Harman Kardon DVD 50 Owners Manual - Page 28

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PLAYBACK BASICS

Playback Basics for All Formats

Basic playback with the DVD 50 involves func-

tions similar to those you may be familiar with

for conventional CD players or changers:

■

Turn the unit on by pressing in the

Power

Switch

1

/

b

.

■

If there are discs already loaded in the unit,

the last disc to be played will automatically

begin playing. If the disc was stopped using

the Resume function, playback will begin

from the point where it was stopped. If the

disc was stopped by pressing the

Stop

Button

!

/

j

twice, the disc will begin

playing from its beginning.

■

Load any new discs as indicated in the

previous section.

■

After loading discs, press the

Open/Close

Button

9

/

i

to begin play.

Playback Features for DVD and CD Discs:

■

To move to the next disc in the unit, press

the

Disc Skip Button

7

/

m

.

■

To select a specific disc in the player, press

the

Direct Access Button

6

corresponding

to the slot where that disc is loaded.

■

To momentarily pause playback and freeze

the current picture frame on a DVD, press

the

Pause Button

@

/

x

. To resume play-

back after pressing the Pause button, press

the

Play Button

#

/

g

.

■

To move forward or backward through the

tracks on a CD or the chapters on a DVD,

press the

Skip Forward/Reverse Button

)

on the front panel or the

Previous/

Next Buttons

f

/

z

on the remote.

■

To move forward or backward through the

DVD or CD disc being played at fast speed,

press the

Search Forward/Reverse

Buttons

8

/

h

/

y

. Once one of these

buttons is pressed, the fast search will

continue until the

Play Button

#

/

g

is

pressed. Note that the fast-play speeds vary

for CD discs and DVDs.

For DVD playback, there are four fast-play

speeds. Each press of the

Search

Forward/Reverse Buttons

8

/

h

/

y

will

cycle to the next speed in the following order:

■

In Fast Search x2, both segments of the

‹‹

or

››

Playback Mode Indicator

S

will

light steadily.

■

In Fast Search x4, the outside segment of

the

‹‹

or

››


S

will flash and the inside segment will

remain steadily lit.

■

In Fast Search x16, the inside segment of

the

‹‹

or

››


S

will flash and the outside segment will


■


‹‹

or

››


S

will flash.

Note that there will be no audio playback dur-

ing fast-forward or reverse-play of DVD discs.

This is normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and

surround processors cannot process the

digital audio streams during fast-play modes;

audio will be heard during fast-play of

conventional CDs.

For CD playback, there are three fast-play

speeds. Each press of the of the

Search

Forward/Reverse Buttons

8

/

h

/

y

will

cycle to the next speed in the following order:

■


‹‹

or

››


S

will

light steadily.

■

In Fast Search x4, the outside segment of

the

‹‹

or

››


S

will flash and the inside segment will


■

In Fast Search x8, the inside segment of the

‹‹

or

››


S

will flash and the outside segment will


NOTE:

Fast Search Plus is not available when

MP3 discs are playing.

When playing a DVD disc, you may move for-

ward or backward through the program being

played in one of four speeds by pressing the

Slow Play Buttons

k

on the remote. Each

press of the buttons will move to the next

speed in the following order:

■

In the 1/16th Speed Slow mode, both seg-

ments of the

‹‹

or

››

Playback Mode

Indicator

S

will flash.

■

In the 1/8th Speed Slow mode, the inside

segment of the

‹‹

or

››

Playback Mode

Indicator

S

will flash and the outside seg-

ment will remain steadily lit.

■

In the 1/4 Speed Slow mode, the outside

segment of the

‹‹

or

››

Playback Mode

Indicator

S

will flash and the inside seg-

ment will remain steadily lit.

■

In the 1/2 Speed Slow mode, both segments

of the

‹‹

or

››

Playback Mode

Indicator

S

will remain steadily lit.

Note that there is no audio playback during

slow-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This

is normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and sur-

round processors cannot process the digital

audio streams during slow modes. Slow play is

not available for CD discs.

■

When a camera icon appears on the screen,

and the

Angle Indicator

H

flashes, this is

your indication that there is multiple-angle

information on the disc being played. To

change the angle, press the

Angle Button

until the desired angle view appears.

An on-screen banner message will appear to

indicate the angle view in use.

To illuminate the buttons on the remote control

so that they may be seen in low-light condi-

tions, press the

Light Button

q

.

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