Initial Settings menu, Video Output settings

Initial Settings menu

Chapter 11 Initial Settings menu

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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.

1Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial 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.1

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Video Output settings

Setting	Option	What it means
TV Screen	4:3 (Letter Box)	Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are
(See also Specifications		shown with black bars top and bottom.
on page 43.)
on page 43.)	4:3 (Pan & Scan)	Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are
	4:3 (Pan & Scan)
		shown with the sides cropped so that the image fills the screen.

	16:9 (Wide)	Set if you have a widescreen TV.

Component Out	Interlace	Set if your TV is not compatible with progressive scan video.
(See also Connecting
(See also Connecting	Progressive	Set if your TV is compatible with progressive scan video (see
using component video	Progressive
using component video		your TV’s instruction manual for details). Press ENTER once
on page 8.)		your TV’s instruction manual for details). Press ENTER once
on page 8.)		more to confirm (or RETURN to cancel). If you lose the picture

		on your TV, refer to Interlace setting in System Setup menu
		options in standby on page 33.
		Note that progressive scan video is only output from the
		component video jacks.

Language settings

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Setting	Option	What it means
Audio Language	English	If there is an English soundtrack on the disc, it is played.

	Languages as displayed	If there is a language selected on the disc, it is played.

	Other Language	Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see
		Using the language code list on page 38).

Note

1• In the table, the default setting is shown in bold: other settings are shown in italics.

•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.

•The Component Out setting only needs to be set if you have connected this player to your TV using component video.

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