Note

Depending on the DVD VIDEO, you may not be able to change the subtitles even if multilingual subtitles are recorded on the DVD VIDEO. You also may not be able to turn the subtitles off.

Other useful functions

Changing the sound

When playing a DVD VIDEO recorded in multiple audio formats, you can select the audio format you want. If the DVD VIDEO is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can also change the language.

When playing a VIDEO CD, AUDIO CD or MP3 audio tracks, you can select the sound from the right or left channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and left speakers. For example, when playing a track with the vocals on the right channel and the instruments on the left channel, you can hear the instruments from both speakers by selecting the left channel.

Press AUDIO repeatedly during playback to select the audio signal you want.

The default setting is underlined.

When playing a DVD VIDEO: Depending on the DVD VIDEO, the option of language and audio format varies.

When a 4-digit number is displayed, the digits represent a language code (see “Language code list” (page 117)). When the same language is displayed two or more times, the DVD VIDEO is recorded in multiple audio formats. Note that the sound changes automatically depending on the disc.

When playing a DVD-R/-RW in VR mode:

The number of audio tracks recorded on a disc are displayed.

Example:

1: MAIN: the main sound of the audio track 1.

1: SUB: the sub sound of the audio track 1.

1: MAIN+SUB: the main and sub sound of the audio track 1.

2: MAIN*: the main sound of the audio track 2.

2: SUB*: the sub sound of the audio track 2.

2: MAIN+SUB*: the main and sub sound of the audio track 2.

*These items do not appear if only one audio stream is recorded on the disc being played back.

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