PLAYING A VIDEO CD
PLAYING A VIDEO CD
You will recognize Video CDs by the logo. Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama series, etc.) these discs may have one or more Tracks, and tracks may have one or more Indexes, as indicated on the disc case. To make access easy and convenient, your player lets you move between Tracks, and between Indexes.
Some Video CDs have Play Back Control (PBC), which is a predefined playback sequence stored on the disc.
NOTE
–During play, various icons will appear on the TV screen for about 2 seconds to confirm that a function has been selected. You can get rid of the icon by pressing OSD.
–At any time during play, you can press OSD to call up the Play Banner, which shows you which functions are active, for about 2 seconds. To keep the Play Banner on the screen, hold down OSD for a couple of seconds. To get rid of the Play Banner, press OSD again.
PLAYING A DISC
•With Autoplay on (see Settings p.16), play starts when you close the disc drawer.
•With Autoplay off, press Play.
•As the disc plays, the player display shows the current track, and the elapsed playing time.
•Play will stop at the end of the disc.
•To stop play at any other time, press 9.
•You can resume from the point at which you stop. Press Resume.
•The Resume feature applies, not only to the disc in the player, but also to the last four discs you have played. Simply reload the disc, press Resume.
MOVING TO ANOTHER TRACK
When a disc has more than one track (which you can see from both the OSD and the Player Display if you press 9), you can move to another track as follows:
•Press
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•To go directly to any track, press
NOTE
–If the number has more than one digit, press the keys in rapid succession.
MOVING TO ANOTHER INDEX
When a track has more than one index (as indicated on the disc case), you can move to another index as follows:
•Press P briefly during play to step forward to the next index.
•Press O briefly during play to return to the beginning of the current index. Press O briefly again to step back to the previous index.
•To go directly to any index enter the index number using the numerical keys
NOTE
–If the number has more than one digit, press the keys in rapid succession.
PLAYBACK CONTROL
•Load a Video CD with PBC and press 2 (play). The PBC Menu appears on the TV screen.
•Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the TV screen until your chosen passage starts to play.
If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title directly.
•Enter your choice with the P / O or numerical keys.
•Press 2 (play) to start play of the title.
•Press Return to go back to the previous menu.
PARENTAL
CONTROL
•If you activate Parental Control, only discs that you have already authorised as suitable for all ages can be played as above.
•To play any other Video CD, the
OSD will ask for the Parental Control Pin Code to be entered. When this has been done, play starts automatically.
•To activate Parental Control, and to authorize discs, see Activating Parental Control (p.16).
NOTE
–If you forget your pin code, you can erase it when the code is requested as above, by pressing Stop four times. Parental Control will then be
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way to view still pictures (Jog), and to search in slow, normal or fast motion (Shuttle). Both functions work in reverse as well as forward play.
•To select
Jog/Shuttle, press Jog/Pause. The key lights up, and the player goes into Pause mode.
Jog
•With the Shuttle ring in the center position, turn the Jog disk clockwise to view still pictures forwards, or anticlockwise to view them in reverse. Turn slowly for step frames, faster to move quickly through a sequence.
Shuttle
•From the center position, turn the Shuttle ring clockwise for forward movement, anticlockwise for reverse. In both cases you can choose from 6 speeds: x1/8, 1/2, Normal, x2, x4 and x8 speed.
•To exit Jog/Shuttle, press Jog/Pause: the Jog/Pause key goes out.
STILL PICTURE AND STEP FRAME (ON FRONT OF PLAYER)
•To get a still picture, press ; (pause) during play.
•To step forward to the next picture frame, press ; (pause) again.
•To return to play, press 2 (play).
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