Disc Play Basics - Rotel RDV-985 Owner's Manual

RDV-985 DVD Player
Selecting a Scene Angle From Subtitle Language Selection
the Angle Display List
While the disc is playing press and hold
ANGLE for more than 1 second. Up to
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nine camera angles recorded on a disc ap- For DVD and SVCD discs, you can select the
pear on the TV screen. subtitle language, as well as the audio lan-
guage/sound included on a disc. For Video
CD discs, you can select from the available
audio channel(s).
Selecting the Subtitle Language
with the Remote Control
SUBTITLE Button
While the disc is playing press the SUBTITLE
button
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titles the
along with selection options. Use the Cursor
Selected Scene Angle
Buttons
About 10 seconds after the last subtitle selection
Use the Cursor Buttons / / / to
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is made the selection display is turned off.
select a scene angle. Press ENTER . The
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selected angle appears on the TV screen.
Selecting the Subtitle Language
When selecting a scene angle the sound is
with the On Screen Display
muted.
Press the ON SCREEN button
If appears when you try to select a scene
screen display appears on the TV screen.
angle it indicates the current scene is not re-
corded with multiple angles.
DVD Subtitle Selection Display
(SVCD display is similar)
Number of Subtitles Available
St.
0
SELECT
Selected Subtitle
RDV-985 Inside Spreads 9
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Use the Cursor Buttons /
subtitle option.
For DVD Discs
Use the / to cycle among the subtitles re-
corded on the disc.
Example:
1/3 ENGLISH
2/3 FRENCH
3/3 SPANISH
–/3 (off)
. If the disc is recorded with sub-
symbol appears on the screen
The selected language may be abbreviated
/ to select a subtitle option. on the TV screen. See "Appendix A: Table of
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languages and their abbreviations" in this
manual.
If appears on the screen you cannot se-
lect the subtitle.
For SVCD Discs
. The on-
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Using the Cursor Buttons t/u cycle among four
subtitles channels, even if subtitles are not
recorded on the disc.
Example:
1/4 (off)
1/4
ANGLE
1 / 3 2/4
AUDIO
2 / 3
SUB-
1 / 3
TITLE
REPEAT 3/4
A-B REPEAT
End TITLE 03 CHAP. 03
TIME SEARCH
1 : 34 : 58
10 Mb TIME
CHAP.SEARCH
KEY ENGLISH
4/4 (off)
Selected Subtitle Number
An SVCD disc can have up to four subtitles
recorder on it. If no subtitles are recorded on
the channel selected, subtitles will not appear
on the screen.

Disc Play Basics

to select a
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Playing a Disc
Press the (PLAY) button on the remote con-
trol or on the front panel
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starts playing from the beginning
With Video CD and SVCD discs with PBC
control or some DVD discs, the menu display
may appear on the TV screen after pressing
PLAY. In such a case, select an item to be played
back from the menu.
With some DVD discs playback starts auto-
matically after a disc is loaded.
Stopping Disc Play
Press the (STOP) button on the remote control
or on the front panel
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Pausing Disc Play
Press the II (PAUSE) button on the remote
control or on the front panel
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sume disc play at the point where it was paused
press the (PLAY) button on the remote control
or on the front panel
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Forward or Reverse Scanning
When a disc is playing you can quickly scan
forward or backward while monitoring the
output of the disc.
Using the Remote Control
Press the or button
button scans forward. The
backward. Each time you press the button,
forward or reverse playback speed increases.
To return to normal playback, press
.
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Using the Front Panel Shuttle Knob
Turn the SHUTTLE knob to the right to scan
forward. Turn the knob to the left to scan
backward. The playback speed changes ac-
cording to the amount you turn the shuttle knob.
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Skipping to the Beginning of
a Song or Scene
You can skip to the beginning of another
chapter, title, or track. Whether or not the disc
can be playing when you use this feature de-
pends on the type of disc.
DVD Discs During playback
. The disc Audio CD: During playback
or while stopped
Video CD/SVCD: During playback
without PBC function
Using the Remote Control
Press the or button . Press the
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button once to skip forward to the next
chapter, title, or track. Press the button
repeatedly to skip forward more than one
chapter, title, or track. Press the button
once to skip back to the beginning of the
chapter, title, or track that is playing. Press
the button repeatedly to skip back to the
beginning of a previous chapter, title, or track.
.
Using the Front Panel Buttons
Press the or button on the front
panel. These buttons work the same way as
those on the remote control.
. To re-
NOTE: When you play a Video CD or
SVCD disc with the PBC function or a DVD
.
disc, the unit may not always skip to the
beginning of the title or chapter or track.
. The
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button scans
(PLAY)
Resume Playback Function
The RDV-985 can store a location on a disc.
It can then return to the location and resume
playback at a later time.
To Store a Location on a Disc
While a disc is playing press the RESUME
button on the remote control. The current
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location on the disc is stored and the Resume
indicator appears in the display window.
If a disc location had previously been stored,
the new location replaces it. Once a location
is stored, it remains stored until it is replaced
by a new location, or the disc is removed.
A disc location can also be stored by press-
ing the DVD ON/OFF button on the remote
control or the STANDBY button on the
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front panel .
Resuming Playback at a
Stored Location
While the RDV-985 is on with play stopped
press the RESUME button on the remote
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control. Playback is resumed at the stored
location. If the RDV-985 is in standby mode
press the RESUME button on the remote con-
trol. The unit will turn on and resume play-
back at the stored location.
NOTE: When you store a location while
playing a Video CD or SVCD disc with PBC
function, playback may resume at a point
slightly earlier than the location you stored.