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RDV-985 DVD Player
Using 3D PHONIC (VSS)
The 3D PHONIC button activates the Virtual
Surround Sound (VSS) system. This feature
produces a simulated surround sound effect
through an audio system connected to the
RDV-985.
While a disc is playing press the 3D PHONIC
(VSS) button
9
. A window appears on the
screen showing the currently selected setting.
Each time you press the 3D PHONIC (VSS)
button the next mode is selected. The avail-
able modes are ACTION, DRAMA, THEATER
and OFF. (When playing a DVD disc recorded
in Dolby Digital with more than 2 channels,
the “ACTION” mode option does not appear.)
Use the Cursor Buttons t/u to adjust the level
of surround sound effect. The level is indicated
by the bar graph on the display. Pressing the
u button increases the level of the surround
sound effect; pressing the t decreases the level
of the effect.
Press the ENTER button
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to turn off the 3D
PHONIC (VSS) on screen display. The display
screen turns off automatically if no adjustments
are made over a 10 second span of time.

NOTES: The 3D PHONIC (VSS) system

provides the proper decoding when play-

ing discs recorded in the Dolby Surround

or Dolby Digital 5.1-Channel format.

It also works when playing discs that are

not recorded with the two Dolby encoding

system mentioned above, but produces a

synthesized surround sound effect.

The 3D PHONIC (VSS) system does not

affect the DTS or Dolby Digital bitstream

signal from the DIGITAL OUT jack.

THEATER
3D PHONIC
LH
Selected Mode and Setting

The 3D PHONIC (VSS) system will not ef-

fect the sound output of a DVD disc re-

corded in Linear PCM, no matter how the

operating controls are set.

When you set the 3D PHONIC (VSS)

function to on, the DOWN MIX and COM-

PRESSION settings in the PREFERENCE 2

display are disabled.

Time Display Functions
When using audio or video CD discs various
modes of time display can be shown on the
front panel Multi-Information Display and
in the on-screen display.
While an audio CD is playing or stopped, or
when a video CD is stopped, press the ON
SCREEN button
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. The on screen display
appears on the TV screen.
Use the Cursor Buttons p/q
7
to move
to [TIME SELECT].
Audio CD Time Display
INTRO
RANDOM
PROGRAM
TIME SEARCH
A-B REPEAT
REPEAT
TIME SELECT
TRACK 08 0 : 58TIME
MIN SECEACH
PLAY

Time Display

Video CD/SVCD Time Display
TRACK 01 3 : 54TIME
MIN SECEACH
REMAIN
INTRO
RANDOM
PROGRAM
TIME SEARCH
A-B REPEAT
REPEAT
TIME SELECT
STOP

Time Display

Press ENTER
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. Each time you press EN-
TER the time mode changes in the sequence
illustrated below.
During playback (for audio CD):
While stopped:
When you select “EACH REMAIN” while
stopped you can change the track by press-
ing or
5
.
EACH
(Elasped time of the current track)
TOTAL REMAIN
(Total remaining time of the disc)
TOTAL
(Total elasped time of the disc)
EACH REMAIN
(Remaining time of current track)
EACH REMAIN
(Recorded time of the current track)
EACH (0:00)
TOTAL REMAIN
(Total time of the disc)
TOTAL (0:00)