Denon DVD1720 - DVD 1720 Player, Operating Instructions Manual

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You can change some Audio settings. It only affects during
the playback of DVD discs.

Press the 

SETUP

button in stop mode.

Press the 

Cursor 

buttons (

s

or 

B

) to select 

CUSTOM, then press the 

ENTER

button.

• The custom mode will appear.

Press the 

Cursor 

buttons (

s

or 

B

) to select AUDIO, then

the 

ENTER

button to confirm.

Press the 

Cursor 

buttons (

K

or

L

) button to select an item,

then press the 

ENTER

button.

• This menu display contains 2 pages. Press the 

Cursor

button (

L

) repeatedly to show the next page.

DRC (Dynamic Range Control) 
(Default : ON)

• DRC function compresses the

range of sound volume.

• DRC function is available only on

the discs that are recorded in the
Dolby Digital format.

LPCM SELECT (Default : OFF)

• Set to ON when outputting in

48kHz (or 44.1kHz).

• This function is available only on

digital outputting of a disc record-
ed in over 96kHz (or 88kHz).

When playing disc with copyright protection

• The sound will be down sampled at 48kHz, even if you

set to OFF.

DOLBY DIGITAL
(Default: BITSTREAM) 

• Set to BITSTREAM when the

player is connected to a Dolby
Digital decoder.

• This function is effective only for

the COAXIAL and OPTICAL con-
nections.

BITSTREAM:

DOLBY DIGITAL signals are output as Bitstream.

PCM: Convert Dolby Digital to PCM.

DTS 
(Default: BITSTREAM) 

• Set to BITSTREAM when the unit

is connected to a DTS decoder.

BITSTREAM:

DTS signals are output as
Bitstream.

OFF: No DTS sound will be output.
• DTS sound is output only from digital audio outputs.

Press the 

SETUP

button to exit and activate the

new settings.

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QUICK

QUICK

4

3

2

1

Audio Setting

AUDIO

DRC

ON

LPCM SELECT

OFF

DOLBY DIGITAL

BITSTREAM

DTS

BITSTREAM

AUDIO

DRC

ON

LPCM SELECT

OFF

DOLBY DIGITAL

BITSTREAM

DTS

BITSTREAM

AUDIO

DRC

ON

LPCM SELECT

OFF

DOLBY DIGITAL

BITSTREAM

DTS

BITSTREAM

AUDIO

DRC

ON

LPCM SELECT

OFF

DOLBY DIGITAL

BITSTREAM

DTS

BITSTREAM

AUDIO

DRC

ON

LPCM SELECT

OFF

DOLBY DIGITAL

BITSTREAM

DTS

BITSTREAM

Display Setting

You can change certain aspects of the DVD display screens,
still mode setting, the display panel on the front of the DVD
player and Progressive settings.

Press the 

SETUP

button in stop mode.

Press the 

Cursor 

buttons (

s

or 

B

) to select 

CUSTOM, then press the 

ENTER

button.

• The custom mode will appear.

Press the 

Cursor 

buttons (

s

or

B

) to select DISPLAY, then press

the 

ENTER

button to confirm.

Press the 

Cursor 

buttons (

K

or

L

) to select an item, then press the 

ENTER

button.

TV ASPECT (Default : 4:3 LETTER BOX)

• Press the 

Cursor 

buttons (

K

or

L

) for an item selection, then

press the 

ENTER

button.

• Select 4:3 LETTER BOX for a

black bars appears on top and
bottom of the screen.

• Select 4:3 PAN & SCAN for a full

height picture with both sides
trimmed.

• Select 16:9 WIDE if a wide-screen TV is connected to the

DVD player.

STILL MODE (Default : AUTO)

• Press the 

Cursor 

buttons (

K

or

L

) for an item selection (AUTO,

FIELD, or FRAME), then press
the 

ENTER 

button.

• This function allows you to

adjust picture resolution and
quality in still mode.

• An individual picture on TV screen is called as “frame”,

which consists of two separate images called as “field”.
Some pictures may be blurred at the AUTO setting in
still mode due to their data characteristics.

• AUTO: Automatically selects the best resolution setting

(FRAME or FIELD) based on the data characteristics of
the pictures.

• FIELD: Select FIELD when the pictures are still unsta-

ble even if AUTO is selected. FIELD stabilizes the pic-
tures, although the picture quality may become coarse
due to the limited amount of data.

• FRAME: Select FRAME to display relatively motionless

pictures in higher resolution. FRAME improves the pic-
ture quality, although it may unstabilize the pictures due
to simultaneous output of two field data.

PROGRESSIVE (Default: OFF) 

• Press the 

Cursor

buttons (

K

or 

L

)

for set PROGRESSIVE to ON or
OFF, then press the 

ENTER

button.

• The setting will be effective

when you exit the setup screen
by pressing 

SETUP

.

• When PROGRESSIVE is ON,

P.SCAN appears on the DVD
player’s display after you exit the setup screen.

• Refer to page 11 for more details.

PROG.MODE (Default: AUTO1)

• Press the 

Cursor

buttons (

K

or

L

) to select a setting (AUTO1,

AUTO2, or VIDEO), then press
the 

ENTER

button.

• This function allows you to

select the image output,
depending on the base material
(video or film) of the recorded DVD images, when
VIDEO OUT is set to COMPONENT PROGRESSIVE.

• AUTO1: Automatically selects the best image output

(AUTO2 or VIDEO) based on the information of
data stream.

• AUTO2: A combination of the top and bottom fields is

output as one-frame image.

QUICK

QUICK

4

3

2

1

DISPLAY

TV ASPECT

4:3 LETTER BOX

STILL MODE

AUTO

PROGRESSIVE

OFF

PROG.MODE

AUTO1

DISPLAY
TV ASPECT

4:3 LETTER BOX
4:3 PAN & SCAN

16:9 WIDE

DISPLAY

TV ASPECT

4:3 LETTER BOX

STILL MODE

AUTO

PROGRESSIVE        OFF
PROG.MODE

AUTO1

DISPLAY

AUTO
FIELD
FRAME

STILL MODE

DISPLAY

AUTO1
AUTO2
VIDEO

PROG. MODE

DVD SETUP

• VIDEO: Either of top or bottom field is output for one-

frame image.

Press the 

SETUP

button to exit and activate the new

settings.

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