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STATUS BAR / OSD MENUS / DISC PLAYER MENU 29

The on-screen Status Bar contains many playback
features. To see the Status Banner Menu, press
STATUS 

D on the remote control while a disc is

playing. Use the ARROW 

9 buttons on the

remote to move through the different features in
the Status Bar. When a feature is highlighted,
press ENTER 

6 on the remote to select it and

to change it with the help of the options listed
on the screen. Press ENTER 

6 to activate the

change.

Title: The number shown indicates the number
of the title that is currently playing.

Chapter: The number shown indicates the num-
ber of the chapter that is currently playing on a
disc.

Time: This item displays the time in DVD mode.
To change the Time mode, first move the cursor
to the TIME. The current mode will be
highlighted. Press ENTER and the ARROW button
to activate the following time modes: Title
Elapsed, Title Remaining, Chapter Elapsed,
Chapter Remaining. Depending on the choice
made, the bar will show a graphic view on where
the disc is currently playing.

When all settings in both the Set Up Menu of the
Screen and in the Set Up Menu of the DVD
receiver have been made, the Digital Lounge 
system is ready play.

These Set Up settings normally only have to be
made once. Day to day operation of the screen
and the DVD receiver is done by two On Screen
Displays (OSD).

On Screen Display Menu for the Screen
The On Screen Display of the screen allows you
to select the video source to be watched. Press
the TV Button 

0 followed by the OSD Button

 to call the OSD Menu for the screen on the
display.

The OSD contains different tabs for each 
individual video input. These are visible on the
top of the screen. The video input currently active
will be highlighted in dark blue. In order to select
another video input, move the cursor on the
screen using the 

N M

Buttons 

9 until the

requested video input is highlighted. Press the
Enter Button 

6 to confirm. Once this button is

pressed, the OSD Menu will disappear, and the
selected video input will show on the screen.

One of the tabs, the TV tab, will not only select
the TV as video input, but will also allow you to
select the TV channel you would like to watch to.
With the TV tab highlighted in dark blue, press
the 

L

Button 

9 followed by the 

N

Button

9 to access the Channel List. If the TV tab is
not already highlighted, press the arrow 

N M

Buttons to select. Use the 

KLN M

Buttons 

9

to the TV channel you would like to watch. Press
the Enter Button 

6 to confirm. The OSD Menu

will disappear, and the selected TV channel will
show on the screen.

On Screen Display Menu for the DVD
receiver
The On Screen Display of DVD receiver allows
you to select any of the audio or audio/video
sources connected to the DVD receiver. Press the
DVD Button 

0 followed by the OSD Button

 to call the OSD Menu for the DVD receiver
on the display.

The OSD contains different tabs for each individ-
ual audio or audio/video input. These are visible
on the top of the screen. The input currently
active will be highlighted in dark blue. In order to
select another audio or audio/video input, move
the cursor on the screen using the 

N M

Buttons

9 until the requested input is highlighted.
Press the Enter Button 

6 to confirm. Once this

button is pressed, the OSD Menu will disappear,
and the selected input will show on the screen.

Once you have inserted a disc into the drawer
you can explore the DISC PLAYER Menu by press-
ing the OSD button 

. This menu hosts all

playback and program features, as well as all disc
information. As you will see, the layout of this
menu is comparable to the SET-UP Menu. The
functionality is the same too. The Submenus are
shown on the left side of the screen. As in the
SET-UP Menu, settings can be highlighted with
the ARROW 

9 buttons and selected with the

ENTER 

6 button on the remote control.

Options for the settings are shown in the Lower
Menu Line on the bottom of the screen.

Disc: Shows the type of the disc.

Audio: Shows the audio track that is currently
playing. Options are shown on both Menu Lines
on the bottom of the screen.

Playlist: Sets the order in which the current disc
is played back.

Repeat: Sets the repeat mode.

Random: Activates Random Playback when pos-
sible.

Subtitle: Shows the subtitle of the disc currently
playing.

With JPEG files, when the THUMBNAIL icon on
the left side of the menu is activated, you will be
able to use the Thumbnail function to quickly and
easily search for image files. Any JPEG image file
that has been created on the computer with a
thumbnail image included will show up on the
right top of the screen when scrolling though the
contents list.

In the DISC PLAYER Menu, the chapter, track or
picture currently playing will be marked with an
arrow symbol in front of the Chapter (DVD), Track
(CD, MP3, WMA) or Picture (JPEG). Chapters,
tracks and pictures can be selected from this list
at any time by moving the cursor to the desired
chapter or track and pressing ENTER 

6 to con-

firm.

