Playing MP3/JPEG, Rep Dir, Rep All, Rep Off

Playback Features

Playing MP3/JPEG

General Operation

1Load an MP3/JPEG disc.

The data disc menu appears on the TV screen.

2Press w q to select the menu and press OK.

3Press e r to select the folder, and press OK.

4Press e r to select a track/ﬁle, and press OK.

Playback will start.

(JPEG only)

In Step 4, when you press MENU instead of OK, thumbnail pictures will appear. Use e r w q to select one of the pictures, and press OK to start playback. In Step 4, when you press PLAY/PAUSE q/h instead of OK, you can start the slide show.

Playing MP3 music and JPEG picture simultaneously (DVD-S58 only) When you start JPEG playback by using a disc that contains MP3 music and JPEG picture ﬁles, you can listen to MP3 music simultaneously.

Tip:

–Some ﬁles on JPEG disc may be distorted during playback due to the conﬁguration and characteristics of the disc.

–During simultaneous playback, it is not possible to select a ﬁle of MP3.

–During simultaneous playback, fast forward/reverse or slow forward is not available.

Playback selection

During playback, you can;

Press SKIP u / i to select another track/ﬁle in the current folder.

Press PLAY/PAUSE q/h repeatedly to pause/resume playback.

Repeat

Press REPEAT repeatedly to select the following repeat modes.

REP 1

– Keep a JPEG image still on the screen or play an MP3 ﬁle repeatedly.

REP DIR

–Play all the same type of ﬁles in the selected folder repeatedly.

REP ALL

–Play all the same type of ﬁles on the discs.

REP OFF

–Turn off REPEAT mode.

Zooming Picture (JPEG)

1During playback, press ZOOM repeatedly to display the picture with different scales.

Use w q e r keys to pan through the enlarged picture.

2Press ZOOM repeatedly to return to the original size.

Playback with Multi-angle (JPEG)

During playback, press e r w q to rotate the picture on the TV screen.

e : reverse the picture up and down by 180º

r : reverse the picture right and left by 180º

w : rotate the picture anti-clockwise by 90º

q : rotate the picture clockwise by 90º

Tip:

–It may not be possible to play certain JPEG discs due to the conﬁguration and characteristics of the disc or condition of the recording.

Tips: The operating features described here might not be possible for certain discs. Always refer to the instructions supplied with the discs.

DVD-S58, DVD-S38 specifications

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