Setup Menu

The NorthQ 7000/7100 can be configured in a number of ways, and this is done using the players menu system.

All the screenshots below are from my NorthQ 7100 player with the v2.01 firmware.

If you press the "SETUP" button on the remote control, this is what you get:

TOP MENU

This is the Top Menu. Here you can select what you want to do. To get to the Setup Menu, scroll down to "Setup Menu" and press "ENTER"

Here are all the setup menu choices of the NorthQ 7000/7100 with a short explanation (the selection with green background is the default value):

MAIN PAGE - General

If you enter the "General" menu, the options below will be displayed.

Picture Mode:

Selects the picture quality. The following selections are available:

	Auto
	Film
	Video
	Smart
	Super Smart

Angle Mark:

Selects if angle marks will appear when DVD's with multi-angle footage is played. The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

OSD Language:

Selects a language for on-screen-display. The following selections are available:

	English
	Chinese

Captions:

Selects if captions will be displayed or not. The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

(In order for this to work, the DVD disc must also support this function)

Screen Saver:

Selects if screen saver is on or off. The screen saver will start after one minute of inactivity. The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

MAIN PAGE - Speaker

If you enter the "Speaker" menu, the options below will be displayed.

Downmix:

Selects how to downmix audio. The following selections are available:

	Lt/Rt: Mix left and right channel.
	Stereo: Use Stereo sound.
	Off: Use 5.1 sound.

Center:

Selects if the center speaker is on or off when playing 5.1 sound. Only available if "Downmix" is set to "Off". The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

Rear:

Selects if the rear speakers is on or off when playing 5.1 sound. Only available if "Downmix" is set to "Off". The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

SubWoofer:

Selects if the subwoofer speaker is on or off when playing 5.1 sound. Only available if "Downmix" is set to "Off". The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

Center Delay:

Selects the delay for the center speaker when playing 5.1 sound. Only available if "Downmix" is set to "Off" and "Center" to "On". The following selections are available:

	Off
	1ms
	2ms
	3ms
	4ms
	5ms

Rear Delay:

Selects the delay for the rear speakers when playing 5.1 sound. Only available if "Downmix" is set to "Off" and "Rear" to "On". The following selections are available:

	Off
	3ms
	6ms
	9ms
	12ms
	15ms

Test Tone:

A test tone will be produced to check if the speakers are correctly placed. Only available if "Downmix" is set to "Off". The tone will be heard from one speaker at a time. The corresponding speaker will be highlighted on the TV screen.

The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

MAIN PAGE - Audio

If you enter the "Audio" menu, the options below will be displayed.

Audio Out:

Select which form of audio you want from the player. The following selections are available:

	Analog
	SPDIF/RAW
	SPDIF/PCM

OP Mode:

Select which type of audio you want. The following selections are available:

	Line Out
	RF Remod

Dual Mono:

Reproduction mode. The following selections are available:

	Stereo: Reproduce booth channels as is.
	L-Mono: Reproduce the left channel only.
	R-mono: Reproduce the right channel only.
	Mix-Mono: Mix both channels.

Compression:

Set dynamic range compression. The following selections are available:

	Full
	3/4
	1/2
	1/4
	Off

There is also one setting between each of the above settings.

Pro Logic:

Selects Pro Logic mode. The following selections are available:

	On
	Off
	Auto

Pro Logic II:

Selects Pro Logic II mode. The following selections are available:

	Pro Logic
	Virtual
	Music
	Movie
	Matrix
	Custom

Pro Logic II Control:

Controls Pro Logic II. Only available if Pro Logic II Mode is set to "Custom".

Dimension:

Adjusts the front/back balance. The following selections are available:

	-3
	-2
	-1
	0
	1
	2
	3

Panorama:

Wraps the sound of the front left and right speakers around you. The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

Center Width:

Allows you to gradually spread the center channel sound into the front left and right speakers. The following selections are available:

	0
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7

Surround Filter:

The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

Surround Coherence:

The following selections are available:

	On
	Off

LPCM Output:

The following selections are available:

	LPCM 48k
	LPCM 96k

MAIN PAGE - Preferences

If you enter the "Preferences" menu, the options below will be displayed.

TV Display:

Selects TV display format. The following selections are available:

	Normal/PS
	Normal/LB
	Wide

TV Type:

Selects TV type. The following selections are available:

	Multi System: for automatic self-select TV's.
	NTSC: for NTSC TV's
	PAL: for PAL TV's

Video Output:

Selects which signal type is output on the SCART socket. The following selections are available:

	S-Video
	YPbPr (component video)

Audio:

Selects which audio track that will be selected from a DVD disc. The following selections are available:

	English
	French
	Spanish
	Chinese
	Japanese

(In order for this to work, the DVD disc must also support this function)

Subtitle:

Selects which subtitle that will be shown from a DVD disc. The following selections are available:

	English
	French
	Spanish
	Chinese
	Japanese
	Off

(In order for this to work, the DVD disc must also support this function)

Disc Menu:

Selects which menu that will be selected from a DVD disc. The following selections are available:

	English
	French
	Spanish
	Chinese
	Japanese

(In order for this to work, the DVD disc must also support this function)

Locale:

Selects country for parental control works. The following selections are available:

	China
	France
	Hong Kong
	Japan
	Taiwan
	GBR
	USA

Parental:

Selects which level of parental control you want. The following selections are available:

	1 G
	2
	3 PG
	4 PG 13
	5
	6 PG-R
	7 NC-17
	8 Adult
	No Parental

(In order for this to work, the DVD disc must also support this function)

The default password for the parental control is "3308".

SmartNAVI:

Selects if the SmartNAVI file browser should be displayed when playing MP3's or showing JPEG pictures. The following selections are available:

	With Menu
	No Menu

Defaults:

This function will reset all settings in the setup menu to the default value.

If this function is selected, an extra confirmation will be required before all settings are reset to default values.

Password:

Here you can change the parental password.

The default password for the parental control is "3308".

MAIN PAGE - PVR Control

If you enter the "PVR Control" menu, the options below will be displayed.

Disk Tools:

Selects disc tool:

	Repair Disk
	Defragment
	Format Disk: Formats the hard disk (*all data will be lost*)
	Use USB (I don't know what this is used for, since the NorthQ 7000/7100 does not have any USB port).

Recording Mode:

I don't know what this is for! The following selections are available:

	XP
	SP
	LP
	EP

I used to think that it selects which quality that will be used when you press "REC" on the remote control, but that is controlled by the option below (Timeshift Mode).

Timeshift Mode:

Selects which quality that will be used when the timeshift function is on. The following selections are available:

	XP
	SP
	LP
	EP

Maximum Pause:

Selects the maximum amount of time the timeshift records. The following selections are available:

	60 Min.
	45 Min.
	30 Min.
	15 Min.
	5 Min.

Input Source:

Selects which input to use. The following selections are available:

	AV1 Input
	AV2 Input
	S-Video
	Tuner

Source Format:

Selects which source format to use. The following selections are available:

	Auto
	SECAM

Reset Index:

Resets the functions that controls the timer recording function. This has to be done after a firmware upgrade.

Tuner Control:

Here you can scan for TV channels and setup channels. The following selections are available:

	Auto Scan: scans all frequencies for TV broadcasts.
	Channel Setup: Organize channels in the order you want them. You can also mark channels that you don't want to see when using the "Up/Down" buttons on the remote control to change TV channels.

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