The top part of this screen can be de-activated to
show the complete Track list on the screen. To
de-activate, move the cursor to the upper 

SETTINGS (DVDs) or INFO (CDs) 

Submenu on the left

side of the screen. Press ENTER 

6 until the

icon is highlighted in dark blue and the full Track
list is visible on the screen. In the same way the
Disc list can be opened or removed from the
screen by activating or de-activating the PRO-
GRAM LIST Submenu showing the number of
each track on disc (if none is programmed) or the
program number of all tracks programmed (see
next page)..

When the DVD Receiver is in play mode, pressing
the PLAY button on the remote control will high-
light the track being played.

30 DISC PLAYER/RADIO MENU

In DVD and MP3 mode, activating the INFO
(DVD) or ID3 INFO (MP3) Submenu will show
information about the player and the disc cur-
rently playing. The first lines will show Disc Type
and Disc ID. Below you can compare the Aspect
Ratio, Video Standard and Scan Type available on
the disc with the actual output of your player or
ID3 info for MP3 files.

In the lower part of the screen the Audio
Resolution and Audio Format are shown, (DVD
only) and at the bottom a graphical presentation
of the Video Bit Rate (DVD only) and the Audio
Bit Rate of the disc currently playing.

You also have a direct access to the Information
Display by pressing the INFO Button 

 on the

remote control.

In STOP mode, the Disc List can be used to create
your own program list for DVD, CD, MP3, WMA
or JPEG discs. Move the cursor to the right of the
menu, into the Disc List. If the disc list is not
active, move the cursor to the PROGRAM LIST
icon on the left to activate. Move the cursor to
the Disc List, and select Clear Program to clear
the current list. Once the disc list is clear move
the cursor up or down to the first track you
would like to program and press ENTER 

6. The

cursor will move to the options in the Lower
Menu Line. You can either add the selected track
(or picture) to the playlist or give it the number
you would like it to have in your playlist, or clear
the track from the list. Move the cursor down to
the next track you would like to program and
continue until your playlist is complete. Once
completed press PLAY on the remote control to
start normal playback or, move the cursor up to
the Playlist setting and select Programmed order
from the options or simply press the PLAYLIST
Button 

N on the remote and press PLAY to

start the program playback.

If you have a disc that contains both MP3 files
and JPEG images, you can choose to run these
simultaneously, mixing the MP3 audio with your
own images. The time interval can be chosen in
the Picture Setting.

Also you can have the image files follow the
audio signal: at the end of each audio track, the
next JPEG image will be shown. To activate this
feature select Follow Audio Track in the Picture
Setting.

With such discs, you can also either listen to the
MP3 audio or watch the JPEG video files only. In
order to do so, in stop mode, click on the LIST
MUSIC FILES or LIST PICTURES icons on the left
part of the screen to select or deselect the
desired format. Once done, the tracklist will only
show the MP3 or JPEG files.

The FM Tuner in the Digital Lounge system can
be used to listen to the Radio. Before listening to
the radio stations, you need to preset your
favorite stations. The easiest way to do so is with
the OSD screen on your monitor.

1. Press the Radio button 

K on the remote

control to turn the DVD Receiver on and select
Radio as the source. Make sure your screen is
switched on to be able to make the initial
Radio setup with the use of the OSD menu. If
the screen is not already on, switch it on by
pressing the Screen Power On Button 

, if

the receiver's OSD is not visible press the
Radio Button 

K again.

2. The TV monitor will show the RADIO Menu, as

shown below. You can also select the RADIO
Menu with the ARROW 

9 keys on the

remote control. Once the RADIO tab is high-
lighted, press ENTER 

6 to access the RADIO

Menu.

The RADIO Menu shows the selected Audio
mode, the name of a station currently played (as
long as RDS is available) and a Station list listing
the 30 stations with their preset, station name
and frequency.

Note: The stations can be preset automatically
or manually. The Manual Preset mode is
described first. The Auto Preset mode is described
later in this manual.

3. The INFO, RDS and AUTO Tune functions are

switched on by default, shown by the light
blue icons, to make the process of tuning your
favorite stations as easy as possible. Move the
cursor to the end of the first station line in the
menu. The frequency will be highlighted and a
brief explanation will appear in the Upper
Menu Line on the bottom of the menu.

NOTE: The INFO, RDS and AUTO Tune functions
can be switched off by moving the cursor button
to the icon at the left side of the menu and
pressing the Enter Button on the remote control
so that it turns dark blue.

RADIO MENU 31

4. Pressing the search 

G

/ 

H

button 

HJ

will scan the FM band for the first available
radio station with acceptable reception. The
scan will stop once a station is found and the
name of the station will be displayed (as long
as RDS is transmitted by the station).
The station will be stored automatically on the
current preset.

If you know the frequency of your station, you
can also tune the frequency directly with the help
of the numeric keys of the remote control. Move
the cursor to the end of the station line and press
the frequency with the numeric keys.

