Dvd Playback; Using A Dvd's Menu; Important Notes On Dvd Playback; Zoom Feature - Harman Kardon HS 100 Owner's Manual

DVD PLAYBACK

Using a DVD's Menu

One of the unique features of the DVD system is
that it offers a producer the opportunity to include a
wide range of features on a disc, including multiple-
language tracks; subtitles in a variety of languages;
special information such as movie trailers and cast
information; as well as other customized information.
In addition, producers may divide a movie or program
into chapters that allow for quick access to specific
parts of the program. These chapters may be
accompanied by thumbnail pictures of a scene from
the specific chapter to help you select the desired
spot on the disc.
When a disc is playing, press the Disc Menu Button
to pause the playback and display the disc's
menu. As there are no hard rules about style and
contents for DVD menus, the way they appear on the
screen and the information they contain will vary from
one disc to another. However, the following general
rules apply to most menus:
• You may move through the options on a menu with
the M / N / K / L Navigation Buttons
disc's programming allows. The option selected
will typically be highlighted in a certain color or
inside an outline box.
• To select a highlighted option, which may either play
a portion of the disc or move to a submenu, press
the Enter Button z or the Play Button
• On some discs, when you select the DVD menu
during the playback of a movie, the disc will return
to the point in the program where the menu was
selected by offering a "Play Movie" option. Press
the Enter Button z or Play Button
to resume play. However, not all discs offer this
feature, and selecting the menu while playing a
movie may mean that you will either have to go
back to the beginning of the program or the start
of a chapter. This feature is out of the control of
the HS 100, as it is set by the disc's internal
programming.
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Important Notes on DVD Playback

The HS 100 is capable of all the features and options
covered by the DVD standards. However, it is up to
the producer of a DVD disc to decide which of those
features and functions are available on any given disc.
For that reason, not all discs will function identically,
and some discs will not have many of the features of
the DVD system. For example, most current DVD discs
do not take advantage of the multiple-angle feature.
When you press a button and the player displays the
Feature Prohibited ( ) icon, this is an indication that
the disc has not been programmed for that feature.
In addition, it is common for the producers of DVD
discs to block the use of certain functions during only
some parts of a disc. For example, many discs prohibit
the use of fast-play buttons or prohibit access to the
Chapter Menu display during the playback of copyright
notices, studio logos, movie credits or trailers. The
appearance of the Feature Prohibited (
or the inability of certain features to operate when
the disc itself has prohibited them, does not indicate
a problem with the HS 100, as these features are
, as the
outside of the unit's control.

Zoom Feature

The HS 100's advanced digital video processing
circuits include a Zoom feature which allows you to
enlarge the image for closer examination of a particular
. part of the picture. Four steps of enlargement are
available.
• To use the Zoom feature, press the Zoom Button
while a disc is playing or paused. Each press
of the button will increase the zoom-in effect. When
you have zoomed through all four steps, the picture
will return to normal size.
• When the zoom feature is activated, you may use
Navigation Buttons k to
M N K L
the / / /
move the zoomed-in picture around the screen
once the information box with the zoom ratio and
playback time no longer appears on the screen.
• Some discs are created in a way that prevents the
Zoom feature from operating. In addition, the Zoom
feature will not operate on disc menus and may not
operate on subtitles.

Playback Resume Feature

The HS 100 offers a "Resume" feature for DVD play-
back that is different from the conventional "Stop"
function that you may be used to on CD players. When
the Stop Button
will stop and an on-screen RESUME indication will
appear in the Front-Panel Information Display
While the Resume feature is active, the disc's position
is entered into the unit's memory so that when the
Play Button
the program will continue at the point where it was
when the Stop Button
To completely stop playback, press the Stop Button
twice.
When the Disc Recognition feature is turned on in the
System Settings menu, you may pause a disc or press
the Stop Button
player, and then have the option of resuming playback
) icon,
at the point where you left off, as long as the player
has not been turned off after other discs have been
played.
is pressed once, the disc
.
is pressed to resume playback,
was pressed.
once, remove it from the