Menus Still Mode Select the type of picture shown when you pause play.
Options �Automatic �Field: Less blurred field stills are shown. Select if jittering occurs when �Automatic� is selected. �Frame: Sharper frame stills are shown. Select if small text or fine patterns cannot be seen clearly when �Automatic� is selected. The scenes in play lists are played seamlessly. This may cause shifting of the points where scenes change. Some play lists cannot be played seamlessly. The points where scenes in play lists change are played accurately, but the picture may freeze for a moment. �Off
Video
Seamless Play �On: Turn seamless play on or off on discs with play lists. �Seamless Play does not effect programs that have been recorded with LPCM sound. �Off:
Audio
Audio during Search [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-V] [VCD] Choose whether to have sound during the first level of fastforward. D. Range Compression [DVD-V] (Dolby Digital only) Change the dynamic range for late night viewing. Select MTS for DVD-R or LPCM (�page 26) Select whether to record the main or secondary audio type (SAP) when recording to DVD-R or when recording using LPCM sound (�Audio Mode for XP Recording� � below).
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�On �Main
�Off �SAP
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�LPCM (�page 57)
Audio Mode for XP Recording �Dolby Digital (�page 57) Choose the audio type when recording with XP mode. �Sound recordings made using LPCM require more information than usual. Consequently the picture quality of LPCM recordings may be less than that of normal XP mode recordings. Digital Audio Output (�page 51) PCM Down Conversion Dolby Digital DTS �On �Bitstream �Bitstream �Automatic �Off �PCM �Off �Off
Display
Status Messages Choose whether to show on-screen messages automatically. Language of Display Message Choose the language for these menus and the on-screen messages. Blue Background Select �Off� if you do not want to have the unit show the blue background when reception is weak. FL Display Changes the brightness of the unit�s display.
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�English
�Français
�On
�Off
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�Bright �Dim �Dim during Play: The display dims during video playback. �Automatic: The display dims during video playback and goes off completely when the unit is turned off or on timer recording standby. If you press a button the display will brighten briefly. (At this time the power consumed will be 0.6 W.)
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TV Screen
TV Aspect (�page 14) Choose the setting to suit your television. TV Type (�page 14) Choose �480P� to enable progressive output. 4:3 TV Settings for DVD-Video Select how DVD-Video widescreen picture is shown on a 4:3 standard aspect television.
�4:3 �480I
�16:9 �480P
�Pan & Scan (�page 57): Video recorded for a widescreen is played as Pan & Scan (unless prohibited by the producer of the disc). �Letterbox (�page 57): Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the letterbox style.
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4:3 TV Settings for DVD-RAM Select how DVD-RAM widescreen picture is shown on a 4:3 standard aspect television.
�4:3: Programs played as recorded. �Pan & Scan: Video recorded for a widescreen is played as Pan & Scan. �Letterbox: Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the letterbox style.
