Frame advance/frame reverse

3Press repeatedly to change the slow motion speed. The slow motion speed is displayed on-screen.

4To resume normal playback, press (play).

You can’t use slow motion playback with some titles on some DVDs. The picture quality during slow motion playback is not as good as during normal playback. Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached. For DVD- Audio discs featuring browsable pictures, press (<< and>>) to view the previous/next picture.

You can advance or back up DVD-Video or DVD-RW discs frame-by-frame.

1During playback, press (pause).

2Press (< <) or (> >) to reverse or advance a frame at a time.

3To resume normal playback, press (play).

The picture quality when using frame reverse is not as good as frame advance. Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached. When changing direction of a DVD-Video disc, the picture may ‘move’ in an unexpected way. This is not a malfunction. For DVD-Audio discs featuring browsable pictures (see Glossary on page 81), press (left arrow/left arrow/right arrow/right arrow) to view the previous/next picture.

Looping a section of a disc

The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (DVD-Audio, CD) or title (DVD-Video and DVD-RW) that form a loop which is played over and over. A-B Repeat is not available with SACDs, MP3s in PBC mode, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed.

1During playback, press PLAY MODE and select ‘A-B Repeat’ from the list of functions on the left.

2Press ENTER on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the loop start point.

3Press ENTER on ‘B(End Point)’ to set the loop end point. After pressing ENTER, playback jumps back to the start point and plays

the loop.

4To resume normal playback, press CLEAR or select ‘Off’ from the menu.

Using repeat play

There are various repeat play options, depending on the kind of disc loaded. It’s also possible to use repeat play together with program play to repeat the tracks/chapters in the program list (see Creating a program list on page # 27.)

1During playback, press PLAY MODE and select ‘Repeat’ from the list of functions on the left.

2Select a repeat play option. The repeat play options available depend on the type of disc loaded. The following options below appear when different types of discs are loaded.

DVD-Video and DVD-RW discs = Title Repeat, Chapter Repeat, Repeat Off

DVD-Audio discs = Group Repeat, Track Repeat, Repeat Off

SACD, CD = Disc Repeat, Track Repeat, Repeat Off

MP3 discs = Disc Repeat, Folder Repeat, Track Repeat, Repeat Off

If you’ve made a program list, the Program Repeat option also appears as a repeat option. To stop the disc and cancel repeat play, press (stop). You can also cancel repeat play without stopping playback by pressing CLEAR. The disc will play to the end, then stop.

You can’t use repeat and random play at the same time. If you switch camera angle during repeat play, repeat play is canceled.

Using random play

Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video), groups or tracks (DVD-Audio), or tracks (CD and MP3 discs) in a random order. You can set the random play option when a disc is playing or stopped. You can’t use random play with SACDs, DVD-RWs, Video CDs/Super VCDs playing in PBC mode, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed.

1Press PLAY MODE and select ‘Random’ from the list of functions on the left.

2Select a random play option. The random play options available depend on the type of disc loaded. DVD-Video discs = Random Title, Random Chapter, Random Off

DVD-Audio discs = Random Group, Random Track, Random Off MP3 and CD discs = On, Off

To stop the disc and cancel random playback, press (stop). You can also cancel random playback without stopping the disc by pressing CLEAR. The disc will play to the end, then stop. During random play, the (<< arrows and >>) buttons function a little differently to normal: