VIDEO (NORMAL): select when playing
back a video source disc with few movements.
VIDEO (ACTIVE): select when playing back
a video source disc with a lot of movement.
FILM: select when playing back a film source
disc.
AUTO: select when playing back a disc con-
taining both video and film source materials.
The RDV-1050 recognizes the picture type (film
or video source) of the current disc accord-
ing to the disc information. Normally, select
this option.
Screen Saver
You can turn the screen saver ON or OFF.
Setting options: ON, OFF
MP3 and WMA/JPEG
The RDV-1050 can play MP3/WMA and JPEG
files recorded on a CD-R/CD-RW disc. How-
ever, if a disc contains both MP3/WMA and
JPEG files, you can only play files of the type
selected in this menu.
Setting options: MP3 & WMA, JPEG
MP3 & WMA: when selected, only MP3/
WMA files can be played back.
JPEG: when selected, only JPEG files can be
played back.
AUDIO menu
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT
When you connect the digital output of the RDV-
1050 to an external device equipped with a
digital input, this item must be set correctly. See
"Appendix C: Digital Output Signal Chart" for
details about the relation between the setting
and output signals.
Setting options: PCM ONLY, DOLBY DIGI-
TAL/PCM, STREAM/PCM
PCM ONLY: select when you connect the
DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050 to the
linear PCM digital input of other audio equip-
ment.
DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM: select when you
connect the DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050
to the digital input of a Dolby Digital decoder
or an amplifier with a built-in Dolby Digital
decoder. When this option is selected, play-
ing back a disc recorded by the MPEG Mul-
tichannel format outputs a linear PCM digi-
tal signal.
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STREAM/PCM: select when you connect the
DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050 to the
digital input of an amplifier with a built-in DTS,
MPEG Multichannel or Dolby Digital decoder,
or the stand-alone unit of such a decoder.
• With some DVD VIDEO discs that are not
fully copy-protected, a 20 or 24 bit digital
signal may be output.
• A signal recorded with the 96 kHz or higher
sampling frequency is output from the DIGI-
TAL OUT jack with the 48 kHz sampling
frequency.
• When playing a DVD VIDEO or Audio CD
disc with DTS, use a DTS decoder to get cor-
rect signals from your speakers.
ANALOG OUTPUT
To correctly play the audio on a DVD VIDEO
disc recorded with surround multichannel au-
dio, you must set this item properly according
to your audio system configuration. (This func-
tion does not work when the VSS function is
activated.)
Setting options: 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND,
2-CH STEREO, MULTI CHANNEL
2-CH DOLBY SURROUND: select when
listening to multichannel surround audio with
the analog AUDIO OUT terminals of the
RDV-1050 connected to a surround decoder.
2-CH STEREO: select when listening to con-
ventional two-channel stereo audio with the
AUDIO OUT terminals of the RDV-1050 con-
nected to a stereo amplifier/receiver or tele-
vision set, or in case you want to record the
audio from a DVD VIDEO disc to MiniDisc,
cassette, etc.
MULTI CHANNEL: select when listening to
multichannel surround audio in a system where
the 5.1 audio outputs of the RDV-1050 are
connected to an amplifier equipped with 5.1
channel inputs.
NOTE: With some DVD AUDIO discs, the
track is prohibited from downmixing to 2-
channel stereo audio. With such discs, even
if you select 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND or
2-CH STEREO, the downmixing function
does not work. In this case, MULTI CH ap-
pears on the display window for about 2 to
3 seconds.
D. RANGE CONTROL
This setting provides optimal audio quality from
the analog AUDIO OUT terminals when lis-
tening to DVD VIDEO discs recorded in Dolby
Digital format, at low or middle volume.
Setting options: WIDE RANGE, NORMAL,
TV MODE
WIDE RANGE: when selected, audio is
played back with the widest dynamic range
so that you can enjoy powerful playback sound.
NORMAL: normally, select this option.
TV MODE: select if DVD Video disc sound
level is lower than TV program sound level.
This lets you clearly hear sound at lower vol-
ume levels.
OUTPUT LEVEL
This setting allows you to attenuate the level of
the signal output from the analog AUDIO OUT
terminals of the RDV-1050.
Setting options: STANDARD, LOW
If the sound output from the speaker is dis-
torted, select LOW.
SPK.SETTING menu
This menu can be selected only when ANA-
LOG OUT in the AUDIO preference display is
set to MULTI CHANNEL.
MODE: You can select the speaker configu-
ration type according to your speaker systems.
Setting options: 5.1 CH., EXPERT
5.1 CH.: select when you connect the unit
to a 5.1-channel amplifier and use the front,
surround, center and subwoofer speakers.
EXPERT: Select when you want to adjust the
audio output of the RDV-1050 to match the
characteristics of your speakers. The SIZE, DE-
LAY, and LEVEL setting items are available. See
the "Fine Tuning for Your Speakers" section
that follows for information on how to adjust
these three items.
NOTE: If you connect the digital outputs of
the RDV-1050 to an external Dolby Digital
or DTS decoder, and set DIGITAL AUDIO
OUTPUT in the AUDIO preference display
to STREAM/PCM, the three Expert settings
do not affect the output signal. Adjust the
speaker settings of the external decoder in-
stead.
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