Checking the Play Information Z

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 DVD DISPLAY.

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BIT RATE

BIT RATE HISTORY

LAYER

OFF

ADVANCED OFF

To select, press , then ENTER .

xADVANCED

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.

OFF: turns off the ADVANCED display.

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.

BIT RATE HISTORY

Bit rate range

Min. Max.

Newest bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rate range

 

0

5

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

LAYER

with Functions

Displays of each item

BIT RATE

Menu Control the

BIT RATE

 

 

384 kbps

Audio

 

 

Mbps

Video

0

5

10

When you play MPEG AUDIO sound tracks

BIT RATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kbps

 

Audio

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mbps

Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

5

10

 

 

 

Appears when the DVD has dural layers

Indicates the approximate point where the disc is playing. If it is a dual-layer DVD, the system indicates which layer is being read.

For details on the layers, see page 62 (DVD).

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