08Initial Settings menu

Use the joystick (up/down) to select a setting.

Use the joystick (left/right) to adjust the current setting.

After you’ve finished, press ENTER to confirm any settings you’ve made and return to the Initial Settings menu.

You can adjust any or all of the following HDMI settings (the same options are avail- able for DVI/HDCP-compatible devices):

Resolution

Since HDMI has the capacity to support many different high-definition video formats, you may want to change the resolution depending on the monitor you’re using. The options that appear will depend on the video format of the current disc (NTSC or PAL).

VGA – 640x480 pixel progressive-scan video (NTSC only)

720 x 480 P (NTSC)/ 720 x 576 P (PAL) – 720x480/576 pixel progressive-scan video

720 x 480 I (NTSC)/ 720 x 576 I (PAL) – 720x480/576 pixel interlace video

1280 x 720 P – 1280x720 pixel progres- sive-scan video

1920 x 1080 I – 1920x1080 pixel interlace video

A message will appear if you select an incompatible resolution.

Aspect Ratio

Select an aspect ratio according to the kind of display you have, and how you want to see the image on-screen. Refer to the table below to match the HDMI resolution you chose in Resolution above to the disc type you’re using and the setting on your monitor. See also Screen sizes and disc formats on page 83.

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4:3 (Letter Box) – Widescreen discs are shown with black bars top and bottom.

4:3 (Pan&Scan) – Widescreen discs are shown with the left and right sides cropped.

16:9 (Wide) – Use this setting if you have a widescreen monitor.

16:9(Compressed) Progressive-scan 4:3 material is shown with black bars on either side of the screen.

 

 

Disc type

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI

Compressed

 

4:3

 

 

 

 

 

resolution

Aspect

Monitor

Aspect

 

Monitor

setting

(HDMI )

setting

(HDMI )

 

setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

720 x 480 I/P

 

Full/

4:3/

 

 

 

16:9

 

Nor-

(720 x 576 I/P)

 

Squeeze

 

16:9

(Wide)

 

 

mal/

 

 

 

 

1280 x 720 P

(Wide)

Normal/

16:9

 

Pass-

 

 

thru/4:3

 

 

Pass-

(Com-

 

1920 x 1080 I

 

 

 

 

thru/4:3

pressed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video Memory

These settings allow you to change the appearance of the HDMI video presentation. You can also access these options from the Video Adjust menu (see Video Adjust on page 60 for more on this).

Direct – The picture appears simply according to how the source was encoded.

Natural – Edges are softer making this setting good for movies.

Enhanced – Edges are sharper making this setting ideal for animation and mate- rial with computer generated effects.

Memory1–3– Use for saving your own presets (see Creating your own presets on page 60 for more on this)

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