Choice Menu Operations
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7Language selection menu—LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE
MENU LANGUAGE | ENGLISH |
AUDIO LANGUAGE | ENGLISH |
SUBTITLEOFF
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 54) as the menu language.
¶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 54).
Select one of the following settings:
16:9 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 (Wide television conversion)
Select when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV).
4:3 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.
4:3 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.
¶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 54) 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.
7Picture setting menu—PICTURE
PICTURE
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.
Ex.: 16:9 | Ex.: 4:3 LB | Ex: 4:3 PS |
•Even if “4:3 PS” is selected, the screen size may become “4:3 LB” with some DVD VIDEOs. This depends on how the discs are recorded.
•When you select “16:9 NORMAL” for a picture whose aspect ratio is 4:3, the picture slightly changes due to the process for converting the picture width.
¶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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