05 | Chapter 5 |
Adjusting audio and video |
Adjusting the video
The quality of the playback picture can be adjusted according to the TV you are using.
1During playback, press VIDEO ADJUST to display the Video Adjust screen.
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VIDEO ADJUST
2Select the item to be adjusted. Use / to select.
Video Adjust [ Memory1 ]
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Use [ 
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The Video Adjust screen can also be displayed by selecting Video Adjust from the TOOLS menu.
2 Select a preset.
TOP MENU | TOOLS |
| ENTER |
HOME | RETURN |
MENU |
Select using / according to the TV being used.
Video Adjust
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Adjustments
•LCD – Select this when connected to a liquid crystal display TV.
•PDP – Select this when connected to a plasma TV of another brand.
•Pioneer PDP – Select this when connected to a Pioneer plasma TV.
•Projector – Select this when connected to a front projector.
•Professional – With this setting, video signal processing is restrained. Select this when connected to a professional monitor.
•Memory1 to 3 – Picture quality settings with adjusted parameters can be stored in the memory. For a description of the parameters, see When Memory1, 2 or 3 is selected below.
When Memory1, 2 or 3 is selected
1 Select Adjustments.
Use to select Adjustments, then press ENTER.
A detailed settings screen appears.
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3 Adjust the picture quality.
When / are pressed, the adjustments can be made watching the picture. The detailed settings screen reappears when ENTER is pressed.
Prog. Motion Motion 
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•Prog.Motion – Adjust according to the type of image (movie or still image). This is effective when outputting video materials as progressive images.
•Pure Cinema – This setting optimizes the operation of the progressive scanning circuit for playing film materials. Normally set it to Auto1. If the picture seems unnatural, switch this to Auto 2, On or Off (page 39).
•YNR – Reduces noise in the luminance (Y) signal.
•CNR – Reduces noise in the chroma (C) signal.
•BNR – Reduces the block noise
•MNR – Reduces the mosquito noise (distortion along the contours of the picture generated upon MPEG compression).
•Detail – Emphasizes the picture’s contours.
•White Level – Adjusts the level of the white portions.
•Black Level – Adjusts the level of the black portions.
•Black Setup – Select the black level as the setup level. Normally select 0 IRE. If the black is too dense and all the dark colors are displayed in a uniform black due to the combination with the connected monitor, select 7.5 IRE.
•Gamma Correction – Adjusts how the dark portions of the picture look.
•Hue – Adjusts the balance between green and red.
•Chroma Level – Adjusts the density of the colors.
Note
•Prog.Motion and Pure Cinema have the effect only for pictures recorded in the interlaced scan format (576i/480i or 1080i signals).
•Prog.Motion is disabled when Pure Cinema is set to On.
•Black Setup have the effect only for pictures output from the VIDEO and
•YNR, CNR, BNR and MNR are disabled when 1080/24p signals are output from the HDMI OUT terminal.
