly developed countdown PAL TV system detect 50 Hz (PAL)/60 Hz (NTSC) and automatically switch vertical
amplitude, resulting in a display without vertical shrinkage. If your PAL TV does not have a V-Hold control, you may not be able to watch
NTSC discs because of picture roll. If the TV has a V-Hold control, adjust it until the picture stops rolling. On some TVs, the picture may
shrink vertically, leaving black bands at the top and bottom of the screen. This is not a malfunction; it is caused by the NTSC to PAL
conversion.
About the audio output settings
The table below shows how the audio settings you make in the Digital Audio Out and Audio Output Mode screens affect the output from
the various outputs with various types of disc. The PCM CONVERT column shown is with the Dolby Digital > PCM, MPEG > PCM or DTS
> PCM setting. Note that some DVD-Audio discs prohibit downmixing and turn off the PCM Digital outputs.
A UDIO
F ORMAT
P LAYER
S ETTING
V OLUME
CONTROLED
A NALOG
L INELEVEL
OUTPUTS
BSMN ETWORK
D IGITAL O UT
WITH
MCP
CONVERT
D IGITALOUT
WITH
B ITSTREAM
D OLBY
D IGITAL
2C H
1.5C H
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX D OLBY D IGITAL
STD 2C
H
1.5C H
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX STD
A-DVD
UDIO
2C H
1.5C H
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX 2 CHDOWNMIX
DCAS 2C
H
1.5C H
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
---
STDDC2C
H
1.5C H
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
2 CHDOWNMIX
6C HOUT
STDSTD
DC2C
H 1.5/C H L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT
D OLBY
D IGITAL
K ARAOKE
2C H 1.5/C H L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT D OLBY D IGITAL
DVD WITH
MCP 2C
H 1.5/C H L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT
GEPM2C H 1.5/C H L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT GEPM
DVDWR2C
H 1.5/C H L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT
D OLBY D IGITAL ,
GEPM
OR
MCP
V
IDEO DC/
S
UPER DCV 2C
H 1.5/C H L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT L EFT R/ IGHT