Checking the playing time on the front panel display

You can view the playing or time information and text displayed on the TV screen also on the front panel display.

Press TIME/TEXT repeatedly.

Each press of the button changes the information as follows:

◆When playing a DVD

Title playing time and the current title/chapter number

Remaining time of the current title

Playing time and number of the current chapter

Remaining time of the current chapter

Disc name

◆When playing a CD

Track playing time and the current track/index number

Selecting the Sound

When playing a DVD VIDEO recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, MPEG audio, or DTS), you can select the audio format. If a DVD VIDEO is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can also change the language.

With CDs, you can select the sound from the right or left channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and left speakers. For example, when playing a disc containing a song with the vocals on the right channel and the instruments on the left channel, you can listen to the instruments only from both speakers, by selecting the left channel.

DISPLAY

Remaining time of the current track

Playing time of the disc

Remaining time of the disc

Disc name

zHint

Long text that does not fit in a single line will scroll across the front panel display.

Notes

•Depending on the type of disc being played, the disc’s text may not be displayed.

•The recorder can only display the first level of a CD’s text, such as the disc name or title.

•The letters or symbols that cannot be displayed are replaced with “*.”

Press (audio) repeatedly during playback to select one of the audio options.

The following display appears.

Example: DVD VIDEO

1 : English DolbyDigital 2/0

◆When playing a DVD VIDEO

Depending on the DVD VIDEO, the choice of language varies. When four numbers are displayed, they indicate a language code. To see which language the code represents, see “Language Code List” (page 92). When the same language is displayed two or more times, the DVD VIDEO is recorded in multiple audio formats.

◆When playing a DVD-RW in VR mode

The types of sound tracks recorded on a disc are displayed. The default setting is underlined.

Example:

•1: Main (main sound)

•1: Sub (sub sound)

•1: Main/Sub (main and sub sound)

44 Selecting the Sound