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This step selects the TV aspect, conventional screen shape (4:3) or
widescreen (16:9), according to your TV set:

• 4 x 3 letterbox : Choose this setting if the DVD10 is connected to a

conventional (4:3) TV set and you would prefer to see movies in their
original aspect ratio. You will see the entire frame of the movie and
DVDs recorded with normal 4:3 format will fill the entire screen. But
movies in widescreen will occupy a smaller portion of the screen, with
black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

• 4 x 3 Pan Scan : Choose this setting if the DVD10 is connected to a

conventional (4:3) TV set and you want widescreen movies to fill the
entire screen. You won’t see parts of the picture (particularly the right
and left edges).
Many discs produced in a wide screen format can’t be cropped in this
fashion, which means the black bars will appear at the top and  bot-
tom of the screen (letterbox format). Some widescreen DVDs, particu-
lary anamorph types ( with full vertical line resolution), may be shown
with original width but spread vertically. With those disc the letter box
format must be selected.

• 16 x 9 Widescreen : Choose this setting if your DVD player is connected

to a widescreen TV or to a conventional (4:3) TV, set to widescreen
(16:9) mode.
With this set up, widescreen discs will be shown optimally, i.e. with full
vertical resolution. With some 4:3 TV, set to 16:9 format, discs with 4:3
format may be played compressed vertically. With those discs the TV
must be set to 4:3 format.

To select TV Aspect follow these steps:

1. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remote to select TV Aspect on the

SET UP MENU DISPLAY.

2. Press ENTER or ARROW (right), TV Aspect Menu appears.

3. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remote to select specific TV

Aspect Menu.

4. Press ENTER.

5. Press PLAY to resume normal playback or RETURN to delete Set Up

Display from screen.

This setting enables Dolby Digital recordings to be played back with full
dialogue intelligibility while reducing peak levels and increasing low lev-
els by 1/4 to 1/3. This smooth level compression prevents abrupt loud
transitions from disturbing others without reducing the impact of the dig-
ital source perceptibly.

To select Dynamic Range Compression:

1. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remote to select Dynamic Range

on the SET UP MENU DISPLAY.

2. Press ENTER (Dynamic Range Menu appears).

3. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remote to select dynamic range

mode (on or off).

4. Press ENTER.

5. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.

• This function only works with Dolby Digital DVD and in conjunction

with the Dolby Digital Decoder connected to the digital output of
DVD1, depending on its ”Night Mode” setting:

• When Dynamic Range is off, normal audio range is selected.

• When Dynamic Range is On and ”Night Mode” on decoder is off, nor-

mal audio range is selected.

• Dynamic compression is activated only when Dynamic Range on

DVD10 is on AND “Night  Mode” on the decoder is on.