05Initial Settings menu

Language settings

Audio Language

•Default setting is English.

Initial Settings

Digital Audio Out

Audio Language

English

Video Output

Subtitle Language

Other Language

Language

Auto Language

 

Display

DVD Menu Lang.

 

Option

Subtitle Display

 

This setting is your preferred audio language for DVD discs. If the language you specify here is recorded on a disc, the player automatically plays the disc in that language.

The DVD format recognizes 136 different languages. Select Other Language if you want to specify a language other than English. See also Selecting languages using the Language Code List.

•You can switch between the languages recorded on a DVD disc during playback using the AUDIO button. (This does not affect this setting.) See Switching DVD audio language on page 31.

•Some DVD discs set the audio language automatically when loaded, overriding the Audio Language setting.

•Discs with two or more audio languages usually allow you to select the audio language from the disc menu. Press MENU to access the disc menu.

Subtitle Language

•Default setting is English.

Initial Settings

Digital Audio Out

Audio Language

English

Video Output

Subtitle Language

Other Language

Language

Auto Language

 

Display

DVD Menu Lang.

 

Option

Subtitle Display

 

This setting is your preferred subtitle language for DVD discs. If the language you specify here is recorded on a disc, the player automatically plays the disc with those subtitles.

The DVD format recognizes 136 different languages. Select Other Language if you want to specify a language other than English. See also Selecting languages using the Language Code List.

•You can change or switch off the subtitles on a DVD disc during playback using the SUBTITLE button. (This does not affect this setting.) See Switching subtitles on page 31.

•Some DVD discs set the subtitle language automatically when loaded, overriding the Subtitle Language setting.

•Discs with two or more subtitle languages usually allow you to select the subtitle language from the disc menu. Press MENU to access the disc menu.

Selecting languages using the Language Code List

Some of the language options (such as “Audio Language” in the Language setting) allow you to set your prefered language from any of the 136 languages listed in the Language Code List on page 67.

1Select “Other Language.”

2Use the / (cursor left/right) buttons to select either a code letter or a code number.

3Use the / (cursor up/down) buttons to select a code letter or a code number. See Language Code List on page 67 for a complete list of languages and codes.

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