PLAYBACK BASICS
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Playback Basics
Basic Play
Preparation
1. Switch the TV ON and select its video input
connected to the DVD 20.
2. Press the Main Power On button (above the
"POWER" button) to switch on power, the
unit will go into Standby mode indicated by
the ring surrounding the POWER turning on
orange.
3. Press POWER to turn on the unit, the DVD 20
harman/kardon logo should appear now on
the screen. If that logo can be viewed only
disturbedly on the screen or without any
colour, skip to page 18 and make the appro-
priate settings at the "TV Aspect" Menu
according to your TV set and to the connec-
tion used between the DVD 20 and your TV.
When you see no video at all, even no setup
menu, check the setting of the video input
used on your TV (most SCART inputs on TVs
can be configured in the TV´s menu).
When you don´t succeed, connect your TV
with different cables to the DVD 20, e.g. via
Composite (yellow jacks) or S-Video cables,
see page 10 and 11, rather than per SCART to
view the setup menues until all appropriate
"TV aspect" settings are made properly.
4. Switch on your A/V system’s power, if the
player has been connected to such a system.
5. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.
6. Place a disc on the disc tray.
Hold the disc without touching either of its sur-
faces, position it with the side which you wish to
play facing down, align it with the guides, and
place it in its proper position.
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3" (8 cm) discs or 5" (12 cm) discs can be
used.
7. Press PLAY. The disc tray is automatically
closed and play begins.
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When the disc tray is closed by pressing
OPEN/CLOSE, play will start automatically.
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With most DVD’s, a Disc Menu appears on
the screen. Select specific menu item by using
ARROW buttons on the remote, then press
ENTER.
Disc Playback Features
Skipping tracks or titles/chapters
To move forward or backward through the tracks
on a CD or the titles or chapters on a DVD, press
SKIP on the front panel or PREVIOUS/NEXT on
the remote.
Fast Motion Playback/Fast Search
1. To move forward or backward through the
DVD or CD disc being played at fast speed,
press SEARCH on the front or remote. Once
one of these buttons is pressed, the fast
search will continue until PLAY is pressed.
Note that the fast-play speeds vary for CD’s
and DVDs:
For DVD playback, there are four fast-play
speeds and for CD there are three. Each press of
the SEARCH Buttons will cycle to the next speed
in the following order:
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In Fast Search x2, the
‹‹
and
››
Playback
Mode Indicators will both light steadily.
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In Fast Search x4, the outside
‹‹
or
››
Playback Mode Indicator will flash and the
inside indicator will remain steadily lit.
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In Fast Search x8, the inside
‹‹
or
››
Playback Mode Indicator will flash and the
outside indicator will remain steadily lit.
■
In Fast Search x16, both
‹‹
and
››
Playback
Mode Indicators will flash. This speed is for
DVDs only.
2. Press PLAY at any time to resume normal
playback.
Note that there will be no audio playback during
fast-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This is
normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surround
processors cannot process the digital audio
streams during fast-play modes; audio will be
heard during fast-play of conventional CD’s.
Freeze Frame and Frame Advance
(with DVD only)
1. Press STEP (FWD or REV) when a DVD is play-
ing to freeze the picture.
2. Each time you press one of the buttons, the
picture advances one frame in the selected
direction.
3. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.
Slow Motion Playback (with DVD only)
1. When playing a DVD disc or when it´s in
pause or freeze frame mode, you may move
slowly forward or backward through the pro-
gram being played at one of four speeds by
pressing the SLOW-Play Buttons on the
remote. Each press of the buttons will move
to the next speed in the following order:
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In the 1/16th Speed Slow mode, the
‹‹
and
››
Playback Mode Indicators will
both flash.
■
In the 1/8th Speed Slow mode, the inside
‹‹
and
››
Playback Mode Indicator will
flash and the outside indicator will remain
steadily lit.
■
In the 1/4 Speed Slow mode, the outside
‹‹
or
››
Playback Mode Indicator will flash
and the inside indicator will remain steadily
lit.
■
In the 1/2 Speed Slow mode, both the
‹‹
and
››
Playback Mode Indicators will
remain steadily lit.
2. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.
Note that there will be no audio playback during
slow-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This
is normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surround
processors cannot process the digital audio
streams during slow modes. Slow play is not
available for CD.
Notes:
Playback features may not be available
during the opening credits of a movie. This is
intended by the disc author and is not a failure
of the DVD 20.
Playback of a DVD with 96kHz/24-bit audio
requires the use of circuitry normally used for
other features. Accordingly, Slow Play Reverse
and Step Advance features are not available
with these discs.
Depending on the structure of a VCD disc, the
functions Slow Reverse and Step Reverse may be
prohibited or have no function and 4x/8x Fast
Playback (Search) may not function (more details
about VCD Playback see page 32).