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SYSTEM SETUP  17

Select SCAN TYPE with the ARROW (

KL) but-

tons, if it is not already selected, then press
ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the SCAN TYPE

sub-menu. The right column displays the current
setting (highlighted) and one option.

As a Progressive Scan DVD player, DVD 25 can
provide a high-resolution image in Progressive
mode. If you have a compatible display device,
you will experience significantly enhanced picture
quality. The Progressive Scan indicator in the front
panel display will light when progressive scan has
been selected.

DVD 25 can set the output video format to
AUTO/PAL/M-PAL or NTSC. Select TV STANDARD
with the ARROW (

KL) buttons, if it is not

already selected, then press ARROW (

N) or

ENTER to access the TV STANDARD sub-menu.
The right column displays the current setting
(highlighted) and three options.

AUTO will automatically output the original
video format on the disc playing. If the disc is
PAL, DVD 25 will output PAL video. If the disc is
NTSC, the player will output NTSC video.

PAL will always output PAL video, even if the disc
is in NTSC format. This works with all PAL-TVs,
even old ones without PAL60 capability, as a real
standard conversion is being made.

M-PAL  works similary like PAL but with different
parameters. This setting must not be used for
Europe.

If you own a multi-standard TV, we recommend
the AUTO setting for optimal picture quality. If
your TV is single-standard, select the appropriate
standard. (PAL or NTSC).

Important Note:
Some DVD discs currently available contain a
video data inconsistency resulting in an unwant-
ed screen artifact. This can occur during video
standard conversion as from NTSC to PAL (when
PAL is selected and you see a slight flickering on
horizontal lines with NTSC discs) or from
Interlaced to Progressive.

To overcome these artifacts follow these steps:
During Play mode press the EzMENU button, the
EzSet menu will appear (see page 21). Press
ARROW (

M) to select the ”V” (Video) field on

the far right side of the banner, then change the
setting from 0 to either 1 or 2 (

KL) until the

artifacts disappear.

Note: If the DVD 25 is connected to the TV using
RGB via SCART, then the TV will be able to repro-
duce NTSC images correctly, even if the TV is
PAL-only, (but it must be PAL60 compatible).

This step selects the TV aspect ratio, conventional
screen shape (4:3) or widescreen (16:9), accord-
ing to your TV:
■ 4:3 Letterbox: Choose this setting if the DVD

25 is connected to a conventional (4:3) TV set
and you would prefer to see movies without
any parts being cut off. You will see the entire
frame of the movie and DVD’s recorded with
normal 4:3 format will fill the entire screen.
But movies in widescreen will occupy a smaller
portion of the screen, with black bars at the
top and bottom of the screen.

■ 4:3 Pan Scan: Choose this setting if the DVD

25 is connected to a conventional (4:3) TV set
and you want widescreen movies to fill the
entire screen. Note that this setting is effective
only with a few widescreen DVD’s recorded
with the Pan and Scan mode. With those
movies you won’t see parts of the picture (par-
ticularly the right and left edges).
Most discs produced in a widescreen format
can’t be cropped in this fashion, which means
the black bars will appear at the top and bot-
tom of the screen (letterbox format). Some
widescreen DVD’s, particulary anamorphic
types (with full vertical line resolution, see sec-
tion ”16:9”below), may be shown with origi-
nal width but spread vertically. With these disc,
the letterbox format must be selected.
This setting is usefull only with a few DVD’s,
with all others the letterbox format fits best.

■ 16:9 Widescreen: Choose this setting if your

DVD player is connected to a widescreen TV, or
to a conventional (4:3) TV changeable to wide-
screen (16:9) mode.
With this set up, discs recorded with 4:3
aspect ratio will appear as a boxed image in
the center of a 16:9 widescreen TV, with black
bars to the left and right of the image (not
with 4:3 TVs changeable to 16:9 mode). True
widescreen (anamorphic) DVD’s i.e. those
shown spread vertically when the DVD 25 is
set to ”16:9” and your TV is set to ”4:3”, will
be shown optimally with full vertical resolu-
tion. With some 4:3 TV’s, set to 16:9 format,
discs with 4:3 format may be played com-
pressed vertically. With those discs the TV must
be set to 4:3 format.

