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).

X/x

ENTER

DISPLAY

1 Press DISPLAY during playback.

The Control Menu is displayed.

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

The options for “ADVANCED” appear.

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

1 2 ( 2 7 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD VIDEO

 

1 8 ( 3 4 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIT RATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAYER

 

 

BIT RATE

 

BIT RATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

384kbps

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

3 Press X/x to select 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 DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is turned off.

Display of each item

 

 

 

 

By pressing DISPLAY repeatedly, you can

 

 

display either “BIT RATE” or “LAYER,”

Viewing

whichever was selected in “ADVANCED.”

 

BIT RATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information

 

BIT RATE

384kbps

 

Audio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mbps

 

Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

5

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit rate refers to the amount of video/audio

About

data per second in a disc. The higher the bit

 

rate, the larger the amount of data. When the

 

bit rate level is high, there is a large amount

the

of data. However, this does not always mean

 

that you can get higher quality pictures or

Disc

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 player indicates which layer is being read (“Layer 0” or “Layer 1”).

For details on the layers, see page 92 (DVD VIDEO).

55