JVC TH-C5 Instructions - Page 37

Setting DVD preferences : Picture menu (PICTURE) 7 MONITOR TYPE You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play DVDs recorded in the picture's 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 picture's height/width ratio of 4:3, the system adjust the ratio of output signal automatically. Ex.: 4:3 PS Ex.: 4:3 LB 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. • When the scan mode is set to "1080i" or "720p" (see page 18), "16:9" is automatically selected. 7 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/file with relatively a few movements. • VIDEO (ACTIVE) Suitable for playing back a video source disc/file with relatively a lot of movements. 7 SCREEN SAVER (See page 21.) You can activate or deactivate screen saver function. 7 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 this to play JPEG files. • VIDEO Select this to play ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1/DivX files. 7 HDMI DVI 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 this when you need no picture adjustment. • ENHANCE This system automatically makes picture adjustment suitable for the picture. 7 HDMI OUT When connecting the TV by using HDMI cable, you can select the type of video 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 video signal output is fixed to RGB. : Audio menu (AUDIO) 7 D. RANGE CONTROL (Dynamic range control) You can enjoy low level 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 activate this function. • TV MODE Select this 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. 7 HDMI AUDIO OUT You can select whether the system outputs the audio signal with the video signal from HDMI MONITOR OUT terminal or not. 34