Harman Kardon DMC 1000 Owner's Manual

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22INITIAL SETUPStep Four – DVD Player SetupFigure 19 – DVD Player Setup MenuThe DVD Player Setup menu (shown in Figure 19) contains settings that affectDVD playback. The other media sources are not affected by these settings.Preferred Subtitle Language: When available on the disc, theDMC 1000 will automatically select this subtitle language. Choose fromEnglish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Other and Off. When Other isselected, a dialog box appears, prompting for a numeric code. Look upthe code for the desired language in Table A8 in the appendix. When Offis selected, no subtitles will be displayed unless selected during playbackusing the Subtitle Button on the remote.NOTE: Due to variations in how DVD discs are authored, werecommend selecting subtitles using the disc’s own menus. Thelanguages available are usually listed on the disc’s jacket.Preferred Audio Language: When available on the disc, the DMC 1000will automatically select this language for audio playback. Choose fromEnglish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Other and Off. When Other isselected, a dialog box appears, prompting for a numeric code. Look upthe code for the desired language in Table A8 in the appendix. When Offis selected, the disc’s default language will be used. The user may selectanother language during playback by pressing the Audio Button on theremote. The Audio command may offer a choice of surround soundformats or director’s/cast’s commentary.NOTE: As with subtitles, we recommend selecting the audiotrack using the disc’s own menu system.Parental Control: This setting allows the user to restrict viewing of certainmaterials by requiring a password to be entered before DVDs encodedwith a higher rating will play. The restrictions are based on a rating systemthat roughly corresponds to the Motion Picture Association of America(MPAA) voluntary ratings system.Select this setting, and if no password was set previously, a dialog boxappears. Set a new password by entering a four-digit number, using theNumeric Keys in the Password and Confirm Password boxes. If a password hasbeen set, you will be prompted to enter it before you may make any changes.If you correctly enter the password, you may navigate to theRating Level Limit and select a new level:• Off: Any DVD may be viewed without entering the password.• 1–G: Corresponds to the MPAA’s “G” (General Audiences) rating,and is considered suitable for all viewers.• 2: Intermediate level between the “G” and “PG” ratings.• 3–PG: Corresponds to the MPAA’s “PG” (Parental Guidance) rating.• 4–PG-13: Corresponds to the MPAA”s “PG-13”(Parental Guidance and 13 years old) rating.• 5: Intermediate level between the “PG-13” and “R” ratings.• 6–R: Corresponds to the MPAA’s “R” (Restricted) rating.• 7–NC-17: Corresponds to the MPAA’s “NC-17”(17 years and older) rating.• 8–Adult: All DVDs, including adult materials, can be played.When you have finished creating a new password and/or selecting a newRating Level Limit, navigate to the Save box and press the Enter Button.Select Cancel if you don’t want to make any changes.Video Presentation Mode: Select Original to display videos andpictures in their native aspect ratio, or Full when the DMC 1000 isconnected to a 4:3 aspect ratio display.When Full is selected, 16:9 materials will appear on 4:3 displays in“letterbox” format, with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.On 16:9 displays, 16:9 materials will fill the screen, but 4:3 materials willappear with black or gray bars on the left and right sides of the screen.NOTE: The DMC 1000’s own menu screens are always outputin widescreen (16:9) mode at a maximum resolution of 720p,depending on the display’s capabilities. When viewed on a 4:3display, the menu screens will appear in letterbox format.Dynamic Range Compression: When playing specially encoded DolbyDigital DVDs, turn on Dynamic Range Compression to reduce the levelsof louder passages while maintaining the intelligibility of dialog and softerpassages. This feature is useful to avoid disturbing others while watchingaction-packed DVDs. This is similar to the “Night Mode” function on manyDVD players and A/V receivers.DVD Bass Management: If all six of the Zone 1 Analog Audio Outputsare connected to a receiver or processor that does not perform bassmanagement on its 6-channel audio inputs, turn this setting on andconfigure the speaker settings in the Audio Setup menu.If the receiver is capable of analog bass management, leave this settingin the default Bypass mode and configure the receiver’s speaker settings.When this setting is off, the DMC 1000 speaker settings will have no effect.Select the Stereo/LtRt setting to output a 2-channel recording, or adownmix of a surround-encoded program, through the Left- and Right-Channel jacks of the Zone 1 Analog Audio Outputs. When the BassManagement setting is set to either of the other settings, these jackswill only output the front left- and right-channel information, omitting thecenter and surround information.NOTE: The Stereo setting is required when either the Digital AudioOut Format or HDMI Audio Out settings in the Audio Setup menuare set to Uncompressed (i.e., output a 2-channel PCM signal).Content Play Mode: This setting compensates for disc authoring errorsthat occur when the frame rate is not properly maintained during the con-version from film to video. It only affects progressive scan display using theHDMI Output or the Component Video Outputs. Three choices are available:• Auto: This is the recommended setting. The DMC 1000 analyzes thesignals from the DVD, determines whether it was originally recordedon video or shot on film, and adjusts the output accordingly.