Pioneer DV-868AVi, DV-668AV operating instructions Resolution, Video Memory, Aspect Ratio, Audio

08Initial Settings menu

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

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

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 progressive-scan video

•1920 x 1080 I – 1920x1080 pixel interlace video

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 57 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 material with computer generated effects.

•Memory1–3– Use for saving your own presets (see Creating your own presets on page 57 for more on this)

•A message will appear if you select an incompatible resolution.

•DV-668AV only – Only the 720 x 480 P and 720 x 576 P options are available in the Resolution settings.

Aspect Ratio

Select an aspect ratio according to the kind of display you have, and how you want to see the image on-screen. See also Screen sizes and disc formats on page 81.

•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.

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Audio

If the monitor or device you have connected using HDMI is not compatible with compressed multi-channel formats, you should set this to LPCM, otherwise set to Auto.

•LPCM – All audio signals are downmixed to linear PCM (2-channel).

•Auto – Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG sources are processed according to how they were encoded, and linear PCM sources are heard with no processing.

•Even with Auto selected, if the monitor or device you have connected using HDMI is not compatible with multi-channel formats, the audio signal will be downmixed to linear PCM as above.

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