System Defaults
The final step of the installation is to establish the sys- tem’s defaults. It is helpful to take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with these settings, as they may require change before the first use and later from time to time.
Main Menu
The first step in checking or changing the system defaults is to access the Main menu. First, make certain that the DVD 101 is properly connected to a video display, and that power is connected. Turn the DVD 101 on by first pressing in the Main Power On/Off
Switch and then pressing the Power On Button 1/0. For this process, however, you do not need to load a disc into the unit.
During Stop, Pause or Play mode, if you press the Setup Button 8 on the remote, the Main menu appears on the screen.
Video Menu
When you enter the Main menu, the Video submenu should be highlighted. If not, use the K/LButtons
9to highlight the Video menu, then press the N Navigation Button 9 or Enter Button 9 to access the Video menu. The left column shows the items in the Video menu. The right column shows the current setting for each item.
Scan Type
Select SCAN TYPE with the K/L Navigation Buttons 9, if it is not already selected; then press the N Navigation Button 9 or Enter Button
9to access the Scan Type submenu. The right column displays the current setting (highlighted) and one option.
SYSTEM SETUP
then press the N Navigation Button 9 or Enter Button 9 to access the Aspect Ratio submenu. The right column displays the current setting (highlighted) and two options. If needed, select a new setting. Press the Enter Button 9 to confirm the new setting.
This menu selects the TV aspect ratio: conventional screen shape (4:3) or widescreen (16:9), according to your TV.
• 4:3 Letterbox: Choose this setting if the DVD 101 is |
connected to a conventional (4:3) TV set and you |
would prefer to see movies without any parts being |
cut off. You will see the entire frame of the movie |
and DVDs recorded with normal 4:3 format will fill |
the entire screen. But movies in widescreen will |
occupy a smaller portion of the screen, with black |
bars at the top and bottom of the screen. |
• 4:3 Pan Scan: Choose this setting if the DVD 101 is |
connected to a conventional (4:3) TV set and you |
want widescreen movies to fill the entire screen. |
Note that this setting is effective only with a few |
Navigating Menus
The remote’s Navigation (K/L/N/M) and Enter Buttons 9 are used to navigate the menus and select specific settings. Use the K/LButtons 9 to move the cursor to highlight the desired submenu, then press the N Button 9 or Enter Button 9 to enter the highlighted menu or choose the highlighted content. The current setting is highlighted.
If you wish to change this setting, use the K/L Buttons 9 to select a new setting and press the Enter Button 9. Press the M Navigation Button
9to return to the left submenu column. Press the Play Button 3G or Setup Button 8 to exit the Setup menu. Any new settings will be activated imme- diately, except for Aspect Ratio, which will be activated after the player exits the Setup menu.
After you press the Setup Button 8 on the remote to enter the Main menu, three submenus are shown: Video, Audio and Player. You may press the M Navigation Button 9 or select Exit with the Navigation Buttons 9 and press the Enter Button 9 at any time to leave the Main menu.
You may restore all original factory default settings at any time. When the player is in Standby, press and
hold the Clear Button for six seconds. This will restore all default settings and any changes you have made will be lost.
IMPORTANT: Before you select Progressive mode, you must make sure that your TV or projector can accept a progressive signal. When a standard video display is used you do not need to make any change in this menu, as the INTERLACED setting is the correct selection, even when component video is used. If the player is set to Progressive, but connected to a display device that cannot process a progressive signal, there will be nothing on the TV screen. If this happens, you can restore the player to Interlaced mode: Press the Stop Button I on the remote and hold it down for more than three seconds. The player will revert to Interlaced mode and a picture should appear on the screen.
As a Progressive Scan DVD player, the DVD 101 can provide a
Aspect Ratio
Select the Aspect Ratio menu with the K/L Buttons 9 if it is not already selected in the Video menu;
widescreen DVDs recorded with the Pan and Scan |
mode. With those movies you won’t see parts of |
the picture (particularly the right and left edges). |
Most discs produced in a widescreen format can’t |
be cropped in this fashion, which means the black |
bars will appear at the top and bottom of the screen |
(letterbox format). Some widescreen DVDs, particu- |
larly anamorphic types (with full |
tion; see section “16:9” below), may be shown with |
original width but spread vertically. With these discs, |
the letterbox format must be selected.This setting |
is useful only with a few DVDs; with all others the |
letterbox format fits best. |
• 16:9 Widescreen: Choose this setting if your DVD player |
is connected to a widescreen TV, or to a conventional |
(4:3) TV changeable to widescreen (16:9) mode. |
With this setup, discs recorded with 4:3 aspect ratio |
will appear as a boxed image in the center of a |
16:9 widescreen TV, with black bars to the left and |
right of the image (not with 4:3 TVs changeable to |
16:9 mode). True widescreen (anamorphic) DVDs |
(i.e., those shown spread vertically when the |
DVD 101 is set to “16:9” and your TV is set to “4:3”) |
will be shown optimally with full vertical resolution. |
With some 4:3 TVs set to 16:9 format, discs with |
4:3 format may be played compressed vertically. With |
those discs the TV must be set to 4:3 format. |
