Many functions of the DVD 37 operate the same way for CD playback as for DVD play; however, there are some important differences. When a CD is loaded, the DVD 37 will automatically display the Player Information menu. Status banners are not available during CD play. A greater variety of playback options are available during play, including programmed playlists. These and other features unique to CD play are described in this section.
Using the Player Information Menu
The DVD 37’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).
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The Player Information menu has three submenus, which may be easily accessed by using the ⁄¤ Navigation Buttons n to highlight the submenu’s icon, and pressing the Enter Button u 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 15).
■Disc: This line displays the disc type, such as
■Audio: This line displays the type of audio recorded on the disc, usually Stereo.
■Playlist: You may choose to play the tracks in order as they appear on the disc, or you may pro- gram 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 u or the Repeat Button 5to 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 u or the Random Button 7 to activate Random mode. Each press will toggle between turning the Random play on or off.
■Track List: A list of tracks on the disc will appear. Use the ⁄¤ Navigation Buttons Dto scroll through the list. Press the Enter Button u or the Play Button Nwhile a track is highlighted, to begin play.
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Program Submenu: This submenu lets you program a playlist. The PROGRAM submenu is only accessible for CDs (see Figure 16).
■Disc: This line displays the disc type.
■Audio: This line displays the type of audio that was recorded on the disc, usually Stereo.
■Playlist: With this line highlighted, press the Enter Button u 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). If you select 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 Tand 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 3Nto begin play. See page 36 for more information.
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Disc Information Submenu: This screen displays abbreviated track and playback infor- mation, plus more detailed timing information.
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The information at the top of the screen provides the same information on the disc type, audio format, playlist setting, Repeat play setting and Random play setting as on the Playback Info submenu. The following additional information appears next.
■Track: This line displays the current track on the left, and the total number of tracks on the disc to the right. When the current track number is high- lighted, you may use the Numeric Keys Tto skip to a new track. The new track will begin play- ing immediately, without your having to press any other buttons.
■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 u will toggle between the elapsed and remaining settings. The time displayed to
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