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Playing Discs

Using the Front Panel
Display

Z

You can check information about the disc, such as the total
number of the titles or the tracks or remaining time, using
the front panel display.

When playing back a DVD 

Display information while playing the disc

Checking the remaining time

Press TIME/TEXT.

Each time you press TIME/TEXT while playing the disc, the
display changes as shown in the following chart.

Playing
status

Lights up
when you
can change
the angle

Current
play
mode

Playing time

Current title
number

Current chapter
number

Disc
type

Going back to the menu screen

Press 

ˆ

, 

=

, or 

+

.

z

When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions

PBC playback starts automatically.

z

To cancel PBC playback of a VIDEO CD with PBC functions

and play the disc in Continuous Play mode

There are two ways.
• Before you start playing, select the track you want using 

=

or

+

, then press ENTER or 

·

.

• Before you start playing, select the track number using the

number buttons on the remote, then press ENTER or 

·

.

“Play without PBC” appears on the TV screen and the player
starts Continuous Play.  You cannot play still pictures such as a
menu screen.
To return to PBC playback, press 

p

 twice then press 

·

.

Note

Depending on the VIDEO CD, “Press ENTER” in Step 3 may be
expressed as “Press SELECT” in the instructions supplied with
the disc.

TIME/TEXT

1

4

7

2

5

8

0

3

6

9

Current surround
format

CD

VIDEO CD

DISC

PBC

TRACK INDEX

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 

DVD

TITLE CHAPTER

SEC

MIN

HOUR

REPEAT 1

PGM  A–B

SHUFFLE

Digital

MPEG DTS NTSC

ANGLE

Lights up when the
player outputs the
NTSC signal