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PROGRAMMED PLAY
Programmed Play
The DVD 50 is equipped with a wide range of
programmed play functions that enable you to
have the unit select or repeat tracks for you, or
you may program a specific order for discs and
tracks to play.
Random Play
The DVD 50’s Random Play modes let you relax
while the unit plays the tracks on one disc, or
all the tracks on all discs in random order for
hours of listening or viewing enjoyment. The
three modes of Random Play are as follows:
■
Random 1 Disc:
Plays all the tracks on a
single disc in random order and then stops.
■
Random All Discs:
Plays all the tracks on
one disc in random order and then plays all
the tracks on each succeeding disc in ran-
dom order and then stops.
■
Shuffle All Discs:
Plays 2 tracks randomly
from a disc and then plays 2 tracks randomly
from a different disc until all tracks on all
discs have been played.
To initiate Random Play, press the
Random
Button
l
. If the unit is stopped, the
machine will begin playing; otherwise the
Random Playback sequence will take place
immediately. The first press of the Random but-
ton will initiate a “Random 1” playback, as
indicated by the appearance of an on-screen
banner message (Figure 21) and
Random
O
and
1 Indicators
N
. To use one of the other
Random Play modes, press the
Random
Button
l
again to step through each of the
modes in the following order:
Random 1
➜
Random All Discs
➜
Shuffle All
Discs
➜
Standard Play
To cancel a Random Play sequence, press the
Random Button
l
until you see the
Standard Play Banner (Figure 22) in the on-
screen display and the
Random
O
or
Repeat/Random Indicators
N
go out.
Figure 21
Figure 22
Repeat Play
The DVD 50 offers five repeat functions that
allow you to take advantage of the five-disc
capacity of the unit for unattended playback:
■
Repeat All Discs:
Plays all discs in the unit
in order from beginning to end until play-
back is manually stopped.
■
Repeat 1 Disc:
Plays a specific disc from
start to finish until playback is manually
stopped.
■
Repeat Title:
For DVD discs only, this mode
repeats the title currently being played until
playback is manually stopped.
■
Repeat Track/Chapter:
Repeats the CD
track or DVD chapter currently being played
until playback is manually stopped.
■
Repeat A-B:
Repeats any selected portion
of a disc until playback is manually stopped.
To select Repeat All, Repeat 1 Disc, Repeat Title
or Repeat Track/Chapter, simply press the
Repeat Button
o
until the banner display
with the desired playback method appears on
the screen. The selection process will follow
this order:
■
For DVD Discs:
Repeat Chapter
➜
Repeat
Title
➜
Repeat 1 Disc
➜
Repeat All Discs
➜
Repeat Off
■
For CD Discs:
Repeat Track
➜
Repeat 1
Disc
➜
Repeat All Discs
➜
Repeat Off
In addition, when the video display is not
available, the
Repeat Indicators
N
will
light in the
Information Display
$
to
show the options in use.
To stop any Repeat Play function, press the
Repeat Button
o
until the Repeat Off
Banner appears in the on-screen display or the
Repeat Indicators
N
in the
Information
Display
$
go out.
Repeat Play may also be stopped by pressing
the
Stop Button
j
/
!
twice.
Repeat A-B
The Repeat A-B function allows you to select
any portion of a DVD or CD and have it repeat
continually unit the unit is manually stopped.
To initiate a Repeat A-B playback sequence,
follow these steps while a disc is playing:
1. Press the
Repeat A-B Button
p
at the
start of the sequence to be repeated. Note that
a Repeat A Banner (Figure 23) will appear on
the video screen and the
Repeat A Indicator
N
will light in the Information Display.
Figure 23
2. Press the
Repeat A-B Button
p
again at
the end of the sequence to be repeated. Note
that the on-screen banner message will change
to Repeat A-B (Figure 24), as will the
Repeat
A-B Indicator
N
in the Information Display.
Figure 24
3. The selected sequence will now play continu-
ally until the
Stop Button
j
/
!
is pressed.