Settings In Menu Mode; Setting The Three-Dimensional Y/C Separator; Abl On/Off - Pioneer PDP-501MX Technical Manual

Menu Mode

5.3.3 Settings in menu mode

1) Setting the Three-Dimensional Y/C Separator (For U.S. model and Taiwanese model)
A three-dimensional Y/C separator is built into the INPUT 1 video-input circuitry. To correct blurred images, as found
in sports images or other videos recording swift motions, set 3D Y/C MODE to MOTION.
1 Select SET UP.
Screen 1
MAIN MENU
PICTURE
V MEMORY
SCREEN
RESET
AUTO POWER OFF
3SET UP
MENU : MENU OFF
5
: SEL.
• Conditions that allow adjustments: Composite signal received via INPUT 1
• Factory preset: STILL

2) ABL ON/OFF

Setting ABL to ON during playback of PC signals increases screen brightness.
Setting ABL to ON increases screen brightness, but image intensity varies with changes in input signal.
If change in intensity is unsatisfactory, set ABL to OFF.
Differences between ABL ON and OFF (illustration)
ABL set to OFF
(Example 1)
(Example 2)
The intensity levels of input signals are
reproduced as is.
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SET : NEXT
2 Move the cursor to 3D Y/C MODE and press the
SET button to change the setting. The SET button
toggles 3D Y/C MODE between STILL and
MOTION.
Screen 2
SET UP
33D Y/C MODE : STILL
EXIT
∞ : SEL.
SET : CHANGE
ABL set to ON
For images with relatively high overall brightness,
no significant change occurs (example 1). But for
dimmer images, peak intensity images are brighter
when reproduced (example 2).