Chapter 4

Playback

4-1 Preparations for Playback

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4-1-1 Switching System

Frequency

Switch a setting of this unit to correspond with the system frequency of a using cassette. (This is set to 29.97 system at the factory.)

For details, see “Switching system frequency (menu item 013)” on page 5-4.

• EDGE-CROP mode (CROP)

HD

SD

Crops a quarter of both ends of an HDVS screen.

Playback

4-1-2 Setting the Audio Monitor Output

Press AU MON SEL button to assign the channels to L/R outputs.

For details of channel setting and operation, see “AU MON SEL button” on page 2-3.

4-1-3 Selecting a Conversion Mode for the Down-Converter

Select a conversion mode from CONVERTER MODE (DC), extended menu item 930.

To adjust the horizontal position of the edge- cropped screen

Use H CROP POSITION (DC), extended menu item 932.

• LETTER BOX mode (LETTER BOX)

When LETTER BOX is selected, you can choose an aspect ratio for the down-converted screen from among the following 3 conversion modes included in LETTER BOX MODE (DC), extended menu item 931.

When “16:9” is selected

HD

SD

Converts the screen with keeping an aspect ratio of 16:9.

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