Panasonic DVD-RA61 manual Changing settings, Menus Items Options

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. These settings are retained in memory until they are changed, even if the unit is turned off. See page 19 for details on menu operation.

≥Underlined items are the factory preset.

Advanced operations

Menus	Items			Options
Disc	Audio [DVD-A] [DVD-V]	English	French		German	Italian
	Choose the preferred audio language.	Spanish	Original§1		Other ¢¢¢¢§2
	Subtitle [DVD-A] [DVD-V]	Automatic§3	English		French	German
	Choose the preferred subtitle language.	Italian	Spanish		Other ¢¢¢¢§2
	Menus [DVD-A] [DVD-V]	English	French		German	Italian
	Choose the preferred language for disc menus.	Spanish	Other ¢¢¢¢§2
		For Asia: Language options are English and
		Chinese.
	Ratings [DVD-V]	Setting ratings (When level 8 is selected)
	Set a ratings level to limit DVD-Video play.	8 No Limit	1 to 7§4		0 Lock All
	≥The password screen is shown if you choose levels 0 to 7 or if you
		Changing ratings (When level 0–7 is selected)
	choose “ Ratings” when levels 0 to 7 have been selected. (➡ page 19)
		Unlock Player			Change Level
	≥Select “Level 0” to prevent play of discs that do not have ratings levels
		Change Password			Temporary Unlock
	recorded on them.
Video	TV Aspect (➡ page 5)	4:3 Pan&Scan	4:3 Letterbox		16:9
	Choose the setting to suit your television and preference.
	(For the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Russia)	Video	S-Video		RGB
	AV1 Output (➡ page 4)
	Choose the video signal format to be output from the AV1 SCART terminal.
	Still Mode (➡ page 21)	Automatic	Field		Frame
	Specify the type of picture shown when paused.
	NTSC Disc Output	PAL60: when connected to a PAL television.
	Choose whether PAL 60 or NTSC signals are output during playback of	NTSC: when connected to an NTSC television.
	NTSC discs (➡ page 6).	(For Asia: “NTSC” is the factory preset.)
Audio	Speaker Setting [DVD-A][DVD-V](➡ page 19)	Multi-channel§5
	Choose the settings to suit your audio system and the listening	Speaker presence and size
	environment.	Delay time	Channel balance
		2-channel§6
	PCM Down Conversion [DVD-A][DVD-V](➡ page 20)	No	Yes
	Dolby Digital [DVD-A] [DVD-V] (➡ page 20)	Bitstream	PCM
	DTS Digital Surround [DVD-A][DVD-V](➡ page 20)	PCM	Bitstream
	(For the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Russia, Australia and	PCM	Bitstream
	N.Z.) MPEG [DVD-A] [DVD-V] (➡ page 20)
	D. Range Compression [DVD-A][DVD-V](Dolby Digital only)	Off	On
	Change the dynamic range for late night viewing.
	Audio during Search [DVD-A][DVD-V][VCD]	On	Off§7
	Choose whether to have sound during search.
Display	Menu Language	English	Français		Deutsch
	Choose the preferred language for these menus and the on-screen messages.	Italiano	Español
		For Asia:	English
	On-Screen Messages	On	Off
	Choose whether to show on-screen messages or not.
Others	DVD-Video Mode	Off	On
	Select how to play pictures contained on some DVD-Audio.§8
	The setting returns to “Off” when you remove the disc or turn the unit off.
	Demo	Off	On
	A demonstration of the unit’s on-screen displays starts when you select
	“On”. The demonstration stops when you press a button and the setting
	reverts to “Off”.
Remarks

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§1The original language of each disc will be selected.

§2Input a code number with the numbered buttons (➡ page 23).

§3If the language selected for “Audio” is not available, subtitles of that language will automatically appear if available on that disc. §4Prohibits play of DVD-Video with corresponding ratings recorded on them.

§5When you have connected 3 or more speakers.

§6When you have connected 2 speakers or an amplifier with a Dolby Pro Logic decoder. §7Audio will still be heard during search with some DVD-Audio.

§8Off: DVD-Audio are played as DVD-Audio. On: DVD-Video contents found on DVD-Audio can be played.