Getting started
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Playing audio CDs and MP3s
The table below shows the basic playback controls for
audio CDs and MP3 files.
Note
• If you want to play a DTS audio CD, make sure the
recorder is connected to a DTS-compatible amp/
receiver with a digital connection. Noise will be
output through the analog outputs. Also make sure
that
STEREO
is selected using the
AUDIO
button
(see
Switching audio channels
on page 32).
• You can’t use scanning when playing MP3 files.
Playing Video CDs
The table below shows the basic playback controls for
Video CDs.
Some discs feature Playback Control (PBC for short)
menus. These discs show PBC in the display when you
load them and display a menu on-screen from where you
can select what to watch.
Press to skip to previous/next chapter/title.
(You can also use the front panel
+/–
but-
tons to do this during playback.)
(Commercial skip). Each press skips for-
ward progressively up to a maximum of
ten minutes.
• Except VR mode:
during playback, enter a
chapter number then press
ENTER
to skip
directly to that chapter within the currently
playing title.
On some discs, you can also use the num-
ber buttons to select numbered items in
the disc menu.
• VR mode only:
d
uring playback, enter a
title number then press
ENTER
.
• All:
Press
CLEAR
to clear a number
entry and start again.
Press to display the ‘top’ menu or menu of
a DVD-Video disc (these are often the
same).
Use the cursor buttons to navigate DVD-
Video disc menus; press
ENTER
to select
items.
Press to return to the previous level of a
DVD-Video disc menu.
Press to start playback.
Press to pause playback; press again to
restart playback.
Press to stop playback.
Audio CD only:
Press to start scanning.
Press again to increase the scanning
spee
d
. (There are two scan spee
d
s; the
current scan spee
d
is shown on-screen.)
Press to skip to previous/next track (or
folder for MP3 disc). (You can also use the
front panel
+
/
–
buttons to
d
o this
d
uring
playback.)
CM SKIP
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
ENTER
TOP MENU
MENU
ENTER
RETURN
/ /
D
uring playback, enter a track (or folder)
number then press
ENTER
to skip
d
irectly
to that track.
Press
CLEAR
to clear a number entry an
d
start again.
Press to start or restart playback.
Press to pause playback; press again to
restart playback.
Press to stop playback.
You can resume playback from the same
point by pressing
. (Press
again to
cancel the resume function.)
•
D
uring playback, press to start scan-
ning. Press repeate
d
ly to increase the
scanning spee
d
.
• Press an
d
hol
d
while paused to start
slow-motion playback. Press repeate
d
ly to
change the playback spee
d
(forwar
d
d
irec-
tion only).
• While pause
d
, press to a
d
vance a single
frame (forwar
d
d
irection only).
Press to skip to previous/next track. (You
can also use the front panel
+
/
–
buttons to
d
o this
d
uring playback.)
When a PBC menu is
d
isplaye
d
, press to
d
isplay the previous/next page.
(Commercial skip). Each press skips for-
ward progressively up to a maximum of
ten minutes.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
ENTER
/ /
CM SKIP
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