06 Note

•Items that cannot be changed are indicated in gray. The items that can be selected depend on the player’s status.

•The factory default settings are indicated in bold.

VideoOut

Setting

4:3 Video Out

 

TV Aspect Ratio

 

DVD 16:9 Video Out

 

Still Picture

Audio

* Only valid for digital audio

 

Dolby Digital Out

Out

outputs.

 

DTS Out

*Only valid for digital audio outputs.

AAC Out

*Only valid for digital audio outputs.

DTS Downmix

Speakers

Audio Output Mode

 

 

Speaker Setup

 

Channel Level

Options

Explanation

16:9 (Widescreen)

Select this when connected to a wide (16:9) TV.

 

 

4:3 (Standard)

Select this when connected to a conventional TV.

Full

4:3 pictures are displayed over the entire screen.

 

 

Normal

4:3 pictures are displayed with black bands along the sides. Select this when you cannot

 

switch the aspect ratio to 4:3 on the TV.

Letter Box

16:9 pictures are displayed with black bands at the top and bottom. Select this when

 

watching on a 4:3 screen.

 

 

Pan & Scan

The picture is displayed over the entire screen, with the left and right sides of the 16:9

 

picture cut off. Select this to watch 4:3 pictures over the entire screen.

Field

This eliminates instability of the picture when playback is paused.

 

 

Frame

This makes pictures clear when playback is paused, but instability may be observed.

 

 

Auto

Field and Frame is selected automatically according to the disc being played.

Dolby Digital 1

Dolby Digital audio signals are output. With BD-ROM discs, the secondary audio and

 

interactive audio are mixed for output.

 

 

Dolby Digital 2

Dolby Digital audio signals are output. With BD-ROMs, the signals are output without

 

mixing the secondary audio and interactive audio signals.

 

 

Dolby Digital  PCM

Select this when the connected AV receiver or amplifier, etc., is not compatible with Dolby

 

Digital audio signals. The Dolby Digital audio signals are converted into linear PCM audio

 

signals for output.

DTS 1

DTS Digital Surround audio signals are output. With BD-ROM discs, the secondary audio

 

and interactive audio are mixed for output.

 

 

DTS 2

DTS Digital Surround audio signals are output. With BD-ROMs, the signals are output

 

without mixing the secondary audio and interactive audio signals.

 

 

DTS  PCM

Select this when the connected AV receiver or amplifier, etc., is not compatible with DTS

 

Digital Surround audio signals. The DTS Digital Surround audio signals are converted into

 

linear PCM audio signals for output.

AAC

Select this when the connected AV receiver or amplifier, etc., is compatible with AAC audio

 

signals. The AAC audio signals are output.

 

 

AAC PCM

Select this when the connected AV receiver or amplifier, etc., is not compatible with AAC

 

audio signals. The AAC audio signals are converted into linear PCM audio signals for

 

output.

Stereo

DTS-HD Master Audio signals, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio signals or DTS Digital

 

Surround audio signals converted to linear PCM audio signals are converted into 2-channel

 

(stereo) signals for output.

 

 

Lt/Rt

DTS-HD Master Audio signals, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio signals or DTS Digital

 

Surround audio signals converted to linear PCM audio signals are converted into 2-channel

 

signals compatible with Dolby Surround for output (when the connected AV receiver or

 

amplifier, etc., is compatible with Dolby Pro Logic, the AV receiver or amplifier outputs the

 

linear PCM audio signals as surround audio signals).

2 Channel

Select this when the TV’s analog 2-channel (stereo) audio input terminals are connected to

 

the player’s AUDIO OUT (2 ch) terminals.

 

 

Multi-channel

Select this when the multi-channel audio input terminals of an AV receiver or amplifier, etc.,

 

are connected to the player’s AUDIO OUT (7.1 ch) terminals.

When an AV receiver or amplifier, etc., is connected to the player’s AUDIO OUT (7.1 ch) terminals, this sets whether or not to use the speakers which are connected to the AV receiver or amplifier, as well as the size of the speakers. For details, see Changing the speaker setup on page 43.

Fix

The output for the various speakers is set to the maximum.

 

 

Variable

The output level of the various speakers is set within the range of –6.0 dB to +6.0 dB (in 0.5

 

dB steps) (page 44).

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