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PLAYBACK BASICS

Playback Basics

Basic playback with the DVD 5 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

Master

Power Switch

1

, if it has not already

been engaged.

■

Press the

Standby Switch

2

/

b

. If there

are already discs 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

Disk-Skip Button

7

/

n

.

■

To select a specific disc in the player, press

the

Direct-Access Button

#

correspon-

ding 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 Buttons

)

on the front panel or the

Previous/

Next Buttons

on the remote

k

/

l

.

■

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, the

‹‹

and

››

Playback

Mode Indicators

K

will both light

steadily.

■

In Fast Search x4, the outside

‹‹

or

››

Playback Mode Indicator

K

will flash

and the inside indicator will remain

steadily lit.

■

In Fast Search x8, the inside

‹‹

or

››


K

will flash

and the outside indicator will remain

steadily lit.

■

In Fast Search x16, both

‹‹

and

››

Playback Mode Indicators

K

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:

■

In Fast Search x2, the

‹‹

and

››

Playback

Mode Indicators

K

will both light

steadily

■

In Fast Search x4, the outside

‹‹

or

››


K

will flash

and the inside indicator will remain

steadily lit.

■

In Fast Search x8, the inside

‹‹

or

››


K

will flash

and the outside indicator will remain

steadily lit.

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

w

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, the

‹‹

and

››


K

will both flash.

■

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

‹‹

and

››


K

will flash and the outside indicator will

remain steadily lit.

■

In the 1/4 Speed Slow mode, the outside

‹‹

or

››


K

will flash and the inside indicator will

remain steadily lit.

■

In the 1/2 Speed Slow mode, both the

‹‹

and

››


K

will remain steadily lit.

Note that there will be no audio playback dur-

ing slow-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 slow modes. Slow play is

not available for CD discs.

■

When a camera icon appears on the screen,

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

r

.

Note:

Playback of discs with 96kHz/24-bit

audio requires the use of circuitry normally used

for other features. Accordingly, Slow Play,

Forward/Reverse Search, Step Advance and

Pause features are not available with these

discs.

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