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Screen Setup

• Video  Out

You must set this setting when you use S VIDEO OUT or COMPONENT VIDEO 
OUT jacks to connect to the TV.
The default setting is indicated in bold print. 

Tip
• You can select the type of signal output from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks. 

When you press the PROGRESSIVE button on the front panel when the DVD player is in 
stop mode, progressive signal is selected and the PROGRESSIVE indicator lights up in blue.  
Select this when you have a TV that can accept progressive signal.
When you are connected to a standard (interlace format) TV, turn off the PROGRESSIVE 
indicator.

Notes
• Playback settings stored in the disc take priority over the “DVD SETUP” menu settings and 

not all the functions described may work.

• Depending on the DVD, “4:3 Letter Box” may be selected automatically instead of “4:3 Pan 

Scan” or vice versa.

• The connection using S VIDEO OUT or COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks is only for the 

DVD player.

• If you select progressive signal when you connect the DVD player to a TV that cannot accept 

the signal in progressive format, the image quality will deteriorate.  In this case, press the 
PROGRESSIVE button to turn off the PROGRESSIVE indicator.

• You can output progressive signal only from COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks.  If you turn 

on the PROGRESSIVE indicator when you set “Video Out” to “S-video”, COMPONENT 
VIDEO OUT takes priority over S VIDEO OUT.

• The  PROGRESSIVE button is not available when the DVD player is in play mode.  Use the 

PROGRESSIVE button in stop mode.

Select this when you use the S VIDEO OUT jack on the rear panel 
to connect to the TV.

Component

Select this when you use the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks 
on the rear panel to connect to the TV.

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Setting the display or sound track language

If you select “Others” in step 4, an additional language 
menu appears.  Press V/v/B/b to select the desired 
language, then press ENTER.

Notes
• When you select a language that is not recorded on the DVD in step 4, one of the recorded 

languages will be automatically selected.

• Playback settings stored in the disc take priority over the DVD SETUP settings and not all the 

functions described may work.

Press V/v to select the desired language, then press ENTER.

• DVD MENU LANGUAGE

You can select the desired language for the 
disc’s menu.

• AUDIO LANGUAGE

Switches the language of the sound track. 
When you select “Original,” the language 
given priority in the disc is selected.

• SUBTITLE LANGUAGE

Switches the language of the subtitle 
recorded on the DVD. 
When you select “Audio Follow,” the 
language for the subtitles changes according 
to the language you selected for the sound 
track.

Press O RETURN repeatedly to exit the menu.

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Parental Control (limiting playback by children)

Playback of some DVDs can be limited 
according to a predetermined level such as 
the age of the users.  The “Parental Control” 
function allows you to set a playback 
limitation level.

Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop 
mode.

The “SETUP MENU” appears.

Press V/v/B/b to select 

 (DVD Setup), 

then press ENTER.

The “DVD SETUP” menu appears.

V/v/B/b

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Setting the display or sound track language

You can set various languages for the disc’s 
menu, sound track or subtitle.

Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop 
mode.

The “SETUP MENU” appears.

Press V/v/B/b to select 

 (DVD Setup), 

then press ENTER.

The “DVD SETUP” menu appears.

Press V/v to select the language setup item from the displayed list: 
“DVD Menu,” “Audio,” or “Subtitle.” 
Then press ENTER.

V/v/B/b

O 

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Parental Control (limiting playback by children)

Press V/v to select “Parental,” then press 
ENTER.

Press b to select “Yes”.

• If you have not entered a password

The display for registering a new password 
appears.
Enter a 4-digit password using the number 
buttons.

The display for confirming the password 
appears.
Re-enter the password.

• When you have already registered a 

password
The display for entering the password appears.
Enter a 4-digit password using the number 
buttons.

Press V/v to select “Rating Level,” then press 
ENTER.

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Parental Control (limiting playback by children)

Set “Use Password” to “No” in Step 4.

Notes
• When you play DVDs which do not have the Parental Control function, playback cannot be 

limited on this player.

• All the ratings higher than the level you select will be blocked.
• Write your password down and keep it in a safe place in case you forget it.

Press V/v to select the level you want, then 
press ENTER.

The options are as follows.

Level 8 (Adult) y Level 7 y Level 6 y 
Level 5 y Level 4 y Level 3 y Level 2 
y Level 1 (Kids Safe)

The lower the value, the stricter the limitation.

Press O RETURN repeatedly to exit the menu.

Select “Change Password” in step 4.
The display for entering a new password appears. 

Enter a new 4-digit password using the number buttons.
The display for confirming the password appears.

Re-enter the new password.

Insert the disc, then press H PLAY.
The display for entering your password appears.

Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons.
The player starts playback.

Remove the disc and turn off the DVD-VCR.

Turn on the DVD-VCR again with no disc in the unit.

Hold down m and M on the front panel simultaneously for 5 seconds.
“reset ok” appears on the screen.

Turn off the DVD-VCR.
The password is cleared.

To create a new password, follow step 4 on page 68.

