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Basic use of your DVD player
POWER
DV27 DVD PLAYER
PAUSE
STOP
PLAY
LOAD
Motion Adaptive Progressive Scan
INTRODUCTION
‘Basic operation’ explains how to play a DVD, CD or other type of disc,
including the use of the CR-314 remote control.
More sophisticated features – such as special playback modes and
programming jumps and playback sequences – are described in the
‘Advanced features’ section.
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
SWITCHING ON
Switch the unit on by pressing the
POWER
button. The status LED glows
green when the unit is powered up and red when in standby mode
(standby is operated from the remote control).
Note that the remote control sensor is located behind the FMJ badge
on the front panel. Do not obstruct this or the remote will not work.
HDCD INDICATOR
This LED is located below the FMJ badge and lights green to indicate
when HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital) material is playing
from suitably recorded audio CDs.
PLAYING A DISC
LOADING A DISC
Press
LOAD
on the front panel (or
OPEN
on the handset) and place the
disc on the tray, with the playback side facing down. Some discs are
double sided, in which case the side labelled ‘side A’ should face up, to
access side A.
Press
LOAD
on the front panel to close the tray. The disc loads after a
pause of a few seconds.
PLAYING A DISC
Most DVDs begin playing automatically, but some titles begin by
displaying a menu. Select the menu item ‘Play movie’ (or similar) using
the cursor pad, then press
OK
to start playback.
For discs that do not play automatically (including CDs and VCDs),
press
PLAY
.
Note that when playing DVDs, the drive mechanism operates at much
higher speeds compared with CDs and so may produce more noise
when loading and playing initial chapters. This is normal.
FAST PLAY
Press
or
on the front panel or remote control to play fast
forward or backwards. For DVDs, VCDs and CDs the following speeds
for fast playback are available: x2, x4, x8, x20, x60 and x100. Press the
button repeatedly to cycle through the different speeds. To resume
normal playback speed, press
PLAY
.
Fast playback is not available for MP3 discs.
SKIPPING CHAPTERS/TRACKS
To skip chapters (or tracks on a CD), press
or
.
When skipping back, the first button press takes you to the beginning
of the current chapter. Pressing the button again takes you to the start
of the previous chapter.
Note that it is common for Video CDs to have only one track.
PAUSING PLAYBACK
Press
PAUSE
on the front panel or on the remote control to pause
playback. To resume playback, press
PLAY
on the front panel or on
the handset.
STOPPING PLAYBACK
Press the
STOP
button on the front panel or on the remote control
to stop playback.
When playing a DVD, pressing
STOP
once performs a ‘resume stop’. If
you now press
PLAY
, playback resumes from the point it was stopped.
If you press
STOP
twice, this is a ‘complete stop’, and playback resumes
from the beginning of the disc.
FRONT PANEL MENU NAVIGATION
Should you need to navigate a disc or title menu from the front panel,
use
PAUSE
for ‘up’,
STOP
for ‘down’ , for ‘right’,
for ‘left’ and
PLAY
for
‘OK’.
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