Philips SACD1000 User manual - Page 24
Personal preferences, General operation, Picture, Sound
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English V Personal preferences In this mode you can set your personal preferences for a number of player features. Some settings must always be selected.This depends on the type of audio equipment connected. For this see the section 'Connecting to audio equipment.' General operation q Press MENU SYSTEM on the remote control. q Select V in the menu bar and press w (down cursor). ➤ The Personal Preferences menu will appear. q Use the t u v w (left/right/up/down) keys to toggle through the menus, sub-menus and sub-menu options. ➤ When a menu item is selected, the cursor keys (on the remote control) for operating the item will be displayed next to the item. q Press OK to confirm and return to the main menu. The following items can be adapted: p Picture TV Shape If you have a wide screen (16:9) TV, select 16:9. If you have a regular (4:3) TV, select 4:3. In this case you can also choose between: Letterbox for a 'wide-screen' picture with black bars top and bottom, or Pan Scan, for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed, provided these opations are available on the disc in play. If a disc has Pan Scan, the picture will then move (scan) horizontally to keep the main action on the screen. VIEWING ON 16:9 VIEWING ON 4:3 LETTERBOX PAN SCAN Black level shift (NTSC only) Adapts the color dynamics to obtain richer contrasts. Select ON or OFF. 24 OPERATION Video shift Factory setting is such that the video will be centered on your screen. Use this setting to personalize the position of the picture on your TV by scrolling it to the left or right. TV shape Black Level shift Video shift OK to exit q Sound Analogue output Select Stereo, Dolby Surround, 3D Sound or Multi- channel. See the section 'Digital and Analogue output Settings for DVD/VCD'. Factory setting is Multi-channel. Multi-channel : Select this setting when using a Multi- channel audio/(video) reciever with six inputs. In this mode, the player will perform Dolby Digital 5.1-channel decoding when applicable, and Dolby Pro Logic decoding on DVD-Video and Video-CD discs with 2-channel soundtracks. No Dolby Pro Logic decoding is done with (Super) Audio CD discs. Dolby Surround : Select this setting when using a equipment with a Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoder. In this setting, the 5.1 audio channels (Dolby Digital, MPEG-2) are downmixed to a Dolby Surround-compatible 2-channel output. 3D-Sound : In a setup without rear speakers (analogue stereo output), 3D Sound remixes the six channels of digital surround into a two-speaker output while retaining all of the original audio information. The result is the listening sensation of being surrounded by multiple speakers. Night Mode Optimizes the dynamics of the sound with low-volume playback. This setting can only be used with discs that support the Night Mode feature.