DVD Menu
§
Choose the language for disc menus.
≥ English
≥ French
≥ Spanish
§ Some discs start in a certain language despite any changes you make
here.
When the selected language is not available on the disc, the default
language is played. There are discs where you can only switch the
language from the menu screen (
11).
Video menu
TV Aspect
Choose the setting to suit your TV.
≥ 16:9: Widescreen TV (16:9)
≥ 4:3 Pan&Scan: Regular aspect TV (4:3)
The sides of the widescreen picture are cut off so it
fills the screen (unless prohibited by the disc).
≥ 4:3 Letterbox: Regular aspect TV (4:3)
Widescreen picture is shown in the letterbox style.
Time Delay
When connected with a Plasma display, adjust if you notice the audio is
out of sync with the video.
≥ 0ms/Auto
≥ 20ms
≥ 40ms
≥ 60ms
≥ 80ms
≥ 100ms
When using VIERA Link “HDAVI Control” with “HDAVI Control 3 or later”
compatible TV (
14), select “0ms/Auto”.
Audio and video will automatically be set in sync.
Video Resolution
This works only when the HDMI connection is being used.
Select suitable picture quality for your TV.
(Video recordings will be converted to, and output as, high-definition
video.)
≥ Auto
≥ 480i
≥ 480p
≥ 720p
≥ 1080i
≥ 1080p
Ensure that your TV can support the resolution that you choose.
If a message screen appears, confirm your selection by pressing
[2, 1]8 to select “Yes” and press [OK]8. If the picture is distorted, wait
for 15 seconds or press [2, 1]8 to select “No”. To accept the setting,
select “Yes” again.
HD JPEG Mode
[JPEG]
(This works only when using HDMI connection with “Video Resolution”
(
above) set to “Auto”, “720p”, “1080i” or “1080p”.)
≥ On:
HD JPEG playback is available. (JPEG images will be displayed
in original resolution.)
≥ Off
During HD JPEG playback, there will be no on-screen menus (
13) and
on-screen displays.
Black Level
(This works only for video output from the VIDEO OUT terminal.)
Change the black level of the picture.
≥ Lighter
≥ Darker
Audio menu
Select to suit the type of equipment you connected to the HDMI AV OUT
terminal.
Select “Bitstream” when the equipment can decode the bitstream (digital
form of 5.1-channel data). Otherwise, select “PCM”.
(If the bitstream is output to the equipment without a decoder, high levels
of noise can be output and may damage your speakers and hearing.)
Digital Output
≥ Bitstream
≥ PCM
When audio output is from HDMI AV OUT terminal, and the connected
equipment does not support the item selected, the actual output will
depend on the performance of this connected equipment.