Harman Kardon DVD 31 Owners Manual - Page 28

USING THE PLAYER MENU Using the Player Menu The DVD 31's innovative graphical interface uses a unique menu screen to control and program many normal playback functions once the initial configuration settings have been made. Depending on the type of disc being played, the Player menu contains a number of submenus that allow you to view information about the disc and to program tracks for playback. To view the PLAYER Menu, press the OSD Button ` and note that the layout of the screen and the way in which you navigate through it is identical to the SETUP menu, as described on page 17. By way of review, to select an item for adjustment, use the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to highlight the icon for a Submenu ∫ in a white box, or use the ‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to highlight a Control Setting ç in the main portion of the menu screen in a blue box for adjustment. To select a menu or view the Command Description ∂ and Adjustment Options É line for a Control Setting, press the Enter Button P once the desired item is highlighted. Disc Info Menu The Disc Info Menu, the first Submenu ∫ as indicated by an "i" icon and the word INFO, describes the disc, shows whether any of the repeat functions are turned on, and shows the current time of the disc. To change the time display or turn the repeat functions on or off, use the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to highlight the item to be changed and press the Enter Button P. Use the ‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to select the desired option on the Adjustment Options É line and then press the Enter Button P again to enter the setting. The bottom half of the main Info menu screen will show a list of the titles and chapters (for DVDs), tracks (for CDs) or files (for MP3, WMA or WMA discs) on the disc. Titles are indicated by a left pointing arrow icon, chapters by an open book icon, CD, MP3 or WMA audio tracks or files by a musical note icon and JPEG photo images by a camera icon. To play any indicated title, chapter, track or file, press the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to highlight it and then press the Enter Button P. For discs with multiple titles or file folders, highlight the title or track name and press the Enter Button P to move the list up one level. When a disc contains a long list of tracks, files, titles or chapters, you may move up or down through the listings by pressing the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 so that the Page Up and Page Down "arrow" icons in the lower left corner of the menu screen are outlined in a white box. Press the Enter Button P to move up or down through the listings. If you wish to display only the list of titles, chapters, tracks or file names without the disc information, repeat functions and time display, press the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to highlight the "i" info button at the top of the list of submenus at the left side of the screen and press the Enter Button P. The full-screen display may be restored by highlighting the same icon and pressing the Enter Button P again. Programmed Playback The PLAYER MENU also contains a powerful yet easy-to-use tool that allows you to program the order in which titles, chapters, tracks or files will play. This innovative feature permits you to create your own playlist for optimal enjoyment of the contents of any disc the DVD 31 is capable of playing. To program a disc's playback, first load it into the DVD 31, but do not start playback. If the disc begins to play, press the Stop Button 4A to halt the playback. Next, press the OSD Button ` so that the PLAYER menu appears, and then press the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 until the PROGRAM icon is highlighted in a white box. At this point, you may press the Enter Button P to remove the disc information, repeat settings and time display lines from the menu, or simply press the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to move the highlight over to the main portion of the menu for programming. When the Program Submenu first appears, the list of titles, tracks and/or file or folder names will be shown in the actual order in which they appear on a disc. On discs with multiple titles or folders, an icon with an open file folder will appear to the left of the title or folder to indicate that there are additional chapters or files within the title or folder. In that case, press that ‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 until the Title or Folder that contains the chapters, tracks or files you wish to play is highlighted and press the Enter Button P. To return back up to a list of titles or folders once they are opened, press the ‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to highlight the Title or File with a left pointing "return" arrow and press the Enter Button P to move up one level in the disc's hierarchy. With the list of titles, chapters, tracks or files open to the desired place, programming is done by following these simple steps: 1. Make certain that there are two columns of information in the main portion of the screen, a list of titles, chapters, tracks or file names with their associated icons on the left side, and a column named "Disc List" on the right. As you start, the Disc List will be in ascending order. 2. To build the playlist, press the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 until the desired title, chapter, track or file is highlighted, and press the ‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 so that the highlight moves over to the Disc List column. Three options will appear on the Adjustment Options É line at the very bottom of the screen: • ADD is used to attach the highlighted title, chapter, track or file to the end of the current playback list. • A series of three underscore lines ( _ _ _ ) is used to enter a specific playback position for the highlighted title, chapter, track or file in your new playlist. • CLEAR removes the highlighted title, chapter, track or file from your new playlist. 3. Press the Enter Button P to program the track. 4. Press the ‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 to select the desired programming option. If you have chosen the middle option, which allows a specific playback position to be assigned, press the Numeric Keys fl that correspond to the desired playback position first, and then press Enter P. 5. Repeat these steps for all titles, chapters, tracks or files you wish to program. 6. When all programming is complete, press the K/L/‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 so that the option setting on the Playlist line is highlighted and press the Enter Button P. 7. Press the ‹ /› Navigation Buttons 4 so that PROGRAMMED PLAY is highlighted and press the Enter Button P again. 28 USING THE PLAYER MENU