Changing The Color System; Selecting A Screen Size Manually - Pioneer pdp-506hdg Operating Instructins

Adjustments and Settings

Changing the color system

If an image does not appear clearly, select another color
system (e.g., PAL, NTSC).
1
Press HOME MENU.
2
then ENTER).
Select "Option" ( /
3
Select "Color System" ( /
4
Select a video signal system ( /
Color System
Auto
PAL
SECAM
NTSC
4.43NTSC
• You can select "Auto", "PAL", "SECAM", "NTSC",
"4.43NTSC", "PAL-M", or "PAL-N".
• With "Auto" selected, input signals are automatically
identified.
5
Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.
NOTE
• The factory default is "Auto".
• You need to perform color system setting for each of INPUT
1 to 4.
• For the color system setting, see steps 11 and 12 under
"Using Manual Adjust" (page 28).

Selecting a screen size manually

Press f to switch among the screen size options selectable
for the type of video signals currently received.
• Each time you press f, the selection is switched.
• The selectable screen sizes differ depending on the types of
input signals.
AV mode
Item Description
4:3 For 4:3 "standard" pictures. A side mask appears on
each side.
FULL 14:9 For 14:9 squeeze pictures. A thin side mask appears on
each side.
CINEMA 14:9 For 14:9 letterbox pictures. A thin side mask appears on
each side, and you may also see bars on the top and
bottom with some programs.
WIDE In this mode the picture is progressively stretched
toward each side of the screen.
FULL For 16:9 squeeze pictures.
ZOOM For 16:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may appear on the top
and bottom with some programs.
CINEMA For 14:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may appear on the top
and bottom on some programs.
then ENTER).
then ENTER).
PC mode except for XGA signals
Item Description
4:3
Fills the screen without altering the input signal aspect
ratio.
FULL Full 16:9 screen display
Dot by Dot Matches input signal with same number of screen
pixels.
PC mode for XGA signals
(Ex. 1024 × 768 input at PDP-506HDG)
Item Description
4:3 Matches input signal with the same number of screen
pixels.
Optimized for 1024 × 768 display
FULL1 Full 16:9 screen display
Optimized for 1024 × 768 display
FULL2 For wide signal display
Use when displaying 1280 × 768 signal resolution.
NOTE
• The specifications given for the PC mode is for the PDP-
506HDG. For the PDP-436HDG, the number of panel pixels is
different, and thus signal processing and actual viewing
conditions will vary slightly.
CINEMA
ZOOM
FULL
NOTE
• While watching High Definition TV broadcasting, pressing
f switches among FULL, WIDE, 4:3, and ZOOM.
4:3
FULL 14:9
CINEMA14:9
WIDE
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