10Additional information
Screen sizes and disc formats
movies1, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3.
Televisions also come in different aspect ratios; ‘standard’ 4:3 and widescreen 16:9.2
Set to 4:3 (Letter Box), widescreen discs are shown with black bars top and bottom.
Set to 4:3 (Pan&Scan), widescreen discs are shown with the left and right sides cropped. Although the picture looks larger, you don’t actually see the whole picture.
Using the language code list
Some of the language options (see Language settings on page 26) allow you to set your preferred language from any of the 136 languages listed in the Language code list.
1 | Select ‘Other Language’. | |
2 | Use | to select either a code letter or |
a code number. | ||
3 | Use | to select a code letter or a code |
number. |
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See the Language code list (next page) for a complete list of languages and codes.
Note
1Many widescreen discs override the system’s settings so that the disc is shown in letterbox format regardless of the setting.
2• Using the 16:9 (Wide) setting with a standard 4:3 TV, or one of the 4:3 settings with a widescreen TV, will result in distortion.
•When you watch discs recorded in 4:3 format, you can use the TV controls to select how the picture is presented. Your TV may offer various zoom and stretch options; see the instructions that came with your TV for details.
•Some movie aspect ratios are wider than 16:9, so even with a widescreen TV, these discs will still play in a ‘letterbox’ style.
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