Arcam DVD player DV88 - Manual (Page 12)

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Using the DV88: advanced operation
Advanced DVD features
This section explains the more sophisticated DVD features, such
as special playback modes and using Bookmarks.
Jumping to a particular part of the disc
Press the SEARCH button on the remote control to open the
‘Search’ menu:
G o t o . . . 0 : 0 0 : 0 1
Ti m e :
C h a p t e r : [ 1 ]
Ti t l e : [ 1 ]
- : - - : - -
The elapsed time on the disc is shown in the top right of the
page (e.g. 0:00:17).
There are three ways of accessing a specifi c part of the disc:
Time, Chapter and Title.
Time
Highlight the Time fi eld, enter the time in hours, minutes and
seconds, and press
OK . Invalid time entries are ignored.
Chapter
Highlight the Chapter fi eld, enter the chapter number and press
OK .
Title
Highlight the Title fi eld, enter the title number and press
OK .
Most discs are arranged with the bulk of the material on one
title, but this feature may be useful with specialist DVDs.
Special playback modes
There are some special playback modes available that allow
repeat of the chapter or title, random play and programmed
playback.
To set Repeat or Random playback, press the P MODE button
on the remote control to open the ‘Play modes’ menu:
P l a y m o d e s
R e p e a t : O f f
R a n d o m : O f f
Repeat
Use the cursor pad to highlight the ‘Repeat’ fi eld, and cycle
through ‘Off’, ‘Chapter’ and ‘Title’. Press
P MODE to exit.
When ‘Repeat: Chapter’ is set, the loop symbol lights in the
display and the current chapter is repeated. When ‘Repeat: Title’
is set, the loop symbol and ‘ALL’ lights in the display and the
current title is repeated.
To cancel repeat, press STOP or return to the ‘Play mode’ menu
and switch it off.
Random
Use the cursor pad to highlight the ‘Random’ fi eld, and toggle
between ‘Off’ and ‘On’. Press
P MODE to exit.
The ‘RAND’ indicator shows in the display, and the chapters are
played in random order.
To cancel random play, press STOP or return to the ‘Play mode’
menu and switch it off.
To program a special sequence
Press
PROG on the remote control to open the ‘Program’ menu:
- - , - - - - , - - - - , - - - - , - -
- - , - - - - , - - - - , - - - - , - -
- - , - - - - , - - - - , - - - - , - -
- - , - - - - , - - - - , - - - - , - -
E n t e r t i t l e , c h a p t e r
< O K > < C l e a r >
You can enter a sequence of up to 16 chapters for programmed
playback. Enter both title and chapter numbers for each. If you
enter data that is invalid for the current disc, the fi eld reverts
to ‘
- -
’.
Enter the programme sequence, starting in the top left corner
and going down each column in turn. For example, if you want to
play chapters 05, 07, 09, 04, 08, 03, 01 in that order (and the
movie was on title 01), enter:
E n t e r t i t l e , c h a p t e r
0 1 , 0 5 0 1 , 0 8 - - , - - - - , - -
0 1 , 0 7 0 1 , 0 3 - - , - - - - , - -
0 1 , 0 9 - - , - - - - , - -
0 1 , 0 4 - - , - - - - , - - - - , - -
0 1 , 0 1
< O K > < C l e a r >
Highlight <OK> and press OK to fi nish. The ‘PROG’ indicator
shows in the display and the programmed sequence begins.
If you make a mistake programming, you can clear a single fi eld
by highlighting it and press
CLEAR. To clear all the fi elds while in
the menu, highlight <CLEAR> and press OK .
To stop the programmed sequence and return to normal
playback, press
STOP .
Note that skipping forward or back through tracks while
in programmed play mode skips through the programmed
sequence.
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