User manual MERIDIAN DVP2351

[. . . ] DVP2351 HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO PROCESSOR & HUB Owner'S MAnuAl MERIDIAN AMERICA, INC. lIMITeD wArrAnTY WARRANTY VALID ONLY IN THE U. S. A. wArrAnTY DVP2351 Meridian America, Inc. warrants that products distributed in the U. S. A. that fail to function properly under normal use due to a manufacturing defect when installed and operated according to the owner's manual enclosed with the unit will be repaired or replaced with a unit of comparable value, at the option of Meridian, without charge to you for parts or actual repair work. [. . . ] PushExitagaintoexitthismode. NOTE: The Zoom and pan functions are applied to the input signal, not the output. This is an importantconsideration, especiallyforthePanfunction. Forexample:Ifyoudonotzoomafullframe image more than 00%, there is nothing to pan. However, if part of the image is not on the screen, then the pan function will work. 8 TheDVP2351`smenuisexitautomaticallyafter30secondsofnouserinteraction. Videoinputsignalsareusuallyclassifiedinthefollowingtwoways: · · frame aspect ratio active input aspect ratio FrameAspectRatio FrameAspectRatio(FAR)consistsoftwopossibleratios:4:3or16:9. DVDdiscsencodedina16:9 frame are sometimes referred to as anamorphic or enhanced for widescreen TV's. For example, a non-anamorphic widescreen dVd has a far of 4:3. ActiveAspectRatio ActiveAspectRatio(AAR)istheaspectratiooftheimageorcontent(movie). Thiscontentistypically stated on the back cover of dVd discs. some common active aspect ratios are as follows: 1. 33:1(4:3) . 55: . 66: 1. 78:1(16:9) . 85: 2. 35: To use aspect ratio's in addition to these, the dVp235 provides the option to choose a custom aspect ratio called `user' with a range of . 0:-3. 00:. Panorama The panorama function displays a 4:3 image in a non-linear stretch mode on a 6:9 display. This canbeusefulforextendedviewingofthiscontentonadisplaysusceptibletobun-in, likeaplasma or CrT. DVP2351 Image Mapping The situation when the Frame Aspect Ratio (FAR) is the same as the Active Aspect Ratio (AAR) is sometimes called full frame. TheDVP2351mapstheAARtotheOutputAspectRatio(OAR)inthefollowingthreeways: · When the aar is greater than oar, the dVp235 puts up borders at the top and bottom as shown below: page 25 Active Input Area Borders 9 · When the aar is less than the oar, the dVp235 puts up borders on the left and right as shown below: Active Input Area Borders Active Input Area Borders · WhentheAARisequaltotheOAR(OutputAspectRatio), theDVP2351suppliesnoborder as shown below: Active Input Area Active Input Area Zoom TheZoomfunctionzoomsinonormagnifiestheimageonyourdisplay. Theminimumzoomis100%, (nozooming);themaximumzoomis150%(zoommagnificationfactorof1. 5X). Zoomcontrolscan be accessed by using the osd or by using the direct access button on the remote control. on the remote control, push the Zoom button followed by the p / buttons to vertically zoom the image or the left/right buttons to horizontally zoom the image. The amount of horizontal and vertical adjustment will be displayed on the front panel display. using the osd, select the control that you would like to adjust, Horizontal or Vertical zoom, and push the Enter button to show the current Zoom setting. push the p and button to increase or decrease the zooming factor. Zoom can only increase the size of the image. NOTE: The Zoom and pan functions are applied to the input signal, not the output. This is an importantconsideration, especiallyforthePanfunction. Forexample:Ifyoudonotzoomafullframe image more than 00%, there is nothing to pan. However, if part of the image is not on the screen, then the pan function will work. Pan The pan function allows the image to be shifted up, down, left and right. note that the pan function can only be used after the image has been zoomed to any value greater than 00%. pan controls can be accessed by using the osd or by using the direct access button on the remote control. on the remote control, push the pan button followed by the p / buttons to vertically pan the image or the t / u buttons to horizontally pan the image. The amount of horizontal and vertical adjustment will be displayed on the front panel display. using the osd, select the control that you would like to adjust, Horizontal or Vertical pan, and push the enter button to show the current pan setting. push the p and button to increase or decrease the panning factor. Borders The borders function allows you to add horizontal and/or vertical borders around the image. These borders obscure part of the input image. [. . . ] another application is two adjust the output for separate connected displays. There are two user modes available, titled `preset ' and `preset 2'. Tomakeadjustmentstooneofthesemodes, firstselectthedesiredmodeinthe`Preset'submenu and then make the desired changes to the output picture Controls. These modes can be recalled using the Viewing Modes button on the remote control. [. . . ]