System Setup
your preferred language in the list of options, you can select your preferred language by highlight- ing OTHER. Press OK and use the Navigation Buttons to select your preferred language from the list shown on the screen. Note that only those languages will be available that are actual- ly on the DVD you would like to play. You can also set the preferred subtitle language to OFF. In that case no subtitles will be shown.
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Status Bar
Parental Control: Defines a password used to control viewing of restricted programs. The default password is 1234. After pressing the default password, either the parental control setting can be chosen, or a new password. The five standard US rating symbols are ”G” (General, level 2), ”PG” (Parental Guidance, level 4), ”PG13” (Parental Guidance and 13 years old, level 4), ”R” (Restricted, level 6) and ”NC 17” (from 17 years old, level 7). The DVD will accom- modate a total of eight rating steps, as set by the DVD creators. These additional steps allow for more critical control of program playback for all audiences. Level 8: All DVDs can be played. Levels 7 to 2: DVDs for general audiences/ children can be played. Level 1: DVDs for children can be played; DVDs for adults/general audiences are prohibited. Follow the explanations on the screen to set a new password.
Disc Recognition: This setting controls the Disc Recognition feature. When turned on, it allows you to pause a DVD, remove it from the player, play another disc, and then resume playback of the original disc at a later time from the point at which you paused. Note that even when the setting is activated, you must pause playback, rather than bring it to a full stop, and the unit must not be turned off between discs. The player is capable of storing the information for up to five DVDs at a time.
Screen Saver: Activates a Screen Saver to prevent an image to “burn” into a video display device. If you connect the player to a LCD or plas- ma screen or video projector, we recommend you activate the screen saver at all times.
Show Angle Icon: Determines whether the Angle Icon will appear on the screen when there are different angles available on a DVD disc.
Closed Caption: This setting enables viewing of closed caption messages, if they have been encoded in the video material. Closed captions are text displays of the program’s dialogue, normally hidden from view, that are made available for the
Select the ON setting to activate the closed captioning decoder so that these messages may be viewed.
Auto Play: Change this setting to On to play any loaded disc automatically when the player is turned on. At the default Off setting, you will have to begin playback manually.
Audio Settings
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The Audio Setting Submenu contains the following settings. Follow the explanations in the Instruction Line on the bottom of your screen to change the settings. In case the audio settings have been changed, they will take effect after the next time the player goes through STOP mode.
Preferred Audio Language: Defines your preferred audio language. Every time a disc is played that contains this audio language, it will be activated automatically. If you do not find your preferred language in the list of options, you can select your preferred language by highlighting OTHER. Press OK and use the Navigation Buttons to select your preferred language from the list shown on the screen. Note that only those lan- guages will be available that are actually on the DVD you would like to play.
Digital Output: If your system includes 5.1 digi- tal audio surround decoding (Dolby Digital and/or DTS), select BITSTREAM as the digital output. In that case all audio signals will be output with their original format. If your system only includes stereo and/or Dolby Pro Logic, select PCM. Then all audio signals will be output in PCM format only (DTS will output no signal).
HDMI Audio Out: This setting determines the format of the audio output via the HDMI Output. It is dependent upon the capabilities of your receiver or video display (if the player is connected directly to a display). We recommend that you leave it at the Auto setting, in which case the player will communicate with the device it’s connected to and automatically select a set- ting that is compatible with that device.
•Auto: This is the default setting, and it is recommended that you leave the HDMI Audio Out line at this setting. The player will automat- ically select the correct setting, based on the capabilities of your receiver or video display.
•PCM: At this setting, all digital audio is decoded and output as PCM streams. For example, a DVD with a Dolby Digital sound- track will be decoded, and 5.1 PCM streams
(one per channel) will be output through the HDMI Output for playback by your receiver.
•Bitstream: This setting may be used with receivers that are capable of decoding digital multichannel formats from the HDMI stream.
•Off: Use this setting if your receiver is not capable of processing the audio portion of the HDMI stream and you have made a separate digital audio connection from the player to the receiver. No audio will be passed to the HDMI Output.
PCM Limit: This setting affects playback of high- resolution (96kHz or greater) audio materials. If your receiver is capable of handling signals greater than 48kHz, select the No Limit setting. If your receiver is not capable of resolving these signals, or if you aren’t sure of your receiver’s capabilities, select the 48kHz setting. At the 48kHz setting,
Dynamic Range: This setting allows you to take advantage of the programming present on some Dolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume of louder passages while maintaining intelligibility of quieter passages. This means that you may lis- ten to programs at a level that allows the full impact of a soundtrack to be heard at a volume that is lower than you might otherwise use to avoid disturbing others. The player accomplishes this by compressing the audio to a greater or lesser degree, depending on which setting you choose. Three options are available:
•MAXIMUM does not make any changes to the original playback, and should be used when the volume setting in the listening room may be as loud as you desire.
•MEDIUM applies a moderate amount of com- pression so that louder passages are a little bit quieter.
•MINIMUM applies more compression so that louder passages are much softer.
Feel free to experiment with the settings at any time. Note that if your receiver or processor also allows you to program the dynamic range setting, also known as the “Night Mode,” you do not need to make any adjustments on the player and should leave the setting at MAXIMUM.
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