Setting DVD preferences

Using the setup menus

You can change the language used in the setup menus. See “Menu description” below.

Basic operation on the setup menus

Cursor

(3/2/Y/5)/

ENTER

7While stopped

1Press SET UP with SHIFT pressed.
2Follow the instructions that appear on the TV screen.

Menu description

: Language menu (LANGUAGE)
7MENU LANGUAGE

Some DVDs have their own menus in multiple languages.

• Select the initial menu language*.

7AUDIO LANGUAGE

Some DVDs have multiple audio languages.

• Select the initial audio language*.

7SUBTITLE

Some DVDs have multiple subtitle languages.

• Select the initial subtitle language*.

7ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

Select the language shown on the TV screen when operating this system.

*When the language you have selected is not recorded to a disc, the original language is automatically used as the initial language.

NOTE

See “The language codes list” (see page 35) for the code of each language, such as “AA”, etc.

: Picture menu (PICTURE)

7MONITOR TYPE

You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play DVDs recorded in the picture’s height/width ratio of 16:9.

16:9/16:9 MULTI (Wide television conversion)

Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV).

4:3 LB/4:3 MULTI LB (Letter Box conversion)

Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3 (conventional TV). While viewing a wide screen picture, the black bars appear on the top and the bottom of the screen.

4:3 PS/4:3 MULTI PS (Pan Scan conversion)

Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 4:3 (conventional TV). While viewing a wide screen picture, the black bars do not appear, however, the left and right edges of the pictures will not be shown on the screen.

Ex.: 16:9

Ex.: 4:3 LB

Ex.: 4:3 PS

NOTE

Even if “4:3 PS” or “4:3 MULTI PS” is selected, the screen size may become “4:3 LB” or “4:3 MULTI LB” with some DVDs. This depends on how DVDs are recorded.

When selecting “MULTI” options as the monitor type for the multi-color system TV, the system outputs PAL or NTSC video signal according to the disc/file, regardless of the scan mode setting (see page 16).

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