Onkyo DV-SP1000E Picture Menu, TV Shape, with discs that don’t support pan and scan, Notes

Configuring the DV-SP1000/DV-SP1000E—Continued

Picture Menu

TV Shape

With this setting you can select a picture format to match the aspect ratio of your TV.

4:3 Letter box (default):

Choose this option if you have a 4:3 TV. When you watch widescreen movies, the entire picture will be visible but there will be black bars at the top and bot- tom of the screen, as shown.

Widescreen DVD movie on 4:3 TV with the

4:3 Letter box setting

4:3 Normal

Choose this option if you have a 4:3 TV and want to use the full height of the screen when watching widescreen movies. The picture will be cropped on both sides, as shown. This option will not work

with discs that don’t support pan and scan.

Widescreen DVD movie on 4:3 TV with the

4:3 Normal setting

16:9 Widescreen

Choose this option if you have a 16:9 widescreen TV.

Notes:

•With some DVDs, this setting may have no effect. See the disc’s sleeve notes to see which picture format is used.

Interlaced Setting

With this setting you can adjust various picture parame- ters for interlaced scanning. There are three setup mem- ories (1, 2, 3) for storing your favorite settings. You could, for example, use one for daytime viewing (e.g., sun shining through window) and one for nighttime viewing (e.g., curtains drawn, lights down).

Parameter	Range	Description
Blacker than	Off,	Makes black objects
black	On (default)	look even blacker.
Contrast	–7...0...+7	Adjusts the picture
		contrast.
Brightness	–7...0...+7	Adjusts the picture
		brightness.
Color	–7...0...+7	Adjusts the picture
		color.
Tint	–7...0...+7	Adjusts the picture tint.
Sharpness	–6...0...+6	Adjusts the picture
		sharpness.
S, Composite	Light, Normal	Adjusts the black level
Video	(default)a	for the S-Video and
		composite video
		outputs.
Component	Dark (default),	Adjusts the black level
Video	Light	for the component
		video outputs.
Gamma	–7...0...+7	Adjusts the brightness
		of darker colors.
Y/C Time	–4, –2, 0, +2,	Corrects small shifts in
Correction	+4	color.
DNR (Digital	Off (default),	Reduces picture
Noise Reduc-	1, 2, 3	noise.b
tion)

a.On the North American model, the options are Normal and Dark.

b.The effect may not always be noticeable, and depending on the video source, the picture may look better with it set to Off.

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