5. Move the cursor to the next station line in the

menu. Follow the directions in step 3 and in
the Upper Menu Line to store all your radio
stations in the tuner’s memory.

Rearranging the station list
Once all the stations have been stored in the
memory, you can rearrange the station list, put-
ting your favorite stations on top of the list.

1. Move the cursor in the left column in the sta-

tion list to the first station you would like to
rearrange.

2. Press Enter 

6 to activate the current station.

The cursor will move to the Lower Menu Line
of the screen.

3. Select the desired preset from the list by mov-

ing the cursor right or left. Press Enter 

6 to

activate the change. The cursor will move back
to the new station line.

4. Repeat step 3 until all radio stations have

been rearranged according to your prefer-
ences.

Selecting presets
Once rearranged, presets can be chosen at any
time (except cursor is on frequency row) by
pressing the numeric key corresponding to the
preset you would like to listen to. Depending on
whether the RDS function is active, the station
name will show on the front panel Information
Display.

Pressing the Previous/Next 

I

/ 

J

Button

EF or the PRESETS Up/Down Buttons L
will select the previous or next radio station.

Presets can also be chosen in the Radio Menu.
Move the cursor to the preset you would like to
listen to and press Enter 

6 to activate. An

arrow in front of the preset will light to show the
active radio station. The cursor can be moved
around the menu without changing the current
radio station. Pressing the Previous/Next 

I

/ 

J

Button 

EF at any position in the menu will

select the previous or next radio station, that is
for instance from preset 3 to preset 4, even if the
cursor is highlighting preset 11. Pressing the Play
button will always return the cursor to the cur-
rent station played, no matter were it was previ-
ously (even when another menu is open).

Removing presets
If you wish to remove presets from your preset
list, follow the steps below.

1. Move the cursor in the left column in the sta-

tion list to the preset you would like to
remove.

2. Press Enter 

6 to activate the current station.

The cursor will move to the Lower Menu Line
of the screen.

3. Select Remove from the list and press Enter

6. The cursor will move back to the original
station line.

4. Repeat step 3 until all radio stations you

would like to delete have been removed.

Auto Preset function
When the cursor is moved to the " # " icon on top
of the preset numbers you can activate the Auto
Preset function, clear the complete frequency list
or restore all default frequencies set by the factory.

When the Auto Preset is selected the tuner will
scan the full FM range and store all stations with
acceptable reception one after another on the
presets. The frequency scanned will appear on
the left lower side of the menu while the fre-
quency of each station stored will be shown on
the right side of the list. When the complete FM
range is scanned or all presets (30) are loaded
with stations the scan will stop and the first pre-
set be selected.

You also can stop the scan at any time by pressing
the STOP button 

I. Stations can be rearranged

by following the explanations in the chapter
"Rearranging the station list" on page 19.

RDS Station ID
With the help of RDS (Radio Data System) you
can show the name of the station you are cur-
rently listening to as well as the station names of
all other presets.

The RDS function is set to active by default,
shown by the light blue RDS icon at the left of
the menu. In this mode, all station names will be
visible both on the OSD menu as well as on the
Information Display on the front panel.

If the RDS function on the left side of the menu is
inactive (dark blue), you will only see the frequen-
cy of the current preset shown in the menu and on
the front panel display. The Station Name line on
top of the menu will disappear, but the name of all
other stations preset will keep in the list.

Pressing STATUS 

D on the remote will change

the front panels display’s indication from the fre-
quency to the name of an RDS station or vice
versa and will simultaneously turn the RDS indi-
cation in the OSD on or off.

Surround Mode for Tuner
As with all other inputs of the Digital Lounge
DVD receiver, you can also select your preferred
surround mode when listening to the radio. The
actual surround mode is listed on the first line of
the tuner menu. Follow the steps below to
change the surround format:

1. Move the cursor to the AUDIO line on the top

of the tuner menu. The actual surround format
will be highlighted. Press Enter 

6 to activate

the possible surround formats. These will be
shown in the bottom line of the menu.

2. Move the cursor right or left, until the desired

surround format is highlighted.

3. Press Enter 

6 to activate the change. The

setting will apply to all tuner presets.

Note: Like with all other inputs of the DVD
receiver the Audio mode can easily be selected
by pressing the AUDIO button 

5 on the remote

repeatedly until the desired surround mode
appears in the first line of the OSD menu.

32 TV MENU, AUX MENU, DIGITAL IN MENU

The TV Menu setting of the DVD receiver sets the
audio format and the level adjustment of the
audio signal of the TV screen. This setting need
only to be made once. All other settings for the
TV screen are made in the TV Setup Menu as
described on page 21.

1. When the system is on make sure the OSD is

shown on the screen. If not so press the DVD
button 

0, then OSD . Then move the

cursor to the TV Menu.

