JVC SP-PWC60 - Manual (Page 37)

Setting DVD preferences
Picture menu (PICTURE)
■ MONITOR TYPE
You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play
DVDs recorded in the pictures height/width ratio of 16:9.
• 4:3 PS (Pan Scan conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3 (conventional
TV). While viewing a wide screen picture, the black bars do not
appear, however, the left and right edges of the pictures will not
be shown on the screen.
• 4:3 LB (Letter Box conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3 (conventional
TV). While viewing a wide screen picture, the black bars appear
on the top and the bottom of the screen.
• 16:9 (Wide television conversion)
Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is fixed on 16:9 (wide
TV). '
When you play DVDs recorded in the pictures height/width ratio
of 4:3, the system adjust the ratio of output signal automatically.
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Ex.: 4:3 PS Ex.:4:3L6 Ex.: 16:9
NOTE
• Even if “4:3 PS” is selected, the screen size may become “4:3 LB” with
some DVDs. This depends on how DVDs are recorded.
■ PICTURE SOURCE
When you set the scan mode to “480p” or “720p” (see page 18), you
can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting whether the content
on the disc/file is processed by frame (film source) or by field (video
source).
Normally set to “AUTO”.
• AUTO
Used to play a disc/file containing both video and film source
materials.
This system recognizes the source type (video or film) of the
current disc/file according to the disc/file information.
If the playback picture is unclear or noisy, or the oblique lines of
the picture are rough, try to change to other modes.
• FILM
Suitable for playing back a film source disc/file.
. VIDEO (NORMAL)
Suitable for playing back a video source disc/tile with relatively a
few movements.
. VIDEO (ACTIVE)
Suitable for playing back a video source disc/tile with relatively a
lot of movements.
■ SCREEN SAVER (See page 21.)
You can activate or deactivate screen saver function.
■ FILE TYPE
When several types of files are recorded on a disc/device, you can
select which files to play.
. AUDIO
Select this to play MP3/WMA files.
• STILL PICTURE
Select tliis to play JPEG files.
. VIDEO
Select this to play ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-l/DivX files.
■ HDMIDVI COLOR
When connecting the TV by using HDMI cable, you can adjust the
picture appearance, such as image quality, color intensity, and black
fading.
• STANDARD
Select tills when you need no picture adjustment.
. ENHANCE
This system automatically makes picture adjustment suitable for
the picture.
■ HDMIOUT
When connecting the TV by using HDMI cable, you can select the
type of vfideo signal output from HDMI MONITOR OUT terminal.
Normally set to “AUTO”.
• AUTO
This system automatically select the video signal type and outputs
according to the type of TV connected with HDMI cable.
• RGB
Select this when no picture appears on the TV with “AUTO”
setting. The vfideo signal output is fixed to RGB.
(^: Audio menu (AUDIO)
■ D. RANGE CONTROL
(Dynamic range control)
You can enjoy low levrel recorded sound clearly at night even at a low
volume when listening to the sound with Dolby Digital.
• WIDE RANGE
Select this when you want to enjoy surround sound with its full
dynamic range (no effect applied).
• NORMAL
Normally select this to actfoate this function.
. TV MODE
Select tills when you want to fully apply the compression effect
(useful at midnight).
NOTE
• When you play a multichannel Dolby Digital source with the
surround mode is off, the setting of D. RANGE CONTROL is set to
NORMAL automatically.
■ HDMI AUDIO OUT
You can select whether the system outputs the audio signal with the
video signal from HDMI MONITOR OUT terminal or not.
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