Changing the initial settings

LANGUAGE menu

MENU LANGUAGE

You can select the default menu language to be displayed if it is contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.

Setting options

ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU

•If the disc does not have a menu in the selected language, the disc’s default language will be used.

•For details about language codes, see “Appendix B: Table of languages and their abbreviations” on page 37.

•You cannot change the setting during playback.

AUDIO LANGUAGE

You can select the default audio language to be played if it is contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.

Setting options

ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU

•If the disc does not have the selected language, the disc’s default language will be used.

•For details about language codes, see “Appendix B: Table of languages and their abbreviations” on page 37.

•You cannot change the setting during playback.

SUBTITLE

You can select the default subtitle language to be displayed if it is contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.

Setting options

OFF, ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU

•If the disc does not have a subtitle in the selected language, the disc’s default language will be used.

•For details about language codes, see “Appendix B: Table of languages and their abbreviations” on page 37.

•You cannot change the setting during playback.

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

You can select the on-screen display language of the unit.

Setting options

ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH

•Some on-screen messages are shown in English regardless of the setting.

•You cannot change the on-screen language shown on the MP3/ WMA and JPEG displays.

PICTURE menu

MONITOR TYPE

You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play back DVD VIDEO discs recorded for wide-screen televisions.

Setting options

16:9 NORMAL, 16:9 AUTO, 4:3 LB, 4:3 PS

[16:9 NORMAL] (Wide television screen): select when you connect the unit to a wide-screen (16:9) TV whose aspect ratio is fixed to 16:9 (the unit automatically adjusts the screen width of the output signal correctly when playing back a 4:3 source). If you play a 4:3 DVD VIDEO source using the [16:9 NORMAL] mode, the picture character changes slightly due to the process for converting the picture width.

[16:9 AUTO] (Wide television screen): select when you connect the unit to a wide-screen (16:9) TV.

[4:3 LB] (Letter Box conversion): select when you connect the unit to a normal (4:3) TV.

When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded in wide picture format, the picture is shown with black bars at the top and bottom.

[4:3 PS] (Pan Scan conversion): select when you connect the unit to a normal (4:3) TV.

When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded in wide picture format, the picture is zoomed to fill the screen vertically, and the left and right sides of the image are chopped off.

Note, however, that the picture will be shown in the 4:3 LB mode even if you select the 4:3 PS mode depending on the disc.

PICTURE SOURCE

This mode selects whether the content on the disc is processed

 

by field (video source) or by frame (film source). You can obtain

 

optimal picture quality according to the source type to be played

 

back by selecting an appropriate option. This setting is available

 

for both the interlaced mode and progressive scanning mode.

 

Changingthe settingsinitial

The unit recognizes the picture type (film or video source) of the

Setting options

 

AUTO, FILM, VIDEO(NORMAL), VIDEO(ACTIVE)

 

[AUTO]: select when playing back a disc containing both video

 

and film source materials.

 

current disc according to the disc information. Normally, select

 

 

this option.

 

[FILM]: select when playing back a film source disc.

 

[VIDEO(NORMAL)]: select when playing back a video source

 

disc with relatively a few movements.

 

[VIDEO(ACTIVE)]: select when playing back a video source disc

 

with relatively a lot of movements.

 

SCREEN SAVER

You can set the screen saver function to ON or OFF. (See page 13.)

Setting options

ON, OFF

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XV-M5GSL specifications

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