Select TV ASPECT with the ARROW (

KL) but-

tons, if it is not already selected in the VIDEO
menu, then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to

access the TV ASPECT sub-menu. The right col-
umn displays the current setting (highlighted)
and two options. If needed, select a new setting.
Press ENTER to confirm the new setting.

The DVD 25 Picture Control function allows you
to adjust the output video’s brightness, contrast
and color using the EzMenu (see page 21).

Select PICTURE CONTROL with the ARROW
(

KL) buttons, if it is not already selected,

then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the

PICTURE CONTROL sub-menu. The right column
displays the current setting (highlighted) and one
option.

If the Picture Control is set to BYPASS, brightness,
contrast and color cannot be adjusted using
EzMenu. If it is set to ACTIVE, you can adjust the
picture parameters in EzMenu.

In the Main Menu, use the ARROW (

KL) but-

tons to highlight the AUDIO menu, press ARROW
(

N) or ENTER to access the AUDIO sub-menu.

The left column shows the items in the Audio
Menu. The right column shows the current setting
for each item.

18 SYSTEM SETUP

Dynamic Range
Select DYNAMIC RANGE with the Arrow (

KL)

buttons, if it is not already highlighted, then press
ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the Dynamic

Range sub-menu.

This setting enables Dolby Digital recordings to
be played back with full dialogue intelligibility
while reducing peak levels by a selected amount.
This smooth level compression prevents abrupt
loud transitions from disturbing others without
reducing the impact of the digital source percep-
tibly.

Select FULL for normal, uncompressed dynamic
range. Select MEDIUM for moderate compression.
Select MINIMUM for the highest level of com-
pression.

Note: If selected, Dynamic Range compression is
only active when a Dolby Digital signal is detect-
ed and only for the analog outputs.

Audio Language
This step will define the default audio language
(if the disc contains different language tracks).
The option DEFAULT will select the audio lan-
guage originally encoded as "default" language
on the disc, most times this will be english.
Choosing an audio language by pressing AUDIO
on the remote control (see page 8) will change
this setting only temporarily.

Select AUDIO LANGUAGE with the ARROW
(

KL) buttons, if it is not already selected,

then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the

AUDIO LANGUAGE sub-menu. The right column
displays the current setting (highlighted) and the
options.

Digital Output
If your system includes 5.1 digital audio surround
decoding (Dolby Digital and/or DTS), select ORIG-
INAL as the digital Output. In that case all audio
signals will be output with their original format. If
your system only includes stereo and/or Dolby Pro
Logic, select PCM. Then all audio signals will be
output in PCM format only (DTS will output no
signal).

Select DIGITAL OUTPUT with the ARROW
(

KL) buttons, if it is not already selected,

then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the

DIGITAL OUTPUT sub-menu. The right column
displays the current setting (highlighted) and one
option.

From the Main Menu, use the ARROW (

KL)

buttons to select the Player menu, then press
ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the Player

Menu. The left column shows the items in the
menu. The right column shows the current setting
of each item.

OSD Language
When you enter the Player menu, OSD LAN-
GUAGE will be highlighted. If not, use the
ARROW (

KL) buttons to select it, then press

ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the OSD LAN-

GUAGE sub-menu. The right column now shows
the current OSD Language setting (highlighted)
and the options.

Select the language you prefer for the player's
onscreen displays and short messages. This selec-
tion does not affect the front panel display.

Menu Language
Select MENU LANGUAGE in the Player Setup
Menu, then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to

access the MENU LANGUAGE sub-menu. The
right column now shows the current Menu
Language setting (highlighted) and the options.

Select the language you prefer for disc menus. If
a disc does not support the selected language,
another language will automatically be chosen.

