When viewing a wide screen TV or monitor
Setting the TV Screen Size
DVD screen size formatSetting and Appearance
The width-to-height ratio of conventional TVs is 4:3,
Wide screen format DVD
while the width-to-height ratio of wide screen and
Please note that there are some
high-definition TVs is 16:9. This width-to-height ratio is
wide screen letter box formats
called the aspect ratio.
that place black bars at the top
When viewing software recorded in different aspectand bottom of the screen. This is
not a malfunction.
ratios, the imageOs height to width ratio can be switched
OWide� setting
to match the TV or monitor being used.
Standard screen format DVD
Make changes to the TV screen size in the [TV Screen]
When viewing a standard screen
setting in the Setup screen Video menu. Please noteformat DVD on a wide screen
that changes to the [TV Screen] setting cannot be madeTV, black bars may be
when a disc is playing. Stop playback of the disc beforeautomatically placed at the side
attempting to make any changes.of the screen to adjust to the
DVD format.
OWide� setting
Audio1 2 Video Language General
TV Screen 4:3(Letter Box)Standard screen format DVD
4:3(Pan&Scan)(unnatural stretched effect)
16:9(Wide)
If you are viewing a standard
screen format DVD on a wide
Setup picture according to TVscreen TV, the picture may
MoveSETUPExitappear �stretchedO on the
screen. To remedy this
condition, change your wide
screen TV to display a standard
(4:3) screen. Refer to the
Settings: 4:3 (Letter Box)OWide� setting
instructions supplied with your
4:3 (Pan & Scan)wide screen TV or monitor for
16:9 (Wide)*more information.
* Factory Setting
Notes
Y If OStandard (4:3)� is selected in the Setup Navigator screen,When viewing a standard size TV or monitor
O4:3 (Letter Box)� is selected on this screen. If you prefer the
DVD screen size formatSetting and Appearance
pan&scan format, change the settings on this screen.
Y Whether the aspect can be switched or not depends on theWide screen format DVD
disc. Please refer to the information written on the disc jacket,The Letter box presentation
etc.places black bars at the top and
Y Some discs may not include the screen format selected in thebottom portions of the screen to
[TV Screen] setting. When this occurs, the standard TV screenprovide the full wide screen
format available on the disc is automatically selected.presentation of a movie on a
Y When a DVD is played back in the letter box format, Linearstandard TV (4:3 aspect ratio).OLetter Box� settingADJUSTING AUDIO AND VIDEO SETTINGS
PCM digital audio playback is output is automatically
downsampled to 48 kHz (when the original signal is 96 kHz). InWide screen format DVD
The Pan & Scan presentation
order to hear audio at the sampling rate of 96 kHz, select either
crops both sides of the wide
OWide� or O4:3 (Pan & Scan)�.
screen presentation to use the
full standard TV screen.
Differences in screen sizes and DVD formats
OPan & Scan� setting
The number of screen size formats currently available
can be somewhat confusing. If set incorrectly, the videoStandard screen format DVD
presentation may not appear as it should. The followingIf you have a standard TV, the
diagrams and descriptions are intended to help you setstandard screen format will be
your TV screen size in a way that will allow you to fullypresented regardless of the
enjoy the digital video of DVD.setting.
The settings in the [TV Screen] setting are perhaps most
applicable when the DVD you are watching isAny setting
programmed in the wide screen format. If you have a
Wide screen format DVD
standard TV, select either O4:3 (Letter Box)� or O4:3 (Pan
(unnatural squeezed effect)
& Scan)� based on your personal preference. If you have
If you are viewing a wide screen
a wide screen TV, select O16:9 (Wide)�.format DVD on a standard TV
and the [TV Screen] setting is
set to OWide�, the picture may
appear �squeezedO on the
screen. To remedy this
condition, select either OLetterOWide� setting
Box� or �Pan & Scan�.
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