Harman-Kardon DVD 23 owner manual Playback Basics, Basic Play, Disc Playback Features

Playback Basics

Basic Play

Preparation

1.Switch the TV ON and select its video input connected to the DVD.

2.Press POWER to turn on the unit, the DVD harman/kardon logo should appear now on the screen. If that logo appears distorted on the screen or without any color, change the appropriate settings at the Video Setting Sub- menu according to your TV set and to the con- nection used between the DVD and your TV.

3.When you see no video at all, not even the harman/kardon logo, check the setting of the video input used on your TV (most SCART inputs on TVs can be configured in the TV´s menu). When you don´t succeed, connect your TV with different cables to the DVD, e.g. via Composite (yellow jacks) or S-Video cables, rather than per SCART to view the setup menus until all appropriate ”Video menu” set- tings are made properly.

4.Switch on your A/V system’s power, if the play- er has been connected to such a system.

5.Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.

6.Place a disc on the disc tray.

Hold the disc without touching either of its surfaces, position it with the side you wish to play facing down, align it with the guides, and place it in its proper position.

■3" (8 cm) discs or 5" (12 cm) discs can be used.

7.Press PLAY. The disc tray is automatically closed and play begins.

■When the disc tray is closed by pressing OPEN/CLOSE, play will start automatically.

■With most DVD’s, a Disc Menu appears on the screen. Select specific menu item by using ARROW buttons on the remote, then press

ENTER.

Disc Playback Features

Skipping tracks or titles/chapters

To move forward or backward through the tracks on a CD or the titles or chapters on a DVD, press skip on the front panel or Previous/Next on the remote.

Fast Motion Playback/Fast Search

1.To move forward or backward through the DVD or CD disc being played at fast speed, press SEARCH on the remote. Once one of these buttons is pressed, the fast search will continue until PLAY is pressed.

There are four fast-play speeds. Each press of the SEARCH Buttons will cycle to the next speed in the following order: 2x, 4x, 16x, 100x, indicated by a number of arrow indicators on the right top of the screen.

2.Press PLAY at any time to resume normal play- back.

Note that there will be no audio playback during fast-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This is normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surround processors cannot process the digital audio streams during fast-play modes; audio will be heard during fast-play of conventional CD’s.

Freeze Frame and Frame Advance (with DVD only)

1.Press PAUSE when a DVD is playing to freeze the picture.

2.Each time you press one of the STEP (FWD or REV) buttons, the picture advances one frame in the selected direction.

3.Press PLAY to resume normal playback.

Slow Motion Playback (with DVD only)

1.When a DVD disc is in pause or freeze frame mode, you may move slowly forward or back- ward through the program being played at one of four speeds by pressing the Play Buttons on the remote. Each press of the buttons will move to the next speed, indicated by a number of arrow indicators on the right top of the screen.

2.Press PLAY to resume normal playback.

Note that there will be no audio playback during slow-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This is normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surround processors cannot process the digital audio streams during slow modes. Slow play is not available for CD.

Notes: Playback features may not be available during the opening credits of a movie. This is intended by the disc author and is not a failure of the DVD.

Playback of a DVD with 96 kHz/24-bit audio requires the use of circuitry normally used for other features. Accordingly, Slow Play Reverse and Step Advance features are not available with these discs.

Depending on the structure of a VCD disc, the functions Slow Reverse and Step Reverse may be prohibited or have no function and Fast Playback (Search) may not function.

About DivX Movie Files

The DivX disc compatibility of this DVD player is limited by the following:

•the available resolution size of the DivX file should be below 720x576 (W x H) pixels.

•the total number of files and folders on the disc should be less than 999.

•the number of screen frames per second should be below 29.97 frames per second.

•the video and audio structure of recorded file should be interleaved.

The player is capable of playing DivX files with the extensions “.avi”.

The player is capable of playing subtitle files with the extensions “.smi”, “.srt”, “.sub (Micro DVD format only)” or "ssa". Other subtitle files won’t be displayed. Subtitle files need to carry the same name as the movie file (but with either one of the above extensions) and should be located in the same directory.

Playing a DivX Movie Disc

Before playing DivX movie discs, please note the following:

•multi session DVD containing Windows Media Audio files may not be supported.

•open session discs are not supported.

•the DVD player does not support PC data.

•this DVD player does not support an unfinal- ized disc with a closed session.

1.Insert a disc and close the tray.

2.Press the OSD button of the remote control and select a folder by pressing the up/down cursor buttons and press ENTER. A list of files in the folder appears. If you are in a file list and want to return to the Folder list, use the up/down buttons on the remote to highlight and press ENTER.

3.If you want to view a particular file, press the up/down buttons to highlight a file and press PLAY.

When playing back a DivX movie you can use variable playback functions like fast and slow backward and forward, as well as step forward and step backward.

4. Press STOP to stop the playback.

The DVD player’s playback functionalities of DivX video discs will vary depending on the DivX version used for creating your movies.

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