03Playing discs

You can insert steps by just highlighting the position where you want the new step to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number.

To delete a step, highlight it and press CLR.

5 To play the program list, press (play).

Program play remains active until you turn off program play (see below), erase the program list (see below), eject the disc or switch off.

Tip

Use the following controls during program play:

Button

What it does

HOME Save the program list and exit

MENU without starting playback.

Skip to the next step in the program list.

Other functions available from the program menu

There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit.

Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list

Playback Stop – Turns off program play, but does not erase the program list

Program Delete – Erases the program list and turns off program play

Using the front panel display

Even though the OSD is available for CDs, the front panel display provides information to make a program list easily. If a disc is playing, stop it first.

1 Press PROGRAM.

You’re prompted to enter a track for the first step in the program list.

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2Use the number buttons to select a track, then press ENTER.

If you make a mistake, press CLR to delete the last (most recently) programmed track.

3Repeat step 2 to build up a program list. A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

4 To play the program list, press (play).

• Program play remains active until you press (stop), clear the playlist (see tip above), eject the disc or switch off the player.

Searching a disc

You can search DVD discs by title or chapter number, or by time; CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs by track number or time; DivX video discs by time.

1Press HOME MENU and select ‘Play Mode’.

2Select ‘Search Mode’.

The search options that appear depend on the kind of disc loaded.

3Select a search mode.

The disc must be playing in order to use time search.

4Use the number buttons to enter a title, chapter or track number, or a time.

For a time search, enter the number of minutes and seconds into the currently playing title (DVD/ DivX video) or track (CD/ Video CD/Super VCD) you want playback to resume from. For example, press 4, 5, 0, 0 to have playback start from 45 minutes into the disc. For 1 hour, 20 minutes and 30 seconds, press 8, 0, 3, 0.

5Press ENTER to start playback.

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Pioneer XV-DV434, S-DV333 Searching a disc, Other functions available from the program menu, Using the front panel display

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