User manual MERIDIAN AUDIO 596

[. . . ] Meridian 596 DVD Player u s e r g u id e Meridian 596 DVD Player User Guide Preface i Sales and service in the UK Meridian Audio Ltd Stonehill Stukeley Meadows Cambs PE29 6EX England Tel (01480) 52144 Fax (01480) 459934 World Wide Web http://www. meridian-audio. com Part no: 596 Copyright © 2000 Meridian Audio Ltd Dolby, Dolby Digital, Pro Logic, AC-3, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Preface Sales and service in the USA Meridian America Inc 3800 Camp Creek Parkway Building 2400 Suite 122 Atlanta GA 30331 Tel (404) 344 7111 Fax (404) 346 7111 Meridian Audio Ltd Stonehill Stukeley Meadows Cambs PE29 6EX England and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. This guide was produced by Human-Computer Interface Ltd, http://www. interface. co. uk Designed and manufactured in the UK by Boothroyd|Stuart Meridian, Meridian, and Meridian Digital Theatre are registered trademarks of Meridian Audio Ltd. [. . . ] Take care not to forget your password, or you will need to The rating level you have set will be displayed in the Playback options menu. contact your Meridian dealer to reset it for you. q Enter the four-digit password you want to use and press Enter to select it. Note: The password cannot start with a zero. 25 Advanced features 26 Advanced features Setting default options The DVD format allows disc manufacturers to provide a wide range of options on DVD video discs, and the 596 DVD Player allows you to choose between these options. Which of these features is available depends on the DVD video disc you are playing. For information about changing these options refer to the chapter Advanced features, page 17. For convenience the 596 DVD Player allows you to set a default choice for most of these options, so that when you first insert a disc it starts playing with your preferred settings. This chapter explains how to set up the default options using the DVD player's Setup menu. The options described in this chapter are only available using the Meridian System Remote. Setting default options The default options are divided into the following five menus of settings: q If necessary switch on the DVD player and press * if a disc is Menu Playback options Description The audio, subtitle, and menu languages. Video setup Audio setup Meridian setup Information The display settings. The region code and engineering information. You choose the menu of settings you want from the main Setup menu. The main Setup menu will be displayed: currently playing. q Press Setup. To display the Setup menu 28 Setting default options To select an option from a menu q Press A or V to highlight the option you want: q Press Enter to select the option. Setting default options To return to the previous menu q Press Return. To exit from the setup menus q Press Setup. 29 Selecting the default languages The Playback options menu lets you change the default language for the audio soundtrack, subtitles, and on-screen menus, and the parental rating: The Audio language menu is displayed: q Press <, >, A, or V to highlight the default soundtrack language you want to use, or select Original to choose the Setting default options To select the default soundtrack language Most DVD video discs include a selection of soundtrack languages. English is usually the default soundtrack language, but you can use the Audio language menu to set a different default language if you prefer. original soundtrack language, and press Enter. To set the default subtitle language DVD video discs can include subtitles in up to 32 different languages. The 596 DVD Player allows you to select whether subtitles are q Highlight Audio in the Playback options menu, and press Enter. displayed by default, and specify the preferred language if it is available on the disc. 30 q Highlight Subtitles in the Playback options menu, and press Enter. To select the disc menu language The 596 DVD Player allows you to choose the language for the The Subtitle language menu is displayed: disc menus. q Highlight Menu in the Playback options menu and press Enter. The Menu language menu is displayed: q Press <, >, A, or V to highlight the language you want to use, and press Enter. Alternatively, select Auto to automatically display subtitles in the specified audio language if no soundtrack is available for that language. q Use A or V to highlight the language you want to use, and press Enter. 31 Setting default options Selecting the display settings The Video setup menu lets you change the video and operational settings of the 596 DVD Player: q Highlight Display aspect in the Video setup menu, and press Enter. The Display aspect ratio menu is displayed: Note: The SCART switch option only appears with the SCART version of the 596. Setting default options q Press V or A to select the format of your TV, and press To set the default picture format Some DVD video discs allow you to choose between the 4:3 (normal television) or 16:9 (widescreen) picture formats. If you have a standard 4:3 television you also have the choice of displaying widescreen pictures cropped to fill your television screen (pan-scan), or with black bars above and below the picture (letterbox). Enter. Note: The pan-scan feature is not available on some discs, in which case letterbox format will be used. To select the video output format This option should be set according to which of the S-video or COMPONENT video outputs you are using. 32 q Highlight Video output in the Video setup menu, and press Enter. The options depend on which version of the 596 you have; see below. [. . . ] Do not create folders within the folders. Tracks and albums are played in the order in which they are The stop timeout automatically fades the screen to black if the 596 is left in stop mode and no key has been pressed for the specified time. recorded onto the CD-ROM. Usually this will be in alphabetical order of filename. 58 Troubleshooting Maintenance Cleaning When cleaning the DVD player bear in mind that the front of the DVD player is plastic, and the display panel and lid are glass. The electrical digital output should be treated in a similar way. [. . . ]