Technicolor - Thomson DTH231 manual Play modes

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Playing a disc

Standard play

Random play

IntroScan

Repeat playback

functions

Play modes

Your player has several play modes according to the type of disc played: Standard play which follows the order of the tracks, titles and chapters on the discs; Random play which plays the sequences or music tracks in a random order; Programmed play which allows you to choose the sequences or music tracks and the order in which they are to be played;Automatic play which starts playback as soon as the disc tray is closed.The play mode icon can be accessed from the information banner when a CD or VCD disc is in play.

The IntroScan function enables you to listen to the first few seconds of each track of an audio CD.

Note: when the first few seconds of all tracks have been played the player goes into Stop. To stop IntroScan press PLAY to continue play and listen to the whole track, or press STOP.

While a disc is being played, press PLAY MODE (the information banner is displayed), the play mode icon is already selected. Press PLAY MODE again to select play mode or use the / keys.The icon changes according to the mode selected, as does the text area in the information banner:

DVD discs: Standard play – Repeat play between two points A and B – Chapter repeat – Title repeat (if available on disc being played).

Audio CD discs: Standard play – Random play – Disc repeat – Track repeat - IntroScan.

VCD discs: Standard play.

Discs containing mp3/WMA music files: Standard play – Disc repeat – Chapter repeat – Track repeat – Random play. See page 16.

JPEG discs: See page 17.

mp3 – JPEG discs: See page 16.

Note: the standard mode is reactivated for any new disc loaded in the player. The programme mode only works if you have keyed in a programme (see page 19).

Repeat playback of a scene between two points A and B (DVD - VCD - SVCD)

A-B Repeat mode allows you to select exactly the sequence you wish to repeat.

1.Select the repeat playback function using the or keys. A-B Repeat appears under the banner.

2.Press OK to memorise the beginning of the scene you want to repeat (point A).

3.Wait a few seconds before pressing OK again to mark the end of the scene to be repeated (point B). A-B Repeat appears to tell you that the repeat playback of the sequence is starting.To stop repeat, select another

mode using the or keys, or by pressing PLAY MODE or STOP.

Note: Repeat functions remain active until you turn them off, open the disc tray or turn off the power. Repeat play only works with discs that show the elapsed time on the display. This may not work correctly with certain discs (Video CDs in PBC mode).

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