Repeat Play, Zoom Playback | Harman-Kardon DVD 21 specs

Playing DVD Discs

Repeat Play

The DVD 21 offers three repeat functions that allow you to take advantage of the capacity of the unit for unattended playback:

■Repeat Title: For DVD discs only, this mode repeats the title currently being played until the disc is manually stopped, in the front panel display REPEAT and ALL CHAPTER will light up.

■Repeat Chapter: Repeats the DVD chapter currently being played until the disc is manually stopped, in the front panel display REPEAT and 1 CHAPTER will light up.

■Repeat A-B:Repeats any selected portion of the disc until the disc is manually stopped.

To select any repeat mode, follow this way:

1.While a disc is playing, press REPEAT on the remote, the Repeat Display appears, showing the repeat mode currently activated.

2.Access the Repeat modes and their appropriate menus in the following order by pressing REPEAT on the remote repeatedly until the desired function is displayed.

REPEAT CHAPTER ➜ REPEAT TITLE ➜ REPEAT OFF.

3.To make the menu disappear from the screen, press CLEAR on the remote or wait a few seconds.

■To stop any Repeat Play function and continue normal play, press the Repeat Button until the Repeat Off menu appears in the on-screen display or all Repeat Indicators in the Front Information Display go out.

■Repeat Play may be stopped by pressing the Stop Button twice.

A-B Repeat Play

The Repeat A-B function allows you to select any portion of a DVD and have it repeat continually until the unit is manually stopped.

To initiate a Repeat A-B playback sequence, follow these steps while a disc is playing:

1.While a disc is playing, press A-B on the remote when you want to choose a scene as the beginning point, the Repeat A- Display appears.

2.Press A-B again to choose a scene as the end point. Repeat A-B setting is done, A-B section will be played continuously.

3.Press A-B on the remote again to cancel repeat A-B mode.

4.To make the menu disappear from the screen, press CLEAR on the remote or wait a few seconds.

Note: The A-B Repeat range may cover several titles or chapters as long as the DVD´s control system does not force the unit to return to any DVD menu in between.

Zoom Playback

The DVD 21’s advanced digital video processing circuits include a Zoom feature that allows you to enlarge the image for closer examination of the picture.

Four steps of enlargement are available. You can zoom in on the picture by pressing ZOOM on the remote repeatedly while a disc is playing or paused. Press through each of the zoom stages to return to normal image size.

Note that some discs do not allow the use of the Zoom feature. In addition, Zoom may not operate on some disc menus and on subtitles.

Information Menus

The DVD 21 has the capability to give you an on-screen-overview about various informations on the DVD, CD or VCD currently playing or all important player settings made, only by the press of one button and without having to stop the playback mode.

While the disc is playing press the INFO button on the remote once for detailed informations on the disc playing like Disc Type, Video and Audio Bit rate, Movie aspect ratio, Audio resolution and others. Press INFO again to get an compact overview about all basic player settings made and further informations like Digital Audio format currently playing ("Audio Output Format") and the maximum Audio Resolution enabled by the player (24 Bits).

Press the button again to delete those Information menus. Note that transport functions will not work as long as any menu is on the screen.

Harman-Kardon DVD 21 owner manual Repeat Play, Zoom Playback, Information Menus