Preparation

Aspect Ratio - to adjust the ratio of the pictures on the TV screen.

NO LINEAR STRETCH: for display of 4:3 image on 16:9 TV with non-linear stretching (center portion of screen is stretch less than the side). 4:3 PILLER BOX: for display of 4:3 image on 16:9 TV without stretching.

OFF: No aspect ration adjustment

True Life - produces a more dynamic picture by increasing the picture contrast and the color intensity.

Sound

– Digital output

Digital output selection enables you to specify the type of digital output suitable for your receiver.

Select OFF to deactivate the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT.

Select PCM only if your receiver is not capable of decoding multichannel audio.

Select ALL (default setting), if you had connected your DIGITAL AUDIO OUT to a multichanel decoder receiver.

Note:

–Digital output is not available for SACD and MP3 discs.

–Analog output

Select Stereo, Dolby Surround-compatible, 3D Sound or Multi-channel.

Multi-channel: Select this setting when using a multi-channel audio/(video) receiver with six inputs. In this mode, the player will perform DTS decoding or Dolby Digital 5.1-channel decoding when applicable, and Dolby Pro Logic decoding on DVD-Video and Video-CD discs with 2- channel sound tracks. No Dolby Pro Logic decoding is done with (Super) Audio CD discs. Stereo: In this setting, the 5.1 audio channels are down-mixed to a stereo signal. Select this setting when connecting to a TV, stereo amplifier/ receiver, etc.

Notes:

–Multichannel output and downmixed stereo output are not available simultaneously.

–When multichannel is selected as analog output, the AUDIO OUT (Left/Right) will deliver the Center channel data and not the downmixed Left/Right.

Dolby Surround-compatible: Select this setting when using an equipment with a Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoder. In this setting, the

5.1audio channels (Dolby Digital, MPEG-2, DTS) are downmixed to a Dolby Surround-compatible 2-channel output.

3D-Sound: In a setup without rear speakers (analog stereo output), 3D Sound remixes the six channels of digital surround into a two- speaker output while retaining all of the original audio information.The result is the listening sensation of being surrounded by multiple speakers.

During DVD or Video-CD playback, these values can be selected directly with the ‘SOUND MODE’ key.

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DVD963SA98 specifications

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