Panasonic DVD-A360A - Manual (Page 4)

Features
■ High picture quaiity
•Í0 bit video D/A converter
Repracfucee üne images faithfully.
^Component video output
When used with a compatible monitor, a vêdeo cornectlon vie the com­
poned video gulpiit [acks ot your OVDAfidao CD
j 'CD р^вуег егаЫег
precise colour reproduction,
•Art array of picture quality modca yielded by digital
procaaajng
Signal deisrlorallon is kept to minimum by prooeeeing the data lïgl-
tally.
TMs feature cen be u$ed to tailor picture qusJlty tor OVD playback.
-Digital cinema mode (Soe pagee 15 and 21.)
A sIngte-Bction operation using the CtNEMA button cn the player's
frcnit panel enables the cinema mode, whidi is beat for the playback
ol movie programa, to be selected.
In addtion, uairtg (he GiUl screen, iTia picture quality beat auiled to
the type of softvi^re programs concerned csn be selected. In all,
four picture quality modes are prcvldad: normal, soft, fine and cine­
mas.
4l«8t selection page .)
Using ftie GUI screen, tne oonfraat, colour hue, sqmlizer and
bri^tness can be adjuatad to suit your owrt preference,
-Monitor selector (See page ^0
Once ttw type of TV used [Standard (Direct View TV), CR.T Projec­
tor, LCD Prc(ecEiy, Projeelion TV] h®e been selected when the initial
setting operations ara performed, the optimum picture quality fev the
type bf TV concerned will be automatically selected.
■ High sound quality
•99 kHzf24 bit audio D/A converter
This player onabtee 99 kMzi'^4 bit linear PQM signals, the bigheat
speclficationa In DVD star>danfe. bo be reproduced feithfully. To aup-
pon 9& kHz 3amplli>gi'24 bit sound, the sfiapirtg noise of this mulP-
level digital sigma type O/A converter ie kept flat up to 44 te-lz, thus
preventing the audio signals from being affected in any way. This
means sound te reproduced faithfully.
•Virtual bftttetv operation power supply circuit
By radically cuibng devm the amoiint of nolae from the power supply
and digitel circuits and delivering a dean supply oE power free from
undesirable signal oemponents (noise, ripple components, etc,) this
feature gives the baea ra,nga a tangible depth and yields a dear reao-
lutlcn in the midrange and treble ranges.
•Advanced Dolby Digital (AC-3)/dte (digital theater aye-
tama) s.leh aurround decoder (See pagaa TO and 37.)
The advanced DolEEry Digital (AC-3>>VlEa 5.loh surrour>d decoder m-
cbrporeted fn ibis player comee with speaker mode eetfinge which
support the low-range reproduction сареЫПЕу of the speakers, speak-
Èi level settfrigs, delay tirne adjusimenr, audio dynamic range eup-
preeeion, arrd other tealiuea.
’‘Delay time adjustment Is effective enlyfor Dolby Digital DVDs (cen­
tre and surround channele).
e Dolby Digital (AC-3)/dla (digital theater ayatarne) digital
bulput (Saa paga 12.)
Byoennet^ing a Dolby Digrtekdie decoder oran emplifier Incorporât'
ing e Dolby DIgitslikfts decoder, you can enjoy high quality dlgiteJ sur­
round sound Irom Dolby ChgltBl/dts discs.
■ Advanced Virtual Surruund Sound (VSS) function
(See pege 2S.)
Even when two front speakers are being used, simply prase the VSS
(Virtual Surround Sound) fautten during playback of a Dolby Digital
DVD (2 chenneE or ovsr) to provide a roer surround effect. Thie effect
alec vrorke while listening with heedphones. (This dees not work with
Karaoke DVDs. Th© effect depends or the kind of DVD used,)
■ hlitrker function (See page 23.)
This player с»п «tore a maximum cl 5 pbsitionB in memory ter conven-
im acoses.
■ Compatible with PAL DVD (Video CP) and NTSC
DVD (Video CD)
This player can play discs recorded In either PAL or NTSC format.
However, the player must be conrteoled to « PAL TV which is capable
of receiving PAL ЭЙБГвО system or Eo a MuFti-syetam TV to play both
PAL OVD (Video CD) and ffTSC DVD (Video CD),
■ Dialogue Enhancer (See pages 15 and 21.)
Duririg playtack bf Dclby Dlgltal^dte DVPe (2 channel brcver) with the
dialogue oontelned In thte centre channel, th« Eunction will bocet the
Sound level of tee cerrtre channel sc that It is easier te hear the dia­
logue on mbvie sethvare.
■ Graphical User Interface (GUI) screen
(See page 18.)
BygimpTy pressing the DISPLAY button on the remote control, Inlorma-
tlon on the DVDrVldec C[VCD player and disc can be dlepteyed on the
TV screen for easy identlflcatlon. The player's operBifon« and settlnge
can be easily accessed by operating thejoyaückcn the remete control
while monitoring the TV screen. The colour and pcsition cf the <3Ul
screen can b© changed.
Щ Versatile DVD features
•MuKLaudlo function (See page 26.)
The audio soundtrack can b© heard In up tefi lenguages,
(The number cf languages depends cn the eoftws/e.)
•Multh^ubtitle function (5 m page 27.)
Subdtiee пшу be displayed in one of 32 language«.
(The number ct languages depends cn the software,)
•Multi-angle function (See pega 27,)
TTile lunctlcn allows you to chcose the camera angla ol soanes shot
from diffarerit angles. (Limlled to D'l/Ds recorded with múltipla c«m-
em angles,]
•Parental loch function (S m page 31.)
This function can prevsfit pEaybeck of DVD aoftwara which rmy ba
unsultebla for soma audtences {especially for chllciren). {Limited to
DVDs erxxided with apedllc ratirig level,)
■ Disc formate supported by this player
The player can playback discs bearing any of the following marks;
пермРАсг
anmiLjHBiH]
CD
[B cm Лас/
12 cm disc]
DVD Vid0O CD
{3 cft) disef [B cm disG^
1 2 cm [faci 12 cm disc]
■ Discs Which cannot ba pla)^ with this player
•DVD with Flegion No, other than *4" or “ALL“
•DVD-ROM eCDV «eVD
• DVD-R/DVD-RAM *CD-G »SVCD
•CD-ROM *CD-RW »Dlwk Video Disc
•VSD •DVD-t-R'iAf etc.
•Do not try to play Photo CD or CD-H.
(Data on the disc may b© i^maged,)
■ Region Management Infcrmatlon
This player is deagr-tad to mpbnd to the Regicn Managemant Infcmre-
tion raoorded on OVDs. The ragicn number of this player is ''4", II tbs
ragion number dssoribed on lbs DVD does not cenespond to the re-
gion numberefthh player, tbie player cannot play this disc. Tbla player
will play OVDs mads ter “ALL" regions.
This player will pLay DVDs marked with labels containing the region
number "A” or "ALL";
Example:
or