Rotel RDV-1050 DVD Player User Manual


 
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RDV-1050 DVD Player
Locating a Scene From the
Menu of a SVCD/Video CD
with PBC
Some SVCD/Video CD discs support the PBC
function. PBC is an abbreviation of “Playback
Control.” Some SVCD/Video CD discs re-
corded with PBC have their own menus, such
as a list of the songs on the disc. You can lo-
cate a specific scene by using the PBC menu.
1 In stop mode, press
(PLAY)
29
or TOP
MENU
12
. A disc menu appears on the TV
screen.
2 Press the numeric buttons
4
to select the
desired item.
Examples:
To select 5: press 5.
To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.
To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.
The RDV-1050 starts playback of the selected
item. To return to the menu, press RETURN
19
.
NOTE: If something like NEXT or
PREVIOUS appears on the TV screen,
pressing
27
advances to the next
page, and pressing
9
returns to the
previous page.
Specifying a Title/Group
1 During playback, press TITLE/GROUP
8
.
[––] is shown in the title display area of the
display window.
2 Press the numeric buttons
4
to specify a
title to be played.
Examples:
To select 5: press 5.
To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.
To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.
The RDV-1050 starts playback from the speci-
fied title.
NOTE: This function may not work with
some DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO discs.
Locating a Position in the
Current Title or Track
(Time Search)
You can play a disc from a certain position
by specifying the time from the beginning of
the current group (for DVD AUDIO), the cur-
rent title (for DVD VIDEO) or the disc (for
SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD).
For DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO/Audio CD: Dur-
ing playback or while in stop mode –
For SVCD/Video CD: In any condition except
SVCD/Video CD playback with PBC –
1 Press ON SCREEN
34
twice. The menu bar
appears on the TV screen.
2 Press /
13 33
to move to ,
then press ENTER
35
. The pull-down menu
for entering time appears.
Screen example for DVD VIDEO
1/3 1/3OFF 1/5
8.5Mbps
TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33
CHAP.
TIME
_:__:__
Screen example for Audio CD
OFF PROG. RND.
TIME 25:58TRACK 33
TIME
__:__
3 Press the numeric buttons (0 to 9) to enter
the desired time. The specified time is dis-
played in the pull-down menu.
Example (for DVD AUDIO or VIDEO)
To playback from 2(H):34(M):00(S), press 2,
3, then 4.
Example (for SVCD/Video CD/
Audio CD
To playback from 23(M):40(S), press 2, 3, then
4.
You do not have to press “0” to enter the trailing
zeros (for the last two digits in the example
above).
To correct a mistake press repeatedly to
move back to the digit where you entered a
wrong number, and reenter the correct one.
4 Press ENTER. The RDV-1050 starts playback
from the specified time.
To dismiss the menu bar press the ON SCREEN
button again.
NOTES:
“10” and “+10” buttons are not used with
this function.
Some DVD VIDEO discs do not contain
time information, and the time search func-
tion cannot be used.
When a DVD AUDIO disc is stopped, you
can specify the elapsed time from the be-
ginning of group 1.
The time search function cannot be used
during program playback.
Selecting a DVD AUDIO Disc
Still Picture
Most DVD AUDIO discs include still pictures,
which appear in turn during playback. When
there are other “page(s)” of the current still
picture and you can change the picture (“turn
the page”) manually.
At the beginning of a part where there are
selectable pictures, PAGE appears on the TV
screen (except when the ON SCREEN GUIDE
preference is set to OFF).
1 During playback except when the status bar
is shown, press PAGE
7
. The page se-
lection window appears on the TV screen.
1
PAGE 1/32
2 Press PAGE or /
14 32
to select the
desired page.
3 Press ENTER
35
The selected page (picture)
is shown and the page selection window
disappears.
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English
NOTES:
The RDV-1050 does not support “packet
writing (UDF format)” discs.
The RDV-1050 does not support the ID3
tag and WMA tag.
The RDV-1050 supports discs recorded
with multiple sessions.
Some discs may not play due to disc
characteristics or recording conditions.
Programmed and random playback func-
tions do not work with MP3/WMA discs.
For MP3, the RDV-1050 only can play
back tracks with the following file exten-
sions; “.MP3,” “.Mp3,” “.mp3” and
“.mP3.”
For WMA, the RDV-1050 only can play
back tracks with the following file exten-
sions; “.WMA,” “.wma,” and any other
combination of upper case and lower case
letters (such as “.Wma”).
Time required for reading the disc con-
tents may vary for different discs, depend-
ing on the number of groups (folders) and
tracks (files) recorded, etc.
You cannot advance or reverse playback
by pressing
30
or
11
, or by hold-
ing down
27
or
9
during
MP3/WMA disc playback.
The RDV-1050 supports WMA files re-
corded with a bit rate of 48 kbps or higher.
The RDV-1050 cannot play back WMA
files recorded with a bit rate under 48
kbps.
Selecting a Group and Track
When inserting an MP3/WMA disc, after the
disc contents are read, the MP3/WMA CON-
TROL display automatically appears on the TV
screen. You can select a group/track from the
display using the following procedure.
1 Make sure that the black (cursor) bar is in the
left (group) column. If it is in the right column,
press to move it to the left column.
2 Press /
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to move the bar to a
desired group. On the right column, tracks
in the selected group are shown.
3 Press
27
or
9
to select a de-
sired track, then press ENTER
27
or
9
or (PLAY)
29
.
or
Press the numeric buttons
4
to directly
specify a desired track number.
Examples:
To select 5: press 5.
To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.
To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.
The RDV-1050 starts playback from the se-
lected track.
You can also select a desired track by press-
ing
33
to move the black bar to the right
(track) column then using /
32 14
.
NOTES: If an MP3/WMA file name in-
cludes any 2-byte character, the RDV-1050
cannot show the file name correctly.
Only MP3/WMA files are shown on the
MP3/WMA CONTROL display.
The order of groups/tracks shown in the
MP3/WMA CONTROL display may differ
from the order shown on your personal
computer when you access the disc on your
computer.
Direct Selection
You can select a desired group directly by speci-
fying the group number.
1 During playback or while stopped, press
TITLE/GROUP
8
. [—] is shown in the
group display area of the display window.
2 Press the numeric buttons to specify a de-
sired group number.
Examples:
To select 5: press 5.
To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3.
To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10.
Specify the group number within several sec-
onds after pressing TITLE/GROUP (i.e. while
the display window shows [—]). The RDV-1050
starts playback from track 1 of the selected
group.
3 Press the numeric buttons to specify a track
number. The RDV-1050 starts playback from
the specified track.
Repeat Playback
During playback or while stopped, press RE-
PEAT
3
. Each time you press REPEAT, the
repeat mode changes as follows.
On Screen Display
If you press REPEAT while stopped, you need
to press ENTER
35
or (PLAY)
30
to start
repeat play.
To stop repeat playback press (STOP)
10
.
Note that the repeat mode remains active.
To Quit Repeat Playback
During playback, press REPEAT
3
until no
repeat icon is shown on the display window.
While stopped, press REPEAT until repeat mode
indication on the MP3/WMA CONTROL dis-
play goes off.
Checking the Sampling Frequency
and Quantization Bit Length
You can check the sampling frequency and
quantization bit length of digital audio dur-
ing playback using the AUDIO - fs/Rate but-
ton
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.