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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/children can be played.
Level 1: DVDs for children can be
played; DVDs for adults/general
audiences are prohibited. Follow the
explanations on the screen to set a
new password. 

PBC Support: Activates PBC (Play
Back Control) Support for VCD discs.

Screen Save: Activates a Screen
Saver to prevent image “burn” in a
video display device. If you connect
the DSC Controller to a LCD or plasma
screen or video projector, we
recommend you activate the screen
saver at all times.

Show Angle Icon: Determines
whether the Angle Icon will appear on
the screen when there are different
angles available on a DVD disc.

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

Preferred Audio Language: Defines
your preferred audio language. Every
time a disc is played that contains this
audio language, it will be activated
automatically. If you do not find your
preferred language in the list of
options, you can select your preferred
language by typing a 4-digit code
found in the code list on page 23. 

Dynamic Range: This setting enables
Dolby Digital recordings to be played
back with full dialogue intelligibility
while reducing peak levels. This
smooth level compression prevents
abrupt loud transitions from disturbing
others without reducing the impact of
the digital source perceptibly.

Delay Unit: This setting sets the
measuring unit for Delay in either Feet
or Meter.

Tone Control: Activates or De-activa-
tes the Bass and Treble settings. Once
either the Bass or Treble Settings are
changed, the Tone Control automati-
cally switches to ON.

Bass Level: Sets the level of low
frequencies.

Treble Level: Sets the level of high
frequencies.

DVD Sound Mode: Sets the audio
format of the DVD-disc playing (for
other sources, see Surround Mode in
each respective chapter). Once set to
stereo, every surround format on a
DVD will be converted to a pure stereo
signal. Once set to DPLII, all stereo
signals on a DVD are forced into 5.1.,
leaving all multichannel signals in
their original format. This setting is
recommended. Original will follow the
surround format on the disc.

The Audio Adjustment Submenu
contains the access to the speaker
delay and the output level adjustment
settings of the DSC 1000. Follow the
explanations in the Upper Menu Line
on the bottom of your screen to make
adjustments.

Delay
Due to the different distances
between the listening position for the
front channel speakers and the
surround speakers, the amount of time
it takes for sound to reach your ears
from the front or surround speakers is
different. You may compensate for this
difference through the use of the
delay settings to adjust the timing for
the specific speaker placement and
acoustic conditions in your listening
room or home theater. 
Measure the distance from the
listening position to each of the
individual loudspeakers. Once done,
select per loudspeaker the distance
that is closest to the one measured.

Output level adjustment
Output level adjustment is a key part
of the configuration process for any
surround sound product.

NOTE: Listeners are often confused
about the operation of the surround
channels. While some assume that
sound should always be coming from
each speaker, most of the time there
will be little or no sound in the
surround channels. This is because
they are only used when a movie
director or sound mixer specifically
places sound there to create
ambiance, a special effect or to
continue action from the front of the
room to the rear. When the output
levels are properly set it is normal for
surround speakers to operate only
occasionally. Artificially increasing the
volume to the rear speakers may
destroy the illusion of an enveloping
sound field that duplicates the way
you hear sound in a movie theater or
concert hall.

The default settings of the DVD player
is 0 dB for all channels. In case you
feel adjustments are necessary in
your setup, we advise you to make the
adjustments using a test disc
containing either pink noise or tracks
that you are very familiar with.

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

Aspect Ratio: This step selects the TV
aspect ratio, conventional screen
shape (4:3) or widescreen (16:9),
according to your TV.

TV Standard: Sets the output video
format i.e. NTSC or PAL, of the DSC
Controller. If you have a multi standard
TV, we recommend the AUTO setting
for optimal picture quality.

Scan Type: Sets the component video
output to Interlace or Progressive.
Before changing the setting to Pro-
gressive, make sure that your video
display connected to the component
output is capable of handling pro-
gressive scan signals. As soon as you
select progressive scan the scan type,
the Video Output will automatically
change to Component. All other out-
puts, composite video on cinch,
SCART and S-Video, will be kept
Interlaced. The interlaced composite
and S-Video outputs remain active for
connection to a second (interlaced)
video display.

