Customizing the Function Settings

■Settings in the Video 1 page

Refer to page 99 for more information on using the Setup window.

Selecting the aspect ratio according to the TV ([TV Screen])

Video1 V2 Language General

TV Screen

4:3(Letter Box)

 

4:3(Pan&Scan)

 

16:9(Wide)

Select your display preference

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Set the aspect ratio to match the TV connected to the PDR-

155.If the TV has a wide screen, select [16:9 (Wide)]. Many DVD movies support the wide screen format, and are recorded with an aspect ratio of 16:9. If you view such DVD movies on a regular TV screen (which has an aspect ratio of 4:3), the image will appear vertically stretched. To avoid this, if you are watching a regular TV screen, select [4:3 (Letter Box)] or [4:3 (Pan & Scan)]. You cannot change this setting during playback.

4 : 3 (Letter Box)

4 : 3 (Pan & Scan)

16 : 9 (Wide)

For letter box

For pan &

For wide-

format movies

scan format

screen

on a regular

movies on a

TVs

TV screen

regular TV

 

 

screen

 

Tip

Some discs may not allow you to change the aspect ratio setting. For more information, check the disc jacket.

Setting the component video output

Compared to a standard interlaced TV picture, a progressive scan TV is capable of more sta- ble, flicker-free images. Don’t set this parameter if your NTSC color TV or monitor doesn’t support progressive scan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interlace (Factory Setting)

Video1

V2

Language

 

General

 

 

 

Use this setting with regular TVs that do not feature progressive scan.

 

 

TV Screen — 16:9(Wide)

Component Video

Interlace

Progressive

 

 

 

 

Progressive

 

 

 

 

Use this setting with TVs and monitors that feature progressive

 

 

 

 

Auto Progressive

Select Interlace or Progressive

scan component video inputs.

Auto Progressive

output Component Video

The unit selects the progressive scan setting when 16:9 DVDs

 

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SETUP Exit

are played, and selects the interlace setting when 4:3 DVDs are played. Your TV/monitor must be compatible with progressive scan to use this setting.

Tip

If [Auto Progressive] is selected, the picture may flicker or be distorted when the unit switches between progressive and interlace modes. This is not a malfunction of either the PDR-155 or the TV.

If your TV does not switch between 4:3 and 16:9, change the aspect ratio of the TV to 4:3. Alter- natively, set [Component Video] in the Setup window to [Interlace] or [Auto Progressive]. If you select [Auto Progressive], 4:3 discs will be played in Interlace mode, while discs that are recorded in both 4:3 and 16:9 will play in interlace mode during the 4:3 sections, and in progressive mode during the 16:9 parts. Switch your TV’s aspect ratio to the most suitable setting (for more details, see the manual that came with your TV).

Notes

•If you connect a TV that is not compatible with a progressive scan signal and you choose progressive scan mode, you will not be able to see any picture at all. If your TV is con- nected via the composite or S video connectors, choose [Interlace] for [Component Video].

•This function only works with NTSC format DVDs.

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