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17 SETUP MENU

Menu Language Selection
The Menu Language option sets the default
choice for the language that will be used for
the DVD 5’s own on-screen menu displays. This
default setting DOES NOT impact the playback
of DVD discs.

To select the Menu Language default, you must
be viewing the Setup menu (Figure 1), which is
available by pressing the Menu Button `
while the unit is in the Stop mode. At the Setup
Menu, press the 

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Navigation Button e

until the Menu’s option is highlighted.

To change the default Menu Language, press
the 

›

Navigation Button e and note that

the list of system defaults will be replaced with
a list of the available options, as shown in
Figure 4. The current language choice will be
indicated by a filled-in circle on the list on the
right side of the screen.

Figure 4

To change the default setting, press the 

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e until the desired
choice is highlighted, and then press the Enter
Button d. Note that the circle for your
choice will fill in, and the menu will return to
the default listings.

If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.

Ratings Selection and Password Control
The DVD 5 enables you to control the discs that
are viewed by setting a ratings level. When a
disc that’s ready to play has a rating level
greater than the default, it will not play. To fur-
ther protect against unauthorized viewing of
restricted discs, the ratings-level option may be
locked so that only authorized persons (such as
a parent) may change the rating level after a
password is entered.

The ratings system is dependent on information
encoded into the DVD disc being played so,
although most movies will carry an MPAA or
other rating symbol, the disc may or may not
contain that rating in its software. In addition
to the five MPAA ratings of G, PG, PG-13, R
and NC-17, the DVD 5 will accommodate a
total of eight ratings steps, as set by the cre-
ators of the DVD format. These additional steps
allow for more critical control of program play-
back for all audiences.

To select the permitted ratings values, you must
be viewing the Setup Menu (Figure 1), which is
available by pressing the Menu Button `
while the unit is in the Stop mode. At the Setup
Menu, press the 

¤

Navigation Button e

until the Ratings option is highlighted.

To change the default Ratings setting, press the

›

Navigation Button e and note that the

list of system defaults will be replaced with 
a list of the program ratings as shown in
Figure 5. Some ratings will be highlighted in
orange, while others will be highlighted in blue.
Discs with a rating in the orange color band
will play without any further action by the 
viewer. Discs with ratings in the blue band will
only play after a password is entered.

Figure 5

To change the range of ratings that may be
viewed without a password, press the 

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e until the desired
range is set, and then press the Enter Button
d. Note that the circle for your choice will fill
in, and the menu will return to the default list-
ings. The listing in the default settings will show
the highest rated program that may be viewed
without entering a password.

If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.

Password Selection and Control Lock
The DVD 5’s Password System is used to control
viewing of restricted programs and one’s capa-
bility to change the password itself. The DVD 5
is shipped without a password and with the
settings for the password system unlocked. The
following instructions will show how to add a
password and to lock the settings.

To set a password or lock the password system,
you must be viewing the Setup Menu
(Figure 1), which is available by pressing the
Menu Button ` while the unit is in the
Stop mode. At the Setup Menu, press the 

¤

Navigation Button e until the Password
option is highlighted.

To enter a password, press the 

›

Button e and note that the list of system
defaults will be replaced with a list of the three
password options (Figure 6). To enter a pass-
word, check to make certain that the words Set
Password are highlighted in light blue and then
press the Enter Button d. The Enter
Password screen will then appear on your video
display (Figure 7).

Figure 6

Figure 7

18 SETUP MENU

To enter a password you may either enter the
four-digit number directly, using the Numeric
Keys o, or you may use the 

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e to select the 
number for a position, and then press the 

›

Navigation Button e to move to the next
position. Note that as each number is entered,
it will turn to a solid circle when you move to
the next position to protect the password’s 
privacy. When all four numbers of the 
password have been entered, press the Enter
Button d.

After the password has been entered once, a
second set of data entry boxes will appear, ask-
ing you to confirm the entry. Using the same
method described earlier, enter the password
again. When all four numbers have been
repeated, press the Enter Button d to set
the password in the DVD 5’s memory. If the
two passwords do not agree, an “Incorrect
Password” message will appear to ask you to
try entering the number again.

Once this password is entered, you will need to
use this four-digit number to view a disc when
the rating of the disc exceeds the settings
entered in the Ratings Menu. If a password 
has been entered, it is also required that you
change the settings range in the Ratings Menu.
Finally, the password is required if you wish to
unlock the system again to permit access to the
Ratings Menu.

If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.

Clearing Passwords
Once a password has been entered, the system
remains locked until the password is cleared. To
clear a password so that the ratings may be
changed or to permit any movie to be viewed
regardless of ratings, you must be viewing the
Setup Menu (Figure 1), which is available by
pressing the Menu Button ` while the unit
is in the Stop mode. At the Setup Menu, press
the 

¤

Navigation Button e until the

Password option is highlighted. As the system is
locked, you will first be asked to enter the pass-
word previously set. Enter that password using
the Numeric Keys e and then press the
Enter Button d.

