Initial Settings menu

07

Options settings

Setting

Option

What it means

Parental Lock

See Parental Lock on page 43.

 

 

 

DVD Playback

DVD-Audio

All material on a DVD-Audio disc is playable.

Mode

 

 

DVD-Video

Only the DVD-Video part of a DVD-Audio disc is playable.

 

 

 

 

SACD Playback

2ch Area

Selects the 2 channel (strereo) SACD audio area of the disc

 

 

for playback.

 

 

 

 

Multi-ch Area

Selects the multi-channel SACD audio area of the disc for

 

 

playback.

 

 

 

 

CD Area

Selects the standard CD audio area of an SACD/CD hybrid

 

 

disc for playback.

 

 

 

DTS Downmix

STEREO

Downmixes DTS for 2 channel output to regular stereo. (See

 

 

also DTS Downmix on page 44.)

 

 

 

 

Lt/Rt

Downmixes DTS for 2 channel output to be compatible with

 

 

Dolby Surround matrix decoders. (See also DTS Downmix on

 

 

page 44.)

 

 

 

DivX VOD

Display

See About DivX® VOD content on page 45.

 

 

 

Parental Lock

Default level: Off; Default password: none;

Default Country/Area code: us (2119)

To give you some control over what your children watch on your DVD player, some DVD- Video discs feature a Parental Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc won’t play.

Some discs also support the Country/Area Code feature. The player does not play certain scenes on these discs, depending on the Country/Area Code you set.

Note

Not all discs use Parental Lock, and will play without requiring the password first.

If you forget your password, you’ll need to reset the player to register a new password (see Resetting the player on page 54).

Registering a new password

You must register a password before you can change the Parental Lock level or enter a Country code.

1 Select ‘Options’, then ‘Password’.

Initial Settings

 

 

 

Digital Audio Out

Parental Lock

 

 

Password

Video Output

DVD Playback Mode

Level Change

Language

SACD Playback

Country Code

Display

DTS Downmix

 

 

Options

DivX VOD

 

 

Speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2Use the number buttons to enter a 4- digit password.

The numbers you enter show up as asterisks

(*) on-screen.

3Press ENTER to register the password. You will return to the Options menu screen.

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Pioneer DV-46AV Initial Settings menu Options settings, Parental Lock, Registering a new password, Stereo

DV-46AV specifications

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