Screen sizes and disc formats

DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3.

Televisions, too, come in different aspect ratios; ‘standard’ 4:3 and widescreen 16:9.

Widescreen TV users

If you have a widescreen TV, the TV Screen setting (page 33) of this player should be set to 16:9 (Wide) or 16:9 (Compressed).

When you watch discs recorded in 4:3 format with the 16:9 (Wide) setting, you can use the TV controls to select how the picture is presented. Your TV may offer various zoom and stretch options; see the instructions that came with your TV for details.

Please note that some movie aspect ratios are wider than 16:9, so even though you have a widescreen TV, these discs will still play in a ‘letter box’ style with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

Standard TV users

If you have a standard TV, the TV Screen setting (page 33) of this player should be set to 4:3 (Letter Box) or 4:3 (Pan & Scan), depending on which you prefer.

Set to 4:3 (Letter Box), widescreen discs are shown with black bars top and bottom.

Set to 4:3 (Pan & Scan), widescreen discs are shown with the left and right sides cropped. Although the picture looks larger, you don’t actually see the whole picture.

Please note that many widescreen discs override the player’s settings so that the disc is shown in letter box format regardless of the setting.

Note

•Using the 16:9 (Wide) or 16:9 (Compressed) setting with a standard 4:3 TV, or either of the 4:3 settings with a widescreen TV, will result in a distorted picture.

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Use this procedure to reset all the player’s settings to the factory default.

1Switch the player into standby.

2Using the front panel buttons, hold down the  (stop) button and press  STANDBY/ON to switch the player back on. All the player’s settings are now reset.

DVD-Video regions

All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on the case somewhere that indicates which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. Your DVD player also has a region mark, which you can find on the rear panel. Discs from incompatible regions will not play in this player. In this case the attention sentence “Incompatible disc region number Can’t play disc” is displayed on screen. Discs marked ALL will play in any player. The diagram below shows the various DVD regions of the world.

2	5
		1
	6
		2
4	5	3

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Selecting languages using the language code list

Some of the language options (such as DVD Menu Lang. in the Initial Settings) allow you to set your preferred language from any of the 136 languages listed in the language code list on Language code list on page 46.

1Select ‘Other Language’.

2Use the / (cursor left/right) buttons to select either a code letter or a code number.

3Use the / (cursor up/down) buttons to select a code letter or a code number.

See Language code list on page 46 for a complete list of languages and codes.