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Searching for a Scene
Searching for a
Particular Point on a
Disc
(Scan, Slow-motion Play,
Search, Freeze Frame)
You can quickly locate a particular point on a
disc by monitoring the picture or playing back
slowly.
Note
Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not
be able to do some of the operations described.
Locating a point quickly by
playing a disc in fast forward or
fast reverse (Scan)
Press
m
or
M
while playing a
disc. When you find the point you want, press
H
to return to normal speed. Each time you
press
m
or
M
during scan, the
playback speed changes (The actual speeds
differ depending on the disc type). With each
press the indication changes as follows:
Playback direction
Opposite direction
The “
u
2
B
”/“
u
2
b
” playback speed is about
twice the normal speed.
The “3
M
”/“3
m
” playback speed is faster
than “2
M
”/“2
m
” and the “2
M
”/“2
m
”
playback speed is faster than “1
M
”/
“1
m
.”
Watching frame by frame (Slow-
motion Play)
Press
m
or
M
when the player is
in pause mode. To return to the normal speed,
press
H
.
Each time you press
m
or
M
during Slow-motion play, the playback speed
changes. Two speeds are available. With each
press the indication changes as follows:
Playback direction
2
y
1
Opposite direction (DVD only)
2
y
1
The “2
”/“2
” playback speed is slower
than “1
”/“1
.”
STEP
STEP
.
/
>
N
u
2
B
t
1
M
t
2
M
t
3
M
3
M
(DVD/VIDEO CD only)
u
2
B
(DVD/CD only)
u
2
b
t
1
m
t
2
m
t
3
m
3
m
(DVD/VIDEO CD only)
u
2
b
(DVD only)
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Se
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e
Locating a point quickly using
the PREV (previous)/NEXT button
(Search)
You can search for a particular point on a disc
using
.
/
>
on the player.
During playback, press and hold
>
on the
player to locate a point in the playback
direction, or press and hold
.
to locate a
point in the opposite direction. When you find
the point you want, release the button to
return to normal playback speed.
Playing one frame at a time
(Freeze Frame)
When the player is in the pause mode, press
STEP to go to the next frame. Press
STEP to go to the preceding frame
(DVD only). If you hold the button down, you
can view the frames in succession. To return
to normal playback, press
H
.
Searching for a Title/
Chapter/Track/Scene,
etc.
You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and
you can search a VIDEO CD/CD/DATA CD
by track, index, or scene. As titles and tracks
are assigned unique numbers on the disc, you
can select the desired one by entering its
number. Or, you can search for a scene using
the time code.
1
Press DISPLAY.
The Control Menu appears.
2
Press
X
/
x
to select the search
method.
◆
When playing a DVD
TITLE
CHAPTER
TIME/TEXT
Select “TIME/TEXT” to search for a starting
point by inputting the time code.
◆
When playing a VIDEO CD without PBC
playback
TRACK
INDEX
CLEAR
ENTER
DISPLAY
Number
buttons
,
continued
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◆
When playing a VIDEO CD with PBC
Playback
SCENE
INDEX
◆
When playing a CD
TRACK
INDEX
◆
When playing a DATA CD (MP3 audio)
ALBUM
TRACK
Example: when you select
CHAPTER
“** (**)” is selected (** refers to a number).
The number in parentheses indicates the total
number of titles, chapters, tracks, indexes or
scenes.
3
Press ENTER.
“** (**)” changes to “-- (**).”
4
Press
X
/
x
or the number buttons
to select the title, chapter, track,
index, or scene number you want
to search.
If you make a mistake
Cancel the number by pressing CLEAR,
then select another number.
5
Press ENTER.
The player starts playback from the
selected number.
To turn off the Control Menu
Press DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control
Menu is turned off.
To search for a scene using the time code
(DVD only)
1
In step 2, select
TIME/TEXT.
“T **:**:**” (playing time of the current
title) is selected.
2
Press ENTER.
“T **:**:**” changes to “T --:--:--.”
3
Input the time code using the number
buttons, then press ENTER.
For example, to find the scene at 2 hours,
10 minutes, and 20 seconds after the
beginning, just enter “2:10:20.”
z
Hints
• When the Control Menu display is turned off, you
can search for a chapter (DVD) or track (CD) by
pressing the number buttons and ENTER.
• You can display the first scene of titles, chapters,
or tracks recorded on the disc on a screen divided
into 9 sections. You can start playback directly by
selecting one of the scenes. For details, see
“Searching by Scene (VISUAL VIEWER)” on
the next page.
Notes
• The title, chapter, or track number displayed is the
same number recorded on the disc.
• You cannot search for a scene on a DVD+RW
using the time code.
1 8 ( 3 4 )
1 2 ( 2 7 )
DVD VIDEO
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
Selected row
DVD VIDEO
1 2 ( 2 7 )
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
( 3 4 )
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Searching by Scene
(VISUAL
VIEWER)
You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens
and find the desired scene quickly.
1
Press VISUAL VIEWER during
playback.
The following display appears.
2
Press VISUAL VIEWER repeatedly
to select the item.
Refer to the explanations given for each
item in the following sections.
• CHAPTER VIEWER (for DVD only)
• TITLE VIEWER (for DVD only)
• TRACK VIEWER (for VIDEO CD
only)
3
Press ENTER.
To return to normal play
Press
O
RETURN.
Notes
• If you play a Video CD (PBC on) with Visual
Viewer, and you press
O
RETURN, PBC
playback will be cancelled, and the disc will start
to play from the beginning without PBC.
• The “VISUAL VIEWER” is not available when
playing Super VCDs.
• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to
select all functions.
• The sound is muted when using this function.
Scanning the title, chapter, or
track (TITLE VIEWER, CHAPTER
VIEWER, TRACK VIEWER)
You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens
and display the first scene of titles, chapters,
or tracks.
You can also play back from the selected title,
chapter, or track. After performing step 3 of
“Searching by Scene (VISUAL VIEWER)”
above, select the scene using
C
/
X
/
x
/
c
and
press ENTER.
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Hint
If there are more than 9 titles, chapters, or tracks,
V
is displayed at the bottom right.
To display the additional titles, chapters, or tracks,
select the bottom right scene (the position 9) and
press
x
. To return to the previous scene, select the
top left scene (the position 1) and press
X
.
RETURN
VISUAL
VIEWER
ENTER
CHAPTER VIEWER
ENTER
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