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SYSTEM SETTINGS - DISPLAY CATEGORY
The display category settings change the way in which
the player is set up to work with your TV.
To check the current display settings:
Navigate to the Display category of the Settings
•
Menu.
A window will open which will display the current display
settings.
TV type:
You can select either PAL or NTSC video signals. The
correct setting for the UK and Europe is PAL.
Resolution (HDMI only):
CAUTION: If you change to display resolution
settings that are incompatible with your TV, you
may lose the TV picture completely. If your TV is
connected via HDMI, the ‘Auto’ setting (factory
setting) is strongly recommended as the TV will
automatically set the resolution of the player
for optimum results. If you lose the picture as
a result of changing the resolution, refer to the
Troubleshooting section for instructions to
recover the picture.
From the resolution sub-menu you can choose to
manually set the HDMI resolution in the range -
Auto (the player resolution is set by your TV)
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1080p
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1080i
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720p
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576p
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576i
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NOTE: Although resolution settings will be displayed
on a TV connected to the composite video (CVBS) video
output, the resolution of the composite video output is
fixed at 576i (PAL operation) or 480i (NTSC operation).
Current display
settings
To change settings in the display category, press the
•
P
button.
The display settings edit window will open.
You can now edit the display settings.
TV Aspect:
Change this setting to match the aspect ratio (shape) of
your TV. Widescreen TVs generally have an aspect ratio of
16:9, older full-screen TVs have an aspect ration of 4:3.
If you have a widescreen 16:9 format TV, choose one of
the 16:9 formats -
Choose 16:9 Wide (factory setting) to present
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widescreen programs correctly on a 16:9
widescreen TV.
Choose 16:9 Pillarbox when watching an older 4:3
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movie on a widescreen TV. This will display the
movie in its correct proportions and with black bars
at the edges of the picture, rather than stretching
the picture to fit the full width of a widescreen TV.
If you have a full-screen 4:3 format TV, choose one of the
4:3 formats -
Choose 4:3 Pan and Scan to display 16:9 movies
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on the 4:3 TV with full height, but cropping of the
picture at the screen edges.
Choose 4:3 Letterbox to display 16:9 movies in full
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width on a 4:3 TV (but black bars at the top and
bottom of the screen).
Film Mode (1080p24)
Movies are recorded on film at a rate of 24 frames per
second. Many movies on Blu-ray discs are recorded at this
frame rate.
If your TV is compatible with a frame rate of 24 frames
per second, then change this setting to ‘On’ (the factory
setting is off).
Deep Color:
The HDMI 1.3 specification features a maximum colour
resolution of 16 bits.
Set Deep Color to ‘On’ to expand the colour range possible
from your player to a maximum of 36 bits.
