Disc Playback, Basic Operations, Angle

DISC PLAYBACK

Basic Operations

1.Turn the TV on and select input from the DVD recorder. (For details on operation methods, refer to your TV’s manual.)

2.Press o button. (It takes time to enter the condition the power supplied.)

3.Press rOPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.

4.Place the disc with the label facing up on the disc tray.

5.Press rOPEN/CLOSE or w.

The disc tray closes. The disc is then read, and playback automatically starts.

•While the disc is being read, “READING” is displayed on the front panel.

•During playback, the elapsed time is displayed on the front panel.

When playback does not automatically start

Press w to start playback.

When the menu is displayed

Select the desired programme to play back by 4, 6, 8, 2, and press the k button.

Stopping playback Press e to stop playback.

When you press w, the disc is played from the position when playback was stopped.

NOTE:

-When the e button is pressed and held down, “Progressive” as the TV screen setting will be changed to “Interlace” without System Menu operation. See “TV Screen Settings” on page 31.

Temporarily stopping playback (pause)

Press PAUSE s to pause playback.

To resume playback, press w.

Skipping chapters/returning to the start of chapters

With DVD titles, the content of a single title is divided into several blocks called “chapters.”

When you press NEXT fduring playback or a pause, playback of the next chapter is started.

When you press PREV dduring playback or a pause, the disc returns to the start of the present chapter, and playback is started.

Fast-forward/fast-reverse

When you press F.FWD v, the disc is fast-forwarded. Each press of F.FWD v changes the fast-forward speed.

When you press F.REV c, the disc is fast-reversed. Each press of F.REV c changes the fast-reverse speed.

To return to normal playback, press w.

Playing back in slow motion

When you press F.SLOW x, the disc is slow-forwarded. Each press of F.SLOW x changes the slow-forward speed.

When you press R.SLOW z, the disc is slow-reversed. Each press of R.SLOW z changes the slow-reverse speed.

To return to normal playback, press w.

Viewing from a desired camera angle

Some DVD-Video discs may contain scenes which have been shot simultaneously from a number of different camera angles.

The jacket or case of discs that are recorded with angles will be marked.

Example:

In the case of discs that allow the camera angle to be selected, the angle selection menu will be displayed for several seconds at the beginning. The camera angle can be changed by pressing 8or 2while this menu is displayed.

Angle

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After this menu disappears, if you want to change the camera angle again, see “Various Playback Operations Using T/C Tools” on page 24.

Repeat Playback

Each press of the PLAYMODEbutton during playback displays the playback modes. Press the k button to select the desired playback mode.

Playback Mode	Explanation
Repeat Chapter	Repeats the chapter currently being played.
Repeat Title	Repeats all chapters.

Repeat A-B	Repeats only a speciﬁed section.

	To select a speciﬁed section, press the kbutton
	at the repeat start point (A). The display changes
	to Repeat B. Press the k button again at the
	repeat end point (B).
(None)	Select this to cancel the PLAY MODE setting. (The
	setting is cancelled even if you do not press the
	k button.)

Picture zoom

Press ZOOM during normal/slow playback or still picture. The central part of the picture is magniﬁed, and “ZOOM X 1” appears on the TV screen. Each time you press ZOOM, the zoom mode will be changed as follows:

ZOOM X 1 J ZOOM X 1.3 J ZOOM X 2 J ZOOM X 4 J ZOOM OFF Press 4, 6, 8 or 2 to change the zoom point.

To return to normal playback, repeatedly press ZOOM until the zoom ratio display at the bottom of the screen disappears.