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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.

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.