Operation with DVD and Video CD General Features

Operation with DVD and Video CD

General Features

Note

Unless stated otherwise, all operations described use the remote control. Some features may also be available on the Setup menu.

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When a disc has more than one title, you can move to another title as follows:

Press OSD, then press the appropriate numbered button (0-9) to select a title number.

Moving to another CHAPTER/TRACK

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When a title on a disc has more than one chapter or a disc has more than one track, you can move to another chapter/track as follows:

Press SKIP/SCAN . or > briefly during playback to select the next chapter/track or to return to the beginning of the current chapter/track.

Press . twice briefly to step back to the previous chapter/track.

To go directly to any chapter/track during DVD playback, press OSD. Then, press 3/4 to select the chapter/track icon. Then, enter the chapter/track number using the numbered buttons (0-9).

Note

For two-digit numbers, press the numbered buttons (0-9)in rapid succession.

Search DVD VCD2.0 VCD1.1

1Press and hold SKIP/SCAN . or > for about two seconds during playback.

The player will now go into SEARCH mode.

2Press and hold SKIP/SCAN . or > repeatedly to select the required speed: mX2, mX4, mX16, mX100 (backward) or MX2, MX4, MX16, MX100 (forward).

With a Video CD, the Search speed changes: mX2, mX4, mX8, (backward) or MX2, MX4, MX8, (forward).

3To exit SEARCH mode, press PLAY.

Still Picture and Frame-by-Frame playback

DVD VCD2.0 VCD1.1

1Press PAUSE/STEP during playback. The player will now go into PAUSE mode.

2You can advance the picture frame-by-frame by pressing PAUSE/STEP repeatedly on the remote con- trol.

Slow Motion DVD VCD2.0 VCD1.1

1Press SLOW t or T during playback.

The player will enter SLOW mode.

2Use the SLOW t or T to select the required speed: t 1/16, t 1/8, t 1/4 or t 1/2 (backward), or

T 1/16, T 1/8, T 1/4 or T 1/2 (forward).

3To exit slow motion mode, press PLAY.

Notes

Slow motion playback in reverse is not applicable for Video CD.

Random Karaoke DVD VCD2.0 VCD1.1

1Press RANDOM during playback or in stop mode. The unit automatically begins Random Playback and “RANDOM(1-3)” appears on the display window.

•RANDOM1: Plays all the tracks on a single disc in random order and then stops.

•RANDOM2: Plays all the tracks on current disc in random order and then plays all the tracks on each suc- ceeding disc in random order and then stops.

•RANDOM3: 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.

2To return to normal playback, press RANDOM until “RANDOM” disappears on the display window.

Tips

By pressing SKIP/SCAN > during Random playback, the unit selects another title (track) and resumes Random playback.

Notes

This function only works with DVD Karaoke discs and video CD without PBC.

DVD karaoke works only RANDOM 1 function.

On a Video CD with PBC, you must set PBC to Off on the setup menu to use the Random function. See page 14.

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VC4400 specifications

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