Viewing Information About The Disc - Sony DVP-NS999ES Service Manual

Viewing Information About the
Disc
Checking the Playing
Time and Remaining
Time
You can check the playing time and
remaining time of the current title, chapter, or
track. Also, you can check the Disc Memo,
DVD/Super Audio CD/CD text, or track/
album name (MP3 audio) recorded on the
disc.
Scroll key
1
Toggle the scroll key up or down
during playback to display "TIME/
TEXT" in the LCD screen.
2
Point the remote at the player and
press down on the scroll key so
that appears in the LCD
screen.
The following display appears.
T 1:01:57 PLAY
Time information
3
Press down on the scroll key
repeatedly to change the time
information.
The display and the kind of time
information that you can check depend
on the disc you are playing.
Checking the Play
Information
You can check information such as the bit
rate or the disc layer that is being played.
Scroll key
X/x
ENTER
DISPLAY
Checking the play information of
a DVD (ADVANCED)
1
Press DISPLAY during playback.
The Control Menu is displayed.
2
Press X/x to select
(ADVANCED), then press ENTER.
The options for "ADVANCED" appear.
1 2 ( 2 7 )
PLAY
1 8 ( 3 4 )
DVD VIDEO
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
OFF 384 kbps
BIT RATE
Mbps
LAYER 10
0 5
3
Press X/x to select items.
For each item, see "Display of each item"
below.
• BIT RATE: displays the bit rate.
• LAYER: displays the layer and the
pick-up point.
4
Press ENTER.
To turn off the ADVANCED display
Select "OFF" in step 3.
◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO or DVD-
RW
• T * : * : * (hours: minutes: seconds)
Playing time of the current title
• T– * : * : *
Remaining time of the current title
• C * : * : *
Playing time of the current chapter
• C– * : * : *
Remaining time of the current chapter
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD (with PBC
functions)
• * : * (minutes: seconds)
Playing time of the current scene
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD (without
PBC functions), Super Audio CD, or CD
• T * : * (minutes: seconds)
Playing time of the current track
• T– * : *
Remaining time of the current track
• D * : *
Playing time of the current disc
• D – * : *
Remaining time of the current disc
◆ When playing a DATA CD (MP3 audio)
• * : * (minutes: seconds)
Playing time of the current track
To check the Disc Memo, DVD/Super
Audio CD/CD text, or track/album names
(MP3 audio)
Press down on the scroll key repeatedly in
step 3 to display the Disc Memo or text
recorded on the DVD/Super Audio CD/CD/
DATA CD. The DVD/Super Audio CD/CD
text appears only when text is recorded in the
disc. You cannot change the text. If the disc
does not contain text, "NO TEXT" appears.
In this case, you can label the disc. To label
the disc, see page 66.
BRAHMS SYMPHONY
For DATA CDs, the track/album names of
the MP3 audio track appears (page 56).
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To turn off the Control Menu
Press DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control
Menu is turned off.
Display of each item
By pressing DISPLAY repeatedly, you can
display either "BIT RATE" or "LAYER,"
whichever was selected in "ADVANCED."
◆BIT RATE
BIT RATE
Audio
384 kbps
Mbps
Video
0 5 10
Bit rate refers to the amount of video/audio
data per second in a disc. While playing a
disc, the approximate bit rate of the playback
picture is displayed as Mbps (megabits per
second) and the audio as kbps (kilobits per
second). The higher the bit rate, the larger the
amount of data. However, this does not
always mean that you can get higher quality
pictures or sounds.
◆LAYER
Appears when the DVD
has dual layers
Indicates the approximate point where the
disc is playing.
If it is a dual-layer DVD, the player indicates
which layer is being read ("Layer 0" or
"Layer 1").
For details on the layers, see page 88 (DVD
VIDEO).
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Checking the information on the
front panel display
You can view the time information and text
displayed on the TV screen also on the front
panel display. The information on the front
panel display changes as follows when you
change the time information on your TV
screen.
When playing a DVD VIDEO or DVD-RW
Title playing time and the current title
and chapter number
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
Remaining time of the current title
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
Playing time and number of the
current chapter
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
Remaining time of the current
chapter
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
Text
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
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Checking the play information of
a DATA CD
You can display the audio bit rate (the amount
of data per second of the current audio) on the
TV screen.
1
While playing MP3 audio tracks on a
DATA CD, toggle the scroll key up or
down to display "TIME/TEXT" in the
LCD screen.
2
Point the remote at the player and
press down on the scroll key so that
appears in the LCD screen.
The audio bit rate appears on the TV
screen.
Bit rate
T 17:30 128k
JAZZ
RIVER SIDE
Album name
Track name
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1-13
When playing a VIDEO CD (without PBC
functions), Super Audio CD, or CD
Track playing time and the current
track and index number
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
Remaining time of the current track
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
Playing time of the disc
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
MIN SEC
Remaining time of the disc
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
MIN SEC
Text
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
MIN SEC
When playing a DATA CD (MP3 audio)
Track playing time and the current track
and album number
MIN SEC
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
MIN SEC Track name
TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR
z Hints
• When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions,
the scene number and the playing time are
displayed.
• Long text that does not fit in a single line will
scroll across the front panel display.
• You can check the time information and text
using the Control Menu (page 14).
Notes
• Depending on the type of disc being played, the
disc's text or track name may not be displayed.
• The player can only display the first level of the
disc's text, such as the disc name or title.
• Playing time of MP3 audio tracks may not be
displayed correctly.
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