Checking the Play Information Z

Control the with Functions Various Using

You can check the play information on the bit rate, bit rate history or the portion where the disc is played (layer). While playing a disc, the approximate bit rate of the playback picture is always displayed by Mbps (Mega bit per second) and the audio by kbps (kilo bit per second). Select “ADVANCED” after pressing DISPLAY twice.

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PLAY

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ADVANCED

BIT RATE HISTORY

 

 

To select, press

, then ENTER .

pADVANCED

When playing a DVD

BIT RATE: displays bit rate.

BIT RATE HISTORY: displays bit rate and bit rate history.

LAYER: displays layer and the point picked up.

DISPLAY OFF: turns off ADVANCED display.

BIT RATE HISTORY

Bit rate range

Min. Max.

Newest bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rate range

 

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Indicates the transition of bit rate of the playback picture for a period up to the present.

LAYER

Menu

Displays of each item

BIT RATE

BIT RATE

 

 

384 kbps

Audio

 

 

Mbps

Video

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5

10

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.

For details on the layers, see page 76 (DVD).

Bit rate refers to the amount of video/audio data per second in a disc. The higher the bit rate is, the larger the amount of data. 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.

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