User manual MERIDIAN AUDIO 800

[. . . ] Meridian 800 Reference DVD/CD Player User Guide Drive A Repeat Drive B DVD CD Meridian 800 Off i PREFACE Copyright and acknowledgements Sales and service in the UK Meridian Audio Ltd Stonehill Stukeley Meadows Cambs PE29 6EX England Tel (01480) 445678 Fax (01480) 445686 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 World Wide Web ­ http://www. meridian-audio. com Designed and manufactured in the UK by Meridian Audio Ltd Stonehill Stukeley Meadows Cambs PE29 6EX England Copyright © 1999-2001 Meridian Audio Ltd. Part no: 800U/4 Dolby, Pro Logic, AC-3, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Lucasfilm, THX, and THX Cinema are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. MP3 is a registered trademark of Thompson Multimedia. [. . . ] · Highlight Audio in the Playback options menu, and press Enter. The Audio language menu is displayed: · Press <, >, A, or V to highlight the default soundtrack language you want to use, or select Original to choose the original soundtrack language, and press Enter. 38 CONFIGURING DISC OPTIONS To set the default subtitle language DVD-Video discs can include subtitles in up to 32 different languages. The 800 DVD/CD Player allows you to select whether subtitles are displayed by default, and specify the preferred language if it is available on the disc. · Highlight Subtitles in the Playback options menu, and press Enter. The Subtitle language menu is displayed: · 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. To select the disc menu language The 800 DVD/CD Player allows you to choose the language for the disc menus. · Highlight Menu in the Playback options menu and press Enter. The Menu language menu is displayed: · Use A or V to highlight the language you want to use, and press Enter. 39 CONFIGURING DISC OPTIONS Selecting the display settings The Video setup menu lets you change the video and operational settings of the 800 DVD/CD Player: To specify your display format You should set the Display aspect option to the format that your display can accommodate. Select 16:9 if you have a widescreen display, or an external processor for 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). · Highlight Display aspect in the Video setup menu, and press Enter. The Display aspect ratio menu is displayed: · Press V or A to select the format of your TV, and press Enter. The pan-scan feature is not available on some discs, in which case letterbox format will be used. 40 CONFIGURING DISC OPTIONS 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. · Highlight Video output in the Video setup menu, and press Enter. The option you select will not affect the composite output, which is always available. The Video output menu is displayed: · Press V or A to highlight the appropriate option, and press Enter. Choose S video or Component to use the corresponding output. To select the black level for NTSC · Highlight Black level in the Video setup menu, and press Enter. The Black level menu is displayed: This only affects NTSC playback. · Press V or A to highlight the appropriate option, and press Enter. If you are using the Composite or S-video outputs of the DVD player you should usually select the 7. 5 IRE option. If you are using the component outputs select the option that matches your display. 41 CONFIGURING DISC OPTIONS If you use the 800 to play both NTSC and PAL material the recommended setting is 0 IRE. To select closed caption subtitles Some DVD-Videos include closed caption subtitles, which provide a description of sound effects for the hard of hearing; for example "door creaks". · Highlight Closed caption in the Video setup menu, and press Enter. The Closed captions menu is displayed: · Press V or A to highlight On or Off, and press Enter. To select the TV standard DVD movies are produced in both PAL and NTSC television formats. The 800 DVD/CD Player is capable of converting between formats, to allow you to view DVD movies in either format even if your television is not capable of displaying that format. However the conversion process introduces some picture degradation, and may disable disc menu operation on some discs. · Highlight TV standard in the Video setup menu, and press Enter. [. . . ] For more information about selecting one of the Types see Choosing a standard setting, page 50. To name the User Type · Click the Settingsicon in the left-hand panel of the Meridianwindow: · Enter a suitable name in the Type name field to identify your User Type, such as Standard . The name can have up to 12 characters. To create additional User Types If you wish you can create several User Types, and store them all to the DVD/CD player. You can then reset the DVD/CD player to any of the User Types by selecting the appropriate Type name. To create a new User Type: · Select the User Type you want to base it on in the left-hand panel of the Meridian Setup window; eg Standard . [. . . ]