For example, if you reduce the timeout to its minimum setting, the backlighting will illuminate the display as soon as you interact with any of the CDP-300 controls, and stay on for only three seconds—just long enough for you to check on something. If you continue to use any of the controls (at least once every three seconds), the display will remain lit. It will then extinguish itself after three seconds of inactivity on your part.
If you prefer the display of the CDP-300 to remain on whenever not in standby, choose the never timeout setting. The lamp in the LCD display was designed for harsh automotive environments and will give you many years of reliable operation. If you plan to leave the unit on continuously, however, we recommend that you keep the timeout delay set to less than one minute. (Note that setting the brightness to a lower setting does not increase the life of the lamp.)
The language menu offers you any of five different languages supported by the CDP-300. Classé have provided our international distributors with a software tool that makes it possible for them to customize the translations to suit their local customs and terminology, in an effort to ensure that the CDP-300’s operation is as intuitive to use in every country as it is in our home country of Canada.
When playing a DVD, the CDP-300 displays the picture information on its LCD touchscreen in a “preview” mode. This can be helpful in cueing up material before sending the picture to the main display (saving your guests from the otherwise inevitable FBI warnings). It is also a wonderful way of navigating through DVD-Audio disc menu systems without having to turn on your main video display simply to enjoy some music.
When you make use of any of the control functions of the CDP-300, the display will change from its normal preview mode to display the user interface screens. The temporary display setting determines how long this user interface remains displayed before the touchscreen reverts to its usual preview mode.
If you elect to use the variable volume capability of the CDP-300, you have two choices as to how the volume setting is displayed.
•Absolute is how most volume controls work, namely that a setting of “0” indicates no sound, while larger numbers represent higher volumes.
•In the relative system, there is a calibrated, reference volume at which movies are played in theaters, which is duplicated in your environment and referred to as “0 dB.” Regardless of how large or how small the theater, a setting of “0 dB” is always the same, known volume. Changes from that volume level are shown as either positive (louder) or negative (quieter). People who have spent any time making recordings will recognize that this is similar to the notion of “0 dB” on a record level meter.
