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Setting Preferences
The Preference selection function allows you
to set a number of options including language
preferences, on screen icon display, screen
aspect ratios, digital audio functions, analog
audio functions, screen saver options and auto
standby settings.

Using the Preferences Display

While a DVD disc is loaded but not playing,
or while no disc is loaded, press the ON
SCREEN button
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. The Preference display
appears on the screen. The Preference dis-
play consists of two “pages”. When you ac-
cess the display “Preference 1” is always se-
lected. Use the Cursor Buttons t/u
7
to
move to switch between the two pages.
Use the Cursor Buttons p/q
7
to select the
item you want to adjust.
Use the Cursor Buttons t/u
7
to change
the preference settings.
PREFERENCE2PREFERENCE1
MENU LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
AUDIO LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
SUBTITLE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN GUIDE
ON
MONITOR TYPE
PRESS KEY
4:3 LB
Selected Item
PREFERENCE2PREFERENCE1
MENU LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
AUDIO LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
SUBTITLE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN GUIDE
ON
MONITOR TYPE
PRESS KEY
4:3 LB
PREFERENCE2PREFERENCE1
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT
PCM ONLY
DOWN MIX
L
0
/ R
0
COMPRESSION
SCREEN SAVER
ON
MODE1
AV COMPULINK MODE
DVD1
AUTO STANDBY
PRESS KEY
OFF
To return to the normal screen press the ON
SCREEN button again. See the following sec-
tions for details about the various settings.

Preference 1 Screen Options

Menu Language
You can select a different menu language if
it is contained on the disc.
Each time you press CURSOR u
7
button,
the language setting changes in the follow-
ing order:
ENGLISH ➧ SPANISH ➧ FRENCH ➧ CHINESE
➧ GERMAN ➧ ITALIAN ➧ JAPANESE ➧
[Language Code AA to ZU]. See “Table of
languages and their abbreviations” at the end
of this manual.
Pressing CURSOR t
7
changes the lan-
guage setting in the reverse order. If the se-
lected language is not recorded, the disc’s
default display language is displayed.
Audio Language
You can select a different menu language if
it is contained on the disc.
Each time you press CURSOR u
7
button,
the language setting changes in the follow-
ing order:
ENGLISH ➧ SPANISH ➧ FRENCH ➧ CHINESE
➧ GERMAN ➧ ITALIAN ➧ JAPANESE ➧
[Language Code AA to ZU]. See “Table of
languages and their abbreviations” at the end
of this manual.
Pressing CURSOR t
7
changes the lan-
guage setting in the reverse order of the above.
If the selected language is not recorded, the
disc’s default audio language is played.
PREFERENCE2PREFERENCE1
MENU LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
AUDIO LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
SUBTITLE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN GUIDE
ON
MONITOR TYPE
PRESS KEY
4:3 LB
Selected Language
PREFERENCE2PREFERENCE1
MENU LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
AUDIO LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
SUBTITLE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN GUIDE
ON
MONITOR TYPE
PRESS KEY
4:3 LB
Selected Language
Subtitle Language
You can select a different subtitle language
when it is contained on the disc.
Each time you press CURSOR u
7
, the lan-
guage setting changes in the following order:
ENGLISH ➧ SPANISH ➧ FRENCH ➧ CHINESE
➧ GERMAN ➧ ITALIAN ➧ JAPANESE ➧
[Language Code AA to ZU]. See “Table of
languages and their abbreviations” at the end
of this manual.
Pressing CURSOR t
7
changes the lan-
guage setting in the reverse order. If the se-
lected language is not recorded, the disc’s
default subtitle language is displayed.
On Screen Language
You can select the on screen display language.
Each time you press the Cursor Buttons
t/u
7
the language changes in the se-
quence illustrated below.
PREFERENCE2PREFERENCE1
MENU LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
AUDIO LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
SUBTITLE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN GUIDE
ON
MONITOR TYPE
PRESS KEY
4:3 LB
Selected Language
PREFERENCE2PREFERENCE1
MENU LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
AUDIO LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
SUBTITLE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
ON SCREEN GUIDE
ON
MONITOR TYPE
PRESS KEY
4:3 LB
Selected Language
ENGLISH
ESPAÑOL (Spanish)
(Chinese)
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
IDIOMA EN PANTALLA
ESPAÑOL
English
Spanish
Chinese
English