2. The TV screen will show the TV Menu, as

shown below. Once the TV tab is highlighted,
press ENTER 

6 to access it.

The TV Menu contains the following settings.
Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line
on the bottom of your screen to change the set-
tings.

Important Note: When an external A/V source
like a DVD-S/T/C receiver is connected to the
screen you've the choice to feed its sound
through the screen to the unit (will enable only 2
channel sound) or enjoy the digital multichannel
source by feeding the audio signal directly to any
of the digital audio inputs on the Digital Lounge
receiver. The coaxial digital input of the unit can
also be used when the screen is connected via
analog audio only, see "Important Note" page
17.

In the following you can select the audio input
that will be associated with the Video input
selected on the screen by pressing the appropri-
ate Source Selection Button 

0 on the remote.

When e.g. "Optical" has been set for the Video
Audio Input the optical input on the unit will be
selected in the moment the VIDEO Button 

0

is pressed (no matter how often).

Audio: Selects the Surround Mode you would
like to use when listening to your TV or any
source connected to the screen and selectable by
the VIDEO or PC button 

0 (see Audio Inputs

below). Once set to "Dolby PLII", all stereo sig-
nals are forced into a 5 channels surround signal
while all digital multichannel signals are kept in
their original form. This setting is recommended.

"Original" will keep the original digital format
without any surround processing.

TV Audio Input: The default setting for the TV
Audio Input is Coaxial In. For proper functioning
of the system, this setting should not be
changed. Only when the Coaxial input

8 of

the unit should be used by external sources
"Line" should be selected and the screen be con-
nected appropriately (see Important Note page
17).

PC Audio Input: This setting defines which
Audio Input should be selected on the unit when
the PC Button 

0 on the remote is pressed.

Video Audio Input: This setting defines which
Audio Input should be selected on the unit when
the VIDEO Button 

0 on the remote is pressed.

Level adjustment: This setting gives you the
possibility to increase or decrease the input level
of the TV, so that its sound will have the same
level as the radio, the DVD player or the other
audio inputs.

In addition to the built-in DVD-Audio/Video and
CD player, and the built-in radio, you can connect
one more analog audio source to the DVD receiv-
er. The analog source can be connected to the
AUDIO IN input 

6 connectors on the rear panel.

1. Press the AUX button 

K on the remote con-

trol to turn the DVD Receiver on and select
Aux as the source. Make sure your screen is
switched on to be able to make the initial AUX
setup with the use of the OSD menu. If the
screen is not already on, switch it on by
pressing the Screen Power On Button 

, if

the receiver's OSD is not visible press the AUX
Button 

K again.

2. The TV monitor will show the AUX Menu, as

shown below. You can also select the AUX
Menu with the ARROW keys 

9 on the

remote control. Once the AUX tab is highlight-
ed, press ENTER 

6 to access it.

The AUX Menu contains the following settings.
Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line
on the bottom of your screen to change the
settings.

Audio: Selects the Surround Mode you would
like to use when listening to your additional
analog audio source.

Level adjustment: This setting gives you the
possibility to increase or decrease the input level
of the analog input, so that its sound will have
the same level as the radio, the DVD player or
the other audio inputs.

In addition to all analog audio and video sources,
the Digital Lounge DVD receiver also gives you
the opportunity to connect a digital audio source,
for instance a digital set-top box or satellite
receiver. Connect the source to the Coaxial
Digital Input Connector 

8 (see "Important

Note" page 17) or the Optical Digital Input
Connector 

9 on the rear panel.

1. Press the D.IN button 

K on the remote con-

trol to turn the DVD Receiver on and select
Digital In as the source. Make sure your screen
is switched on to be able to make the initial
DIGITAL IN setup with the use of the OSD
menu. If the screen is not already on, switch it
on by pressing the Screen Power On Button
, if the receiver's OSD is not visible press
the D.In Button 

K again.

2. The TV monitor will show the D. IN Menu, as

shown below. You can also select the D. IN
Menu with the ARROW keys 

9 on the

remote control. Once the D. IN tab is high-
lighted, press ENTER 

6 to access it.

The DIGITAL IN Menu contains the following set-
tings. Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu
Line on the bottom of your screen to change the
settings.

Digital Input: The default setting for the Audio
Input is Optical In.

Audio: Selects the Surround Mode you would
like to use when listening to the digital audio
sources. Once set to DPLII, all 2 channel signals
are forced into 5.1. while all multichannel signals
are kept in their original format. This setting is
recommended. Original will follow the surround
format from the source.

Level adjustment: This setting gives you the
possibility to increase or decrease the input level
of the digital input, so that its sound will have
the same level as the radio, the DVD player or
the other audio inputs.