Sony DAV-S400 Checking the Play Information ADVANCED, 51GB, Press X/x to select the items, Movies

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 )
1 8 ( 3 4 )		DVD
T	1 : 3	2 : 5 5

BIT RATE	BIT RATE
OFF			384kbps
BIT RATE			10 Mbps
LAYER	0	5

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							Enjoying
	BIT RATE			kbps
						Audio
	0			1000			Movies
Bit rate		refers		to the amount	of video/audio
0		5		10 Mbps		Video
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 73 (DVD).

51GB

DAV-S400 4-240-074-12(1)