KEF instant theatre KIT100 Installation Manual

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Settings menuPress the SETTINGS button when watching video from the KEF Instant Theatre to view the Settingsmenu, provided the TV’s external AUX input is properly set to view the KEF Instant Theatre’s videooutput.Within the Settings menu, select a category (Language,Video, Audio, or Ratings) with theleft/right navigation cursor keys, and press SELECT to open that category’s menu.Within all the menus, select a category with the up/down navigation cursor keys, and press SELECTto open that category’s options.Then choose an option with the up/down navigation cursor keys andpress SELECT.To back out of the menus use the left and up navigation cursor keys.Language menuThe Language menu provides for changing the language of all KEF Instant Theatre system menus,and for indicating preferences for the language of the DVD’s soundtrack and menus. (DVDs arepublished with a limited number of languages on any one disc; the disc will play in your selectedlanguage, if available, or else in the default language for that disc.) Within the Language menu, select acategory (Main menu, DVD soundtrack, or DVD menu) with the up/down cursor keys, and pressSELECT to open that category’s options.Main MenuChoosing a language from this list will cause all KEF Instant Theatre system menus (including this one)to be displayed in that language.DVD SoundtrackDVD discs are often published with multiple alternate soundtracks for any one film on that disc.Setting the DVD soundtrack language will use this sound track as default if it is present on the DVD.It is usually possible to override this preference in the DVD disc’s own menu.DVD MenuThis will set the default DVD discs menu language if available on that DVD.Video MenuThe Video menu allows the KEF Instant Theatre to be optimised for use with different TVs anddifferent countries’ broadcast standards.TV TypeChoose the option that best describes the TV being used.Std. TV 4:3Choose ‘Std.TV 4:3’ for a TV with a screen ratio of 3/4 which will appear almost as tall as it is widebut is fairly small.When a DVD is published with both widescreen (letterbox) and pan-and-scan videoformats, this setting will cause it to play in pan-and-scan mode, expanding that part of the picturecontaining the action to fill the entire screen.Bigscreen 4:3Choose ‘Bigscreen 4:3’ for a TV with a screen ratio 3/4 which will appear almost as tall as it is wide,and is fairly large.When a DVD is published with both widescreen (letterbox) and pan-and-scan videoformats, this setting will cause it to play in widescreen mode, typically showing the entire widescreenfilm image across the centre of the screen, leaving the very top and bottom of the screenblank (black).Widescreen 16:9Choose ‘Widescreen 16:9’ for use with a true widescreen TV (with the screen almost twice as wideas it is high).When a DVD includes the widescreen (letterbox) format, it will completely fill thescreen. If a DVD is published with only the pan-and-scan (traditional TV) video format, this setting willcause it to be shown in the centre of the wide TV screen, with black filling in the empty space left andright of the picture.system settings13