Changing the settings∫“Video” menu

TV Aspect

≥4:3 Pan&Scan: Regular aspect television (4:3)

 

 

Choose the setting to suit your

The sides of the widescreen picture are cut off so it fills the screen

 

television and preference.

(unless prohibited by the disc).

 

 

 

 

≥4:3 Letterbox: Regular aspect television (4:3)

 

 

 

Widescreen picture is shown in the letterbox style.

 

 

 

≥16:9: Widescreen television (16:9)

 

 

 

TV Type

≥Standard (Direct View TV)

≥CRT Projector

≥LCD TV/Projector

Select to suit the type of

≥Projection TV

≥Plasma TV

 

 

 

television.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Delay

≥0ms

≥20ms

≥40ms

≥60ms

≥80ms

≥100ms

When connected with a Plasma

 

 

 

 

 

 

display, adjust if you notice the

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio is out of sync with the

 

 

 

 

 

 

video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still Mode

≥Automatic

 

 

 

 

Specify the type of picture shown

≥Field:

The picture is not blurred, but picture quality is lower.

 

when paused.

≥Frame: Overall quality is high, but the picture may appear blurred.

 

 

– Refer to “Frame still and field still” (➜ page 108, Glossary).

 

Black Level Control

≥Lighter: When connected through the terminals other than COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y/

Change the black level of the

 

PB/PR).

 

 

 

 

picture if you connected a

≥Darker: When connected through COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y/PB/PR).

 

television through the

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

terminals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

∫ “Audio” menu

PCM Digital Output

≥Up to 48 kHz: When connected to equipment compatible with 44.1 or 48 kHz

Check the digital input limitations

≥Up to 96 kHz:

When connected to equipment compatible with 88.2 or 96 kHz

of the equipment you connect

– Signals from copy-protected discs are converted to 48 or 44.1 kHz.

using DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT

– Some equipment cannot handle sampling frequencies of 88.2 kHz, even if they can

terminal and select the

handle 96 kHz. Read your equipment’s operating instructions for details.

maximum sampling frequency of

 

 

 

PCM digital output.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital §4

≥Bitstream

 

Select to suit the type of equipment you connected to the

 

≥PCM

 

HDMI AV OUT or DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT terminal.

 

 

 

 

DTS Digital Surround§4

≥Bitstream

 

Select “Bitstream” when the equipment can decode the

 

≥PCM

 

 

 

bitstream (digital form of 5.1-channel data). Otherwise,

 

 

 

 

 

 

select “PCM” (audio output is 2-channel).

 

 

 

(If the bitstream is output to the equipment without a

 

 

 

decoder, high levels of noise can be output and may

 

 

 

damage your speakers and hearing.)

 

 

 

 

Dynamic Range Compression

≥Off

 

 

 

≥On: Adjusts for clarity even when the volume is low by compressing the range of the

 

lowest sound level and the highest sound level. Convenient for late night viewing.

 

(Only works with Dolby Digital.)

 

– This function works only when the selector is set to “DVD/CD”. When “TV Audio Input” is

 

set to “DIGITAL IN” (➜ page 94, “TV Audio Input” menu) and the selector is set to “TV

 

Audio”, refer to “Setting the sound effects for the cable box, digital broadcasts or satellite

 

receiver” on page 83.

 

 

 

 

≥When recording a CD, audio will not be output from HDMI AV OUT terminal or DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT terminal.

§4 When audio is output from HDMI AV OUT terminal, and the connected equipment does not support the item selected, the actual output will depend on the performance of this connected equipment.

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