Acesonic PK-1290 user manual Advanced Playback Operations, Playing from a Specific Position

Advanced Playback Operations

Playing from a Specific Position

Locating a Desired Scene from the DVD Menu: DVD discs generally have their own menus showing the contents of the disc. These menus contain various items such as the titles of movies, names of songs or artist information, and display them on the TV screen. You can locate a desired scene using the DVD menu.

1.Insert a DVD disc into the tray.

2.Use the arrow keys to select a desired item and press ENTER.

To Locate a Desired Scene from the Video CD Menu with Playback Control: Some VCDs support the PBC function and have their own menus built in. You can locate a specific scene by using the PBC menu.

1.Press STOP then press PBC. PBC ON should appear in the right corner of you screen.

2.Using the NUMERIC KEYS 0-9, enter the song number and press ENTER to begin playback.

To Locate a Desired Position in the Current Title or Track Using Time Search: With Audio CDs, VCDs and DVD Video Discs you can play from a desired location by specifying the time during playback.

1.Press the SEARCH button (twice for DVDs).

2.Using the NUMERIC KEYS 0-9, key in the desired song number and press ENTER.

Example for DVD Video: To play back from Chapter 3 of a DVD, press 3 then press EN- TER.

TITLE 01/01 CHAPTER 003/11

To play back from 1 hour 21 minutes 00 seconds, press SEARCH again, enter 121 or 12100, then press ENTER.

TIME _1:21:00

Example for VCD or Audio CD: To play back from 17 minutes 15 seconds, press 1715, then press ENTER.

TIME 17:15

3.Press ENTER to begin playback. To dismiss the time search, press SEARCH again.

Note: Some DVDs do not contain time informa-

tion and the time search function may not work. This function does not work when there are programmed tracks.

Zooming into Pictures

During playback or paused playback, press ZOOM. Each time you press ZOOM, the magnification is changed from 1.5x to 2x and 3x. You can use the ar- row keys to move to the desired zoomed position.

Repeating Playback

Press REPEAT. If you press REPEAT in stop mode, press PLAY to start playback. Each time you press REPEAT, the repeat mode cycles among REP-ALL, REP ONE and OFF. A window indicating the cur- rent repeat mode will be displayed on the TV screen.

To Stop Repeat Playback

Press STOP. The unit stops playback but does not quit the repeat mode.

To Exit Repeat Playback

Press REPEAT until REPEAT OFF is displayed.

To Repeat a Desired Section (A-B Repeat)

By programming tracks, you can play up to 99 tracks in any order. You may also repeat a track by itself.

1.Press A-B once where you wish to begin the re- peat (Point A). A-B SET A appears on screen.

2.Press A-B again where you wish to end the repeat (Point B). A-B SET B appears on screen. The player will now begin to repeat playback between A and B.

To Exit A-B Repeat Playback

Press A-B a third time to turn off the A-B repeat mode.

Note: The A-B points must be set within the same title/chapter/track. When you press STOP twice dur- ing DVD playback, A-B repeat is canceled.

NOTE: After 3 minutes of a static (still) picture displayed on the television screen (i.e., Karaoke DVD paused halfway through playback or at the menu), the unit will automatically activate the screen saver. This prevents images from being “burned” into the screen over time. To disable the setting, go to GENERAL SETUP > SCREEN SAVER, where you have the op- tion of enabling or disabling the screensaver.

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