Figure 8

To clear the password lock once you have
entered the correct password, press the 

¤

Navigation Button e so that the words
Clear Password are highlighted in light blue
(Figure 8). Next, press the Enter Button d
to complete the process. Note that the wording
for Clear Password will change to white as a
confirmation that the system is now unlocked.

If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.

Changing The Password
If you feel that the password has become
known to an unauthorized person, you may
change the password without unlocking the
system. To change a password, you must be
viewing the Setup Menu (Figure 1), which is
available by pressing the Menu Button `
while the unit is in the Stop mode. At the Setup
Menu, press the 

¤

Navigation Button e

until the Password option is highlighted. As the
system is locked, you will first be asked to enter
the password previously set (Figure 9). Enter
that password using the Numeric Keys e
and then press the Enter Button d.

Figure 9

Figure 10

To change the password, press the 

¤

Navigation Button e so that the words
Change Password are highlighted in light blue
(Figure 10). Next, press the Enter Button d.
On the next screen that appears (Figure 11),
enter the new four-digit password directly by
using the Numeric Keys o, or you may use
the 

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e to select

the number for a position, and then press the 

›

Navigation Button e to move to the next
position. Note that as each number is entered,
it will turn to a solid circle when you move to
the next position to protect the password’s 
privacy. When all four numbers of the 
password have been entered, press the Enter
Button d.

Figure 11

19 SETUP MENU

After the password has been entered once, a
second set of data entry boxes will appear, ask-
ing you to confirm the entry (Figure 12). Using
the same method described above, enter the
password again. When all four numbers have
been repeated, press the Enter Button d to
set the password in the DVD 5’s memory. If the
two passwords do not agree, an “Incorrect
Password” message will appear to ask you to
try entering the number again.

Figure 12

Once the new password has been entered, the
system remains locked with the new password
in effect. If you have no other changes to make
after setting this default, press the Menu
Button ` to remove the Setup Menu from
the screen, or press the Play Button g/@
to begin or resume playback.

Aspect Ratio
The aspect ratio of a television picture is the
relationship between its width and height, and
it defines the shape of the picture. Television
sets have traditionally had an aspect ratio of
4 x 3, which is to say that they are almost
square, with slightly more width than height.
Almost all television programming is presented
in the 4 x 3 aspect ratio so that the pictures fit
within the confines of the TV screen.

Movies, on the other hand, have a variety of
what are known as “wide aspect ratio” formats
that are significantly wider in relation to their
height than traditional television pictures.
Indeed, the development of wide-screen movies
was something that was popularized in the
1950’s in response to the success of television;
movie producers wanted to provide a wider
vista than afforded by TVs.

However, since many movies are produced for a
wider screen than the TV set they are played
on, there is a problem that is like fitting a
square peg in a round hole. In many instances
this is taken care of by the disc’s producers,
who reformat the image to fit within a standard

4 x 3 TV screen. Discs such as this require no
special setting. The only downside to this is that
when wide-screen movies are converted to
4 x 3, some of the information at the sides of a
scene may be cut off due to the difference in
picture shape. This is also called a “pan and
scan” presentation, as a 4 x 3 viewing area is
moved across the wider cinema image.

Other discs are produced in what is called a
“letterbox wide-screen” format. In this case the
entire wide image is fit inside the 4 x 3 screen
shape from side to side. This means that you
see the entire picture as the movie’s director
intended, but the height of the picture is
reduced to accommodate the added width. The
blank areas that appear at the top and bottom
of the screen make the image in the center
appear as if you are looking into a mail slot,
giving this sort of presentation the nickname of
“letterbox.”

The DVD format accommodates both of these
formats, though it is up to the producer of the
disc to select which way to convert the movie
to video. Sometimes you will have a choice of
only one of the two formats, while some discs
offer a full screen, with the pan and scan ver-
sion on one side of a disc and the widescreen,
but letterbox version, on the other side.

The DVD 5 will play either type of disc, and you
may select a default that tells which way to
present the image when there is a choice.

To select an aspect ratio default, you must be
viewing the Setup Menu (Figure 1), which is
available by pressing the Menu Button `
while the unit is in the Stop mode. At the Setup
Menu, press the 

¤

Navigation Button e

until the Aspect Ratio option is highlighted.
Next, press the Enter Button d. Select 
one of the three choices in the options box
(Figure 13) using the 

⁄

¤

Buttons e.

Figure 13

Depending on the type of television set you
have, choose one of these three options:

■ 4 x 3 Letterbox: Choose this setting if you

have a standard 4 x 3 television set and pre-
fer to see movies in their original aspect
ratio. You will see the entire movie but,
when it is presented in a letterbox fashion,
there will be black bars at the top and 
bottom of the screen. Movies or other pro-
grams recorded in a 4 x 3 format will appear
normal.

