08Initial Settings menu

Video Output settings

Setting

TV Screen

(This setting effective for analog and HDMI video output. See also Screen sizes and disc formats on page 52.)

Option

What it means

4:3 (Letter Box)

Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are

 

shown with black bars top and bottom.

 

 

4:3 (Pan & Scan)

Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are

 

shown with the sides cropped so that the image fills the

 

screen.

 

 

16:9 (Wide)

Set if you have a widescreen TV.

 

 

16:9 (Compressed)

Can be selected when you are connected via HDMI, and have

 

the HDMI Resolution set to 1920 x 1080p, 1920 x

 

1080i or 1280 x 720p. Video in 4:3 can be properly

 

displayed on a 16:9 high definition television (with black bars

 

shown on either side of the screen).

Component Out

Interlace

Set if your TV is not compatible with progressive scan video.

 

 

 

 

Progressive

Set if your TV is compatible with progressive scan video (see

 

 

your TV’s instruction manual for details). The PRGSVE

 

 

indicator lights in the front panel display. See also Switching

 

 

the video output to interlace using the front panel controls on

 

 

page 13.

 

 

Note that progressive scan video is only output from the

 

 

component video jacks.

 

 

 

AV Connector Out

Video

Ordinary (composite) video output, compatible with all TVs.

 

 

 

 

RGB

If your TV is compatible, this setting gives the best picture

 

 

quality.

 

 

Note that there is no output from the component jacks

 

 

when this setting selected.

 

 

 

HDMI Resolution

1920x1080p

Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel progressive-scan

 

 

video.

 

 

 

 

1920x1080i

Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel interlace video.

 

 

 

 

1280x720p

Set if your TV supports 1280 x 720 pixel progressive-scan

 

 

video.

 

 

 

 

720x480p (NTSC) /

Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 pixel (NTSC) / 720 x 576 pixel

 

720x576p (PAL)

(PAL) progressive-scan video.

 

 

 

 

720x480i (NTSC) /

Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 pixel (NTSC) / 720 x 576 pixel

 

720x576i (PAL)

(PAL) interlace video.

 

 

 

HDMI Color

Full range RGB

If colors are weak, this gives brighter colors and deeper

 

 

black.

 

 

 

 

RGB

Use this setting if colors appear overly rich on the Full Range

 

 

RGB setting.

 

 

 

 

Component

Outputs component video format (default setting for HDMI-

 

 

compatible devices).

 

 

 

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Pioneer DV-600AV-K, DV-400V-K operating instructions Initial Settings menu Video Output settings, Option What it means