ROTEL RDV-1040 - Manual (Page 12)

12 RDV-1040 DVD Player
Basic Disc Play
1 Press the OPN/CLS button on the front
panel or the OPEN/CLOSE button 2 on
the remote control to open the disc tray.
2 Place a disc in the disc tray.
Place 8-cm discs
in the inner recess
With the
label side upp
3 Press 3. The RDV-1040 starts playback from
the beginning.
To stop disc play press ■ (STOP) 9 . To
pause disc play press II (PAUSE) 27 . To
resume playback, press (PLAY) 28 .
NOTES: Do not insert an unplayable disc.
(See Playable Discs section.)
When placing a disc on the disc tray, be
sure to set it in the recess. Otherwise, the
disc may be damaged when the disc tray is
closed, or you may not be able to remove
the disc from the RDV-1040.
On-Screen Menu
After loading a DVD VIDEO, SVCD or Video
CD disc, a menu may appear on the TV screen.
From the menu, you can select an item to be
played.
For DVD VIDEO
1 Press 31 13 12 32 to select an
item.
2 Press ENTER 34 . The RDV-1040 starts play-
back of the selected item.
For SVCD/Video CD
Press the numeric buttons to select an item. The
RDV-1040 starts playback of the selected item.
On Screen Icons
During disc playback, you may see icons dis-
played over the picture. These have the follow-
ing meanings.
– Is displayed at the beginning of a scene
recorded from multiple angles. See the Selecting
a Scene Angle section.
– Is displayed at the beginning of a scene
recorded with multiple audio languages. See
the Changing the Audio Language or Sound
section.
– Is displayed at the beginning of a scene
recorded with multiple subtitle languages. See
the Selecting the Subtitle Language section.
About PBC (Playback Control)
Some SVCD/Video CD discs support the PBC
function. The PBC function allows you to en-
joy menu-driven operation and high-resolu-
tion still images which have a resolution four
times greater than moving pictures.
• To play a PBC-compatible SVCD/Video CD
disc without activating the PBC function, press
the Numeric buttons
4 instead of
(PLAY) 28 to start playback.
• To activate the PBC function again:
Press TOP MENU 11 or MENU 30 , or
Press ■ (STOP) 9 to stop playback, then
press (PLAY) 28 .
To Check Playback Status
Press ON SCREEN 33 to see the current se-
lection number (the title/chapter number for
DVD VIDEO or track number for SVCD/Video
CD/ Audio CD), time information (the track
or chapter time while stopped, or elapsed track
or chapter time during playback) and the trans-
port status (stop, playback, pause, etc.) on the
TV screen.
Example: for DVD VIDEO
Pressing ON SCREEN again brings up the menu
bar under the status bar, from which you can
access various functions. See the Menu Bar
section of this manual for more information.
To turn off the status bar press ON SCREEN
repeatedly until the status bar goes off.
Resuming Playback
The RDV-1040 can remember the position on
a disc where you interrupt playback and re-
sume playback from that position later. There
are three resume modes; ON, OFF and DISC
RESUME. The mode is set at the factory to ON.
You can select the mode using the Preference
settings.
When the Resume Mode is ON
When you press ■ (STOP) 9 the RDV-
1040 stops playback and remembers the po-
sition where playback was interrupted. The TV
screen shows RESUME STOP and the RESUME
indicator lights up in the display window. The
remembered position where playback is inter-
rupted is not cleared if you turn off the
RDV-1040.
When you turn off the RDV-1040 after setting
the resume function, simply press
(PLAY)
28 . The RDV-1040 is turned on, and play-
back starts from the interrupted position. If you
turn on the RDV-1040 by pressing STANDBY
button
then press (PLAY), playback starts
from the beginning of the disc. Note that the
remembered position is cleared if you open
the disc tray.
When the Resume Mode is
DISC RESUME
When you press ■ (STOP) 9 the RDV-
1040 stops playback and remembers the in-
terrupted position. The TV screen shows RE-
SUME STOP and the RESUME indicator lights
up in the display window. The memory of the
interrupted position is not cleared if you open
the disc tray or turn off the RDV-1040.
NOTE: The RDV-1040 memorizes inter-
rupted positions for the last 30 discs played.
Storing a new interrupted position will erase
the interrupted position stored for the first
disc.
To clear the memory
Press ■ (STOP) 9 while disc play is
stopped.