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Playing VIDEO CDs With PBC
Functions
(PBC Playback)
PBC (Playback Control) allows you to play
VIDEO CDs interactively by following the
menu on the TV screen.
When you start playing a VIDEO CD with
PBC functions, the menu for your selection
appears.
Select an item using the number buttons, and
press ENTER. Then, follow the instructions
in the menu for interactive operations (press
H
when “Press SELECT” appears).
Refer to the instructions supplied with the
disc, as the operating procedure may differ
depending on the VIDEO CD.
To return to the menu
Press
O
RETURN.
z
Hint
To play without using PBC, press
.
/
>
or the
number buttons while the player is stopped to select
a track, then press
H
or ENTER.
“Play without PBC” appears on the TV screen and
the player starts continuous play. You cannot play
still pictures such as a menu.
To return to PBC playback, press
x
twice then
press
H
.
Checking the Playing Time and
Remaining Time
You can check the playing time and
remaining time of the current title, chapter, or
track. Also, you can check the DVD/CD text,
track name, ID3 tag information (MP3
audio), or file name (DivX video) recorded on
the disc.
1
Press TIME/TEXT during playback.
The following display appears.
2
Press TIME/TEXT repeatedly to
change the time information.
The available time information depends
upon the type of disc you are playing.
Checking the play information of
the disc
To check the DVD/CD text
Press TIME/TEXT repeatedly to display text
recorded on the DVD/CD.
The DVD/CD text appears only when text is
recorded in the disc. You cannot change the
text. If the disc does not contain text, “NO
TEXT” appears.
To check DATA CD/DATA DVD album
name, etc.
By pressing TIME/TEXT while playing MP3
audio tracks or DivX video files on a DATA
CD/DATA DVD, you can display the name
of the album/track/file, and the audio bit rate
(the amount of data per second of the current
audio track) on your TV screen.
If an MP3 audio track has an ID3 tag, the
player will display the album name/track title
from the ID3 tag information.
ID3 tag information for MP3 audio track is
displayed when the tracks have ID3 version 1
or ID3 version 2. If there are ID3 version 1
and version 2 tags, ID3 version 2 tag
information has priority.
Note that this player supports ID3 versions
1.0/1.1 and 2.2/2.3.
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Time
information
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17:30
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JAZZ
RIVER SIDE
Bit rate
*
Album name
Track/file name
