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LANGUAGE menu
MENU LANGUAGE
You can select the default menu language to be displayed if it is
contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.
Setting options
ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN,
JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU
• If the disc does not have a menu in the selected language, the
disc’s default language will be used.
• For details about language codes, see “Appendix C: Table of
languages and their abbreviations” on page 36.
• You cannot change the setting during playback.
AUDIO LANGUAGE
You can select the default audio language to be played if it is
contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.
Setting options
ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN,
JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU
• If the disc does not have the selected language, the disc’s
default language will be used.
• For details about language codes, see “Appendix C: Table of
languages and their abbreviations” on page 36.
• You cannot change the setting during playback.
SUBTITLE
You can select the default subtitle language to be displayed if it is
contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.
Setting options
OFF, ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN,
ITALIAN, JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU
• If the disc does not have a subtitle in the selected language, the
disc’s default language will be used.
• For details about language codes, see “Appendix C: Table of
languages and their abbreviations” on page 36.
• You cannot change the setting during playback.
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE
You can select the on-screen display language of the player.
Setting options
ENGLISH, CHINESE, SPANISH
• Some on-screen messages are shown in English regardless of
the setting.
PICTURE menu
MONITOR TYPE
You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play
back DVD VIDEO discs recorded for wide-screen televisions.
Setting options
16:9, 4:3 LB, 4:3 PS, 16:9 MULTI, 4:3 MULTI LB, 4:3 MULTI PS
[16:9] (Wide television screen): select when you connect the
player to a wide-screen (16:9) TV.
[4:3 LB] (Letter Box conversion): select when you connect the
player to a normal (4:3) TV.
When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded in wide picture
format, the picture is shown with black bars at the top and
bottom.
[4:3 PS] (Pan Scan conversion): select when you connect the
player to a normal (4:3) TV.
When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded in wide picture
format, the picture is zoomed to fill the screen vertically, and the
left and right sides of the image are chopped off.
Note, however, that the picture will be shown in the 4:3 LB
mode even if you select the 4:3 PS mode depending on the
disc.
[16:9 MULTI] [4:3 MULTI LB] [4:3 MULTI PS]: These “MULTI”
options should be selected when you connect the player to a TV
that supports both the PAL and NTSC systems. If you select
one of these options, the player outputs a PAL or NTSC video
signal according to the disc, regardless of the VIDEO SIGNAL
SELECTOR setting.
PICTURE SOURCE
This mode selects whether the content on the disc is processed
by field (video source) or by frame (film source). You can obtain
optimal picture quality according to the source type to be played
back by selecting an appropriate option. This setting is available
for both the interlaced mode and progressive scanning mode.
Setting options
AUTO, FILM, VIDEO(NORMAL), VIDEO(ACTIVE)
[AUTO]: select when playing back a disc containing both video
and film source materials.
The player recognizes the picture type (film or video source) of
the current disc according to the disc information. Normally,
select this option.
[FILM]: select when playing back a film source disc.
[VIDEO(NORMAL)]: select when playing back a video source
disc with relatively a few movements.
[VIDEO(ACTIVE)]: select when playing back a video source disc
with relatively a lot of movements.
SCREEN SAVER
You can set the screen saver function to ON or OFF. (See page
10.)
Setting options
ON, OFF
To change the setting, see “How to set preferences” on page 28.
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