Subtitle Language
Select SUBTITLE LANGUAGE in the Player Setup
Menu, then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to

access the SUBTITLE LANGUAGE sub-menu. The
right column now shows the current Subtitle
Language setting (highlighted) and the options.

With this setting you define your preferred subti-
tle language (if the disc contains different subti-
tles). Choosing a subtitle language with the SUB-
TITLE button on the remote control (see page 8)
will change this setting only temporarily.

This setting can turn subtitles on or off. If set to
OFF, subtitles will not be displayed automatically.
The SUBTITLE button on the remote control can
be used to select and change subtitles during
playback.

SYSTEM SETUP  19

Parental Control
The DVD 25’s Password System is used to control
viewing of restricted programs and the capability
to change the password itself and the rating. The
DVD 25 is shipped with ”8888” as the default
password and with the parental control settings
”OFF”. The following instructions will show how
to change the password and to lock the settings.

Note: The DVD must be specifically encoded with
rating information for Parental Control to work.

The rating levels
The five standard US rating symbols are ”G”
(General, level 2), ”PG” (Parental Guidance, level
4), ”PG13” (Parental Guidance and 13 years old,
level 4), ”R” (Restricted, level 6) and ”NC 17”
(from 17 years old, level 7). The DVD 25 will
accommodate a total of eight rating steps, as set
by the DVD creators. These additional steps allow
for more critical control of program playback for
all audiences.

Level 8: All DVDs can be played.
Levels 7 to 2: DVDs for general audiences/chil-
dren can be played.
Level 1: DVDs for children can be played, DVDs
for adults/general audiences are prohibited.

Password
Important: You must write the password in a safe
place or remember it reliably. You cannot access
rated discs or rating/password menus or change
or clear the password (see below) without enter-
ing the correct password.

If you forget your password, you can re-set DVD
25 to the factory default password (8888) when
the player is in Standby, by pressing and holding
CLEAR for six seconds. Note: This will restore all
menu settings to the factory default settings. Any
changes you have made will be lost.

Enter Password and Setting Level
For disabling the playback of rated DVD's a pass-
word consisting of four digits must be entered.

Select PARENTAL CONTROL in the Player Setup
Menu, then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to

access the PARENTAL CONTROL sub-menu.
”PASSWORD” appears in the right column. Enter
the password (The initial password is 8888.)

If the password is correct, the following display
will appear in the menu:

The top line indicates the current parental control
level. Press ENTER, then use the ARROW (

M

N ) buttons to select the level of restricted access
you want. REMEMBER: the lower the number,
the higher the restriction. When the level you pre-
fer is highlighted, press ENTER to activate it.

Change Password
After the password was entered or the parental
control level was set, use the ARROW (

L) but-

ton to make sure the cursor is pointing to ”NEW
PASSWORD.” Enter the new password. The dis-
play will change to ”CONFIRM”, requesting that
you repeat the new password to confirm that it is
correct. If you have correctly entered the new
password twice, the display will confirm the
change by ”OK”. Press Arrow (

M ) button to exit

the level/password sub-menu.

Press SETUP or PLAY on the remote control to
exit the set-up menu.

EzMenu Time Out
Select Ez MENU TIMEOUT in the Player Setup
Menu, then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to

access the Ez MENU TIMEOUT sub-menu. The
right column now shows the current timeout set-
ting (highlighted) and the options.

When set to OFF, the EzMenu banner display will
remain onscreen when selected, until EzMenu or
CLEAR is pressed on the remote control. If set to
5 or 60 seconds, the EzMenu will disappear after
that number of seconds. However, during CD
playback, the EZMenu will always remain on-
screen unless CLEAR or EzMenu is pressed.

Light Control
Select LIGHT CONTROL in the Player Setup Menu,
then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the

LIGHT CONTROL sub-menu. The right column
now shows the current setting (highlighted) and
the options.

If you wish the front panel display to be lit when-
ever DVD 25 is on, select Off.

