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INITIAL SETUP
Step Four – DVD Player Setup
Figure 19 – DVD Player Setup Menu
The DVD Player Setup menu (shown in Figure 19) contains settings that affect
DVD playback. The other media sources are not affected by these settings.
Preferred Subtitle Language: When available on the disc, the
DMC 1000 will automatically select this subtitle language. Choose from
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Other and Off. When Other is
selected, a dialog box appears, prompting for a numeric code. Look up
the code for the desired language in Table A8 in the appendix. When Off
is selected, no subtitles will be displayed unless selected during playback
using the Subtitle Button on the remote.
NOTE:
Due to variations in how DVD discs are authored, we
recommend selecting subtitles using the disc’s own menus. The
languages available are usually listed on the disc’s jacket.
Preferred Audio Language: When available on the disc, the DMC 1000
will automatically select this language for audio playback. Choose from
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Other and Off. When Other is
selected, a dialog box appears, prompting for a numeric code. Look up
the code for the desired language in Table A8 in the appendix. When Off
is selected, the disc’s default language will be used. The user may select
another language during playback by pressing the Audio Button on the
remote. The Audio command may offer a choice of surround sound
formats or director’s/cast’s commentary.
NOTE:
As with subtitles, we recommend selecting the audio
track using the disc’s own menu system.
Parental Control: This setting allows the user to restrict viewing of certain
materials by requiring a password to be entered before DVDs encoded
with a higher rating will play. The restrictions are based on a rating system
that roughly corresponds to the Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA) voluntary ratings system.
Select this setting, and if no password was set previously, a dialog box
appears. Set a new password by entering a four-digit number, using the
Numeric Keys in the Password and Confirm Password boxes. If a password has
been set, you will be prompted to enter it before you may make any changes.
If you correctly enter the password, you may navigate to the
Rating Level Limit and select a new level:
• Off: Any DVD may be viewed without entering the password.
• 1–G: Corresponds to the MPAA’s “G” (General Audiences) rating,
and is considered suitable for all viewers.
• 2: Intermediate level between the “G” and “PG” ratings.
• 3–PG: Corresponds to the MPAA’s “PG” (Parental Guidance) rating.
• 4–PG-13: Corresponds to the MPAA”s “PG-13”
(Parental Guidance and 13 years old) rating.
• 5: Intermediate level between the “PG-13” and “R” ratings.
• 6–R: Corresponds to the MPAA’s “R” (Restricted) rating.
• 7–NC-17: Corresponds to the MPAA’s “NC-17”
(17 years and older) rating.
• 8–Adult: All DVDs, including adult materials, can be played.
When you have finished creating a new password and/or selecting a new
Rating Level Limit, navigate to the Save box and press the Enter Button.
Select Cancel if you don’t want to make any changes.
Video Presentation Mode: Select Original to display videos and
pictures in their native aspect ratio, or Full when the DMC 1000 is
connected to a 4:3 aspect ratio display.
When Full is selected, 16:9 materials will appear on 4:3 displays in
“letterbox” format, with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.
On 16:9 displays, 16:9 materials will fill the screen, but 4:3 materials will
appear with black or gray bars on the left and right sides of the screen.
NOTE: The DMC 1000’s own menu screens are always output
in widescreen (16:9) mode at a maximum resolution of 720p,
depending on the display’s capabilities.When viewed on a 4:3
display, the menu screens will appear in letterbox format.
Dynamic Range Compression: When playing specially encoded Dolby
Digital DVDs, turn on Dynamic Range Compression to reduce the levels
of louder passages while maintaining the intelligibility of dialog and softer
passages. This feature is useful to avoid disturbing others while watching
action-packed DVDs. This is similar to the “Night Mode” function on many
DVD players and A/V receivers.
DVD Bass Management: If all six of the Zone 1 Analog Audio Outputs
are connected to a receiver or processor that does not perform bass
management on its 6-channel audio inputs, turn this setting on and
configure the speaker settings in the Audio Setup menu.
If the receiver is capable of analog bass management, leave this setting
in the default Bypass mode and configure the receiver’s speaker settings.
When this setting is off, the DMC 1000 speaker settings will have no effect.
Select the Stereo/LtRt setting to output a 2-channel recording, or a
downmix of a surround-encoded program, through the Left- and Right-
Channel jacks of the Zone 1 Analog Audio Outputs. When the Bass
Management setting is set to either of the other settings, these jacks
will only output the front left- and right-channel information, omitting the
center and surround information.
NOTE: The Stereo setting is required when either the Digital Audio
Out Format or HDMI Audio Out settings in the Audio Setup menu
are set to Uncompressed (i.e., output a 2-channel PCM signal).
Content Play Mode: This setting compensates for disc authoring errors
that occur when the frame rate is not properly maintained during the con-
version from film to video. It only affects progressive scan display using the
HDMI Output or the Component Video Outputs. Three choices are available:
• Auto: This is the recommended setting. The DMC 1000 analyzes the
signals from the DVD, determines whether it was originally recorded
on video or shot on film, and adjusts the output accordingly.
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