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5 Watching Multilingual DVD Discs
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Some DVD discs are recorded with soundtracks and/or subtitles in several languages. A
disc might contain the original soundtrack, a dubbed version, plus subtitles in three or
four languages. You're free to select any combination: the original soundtrack with no
subtitles; original soundtrack with subtitles; or dubbed soundtrack and subtitles. The
only limitation is what is recorded on the disc.
Switching audio language during
playback
Once a multilingual DVD disc is playing, you can switch the soundtrack language by
pressing AUDIO. Press repeatedly to cycle through all the different languages
available on the disc.
You may also be able to select an audio language from the disc menu of a multilin-
gual disc: Press
TOP MENU and follow the on-screen displays.
Selecting subtitle language
during playback
Once a subtitled DVD disc is playing, you can switch the subtitle language by pressing
SUBTITLE. Press repeatedly to cycle through all the languages available on the disc.
To switch subtitles off, press
SUBTITLE then CLEAR.
You may also be able to select a subtitle language from the disc menu of a multilin-
gual disc: Press
TOP MENU and follow the on-screen displays.
Switching Languages on Playback
Setting Language Preferences
You can set up the player with your preferred language settings so the player
automatically switches languages for you whenever you load a disc.
The DVD standard recognizes 136 languages. You can select any of these as your
preferred language, but that doesn't mean that you'll always be able to watch a disc in
that language—it just depends what is recorded on the disc.
Out of the box, the player's default settings are:
Audio language - English
Subtitle language - English
Auto language - On
This last setting means that the player selects the original soundtrack whenever
possible: if the original soundtrack is in your preferred language, then it won't also
show the subtitles; if it's a foreign-language soundtrack but there are subtitles
available in your preferred language, then it will select those.
Remember: you can still switch languages at anytime during playback.