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BASIC OPERATION
Preparation:
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If you use a television set, turn on its power and set
the TV/Video switch to “Video”.
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If a sound system is used, the amplifier must be
turned on first and make sure that its outputs are set
properly.
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Start playback
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Press the
POWER
button to turn on the DVD
player.
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Press the
OPEN/CLOSE
button to open the disc
tray
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Place a disc onto the tray and make sure that it is
placed properly.
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Press the
OPEN/CLOSE
or
PLAY
buttons to
playback the disc.
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For a DVD disc, menu selection or some DVD
playback functions can be used after playback.
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For a VCD disc with PBC, PBC menu will be
displayed on the screen. You can operate using the
PBC menu, or press the PBC button to set PBC off
and the disc will be played back straightforward.
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For a VCD disc without PBC or a CD-DA, the disc will
be played back straightforward.
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Stop playback
Press the
STOP
button to stop playback.
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When the unit is not used, please remove the disc
and press the
POWER
button to switch the power to
the standby mode.
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Skip playback
Skip playback is not available during the playback of a
VCD with PBC ON.
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Press the
NEXT
button to search the beginning of
next track (VCD/CD) or next chapter (DVD) for
playback.
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Press the
PREV
button to search the beginning of
the current track or chapter.
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Still/Pause playback
Pause playback is only available during the playback of a
CD-DA.
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Pressing the
STILL/STEP
button during the playback
of a CD-DA, the playback will be paused.
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Pressing the
STILL/STEP
button during pausing
playback, return to normal playback.
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Step playback
Step playback is available during the playback of the other
disc than the CD-DA. It supports a frame-by-frame still
picture display.
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Press the
STILL/STEP
button to freeze the image.
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Press the
STILL/STEP
button again to skip to the
next frame and so on.
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Press the
PLAY
button to return to the normal
playback.
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Fast Forward/Reverse scan
Fast forward scan and fast reverse scan can be operated
by using the
FWR
and
REV
buttons, respectively.
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Whenever the
FWR
or
REV
button is pressed,
the fast forward/reverse scan is triggered and the
speed changes in circles of 2X
Õ
4X
Õ
8X
Õ
12X
Õ
15X
Õ
30X
Õ
normal
Õ
2X.
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When the
PLAY
or
ENTER
button is pressed
during fast forward/reverse scan, the normal
playback will be resumed.
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It is quite normal that the images may become
discontinuous during fast forward/reverse scan.
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When the fast forward scan reaches the end of a
track (CD/VCD) or a title (DVD), the normal playback
of the next track/title will be resumed.
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When the fast reverse scan reaches the beginning of
a track (CD/VCD) or a title (DVD), the normal
playback of this track/title will be resumed.
