OPERATION
Figure 35 – Player Information Screen
The PLAYER INFORMATION menu has three submenus, which may be accessed by using the Navigation Buttons to highlight the submenu’s icon, and pressing the Enter Button 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 36. Access this submenu by highlighting the Info icon (top icon with a small “i”) and pressing the Enter Button. See Figure 36.
Figure 36 – Playback Info Submenu
•Disc: This line displays the disc type, such as
•Disc ID: If the disc is encoded with an identification label, such as a movie title, it will appear here.
•Playlist: This line indicates whether playback will occur in the disc’s order, or following a programmed playlist. For DVDs this line will always indicate playback in the disc’s order, as programmed play is not available for DVDs.
•Repeat: This line displays the current repeat mode, or Off if Repeat mode is not active.
PROGRAM submenu: The Program submenu is not available for DVDs.
DISC INFO Submenu: This submenu displays detailed information about the disc content (see Figure 35). You will not be able to make any changes to the items on this submenu. However, you may use the VIDEO SETUP submenu to change the DVD 38 player settings for video aspect ratio or scan type.
•Disc: This line displays the disc type.
•Disc ID: If the disc is encoded with an identification label, it will appear here.
•Aspect Ratio: This line displays the aspect ratio of the video content on the disc, and the format in which it is being played back according to the setting established in the VIDEO SETUP submenu. Some discs may contain two versions of the same program with a widescreen
aspect ratio on one side of the disc, and a standard aspect ratio on the other.
•Video Standard: The disc’s format is shown here. For Region 1 players, this will normally be NTSC, although some DVDs that are open region (playable in all regions) may be in the PAL format. The DVD 38 will convert the video to the NTSC format used by your television.
•Scan Type: This line displays whether the video program on the DVD was recorded with a progressive- or
•Audio Resolution: This line displays the sample rate and bit rate for the current audio format.
•Audio Format: This line displays the current audio track, such as Dolby Digital 5.1 or Linear PCM.
•Video Bit Rate: This line displays the video bit rate up to the maximum of 10 Mbps. This indication will vary as a disc is played in response to changes in the amount of compression that was applied to the video signal when the disc was created. Thus, as shown in Figure 35, when the disc is stopped or paused, this line will remain blank.
When you have finished viewing the Player menus, press the Info or Clear Button to remove the displays from the screen and return to normal play.
On-Screen Status Display
When a DVD is playing, you may press the Status Button at any time to view a quick summary of the disc’s playback status. The Status Bar not only gives you a snapshot of the unit’s current state, it also provides an easy way to select a different group, title, chapter or track, or use the time search feature. See Figure 37.
Figure 37 – Status Bar
•Group/Title: For
•Chapter: For
•Play Mode Icon: This displays the current play mode icon; i.e., Play ›, Pause ±, Stop Í.
•Time Display: This section of the display shows the time correspon- ding to the type of display indicated in the Time Display Type. The Time Search function enables you to start playback at any point in the program. Use the ‹/› Navigation Buttons to highlight this display. You may then use the Numeric Keys to enter the numbers correspon- ding to the time on the disc from which you wish play to commence. Press the Enter Button and play will begin at the selected time position.
•Time Display Type: This section identifies the type of information
in the Time Display section of the display. Use the Navigation Buttons
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