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DVD PLAYBACK

Using the Player Information Menu

The DVD 27’s Player Information menu displays disc
information and enables you to program playback
modes. Press the

Info Button

to display the

Player Information menu (Figure 11).

Figure 11

The Player Information menu has two submenus which
may be accessed by using the

⁄¤

Navigation

Buttons

to highlight the submenu’s icon, and

pressing the

Enter Button

to select it. These

submenus are different from the Setup menus in that
many items are for display only and cannot be
changed using the menu system.

PLAYBACK INFO

Submenu:

This submenu

displays basic disc and playback mode information
(see Figure 11). You may not make any changes to
the items shown in this submenu, except for the
Repeat mode.

■

Disc:

This line displays the disc type, such as

DVD-Video.

■

Disc ID:

If the disc is encoded with an identifica-

tion label, such as a movie title, it will appear here.

■

Playlist:

For DVDs, this line will reflect that play-

back will occur in the disc’s order. Programmable
playlists are not available when a DVD is loaded.

■

Repeat:

This line displays the current repeat

mode, or

Off

if Repeat mode is not active.

Figure 12

PROGRAM

submenu:

The

PROGRAM

sub-

menu is not accessible for DVDs.

DISC INFO

Submenu:

This submenu displays

detailed information about the disc content (see Figure
12). You will not be able to make any changes to the
items on this submenu. However, you may use the

Setup

menu system as described on page 20 to

change the DVD 27 player settings for video aspect
ratio or scan type.

■

Disc:

This line displays the disc type.

■

Disc ID:

If the disc is encoded with an identifica-

tion label, it will appear here.

■

Aspect Ratio:

This line displays the aspect ratio

of the video content on the disc, and the format in
which it is being played back according to the set-
ting established in the

VIDEO SETUP

sub-

menu as shown on page 20. Some discs may
contain two versions of the same program with a
widescreen aspect ratio on one side of the disc,
and a standard aspect ratio on the other.

■

Video Standard:

The disc’s format is shown

here. For Region 1 players, this will normally be
NTSC, although some DVDs that are open region
(playable in all regions) may be in the PAL format.
The DVD 27 will convert the video to the NTSC
format used by your television.

■

Scan Type:

This line displays whether the video

program on the DVD was recorded with a progres-
sive or interlaced scan rate. It also displays how the
program is being played back, based on the setting
established in the

VIDEO SETUP

submenu

as shown on page 20.

■

Audio Resolution:

This line displays the sample

rate and bit rate for the current audio format.

■

Audio Format:

This line displays the current audio

track, such as Dolby Digital 5.1 or linear PCM.

■

Video Bit Rate:

This line displays the video bit

rate up to the limit of 10 Mbps. This indication will
vary as a disc is played in response to changes in
the amount of compression that was applied to the
video signal when the disc was created. Thus, as
shown in Figure 12, when the disc is stopped or
paused, this line will remain blank.

When you have finished viewing the Player menus,
press the

Info Button

to remove the displays

from the screen and return to normal play.

Using the On-Screen Status Display

When a DVD is playing, you may press the

Status

Button

at any time to view a quick summary of

the disc’s playback status. The Status Bar not only
gives you a snapshot of the unit’s current state; it also
provides an easy way to select a different title, chapter
or track, or use the time search feature.

Figure 13

•

Title

This displays the current title on the

left, and the total number of titles on the disc on
the right.

•

Chapter

This displays the current chapter on

the left, and the total number of chapters on the disc
on the right.

•

Play Mode Icon

This displays the current

play mode icon: e.g.

Play

›

Pause

Stop

•

Time Display

This section of the display

shows the time corresponding to the type of display
indicated in the

Time Display Type

∆

. The Time

Search function enables you to start playback at any
point in the program. Use the

‹ ›

Navigation

Buttons

to highlight this display, and the num-

bers will change to dashes. You may then use the

Numeric Keys

to enter the numbers corre-

sponding to the time on the disc at which you wish
play to commence. Press the

Enter Button

and play will immediately begin at the selected time
position.

•

Time Bar

This display is a graphic represen-

tation of the time elapsed for the title being played.
As the disc plays, the number of bars will increase to
reflect approximately what percentage of the title has
been played thus far.

•

Time Display Type

∆

This section identifies the

type of information in the

Time Display

sec-

tion of the display. Use the

⁄¤

‹›

Navigation

Buttons

to select this setting, and each subse-

quent press of the

Enter Button

will change

the time display from Title Elapsed, to Title
Remaining, to Chapter Elapsed to Chapter
Remaining, and cycle back to Title Elapsed. The time
displayed on screen and in the front-panel

Information Display

will change accordingly.

Selecting a Title

To select a title, first press the

Status Button

that the Status Display appears. The

Current Title

will be highlighted in a blue box. Press the

Enter

Button

and dashes will appear, enabling you to

use the

Numeric Keys

to enter the desired title.

Press the

Enter Button

again to begin playing

the new title. Note that if a “ø” icon appears when you
attempt to select a new title, this is an indication that
the disc does not allow the title to be changed in this
manner even though a list of title numbers will appear.
This is a function of the way the disc was created and
is not a flaw in the DVD 27. For some discs, press the

Title Button

during playback to change the cur-

rent title. Some discs will switch to the disc menu, and
some discs may simply restart play from the beginning
of the current title. This is a function of how the disc
was authored, and does not reflect a problem with
the DVD 27.