Play Video on the HU in Your Toyota Alphard

In this post, I will cover how to operate the DVD video function on the HU.

After you insert a DVD into the unit, the HU will display this screen

It will prompt you a message to remind you to touch the screen to operate the video function. Just press the (了解）button to dismiss the message and it will bring up to the main video display screen

At this point, you can touch anywhere on the screen to bring up the menu screen as shown below

At the top of the screen, it will display the title (タイトル), chapter (チャプター), play back mode (Dolby Digital or Stereo), Channel (3/2.1ch) to indicates if multi-channel is in operation (5.1 channel mode).

To select the menu options, you'll have to bring up the Menu Selection screen by touching the (メニﾕｰ) button.

Touch the arrow buttons to nagivate through the DVD menu options and then touch the (決定) button to select it. The buttons at the bottom from left to right are Move (移動) button to move the menu option to the top, "off" to turn off the menu, and 戻る to return to previous screen.

When you press the (次ページ) button on the Menu Selection screen, it will bring up this screen This screen allow you to configure the video playback functions. At the bottom of the screen, there are buttons to search (サーチ), return (リターン), configure sound (音声), subtitle (字幕) and angle (アングル). I think these configuration only work with HU with multi-channel functions capability. Since my HU doesn't come with the multi-channel functions (that support 5.1 ch playback), these buttons does't work on my HU.

To configure the initial settings for the video function, touch the 設定button at the top and it will bring up this screen

The first three options allow you to configure the prefer language (by default in Japanese (日本語), the next one configure the mutil-angle function (to display or not to display). I am not familiar with the next option so I can't describe it.

Touch the (次ページ) button to get to the 2nd page of the video settings.

This screen allow you to configure the downmix (ダウンミﾂｸｽ), dynamic sound range (ダイナミツクレンジ), and the speaker level control (スビーカーレペル).

To configure the prefer language, touch any of the languge option above to bring up this screen

Select English (英語) if required but I don't see it work on my HU as remain in Japanese.

When you select the speaker level control button, it will bring up this screen.

To configure the sound level for each of the speaker, touch on each of the button (L/C/R/Ls/RS/SW) and use the Up or Down button to increase or decrease the level. Do note that if your unit doesn't have the multi-channel function, you'll not be able to control the sub-woofer speaker level.

Hope this help you to enjoy your videos now.