Setup Menu

Setting the TV display

Set the aspect ratio of this unit to match your TV. The format you select must be available on the disc. Otherwise, the TV display setting will not affect the picture during playback.

Select [TV DISPLAY] in “VIDEO SETUP PAGE”.

4:3 PAN SCAN

Select this if the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3 and you want both sides of the picture to be trimmed or formatted to fit your TV screen.

4:3 LETTER BOX

Select this if the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3. In this case, a wide picture with black bands on the upper and lower portions of the TV screen are displayed.

16:9

Select this if you have a widescreen TV.

The relationship between the setting of this unit and the TV display

When the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3:

Setting Playback disc

 

TV display

16:9

 

 

 

 

 

*1

4:3 PAN

 

 

 

 

SCAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9

4:3

LETTER

BOX

4:3

When the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9:

Turning the black level on/off

If [TV TYPE] is set to [NTSC] (see page 34), set the black level to on to improve the color contrast during playback. The black level setting has no effect if [TV TYPE] is set to [PAL].

Select [BLACK LEVEL] in “VIDEO SETUP PAGE”.

ON

Select this to enhance the black level.

OFF

Select this for the standard black level setting.

Note

This function is available for interlaced video format only.

Turning the closed caption on/off

Closed captions are data hidden in the video signals of specific discs and are invisible without the use of a special decoder. The difference between subtitles and captions is that subtitles are intended for hearing persons and captions are for the hearing impaired. Subtitles rarely show all of the audio. For example, captions show sound effects (e.g., “phone ringing”, “footsteps”), while subtitles do not.

Before you select this function, ensure that the disc contains closed caption information and your TV also supports this function.

Select [CLOSED CAPTION] in “VIDEO SETUP PAGE”.

ON

English

Setting

Playback disc

 

 

TV display

 

 

16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3

 

 

 

 

 

*2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1: If the disc is not assigned to playback in panscan, it is played in letterbox.

*2: The side of the picture may be stretched depending on the TV. In this case, check the screen size and aspect ratio of your TV.

Select this to enable the closed caption function.

OFF

Select this to disable the closed caption function.

Note

This function is available for interlaced video format only.

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