After the drawer closes, you will see a brief indication of LOADINGin both the Main Information Display B and in the on-screen display to alert you to the fact that the unit is determining the type of disc (DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, CD, VCD, JPEG, WMA or MP3) and is reading the data for track, chapter, title and other information about the disc. Once the disc’s data has been read, the type of disc will be displayed by the Disc-Type Indicator A and its type will be identified in the upper right corner of the screen. If the disc is a DVD, SACD, CD or VCD2.0 disc, it will automatically begin playing. The disc’s track timing information and other relevant data will appear in the Main Information Display B. Any time a control button is pressed, an icon will appear in the upper right corner of the screen to indicate the player’s action. These icons include the standard transport modes (play, stop, pause, forward and reverse fast and slow search, track skip), the open/close disc drawer symbol, the repeat and random modes, and the prohibit icon (O) if the command action is not available at that time or for that disc. As explained in more detail in other sections of this manual, pressing the Status Button . displays the Status Banner for DVDs, and pressing the Info Button i displays the Player Information menu. • When a DVD is detected, playback will automatically begin and the screen will show the program or the disc’s menu, depending on how the disc was created. • If a CD is detected, playback will begin automatically. • If the disc contains MP3, WMA or JPEG files, or if it is a VCD without playback control, the Player Information display will appear (see Figure 11). To play one of these files, you may need to use the .¤‹› Navigation Buttons n to select a folder and press the Enter Button t to open it. Use the .¤ Navigation Buttons n to select a file for playback, and press the Enter Button t to begin play. • VCD2.0 discs will begin play automatically, similar to a conventional audio CD. Figure 11 If a disc is already in the drawer when the unit is turned on, it will begin playing. If the disc was stopped using the Resume function, playback will begin from the point where it was stopped. If the disc was stopped by pressing the Stop Button 4O twice, the disc will begin playing from its beginning. Playback Features for DVD and CD Discs: • To momentarily pause playback and freeze the current picture frame on a DVD, press the Pause Button 3K. To resume playback after pressing the Pause button, press the Play Button 2M. • To move forward or backward through the tracks on a DVD-Audio disc or CD, or the chapters on a DVD, press the Skip Forward/Reverse Buttons 56 on the front panel or the Previous/Next Buttons AP on the remote. • To move forward or backward through the DVD or CD disc being played at fast speed, press the Search Forward/Reverse Buttons BN, or press and hold the front-panel Skip/Search Buttons 56 briefly until fast play begins, and then release them. Once one of these buttons is pressed, the fast search will continue until the Play Button 2M is pressed. Each press of the Search Forward/Reverse Buttons 56B N will cycle to the next speed in the following order: 2x, 4x, 8x, 20x, 100x. NOTE: Fast search is available when DVD-Audio, SACD and MP3 discs are playing, but not for WMA files. • When a DVD is playing, you may move forward or backward through the disc in slow motion by first pressing the Pause Button 4u and then pressing the Search/Slow Forward or Search/ Slow Reverse Buttons 67lx. Each press of the buttons will cycle the player through one of the four forward slow-play speeds: 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x or 1/16x or one of the two reverse slow-play speeds: 1/2x or 1/4x. Press the Play Button 2w to resume normal playback. Note that there is no audio playback during fast or slow-forward or -reverse play. This is normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surround processors cannot 26 PLAYBACK BASICS PLAYBACK BASICS process the digital audio streams during slow modes. Slow-play is not available for CD discs. • To advance frame by frame while a DVD is playing, first press the Pause Button 4u, then press the Skip/Step (Previous) 6k or Skip/Step (Next) 7z buttons repeatedly. Press the Pause 4u or Play Button 3w to resume normal play. Frame-by-frame movement in reverse is not available. • When a camera icon shows on the screen, or the Angle Indicator E appears, this is your indication that there is multiple-angle information on the disc being played. To change the angle, press the Angle Button C repeatedly until the desired angle view appears. An on-screen banner message will appear to indicate the angle view in use. To illuminate the buttons on the remote control so that they may be seen in low-light conditions, press the Light Button E. PLAYBACK BASICS 27 DVD PLAYBACK Using a DVD’s Menu One of the unique features of the DVD system is that it offers a producer the opportunity to include a wide range of features on a disc,...