Dvd Setup; Language Setting; Display Setting - Denon DVD-558 Operating Instructions Manual

DVD SETUP

In Setup menu, QUICK mode, CUSTOM mode and INITIALIZE mode (refer to pages 23-25) are available.
QUICK mode consists of the setting menus frequently used, and they are accompanied with
You can make all settings in CUSTOM mode.

Language Setting

Language options are not available with some discs.
1
Press the SETUP button in stop mode.
2
Press the Cursor buttons (s or B) to select CUSTOM,
then press the ENTER button.
• The custom mode will appear.
3
Press the Cursor buttons (s or B) to select LANGUAGE,
then press the ENTER button to confirm.
4
Press the Cursor buttons (K or L) to select an item, then
press the ENTER button.
DIALOG (Default : ORIGINAL)
• Sets the audio language.
SUBTITLE (Default : OFF)
• Sets the subtitle language.
DISC MENU (Default : ENGLISH)
• Sets the language for DVD Menu.
QUICK
OSD (Default : ENGLISH)
• Sets the language for the On-Screen display.
5
Press the Cursor buttons (K or L) to select a setting,
then press the ENTER button.
• If OTHER is selected in the DIALOG, SUBTITLE or DISC
MENU, press four-digit number to enter the code for the de-
sired language (refer to the language code list on page 25).
• Only the languages supported by the disc can be selected.
6
Press the SETUP button to exit and activate the new set-
tings.
NOTE:
• Language Setting for DIALOG and SUBTITLE may not be
available with some discs. Then use the AUDIO and
SUBTITLE buttons. Details are on page 21.

Display Setting

You can change certain aspects of the DVD display screens,
still mode setting, Progressive and HDMI settings.
1
Press the SETUP button in stop mode.
2
Press the Cursor buttons (s or B) to select CUSTOM,
then press the ENTER button.
• The custom mode will appear.
3
Press the Cursor buttons (s or B) to
select DISPLAY, then press the
ENTER button to confirm.
4
Press the Cursor buttons (K or L)
to select an item, then press the
ENTER button.
TV ASPECT (Default : 4:3 LETTER BOX)
• Press the Cursor buttons (K or
L) for an item selection, then
press the ENTER button.
• Select 4:3 LETTER BOX for a
black bars appears on top and
bottom of the screen.
• Select 4:3 PAN & SCAN for a full
height picture with both sides
trimmed.
• Select 16:9 WIDE if a wide-screen TV is connected to the
DVD player.
• Select 4:3 SQUEEZE when the TV screen is too large hor-
izontally at 16:9 WIDE setting and when it is impossible to
adjust the screen size using the TV's controls.
STILL MODE (Default : AUTO)
• Press the Cursor buttons (K or
L) for an item selection (AUTO,
FIELD, or FRAME), then press the
ENTER button.
• This function allows you to adjust
picture resolution and quality in
still mode.
• An individual picture on TV screen is called as "frame",
which consists of two separate images called as "field".
Some pictures may be blurred at the AUTO setting in still
mode due to their data characteristics.
• AUTO:
• FIELD:
• FRAME: Select FRAME to display relatively motionless pic-
TV TYPE (Default: MULTI)
• Press the Cursor buttons (K or L)
LANGUAGE
to select a setting, then press the
DIALOG ORIGINAL
ENTER button.
SUBTITLE OFF
DISC MENU ENGLISH
• Select a video system setting
OSD ENGLISH
between MULTI, NTSC and PAL.
• NTSC: Select this when your TV's
• PAL:
• MULTI: Automatically selects the suitable video out system
- For the discs recorded with NTSC system, the NTSC sig-
nal will be output and pictures of the discs can be viewed
on an NTSC or Multi system TV.
- For the discs recorded with PAL system, the PAL signal
will be output and pictures of the discs can be viewed on
a PAL system TV.
NOTE:
• If the AC power cord is disconnected while the unit is
turned on, the video format of opening screen is altered. To
keep the format, turn the unit off before unplugging the AC
power cord.
PROGRESSIVE (Default: OFF)
• Press the Cursor buttons (K or L)
for set PROGRESSIVE to ON or
OFF, then press the ENTER button.
DISPLAY • The setting will be effective when
TV ASPECT 4:3 LETTER BOX
you exit the setup screen by
STILL MODE AUTO
TV TYPE MULTI
pressing SETUP.
PROGRESSIVE OFF
PROG.MODE AUTO1
• When PROGRESSIVE is ON,
HDMI SELECT YCbCr
HDMI PICTURE NORMAL
P .SCAN appears on the DVD player's
display after you exit the setup screen.
• Refer to page 11 for more details.
QUICK
PROG.MODE (Default: AUTO1)
• Press the Cursor buttons (K or L)
to select a setting (AUTO1,
AUTO2, or VIDEO), then press the
DISPLAY
TV ASPECT
ENTER button.
4:3 LETTER BOX
4:3 PAN & SCAN • For HDMI or Component Video
16:9 WIDE
4:3 SQUEEZE connection, this function allows
you to select the image output,
depending on the base material (video or film) of the
recorded DVD images, when PROGRESSIVE is ON.
• AUTO1: Automatically selects the best image output
• AUTO2: A combination of the top and bottom fields is
• VIDEO: Either of top or bottom field is output for one-frame
DISPLAY
STILL MODE
AUTO
FIELD
FRAME
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Automatically selects the best resolution setting
(FRAME or FIELD) based on the data character-
istics of the pictures.
Select FIELD when the pictures are still unstable
even if AUTO is selected. FIELD stabilizes the
pictures, although the picture quality may
become coarse due to the limited amount of
data.
tures in higher resolution. FRAME improves the
picture quality, although it may unstabilize the pic-
tures due to simultaneous output of two field data.
video format is NTSC. If NTSC is selected, output
format is fixed to NTSC.
Select this when your TV's video format is PAL. If
PAL is selected, output format is fixed to PAL.
(PAL/NTSC) according to the format of the inserted disc.
QUICK
(AUTO2 or VIDEO) based on the information of
data stream.
output as one-frame image.
image.
mark.
QUICK
DISPLAY
TV TYPE
NTSC
PAL
MULTI
DISPLAY
TV ASPECT 4:3 LETTER BOX
STILL MODE AUTO
TV TYPE MULTI
PROGRESSIVE OFF
PROG.MODE AUTO1
HDMI SELECT YCbCr
HDMI PICTURE NORMAL
DISPLAY
PROG. MODE
AUTO1
AUTO2
VIDEO
EN