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PROGRAMMED PLAY
Programmed Play
Programmed play allows you to
select any track, title or chapter from
a disc, for playback in a specific
order. This type of programming is
particularly useful for parties or other
situations where you desire continu-
ous playback of specific selections
for a long period of time.
Programming play lists is an intuitive
process that is facilitated by the
DVD280’s sophisticated on-screen
menu system. The procedure is the
same for all types of discs (except
VCDs and SVCDs), although some of
the screens may appear slightly dif-
ferent.
To program a disc for playback, fol-
low these steps:
1. Load the desired disc, but do not
start playback. Stop playback if the
disc begins to play automatically.
2. Display the Player Menu on-screen
by pressing the Setup Button T to
display the on-screen menus, and
then using the Navigation ‹/›
Buttons h to highlight the Player
Menu. You may deactivate the Info
icon to make it easier to view long lists
of tracks, chapters or files. Make sure
that the Program icon is activated
(see Figure 95).
Figure 95
3. Move the cursor to the Disc
List/Prg. List button on the right side
of the screen. The button is at the top
of a list of numbers next to each
track. These numbers indicate the
order in which the track will be
played. As indicated on the bottom of
the screen (see Figure 96), by press-
ing the Disc List/Prg. List button, you
have the option of displaying the disc
order of play, or a programmed order.
To program a new playlist, select the
programmed order of play, then clear
the list, displaying a dot in place of a
number. If you only wish to change
the order of a few tracks without pro-
gramming the entire list, leave the dis-
play in program order, and scroll
down to those tracks you wish to
reprogram or skip.
Figure 96
4. Scroll to the dot (or number, if you
didn’t clear the program as described
in Step 3) next to the first track whose
order you wish to program, and you
will be prompted at the bottom of the
screen to add it to the end of the
playlist, enter a number to directly
program it, order in the playlist, or
clear the programming for that track
(see Figure 97).
Figure 97
It is simplest to scroll to each track
and select the Add function in the
order you desire, but you may prefer
to directly enter the numerical order
in which the tracks should be played.
Press the Enter Button 8, type the
number using the Numeric Keys I
that reflects the order in which you
wish the track to be played, then
press the Enter Button 8 again.
Note that you must press these keys
quickly, before the prompt times out.
If it does time out, the current track
order will be highlighted, and you may
press the buttons again. The DVD280
will update the track list order to fill in
any holes, so that if you
enter “999”
for a disc containing only 6
tracks, the
DVD280 will automatically place the
track sixth in the programmed order.
5. The programmed number will
appear in the playlist in place of the
dot or the original number. Scroll
down to the next track you wish to
program.
6. Scroll past any track you wish to
skip, leaving a dot to indicate that it
has no programmed play order.
7. Make sure to instruct the DVD280
to play the disc in the programmed
order, by activating the Info icon on
the left side of the screen and select-
ing the playback order setting (see
Figure 98).
Figure 98
Alternatively, press the Playlist
Button c at any time to display the
Playlist Status Bar. Select the current
setting (Disc Order or Programmed
Order) by pressing the Enter Button
8, and scroll to the desired choice.
(See Figure 72.)
Figure 72
8. You may begin playback by moving
the cursor to the word “Player” in the
upper left corner of the screen and
pressing the Enter Button 8.
During programmed play the track
number shown in the front-panel dis-
play will reflect its order on the disc.
However, the Prog Indicator Q will
light to remind you that the disc’s
tracks are playing in programmed
order.
For discs containing both JPEG files
and audio files, you may independently
program the order in which pictures
will appear on-screen, and the order
in which audio files will be played.
Select the Picture or Audio icon on
the left side of the screen and follow
steps 1 through 6 above to program
a playlist.
The Random function may be used
when a playlist is active, and the
disc’s tracks will be played in random
order (neither disc order nor pro-
grammed order). The Repeat
function may also be used when
a programmed playlist is active.
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