If you wish the display to dim in normal play
mode and to light up for 5 or 60 seconds only
when a button has been pressed on the front or
remote, select 5 seconds or 60 seconds as the
timeout.

The 5 or 60 second timeout interacts with the
remote Dimmer button in the following way: If
display lighting has been turned off with the
Dimmer button, the light control will only turn on
the green LED's, not the full display. If display
lighting has been set to half brightness with the
Dimmer button, the display will light up to this
level and the LED's to full level.

20 TEST SCREEN

When you press the TEST button on the front
panel or on the remote you can activate a still
image to test all settings and the video perform-
ance of your TV. With the vertical color bars you
can test the following:
■ proper color intensity setting on your TV,
■ the proper color of each bar, showing if the

proper video standard is turned on: the colors
should be (left to right): black, white, yellow,
cyan (turquoise), green, magenta (purple), red,
blue, black.

■ proper color transition, seen as sharp separa-

tion of the bars, S-Video will be better than
Video, RGB best of all.

■ the performance of the color filter in your TV

(with ”Video” signals), bar edges should show
no vertical crawling dots. Here S-Video and
RGB formats usually give no problems.

With the grey scale and the black/white fields
below the color bars the brightness and contrast
of your screen can be adjusted optimally, see
chapter ”TV Picture Adjustment” below.

These adjustments may be done now, but you
can also make them after setup has been final-
ized. They can also be made at any time when
the player is in Stop or Resume mode, simply by
pressing TEST on the remote control or on the
front panel.

Brightness adjustment:
1. Turn down the color control on your TV until

the color bars are visible in black and white.

2. Adjust the contrast to the lowest level where

you still can see all bars within the grey scale
in the test picture separately and clearly.

3. Adjust the Brightness so that the bars in the

grey scale are all visible. The bar furtherst to
the left has to be as black as possible rather
than grey but the next aside must clearly be
differable. All the bars in the grey scale have to
be gradually and evenly changing from black
to whiter, going from left to right.

Contrast adjustment:
1. Adjust the contrast on your TV until you see a

bright white bar in the right low corner of the
screen and a deep dark black bar at the left.
The optimal contrast setting will depend from
your preference and the surrounding light in
the TV room.

2. If the brightness of the white bar will no more

increase while turning up the contrast or when
the borders of the white ”harman/kardon” text
letters on top will bloom (overlight) into the
black areas, what drasticly will decrease the
sharpness of the script, then the Contrast has
been turned up too much. Reduce the contrast
until these effects will disappear and the video
still looks realistic.

3. If you are watching TV with a usual surround-

ing daylight, adjust the Contrast so that a nor-
mal video picture has about the same looking
as the surroundings in your room. By that way
the eye is relazed when watching the TV pic-
ture. This contrast setting may be reduced
when the surrounding light is dimmed, usually
improving the sharpness of a video a lot there-
by.

4. The grey scale in the middle line needs to have

the same clear difference between each bar as
before the contrast adjustment. If not, go back
to the brightness adjustment and repeat step 3
and then the contrast adjustments, making
only minor adjustments each time for optimisa-
tion.

Color adjustment.
1. When the Brightness and the Contrast are set

optimally, turn up the color control to the level
of your perference. Adjust to the level where
the colors look strong but still natural, not
overdone. If the color level is too high, depend-
ing from the TV used some of the bars will
seem wider or the color intensity will not
increase while the control is turned up. Then
the color control must be reduced again. At the
end you should test the color intensity also
with a video, e.g. pictures of natural faces,
flowers, fruit and vegetables and other well
known natural articles of our life most usefull
for an optimal setting of the color intensity.

2. If your TV has a Tint option (with most

European TVs this is available or effective only
with NTSC signals, not with PAL), use the large
white bar below the Greyscale to tweak the
warmth of the picture. Every viewer has a dif-
ference in preference as how the glow of the
picture should be. Some prefer a little colder
picture, some a warmer glow. The Tint function
on your TV and the white bar can be used to
control this. Adjust the Tint to the level where
you feel the white color has the tone you
prefer.