Changing the player settings

1 Press [DVD]4 to select “DVD/CD”.

2 Press [START]B to show the START menu.

3 Press [3, 4]8 to select “Setup” and press [OK]8.

Item

Setup

 

 

Language

Display

: English

Video

Audio

: English

Audio

Subtitle

: Off

DVD Menu

: English

HDMI

 

 

Others

 

 

Set

 

 

RETURN

 

Menu

Current setting

4 Press [3, 4]8 to select menu and press [OK]8.

5 Press [3, 4]8 to select the item and press [OK]8.

6 Press [3, 4]8 to make the settings and press [OK]8.

To return to the previous screen, press [RETURN]D.

To exit the screen, press [START]B.

The settings remain intact, even if you switch the unit to standby.

Underlined items are the factory settings in the following menus.

Language menu

Display

Choose the language for the on-screen messages.

English ≥Français ≥Español

Audio§

Choose the audio language.

English ≥French ≥Spanish

Subtitle§

Choose the subtitle language.

≥Auto

≥English

≥French

≥Spanish

Off

 

 

 

DVD Menu§

Choose the language for disc menus.

English

≥French

≥Spanish

§Some discs start in a certain language despite any changes you make here.

When the selected language is not available on the disc, the default language is played. There are discs where you can only switch the language from the menu screen (B 12).

Video menu

TV Aspect

Choose the setting to suit your TV.

16:9: Widescreen TV (16:9)

4:3 Pan&Scan: Regular aspect TV (4:3)

The sides of the widescreen picture are cut off so it fills the screen (unless prohibited by the disc).

4:3 Letterbox: Regular aspect TV (4:3)

Widescreen picture is shown in the letterbox style.

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Time Delay

When connected with a Plasma display, adjust if you notice the audio is out of sync with the video.

0ms/Auto

≥20ms

≥40ms

≥60ms

≥80ms

≥100ms

 

 

When using VIERA Link “HDAVI Control” with “HDAVI Control 3 or later” compatible TV (B 14), select “0ms/Auto”.

Audio and video will automatically be set in sync.

Video Resolution

This works only when the HDMI connection is being used. Select the suitable picture quality for your TV.

(Video recordings will be converted to, and output as, high-definition video.)

Auto

≥480i

≥480p

≥720p

≥1080i

≥1080p

 

 

Ensure that your TV can support the resolution that you choose.

If a message screen appears, confirm your selection by pressing

[2, 1]8 to select “Yes” and press [OK]8. If the picture is distorted, wait for 15 seconds or press [2, 1]8 to select “No”. To accept the setting, select “Yes” again.

HD JPEG Mode [JPEG]

(This works only when using HDMI connection with “Video Resolution” (B above) set to “Auto”, “720p”, “1080i” or “1080p”.)

On: HD JPEG playback is available. (JPEG images will be displayed in original resolution.)

Off

During HD JPEG playback, there will be no on-screen menus (B 13) and on-screen displays.

Black Level

Change the black level of the picture.

Lighter

Darker

Audio menu

Select to suit the type of equipment you connected to the HDMI AV OUT terminal.

Select “Bitstream” when the equipment can decode the bitstream (digital form of 5.1-channel data). Otherwise, select “PCM”.

(If the bitstream is output to the equipment without a decoder, high levels of noise can be output and may damage your speakers and hearing.)

Digital Output

≥Bitstream

PCM

When audio output is from HDMI AV OUT terminal, and the connected equipment does not support the item selected, the actual output will depend on the performance of this connected equipment.

Dynamic Range

≥On: Adjusts for clarity even when the volume is low. Convenient for late night viewing. (Only works with Dolby Digital)

Off: The full dynamic range of the signal is reproduced.

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