Playing Discs; Scanning Discs; Playing In Slow Motion; Frame Advance/Frame Reverse - Pioneer Elite DV-58AV Operating Instructions Manual

Chapter 5

Playing discs

Note
• Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD and
SACD discs, Video CDs, CDs, DivX video/WMV and MP3/WMA/
MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some
varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded.
• Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (random or
repeat, for example) in some or all parts of the disc. This is not a
malfunction.
• When playing Video CDs, some of the functions are not
available during PBC playback. If you want to use them, start the
disc playing using a number button to select a track.

Scanning discs

You can fast-scan discs forward or backward at four different speeds
(only one speed for DivX video/WMV).
During playback, press  or  to start scanning.
1
• There is no sound while scanning DVDs (including DVD-Audio),
DivX video/WMV and Video CDs.
2 Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed.
• The scanning speed is shown on-screen.
To resume normal playback, press  PLAY.
3
• When scanning a Video CD playing in PBC mode or a MP3/
WMA/MPEG-4 AAC track, playback automatically resumes at
the end or beginning of the track.
• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically
resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

Playing in slow motion

You can play DVD-Videos and DVD-R/-RW at four different slow
motion speeds, forwards and backwards. Video CDs and DivX video/
WMV can be played at four different forward slow motion speeds.
1 During playback, press  PAUSE.
/ or /
2 Press and hold
starts.
• The slow motion speed is shown on-screen.
• There is no sound during slow motion playback.
3 Press repeatedly to change the slow motion speed.
To resume normal playback, press  PLAY.
4
• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically
resume when a new chapter is reached.
until slow motion playback

Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up DVD-Video and DVD-R/-RW discs
frame-by-frame. With Video CDs and DivX video/WMV file you can
only use frame advance.
During playback, press  PAUSE.
1
/ or /
2 Press to reverse or advance a frame at a
time.
To resume normal playback, press  PLAY.
3
• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically
resume when a new chapter is reached.

Viewing a JPEG slideshow

After loading a CD/CD-R/-RW containing JPEG picture files, press
 (play) to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture on the disc.
The player displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical order.
• If the folder contains MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC files, playback of
the slideshow and MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC file repeats. During
the audio playback, you can still use the skip (
 NEXT
), scan (/) and pause ( PAUSE) functions.
Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the
screen as possible (if the aspect ratio of the picture is different to
your TV screen you may notice black bars at the sides, or at the top
and bottom of the screen).
While the slideshow is running:
Button What it does
 PAUSE
Pauses the slideshow; press again to restart.
 PREV
Displays the previous picture.
 NEXT
Displays the next picture.
/
Pauses the slideshow and rotates the displayed
picture 90º (counter) clockwise. (Press  PLAY to
restart slideshow.)
/
Pauses the slideshow and flips the displayed picture
horizontally or vertically. (Press  PLAY to restart
slideshow.)
ZOOM Pauses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Press
again to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom. (Press
 PLAY to restart slideshow.)
MENU Displays the Disc Navigator screen (see page 26).
Note
• The time it takes for the player to load a file increases with large
file sizes.
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