Changing the initial settings37Changing theinitialsettingsLANGUAGE menuMENU LANGUAGEYou can select the default menu language to be displayed if it iscontained on a DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO disc.Setting optionsENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN,JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU• If the disc does not have a menu in the selected language, thedisc’s default language will be used.• For details about language codes, see “Appendix B: Table oflanguages and their abbreviations” on page 50.• You cannot change the setting during playback.AUDIO LANGUAGEYou can select the default audio language to be played if it iscontained on a DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO disc.Setting optionsENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN,JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU• If the disc does not have the selected language, the disc’sdefault language will be used.• For details about language codes, see “Appendix B: Table oflanguages and their abbreviations” on page 50.• You cannot change the setting during playback.SUBTITLEYou can select the default subtitle language to be displayed if it iscontained on a DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO disc.Setting optionsOFF, 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, thedisc’s default language will be used.• For details about language codes, see “Appendix B: Table oflanguages and their abbreviations” on page 50.• You cannot change the setting during playback.ON SCREEN LANGUAGEYou can select the on-screen display language of the unit.Setting optionsENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH• Some on-screen messages are shown in English regardless ofthe setting.• You cannot change the on-screen language shown on the MP3/WMA display.PICTURE menuMONITOR TYPEYou can select the monitor type to match your TV when you playback DVD VIDEO discs recorded for wide-screen televisions.Setting options16:9 NORMAL, 16:9 AUTO, 4:3 LB, 4:3 PS[16:9 NORMAL] (Wide television screen): select when youconnect the unit to a wide-screen (16:9) TV whose aspect ratiois fixed to 16:9 (the unit automatically adjusts the screen widthof the output signal correctly when playing back a 4:3 source).If you play a 4:3 DVD VIDEO source using the [16:9 NORMAL]mode, the picture character changes slightly due to the processfor converting the picture width.[16:9 AUTO] (Wide television screen): select when youconnect the unit to a wide-screen (16:9) TV.[4:3 LB] (Letter Box conversion): select when you connect theunit to a normal (4:3) TV.When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded in wide pictureformat, the picture is shown with black bars at the top andbottom.[4:3 PS] (Pan Scan conversion): select when you connect theunit to a normal (4:3) TV.When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded in wide pictureformat, the picture is zoomed to fill the screen vertically, and theleft and right sides of the image are chopped off.Note, however, that the picture will be shown in the 4:3 LBmode even if you select the 4:3 PS mode depending on thedisc.PICTURE SOURCEThis mode selects whether the content on the disc is processedby field (video source) or by frame (film source). You can obtainoptimal picture quality according to the source type to be playedback by selecting an appropriate option. This setting is availablefor both the interlaced mode and progressive scanning mode.Setting optionsVIDEO(NORMAL), VIDEO(ACTIVE), FILM, AUTO[VIDEO(NORMAL)]: select when playing back a video sourcedisc with relatively a few movements.[VIDEO(ACTIVE)]: select when playing back a video source discwith relatively a lot of movements.[FILM]: select when playing back a film source disc.[AUTO]: select when playing back a disc containing both videoand film source materials.The unit recognizes the picture type (film or video source) of thecurrent disc according to the disc information. Normally, selectthis option.SCREEN SAVERYou can set the screen saver function to ON or OFF. (See page11.)Setting optionsON, OFF