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RDV-1040 DVD Player
• When playing a DVD VIDEO or Audio CD
disc with DTS, use a DTS decoder to get cor-
rect signals from your speakers.
ANALOG DOWN MIX
To correctly play the audio on a DVD VIDEO
disc recorded with surround multichannel
audio, you must set this item properly according
to your audio system configuration. (This func-
tion does not work when the VSS function is
activated.)
Setting options: DOLBY SURROUND, STE-
REO
DOLBY SURROUND: select when listening
to multichannel surround audio with the ana-
log AUDIO OUT terminals of the RDV-1040
connected to a surround decoder.
STEREO: select when listening to conventional
two-channel stereo audio with the AUDIO OUT
terminals of the RDV-1040 connected to a stereo
amplifier/receiver or television set, or in case
you want to record the audio from a DVD
VIDEO disc to MiniDisc, cassette, etc.
D. RANGE CONTROL
This setting provides optimal audio quality from
the analog AUDIO OUT terminals for listen-
ing to DVD VIDEO discs recorded in Dolby
Digital format, at low or middle volume.
Setting options: WIDE RANGE, NORMAL,
TV MODE
WIDE RANGE: when selected, audio is
played back with the widest dynamic range
so that you can enjoy powerful playback sound.
NORMAL: normally, select this option.
TV MODE: select if DVD Video disc sound
level is lower than TV program sound level.
This lets you clearly hear sound at lower vol-
ume levels.
OUTPUT LEVEL
This setting allows you to attenuate the level
of the signal output from the analog AUDIO
OUT terminals of the RDV-1040.
Setting options: STANDARD, LOW
If the sound output from the speaker is distorted,
select LOW.
OTHERS Menu
RESUME
You can select the resume playback mode. See
the Resuming Playback section for more infor-
mation.
Setting options: ON, OFF, DISC RESUME
ON: when selected, the RDV-1040 can resume
playback of the disc from the position where
playback was last interrupted, if the disc is still
in the disc tray.
OFF: when selected, the resume function is
deactivated.
DISC RESUME: when selected, the RDV-1040
can resume playback of the last 30 discs played.
The RDV-1040 retains a memory of the inter-
rupted positions of the last 30 discs played,
even though they have been removed from the
disc tray.
ON SCREEN GUIDE
The RDV-1040 can display “on-screen guide”
icons or characters on the picture, which show
what is happening to the disc or the RDV-1040.
Example of “on-screen guide” icons:
Setting options: ON, OFF
ON: when selected, the on-screen guide is
activated.
AUTO STANDBY
When the RDV-1040 is stopped for more than
30 minutes or 60 minutes, it enters standby
mode automatically.
Setting options: 60, 30, OFF
PARENTAL LOCK
When this option is selected, pressing ENTER
on the remote control unit brings up the PA-
RENTAL LOCK display shown below. This al-
lows you to restrict children from playing DVD
Video discs.
See the following section for more information
about the Parental Lock function.
Limiting Playback
by Children
This function restricts playback of DVD VIDEO
discs which contain violent (and other) scenes
according to the level set by the user. For ex-
ample, if a movie which includes violent scenes
supports the parental lock feature, such scenes
which you do not want to let children view can
be cut or replaced with other scenes.
To Set Parental Lock for the
First Time
1 Bring up the OTHERS menu.
2 Press / to move
to select PAREN-
TAL LOCK then press ENTER
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. The Pa-
rental Lock on-screen display appears on
the TV screen.
3 While is pointing to COUNTRY CODE,
press ENTER
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to bring up the pull-down
menu.
4 Press / to select the country code. Se-
lect the code of the country whose standards
were used to rate the DVD Video disc con-
tent. See “Appendix A: Country/Area code
list for Parental Lock”.
5 Press ENTER
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. moves to SET LEVEL.
6 Press ENTER to bring up the pull-down menu.
In the pull-down menu, NONE and levels
8 to 1 are available. NONE does not re-
strict playback. Level 1 is the strictest level.
Discs rated higher than the selected level are
restricted.
7 Press / to select a desired parental lock
level, then press ENTER.
moves to PASS-
WORD.
8 Press the numeric buttons
4
(0 to 9) to enter
a 4-digit password.
9 Press ENTER
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.The parental lock feature
is set.
moves to EXIT. Pressing ENTER
again returns to the OTHERS menu of the
preference display.