Checking the Play

Information

You can check information such as the bit rate or the disc layer that is being played.

TIME/TEXT

ENTER

DISPLAY

Checking the play information of a DVD (ADVANCED)

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 2 ( 2 7 )

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

1 8 ( 3 4 )

 

 

 

 

DVD VIDEO

 

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 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.

Displays of each item

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

BIT RATE

BIT RATE

384kbps

 

Audio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mbps

 

Video

 

 

 

 

0

5

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit rate refers to the amount of video/audio data per second in a disc. While playing a disc, an approximate bit rate of the playback picture is displayed as Mbps (Mega bit per second) and the audio as kbps (kilo bit per second). The higher the bit rate, the larger the 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 player indicates which layer is being read (“Layer 0” or “Layer 1”).

For details on the layers, see page 67 (DVD VIDEO).

Disc the About Information Viewing

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