Special Playback Features; Changing The Track Order - Rotel RDV-985 Owner's Manual

RDV-985 DVD Player
Selecting a Scene From the

Special Playback Features

Digest Display
The RDV-985 provides several special picture
The RDV-985 can display the opening scene playback functions including Frame-by-Frame,
of each title on a DVD or each track of a Video Strobe, Slow-motion and Zoom.
CD/SVCD. You can then select a title or track.
Whether or not the disc can be playing when
you use the DIGEST function depends on the
Frame-by-Frame Viewing
type of disc.
DVD Discs: While stopped While a disc is playing press PAUSE
Video CD/SVCD: During playback still picture of the frame that was playing when
without PBC function you pressed the button is shown on the screen.
Each time you press PAUSE again the still
Press the DIGEST button . The opening
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picture advances to the next frame. Press PLAY
scene of each title or track appears on the TV
to return to the normal playback mode.
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screen. Up to nine opening scenes can be
displayed. If the scene you want is not in the
first nine, press to display the next
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Multiple Still Frame
nine scenes. You may also press to dis-
("Strobe") Viewing
play the previous nine scenes.
While a disc is playing press PAUSE
Use the Cursor Buttons / / / to
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still picture of the frame that was playing when
move the highlighting box to the scene you
you pressed the button is shown on the screen.
want. Then press ENTER . The selected
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Then press STROBE
scene will begin playing.
frames are shown.
When you press DIGEST while playing a DVD
that has more than one chapter, the RDV-985
displays the opening scene of each chapter.
You can then select the desired chapter. The
procedure for selecting a chapter is the same
as for selecting a scene.
NOTE: With some discs, depending on the
content, it may take some time until all the
scenes appear on the screen.
Press the PAUSE button to show the next nine
frames. To resume normal play the STROBE
button again.
Options
Pressing and holding PAUSE for more than
1 second also activates the Strobe function.
If you press STROBE during playback, nine
still pictures also appear but they advance in
real time.
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Slow Motion Playback
Using the Remote Control
While a disc is playing press PAUSE
still picture of the frame that was playing when
you pressed the button is shown on the screen.
Then press the or button . To play
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forward slow-motion, press. To play reverse
slow-motion (for DVD discs only), press
The first time you press one of the button the
RDV-985 plays the slowest speed (1/32). Each
time you press the button again, the playback
. A
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speed increases.
To return to normal play press PLAY
To pause slow motion play press II
.
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Using the Front Panel Shuttle
Control
II
While a disc is playing press PAUSE
A still picture of the frame that was playing
when you pressed the button is shown on the
. A
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screen. To play forward slow-motion, turn the
SHUTTLE control to the right. To play re-
verse slow-motion (for DVD discs only), turn
. Nine consecutive still
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it to the left. The more you turn the knob, the
more the slow-motion speed increases.
To return to normal play press PLAY
To pause slow motion play press II
.
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NOTE: Sound is muted during slow motion
playback
Zoom In Feature
While a disc is playing or while paused press
. A
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the TV screen and the center part of the im-
age on the screen is enlarged to twice nor-
mal size.
.
.
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PAUSE
.
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.
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PAUSE
You can use the Cursor Buttons / / /
to move the part of the enlarged scene
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you can see to a different area.
The Pause, Frame-by-Frame Viewing and Slow
Motion Playback features work as previously
described while the Zoom feature is being
used.
To return to normal playback press the ZOOM
button again.
NOTE: When using the Zoom in feature
with some discs the picture may be garbled
or noisy .
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Changing the Track Order

Select the tracks in the desired order using
the Numeric Buttons
be programmed. You may select the same track
more than once.
You can program the RDV-985 to play tracks
on a Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD in a spe-
cific order or in random order.
Programing For Playback in
a Specified Order
While disc play is stopped press the ON
SCREEN button .The on-screen display
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appears on the TV screen.
Selected Track Numbers
Audio CD Programming Display
If you make a mistake press the CANCEL button
. The last track programmed is erased.
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Press PLAY
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grammed tracks. When all of the programmed
tracks have finished playback, the RDV-985
stops. The selected tracks remain programmed.
To Clear the Programmed Tracks
Press STOP
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STOP again. All the programmed tracks are
erased.
Video CD/SVCD Programming Display
To Quit Program Playback
Press ENTER
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GRAM] on the on screen display. [PROGRAM]
returns to its original color.
(When playing back a Video CD or SVCD,
you have to press STOP and then press ON
SCREEN to display the on-screen display.)
Use the Cursor Buttons / to move
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to [PROGRAM] and press ENTER .
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The color of [PROGRAM] changes.
. Up to 16 tracks can
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to begin playing the pro-
to stop playback, then press
when points to [PRO-