04Getting started

Playing DVD discs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for DVD-Video, and recordable DVD discs.

PLAY Press to start playback.

If RESUME is displayed on-screen, play- back starts from the place last stopped.

 

 

 

 

 

Press to stop playback.

 

 

 

STOP

 

 

 

 

 

You can resume playback from the same

 

 

 

 

 

point by pressing PLAY. (Press STOP

 

 

 

 

 

again to cancel the resume function.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pauses playback, or restarts playback

 

 

 

 

PAUSE

 

 

 

 

 

when paused.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press to start scanning. Press repeatedly

 

REV SCAN

FWD SCAN

 

 

 

 

 

to increase the scanning speed. (There are

 

 

 

 

 

four scan speeds; the current scan speed

 

 

 

 

 

is shown on-screen.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press to skip to previous/next chapter/title.

 

 

PREV

 

NEXT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Except VR mode: During playback, enter a chapter number then press ENTER to skip directly to that chapter within the currently

playing title.

CLEAR On some discs, you can also use the num- ber buttons to select numbered items in the disc menu.

VR mode only: During playback, enter a title number then press ENTER.

CM SKIP (Commercial skip) Each press skips for- ward 30 seconds. Use to a maximum of 4

mins.

STEP/SLOW During playback, press to start slow- motion playback. Press repeatedly to change the playback speed.

While paused, press to advance a single frame in either direction.

Press to display the ‘top’ menu or menu of TOP MENU MENU a DVD-Video disc (these are often the

same).

Use the cursor buttons to navigate DVD- Video disc menus; press ENTER to select

ENTER items.

RETURN Press to return to the previous level of a

DVD-Video disc menu.

Playing CDs and WMA/MP3 discs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for audio CDs, and WMA/MP3 files.

PLAY Press to start playback.

STOP Press to stop playback.

PAUSE Pauses playback, or restarts playback

when paused.

REV SCAN FWD SCAN CD and MP3 only: Press to start scanning. Press again to increase the scanning speed. (There are two scan speeds; the current scan speed is shown on-screen.)

PREV NEXT Press to skip to previous/next track (or folder for WMA/MP3 disc).

During playback, enter a track number then press ENTER to skip directly to that track.

CLEAR

Note

If you want to play a DTS audio CD, make sure the recorder is connected to a DTS-compatible amplifier with a digital connection. Noise will be output through the analog outputs. Also make sure that STEREO is selected using the AUDIO button (see Changing audio channels on page 27).

Scanning doesn’t work with WMA tracks.

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Pioneer DVR-310 operating instructions Playing DVD discs, Playing CDs and WMA/MP3 discs

DVR-310 specifications

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