Chapter 5

Playing discs

Note

Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD and SACD discs, Video CDs/Super VCDs, CDs, DivX video/WMV and MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded.

Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (random or repeat, for example) in some or all parts of the disc. This is not a malfunction.

When playing Video CD/Super VCDs, some of the functions are not available during PBC playback. If you want to use them, start the disc playing using a number button to select a track.

Scanning discs

You can fast-scan discs forward or backward at four different speeds (only one speed for DivX video/WMV).

1During playback, press or to start scanning.

There is no sound while scanning DVDs (including DVD-Audio), DivX video/WMV and Video CD/Super VCDs.

2Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed.

The scanning speed is shown on-screen.

3To resume normal playback, press PLAY.

When scanning a Video CD/Super VCD playing in PBC mode or a MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC track, playback automatically resumes at the end or beginning of the track.

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

Playing in slow motion

You can play DVD-Videos and DVD-R/-RW at four different slow motion speeds, forwards and backwards. Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video/WMV can be played at four different forward slow motion speeds.

1During playback, press PAUSE.

2Press and hold / or / until slow motion playback starts.

The slow motion speed is shown on-screen.

There is no sound during slow motion playback.

3Press repeatedly to change the slow motion speed.

4To resume normal playback, press PLAY.

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

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Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up DVD-Video and DVD-R/-RW discs

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frame-by-frame. With Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video/WMV

 

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 MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC files, playback of the slideshow and MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC file repeats. During the audio playback, you can still use the skip ( PREV/  NEXT), scan (/) and pause ( 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

 

 

PAUSE Pauses the slideshow; press again to restart.

PREV Displays the previous picture.

NEXT Displays the next picture.

/

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 page 26).

 

 

Note

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

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Pioneer DV-LX50 operating instructions Playing discs, Scanning discs, Playing in slow motion, Frame advance/frame reverse

DV-LX50 specifications

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