Using The Player Information Menu; Using The On-Screen Status Display; Selecting A Title - Harman Kardon DVD 27 Owner's Manual

DVD PLAYBACK

Using the Player Information Menu

The DVD 27's Player Information menu displays disc
information and enables you to program playback
modes. Press the Info Button i to display the
Player Information menu (Figure 11).
Figure 11
The Player Information menu has two submenus which
may be accessed by using the
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Buttons n to highlight the submenu's icon, and
pressing the Enter Button s to select it. These
submenus are different from the Setup menus in that
many items are for display only and cannot be
changed using the menu system.
PLAYBACK INFO Submenu: This submenu
displays basic disc and playback mode information
(see Figure 11). You may not make any changes to
the items shown in this submenu, except for the
Repeat mode.
Disc: This line displays the disc type, such as
DVD-Video.
Disc ID: If the disc is encoded with an identifica-
tion label, such as a movie title, it will appear here.
Playlist: For DVDs, this line will reflect that play-
back will occur in the disc's order. Programmable
playlists are not available when a DVD is loaded.
Repeat: This line displays the current repeat
mode, or Off if Repeat mode is not active.
Figure 12
PROGRAM submenu: The PROGRAM sub-
menu is not accessible for DVDs.
DISC INFO Submenu: This submenu displays
detailed information about the disc content (see Figure
12). You will not be able to make any changes to the
items on this submenu. However, you may use the
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Setup menu system as described on page 20 to
change the DVD 27 player settings for video aspect
ratio or scan type.
Disc: This line displays the disc type.
Disc ID: If the disc is encoded with an identifica-
tion label, it will appear here.
Aspect Ratio: This line displays the aspect ratio
of the video content on the disc, and the format in
which it is being played back according to the set-
ting established in the VIDEO SETUP sub-
menu as shown on page 20. Some discs may
contain two versions of the same program with a
widescreen aspect ratio on one side of the disc,
and a standard aspect ratio on the other.
Video Standard: The disc's format is shown
here. For Region 1 players, this will normally be
NTSC, although some DVDs that are open region
Navigation
(playable in all regions) may be in the PAL format.
The DVD 27 will convert the video to the NTSC
format used by your television.
Scan Type: This line displays whether the video
program on the DVD was recorded with a progres-
sive or interlaced scan rate. It also displays how the
program is being played back, based on the setting
established in the VIDEO SETUP submenu
as shown on page 20.
Audio Resolution: This line displays the sample
rate and bit rate for the current audio format.
Audio Format: This line displays the current audio
track, such as Dolby Digital 5.1 or linear PCM.
Video Bit Rate: This line displays the video bit
rate up to the limit of 10 Mbps. This indication will
vary as a disc is played in response to changes in
the amount of compression that was applied to the
video signal when the disc was created. Thus, as
shown in Figure 12, when the disc is stopped or
paused, this line will remain blank.
When you have finished viewing the Player menus,
press the Info Button i to remove the displays
from the screen and return to normal play.

Using the On-Screen Status Display

When a DVD is playing, you may press the Status
Button ` at any time to view a quick summary of
the disc's playback status. The Status Bar not only
gives you a snapshot of the unit's current state; it also
provides an easy way to select a different title, chapter
or track, or use the time search feature.
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• Title é: This displays the current title on the
left, and the total number of titles on the disc on
the right.
• Chapter ƒ: This displays the current chapter on
the left, and the total number of chapters on the disc
on the right.
• Play Mode Icon ©: This displays the current
play mode icon: e.g. Play ›, Pause ±, Stop
• Time Display ˙: This section of the display
shows the time corresponding to the type of display
indicated in the Time Display Type ∆. The Time
Search function enables you to start playback at any
point in the program. Use the ‹ › Navigation
Buttons D to highlight this display, and the num-
bers will change to dashes. You may then use the
Numeric Keys R to enter the numbers corre-
sponding to the time on the disc at which you wish
play to commence. Press the Enter Button s,
and play will immediately begin at the selected time
position.
• Time Bar
tation of the time elapsed for the title being played.
As the disc plays, the number of bars will increase to
reflect approximately what percentage of the title has
been played thus far.
• Time Display Type ∆: This section identifies the
type of information in the Time Display ˙ sec-
tion of the display. Use the
Buttons D to select this setting, and each subse-
quent press of the Enter Button I will change
the time display from Title Elapsed, to Title
Remaining, to Chapter Elapsed to Chapter
Remaining, and cycle back to Title Elapsed. The time
displayed on screen and in the front-panel
Information Display @ will change accordingly.

Selecting a Title

To select a title, first press the Status Button Q so
that the Status Display appears. The Current Title
é will be highlighted in a blue box. Press the Enter
Button I and dashes will appear, enabling you to
use the Numeric Keys R to enter the desired title.
Press the Enter Button I again to begin playing
the new title. Note that if a "ø" icon appears when you
attempt to select a new title, this is an indication that
the disc does not allow the title to be changed in this
manner even though a list of title numbers will appear.
This is a function of the way the disc was created and
is not a flaw in the DVD 27. For some discs, press the
Title Button S during playback to change the cur-
rent title. Some discs will switch to the disc menu, and
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some discs may simply restart play from the beginning
of the current title. This is a function of how the disc
was authored, and does not reflect a problem with
the DVD 27.
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‹› Navigation
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