Rotel RDV-1050 Locating a Scene From the Menu of a SVCD/Video CD with PBC, Specifying a Title/Group, Locating a Position in the Current Title or Track (Time Search), Selecting a DVD AUDIO Disc Still Picture, Selecting a Group and Track, Direct Selection, Repeat Playback

RDV-1050 DVD Player

Locating a Scene From theMenu of a SVCD/Video CDwith PBC

Some SVCD/Video CD discs support the PBC

function. PBC is an abbreviation of “Playback

Control.” Some SVCD/Video CD discs re-

corded with PBC have their own menus, such

as a list of the songs on the disc. You can lo-

cate a specific scene by using the PBC menu.

1In stop mode, press (PLAY)

or TOP

. A disc menu appears on the TV

screen.

2Press the numeric buttons

to select the

desired item.

Examples:

To select 5: press 5.

To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.

To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.

The RDV-1050 starts playback of the selected

item. To return to the menu, press RETURN

NOTE: If something like NEXT or

PREVIOUS appears on the TV screen,

pressing

advances to the next

page, and pressing

returns to the

previous page.

Specifying a Title/Group

1During playback, press TITLE/GROUP

[––] is shown in the title display area of the

display window.

2Press the numeric buttons

to specify a

title to be played.

Examples:

To select 5: press 5.

To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.

To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.

The RDV-1050 starts playback from the speci-

fied title.

NOTE: This function may not work with

some DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO discs.

Locating a Position in theCurrent Title or Track(Time Search)

You can play a disc from a certain position

by specifying the time from the beginning of

the current group (for DVD AUDIO), the cur-

rent title (for DVD VIDEO) or the disc (for

SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD).

For DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO/Audio CD: Dur-

ing playback or while in stop mode –

For SVCD/Video CD: In any condition except

SVCD/Video CD playback with PBC –

1Press ON SCREEN

twice. The menu bar

appears on the TV screen.

2Press /

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to move to ,

then press ENTER

. The pull-down menu

for entering time appears.

Screen example for DVD VIDEO

1/3 1/3OFF 1/5

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

CHAP.

TIME

_:__:__

Screen example for Audio CD

OFF PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

TIME

__:__

3Press the numeric buttons (0 to 9) to enter

the desired time. The specified time is dis-

played in the pull-down menu.

Example (for DVD AUDIO or VIDEO)

To playback from 2(H):34(M):00(S), press 2,

3, then 4.

Example (for SVCD/Video CD/

Audio CD

To playback from 23(M):40(S), press 2, 3, then

You do not have to press “0” to enter the trailing

zeros (for the last two digits in the example

above).

To correct a mistake press  repeatedly to

move back to the digit where you entered a

wrong number, and reenter the correct one.

4Press ENTER. The RDV-1050 starts playback

from the specified time.

To dismiss the menu bar press the ON SCREEN

button again.

NOTES:

“10” and “+10” buttons are not used with

this function.

Some DVD VIDEO discs do not contain

time information, and the time search func-

tion cannot be used.

When a DVD AUDIO disc is stopped, you

can specify the elapsed time from the be-

ginning of group 1.

The time search function cannot be used

during program playback.

Selecting a DVD AUDIO DiscStill Picture

Most DVD AUDIO discs include still pictures,

which appear in turn during playback. When

there are other “page(s)” of the current still

picture and you can change the picture (“turn

the page”) manually.

At the beginning of a part where there are

selectable pictures, PAGE appears on the TV

screen (except when the ON SCREEN GUIDE

preference is set to OFF).

1During playback except when the status bar

is shown, press PAGE

. The page se-

lection window appears on the TV screen.

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2Press PAGE or /

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to select the

desired page.

3 Press ENTER

The selected page (picture)

is shown and the page selection window

disappears.

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NOTES:

The RDV-1050 does not support “packet

writing (UDF format)” discs.

The RDV-1050 does not support the ID3

tag and WMA tag.

The RDV-1050 supports discs recorded

with multiple sessions.

Some discs may not play due to disc

characteristics or recording conditions.

Programmed and random playback func-

tions do not work with MP3/WMA discs.

For MP3, the RDV-1050 only can play

back tracks with the following file exten-

sions; “.MP3,” “.Mp3,” “.mp3” and

“.mP3.”

For WMA, the RDV-1050 only can play

back tracks with the following file exten-

sions; “.WMA,” “.wma,” and any other

combination of upper case and lower case

letters (such as “.Wma”).

Time required for reading the disc con-

tents may vary for different discs, depend-

ing on the number of groups (folders) and

tracks (files) recorded, etc.

You cannot advance or reverse playback

by pressing

, or by hold-

ing down

during

MP3/WMA disc playback.

The RDV-1050 supports WMA files re-

corded with a bit rate of 48 kbps or higher.

The RDV-1050 cannot play back WMA

files recorded with a bit rate under 48

kbps.

Selecting a Group and Track

When inserting an MP3/WMA disc, after the

disc contents are read, the MP3/WMA CON-

TROL display automatically appears on the TV

screen. You can select a group/track from the

display using the following procedure.

1Make sure that the black (cursor) bar is in the

left (group) column. If it is in the right column,

press  to move it to the left column.

2Press /

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to move the bar to a

desired group. On the right column, tracks

in the selected group are shown.

3 Press

to select a de-

sired track, then press ENTER

or (PLAY)

Press the numeric buttons

to directly

specify a desired track number.

Examples:

To select 5: press 5.

To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.

To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.

The RDV-1050 starts playback from the se-

lected track.

You can also select a desired track by press-

ing 

to move the black bar to the right

(track) column then using /

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NOTES: If an MP3/WMA file name in-

cludes any 2-byte character, the RDV-1050

cannot show the file name correctly.

Only MP3/WMA files are shown on the

MP3/WMA CONTROL display.

The order of groups/tracks shown in the

MP3/WMA CONTROL display may differ

from the order shown on your personal

computer when you access the disc on your

computer.

Direct Selection

You can select a desired group directly by speci-

fying the group number.

1During playback or while stopped, press

TITLE/GROUP

. [—] is shown in the

group display area of the display window.

2Press the numeric buttons to specify a de-

sired group number.

Examples:

To select 5: press 5.

To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.

To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.

Specify the group number within several sec-

onds after pressing TITLE/GROUP (i.e. while

the display window shows [—]). The RDV-1050

starts playback from track 1 of the selected

group.

3Press the numeric buttons to specify a track

number. The RDV-1050 starts playback from

the specified track.

Repeat Playback

During playback or while stopped, press RE-

PEAT

. Each time you press REPEAT, the

repeat mode changes as follows.

On Screen Display

If you press REPEAT while stopped, you need

to press ENTER

or (PLAY)

to start

repeat play.

To stop repeat playback press ■ (STOP)

Note that the repeat mode remains active.

To Quit Repeat Playback

During playback, press REPEAT

until no

repeat icon is shown on the display window.

While stopped, press REPEAT until repeat mode

indication on the MP3/WMA CONTROL dis-

play goes off.

Checking the Sampling Frequency

and Quantization Bit Length

You can check the sampling frequency and

quantization bit length of digital audio dur-

ing playback using the AUDIO - fs/Rate but-

ton