Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

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If the player is outputting Dolby Digital, DTS or MPEG bitstream audio (in other words, no conversion to PCM), Virtual Surround has no effect on the audio from the digital output. See Digital Audio Out settings on page 38 for how to set up the digital output formats.

How good the surround effect is varies with the disc.

Dialog

Settings: High, Medium, Low, Off (default)

The Dialog feature is designed to make the dialog stand out from other background sounds in the soundtrack.

Equalizer

Settings: Rock, Pop, Live, Dance, Techno, Classic, Soft, Off (default)

The various preset EQ curves are designed to suit various styles of music.

Note

96 kHz linear PCM audio is automatically downsampled to 48 kHz if the Equalizer is switched on.

Video Adjust menu

2 Make settings using the

(cursor) buttons, and ENTER.

Video Adjust

 

 

 

Sharpness

Standard

Brightness

0

Contrast

0

Gamma

Off

Hue

0

Chroma Level

0

 

 

 

 

You can adjust the following picture quality settings:

Sharpness – Adjusts the sharpness of edges in the picture (Fine, Standard (default), Soft).

Brightness – Adjusts the overall brightness (–20to +20).

Contrast – Adjusts the contrast between light and dark (–16to +16).

Gamma – Adjusts the ‘warmth’ of the picture (High, Medium, Low, Off (default)).

Hue – Adjusts the red/green balance (green 9 to red 9).

Chroma Level – Adjusts how saturated colors appear (–9to +9).

Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue and

Chroma Level settings using the (cursor left/right) buttons.

Brightness

min

max

0

From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust various settings that affect how the picture is presented.

1Press HOME MENU and select ‘Video Adjust’ from the on-screen display.

Video Adjust

3Press ENTER to return to the Video Adjust screen, or HOME MENU to exit.

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Pioneer DV-490V-S Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus, Dialog, Equalizer, Make settings using Cursor buttons, and Enter

DV-595K-S, DV-490V-S specifications

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