Pioneer DV-989AVi-S Playing discs Frame advance/frame reverse, Looping a section of a disc

05Playing discs

Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up DVD-Video or DVD-RW discs frame-by-frame. With Video CD/Super VCDs, 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).

•The picture quality when using frame reverse is not as good as frame advance.

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

•When changing direction of a DVD-Video disc, the picture may ‘move’ in an unex- pected way. This is not a malfunction.

•For DVD-Audio discs featuring browsable

pictures (see the Glossary on page 84),

press / to view the previous/ next picture.

Looping a section of a disc

The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (DVD- Audio, CD and Video CD) or title (DVD-Video and DVD-RW) that form a loop which is played over and over.

•A-B Repeat is not available with SACDs, MP3s, Super VCDs or Video CDs in PBC mode, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed.

1During playback, press PLAY MODE and select ‘A-B Repeat’ from the list of functions on the left.

Play Mode
A-B Repeat	A(Start Point)
Repeat	B(End Point)
Random	Off
Program
Search Mode

2Press ENTER on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the loop start point.

Play Mode
A-B Repeat	A(Start Point)
Repeat	B(End Point)
Random	Off
Program
Search Mode

3Press ENTER on ‘B(End Point)’ to set the loop end point.

Play Mode
A-B Repeat	A(Start Point)
Repeat	B(End Point)
Random	Off
Program
Search Mode

After pressing ENTER, playback jumps back to the start point and plays the loop.

4To resume normal playback, press CLEAR or select ‘Off’ from the menu.

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