Video Output: Sets the video output
type to Scart or Component. Scart will
be used for most TV’s. Component will
be used for most LCD, Plasma and
projectors.

Scart Output: Selects which kind of
video output signals will be routed
over the scart. RGB will be used for
most TV’s as it provides the best
picture quality.

The Video Adjustment Submenu
contains the Test Screen. First adjust
the video display device (TV) with the
help of the Test Screen. After that the
output settings of the player can be
fine-tuned with the Color, Contrast,
Brightness, Tint (NTSC and interlaced
outputs only) and Black Level (NTSC
and interlaced outputs only) settings.
In order to change the settings, move
the cursor to the “+“ or “-“ icon on the
same line as the setting. Once one of
the icons is highlighted, pressing
ENTER will increase or decrease the
value of the setting, as will be shown
in the bar behind the setting. To exit
the Video Adjustment Menu, move the
cursor to DONE, and press ENTER.

When you activate the Test Screen via
the OSD you can activate a still image
to test all settings and the video
performance of your TV. With the
vertical color bars you can test the
following:

• proper color intensity 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 separation 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 gray scale and the
black/white fields below the color
bars the brightness and contrast of
your screen can be adjusted optimally,
see ”TV Picture Adjustment” below. 

These adjustments may be done now,
but you can also make them after
setup has been finalized.

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

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

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

2. If the brightness of the white bar

does not increase while turning up
the contrast or when the borders of
the white letters on top bloom
(overlight) into the black areas,
drastically decreasing the
sharpness of the script, then the
Contrast has been turned up too
much. Reduce the contrast until
these effects disappear and the
video still looks realistic.

3. If you are watching TV in daylight,

adjust the Contrast so that a normal
video picture has about the same
look as the surroundings in your
room. This relaxes the eye when
watching the TV picture. This
contrast setting may be reduced
when the surrounding light is
dimmed, usually improving
sharpness.

4. The gray 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 optimisation.

Color adjustment.
1. When Brightness and Contrast are

set optimally, turn up the color
control. Adjust to the level where
the colors look strong but still
natural, not overdone. If the color
level is too high, depending on the
TV used some of the bars will seem
wider or the color intensity will not
increase when 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 for an optimal setting of the
color intensity.

2. If your TV has a Tint option (with

The on-screen Status Bar contains
many playback features. To see the
Status Banner Menu, press STATUS
on the remote control while a disc is
playing. Use the ARROW buttons on
the remote to move through the
different features in the Status Bar.
When a feature is highlighted, press
ENTER on the remote to select it and
to change it with the help of the
options listed on the screen. Press
ENTER to activate the change.

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

Chapter: The number shown indicates
the number 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: Title Elapsed, Title Re-
maining, Chapter Elapsed, Chapter
Remaining. Depending on the choice
made, the bar will show a graphic view
on where the disc is currently playing.

Once all the settings have been made,
you are ready to enjoy your DSC 1000.
Once you have inserted a disc into the
drawer you can explore the PLAYER
Menu. 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,
with INFO and PROGRAM activated by
default. As in the SET-UP Menu,
settings can be highlighted with the
ARROW buttons and selected with the
ENTER 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 name of the disc
given by the artist.

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 possible.

Subtitle: Shows the subtitle of the
disc currently playing.

In the 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
to confirm. 

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 INFO (or i
INFO) Submenu on the left side of the
screen. Press ENTER until the icon is
highlighted in light blue and the full
Track list is visible on the screen. In
the same way the Disc list can be
removed from the screen by de-
activating the PROGRAM Submenu.

When the DSC 1000 is in play mode,
pressing the PLAY button on the
remote control will highlight the track
being played.

In DVD and MP3 mode, activating the
DISC INFO (DVD) or ID3 INFO (MP3)
Submenu will show information about
the player and the disc currently
playing. The first lines will show Disc

Name 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.

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 icon on the left to
activate. Move the cursor to the Disc
List, and select clear 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. 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, move the cursor up to the
Playlist setting. Select Programmed
order from the options and press PLAY
to start the 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