05Closing the Video Adjust screen

Press HOME MENU.

About Pure Cinema

There are two types of video signals:

Video material – Video signals recorded at 30 frames/second

Film material – Video signals recorded at 24 frames/second

“Pure Cinema” uses signal processing suited for “film material” when converting 480i or 1080i interlaced video signals into progressive video signals, resulting in clear picture reproduction without losing the quality of the material.

is displayed on the disc information screen when playing the

“film material” pictures of DVD-Video discs (page 29).

Adjusting the Audio DRC

Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) has the effect of playing loud sounds softly and soft sounds loudly. Adjust the setting for example when watching movies late at night and the dialogs are difficult to hear.

1 During playback, display the TOOLS menu.

Press TOOLS.

HOME MEDIA

DISPLAY

POPUP MENU

GALLERY

 

 

MENU

TOP MENU

 

TOOLS

ENTER

2 Select and set Audio DRC.

Use / to select, then press ENTER.

 

 

TOP MENU

TOOLS

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

HOME

RETURN

 

 

 

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BD PLAYER

 

 

Audio

 

TOOLS

 

Subtitle

 

Audio DRC

Video Adjust

Output Video Resolution

3 Adjust the setting.

TOP MENU

TOOLS

 

ENTER

HOME

RETURN

MENU

Use / to switch between Off, Low, Medium, High and Auto.

Audio DRC

Off

Adjust the audio dynamic range. This setting is ineffective depending on the playing audio.

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Closing the Audio DRC screen

Press ENTER or HOME MENU.

Note

This only affects the Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Digital audio signals of BDs and DVDs.

When Auto is selected, the setting has the same effect as High or Off for Dolby TrueHD signals, depending on the content. For Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Digital, the setting has the same effect as Off.

Audio DRC affects the audio signals output from the following audio output terminals:

Analog audio signals output from the AUDIO OUT (2 ch) or AUDIO OUT (7.1 ch) terminals.

Linear PCM audio signals output from the DIGITAL OUT terminals or HDMI OUT terminal.

The effect may be weak for some discs.

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Pioneer BDP-51FD operating instructions Adjusting the Audio DRC, 05  Closing the Video Adjust screen,  About Pure Cinema

BDP-51FD specifications

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