Harman Kardon DVD5 Owners Manual - Page 27

Programmed Play The DVD 5 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 Random Play function will play all of the tracks on a CD or chapters on a DVD in a random order as selected by the DVD 5. Once the disc has played all of the tracks, it will stop. To select Random Play at any time while a CD or DVD is playing, press the Random Button m. The Random Play Banner (Figure 21) will appear on the screen and the Random Indicator I will appear in order to confirm your selection. To remove the Random Play Banner from the screen, press the Clear Button s. Figure 21 To return to Standard Play, with tracks or chapters playing in order, press the Random Button m again. Note that a Standard Play Banner (Figure 22) will appear in order to confirm your selection and the Random Indicator I will go out. Figure 22 Repeat Play The DVD 5 offers five repeat functions that allow you to take advantage of the five-disc capacity of the unit for unattended playback: s Repeat All: Plays all discs in the unit in order from beginning to end. s Repeat 1 Disc: Plays a specific disc from start to finish until the disc is manually stopped. s Repeat Title: For DVD discs only, this mode repeats the title currently being played until the disc is manually stopped. s Repeat Track/Chapter: Repeats the CD track or DVD chapter currently being played until the disc is manually stopped. s Repeat A-B: Repeats any selected portion of a disc until the disc is manually stopped. To select Repeat All, Repeat 1 Disc, Repeat Title or Repeat Track/Chapter, simply press the Repeat Button p 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 All (Discs) ➔ Repeat 1 (Current) Disc ➔ Repeat (Current) Title ➔ Repeat (Current) Chapter ➔ Repeat Off s For CD Discs: Repeat All (Discs) ➔ Repeat 1 (Current) Disc ➔ Repeat (Current) Track ➔ Repeat Off In addition, when the video display is not available, the Repeat Indicators H will illuminate in the Information Display $ to show the options in use. To stop any Repeat Play function, press the Repeat Button p until the Repeat Off Banner appears in the on-screen display or the Repeat Indicators H 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 q 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 H will illuminate in the Information Display. Figure 23 2. When 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 H in the Information Display. Figure 24 3. The selected sequence will now play continually until the Stop Button !/j is pressed. 27 PROGRAMMED PLAY