Panasonic dvd-s31 User Manual

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The original language of each disc is selected.

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Input a code number with the numbered buttons (

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 page 19).

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If the language selected for “Audio” is not available, subtitles of that 
language will automatically appear if available on that disc.

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Units for U.S.A., Canada and with PX printed on the outer packaging

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Units for the Middle East, South Africa, Russia, Australia and N.Z.

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Units for Asia.

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Prohibits play of DVD-Video with corresponding ratings recorded on 
them.

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Audio will be heard when playing some DVD-Audio despite the settings 
you make here.

 (Underlined items are the factory preset.)

Audio
Choose the audio language.

English

(Language options)

Original

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Other 

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French

Spanish

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French

German

Italian

Spanish

Portuguese

Swedish

Dutch

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Chinese

Subtitle
Choose the subtitle language.

Automatic

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English

(Language options) Other 

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Menus
Choose the language for disc menus.

English

(Language options)

Other 

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Ratings (

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 page 19)

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Set a ratings level to limit DVD-Video play.

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The password screen is shown if you choose levels 0 to 7 or if you choose 

“Ratings” when levels 0 to 7 have been selected.

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Select “Level 0” to prevent play of discs that do not have ratings levels recorded 

on them.

Setting ratings (When level 8 is selected)
8 No Limit

1 to 7

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0 Lock All

Changing ratings (When level 0–7 is selected)
Unlock Player

Change Password

Change Level

Temporary Unlock

TV Aspect (

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 page 7)

Choose the setting to suit your television and preference.

4:3 Pan&Scan

4:3 Letterbox

16:9

Progressive Out (Component)
Choose “Enable” to enable progressive output.

Disable
Enable

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Enable (NTSC Disc Only)

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Still Mode
Specify the type of picture shown when paused.

Automatic

Field

Frame

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Change the black level of the picture if you connected a television through the 
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminals.

Lighter:

When connected through VIDEO OUT or S 
VIDEO OUT

Darker:

When connected through COMPONENT 
VIDEO OUT (Y/P

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Choose PAL 60 or NTSC output when playing NTSC discs (

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 page 6—Video 

systems).

PAL60:

When connected to a PAL television

NTSC:

When connected to an NTSC television

(For Asia: “NTSC” is the factory preset.)

PCM Down Conversion (

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 page 19)

No

Yes

Dolby Digital (

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 page 19)

Bitstream

PCM

DTS Digital Surround (

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 page 19)

PCM

Bitstream

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 (

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 page 19)

PCM

Bitstream

Dynamic Range Compression (Dolby Digital only)
Change the dynamic range for late night viewing.

Off

On

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Choose whether to have sound during search.

On

Off

Menu Language
Choose the language for these menus and the on-screen messages.

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English

Français

Español

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English

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Español

Português

Svenska

Nederlands

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English

On-Screen Messages
Choose whether to show on-screen messages or not.

On

Off

FL Dimmer
Changes the brightness of the unit’s display.

Bright
Dim
Auto: The display is dimmed during play, but brightens 

when you perform operations such as slow-
motion, search, and pause.

Mixed disc – Audio & Stills (DVD-S35 only)
Select the type of file played on discs containing both JPEG and WMA/MP3. 
(Reload the disc for the setting to be effective.)

Audio (MP3/WMA)
Stills (JPEG)

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Select how to play pictures contained on some DVD-Audio.
The setting returns to “Off” when you remove the disc or turn the unit off.

Off: DVD-Audio are played as DVD-Audio.
On: You can play DVD-Video content on DVD-Audio.

Off
On: A demonstration of the on-screen displays 

starts. Press any button to stop it.

QUICK SETUP (

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 page 7)

Answer questions to make basic settings.

Yes

No

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See page 18 for menu and option details.

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The QUICK SETUP screen appears when you press [SETUP] the 

first time after purchase (

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The screen changes to display the menu.

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The screen now shows the menu again.

To return to the previous screen
Press [RETURN].
To exit the SETUP menu
Press [SETUP].

[DVD-V]

The password screen is shown when you select levels 0 to 7.
1. Input a 4-digit password with the numbered buttons.

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If you enter a wrong number, press [CANCEL] to erase it.

