Harman Kardon DVD 50 Owners Manual - Page 35

Programmed Play The DVD 50 is equipped with a wide range of programmed play functions that enable you to have the unit select or repeat tracks for you, or you may program a specific order for discs and tracks to play. Random Play The DVD 50's Random Play modes let you relax while the unit plays the tracks on one disc, or all the tracks on all discs in random order for hours of listening or viewing enjoyment. The three modes of Random Play are as follows: s Random 1 Disc: Plays all the tracks on a single disc in random order and then stops. s Random All Discs: Plays all the tracks on one disc in random order and then plays all the tracks on each succeeding disc in random order and then stops. s Shuffle All Discs: Plays 2 tracks randomly from a disc and then plays 2 tracks randomly from a different disc until all tracks on all discs have been played. To initiate Random Play, press the Random Button l. If the unit is stopped, the machine will begin playing; otherwise the Random Playback sequence will take place immediately. The first press of the Random button will initiate a "Random 1" playback, as indicated by the appearance of an on-screen banner message (Figure 21) and Random O and 1 Indicators N. To use one of the other Random Play modes, press the Random Button l again to step through each of the modes in the following order: Random 1 ➜ Random All Discs ➜ Shuffle All Discs ➜ Standard Play To cancel a Random Play sequence, press the Random Button l until you see the Standard Play Banner (Figure 22) in the onscreen display and the Random O or Repeat/Random Indicators N go out. Figure 21 Figure 22 Repeat Play The DVD 50 offers five repeat functions that allow you to take advantage of the five-disc capacity of the unit for unattended playback: s Repeat All Discs: Plays all discs in the unit in order from beginning to end until playback is manually stopped. s Repeat 1 Disc: Plays a specific disc from start to finish until playback is manually stopped. s Repeat Title: For DVD discs only, this mode repeats the title currently being played until playback is manually stopped. s Repeat Track/Chapter: Repeats the CD track or DVD chapter currently being played until playback is manually stopped. s Repeat A-B: Repeats any selected portion of a disc until playback is manually stopped. To select Repeat All, Repeat 1 Disc, Repeat Title or Repeat Track/Chapter, simply press the Repeat Button o until the banner display with the desired playback method appears on the screen. The selection process will follow this order: s For DVD Discs: Repeat Chapter ➜ Repeat Title ➜ Repeat 1 Disc ➜ Repeat All Discs ➜ Repeat Off s For CD Discs: Repeat Track ➜ Repeat 1 Disc ➜ Repeat All Discs ➜ Repeat Off In addition, when the video display is not available, the Repeat Indicators N will light in the Information Display $ to show the options in use. To stop any Repeat Play function, press the Repeat Button o until the Repeat Off Banner appears in the on-screen display or the Repeat Indicators N in the Information Display $ go out. Repeat Play may also be stopped by pressing the Stop Button j/! twice. Repeat A-B The Repeat A-B function allows you to select any portion of a DVD or CD and have it repeat continually unit the unit is manually stopped. To initiate a Repeat A-B playback sequence, follow these steps while a disc is playing: 1. Press the Repeat A-B Button p at the start of the sequence to be repeated. Note that a Repeat A Banner (Figure 23) will appear on the video screen and the Repeat A Indicator N will light in the Information Display. Figure 23 2. Press the Repeat A-B Button p again at the end of the sequence to be repeated. Note that the on-screen banner message will change to Repeat A-B (Figure 24), as will the Repeat A-B Indicator N in the Information Display. Figure 24 3. The selected sequence will now play continually until the Stop Button j/! is pressed. 35 PROGRAMMED PLAY