4:3 PAN SCAN*: Select this when you connect a 4:3 screen TV. This setting displays the wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the portions that do not fit.
COLOR SYSTEM (VIDEO CD)
(Except for European and Russian models)
Select the output video signal when you play back a VIDEO CD.
AUTO: Outputs the video signal according to the color system of the disc, either PAL or NTSC.
PAL: Changes the video signal of an NTSC disc and output it in PAL system. NTSC: Changes the video signal of a PAL disc and output it in NTSC system.
PAUSE MODE
(DVD VIDEO and
AUTO: The picture, including subjects that move dynamically, is output with no jitter. Normally select this position. FRAME: The picture, including subjects that do not move dynamically, is output in high resolution.
*Depending on the DVD VIDEO, “4:3 LETTER BOX” may be selected automatically instead of “4:3 PAN SCAN” or vice versa.
Setting the audio options “AUDIO
SETUP”
Configure audio related settings. The default setting is underlined.
AUDIO DRC1) (Dynamic Range Compression)
(DVD VIDEO only)
OFF: No compression of dynamic range.
STANDARD: Reproduces the sound track with the kind of dynamic range that the recording engineer intended. Useful for watching movies at low volume late at night.
MAX: Narrows the dynamic range fully.
TRACK SELECTION
(DVD VIDEO only)
Gives priority to the sound track which contains the highest number of channels when you play back a DVD VIDEO on which multiple audio (PCM, DTS, MPEG audio, or Dolby Digital) formats2) are recorded.
OFF: No priority given.
AUTO3): Priority given.