Settings

Items

Item Description

Some menus are grayed out depending on the input signal or condition. (e.g. “Zoom adjustments” will be grayed out if the aspect is not set to Zoom.)

Aspect

Screen format

FULL/H-FILL/

Changes the format (aspect ratio).

adjustments

 

JUST/4:3/ZOOM

Lets you choose the aspect depending on the format of

 

 

 

received signal. (p. 58)

 

HD size

Size 1/Size 2

Selects between 95 % (Size 1) or 100 % (Size 2) for the

 

 

 

scanning area with High-definition signal.

 

 

 

Select “Size 1” if noise is generated on the edges of the screen.

 

 

 

Size 1: Selected item for “HD size”. Scanning 95 %

 

 

 

Size 2: Selected item for “HD size”. Scanning 100 %

 

H size

Size 1/Size 2

Adjusts the horizontal display range to reduce noise of both side

 

 

 

edges of an image.

 

 

 

Size 2: Adjusts the image size according to the aspect mode to

 

 

 

reduce noise. (p. 58)

 

Zoom

Adjusts vertical alignment and size when aspect setting is “ZOOM”.

 

adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC adjustments

Reset to defaults

Resets PC adjustments.

 

Sync

H & V

The H and V sync signals are input from the HD/VD connector. (p. 61)

 

 

On green

Uses a synchronized signal on the Video G signal, which is

 

 

 

input from the G connector. (p. 61)

 

Dot clock

Alleviates the problem if a picture appears to be vertically-striped, flickers partially or is blurred.

 

H-position

Adjusts the horizontal position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V-position

Adjusts the vertical position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clock phase

Alleviates the problem if the whole picture appears to flicker or is blurred.

 

 

First adjust the Dot Clock to get the best possible picture, then adjust the clock Phase

 

 

so that a clear picture appears.

 

 

It may not be possible to display a clear picture due to poor input signals.

 

Input

Switches to wide display.

 

resolution

VGA (640×480 pixels), WVGA (852×480 pixels), XGA (1,024×768 pixels),

 

 

WXGA (1,280×768 pixels)

 

 

Options change depending on signals

 

H-frequency

Displays the H (Horizontal)/V (Vertical) frequencies.

 

V-frequency

Display range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal:15 - 110 kHz

 

 

Vertical: 48 - 120 Hz

HDMI settings

HDMI/DVI RGB

Auto/

Prevents the blown out highlights and blocked up shadows when

 

range (HDMI 1-4)

Standard

a wide-range signal is received. Selects between standard RGB

 

 

(16-235)/

range (16-235 bits) or non-compliance (0-255 bits).

 

 

Auto: Switches the RGB range (Standard (16-235)/

 

 

Nonstandard

 

 

Nonstandard) depending on the HDMI signal information.

 

Contents type

Off/Auto/Photo/

Sets content type to each HDMI input.

 

(HDMI 1-4)

Graphics

Auto: Switches content type automatically depending on the

 

 

 

HDMI signal information.

Photo: Best setting for JPEG viewing.

Graphics: Best setting for On-Screen display of connected equipment.

How to Use Menu Functions

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