Using On-Screen Menu Icons

Audio Menu

ADVANCED SURROUND (lpage 35)

Dialogue Enhancer on/off

[DVD-V](Dolby Digital, DTS, 3-channel or over, where the dialogue is recorded in the centre channel)

This makes the dialogue in movies easier to hear. ON()OFF

Display Menu

4:3 Aspect [DVD-V] [RAM] [VCD]

Select how to show images made for 4:3 aspect screens on a 16:9 aspect TV. Set to “16:9” in “TV Aspect” (SETUP menu lpage 41).

Normal:Laterally stretches images made for a 4:3 screen. Auto: Expands suitable 4:3 letterbox images to fill more

of the screen. Other images appear in full in the centre of the screen.

Shrink: Images appear in the centre of the screen.

Zoom: Expands all images to fill the screen.

If your TV has a similar feature, use it instead for a better effect.

Zoom (lpage 35) [DVD-V] [RAM] [VCD]

Press [ENTER] and select with [21]. Then press [ENTER] to finish.

Making fine adjustments to the zoom ratio (lpage 35) [DVD-V] [RAM] [VCD]

Subtitle position/brightness [DVD-V](lpage 34)

Picture Menu

Picture mode

N: Normal mode

C1: Mellows images and enhances detail in dark scenes

C2: Sharpens images and enhances detail in dark scenes

U1/U2: User mode (l right)

Video output mode 480I: Interlace video 480P: Progressive video

(¢: Progressive output not possible with PAL signals) You can change the video output mode only when

“Progressive Out (Component)” is set to “Enable (NTSC Disc Only)” (SETUP menu lpage 41).

When progressive output is on, closed captions will not be displayed.

Transfer mode

It is displayed only when “Video output mode” is set to “480P”. Select the method of conversion for progressive output to suit the type of material (lpage 47) being played.

Auto 1 (normal): For film material

Auto 2: For film material (the same as Auto 1, but able to convert 30-frame-per-second progressive video)

Video: For video material

Bitrate display on/off [DVD-V[ [RAM[ [VCD]

When you select “ON”:

During play: Shows the average bitrate (approximate values) of the video being played

While paused:Shows the data volume of the frame and type of picture (I/P/B lpage 47)

While the display is on, press [2 1] to change the display:

9.438 Mbps

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Bitrate

5.0

 

 

Cur. 7.507 Mbps

 

 

Mbps

 

 

Ave. 6.730 Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current bitrate

 

A

 

record of bitrates for

Average bitrate

a sampling period

OSD brightness (j3 to i3)

Adjust the brightness of the on-screen displays.

ªTo change the user mode

Define your favorite picture quality.

1)

Press [1] while “U1” or “U2” is highlighted.

U 1

2)

Press [34] to select “1” or “2”.

U1: User mode 1

Contrast (j7 to i7)

Increases the contrast between light and dark parts of the picture.

Brightness (0 to i15)

Brightens the picture.

Sharpness (j7 to i7)

Adjusts the sharpness of the edges of the horizontal lines.

Color (j7 to i7)

Adjust the shade of the picture’s colour.

Gamma (0 to i5)

Brightness of dark parts of the picture.

U2: User mode 2

(Video output mode l Picture Menu, above)

DVD Operations

[A]Audio attributes ]DVD-V] ]RAM] (Display only)

LPCM, Digital, DTS, MPEG: Signal type

k: Sampling frequency (kHz)

b: Number of bits (bit)

ch: Number of channels (lpage 47)

[B]Audio/Subtitle language

ENG: English

SVE: Swedish

CHI:

Chinese

FRA: French

NOR: Norwegian

KOR: Korean

DEU: German

DAN: Danish

MAL: Malay

ITA: Italian

POR: Portuguese

VIE:

Vietnamese

ESP: Spanish

RUS: Russian

THA:

Thai

NLD: Dutch

JPN: Japanese

¢:

Others

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic VP-31GN manual Using On-Screen Menu Icons, To change the user mode, Audio attributes DVD-V RAM Display only