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Advanced CD and VCD features
This section explains the more sophisticated CD and VCD features,
such as special playback modes. The operations described here differ
slightly from DVD but are similar for CDs and VCDs. Note that many
VCDs have a single track, so some operations involving tracks are not
appropriate for VCDs.
Many of these advanced features use on-screen menus, so a TV
monitor is required.
JUMPING TO A PARTICULAR POINT
Press the SEARCH button on the remote control to open the ‘Search’
menu:
Disc search
Track
:
Time
:
[ 0 ]
0
:00 :00
-:--:--
The elapsed time on the disc is shown in the top right of the page (e.g.
0:00:17).
There are two ways of accessing a specific part of a CD or VCD: Time
and Track.
TIME
Highlight the Time field, enter the time in hours, minutes and seconds,
and press OK. Invalid time entries are ignored.
TRACK
Highlight the Track field, enter the track number and press OK. Note
that VCDs are likely to have only one track.
SPECIAL PLAYBACK MODES
There are some special playback modes available that allow repeat,
random play and programmed playback.
To set Repeat or Random playback, press the
P MODE button on the
remote control to open the ‘Play modes’ menu:
Play modes
Repeat
:
Off
Off
Random
:
REPEAT
Use the cursor pad to highlight the ‘Repeat’ field, and cycle through
‘Off’, ‘Track’ and ‘All’. Press
P MODE to exit and to start playing.
When ‘Repeat: Track’ is set, the loop symbol lights in the display and
the current track is repeated. When ‘Repeat: All’ is set, the loop symbol
and ‘ALL’ lights in the display and the whole disc is repeated.
To cancel repeat, press
STOP or return to the ‘Play mode’ menu and
switch it off.
Note that the ‘Repeat: Track/All’ modes can be directly controlled by
pressing
RPT on the remote control.
RANDOM
Use the cursor pad to highlight the ‘Random’ field, and toggle between
‘Off’ and ‘On’. Press P MODE to exit and to start playing. The ‘RAND’
indicator shows in the display, and the tracks are played in random order.
To cancel random play, press
STOP or return to the ‘Play mode’ menu
and switch it off.
TO PROGRAM A SPECIAL SEQUENCE
Press PROG on the remote control to open the ‘Program’ menu:
Program edit:
5 [--] 9 [--] 13 [--]
[1-16]
10 [--] 14 [--]2 [--]
3 [--]
4 [--]
6 [--]
7 [--]
8 [--]
11 [--]
12 [--]
15 [--]
16 [--]
1 [--]
<OK> <Clear>
You can enter a sequence of up to 16 tracks for programmed playback.
If you enter data that is invalid for the current disc, the field reverts to
[
- -
].
Enter the programme sequence, starting in the top left corner and
going down each column in turn. For example, if you want to play tracks
05, 07, 09, 04, 08, 03, 01 in that order, enter:
Program edit:
1 [05] 5 [08] 9 [--] 13 [--]
[1-16]
10 [--] 14 [--]2 [07]
3 [09]
4 [04]
6 [03]
8 [--]
11 [--]
12 [--]
15 [--]
16 [--]
<OK> <Clear>
7 [01]
Highlight <OK> and press OK to finish. The ‘PROG’ indicator shows in
the display and the programmed sequence begins.
If you make a mistake programming, you can clear a single field by
highlighting it and press CLEAR. To clear all the fields while in the menu,
highlight <CLEAR> and press OK.
To stop the programmed sequence and return to normal playback,
press
STOP.
Note that skipping forward or back through tracks while in
programmed play mode will skip through the programmed sequence.