Owners Manual

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English
RDV-1040 DVD Player
Repeat Playback
To Repeat the Current
Selection or All Tracks
For DVD VIDEO: During playback –
For SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD: In any con-
dition except SVCD/ Video CD playback with
PBC –
Press REPEAT
3
. If you press REPEAT in stop
mode, press
(PLAY)
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to start playback.
Each time you press REPEAT, the repeat mode
cycles among All Repeat, Repeat 1 and Off.
The indication on the display window shows
the selected repeat mode.
: Repeats the current title for DVD VIDEO
or all tracks for SVCD/Video CD/Au-
dio CD.
1: Repeats the current chapter for DVD
VIDEO or the current track for SVCD/
Video CD/Audio CD.
No indication: The repeat mode is off.
A window which indicates the current repeat
mode will be displayed on the TV screen. The
mode indication on the window is the same
as the one on the menu bar.
Repeat mode example on the TV screen
To Stop Repeat Playback
Press ■ (STOP)
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.
When a DVD VIDEO disc is set, the RDV-1040
stops playback and quits the repeat mode.
When an SVCD, Video CD or Audio CD disc
is set, the RDV-1040 stops playback but does
not quit the repeat mode.
To Quit Repeat Playback
Press REPEAT
3
until the repeat mode indi-
cator goes off in the display window.
NOTES: When the program playback mode
is active with an SVCD, Video CD or Audio
CD, the repeat mode changes in the same
manner.
Note, however, that in the
mode the
RDV-1040 repeats all the programmed
tracks instead of all tracks on the disc.
The repeat playback may not work with
some discs, even if you select one of the re-
peat modes.
To Repeat a Specified Part
(A-B repeat playback)
First make sure: The RDV-1040 is in play-
back mode except SVCD/Video CD playback
with PBC.
1 Press ON SCREEN
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twice. The menu bar
appears on the TV screen.
2 Press  / to move
to , then press
ENTER
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. The pull-down menu for repeat
mode selection appears.
3 Press / to select A-B.
4 Press ENTER at the beginning of the part you
want to repeat (point A). The pull down menu
disappears. The repeat icon
A-
shows.
5 Press ENTER at the end of the part you want
to repeat (point B). The repeat icon
A-B
shows . The RDV-1040 locates “A” and starts
repeat playback between “A” and “B.” The
indicator lights in the display window.
To Quit A-B Repeat Playback
Press / to move to
A-B
, and press
ENTER
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. The A-B repeat mode turns off,
then normal playback continues.
NOTE: The A and B points must be set in
the same title/track.
Changing the Language,
Sound and Scene Angle
Selecting the Subtitle
Language (SUBTITLE)
Some DVD VIDEO and SVCD discs contain
more than one subtitle language. You can
choose a desired one from them. At the be-
ginning of the part where the subtitles are
recorded,
appears on the TV screen (ex-
cept when the ON SCREEN GUIDE preference
is set to OFF).
1 During playback, press SUBTITLE
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. The
subtitle selection window appears on the TV
screen.
2 Press / or SUBTITLE to select the sub-
title. Each time you press / or SUBTITLE,
the subtitle language changes.
3 Press ENTER
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. Subtitles are displayed
in the selected language. The subtitle selection
window is dismissed.
NOTES: An SVCD disc can have up to four
subtitles. Pressing
 /  cycles through
those channels regardless of whether the
subtitles are recorded or not.
The subtitle selection window will auto-
matically disappear if you do not change
the subtitle for several seconds.
For DVD VIDEO, the selected language
may be abbreviated on the TV screen. See
“Appendix B: Table of languages and their
abbreviations”.
Changing the Audio Language
or Sound (AUDIO)
The audio selection setting allows you to change
the audio language of a movie, or to listen to
karaoke with or without the vocal. At the be-
ginning of the part where multiple audio tracks
are recorded,
appears on the TV screen
(except when the ON SCREEN GUIDE pref-
erence is set to OFF).
1 During playback, press AUDIO
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. The
audio selection window appears on the TV
screen.
2 Press / or AUDIO to select the desired
audio. Each time you press  /  or
AUDIO, the audio changes.
For DVD VIDEO (example)
For SVCD
For Video CD
3 Press ENTER
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. The selected audio is heard
and the audio selection window disappears.
NOTES: The audio selection window will
automatically disappear if you do not
change the audio within several seconds.
For DVD VIDEO, the selected language
may be abbreviated on the TV screen. See
“Appendix B: Table of languages and their
abbreviations”.
Selecting a Scene Angle
(ANGLE)
You can view a variety of scene angles if the
DVD VIDEO disc contains “multi-angle” parts,
where multiple cameras were used to shoot the
same scene from different angles. At the be-
ginning of a “multi-angle” part,
appears
on the TV screen (except when the ON SCREEN
GUIDE preference is set to OFF).
1 During playback, press ANGLE
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. The
angle selection window appears on the TV
screen.
2 Press / or ANGLE to select the desired
angle. Each time you press / or ANGLE,
the angle changes.
3 Press ENTER
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.
You will see the picture from the selected angle.
The angle selection window disappears.
NOTE: The angle selection window will au-
tomatically disappear if you do not change
the angle for several seconds.
Special Picture/Sound
Effects
To Zoom In On Pictures
1 During playback or while paused, press
ZOOM
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. Pressing ZOOM causes the
RDV-1040 to zoom in on the image. At the
top left of the screen, the information for the
current magnification appears for about 5
seconds. Each time you press ZOOM, the
magnification is doubled (1.8, 4, 8, 16, 32
and 64 times).
When a picture of a DVD VIDEO disc is
viewed on a normal TV screen (4:3, Letter
Box), black bars may appear at the top and
bottom of the screen. In this case, if you select
the “ZOOM x1.8” mode, the black bars be-
come almost invisible. When a 1:2.35 or
1:1.85 DVD VIDEO source is played back,
however, the black bars are visible on the
screen.
2 Press // / to move the zoomed po-
sition.
To return to the normal playback press
ENTER
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.
NOTE: When you are zoomed in on a pic-
ture the image may look coarse.
To Adjust the Picture Quality
(VFP)
The VFP (Video Fine Processor) function allows
you to adjust the picture quality according to
the type of programming, picture tone or per-
sonal preferences.
1 During playback, press VFP
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. The VFP
mode selection window appears on the TV
screen.
2 Press  / to select the desired preset. Each
time you press the button, the VFP mode
changes as follows. Set the video type most
suitable to the current program or the room
conditions.
USER 1
BRIGHTNESS
GAMMA
CONTRAST
SATURATION
TINT
SHARPNESS
Y DELAY
+ 4
+ 4
+13
+13
+13
+ 3
+ 2
Selected preset
Parameter
NORMAL: for watching TV in a general room.
CINEMA: for watching a movie in a room with
suppressed light.
USER 1 USER 2: you can adjust parameters
that affect the picture character and store the
settings as a user preset. See the next step.
3 To define a user setting, press / to se-
lect a parameter to be edited from the fol-
lowing.
GAMMA: Adjust this if the neutral color is
bright or dark. The brightness of dark and bright
portion is maintained. Available range: –4
(darkest) to +4 (brightest).
BRIGHTNESS: Adjust this if the picture is
bright or dark on the whole. Available range:
–16 (darkest) to +16 (brightest).
CONTRAST: Adjust this if the far and near
position is unnatural. Available range: –16 to
+16.
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