Choice Menu Operations
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7Language selection menu—LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE |
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MENU LANGUAGE | ENGLISH |
AUDIO LANGUAGE | ENGLISH |
SUBTITLE | OFF |
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE ENGLISH | |
You can select “MENU LANGUAGE,” “AUDIO LANGUAGE,” and “SUBTITLE” only before playback.
¶MENU LANGUAGE
Some discs have multiple languages.
Select one of the languages or language codes from AA to ZU (see “Language code list” on page 56) as the menu language.
Select one of the following settings:
16:9 NORMAL / 16:9 MULTI NORMAL (Wide television conversion)
Select when the aspect ratio of your TV is fixed to 16:9 (wide TV). The unit automatically adjusts the screen width of the output signal correctly when playing back a picture whose aspect ratio is 4:3.
16:9 AUTO / 16:9 MULTI AUTO (Wide television conversion)
Select when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV).
4:3 LB / 4:3 MULTI LB (Letter Box conversion) Select 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.
¶AUDIO LANGUAGE
Some discs have multiple audio languages.
Select one of the languages or language codes from AA to ZU (see “Language code list” on page 56).
¶SUBTITLE
Some discs have multiple subtitle languages.
Select one of the languages or language codes from AA to ZU (see “Language code list” on page 56) or “OFF (no subtitle).”
Note:
•When the language you have selected for MENU LANGUAGE, AUDIO LANGUAGE, or SUBTITLE is not recorded on a disc, the original language is used as the initial language automatically.
¶ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
Select one of the languages shown on the TV.
4:3 PS / 4:3 MULTI PS (Pan Scan conversion)
Select 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 |
•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 DVD VIDEOs. This depends on how the discs are recorded.
•When you select “16:9 NORMAL” or “16:9 MULTI NORMAL” for a picture whose aspect ratio is 4:3, the picture slightly changes due to the process for converting the picture width.
7Picture setting menu—PICTURE
PICTURE |
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MONITOR TYPE | 4:3 LB |
PICTURE SOURCE | AUTO |
SCREEN SAVER | ON |
MP3 / JPEG | MP3 |
¶MONITOR TYPE
You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play DVD VIDEO recorded in the picture’s width/ height ratio of 16:9.
For the multi color system TV
When you use a multi color system TV, you can change the color system of this unit automatically by selecting “MULTI” options as the monitor type. In this case, the setting of this unit is changed to match the color system of the loaded disc regardless the VIDEO OUT SELECT setting.
¶PICTURE SOURCE
You can select the picture source according to the picture type (film or video source). This takes effect only when “PROGRESSIVE” is selected as the scanning mode (see page 16).
Normally, set to “AUTO.”
Select one of the following settings:
VIDEO (NORMAL)
Suitable for playing back a video source disc with relatively a few movements.
VIDEO (ACTIVE)
Suitable for playing back a video source disc with relatively a lot of movements.
FILM Suitable for playing back a film or progressive source disc.
AUTO Used to play a disc containing both video and film source materials. This unit recognizes the picture type (film or video source) of the current disc according to the disc information.
•If the playback picture is unclear or noisy, or the oblique lines of the picture are rough, try changing to other modes.
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