Pioneer DCS-370, XV-DV370 manual Initial Settings menu Chapter, Using the Initial Settings menu

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Chapter 8

Initial Settings menu

Using the Initial Settings menu

The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others.

If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting.

1Press DVD/CD.

2With playback stopped, press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Settings’.

Initial Settings

3Use /// and ENTER to select the setting and option you want to set.

All the settings and options are explained on the following pages.1

Video Output settings

Setting Option What it means

TV Screen

(See also Screen sizes and disc formats on page 39.)

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)	Set if you have a widescreen TV. 4:3 material is shown with
	black bars on either side of the screen.2

AV Connector Out	Video	Standard video, compatible with all TVs.
(See Connecting auxil-
	S-Video	Higher quality, but check your TV for compatibility.
iary audio components
on page 32.)	RGB	Best quality, but check your TV for compatibility.
HDMI Resolution*	1920x1080i	Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel interlace video.
(See Connecting using
	1280x720p	Set if your TV supports 1280 x 720 pixel progressive-scan video.
HDMI on page 33.)
* Default changes with	720x480p (NTSC)/	Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 (NTSC)/720 x 576 (PAL) pixel
TV format (PAL/NTSC).	720x576p (PAL)	progressive-scan video.
	720x480i (NTSC)/	Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 (NTSC)/720 x 576 (PAL) pixel
	720x576i (PAL)	interlace video.

Note

1• In the table, the default setting is shown in bold: other settings are shown in italics.

•Some settings, such as TV Screen, Audio Language and Subtitle Language may be overridden by the DVD disc. Often these settings can also be made from the DVD disc menu.

•The AV Connector Out setting only needs to be set if you have connected this player to your TV using a SCART cable.

•The HDMI Resolution and HDMI Color settings only need to be set if you connected this player to an HDMI-compatible component using the HDMI connector.

2This setting can only be used when you are connected via HDMI and have the HDMI resolution set to 1920x1080i or 1280x720p. When using this setting, only the HDMI connection is available.

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