ADJUSTING DYNAMIC RANGE (DOLBY DIGITAL)

In Dolby Digital, dynamic range between soft and loud sounds can be adjusted to suit your desired playback volume.

1Play the Dolby Digital sound.

See “PLA YING WITH SURROUND SOUND”, page 24.

2 Press SHIFT+MIDNIGHT repeatedly to select desired mode.

[NIGHT MIN]

 

Minimum dynamic range compression. Enjoy the full dynamic

 

range of the sound track as experienced in a movie theater

.

[NIGHT STD]

 

Standard dynamic range compression recommended by the

 

software producers when playing back at home. Default.

 

[NIGHT MAX]

 

Maximum dynamic range compression. Keeps soft sounds

 

and dialogs intelligible even with the overall volume turned

 

down. Select this mode when you have to keep the volume

 

low, for example, when playing back late at night.

 

SLEEP TIMER

This unit can be set to turn of f automatically after a specified period of time.

Press SLEEP repeatedly to set the sleep timer duration.

On the remote control, press SHIFT+SLEEP.

The sleep-time can be changed from 10 to 90 minutes in 10- minute steps.

To check the time remaining until the power turns off

Press SLEEP once (press SHIFT+SLEEP on the remote control). The remaining time is displayed for 4 seconds.

To cancel the sleep timer

Press SLEEP (press SHIFT+SLEEP on the remote control) repeatedly to clear the sleep-timer display .

CUSTOMIZING DVD SETUP

OVERVIEW OF THE SETUP MENU

RECEPTION

Various default settings related to the DVD player and the

 

 

TV monitor can be changed as needed or preferred.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RADIO

There are 4 major menu items that can be adjusted.

 

Their function

 

 

 

are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 RATING (page 30)

 

 

 

 

TIMERANDSOUND

ADJUSTMNTS

 

Sets the rating limit of DVDs allowed to play back on this unit

 

 

 

 

when playing discs with restriction level encoding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With discs that include scenes with excessive violence, for

 

 

 

example, this setting can be used either to automatically cut

 

 

 

such scenes or to disable playback altogether

, depending on

 

 

 

the disc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 PASSWORD (page 30)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The password needs to be entered not to prevent the playback

 

 

 

of the disc whose rating level is higher than the unit’

 

s setting.

CUSTOMIZING

SETUPDVD

 

The password can be changed to your taste.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the password is required, even if you input the wrong

 

 

 

 

password, the password cannot be cleared. Be careful not to

 

 

 

 

input the wrong password. If you fail in inputting password,

 

 

 

reinsert the disc and then repeat the procedure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 TV DISPLAY (page 31)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sets the aspect ratio of the video signal sent to your connected

 

 

 

TV set. The preference setting for the 4:3 or 16:9

 

 

 

representation of wide format software is only ef

 

fective when

 

 

 

playing a disc of fering such a choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 TV TYPE (page 31)

 

 

 

 

En

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sets “TV TYPE” according to the color system of the connected

 

 

 

TV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The “TV DISPLAY” setting and the “TV TYPE” setting

need to be set specifically to match your configuration of connected equipment.

The default “TV DISPLA Y” setting has to be changed if

 

you are connecting to a 16:9 (wide) ratio TV set.

Changing the default “TV TYPE” may be needed depending

 

on your TV type.

Any other setting can be changed or kept as is, according to your preferences.

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