Changing the initial settings

NOTES

While an MP3/WMA or JPEG disc is inserted, you cannot bring up any preference display.

When a preference display is shown on a wide TV screen, the upper and lower parts of the preference display sometimes may be cut off. If this happens, adjust the picture size control of the TV.

The [SPK.SETTING] display can be displayed only when [ANALOG OUT] in the [AUDIO] preference display is set to [MULTI CHANNEL].

LANGUAGE menu

MENU LANGUAGE

You can select the default menu language to be displayed if it is contained on a DVD AUDIO/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 C: Table of languages and their abbreviations” on page 43.

You can change the setting except while in playback mode.

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 C: Table of languages and their abbreviations” on page 43.

You can change the setting except while in playback mode.

SUBTITLE

You can select the default subtitle language to be displayed if it is contained on a DVD AUDIO/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 C: Table of languages and their abbreviations” on page 43.

You can change the setting except while in playback mode.

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

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

Setting options

ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN

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

The on-screen language shown on the Control display is always English.

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 player to a wide-screen (16:9) TV whose aspect ratio is fixed to 16:9 (the player 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 player to a wide-screen (16:9) TV.

[4:3 LB] (Letter Box conversion): select when you connect the

player 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 player 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.

To change the setting, see “How to set preferences” on page 33.

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XV-N512S specifications

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