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8 SLOW AND STEP
Use the
slow forward and slow backward buttons to put the PMDT into a
slow motion mode (either forward or backward). Note that the steps be-
tween one frame and the next are larger when moving backward than
when moving forward. This is a result of the way MPEG video is en-
coded on the disc, and is completely normal.
Use the step + and step – buttons to move one frame at a time through
the DVD being watched, forward and backward respectively. Note that
the steps between one frame and the next are larger when moving back-
ward than when moving forward. This is a result of the way MPEG video
is encoded on the disc, and is completely normal.
9 SUBTITLE, ANGLE, ASPECT, AUDIO
subtitle: Click the subtitle button to toggle subtitles on and off. The lan-
guage used by default depends on the setting in the Audio Setup menu.
However, you can also cycle through the available languages to tempo-
rarily change the language you see on-screen, by pressing and holding
the
subtitle button, and then making a selection from among the lan-
guages available on that disc. (A popup menu gives you your options.)
These will vary from one disc to the next, depending on what the author
of the disc decided to include. But the
subtitle button gives you easy ac-
cess to all of them, and to turning them off entirely.
angle: Use the angle button to explore the various camera angles that
may have been included on the DVD you are watching. Again, pressing
this button will cycle you through the available camera angles (assuming
there are any), returning you to where you started after you reach the
end of the list.
aspect: Use the aspect ratio button for quick access to the different as-
pect ratios supported by the disc you are watching. Depending on how
the DVD is produced, you may have as many as three different options:
• 4:3 pan & scan , in which the picture will fill a normal 4:3 dis-
play at all times.
• 4:3 letterbox , in which a wide aspect ratio film is placed
within a 4:3 frame, leaving black bars above and below the
picture.
• 16:9 Widescreen , in which an anamorphically squeezed 4:3
picture (with tall, thin people) is passed to your 16:9 televi-
sion, which should have the capability to “unsqueeze” it to its
widescreen format, retaining the highest possible resolution.
• zoom , which is accessed by pressing and holding the
aspect button, and then pressing enter once the popup menu
appears. This feature allows you to “zoom in” on a section of
the screen. The
up/down/left/right buttons allow you to slide
the zoomed-in area appropriately, to whatever caught your
interest. To exit the zoom feature, press the
prog button on
the remote control.