CD PLAYBACK
Many functions of the DVD 27 operate the same way for CD playback as for DVD play; however, there are some important differences. When a CD is loaded, the DVD 27 will automatically display the Player Information menu. Status banners are not available during CD play. A greater variety of playback options are available during CD play, including Random play and programmed playlists. These and other features unique to CD play are described in this section.
Using the Player Information Menu
The DVD 27’s Player Information menu displays disc information and enables you to program playback modes. Press the Info Button i to display the Player Information menu (Figure 14).
Figure 14
The Player Information Menu has two submenus which may be accessed by using the ⁄¤ Navigation Buttons n to highlight the submenu’s icon, and pressing the Enter Button s to select it. These submenus are different from the Setup menus in that many items are for display only and cannot be changed using the menu system.
PLAYBACK INFO Submenu: This submenu displays basic disc and playback mode information (see Figure 14).
■Disc: This line displays the disc type, such as CDDA (Compact Disc Digital Audio).
■Audio: This line displays the type of audio recorded on the disc, usually Stereo.
■Playlist: For CDs only, you may choose to play the tracks in order as they appear on the disc, or you may program a playlist containing some or all of the tracks in the order in which you wish to hear them. This line indicates which of these two modes has been selected. In order to change this setting, you will need to access the PROGRAM submenu as described below.
■Repeat: With this line highlighted, press the Enter Button s to activate Repeat mode. Each press will change the repeat mode from Repeat 1 (to repeat one track) to Repeat All (to repeat all tracks on the disc) to Repeat Off.
■Random: With this line highlighted, press the Enter Button s to activate Random mode.
Each press will toggle between turning the Random play on or off.
■Track: This line displays the current track on the left, and the total number of tracks on the disc to the right.
■Play Mode Icon: This icon will appear to the right of the Track display and will indicate the current playback mode.
■Time: This section consists of three lines:
•Track Elapsed: Displays the elapsed or remain- ing time of the current track.
•Disc Elapsed: Displays the elapsed or remain- ing time of the disc.
•Elapsed Time Bar: Displays in graphical form a temperature bar reflecting the percentage of the disc that has been played.
Use the ⁄¤ Navigation Buttons n to highlight either Track Elapsed or Disc Elapsed, and each press of the Enter Button s will toggle between the elapsed and remaining settings. The time displayed to the right and in the
@will change accordingly.
The Time Search function enables you to start play- back at any point in the program. Use the ⁄¤ Navigation Buttons n to highlight the time display. Press the Numeric Keys Rfollowed by the Enter Button s to select a new point in the track from which to commence play.
Figure 15
PROGRAM Submenu: This submenu lets you program a playlist. The PROGRAM submenu is only accessible for CDs (see Figure 15).
■Disc: This line displays the disc type.
■Audio: This line displays the type of audio record- ed on the disc, usually Stereo.
■Playlist: With this line highlighted, press the Enter Button s to change the order in which the tracks are played from the order in which they appear on the disc (Disc’s order)
to a playlist order which you may program
(Programmed order). A list of pro- gram steps and the track programmed for each step will appear at the bottom of the screen. You
may enter a track number using the Numeric Keys Rand then press the ¤ Navigation Button Dto program another track. Use the ⁄¤‹› Navigation Buttons Dto select the desired program steps. Note that you may not enter a track more than once in the playlist, if it appears in an earlier step. However, you may use the Repeat function while the playlist is playing. After you have finished programming the playlist, press the Play Button 3v to begin play. See page 33 for more information.
Figure 16
When you have finished viewing the Player menus, press the Info Button i to remove the displays from the screen and return to normal play.
Selecting a Track
To select a track, make sure the Player Information menu is on screen. Press the Info Button i to activate it if necessary. Next, press the ⁄¤‹› Navigation Buttons Dso that the Track Number is highlighted. Use the Numeric Keys Rto enter the desired track, and press the Enter Button I to begin playing the new track.
To select a specific track on a CD at any time during playback, simply press the number corresponding to the track you wish to listen to using the Numeric Keys R. You may also move one by one through the chapters at any time by pressing the Skip Reverse (Previous)/Skip Forward (Next) Buttons 56AO. When you press the Previous A or Skip Reverse 6 button once, the player will return to the start of the current track. Additional presses of either button will step back through the available tracks, one at a time.
NOTE: When a JPEG, MP3 or Windows Media disc is playing, a special screen will appear. (See page 30 for more information.)
Repeat Play
The DVD 27 offers several repeat functions for CDs that allow you to take advantage of the capacity of the unit for unattended playback:
•Repeat Program: Repeats the current playlist if Programmed Order has been selected at the Playlist setting.