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Playback Basics
Basic Play
Preparation
1.Switch the TV ON and select its video input connected to the player.
2.Press POWER to turn on the unit, the 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 player 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. When you don´t succeed, connect your TV with different cables to the player, e.g. via Composite (yellow jacks) or
4.Switch on your A/V system’s power, if the player 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 OK.
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
2.Press PLAY at any time to resume normal playback.
Note that there will be no audio playback during
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.
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 the speeds by pressing the Slow 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
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 player.
Playback of a DVD with
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 and DivX Ultra Movie Files
The DivX disc compatibility of the 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 player does not support PC data.
•the player does not support an unfinalized 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 OK. 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 OK.
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 playback functionalities of DivX video discs will vary depending on the DivX version used for creating your movies.
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