Panasonic NV-VP31 Operating Instructions Manual page 39

Audio Menu
ADVANCED SURROUND (lpage 35)
Display Menu
4:3 Aspect [DVD-V] [RAM]
≥Select how to show images made for 4:3 aspect screens
on a 16:9 aspect TV. Set to "16:9" in "TV Aspect"
(SETUP menu lpage 41).
Normal:Laterally stretches images made for a 4:3 screen.
Auto: Expands suitable 4:3 letterbox images to fill more
of the screen. Other images appear in full in the
centre of the screen.
Shrink: Images appear in the centre of the screen.
Zoom: Expands all images to fill the screen.
≥ If your TV has a similar feature, use it instead for a better
effect.
Zoom (lpage 35) [DVD-V] [RAM]
Press [ENTER] and select with [21]. Then press
[ENTER] to finish.
Making fine adjustments to the zoom ratio
(lpage 35) [DVD-V] [RAM]
Subtitle position/brightness [DVD-V] (lpage 34)
Picture Menu
Picture mode
N: Normal mode
C1: Mellows images and enhances detail in dark scenes
C2: Sharpens images and enhances detail in dark
scenes
U1/U2: User mode (l right)
Video output mode
480I: Interlace video
480P: Progressive video
(¢: Progressive output not possible with PAL signals)
≥You can change the video output mode only when
"Progressive Out (Component)" is set to "Enable (NTSC
Disc Only)" (SETUP menu lpage 41).
≥When progressive output is on, closed captions will not
be displayed.
Transfer mode
It is displayed only when "Video output mode" is set to
"480P". Select the method of conversion for progressive
output to suit the type of material (lpage 47) being
played.
Auto 1 (normal): For film material
Auto 2: For film material (the same as Auto 1, but able to
convert 30-frame-per-second progressive video)
Video: For video material
[A] Audio attributes
]DVD-V] ]RAM] (Display only)
LPCM, Digital, DTS, MPEG: Signal type
k: Sampling frequency (kHz)
b: Number of bits (bit)
ch: Number of channels (lpage 47)
[VCD]
[VCD]
[VCD]
Using On-Screen Menu Icons
Dialogue Enhancer on/off
[DVD-V] (Dolby Digital, DTS, 3-channel or over, where the
dialogue is recorded in the centre channel)
This makes the dialogue in movies easier to hear.
ON()OFF
Bitrate display on/off [DVD-V[ [RAM[
When you select "ON":
During play: Shows the average bitrate (approximate
values) of the video being played
While paused:Shows the data volume of the frame and
type of picture (I/P/B lpage 47)
While the display is on, press [2 1] to change the
display:
9.438 Mbps
e [2 1]
u
Bitrate
Cur. 7.507 Mbps
Ave. 6.730 Mbps
Current bitrate
Average bitrate
OSD brightness (j3 to i3)
Adjust the brightness of the on-screen displays.
ª To change the user mode
Define your favorite picture quality.
1) Press while "U1" or "U2" is highlighted.
[1]
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2) Press to select "1" or "2".
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U1: User mode 1
Contrast (j7 to i7)
Increases the contrast between light and dark parts of the
picture.
Brightness (0 to i15)
Brightens the picture.
Sharpness (j7 to i7)
Adjusts the sharpness of the edges of the horizontal lines.
Color (j7 to i7)
Adjust the shade of the picture's colour.
Gamma (0 to i5)
Brightness of dark parts of the picture.
U2: User mode 2
(Video output mode l Picture Menu, above)
[B] Audio/Subtitle language
ENG: English SVE: Swedish
FRA: French NOR: Norwegian
DEU: German DAN: Danish
ITA: Italian POR: Portuguese
ESP: Spanish RUS: Russian
NLD: Dutch JPN: Japanese
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[VCD]
5.0
Mbps
A record of bitrates for
a sampling period
U 1
CHI: Chinese
KOR: Korean
MAL: Malay
VIE: Vietnamese
THA: Thai
¢:
Others