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Using the DVD’s menu

Note
• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to use the TOP MENU button.

A DVD is divided into long sections of a 
picture or a music feature called “titles.” 
When you play a DVD which contains 
several titles, you can select the title you 
want using the TOP MENU button.

When you play DVDs that allow you to 
select items such as the language for the 
subtitles and the language for the sound, 
select these items using the MENU button.

Press TOP MENU or MENU.

The disc’s menu appears on the TV screen.

The contents of the menu vary from disc to disc.

Press V/v/B/b to select the item you want to play or change.

You can also use the number buttons to select the item.

Press ENTER.

V/v/B/b 
ENTER

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Zooming into a scene

• You cannot use 4

×  

magnification when you play VIDEO CDs.  

• The zoom function may not work depending on the DVD.

You can zoom into a scene during playback 
or still mode.  To zoom into a JPEG image, 
see “Playing JPEG image files” on page 87.

Press ZOOM.

“

” appears.

Press V/v/B/b to move “

”  to the position where you want to zoom in.

Press ENTER repeatedly to change the magnification.

Each time you press the button, the magnification changes as shown below.

2

×  t 4×  t 2×  t normal magnification

V/v/B/b 
ENTER

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Changing the angles

Note
• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the angles even if multi-angles are 

recorded on the DVD.

If various angles (multi-angles) for a scene 

are recorded on the DVD, “

” appears in 

the display when you press ANGLE during 
playback.  This means that you can change 
the viewing angle.

Press ANGLE during playback.

The angle number appears on the display.

The number after the slash indicates the total 
number of angles.

Press B/b repeatedly to select the angle number.

The scene changes to the selected angle.

B/b

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Various play mode functions (Program play, Shuffle play, Repeat play)

You can set the following play modes:

• Program play (page 74)
• Shuffle play (page 76)
• Repeat play (page 77)

Note
• The  play  mode is canceled when:

– you open the disc tray
– the  player enters standby mode by pressing [/1.

You can play the contents of a disc in the 
order you want by arranging the order of the  
tracks on the disc to create your own 
program.  You can program up to 20 tracks.

H

V/v/B/b

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Various play mode functions (Program play, Shuffle play, Repeat play)

Press CLEAR.

Press REPEAT when the DVD player is in stop 
mode. 

Press B/b to select “PROGRAM”, then press 
ENTER.

Press V/v/B/b to select the track number you 
want to program, then press ENTER.

You can also use the number buttons to enter 
the track number.

To program other tracks, repeat step 3.

The programed track numbers are displayed in the selected order.

Press H PLAY to start program play.

Program play starts.

When the program ends, you can restart the same program again by 
pressing H PLAY.

Follow steps 1 and 2 of “Creating your own program (Program play).”

Press CLEAR. 
The last programed number is canceled.

Follow step 3 for new programing.

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Displaying the subtitle

Select “Off” in step 3.

Note
• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the subtitles even if multilingual 

subtitles are recorded on it.  You also may not be able to turn them off.

If subtitles are recorded on the disc, you can 
change the subtitles or turn them on and off 
whenever you want while playing a DVD.

Press SUBTITLE during playback.

Press B/b repeatedly to select the language.

Depending on the DVD, the choice of language varies.
Refer to “DVD Audio/Subtitle Language” on page 117 for the abbreviation 
of the language.

Press V/v repeatedly to select “On.”

V/v/B/b 
ENTER

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Various play mode functions (Program play, Shuffle play, Repeat play)

Press CLEAR.

You can shuffle the playback order of tracks.  
Subsequent “shuffling” may produce a 
different playing order.

Press REPEAT when the DVD player is in stop 
mode.

Press B/b to select “SHUFFLE”, then press 
ENTER.

V/v/B/b

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Various play mode functions (Program play, Shuffle play, Repeat play)

Select “Off” or press CLEAR in step 2.

You can play all of the titles or tracks on a 
disc or a single title, chapter, or track 
repeatedly.

Press REPEAT during playback. 

Press REPEAT or B/b repeatedly to select the item to be repeated.

• Chapter: repeats the current chapter.
• Title: repeats the current title on a disc.

• Track: repeats the current track.
• Disc: repeats all of the tracks.

• Track: repeats the current track.

B/b

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Using bookmarks

You can store scenes in the player’s memory 
as bookmarks.

You can set up to three bookmarks. 

Select “MENU OFF” before setting up 
bookmarks on a VIDEO CD (see “Playing 
VIDEO CDs with “MENU ON/OFF” 
Functions” on page 90).

Press BOOKMARK during playback. 

Three bookmark placeholders (- - - ) appear 
next to the bookmark icon.

Press B/b to select one of the placeholders.

Play the DVD scene you want, then press 
ENTER. 
The selected placeholder changes to a number 
(1, 2 or 3).

B/b

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Using bookmarks

Press CLEAR after step 3.

Press BOOKMARK.

Note
• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to use the bookmark function.

Press BOOKMARK during playback.

Press B/b to select the bookmark placeholder, then press H PLAY to play the 
bookmark.