Video Adjustments Menu - Harman Kardon DVD22 Owner's Manual

SYSTEH SETUP
ScanType:Thisselling allows you to seJect between
progressive andinlerlaced s canning torthe
ComponentVideoOutputs @ to maximize t he
imageresolution t orthe typeof videodisplay inuse
When all desired setupandconfiguration entries have
beenmade,pressthe OSOButton @ to returnthe
player to normal o peration andyouaresady to enjoy
thefinestinDVD or GDplayback', Notethat1heoutput
atthe S-Video_ andCompositeVideo@
outputs will always be strmdard r_tevideothatis
compatible w ithanytelevision s et or videodisplay
Twoehoices areavailable:
,_Progressive: S electthisophon if youhavea video
display thatis compatible w ithinputsources of
480P or greate_ Displays l abeled as "HDTV Readyi'
including virtually alllargescreen LCDandplasma
displays, arecompatible w ithprogressive scan
,_Interlaced:Selectthisoptionwhenyouareusing
an oldervideodisplay thathasWPWPb c omponent
inputs, b utwhichis not capable of displaying h igh
scanrate,or "HD"signals.
VideoMode:Thissetting affectsonlythe Com-
ponentVideoOutputs@, andit controls howthe
videosignals areoptimized for progressive scandis
play inrnostcasesthe "au_ornatX' modeJs yourbest
choice, a sit senses w hether t he discbeingplayed was
originally r ecorded on videoor shoton film.However,
insomecasesyoumaywishto compensate tot errors
inthe discauthoring thatoccurwhenthe framerateis
not properly maintained w henfilmsareconverted to
videoThree choices areavailable:
,, Auto: Thisis the recornmended setting, a sit letsthe
DVD 22 analyze _be signals from 1 heOVDand
adjustthe output a ccordingly.
,, Movie:Choose thisoptiontoroptirnal p layback o f
material thatwasshoton film,eventhoughyouas
viewing it on videoviaa DVD.
,, Video:Choose thisoption tot optimalplayback o f
material thatw8 shotdisctlyto video,suchas
concer% andsports programmi%
Video Adjustments Menu
Thismenuallows youto aqustfivekeyparameters
of the videosi%alto compensate f ordifferences
between yourDVDplayer a ndothervideosources.
Youmayuseeitherthe DVD PP'sbuiltincolorbartest
signal o r a testdiscasthestandadtot the aqust-
mentsToensusthatyoursyslem is properly opfi
mized, w estsngly recornmend t hatyoua@st your
videodisplay usingXe display's o wncontsls before
making anyehanges t o the DVD22'soutput. O nce
the display is properly calibrated w ithall settings on
the DVDPPsetto theirmidpoint, usethe controls on
thismenutofine tunethe DVD22'soutput.
Dueto _be nature of Ibesesettings, t henavigation i s
somewhat diflerent f romthe DVD 22's othermenus
andcontrols, Themenuitselfiscalledup inthe same
wayastheothermenusPress the 0S0 Button q_
to activate the mainmenuscreen, a ndthenp@ss the
AV Navigatbn Buttons@ sothatS ET UP
is highlighted. Presstile EnterButton @, andthen
usethe A'V'_ _ NavigationButtons 0 until
he VIDEO ADJUSTMENTSmenubox
(which cor/tair/s a n iconwituslidercontrols andthe
wordVI DE O,andis located atthe bottomof the
column inthe SubmenusArea @)is highlighted
withina white ouilineThenpress the Enter Button
When you pressEnter Q the videoadjustments will
appear i nside a blackbaratthe top of the screen,
witheither t he videofrorna discbeingplayedor the
splash screen shown on the restof the screen.
Tochange anyof the videoadjustments shown at
the top ofthe screen, f irstpressthe ,A.V_ J_
NavigationButtons @ sothatthe "+" to the right
of a parameter n ameis highlighted t o increase the
settingor" "to therightof a parameter n ameis high
lightedto decrease t he settingThenpressthe Enter
Button @ to cha%ethevalueasshownbythe
number o f bluelinesto the leftor rightof he center
lineWhenonlythe darkcenterlineisshownwih no
bluelinesthe settingis atthe midpoint d et_ult v alue
Changes t o anyof the setlings maybemadewitha
testdiscpl@ng,or youmayuse_be internal t estsis
nalbypressing the ,A.'_'_ _ NavigationButtons
@ until t he word0 F F is highlighted n extto the
T E S? SC RE EN line-fig activate the testsignal,
pressthe Enter Button @ andnotethata special
combination t estsignal, i ncluding bothcolorbarsand
grayscale alongwith100%blackandwhite fields, w ill
be displayed Torecall t he videocontrols, presshe
OSOButton @ andthennavigate amongtheset-
tingsandmakeanynecessary c hanges b llowJng the
stepsinthe previous p aragraph.