Sony DAV-C450 manual 56GB, Press X/x to select the items, Displays of each item

Checking the Play Information (ADVANCED)

You can check information such as the bit rate or the disc layer that is being played. While playing a disc, an approximate bit rate of the playback picture is always displayed as Mbps (Mega bit per second) and the audio as kbps (kilo bit per second).

DVD X/x

DISPLAY

ENTER

1 Press DVD DISPLAY during playback.

The Control Menu is displayed.

2 Press X/x to select (ADVANCED), then press ENTER.

The options for ADVANCED appear.

1 2 ( 2 7 )				PLAY
1 8 ( 3 4 )				DVD
T	1 : 3 2 : 5 5
OFF
BIT RATE
LAYER		BIT RATE
BIT RATE				384kbps
		0	5	10 Mbps

3 Press X/x to select the items.

For each item, please refer to “Displays of each item.”

•BIT RATE: displays the bit rate.

•LAYER: displays the layer and the pick-up point.

4 Press ENTER.

To close the ADVANCED window

Select “OFF” in Step 3.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is turned off.

Displays of each item

By pressing DVD DISPLAY repeatedly, you can display either “BIT RATE” or “LAYER,” whichever was selected in “ADVANCED.”

BIT RATE

BIT RATE		384kbps	Audio
		10 Mbps	Video
0
	5

When playing MPEG audio sound tracks

BIT RATE		kbps
			Audio
0		1000
0		10 Mbps
	5		Video

Bit rate refers to the amount of video/audio data per second in a disc. When the bit rate level is high, there is a large amount of data. However, this does not always mean that you can get higher quality pictures or sounds.

LAYER	Appears when the DVD
	has dual layers

Indicates the approximate point where the disc is playing.

If it is a dual-layer DVD, the system indicates which layer is being read (“Layer 0” or “Layer 1”).

For details on the layers, see page 78 (DVD).

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