Harman-Kardon DVD 38 - Manual (Page 29)

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INITIAL SETUP
will appear as a boxed image in the center, with black or gray bars on
the left and right side of the screen. If the widescreen option is chosen
and a widescreen movie is played on a conventional 4:3 aspect ratio
set, the image will be distorted due to vertical compression.
• 4:3 Letterbox: If you have a standard, 4:3 aspect ratio video display,
choose this setting to see the entire frame of the movie as it is
recorded on the disc without any image cutoff at the left and right
sides. While this allows widescreen movies to be shown in their entirety,
they will occupy a smaller portion of the screen and black “letterbox”
bars may appear at the top and bottom of the screen.
VIDEO OUTPUT: This setting selects between the S-Video and
Component Video Outputs, which are not available simultaneously.
If you have connected one of these outputs to your video display and
the screen is blank, temporarily connect the Composite Video Output to
your TV in order to view the on-screen menus and change this setting.
SCAN TYPE: This setting allows you to select between progressive and
interlaced scanning for the Component Video Outputs to maximize the
image resolution for the type of video display in use. The output at the
S-Video and Composite Video Outputs will always be standard-rate
video that is compatible with any television set or video display.
Two choices are available:
• Progressive: Select this option if you have a video display that is
compatible with input sources of 480p or greater. Displays labeled
as “HDTV Ready,” including virtually all large-screen LCD and plasma
displays, are compatible with progressive scan.
• Interlaced: Select this option when you are using an older video
display that has Y/Pr/Pb component inputs, but which is not capable
of displaying high scan rate, or “HD,” signals.
NOTES:
• The Scan Type may only be changed when the Video Output
setting has been set to Component.
• If you have connected the DVD 38 to a video display that is
not capable of displaying progressive scan video using the
Component (Y/Pr/Pb) Video Outputs, and you have inadver-
tently changed the Scan Type to Progressive, reset the scan
type to Interlaced by pressing the Setup Button on the remote
to deactivate the Setup menu system. Then press the
Progressive Scan/Interlaced Button. The display will blink,
indicating that the scan type has been reset to interlaced
mode. Alternatively, as a last-resort measure, you may com-
pletely reset all of the DVD 38’s settings, including the scan
type, by exiting the on-screen menu system and pressing and
holding the Clear Button for five seconds. The display will
blink, and all settings will return to the factory defaults.
VIDEO ADJUSTMENT: Use this setting to access the Video Adjustments
banner by changing the setting from Off to On. See Step Five below for
more information on using the Video Adjustments banner to optimize
your picture settings.
HDMI SETTINGS: This setting displays the characteristics of the video
output signal. When the DVD 38 is connected to a video display using
the HDMI Output, the display sends information to the DVD 38 that
indicates the highest video resolution it is capable of handling, and the
DVD 38 automatically sets the video output to match it. That resolution
is displayed here (not in the front-panel display). If your program was
recorded at a low resolution, use this setting to manually select a lower
video output resolution. Changes made here remain active until the
DVD 38 or the display is turned off. When either is turned off, and then
on again, the DVD 38 will revert to the default setting transmitted by the
display. Make sure your video display is compatible with the DVD 38’s
HDMI output signal.
You may also access this setting by repeatedly pressing the HD Mode
Button on the remote.
Step Five – Video Adjustments
In this step you may adjust the brightness, sharpness and black level of
the video signal to compensate for differences between the DVD 38 and
other video sources. You may use either the DVD 38’s built-in color bar
test signal or a test disc as the standard for the adjustments. To ensure
that your system is properly optimized, we strongly recommend that you
adjust your video display using the display’s own controls before making
any changes to the DVD 38’s output. Once the display is properly
calibrated with all settings on the DVD 38 set to their midpoint, use the
controls on this menu to fine tune the DVD 38’s output, if necessary.
Due to the nature of these settings, the navigation is somewhat different
from the DVD 38’s other menus and controls. The banner is accessed
from the VIDEO SETUP submenu. Press the Setup Button to display
the Setup menu, and then press the
⁄ / ¤ Navigation Buttons until
the VIDEO SETUP submenu icon is highlighted. Press the Enter Button
to access the VIDEO SETUP submenu, then scroll down to the Video
Adjustment line and press the Enter Button again. Select On to display
the VIDEO ADJUSTMENTS banner. The Setup screen will disappear
from view. See Figure 27.
Figure 27 – Video Adjustments Banner
To change any of the video adjustments shown at the top of the screen,
use the Navigation Buttons to highlight the setting bar. Each press of
the
› Button increases the setting, and each press of the ‹ Button
decreases it.
The default values for the Brightness and Edges settings are “0”, indicated
by the setting bar ending at the midpoint.
When adjusting the Black Level setting, only two adjustments are available:
“0 to 100” provides a full black level setting, which is indicated by a
completely filled-in setting bar. This is the default setting that provides
the full dynamic range of black as it is presented on most DVDs.
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