BACKGROUND

You can change and set the opening display to your favorite image using this menu.

Setting options

STANDARD, USER, SAVE AS BACKGROUND [STANDARD]: select when you use the JVC original image as

the opening display (initial setting).

[USER]: select when you use your favorite image as the opening display. This item will be taken effect after you register a new image in the next item.

[SAVE AS BACKGROUND]: select when you register a new image. To register a new image, see “Changing the picture of the opening display” on page 22.

AUDIO menu

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT

To connect the player’s digital output to an external device equipped with a digital input, this item must be set correctly. See “Appendix C: Digital output signal chart” on page 32 for details about the relation between the setting and output signals.

Setting options

PCM ONLY, DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM, STREAM/PCM

[PCM ONLY]: select when you connect the DIGITAL OUT jack of the player to the linear PCM digital input of other audio equipment.

[DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM]: select when you connect the digital input of a Dolby Digital decoder or an amplifier with a built-in Dolby Digital decoder.

When this option is selected, playing back a disc recorded by the MPEG Multichannel format outputs a linear PCM digital signal.

[STREAM/PCM]: select when you connect the digital input of an amplifier with a built-in DTS, MPEG Multichannel or Dolby Digital decoder, or the stand-alone unit of such a decoder.

With some DVD VIDEO discs that are not fully copy-protected, a 20 or 24 bit digital signal may be output.

When playing a DVD VIDEO or Audio CD disc with DTS, use a DTS decoder to get correct signals from your speakers.

ANALOG DOWN MIX

To correctly play the audio on a DVD VIDEO disc recorded with surround multichannel audio, you must set this item properly according to your audio system configuration.

Setting options

DOLBY SURROUND, STEREO

[DOLBY SURROUND]: select when listening to multichannel surround audio with the player’s analog AUDIO OUT terminals connected to a surround decoder.

[STEREO]: select when listening to conventional two-channel stereo audio with the player’s AUDIO OUT terminals connected to a stereo amplifier/receiver or television set, or in case you want to record the audio from a DVD VIDEO disc to MiniDisc, cassette, etc.

D. RANGE CONTROL

This setting provides optimal audio quality from the analog AUDIO OUT terminals for listening to DVD VIDEO discs recorded in Dolby Digital format, at low or middle volume.

Setting options

WIDE RANGE, NORMAL, TV MODE

[WIDE RANGE]: when selected, audio is played back with the widest dynamic range so that you can enjoy powerful playback sound.

[NORMAL]: normally, select this option.

[TV MODE]: select if DVD VIDEO disc sound level is lower than TV program sound level. Thus you can hear sound at a lower volume clearly.

OUTPUT LEVEL

This setting allows you to attenuate the level of the signal output from the player’s analog AUDIO OUT terminals.

Setting options

STANDARD, LOW

• If the sound output from the speaker is distorted, select [LOW].

OTHERS menu

RESUME

You can select the resume playback mode.

See page 9 for details about the resume playback function.

Setting options

ON, OFF, DISC RESUME

[ON]: when selected, the player can resume playback of the disc from the position where playback was last interrupted, if the disc is still in the disc tray.

[OFF]: when selected, the resume function is deactivated.

[DISC RESUME]: when selected, the player can resume playback of the last 30 discs played. The player retains a memory of the interrupted positions of the last 30 discs played, even though they have been removed from the disc tray.

ON SCREEN GUIDE

The player can display “on-screen guide” icons or characters on the picture, which show what is happening to the disc or the player.

Example of “on-screen guide” icons: , ,

Setting options

ON, OFF

[ON]: when selected, the on-screen guide is activated.

AUTO STANDBY

When the player is stopped for more than 30 minutes or 60 minutes, the player enters standby mode automatically.

Setting options

60, 30, OFF

PARENTAL LOCK

When this option is selected, pressing ENTER on the remote control unit brings up the PARENTAL LOCK display shown below. This allows you to restrict children from playing DVD VIDEO discs.

PARENTAL LOCK

 

COUNTRY CODE

GB

SET LEVEL

NONE

PASSWORD

_ _ _ _

EXIT

 

SELECT

USE 5∞ TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

 

TO EXIT, PRESS SETUP.

• See page 26 for details about the parental lock setting.

To change the setting, see “How to set preferences” on page 23.

Changing the initial settings

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