■ 4 x 3 Pan Scan: Choose this setting if you

have a standard 4 x 3 television set and
always want the image to fill the entire
screen. When a wide screen movie is shown,
you may not see parts of the picture at one
side of the screen or the other. Note, how-
ever, that even when you select this option,
playing a wide-screen-only movie will result
in black letterbox bars at the top and bot-
tom of the screen. This is due to the way 
the disc was produced, and it cannot be
changed.

■ 16 x 9 Wide-screen: Choose this setting only

if you have a wide-screen television set
(16 x 9 aspect ratio). With this setting, the
DVD 5 will adjust the output for wide-screen
movies so that they fill the entire screen in
the proper aspect ratio. Note, however, that
in this setting a disc recorded in the 4 x 3
aspect ratio will appear in the wide-screen
as a boxed image in the center, with black
columns on the left and right side of the
screen.

NOTE: If the wide-screen option is chosen 
and a wide-screen movie is played on a con-
ventional 4 x 3 aspect ratio set, the image will
be distorted due to vertical compression.

When you have made your selection using the

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e to highlight

the desired option, press the Enter Button
d and note that the circle next to your choice
will fill in. The menu system will then automati-
cally return to the status listing.

If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.

20 SETUP MENU

Dynamic Range Setting
With the DVD format you have the opportunity
to hear a program’s soundtrack in the most
accurate and realistic presentation possible,
thanks to the use of digital audio technology.
However, in certain instances you may wish to
slightly compress the dynamic range of the
audio output (the difference between the loud-
est sounds and the quietest ones) so that you
may listen to a movie at a lower volume with-
out losing dialog intelligibility.

In most cases it is desirable to leave the
Dynamic Range setting at “OFF” so that no
compression is applied to the audio, but if you
wish to change to a compressed setting, follow
these steps.

First, you must be viewing the Setup Menu
(Figure 1), which is available by pressing the
Menu Button ` while the unit is in the
Stop mode. At the Setup Menu, press the 

¤

Navigation Button e until the Dynamic
Range option is highlighted. Next, press the
Enter Button d and select one of the two
choices in the options box using the 

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e (Figure 14). The
choices are as follows:

■ Off: Select this option to turn off the

Dynamic Range compression and have the
soundtrack presented exactly as it was
authored.

■ On: Select this option to turn on the

Dynamic Range compression circuitry so 
that the dialog will remain clear even at low
volume levels.

Figure 14

When you have made your selection using the

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e to highlight

the desired option, press the Enter Button
d and note that the circle next to your choice
will fill in. The menu system will then automati-
cally return to the status listing.

If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.

Note that the performance of the Dynamic
Range function is dependent on the audio 
format of the disc being played, and whether 
or not the disc’s soundtrack is capable of this
feature.

Digital Audio Out
DVD players accommodate a variety of audio
formats, including Dolby Digital, DTS and the
PCM audio format used by conventional CD
discs and some DVD playback. Depending on
the type of equipment your DVD 5 is connected
to, you need to set a default for the type of
audio outputs accommodated. Although the
DVD 5 will play all of these disc types, this set-
ting creates a default that tells which way to
present the soundtracks when there is a choice.

To select a Digital Audio Output default, you
must be viewing the Setup Menu (Figure 1),
which is available by pressing the Menu
Button ` while the unit is in the Stop mode.
At the Setup Menu, press the 

¤

Button e until the Digital Audio Out option
is highlighted. Next, press the Enter Button
d. Select one of the three choices in the
options box (Figure 15) using the 

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e. The choices are 
as follows:

■ PCM: Choose this setting if you are using

only the left/right Analog Audio Outputs
£, or if the Digital Audio Outputs
¡/™ are connected to a processor that is
capable of playing conventional PCM audio
for CDs.

■ Dolby Digital: Choose this setting if the

DVD 5 is connected to an A/V receiver or
surround processor that is capable of decod-
ing Dolby Digital.

■ DTS: Choose this setting if the DVD 5 is

connected to an A/V receiver or surround
processor that is capable of both DTS and
Dolby Digital decoding.

Figure 15

NOTE: If you select the DTS option, your 
receiver or processor MUST be capable of
decoding DTS audio. If the DTS option is chosen
and the unit is connected to a product that
cannot support DTS, no audio will be heard
when a DTS disc is played.

Remember, regardless of the option chosen, you
may still have to adjust the settings on your
audio equipment to match the output of the
DVD 5. In addition, the choice of which audio
formats are available is limited by the type of
material recorded on the disc when it was
authored.

When you have made your selection using the

⁄

¤

Navigation Buttons e to highlight

the desired option, press the Enter Button
d and note that the circle next to your choice
will fill in. The menu system will then automati-
cally return to the status listing.

If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.