Pioneer S-DV700ST manual Selecting, languages, using the, code list, Screen sizes and disc formats

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Screen sizes and disc formats

DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspects, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3.

Televisions also come in different aspect ratios; ‘standard’ 4:3 and widescreen 16:9.

Widescreen TV users

If you have a widescreen TV, the TV Screen setting (page 63) of this system should be set to 16:9 (Wide).

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.

Please note that some movie aspect ratios are wider than 16:9, so even though you have a widescreen TV, these discs will still play in a ‘letterbox’ style with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

Standard TV users

If you have a standard TV, the TV Screen setting (page 63) of this system should be set to 4:3 (Letter Box) or 4:3 (Pan&Scan), depending on which you prefer.

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.

Please note that many widescreen discs override the system’s settings so that the disc is shown in letterbox format regardless of the setting.

•Using the 16:9 (Wide) setting with a standard 4:3 TV, or either of the 4:3 settings with a widescreen TV, will result in a distorted picture.

Selecting
		English
languages
using the
language
code list
Some of the language		Italiano
options (see
Language settings on
page 65) allow you to
set your prefered
language from any of
the 136 languages
listed in the Language		Français
code list on page 88.
1	Select ‘Other
Language’.
2	Use the
(cursor left/right)
buttons to select		Deutsch
either a code letter
or a code number.
3	Use the
(cursor up/down)
buttons to select a
code letter or a code		Nederlands
number.
See the Language
code list on page 88
(next page) for a
complete list of
languages and codes.
		Español

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