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DVD89
Setting up the player: Advanced
Setup menu options
The following is an advanced tour of the Setup Menu options which
enables control over how your DVD player functions in various situations
and with various program material and hardware. The DVD89 player
comes with a “safe” default configuration, so you should get
performance out of your player even if you don’t touch the Setup Menu
system. For those of you wanting to understand more and really tweak
your settings, read on…
Entering the setup menu system
1. Press the SETUP button on the remote control, and the TV screen
displays: 10 SETUP
2. Press the LEFT/RIGHT ARROW buttons to select the setup page.
There are 5 pages: General Setup, Speaker Setup, Audio Setup,
Video Setup, and Preference. Press the SELECT button to enter the
selected setup page. The Preference page can only be accessed
when playback is completely stopped, or when there is no disc in the
player.
3. Press the UP/DOWN ARROW buttons to select the setup item to be
changed, and press the SELECT button to change the setting. Grayed-
out setup items cannot be changed. To allow changing of such items,
make sure the item is applicable, that playback is completely
stopped, and/or there is no disc in the player. For example, in the
Video Setup Page (below), you may use the UP/DOWN ARROW
buttons to select the “Contrast” setup item, and press the SELECT
button to change the “Contrast” setting.
4. To select a value from the list of available settings, press the
UP/DOWN ARROW buttons and then press the SELECT button to
confirm.
5. To exit the SETUP menu, press the SETUP button on the remote
control.
General setup page
1. TV Display: This is a primary setting and is addressed in the Setting
up the player: Basics section. To set the aspect ratio of the DVD
player’s output image to match your TV, select from the following:
• 16:9 Wide – 16:9 (widescreen) sources will be displayed in their
native aspect ratio, and 4:3 sources will be stretched.
• 16:9 Wide/SQZ – 16:9 (widescreen) as well as 4:3 sources will be
displayed in their native aspect ratio. Please note that in this mode
4:3 sources will be displayed with black borders on both sides to
maintain the correct 4:3 aspect ratio.
• 4:3 Pan/Scan – 4:3 TV Pan and Scan. Choose when the display is 4:3.
Both sides of a widescreen image are clipped (you lose about 30% of
the picture).
• 4:3 Letterbox – 4:3 TV Letterbox. Choose when the display is 4:3.
Widescreen image is displayed in “letterbox” format with black
borders on top and bottom (preferred).
2. OSD Lang (English): English is the only available language for the US
version of this player.
3. Screen Saver (on/off): To turn on/off the screen saver function. When
the screen saver is on, a moving logo will appear instead of the static
image after 2 minutes of inactivity. This is designed to minimize the
burn-in issue for plasma and CRT display devices.
4. Angle Mark (on/off): To turn on/off the display of angle mark when
DVD content with multiple available angles is played.
5. SACD Priority: To select which audio tracks to play for SACD (Super
Audio CD). The options are:
• Multi-Channel – Play the multi-channel surround audio
• 2-Channel – Play the 2-channel stereo audio
• CD MODE – Play the CD layer of a hybrid SACD disc
6. DVD-Audio Mode: To select which portion of a hybrid DVD-Audio disc
to playback. The options are:
• DVD-Audio – Play the DVD-Audio portion of the disc with surround
audio
• DVD-Video – Play the DVD-Video portion of the disc with Dolby Digital
or DTS audio
Setup
DVD Content
TV Screen Appearance
4:3
16:9
Pan-Scan Letterbox Wide Wide/SQZ
16:9
4:3
ENGLISH