05Playing discs

Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up DVD discs frame- by-frame. With Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video file you can only use frame advance.

1

During playback, press (pause).

2

Press

or

to reverse or

advance a frame at a time.

3To resume normal playback, press (play).

Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached.

Viewing a JPEG slideshow

After loading a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG picture files, press (play) to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture on the disc. The player displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical order.

If the folder contains WMA/MP3 files, playback of the slideshow and WMA/MP3 files repeats. During the audio playback,

you can still use the skip (

), scan

(

) and pause ( ) functions.

Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible (if the aspect ratio of the picture is different to your TV screen you may notice black bars at the sides, or at the top and bottom of the screen).

While the slideshow is running:

Button What it does

Pauses the slideshow; press again to restart.

Displays the previous picture.

Displays the next picture.

Button What it does

Pauses the slideshow and rotates the displayed picture 90º (counter) clockwise. (Press (play) to restart slideshow.)

Pauses the slideshow and flips the displayed picture horizontally or vertically. (Press (play) to restart slideshow.)

ZOOM Pauses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Press again to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom. (Press

(play) to restart slideshow.)

MENU Displays the Disc Navigator screen (see below).

Note

The time it takes for the player to load a file increases with large file sizes.

Browsing DVD or Video CD/ Super VCD disc with the Disc Navigator

Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD disc to find the part you want to play.

Important

You can’t use the Disc Navigator with Video CD/Super VCDs in PBC mode.

1During playback, press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on- screen menu.

Disc Navigator

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Pioneer DV-595K-S Playing discs Frame advance/frame reverse, Viewing a Jpeg slideshow, During playback, press pause, Press

DV-595K-S, DV-490V-S specifications

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