Searching for a Scene

Searching for a Particular Point on a

Disc (Scan, Slow-motion Play,

Freeze Frame)

You can quickly locate a particular point on a disc by monitoring the picture or playing back slowly.

Playback direction

⋅2B t 1M t 2M t 3M

3M (DVD VIDEO/DVD-VR mode/ VIDEO CD only)

⋅2B (DVD VIDEO/CD only)

Opposite direction

⋅2b t 1m t 2m t 3m

3m (DVD VIDEO/DVD-VR mode/ VIDEO CD only)

⋅2b (DVD VIDEO only)

The “⋅ 2B”/ “⋅ 2b” playback speed is about twice the normal speed.

The “3M”/“3m” playback speed is faster than “2M”/“2m” and the “2M”/“2m” playback speed is faster than “1M”/ “1m.”

Scene a for Searching

(step) (step)

Notes

•Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the operations described.

•For DATA CDs/DATA DVDs, you can search for a particular point only on an MP3 audio track.

Locating a point quickly by playing a disc in fast forward or fast reverse (Scan)

Press m or M while playing a disc. When you find the point you want, press

Hto return to normal speed. Each time you press m or M during scan, the scan speed changes. With each press the indication changes as shown below. Actual speeds may differ between discs.

Watching frame by frame (Slow-motion Play)

Press m or M when the player is in pause mode. To return to normal speed, press H.

Each time you press m or M

during Slow-motion Play, the playback speed changes. Two speeds are available. With each press the indication changes as follows:

Playback direction

2 y 1

Opposite direction (DVD/DVD-VR mode only)

2 y 1

The “2 y”/“2 ” playback speed is slower than “1 y”/“1 .”

Playing one frame at a time (Freeze Frame)

When the player is in the pause mode, press (step) to go to the next frame. Press (step) to go to the preceding frame (DVD/DVD-VR mode only). To return to normal playback, press H.

Note

You cannot search for a still picture on a DVD-RW/ DVD-R in VR mode.

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