Selecting Video Aspect; Selecting Scan Type - NAD M55 Owner's Manual

SELECTING VIDEO TV ASPECT
To select the appropriate display mode according to your TV set, one selects the SETUP menu form the
remote. Choose 'Video', 'TV Aspect', then the three choices that best fit your TV set.
1 From the drop-down menu of the OSD screen, use the navigation arrows to select 'Video' and press
ENTER on the remote.
2 Use the navigation keys to select the desired 'TV Aspect' and press ENTER on the remote
'Widescreen 16:9': Select when a wide-screen TV set is connected. Played in FULL size. (Setting the wide-
screen TV to FULL mode is also necessary)
'Letterbox 4:3': The video material not formatted in the Pan & Scan style is played back in the letterbox
style (black bands appear at top and bottom of screen).
'Pan Scan 4:3': Select when a conventional TV set is connected. The video material formatted in the Pan
& Scan style is played back in that style (the left and right edges are cut off).
16:9 Wide
NOTES
• Each screen shows an example when the video material for a widescreen is played. (This setting does
not affect the video material for conventional size.)
Select Picture mode depending on the format; video or film. AUTO will switch between the two formats
during playback.
NOTE
• For best performance, select AUTO when ever the format is unknown.

SELECTING SCAN TYPE

To select the appropriate scan type according to your TV set, one toggles the RES. (resolution) button on
the M55 remote control. For each signal mode, NTSC or PAL there are four choices available. See page
31 and 37 for scan type availability.
1 Observe the choices on the VFD.
2 Observe the choices on the video outputs as OSD.
There are four analog modes for scanning depending on your selections from the M55 Setup Menu; two
are Progressive scan 480p(NTSC) and 576p(PAL), the other two are Interlaced scan 480i(NTSC) and
576i(PAL). Select the scan type that best suites your TV set.
NOTES
When using the Component Video Output; NTSC format 480i and 480p are available, PAL format 576i
and 576p are available when HDMI is set to ON in the Setup OSD.
When using the HDMI socket, progressive scan is available in NTSC and PAL, but may be limited or
prohibited by copy protection on some media.
When VGA is set to ON, only 480i(NTSC) and 576i(PAL) will be available on the Component Output
Not all monitors will be able to display VGA settings of 1080i. Please refer to your monitor's
instruction manual for scan type settings and compatibility.
Refer to page 37 for scan types available for each video output
Cut Off
4:3 Letterbox 4:3 Panscan
Setup
INITIAL SETUP SETTINGS
HDMI = 480P
VGA = OFF
COMPONENT = 480I
HDMI = 480P
VGA = OFF
COMPONENT = 480P
HDMI = 720P
VGA = OFF
COMPONENT = 480I
HDMI = 1080I
VGA = OFF
COMPONENT = 480I
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