Getting started

04

Playing Video CDs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for Video CDs.

Some discs feature Playback Control (PBC for short) menus. These discs show PBC in the display when you load them and display a menu on-screen from where you can select what to watch.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

two scan speeds; the current scan speed

 

 

 

 

 

 

is shown on-screen.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press to skip to previous/next track. (When

 

 

 

PREV

 

NEXT

 

 

 

 

 

 

a PBC menu is displayed, press to display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the previous/next page.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During playback, enter a track number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then press ENTER to skip directly to that

 

 

 

 

 

 

track.

 

 

 

 

 

 

While a PBC menu screen is displayed,

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

use to select numbered menu items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CM SKIP Each press skips forward 30 seconds. Use to a maximum of 4 mins. Note that this

function doesn’t work when playing in PBC mode.

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 (forward direction only).

RETURN Press to display the disc menu of a Video CD playing in PBC mode.

Note

When playing in PBC mode, some playback features, such as search, repeat and program play are not available. You can play a PBC Video CD in non-PBC

mode by pressing

to start playback instead of

PLAY.

 

Using the Home Menu

From the Home Menu screen you can access all the features of the recorder. Press HOME MENU to display the Home Menu screen:

Timer Recording

Disc Setup

Disc History

Initial Setup

PhotoViewer

Video/Audio Adjust

Disc Navigator

Play Mode

DV Record

 

Use the(cursor) buttons followed by ENTER to select the option you want. To exit the Home Menu, press HOME MENU.

ENTER

HOME

MENU

Home menu options

Timer Recording

Disc Setup (page 66)

(page 45)

 

 

 

Disc History (page 63)

Initial Setup (page 71)

 

 

PhotoViewer (page 64)

Video/Audio Adjust

 

(page 68)

 

 

Disc Navigator (page 32,

Play Mode (page 37)

page 54)

 

 

 

DV Record (page 51)

 

 

 

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Pioneer DVR-310 operating instructions Using the Home Menu, Playing Video CDs, Home menu options

DVR-310 specifications

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