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In the display on the front panel of the DVD player, the following notices
appear:
With DVDs:
•"DVD"
• the number of the currently playing chapter
• the played back so far time of the currently playing DVD in minutes and
seconds
With VCDs/S-VCDs:
• "VCD" or "S-VCD"
• the number of the currently playing title
• the played back so far time of the currently playing VCD/S-VCD in
minutes and seconds
12.1 Features during playback of a DVD, VCD or S-VCD
During the playback of a DVD/VCD/S-VCD you can use the following DVD
player features...
Pause playback
To pause the playback of the inserted DVD/VCD/S-VCD...
• During playback press the
PLAY/PAUSEbutton
will now appear in the display on the front panel of the DVD player and
on the television screen.
On the television screen you will see a freeze frame of the scene that has just
been halted.
• To contnue playback of the film press the
PLAY/PAUSEbutton.
Stop playback (STOP)
To stop playback of the film on the inserted DVD/VCD/S-VCD press the
STOP button.
With resume function
If you have cancelled playback of the inserted DVD/VCD/S-VCD by pressing
the
STOP button once the DVD player automatically saves the position
where playback was interrupted. This function is called the "resume function".
PRESS PLAY KEY TO CONTINUE appears on the television screen. As
soon as you press the
PLAY/PAUSEbutton again playback will continue
from the saved position.
Without resume function
If you have cancelled playback of the inserted DVD/VCD/S-VCD by pressing
the
STOP button once and you press the STOP button a second time the
saved position, at which you interrupted the playback, will be cleared.
When you press the
PLAY/PAUSEbutton again playback of the inserted
DVD/VCD/S-VCD starts from the beginning.
Access the DVD menu (MENU)
Note:
This function may not be available on all DVDs! If you attempt to execute
a function that is not available, the symbol is displayed on the television
screen.
With many films on DVDs there is a main menu on the disc which, apart from
the option of playing back the main film, allows you to select from the following
contents:
• the subtitle and film dialogue languages
• direct chapter selection
• to playback the films bonus material (Background information,
"Making of" etc.)
If such a menu is present on the DVD inserted in the DVD player you can access
it during playback by pressing the
MENU button on the remote control.
You can select particular menu options by pressing the control buttons
on the remote control.
To confirm the selected menu option press the
PLAY/PAUSEbutton or the
ENTER button on the remote control.
To return to playback press the
MENU button on the remote control again.
Note:
If you cancel playback by pressing the STOPbutton twice (Playback stop without
resume function) access to the disc's main menu is no longer possible.
Playback Control (PBC) with VCDs/S-VCDs
Many VCDs/S-VCDs have Playback Control (in short "PBC"). Playback Control
indicates a main menu that allows operation of several functions of the
VCD/S-VCD.
If PCB is available on a VCD/S-VCD inserted in the DVD player you must first
activate it in order to be able to superimpose the menu.
• During playback or when playback is stopped press the
PBC button.
The message PBC: OFF appears in the display.
• Pressthe
PBC button again. The message PBC: ON appears in the display. PBC
is now switched on and the disc's main menu can be accessed with the
buttons
MENU, TITLE or RETURN.
Note:
If you switch on PBC during playback then it is possible that playback will
stop and start again from the beginning and/or with the main menu.
Skip to start of chapter (Skip)
Note:
This function may not be available on all DVDs! If you attempt to execute
a function that is not available, the symbol is displayed on the television
screen.
With the buttons
SKIP FWD and SKIP BWD you can, during playback,
within the film on the inserted DVD/VCD/S-VCD …
• skip forward to the beginning of the next chapter or
• skip backward to the preceeding chapter
The respectively selected chapter will playback immediately without having
to press the
PLAY/PAUSE button. The number of the respectively selected
chapter will be displayed on the front panel of the DVD player to the left of
the played back so far time.