5 Watching Multilingual DVD Discs
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Press SETUP and select LANGUAGE >
SUBTITLE DISPLAY, then your preferred setting.
Selecting
Assist Subtitle
turns on both dialog and assistive subtitles—
you cannot display only the assistive subtitles.
If you select
Off
, you can still display subtitles during playback by pressing
SUBTITLE
(see
Selecting subtitle language during playback
on page 30).
Changing default subtitles
A small number of discs show default subtitles, regardless of your language prefer-
ences. The Subtitle Off setting overrides this.
Note:
To access this option, the setup menu must be set to expert. (Press
SETUP
and
select
General > Setup Menu Mode > Expert
.)
Press SETUP and select LANGUAGE >
SUBTITLE OFF, then your preferred setting.
Select
With Audio
to get subtitles in the same language as the preferred
audio language. For subtitles in the same language as the preferred subtitle
language, choose
Selected Subtitle
.
Switching off Auto Language
The factory setting for Auto Language is
On
. This means that discs that are originally
in your preferred language will play without subtitles. When the original soundtrack is
in a foreign language, you'll get subtitles in your preferred language. If you want to
override the Auto Language feature, here's how to switch it off:
Press SETUP and select LANGUAGE > AUTO
LANGUAGE > OFF.
Auto Language remains off until you switch it back on.
Selecting the disc menu language
Some multilingual discs have disc menus recorded in several languages. If you have
this kind of disc loaded, here's how to switch language.
Note:
To access this option, the setup menu must be set to expert. (Press
SETUP
and
select
General > Setup Menu Mode > Expert
.)
Press SETUP and select LANGUAGE > DVD
LANGUAGE, then your choice of language.
w/Subtitle Language
automatically sets it to the same as your preferred
subtitle language.
Choose
Other
if you want to select a language not shown. See
Selecting
OTHER languages
on page 31 for how to select a different language.
You may also be able to select a disc menu language from the disc menu
itself: Press
TOP
MENU
and follow the on-screen displays.
OSD Language – English
Audio Language – English
Subtitle Language – Spanish
Auto Language On
Audio1
General
Language
Video
2
Move
Exit
Off
On
SETUP
OSD Language – English
Audio Language – English
Subtitle Language – Spanish
DVD Language - English
Subtitle Off - Selected Subtitle
Auto Language – On
Subtitle Display On
Audio1
General
Language
Video
2
Move
Exit
ENTER
Enter
Off
Assist Subtitle
On
SETUP
OSD Language – English
Audio Language – English
Subtitle Language – Spanish
DVD Language – English
Subtitle Off Selected Subtitle
Auto Language – On
Subtitle Display - On
Audio1
General
Language
Video
2
Move
Exit
With Audio
Selected Subtitle
SETUP
OSD Language – English
Audio Language – English
Subtitle Language Japanese
DVD Language English
Subtitle Off - Selected Subtitle
Auto Language - On
Subtitle Display - On
Audio1
General
Language
Video
2
Move
Exit
w/ Subtitle Language
English
Spanish
Other
SETUP