Video/Audio Adjust menu | Pioneer DVR-310 guide

The Video/Audio Adjust menu

Tip

•To see more of the picture as you adjust different settings, press ENTER after selecting the setting you want to adjust.

Note

•When the DV input is selected, only VNR and Detail settings can be adjusted.

•When White AGC is On, the White Level setting can’t be adjusted.

Setting the picture quality for disc playback

This setting determines how the picture will look when playing discs.

Choosing a preset

1With a disc playing (or paused), press HOME MENU and select ‘Video/Audio Adjust’.

2Select ‘Video Adjust’

3 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to change the setting.

2ch

TV(CRT)

Detailed Settings

There are 6 presets available:

•TV(CRT) – suitable for standard cathode-ray tube TVs

•PDP – suitable for plasma display screens

•Professional – suitable for professional monitors

•Memory1 – user preset 1

•Memory2 – user preset 2

•Memory3 – user preset 3

You can press DISPLAY to see the individual settings for the current preset (TV(CRT), PDP or Professional).

4 Press ENTER to select the preset.

Creating your own set

There are three user presets in which you can save your own set of picture quality settings for disc playback.

1Follow Choosing a preset above and select one of the user presets (Memory 1, 2 or 3).

2Move the cursor down and select ‘Detailed Settings’.

2ch

Memory1

Detailed Settings

3Select the picture quality setting you want to adjust.

Memory1		2ch
Pure Cinema		Auto
YNR	Off	Max
CNR	Off	Max
QNR	Off	Max
Detail	Off	Max
White Level	Min	Max
Black Level	Min	Max

You can adjust the following settings:

•Pure Cinema – When watching DVD movies, Pure Cinema optimizes the picture quality. If the picture appears unnatural on the default Auto setting, change to On or Off as desired. (Note that this setting can only be adjusted when the video output is set to progressive.)

See also PureCinema in the Glossary on page 94.

•YNR – Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR) applied to the Y (brightness) component (has no effect when the video output is set to progressive).

•CNR – Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR) applied to the C (color) component (has no effect when the video output is set to progressive).

•QNR – Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR) applied to the block noise.

•Detail – Adjusts how sharp edges appear.

•White Level – Adjusts the intensity of white.

•Black Level – Adjusts the intensity of black.

•Black Setup – Corrects the standard reference black level.

•Hue – Adjusts overall balance between red and green.

•Chroma Level – Adjusts how rich the colors appear.

DVR-310 specifications

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Pioneer DVR-310 Video/Audio Adjust menu, Setting the picture quality for disc playback

Models: DVR-310