Additional user preferences

General

This section describes how you can make additional personal settings. The symbols have the following meaning:

Picture settings

Sound settings

Language settings

Additional settings

Disc settings

Preparation:

•) Switch on the TV set, and if necessary, select the channel for the DVD recorder (channel 3 or 4).

•) Switch on the DVD recorder.

1Press the DISC MENU button and then the SYSTEM MENU button on the remote control.

P The menubar appears.

If this menubar is not complete visible on your wide screen TV-set, change the picture settings on your TV.

2Select 'A' using D oder C and confirm with

3Select the corresponding function using B or A and confirm with C .

4Select the corresponding line using B or A and confirm with C . For more information on each function, read the following

pages.

5Select the corresponding function using B or A , or the setting with D or C . Select the functions you want to change as described in the following pages.

6Confirm the new setting with OK .

7Close the menu item with D .

Picture settings

You can select the following functions in this menu:

ENGLISH

Picture

TV Shape

16:9

Black level shift

 

Off

Vertical video shift

 

ï

Video output

 

Interlaced

'TV Shape'

The picture signal from your DVD recorder can be set to match your TV set:

O'4:3 letterbox'

for a widescreen picture with black bars at the top and bottom

O'4:3 panscan'

for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed.

O'16:9'

for a widescreen TV set (16:9 screen ratio)

'Black level shift'

Adapts the color dynamics for NTSC playback when switched to 'On'

'Vertical video shift'

Use this feature to adjust the position of the picture on your TV left or right using D , C to suit the screen of your TV set.

'Video output'

This allows you to switch the Component Video signal between 'Interlaced' and 'Progressive Scan.'

Warning If your TV has separate connections for 'Interlaced' and 'Progressive Scan' or it does not switch automatically between the two, it is possible that no picture will appear on the TV after it is switched from one to the other.

1Select the setting you need with SELECT . Choose Progressive Scan only if your TV has Progressive Scan.

2Confirm with OK .

aNo picture appears on the TV after switching Check the display of your DVD recorder.

'PRO': 'Progressive Scan' is on

No display: 'Interlaced' is on. Switch your TV to the corresponding input jack or select the corresponding connection. You can also switch the Component video output signal as follows:

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Philips HDRW 720/17 Additional user preferences, Picture settings, You can select the following functions in this menu

HDRW 720/17 specifications

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