Searching for a Scene

Searching for a Particular Point on a

Disc (Search, Scan, Slow-motion

Play, Freeze Frame)

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

STEP

STEP

H/Playback Dial

Note

Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to do some of the operations described.

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 playback speed changes. With each press the

indication changes as shown below. Actual speeds may differ with some discs.

Playback direction

⋅2B t 1M t 2M t 3M

3M (DVD/VIDEO CD only)

⋅2B (DVD/CD only)

Opposite direction

⋅2b t 1m t 2m t 3m

3m (DVD/VIDEO CD only)

⋅2b (DVD 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.”

Watching frame by frame (Slow-motion play)

Press m or M when the player is in pause mode. To return to the 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 only)

2 y 1

The “2 y”/“2

” playback speed is slower

than “1 y”/“1

.”

Using the Playback Dial on the player

You can search for a particular point on a disc in various ways using the Playback Dial.

To go to the next chapter/track/scene

During playback, briefly turn the Playback Dial clockwise to skip to the next chapter/ track/scene, or counterclockwise to skip to the previous ones.

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