2. Press [ENTER].

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The lock symbol appears closed to show the rating is locked.

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3. Press [ENTER] to confirm the 4 digits.

[DVD-A] [DVD-V]

Change the settings when you have connected equipment through this 
unit’s DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal (OPTICAL).

Select how to output audio with a sampling frequency of 96 kHz or 
88.2 kHz.

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Select “Yes” if the equipment you connect cannot process signals with a 

sampling frequency of 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.

No (Factory preset): Output as 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz

Yes: Converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz

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Signals are converted to either 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz despite the above 

settings if the signals have a sampling frequency of over 96 kHz, or the 
disc has copy protection.

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Some equipment cannot handle sampling frequencies of 88.2 kHz, even 

if they can handle 96 kHz. Read your equipment’s operating instructions 
for details.

Bitstream (Factory preset for Dolby Digital):
Select if the equipment you connected can decode the signal.

PCM (Factory preset for DTS Digital Surround and MPEG

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Select if the equipment you connected cannot decode the signal.

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MPEG: Units for the Middle East, South Africa, Russia, Australia and 

N.Z.

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Now, when you insert a DVD-Video that exceeds the ratings limit you 
set, a message appears on the television.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

Abkhazian:

6566

Afar:

6565

Afrikaans:

6570

Albanian:

8381

Ameharic:

6577

Arabic:

6582

Armenian:

7289

Assamese:

6583

Aymara:

6588

Azerbaijani:

6590

Bashkir:

6665

Basque:

6985

Bengali; Bangla: 6678
Bhutani:

6890

Bihari:

6672

Breton:

6682

Bulgarian:

6671

Burmese:

7789

Byelorussian:

6669

Cambodian:

7577

Catalan:

6765

Chinese:

9072

Corsican:

6779

Croatian:

7282

Czech:

6783

Danish:

6865

Dutch:

7876

English:

6978

Esperanto:

6979

Estonian:

6984

Faroese:

7079

Fiji:

7074

Finnish:

7073

French:

7082

Frisian:

7089

Galician:

7176

Georgian:

7565

German:

6869

Greek:

6976

Greenlandic:

7576

Guarani:

7178

Gujarati:

7185

Hausa:

7265

Hebrew:

7387

Hindi:

7273

Hungarian:

7285

Icelandic:

7383

Indonesian:

7378

Interlingua:

7365

Irish:

7165

Italian:

7384

Japanese:

7465

Javanese:

7487

Kannada:

7578

Kashmiri:

7583

Kazakh:

7575

Kirghiz:

7589

Korean:

7579

Kurdish:

7585

Laotian:

7679

Latin:

7665

Latvian, Lettish: 7686
Lingala:

7678

Lithuanian:

7684

Macedonian:

7775

Malagasy:

7771

Malay:

7783

Malayalam:

7776

Maltese:

7784

Maori:

7773

Marathi:

7782

Moldavian:

7779

Mongolian:

7778

Nauru:

7865

Nepali:

7869

Norwegian:

7879

Oriya:

7982

Pashto, Pushto: 8083
Persian:

7065

Polish:

8076

Portuguese:

8084

Punjabi:

8065

Quechua:

8185

Rhaeto-Romance: 8277
Romanian:

8279

Russian:

8285

Samoan:

8377

Sanskrit:

8365

Scots Gaelic:

7168

Serbian:

8382

Serbo-Croatian: 8372
Shona:

8378

Sindhi:

8368

Singhalese:

8373

Slovak:

8375

Slovenian:

8376

Somali:

8379

Spanish:

6983

Sundanese:

8385

Swahili:

8387

Swedish:

8386

Tagalog:

8476

Tajik:

8471

Tamil:

8465

Tatar:

8484

Telugu:

8469

Thai:

8472

Tibetan:

6679

Tigrinya:

8473

Tonga:

8479

Turkish:

8482

Turkmen:

8475

Twi:

8487

Ukrainian:

8575

Urdu:

8582

Uzbek:

8590

Vietnamese:

8673

Volapük:

8679

Welsh:

6789

Wolof:

8779

Xhosa:

8872

Yiddish:

7473

Yoruba:

8979

Zulu:

9085