Settings 11 Changing the unit’s settings

Tabs

Menus

Options (Underlined items are the factory presets.)

Video

Still Mode ( paused video ) [DVD-V]

Automatic

 

Select the type of picture shown when you pause

Field:

 

Select if jittering occurs when “Automatic” is selected.

 

playback (29, Frames and fields).

 

 

(The picture is coarser.)

 

Frame: Select if small text or fine patterns cannot be seen

 

 

 

 

 

 

clearly when “Automatic” is selected. (The picture is

 

 

 

 

clearer and finer.)

 

 

 

 

Seamless Play

On: The chapters in playlists are played seamlessly. This

 

Select the play mode between playlist chapter

 

does not work when there are several audio types

 

segments and partially deleted titles.

 

included on the playlist. Additionally, the positioning of

 

 

chapter segments may change slightly.

 

 

 

 

 

Off:

The points where chapters in playlists change are played

 

 

 

accurately, but the picture may freeze for a moment.

 

 

 

 

 

Black Level Control

Lighter:

When video is output from VIDEO OUT or S VIDEO

 

Select lighter or darker for adjusting the black level

 

 

OUT terminal.

 

control to the desired setting for picture enhancement.

Darker:

When video is output from COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

 

 

 

 

terminal.

Audio

Dynamic Range Compression

On

 

Off

 

[BD-V][DVD-V](Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby

 

 

 

TrueHD only)

Change the dynamic range (29, Glossary) for late night viewing.

Digital Audio Output

Change the settings when you have connected equipment through this unit’s digital audio out terminal (10). Press [ENTER] to show the following settings.

PCM Down Conversion

On:

Signals are converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz. (Choose

Select how to output audio with a sampling frequency

 

when the connected equipment cannot process signals

of 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.

 

with sampling frequency of 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.)

Signals are converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz despite the

Off: Signals are output as 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz. (Choose when

 

 

settings across if the signals have a sampling frequency

 

the connected equipment can process signals with

 

 

of over 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz, or the disc has copy

 

sampling frequency of 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.)

 

 

protection.

 

 

 

[BD-V]Refer to “BD-Video Function Sound”

 

 

 

 

(below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital

Select how to output the signal. If

Bitstream: When connecting to equipment displaying the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Bitstream” is selected, the

 

Dolby Digital logo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bitstream is output from the unit

PCM:

When connecting to equipment not displaying the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the connected equipment

 

Dolby Digital logo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

decodes the signal.

 

Dolby Digital Plus/

Bitstream: The bitstream signal of Dolby Digital is output.

Dolby TrueHD

If “PCM” is selected, this unit

PCM:

Dolby Digital Plus or Dolby TrueHD PCM sound is

decodes the signal and output it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as 2 channel from DIGITAL

 

output in 2 channels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO OUT terminal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Note]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not making the proper settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may result in noise, or some

 

 

DTS

trouble for digital recording.

Bitstream: When connecting to equipment displaying the DTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

logo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM:

When connecting to equipment not displaying the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS logo.

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DTS-HD

 

 

 

Bitstream: The bitstream signal of DTS Digital Surround is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM:

output.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS-HD PCM sound is output in 2 channels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BD-Video Function Sound [BD-V]

 

 

On

Off

 

 

 

This will set the operation sounds you hear from the menu, [Note]:When “On” is selected, sampling frequency is converted to

 

 

 

etc. while playing a BD-Video disc. Please note that if you

 

48kHz. Sound is output at higher than 48kHz sampling

 

 

 

have selected “Bitstream” digital audio output (above),

 

frequency only when both this item and “PCM Down

 

 

 

these sounds will not be heard even if this is set to “On”.

 

 

Conversion” are set to “Off”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display

Status Messages

 

Automatic

Off

 

 

 

Choose whether to show status messages automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On-screen Language

 

English

Español Français

 

 

 

 

Choose the language for these menus and on-screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

messages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FL Display

 

Bright

 

 

 

 

 

Changes the brightness of the unit’s display.

 

Dim:

The display is dimmed and the illumination lamp is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic: The display is dimmed and the illumination lamp is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

turned off during playback, and reappears if a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

button is pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License

 

Information about the software used by this unit is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection

TV Aspect

Regular aspect television (4:3)

 

 

 

Set to match the type of television connected.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Widescreen television(16:9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Component Video Resolution

480i

480p

 

 

 

This sets the video output resolution when using the

720p

1080i

 

 

 

component video terminal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic DMP-BD10A warranty Display, Connection, Dts-Hd

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