JVC CA-MXDVA9 Disc Structure, DVD Features, Selecting the Multi-Angle View, SVCD, VCD and CD

Disc Structure

DVD

A DVD disc consists of Titles, and each title may be divided into some Chapters.

For example, if a DVD disc contains some movies, each movie may have its own title number, and it may be further divided into some chapters.

DVD Features

Some DVDs contain several multi-angle views, audio languages and subtitles.

When you find the following marks on the DVD or its package, you can select these elements recorded on the DVD.

	Multi-angle views are recorded on the disc. The
3	number inside the mark indicates the total
	number of the recorded multi-angle views.

Several audio languages are recorded on the

3disc. The number inside the mark indicates the total number of the recorded audio languages.

How sounds are recorded on DVD

The digital audio format used for DVD differs among discs and it is written on the package or disc itself.

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Subtitles are recorded on the disc. The number inside the mark indicates the total number of the recorded subtitles.

This unit can only reproduce the sound recorded in the following audio formats:

•Linear PCM—This is the same format used for Audio CDs and Video CDs.

•Dolby Digital—This is an encoding method for audio signals. By compressing audio signals, it can record up to 5.1 multichannel signals—the right front channel, left front channel, center channel, and right rear channel, left rear channel and LFE signals.

– While playing back a disc encoded with Dolby Digital on this unit, the DOLBY DIGITAL lamp on the front panel lights up. If it has multichannel signals—5.1ch, Surround mode is automatically activated.

•MPEG Multichannel—This is a compression format for PAL/SECAM DVD software. MPEG Multichannel is 5.1ch multi surround using MPEG Audio coding format.

SVCD, VCD and CD

A SVCD, VCD or CD disc consists of Tracks.

In general, each song has its own track number. (On some discs, each track may also be divided by Indexes.)

When playing back a SVCD or VCD with the Playback Control (PBC*) function, you can select what to view using the menu shown on the TV screen. While operating a SVCD or VCD using the menu, some of the functions such as Time Search may not work.

*A SVCD and VCD recorded with the PBC function has its own menus, such as a list of the songs of the disc.

To check the current settings, press DISPLAY once while playing back a disc. Current disc information appears on the TV screen as follows.

And also the current channel information appears

on the display by pressing DISPLAY on the unit. (See page 51.)

•If you press the button twice, the disc playing information appears. (See page 20.)

Current disc information

			Total number of
1 / 2	1 / 2	1 / 5
	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	subtitles

Total number of audio languages

Total number of multi-angle views

To erase the on-screen indication, press DISPLAY repeatedly until the indications disappear from the TV screen.

Selecting the Multi-Angle View

For DVD only

While playing a disc containing multi-angle views, you can view the same scene at different angles.

On the remote control ONLY:

1 Press ANGLE while holding down SHIFT.

The on-screen indication appears on the TV.

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