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 30.

•You cannot change the setting during playback.

[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.

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 30.

•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 30.

•You cannot change the setting during playback.

[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.

Changing the initial settings

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 display.

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.

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.

Setting options

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

[AUTO]: select when playing back a disc containing both video and film source materials.

The unit recognizes the picture type (film or video source) of the 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 10.)

Setting options

ON, OFF

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