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The Initial Setup menu
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DVD Menu
Language
w/Subtitle
Language •
Sets the language of DVD-Video menus to the same as that set for the subtitle
language.
English Sets the language of DVD-Video menus to English.
available languages Choose from the displayed languages to set the default language for DVD-Video
menus.
Other Select to set the DVD menu language to something other than the ones listed.
See Selecting other languages for language options on page 135.
Discs do not necessarily have menus in your selected menu language.
Subtitle Display On • Select to have discs display subtitles according to your Subtitle Language and
Auto Language preferences.
Off Select to switch off subtitle display.
Assist Subtitle Select to display special additional assistive subtitles, where available.
Some discs may override these settings.
Recording
Manual Recording On (go to setup) All the standard recording modes, plus MN1 to MN32 and LPCM modes can be
set.
Off • Just the standard recording modes (XP, SP, LP, EP, SLP and SEP) can be set.
See also Manual recording modes on page 139 for detailed information on manual recording levels.
Optimized Rec On The recording quality of timer recordings is automatically adjusted to fit on to
the selected media if it will not fit at the selected quality setting. If the recording
will not fit even at MN1(MN4 for DVD+R/+RW), then the recording will start at
MN1 and stop when all the available space is used up.
Off • When a timer recording is set that won’t fit on to the selected media, the record-
ing starts but is cut off when no more recording is possible.
Optimized Rec will only compensate for the next scheduled timer recording if more than one is set. It cannot be used together with VPS/PDC.
Set Thumbnail 0 seconds • Sets the default thumbnail picture in the Disc Navigator to the first frame of the
title.
30 seconds Sets the default thumbnail picture to 30 seconds into the title.
3 minutes Sets the default thumbnail picture to 3 minutes into the title.
Auto Chapter
(Video)
No Separation Automatic chapter marking is switched off.
10 minutes • When recording in Video mode, chapter markers are inserted every 10 minutes.
15 minutes Chapter markers are inserted every 15 minutes.
This settings applies to recording or real-time copying to Video mode DVD-R/-RW discs.
Auto Chapter
(DVD+R/+RW)
No Separation Automatic chapter marking is switched off.
10 minutes • When recording in Video mode, chapter markers are inserted every 10 minutes.
15 minutes Chapter markers are inserted every 15 minutes.
DVD-RW Auto Init. VR Mode • Blank DVD-RW discs are initialized for VR mode recording when loaded into the
recorder for the first time.
Video Mode Blank DVD-RW discs are initialized for Video mode recording.
Setting Options Explanation