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DVD PLAYBACK

DVD Playback

Changing the Subtitle Language

DVD discs may contain a variety of subtitles. In

normal play, the unit will always look for the

default setting for the subtitle language, but

you may change that language at any time

using the Menu Status Bar and by following

these steps:

1. During disc playback, press the

Status

Button

c

.

2. Press the

‹

/

›

Navigation Buttons

e

until the letter

“

S

”

icon (fourth from the left) is

highlighted in white between yellow brackets.

3. Press the

Enter Button

`

.

4. Note that the main Menu Bar will be

replaced with a single display of the subtitle

language (Figure 17).

Figure 17

5. Press the

Enter Button

`

or

⁄

/

¤

Navigation Buttons

e

until the desired

subtitle language is displayed. Note that the

subtitles available on a disc will vary, and they

are always listed on the disc

’

s jacket or cover.

Some discs may not offer alternative subtitles,

or any subtitles at all.

6. Within a few seconds, the disc will continue

to play with the newly selected subtitle language.

Note that the subtitle language selected in this

fashion is temporary, and will remain in effect

until the player is turned off. When the unit

is turned on for subsequent play, the default

subtitle language will always be used.

Note that the subtitle feature may also be

turned on or off, and the subtitle language may

be changed directly from the remote control

during playback. To change the subtitle status,

press the

Subtitle On/Off Button

and

note that a display of the currently selected

subtitle languauge will appear on screen.

To turn the subtitles on or off, press the


again. When

there is a check mark in the box to the right of

the language indication, the subtitles are on;

when there is no check the subtitles are off.

Each press of the button will turn the subtitles

on or off. No further action is needed once the

selections have been made; the on-screen mes-

sage will go off within five seconds.

To change the subtitle language during play-

back, press the


Next, press the

⁄

/

¤

Navigation Buttons

e

until the desired language name appears.

If needed, press the


to turn the subtitle display on after the

language selection has been made. No further

action is needed once the selections have been

made; the on-screen message will go off within

five seconds.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The steps indicated on

the page allow you to change the subtitle lan-

guage, but they do not determine if the sub-

titles are actually displayed on the screen. To

have the subtitles appear at any time, press the


to toggle the

subtitles on or off with each press of the but-

ton. When the subtitles are active, a Check-

mark icon

“

”

will appear in the box to the

right of the subtitle description as shown earlier.

Also note that some DVD discs do not contain

subtitles. When the


is pressed on a disc with no subtitles, the

Prohibit icon

“

”

will appear on screen.

Changing Camera Angles

A special feature of the DVD format is its capa-

bility of showing more than one view, or cam-

era angle, of the same scene. This feature

enables you to become the director, selecting

the view of a scene that you wish. Note, how-

ever, that this feature does not appear on many

discs and, when it does appear, it will typically

be for only certain scenes and not for the entire

disc

’

s program. If you attempt to use the multi-

ple-angle feature on a disc that is not pro-

grammed for it, you may see the Prohibited

Feature icon

“

”

on the screen. This is not a

fault of the player, but it simply indicates that

the feature is not available on the disc being

played.

To see whether a disc contains multiple angles,

check the disc

’

s cover or jacket. When a disc

does contain scenes with multiple angles, the

producers will usually include some sort of spe-

cial on-screen icon to alert you to the avail-

ability of different angles of view.

When a disc that contains multiple-angle infor-

mation is playing, the

Angle Indicator

H

will

light steadily throughout the disc. This tells you

that there are some places on the disc with

multiple camera angle choices. However, in

almost all cases, the actual use of multiple

angles will be restricted to specific places on

the disc rather than appearing throughout the

program. When the

Angle Indicator

H

flashes

and a camera icon indicator appears on the

video screen, that is your signal that multiple

angles are present and that they may be

changed.

When multiple camera angles are available, the

easiest way to change the angle is to press the

Angle Button

. Each press of the button

will change the angle, as shown by the on-

screen display (Figure 18). Once you have

selected the desired angle, no further action is

needed and the on-screen messages will disap-

pear within a few seconds.

Figure 18

Note that the number of multiple angles avail-

able and their placement on the disc is set by

the producer of each individual DVD, and is not

set by the DVD 50. The number of angles avail-

able will vary from one disc to another.

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