Playing A Disc; Basic Playback; General Features; Pause - Sharp DV-SL20U Operation Manual

PLAYING A DISC

Basic Playback

DVD
Getting started
• Turn on the power of the TV, amplifier and any other com-
ponents which are connected to the DVD.
• Make sure the TV and audio receiver (commercially avail-
able) are set to the correct channel.
1 Press POWER.
• "P-ON" will appear briefly on the display panel.
2
Press OPEN/CLOSE to open disc
loading tray.
3 Place the chosen disc in the tray,
with the label facing up.
4 Press PLAY.
• The tray will close automatically, and
playback will then start from the first
chapter or track of the disc. If the playback does not
start automatically, press PLAY.
• When you playback the DVD which a title menu is
recorded, it may appear on the screen. In this case,
refer to "TITLE MENU".
5 Press STOP to stop playback.
NOTES:
• A "prohibited icon" may appear at the top-right on
the TV screen during operation, warning that a pro-
hibited operation has been encountered by the DVD
player or the disc.
• With DVDs that use some titles for playback program signals,
playback may start from the second title, or it may skip these
titles.
• During the playback of two layered disc, pictures may stop for
a moment. This happens when the 1st layer switches to the
2nd layer. This is not a malfunction.
• A DVD-RW disc recorded in the VR mode may freeze
momentarily during playback depending on how the playlist
was made and edited (deleted titles, repeated recording).

General Features

DVD may contain menus to navigate the disc and access
special features. Press the appropriate numerical key or use
Arrow ( L / K / B / s ) to highlight your selection in the DVD
main menu and press ENTER to confirm.
NOTE:
• Unless stated, all operations described are based on
remote control use. Some operations can be carried
out using the menu bar on the TV screen.

Pause

DVD CD
1 During playback, press STILL/PAUSE.
• Playback will pause and sound will be muted.
2 To continue playback, press PLAY.

Disc Menus

1 Press MENU.
• The DVD main menu will appear.
2
If the feature is not available,
appear on the TV screen.
3 If disc menu is available on the disc, audio lan-
guage, subtitle options, chapters for the title and
other options will appear for selection.
Press Arrow ( L / K / B / s ) to select an item, and
4
ENTER to confirm selection.
CD DVD-RW
VR mode
1 Press TITLE.
• The title menu will appear.
2 If the feature is not available,
appear on the TV screen.
Press Arrow ( L / K / B / s ) to select an item, and
3
ENTER to confirm selection.
• Playback will begin at the selected Title.

CALLING UP A MENU SCREEN DURING PLAYBACK

• Press MENU to call up the DVD main menu.
• Press TITLE to call up the title menu.
NOTE:
• Contents of menus and corresponding menu opera-
1
During playback, press
• Playback will pause and sound will be muted.
2
The disc goes forward by one frame each time
STILL/PAUSE
3
To exit step by step playback, press
1
During playback, press STOP.
• Resume message will appear on the TV screen.
2
Press PLAY, playback will resume from the point at
which playback was stopped.
• To cancel resume, press STOP again.
• To stop playback, press STOP twice from playback mode.
You can choose ORIGINAL or PLAYLIST when you play the
disc which had set the PLAYLIST.
1 Press MENU
• The current setting screen will appear.
• Pressing MENU during playback is not valid.
MP3 DVD-RW
VR mode
Press s or B to select ORIGINAL or PLAYLIST.
2
• PLAYLIST will not be displayed when it has not been
• Resume playback will not be possible if you change the
DVD
Press K or L to select a title, then press ENTER.
3
• Playback will start.
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NOTES:
• [ORIGINAL]: A list of titles which are recorded with a DVD
• With discs recorded in VR mode, changing the audio
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Title Menu

tions may vary between discs. Refer to the manual
accompanying the disc for details.

Step by Step Playback

STILL/PAUSE.
.
is pressed

Resume / Stop

Playing the disc recorded in
VR mode (Video Recording format)
in stop mode.
made.
setting.
recorder.
[PLAYLIST]: A list of titles which is made based on the
ORIGINAL list for editing.
(MAIN, SUB or MAIN+SUB) is effective only when
using an analogue connection. Although you may be able
to change the settings of the on-screen display, it is not
affect the sound when using a digital connection.
DVD
symbol may
DVD DVD-RW
VR mode
PLAY.
DVD CD
DVD-RW
VR mode
ORIGINAL PLAYLIST
1 PLAYLIST1
2 PLAYLIST2
3 PLAYLIST3
4 PLAYLIST4
5 PLAYLIST5
6 PLAYLIST6
EN