Initial Settings menu
Chapter 7
Initial Settings menu
Using the Initial Settings menu
The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others.
If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting.
1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial |
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Settings’. | Initial Settings |
2Use the cursor buttons and ENTER to select the setting and option you want to set. All the settings and options are explained on the following pages.
Note
•In the table below, the default setting is shown in bold: other settings are shown in italics.
•The Digital Audio Out settings only need to be set if you have connected the digital output of this player to an AV receiver, or other equipment.
•Check the operating instructions supplied with your other equipment to see which digital audio formats it’s compatible with.
•Some settings, such as TV Screen, Audio Language and Subtitle Language may be overridden by the DVD disc. Often these settings can also be made from the DVD disc menu.
Digital Audio Out settings
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Digital Out | On | Digital audio is output from the digital outputs. |
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| Off | No digital audio output. |
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Dolby | Dolby | Dolby Digital encoded digital audio is output when playing a |
Digital Out | Digital | Dolby Digital DVD disc. |
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| Dolby Digital > | Dolby Digital audio is converted to PCM audio before being |
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DTS Out | DTS | DTS encoded digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc. |
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| Off | No digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc. |
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96 kHz Out | 96kHz > 48kHz | 96kHz digital audio is converted to 48kHz for digital output. |
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| 96kHz | 96kHz digital audio is output as is at 96kHz. |
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MPEG Out | MPEG > PCM | MPEG encoded digital audio is converted to PCM audio for |
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| MPEG | MPEG encoded digital audio is output as is. |
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TV Screen | 4:3 (Letter Box) | Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are | |
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4:3 (Pan & Scan) | Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are | ||
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16:9 (Wide) | Set if you have a widescreen TV. | ||
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Compo- | Interlace | Set if your TV is not compatible with progressive scan video. | |
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Progressive | Set if your TV is compatible with progressive scan video (see | ||
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AV Connec- | Video | Ordinary (composite) video output, compatible with all TVs. | |
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| RGB | If your TV is compatible, this setting gives the best picture | |
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Language settings
Setting | Option | What it means |
Audio Lan- | English | If there is an English soundtrack on the disc then it will be |
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| Languages as dis- | If there is the language selected on the disc, then it will be |
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| Other Language | Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed |
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Subtitle | English | If there is are English subtitles on the disc then they will be |
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| Languages as dis- | If there is the subtitle language selected on the disc, then it |
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| Other Language | Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed |
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