Panasonic DVD-S31 important safety instructions Changing settings, Menus Items

Advanced operations

RQT6933

Changing settings

This chart shows the settings for this unit. Change the settings to suit your preferences and to suit the unit to the environment in which it is being used. The changes remain intact even if you switch the unit to standby. See page 19 for operation.

Menus	Items			Options (Underlined items are the factory preset.)
Disc	Audio	English	(Language options)		Language options
	Choose the audio language.	Original§1	Other ¢¢¢¢§2		§4 French		Spanish
	Subtitle	Automatic§3		English	§5 French		German	Italian	Spanish
					Portuguese		Swedish	Dutch
	Choose the subtitle language.	(Language options) Other ¢¢¢¢§2
					§6 Chinese
	Menus	English	(Language options)
	Choose the language for disc menus.	Other ¢¢¢¢§2
	Ratings (➜ page 19)				Setting ratings (When level 8 is selected)
	≥Set a ratings level to limit DVD-Video play.				8 No Limit		1 to 7§7	0 Lock All
	≥The password screen is shown if you choose levels 0 to 7 or if you choose				Changing ratings (When level 0–7 is selected)
	“Ratings” when levels 0 to 7 have been selected.
					Unlock Player			Change Password
	≥Select “Level 0” to prevent play of discs that do not have ratings levels recorded
					Change Level			Temporary Unlock
	on them.
Video	TV Aspect (➜ page 7)				4:3 Pan&Scan		4:3 Letterbox 16:9
	Choose the setting to suit your television and preference.
	Progressive Out (Component)				Disable
	Choose “Enable” to enable progressive output.				Enable§4		Enable (NTSC Disc Only)§5§6
	Still Mode				Automatic		Field	Frame
	Specify the type of picture shown when paused.
	Black Level Control§4				Lighter: When connected through VIDEO OUT or S
	Change the black level of the picture if you connected a television through the					VIDEO OUT
	COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminals.				Darker:	When connected through COMPONENT
						VIDEO OUT (Y/PB/PR)
	NTSC Disc Output§5§6				PAL60:	When connected to a PAL television
	Choose PAL 60 or NTSC output when playing NTSC discs (➜ page 6—Video				NTSC:	When connected to an NTSC television
	systems).				(For Asia: “NTSC” is the factory preset.)
Audio	PCM Down Conversion (➜ page 19)				No		Yes
	Dolby Digital (➜ page 19)				Bitstream		PCM
	DTS Digital Surround (➜ page 19)				PCM		Bitstream
	MPEG§5 (➜ page 19)				PCM		Bitstream
	Dynamic Range Compression (Dolby Digital only)				Off		On
	Change the dynamic range for late night viewing.
	Audio during Search§8				On		Off
	Choose whether to have sound during search.
Display	Menu Language				§4 English		Français	Español
	Choose the language for these menus and the on-screen messages.				§5 English		Français	Deutsch	Italiano
					Español		Português	Svenska	Nederlands
					§6 English
	On-Screen Messages				On		Off
	Choose whether to show on-screen messages or not.
	FL Dimmer				Bright
	Changes the brightness of the unit’s display.				Dim
					Auto: The display is dimmed during play, but brightens
					when you perform operations such as slow-
					motion, search, and pause.
Others	Mixed disc – Audio & Stills (DVD-S35 only)				Audio (MP3/WMA)
	Select the type of file played on discs containing both JPEG and WMA/MP3.				Stills (JPEG)
	(Reload the disc for the setting to be effective.)
	DVD-Video Mode§5§6				Off: DVD-Audio are played as DVD-Audio.
	Select how to play pictures contained on some DVD-Audio.				On: You can play DVD-Video content on DVD-Audio.
	The setting returns to “Off” when you remove the disc or turn the unit off.
	Demo				Off
					On: A demonstration of the on-screen displays
					starts. Press any button to stop it.
	QUICK SETUP (➜ page 7)				Yes		No
	Answer questions to make basic settings.
§1 The original language of each disc is selected.				§6 Units for Asia.
§2 Input a code number with the numbered buttons (➜ page 19).				§7 Prohibits play of DVD-Video with corresponding ratings recorded on
§3 If the language selected for “Audio” is not available, subtitles of that				them.
language will automatically appear if available on that disc.				§8 Audio will be heard when playing some DVD-Audio despite the settings
§4 Units for U.S.A., Canada and with PX printed on the outer packaging				you make here.
§5 Units for the Middle East, South Africa, Russia, Australia and N.Z.

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