OPERATION
•Load CDs or DVD-Audio discs, with the label side up.
•When loading
•Some
After a disc is properly loaded, press the Open/Close Button to close the disc drawer. After the drawer closes, you will see the READING mes- sage in the Main Information Display to alert you to the fact that the unit is determining the type of disc
Once the disc’s data has been read, the type of disc will be displayed by the
Any time a control button is pressed, an icon will appear in the upper right corner of the screen to indicate the player’s action. These icons include the standard transport modes (play, stop, pause, forward and reverse fast and slow search, track skip), the opening or closing of the disc drawer, or the prohibit icon (Ø) if the command action is not avail- able at that time or for that disc. As explained in more detail below, pressing the Status Button displays the Status Banner for DVDs, and pressing the Info Button displays the Player submenu.
•When a DVD is detected, playback will automatically begin and the screen will show the program or the disc’s menu, depending on how the disc was created.
•If a CD is detected, playback will begin automatically.
•If the disc contains MP3, WMA or JPEG files, or if it is a VCD without playback control, the Player Information display will appear. See Figure 57. To play one of these files, use the Navigation Buttons to select a folder and press the Enter Button to open it. Use the Navigation Buttons to select a file for playback, and press the Enter Button to begin play.
Figure 57 – Player Information Screen (JPEG/WMA Disc)
•VCD2.0 discs will begin play automatically, similar to a conventional audio CD. Not all VCDs will play on the HS 500. VCDs containing raw MPEG files will not play.
If a disc is already in the drawer when the unit is turned on, it will begin playing. If the disc was stopped using the Resume function, playback will begin from the point where it was stopped. If the disc was stopped by pressing the Stop Button twice, the disc will begin playing from its beginning. If the Disc Recognition feature was turned on in the System Setup menu (see Figure 33), a screen will appear asking you whether to begin playback from the beginning of the disc, or from the point where playback was stopped during the last viewing session. See Figure 58.
Figure 58 – Disc-Recognition Resume Screen
Playback Features for DVD and CD Discs
See Figure 59 for reference to the transport controls described below.
Figure 59 – Transport Controls
•To momentarily pause playback and freeze the current picture frame on a DVD, press the Pause Button. To resume playback after pressing the Pause button, press the Play Button.
•To move forward or backward through the tracks on a
•To move forward or backward through the DVD or CD disc being played at fast speed, press the Search Forward/Reverse Buttons. Once one of these buttons is pressed, the fast search will continue until the Play Button is pressed. Each additional press of the Search Forward/Reverse Buttons will cycle through the five available fast- search speeds. The speed will be indicated by the number of
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