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Searching for a desired scene
(SEARCH)
DVD
.
I
Video CD
.
Searching by time/frame number
(Time search/Frame search)
Press
FRM/TIME
to select the frame input
mode or the time input mode.
÷
With Video CD, only time search is available.
Select the desired time/frame number
with the number buttons.
Example : To select 21 minutes 43 seconds
2
→
1
→
4
→
3
÷
With DVD, search cannot be performed for time/frame
numbers which overlap titles.
Press
SEARCH
.
÷
Pressing
NEXT
or
PLAY
is also available except
SEARCH
.
÷
Playback starts from the selected elapsed play time.
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For frame searching, the still frame mode is set at the speci-
fied frame. (The accuracy in terms of frame may not be
achieved exactly depending on the disc in use.)
Example)
Discs in which slideshow is recorded
movie DVDs (24 frame).
÷
Time Search/Frame Search are not possible with discs that
do not provide playback time indications within a title when
you press
DISPLAY
(see page 25).
Point
÷
To cancel the Title, Chapter/Track/Time display that is flash-
ing, press
CLEAR
twice.
÷
Using a menu to select is also possible for some titles. In
this case, press
MENU
to display the menu screen and select
while the display is being displayed .
Note
÷
With DVD, Time search may be impossible with certain ti-
tles. In this case, the
mark is displayed.
÷
When performing DVD or Video CD Time Search, playback
may start from a slightly different time than that specified.
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On DVD discs, Time search is not possible during the stop
mode.
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Search using the above operation is not possible during PBC
playback of Video CDs.
÷
An error may occur when a frame search is conducted us-
ing several frames before or after the breaks in titles and
chapters: this happens because of the way in which DVD
are constructed.
Still frame/
Frame advance/
Frame reverse
DVD
.
I
Video CD
.
Frame advance/Frame reverse
(Playback the picture by 1 frame)
Press
STEP
.
: The picture will be advanced by one frame each
time the button is pressed.
: The effect differs according to the following set-
tings. (DVD only)
REV STEP/REV PLAY in ADV. SETUP (see page 48)
is set to
Frame : The picture will be reversed by one frame each
time the
STEP
button is pressed.
VOBU*:The picture will be reversed in VOBU each time
the
STEP
button is pressed.
÷
The picture may not be advanced/reversed by 1 frame de-
pending on such disc as movie DVD (24 frame) for exam-
ple.
÷
If still images appear shaky when playing back DVD stop-
motion frames, see page 31 and set the Still Picture to “Field”.
(Vertical resolution becomes half but eliminates burriness
of the picture when in the picture.)
÷
If VOBU is selected, each time the
STEP
is pressed, play-
back is reversed by 0.4 seconds to 1 second.
* VOBU = Video Object Unit:
In DVD-VIDEO, it is the smallest unit that forms a stream
and, at the time of playback of 1 VOBU, is from 0.4 seconds
to 1 second.
DVD
.
I
Video CD
.
Still picture
Press
STEP
.
Note
÷
There is no sound when viewing still frames or when ad-
vancing one frame at a time.
÷
Pause may not be possible with certain discs. In this case,
the
mark is displayed.
÷
When you press
PAUSE
, playback is paused and background
color (for example, blue) appears on the TV screen.
Frame : 0/219113
Time : 0.00
STEP
STEP
