Changing initial settings

Advanced Operations

9 Other Settings

See page 28 for operation.

Other Settings

1

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Automatic

Still Mode

2

Audio during Search

On

3

TV Mode (4:3)

Pan&Scan

4

D. Range Compression

Off

5

Still Picture Display

Off

6

Black Level Control

Lighter

Press RETURN to exit

1

Still Mode

1

Automatic (Factory preset)

 

 

 

 

Select either “Field still” or

2

Field

 

 

 

 

“Frame still” in the still

 

Select this setting when jittering occurs in the still picture

 

picture mode.

 

mode when “1 Automatic” is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

3

Frame

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select if small text or fine patterns cannot be seen clearly in

 

 

 

the still picture mode when “1 Automatic” is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Audio during Search

1

On (Factory preset)

 

 

 

 

To select whether audio is

2

Off

 

 

 

 

heard or not during search

 

 

 

 

 

 

(forward direction) at the

 

 

 

 

 

 

initial search speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

TV Mode (4:3)

1

Pan & Scan (Factory preset)

 

 

 

 

To select whether wide-

 

Wide-screen video material will be played in the pan and

 

screen material is played

 

scan style (the picture is shown with either one or both sides

 

in the pan and scan style

 

cut off) on a conventional television (4:3).

 

or in the letterbox style on

 

³Video material not formatted in the pan and scan style will

 

a conventional TV (4:3).

 

be played back in the letterbox style.

 

 

 

 

 

2

Letterbox

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wide-screen video material will be played in the letterbox

 

 

 

style (black bands appear at the top and bottom of the

 

 

 

screen) on a conventional television (4:3).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

D.(Dynamic) Range

1

Off (Factory preset)

 

 

 

 

Compression

 

The dynamic range remains as it was recorded on the disc.

 

To compress the dynamic

2

On

 

 

 

 

range (the difference

 

Dynamic range is compressed by increasing soft sounds and

 

between the loudest sound

 

reducing loud sounds. Select when viewing discs at low

 

and the softest sound),

 

volume, such as late at night.

 

 

 

 

making it easier to hear

 

 

 

 

 

 

dialogue even at low

 

 

 

 

 

 

volume. This function only

 

 

 

 

 

 

works with Dolby Digital

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Still Picture Display

1

Off (Factory preset)

 

 

 

 

To display the picture type

2

On

Still (P)

 

 

(DVD), I, P or B in the still

 

 

 

 

 

 

picture mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example: P-picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Black Level Control

1

Lighter (Factory preset)

 

 

 

 

To select the black level of

 

Select when the player is connected to a TV through the

 

the picture, “Lighter” or

 

VIDEO OUT terminal or S VIDEO OUT terminal.

 

“Darker”.

2

Darker

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select when the player is connected to a TV through the

 

 

 

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y/PB/PR) terminals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

³Audio is heard at any speed when playing CDs, regardless of any settings at “2 Audio during Search”. ³Audio is not heard at any speed when playing CDs encoded with DTS, regardless of any settings at

“2 Audio during Search”.

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