Changing the unit’s settings (continued)

“Display”

Status Messages

Automatic

≥Off

Choose whether to show status messages automatically.

 

 

On-screen Language

English

≥Français ≥Español

Choose the language for these menus and on-screen messages.

 

 

Screen Saver Function

≥On:

 

This is to prevent burn-in on the television screen.

j No activity has occurred for 10 minutes or longer, the

 

screen swtiches to the other states automatically.

 

j When playing the 4:3 image, the masked-off area on the

 

screen become gray.

 

[Only when connecting with an HDMI cable, “TV Aspect”

 

(> below) is set to “16:9” and “HDMI Resolution”

 

(> below) is set to any mode other than “480p”.]

 

Off

 

License

Information about the software used by this unit is displayed.

“TV Aspect/HDMI Function Settings”

TV Aspect

To view an image connected to a 4:3 TV:

“TV Aspect” operates on the screen of the unit or the connected

≥4:3 Pan & Scan: Video recorded for a widescreen is played

TV.

 

 

as Pan & Scan (unless prohibited by the

 

 

 

 

producer of the disc). When playing BD-

 

 

 

 

Video, video is output as “4:3 Letterbox”.

 

 

≥4:3 Letterbox:

Video recorded for a widescreen is played

 

 

 

 

in the letterbox style.

 

 

To view an image on the unit or connected to a 16:9

 

 

widescreen TV:

 

 

 

16:9:

 

Video recorded for 4:3 aspect screen is

 

 

 

 

displayed as a 4:3 ratio image in the center

 

 

 

 

of the screen.

 

 

≥16:9 Full:

Video recorded for 4:3 aspect screen is

 

 

 

 

displayed as a horizontally stretched 16:9

 

 

 

 

image.

HDMI Connection

 

 

 

≥Press [OK] to show the following settings.

 

 

 

 

HDMI Resolution

Auto:

 

Automatically selects the output resolution

 

The items supported by the connected devices are indicated on

 

 

best suited to the connected television

 

the screen as “¢”. When any item without “¢” is selected, the

 

 

(1080/24p*, 1080i, 720p or 480p).

 

images may be distorted.

≥480p

 

≥720p

 

≥If the image is distorted, set to “480p” or set again correctly.

≥1080i

 

 

 

 

j When the unit is connected to an amplifier/receiver that does

 

 

not support the resolution set on the unit, the video cannot

 

 

be output properly.

 

 

* 1080/24p can only be output in the conditions below when

 

 

“24p Output” (> below) is set to “On”.

 

 

j [BD-V]Playing back 24p images

 

 

j [DVD-V]Playing back with the settings for playback “24p”

 

 

(> 24) “On”

 

 

24p Output [BD-V] [DVD-V]

≥On:

Images in 1080/24p are output in 24p as they are.

 

This unit displays each frame at 1/24 second intervals – the

j When outputting 1080/24p signal, we recommend using

 

same interval originally shot with the film camera.

High Speed HDMI Cables that have the HDMI logo (as

 

≥Only when this unit is connected to a TV supporting 1080/24p

shown on the cover) and are less than 5.0 meters (16.4 ft.)

 

output via an HDMI cable, you can set to “On”.

to prevent video distortion etc.

 

≥If this unit is connected to an HDTV through other equipment,

Off

 

 

 

it must also be 1080p compatible.

 

 

 

 

HDMI RGB Output Range

Standard: The video is output as it is.

 

Effective when connected to a device that only supports RGB

≥Enhanced: When the black and white contrast of a video is low,

 

output.

 

the signal is enhanced to reproduce clear video.

 

HDMI Audio Output

On

 

 

 

Set whether or not to output audio from the HDMI AV OUT

≥Off

 

 

 

terminal.

 

 

 

 

VIERA Link

On

 

 

 

Set to use “HDAVI Control” function when connected with an

≥Off:

Select when you do not want to use “HDAVI Control”.

 

HDMI cable to a device that supports “HDAVI Control”.

 

 

 

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Panasonic DMP-B15 operating instructions Changing the unit’s settings, Display, TV Aspect/HDMI Function Settings