Chapter3Playback (Basic)

Playing a disc (Continued)

Selecting subtitles

HD DVD DVD-Video

You can display subtitles on the TV and select a subtitle language from those included on the disc.

Good evening!

Bonsoir!

¡Buenas tardes!

Start

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Start

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Notes

Press during playback.

The current subtitle setting appears.

e.g.

 

 

 

 

Some HD DVD video discs may not

 

 

Subtitle:

ENG 1

 

display this window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Language code ( page 59)

Each time you press /, “On” and “Off” alternate. Select “On” to view subtitles.

Press while the subtitle setting is displayed on the TV screen.

Subtitle languages which do not appear in the setting are not included in the disc.

Some discs are set to display subtitles automatically.

Depending on the scene, subtitles may not appear immediately after you set the subtitle function to on.

Some discs will allow you to change subtitle languages and turn subtitles on or off only via the disc menu.

When you turn on the player or replace a disc, the player returns to the initial default setting ( page 54). Depending on a disc, a specifi c type of subtitles the disc has is output.

Depending on the scene, the subtitle language may not change immediately after selected.

Selecting the camera angle

HD DVD DVD-Video

If the scene was recorded with multiple angles, you can easily change the camera angle of the scene you are watching.

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2

Notes

Press while playing a scene recorded with multiple angles.

Angle icon

While playing a scene recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with multiple angles, the angle icon

Angle

1 / 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of angles in the

appears on the TV screen and on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

current title

the front panel. Press ANGLE button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angle number

while the angle icon is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some HD DVD video discs may not

 

display this window.

While the angle number is displayed, press repeatedly to select the angle number.

You can also change the camera angle during still playback. The camera angle changes to the new setting when you resume normal playback.

If you pause a picture immediately after changing a camera angle, the resumed playback picture may not display the new camera angle.

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Toshiba HD-E1KE Press during playback, Press while playing a scene recorded with multiple angles, Selecting subtitles

HD-E1KE specifications

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