Panasonic SAHT700 SAHT690 User Guide - Page 26

Disc operations Using On-Screen Menu Icons [Display\menu] Normal x1.00 0 0 OFF 0 1 2 3 45 4:3 Aspect [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [JPEG] Select how to show images made for 4:3 aspect screens on a 16:9 aspect television. ≥Normal: laterally stretches images made for a 4:3 screen. 1 ≥Auto: expands suitable 4:3 letterbox images to fill more of the screen. Other images appear in full in the center of the screen. ≥Shrink: images appear in the center of the screen. ≥Zoom: expands all images to fill the screen. If your television has a similar feature, use it instead for a better effect. Zoom (➡ page 20) [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] 2 [ENTER] ; [2, 1] ; [ENTER] Making fine adjustments to the zoom ratio Subtitle position/Subtitle brightness [DVD-A] [DVD-V] ≥Position (0 to j60): in 2 unit steps 3 ≥Brightness (Auto§/0 to j9) §The brightness adjusts automatically against the background. Bitrate display on/off [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] During play: shows the bitrate (approximate values) of the video being played While paused: shows the data volume of the frame and type of picture (➡ page 37, Glossary-I/P/ B) 9.438 Mbps 4 [2, 1] Bitrate Cur. 7.507 Mbps Ave. 6.730 Mbps 5.0 Mbps Current bitrate A record of bitrates for a sampling period. Average bitrate 5 OSD brightness (j3 to i3) Adjust the brightness of the on-screen displays. [Picture\menu] N 480P Auto1 1 2 3 Only when "PROG." is on Picture mode [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [JPEG] ≥N: Normal mode ≥S: Soft mode (Soft picture with fewer video artifacts) 1 ≥F: Fine mode (Details are sharper) ≥C1: Mellows images and enhances detail in dark scenes ≥C2: Sharpens images and enhances detail in dark scenes ≥U1/U2: User mode (➡ below) Video output mode [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [JPEG] 2 ≥480I: Interlace video ≥480P: Progressive video ("PROG." is on) Transfer mode [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] Select the method of conversion for progressive output to suit the type of material being played. 3 ≥Auto 1 (normal): for viewing film material ≥Auto 2: for viewing film material (the same as Auto 1, but able to convert 30-frame-per-second progressive video) ≥Video: for video material To change the user mode 1 Select User mode and press [1] to highlight the number. U 1 2 Press [3, 4] to select "1" or "2". U1 U1 0 14 0 0 56 0 0 78 Contrast (j7 to i7) 4 Increases the contrast between light and dark parts of the picture. 5 Brightness (0 to i15) Brightens the picture. 6 Sharpness (j7 to i7) Adjusts the sharpness of the edges of the horizontal lines. 7 Color (j7 to i7) Adjust the shade of the picture's color. 8 Gamma (0 to i5) Emphasis of outlines. U2 U2 480P Auto1 1 2 3 Only when "PROG." is on 1-3 (➡ above) RQT6750 26