Frame Advance/Frame Reverse; Looping A Section Of A Disc - Pioneer DV-989AVi-S Operating Instructions Manual

05 Playing discs

Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up DVD-Video or
DVD-RW discs frame-by-frame. With Video
CD/Super VCDs, you can only use frame
advance.
1 During playback, press
2 Press
advance a frame at a time.
3 To resume normal playback, press
(play).
• The picture quality when using frame
reverse is not as good as frame advance.
• Depending on the disc, normal playback
may automatically resume when a new
chapter is reached.
• When changing direction of a DVD-Video
disc, the picture may 'move' in an unex-
pected way. This is not a malfunction.
• For DVD-Audio discs featuring browsable
pictures (see the Glossary on page 84),
press
next picture.

Looping a section of a disc

The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify
two points (A and B) within a track (DVD-
Audio, CD and Video CD) or title (DVD-Video
and DVD-RW) that form a loop which is
played over and over.
• A-B Repeat is not available with SACDs,
MP3s, Super VCDs or Video CDs in PBC
mode, or while a DVD disc menu is being
displayed.
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(pause).
or to reverse or
/ to view the previous/
1 During playback, press PLAY MODE
and select 'A-B Repeat' from the list of
functions on the left.
Play Mode
A-B Repeat A(Start Point)
Repeat B(End Point)
Random Off
Program
Search Mode
2 Press ENTER on 'A(Start Point)' to set
the loop start point.
Play Mode
A-B Repeat A(Start Point)
Repeat B(End Point)
Random Off
Program
Search Mode
3 Press ENTER on 'B(End Point)' to set
the loop end point.
Play Mode
A-B Repeat A(Start Point)
Repeat B(End Point)
Random Off
Program
Search Mode
After pressing ENTER, playback jumps back
to the start point and plays the loop.
4 To resume normal playback, press
CLEAR or select 'Off' from the menu.