Understanding Displays And Messages When Playing Cds - Sony MDP-800 Operating Instructions Manual

Understanding Displays and Messages When Playing CDs
You can determine the player operating status or disc information in one of two ways: (1) by displaying the information
on the TV screen, or (2) by looking at the front panel display. Locate the DISPLAY button on the Remote Commander.
To View On-Screen Information .....
Press DISPLAY once.
Elapsed time of current track
index number
Current track number
Message (Examples)
Turn on the television, and press DISPLAY
on the Remote.
Each time you press DISPLAY, messages
appear on the TV screen as shown below.
The table is a key to the messages that appear
on the right of the screen.
Press DISPLAY twice.
Playing disc type
Number of tracks
and total playing
time
Selected function
AV Calendar
Screen Display Current Status of the Player
OPEN Disc tray open
Disc tray closed
PLAY Playing CD
STOP Operation stopped
Scanning
Searching
SEARCH
Operation momentarily stopped
B/@ Variable Speed (SHUTTLE Ring)
To turn off the display, press DISPLAY again.
Reading the Front Panel Display
The illustration to the right is an example of
what is displayed on the front panel of the
player.
Finding Out Play Status
When playing a CD, the AV Calendar shows
information on the total number of tracks on the
disc or those programmed to play. As tracks are
played, the corresponding numbers in the
calendar disappear. If the CD contains more
than 20 tracks, ">" appears to the right of the
calendar.
To Turn Off the Front Panel
Display ..........................08.
Playing disc type AV Calendar
DIGITAL SOUND
Current track number
index number Elapsed time (min/sec)
of track
Press FL DISPLAY on the player. Each time
you press FL DISPLAY, the display turns on/off.
To Play a Compact Disc 29