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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

¤

Navigation

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.

Setup Menu

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