Selecting Subtitles

SUBTITLE Button

Some DVD Video, DVD Audio, and Video CD/ SVCD discs can display subtitles in various languages during playback. Subtitled recordings are indicated by a icon at the beginning of the scene. There are two ways to select the subtitle display.

From the normal screen:

•Press the SUBTITLE button on the remote. The following icons appear indicating that the second of three available subtitle lan- guages is selected:

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Adjusting the Picture

TH POSITION Button

When playing video discs, the RDV-1080 provides picture adjustments, much like the video controls on a TV monitor. The unit stores four sets of adjustments, which can be selected according to personal preference.

To adjust these picture controls: When a video image is being displayed, press the TH POSITION button on the remote. The following adjustment screen appears:

English

Virtual Surround Sound

VSS Button

When playing Dolby Digital sources on a 2- channel stereo or TV, the VSS (Virtual Surround Sound) feature can simulate the 3-dimensional effects of a surround sound system.

NOTE: VSS only works on Dolby Digital source material containing rear surround signals. The VSS feature does not change the signal available at the digital outputs. When used, VSS overrides the downmix and compression features that may be activated for Dolby Digital

To activate the VSS feature: During play- back, press the VSS button on the remote. A display window appears on screen with the

•Press the SUBTITLE button again or press

the CURSOR buttons to change to the next available subtitle language. Each press will skip to the next option, includ- ing turning the subtitles off.

From the On-Screen Display:

•Press the ON-SCREEN button to show the DVD CONTROL screen.

•Use the CURSOR buttons to move the over the subtitle field as shown above.

•Press the SUBTITLE button or the CURSOR buttons to change to the next avail- able subtitle option.

•Press the ON-SCREEN button to close the display window.

NOTE: The position of the subtitle field differs slightly on SVCD screens. SVCD discs always have four subtitle options (plus off) to cycle through, even if there are no subtitles available in some of the positions.

NOTE: See the list of abbreviations used for languages in Figure 7.

NOTE: If the icon appears, subtitles are not available.

There are four presets (groups of settings) indicated as tabs with the active preset high- lighted. NORMAL and CINEMA are factory presets and cannot be adjusted. USER1 and USER2 presets can be used to store custom settings.

To change presets: Press the TH POSITION button again, cycling through until you reach the desired tab.

There are seven adjustable parameters in a preset, with the selected parameter on the left side of the display:

•Brightness controls the overall brightness of the picture.

•Contrast determines the difference be- tween the lightest and darkest tones.

•Sharpness controls picture detail.

•Gamma changes the brightness of mid- tones without altering dark or light tones.

•Tint controls overall color balance.

•Color determines how saturated or vibrant the colors appear.

•Y Delay determines color gap of the dis- play.

To select a parameter: Press one of the

CURSOR buttons. Each press will cycle through to the next option, as shown on the screen display.

To adjust a parameter: Press one of the

CURSOR buttons to increase or decrease the setting, as shown on the bar graph on the screen display.

To close the adjustment window: Press the ENTER button. The window will automatically close following 10 seconds of inactivity.

current VSS mode shown on the left side.

There are four settings for VSS:

•Action is suitable for action films and sports where sounds move around the room

•Drama provides warm, natural sound.

•Theater simulates the sound of a good movie theater.

•Off deactivates the VSS feature.

To change settings: Press the VSS button again, cycling through until the desired effect appears on the display window.

To adjust the intensity of the effect: The intensity of each VSS effect can be increased or decreased in five steps as shown on the bar graph in the display window. Press one

of the CURSOR buttons to change the intensity.

To close the adjustment window: Press the ENTER button. The window will automatically close following 10 seconds of inactivity.

Playing Specific Selections

The RDV-1080 provides a several methods for locating specific selections from a disc. The simplest method, using the TRACK buttons, is covered in the Basic Operations topic. This section details additional methods, such as finding a selection with the disc menu, the On-Screen Display, or the Digest (thumb- nail images of the disc’s content). Also cov-