Harman Kardon DVD22 Owner's Manual page 26

HP3, WINDOWS MEDIA<z> AND JPEG PLAYBACK
MP3,WindowsMediaand JPEG Playback
TheDVD22 will recognize d atafrornOD-ROM discs
reco/ded inthe MP3,Windows M edia9 (?VMA) or
JPEG tormatsInaddillon to playir_g d iscswithonly
oneof the tormats, y oumayalsoplaydiscswithmore
thanoneof the threeformats andevenprogram the
player sothatsoundandimagefilesplayatthe
Sk'uT_e time
When an IVIP3, WMAor JPEG discisloaded, t he
narnes of thefileson thediscwillappear o n your
videodisplayUsethe _ NavigationButtons
to highlight anyfileandthenpress the Enter Button
@ to playit.If thefileshavebeenorganized i nto
disctories, y oumayselect a tolderfromthe listby
using the _ NavigationButtons @ to highlight
a directory tolderandpressthe Enter Button @
b expand it.Usethe _- NavigationButtons
againto select a fileandpressthe Enter Button @
to playit.
TheSpecific File TypesThat May be Playedon
the DVD22 Are:
MP3Files: MP3is a popular a udiosornpression
tormatthatwasdeveloped b ythe MotionPk',ture
Experls G roupaspartof theMPEG1 videocom-
pression format, D epending o n the specific MP3
encoderused, f ilesizeis greatly reduced soth8 you
storemanymos songsononecompact d iscthan
inthe standard audioCDlormatMP3is alsoused
to download audiofilesto computers 1 orhomeuse.
Note.howeve/, thatinciderto playan MP3fileon
the DVD22, the discmaynot cor/tain anyencryp
fionor codingthatprevenS playback. Always be
certain thatyou have, o r havepumhased, the proper
rightsor authoqzSion b elorecreSingaCD ROM
withMP3or anyothercoderlormatTheDVD22 is
alsoableto playMP3fileswhiledisplaying t heirfile
narnes usingitsadvanced g sptfic intertace. [ )uelu
variations i nthe diffesntencoders andvariSions of
the MP3coder andthe diftesntbit stes usedto
scold MP3discs, t he BVD22 mayriot be ableb
playall discswithMP3files, W ecannot g uasntee
complete compatibility withMP3discs, e venthough
theymayplayon a computer. Thisis normal a nd
doesnot indicate a problem withthe DVDPP,Note.
also, t hatwhena multisession discwithbothstan
damCDaudioandMP3(orWMA)content i s used,
the DVD PPwillonlyplaytheCDaudiosections of
thedisc.
,, WMAFiles:WMA(Windows M edia Audio)isan
audiocompression tormatdeveloped b y the
Microsoft' C orporation f or usewithilsWindows
MediaPlaye_. WMAfilesmaybe created with
greater c ompression thanMP3wilhout s acrificing
audioquality so thatevenmoresongsmaybe
recorded on a disc. N otethattherehavebeena
number o f versions ofWindows Media. a ndthe
DVD 22 iscompatible o nlywithfilesthatendinthe
"wma"extension a ndthatwererecorded usingthe
Windows Media Series 9 encoding.
• JPEGFiles: "JPEG" i s theacronym usedto identify
image filesrecorded according to spedfisations
established b yJointPhotographic Experts G rouptor
con]presNng s tillimages. I dentified b ythe fileexten
sion"jpg"whentheyarerecorded onmostcomput
ers,JPEG filesrnaybecreated bya digital s tillcam
eraandthenedited and"burned" t o a discinyour
personal compule_, recorded on aOD ROM disc
fromfilmimages bya photoprocesso/, or scanned
from printed photesintoyourpersonal computer
andthenburned ontoa (}D ROMWhen playing a
discwithJPEG images, p ressthe Picture+/-
Buttons @ to stepthrough theimages
onebyone
Whena discwithonlyJPEG filesis beingplayed, y ou
rnayrotateIbe imagebypresdrgtheAngle Button
@ asneeded to turnthe image 90, 180 or P70
degrees sothatit is properly positioned. Youmayalso
usethe ZoomButton @ to enlarge aJPEGimage
andthe A'_!V_ NavigationButtons @ will
reposition t he image whenit is zoomedin.Notethat
thesefunctions a renot available w hena disccontains
bothJPEG stillimage filesandMP3or Windws Media
musicfiles.
Slide Shows
TheDVD22 is unique inits capability t o createa
"slideshow"whenyouplayJPEG images ona disc
thatalsocontains MP3or WMAaudiofiles.
Toprogram the player sothatthe JPEG images will
eachplayinciderbr a settimeperiodbefore switch-
ingto the nextimage whileplaying an MP3or WMA
audiofileat thesametime,firstcallup Jl_e Player
Menuby pressing the OSDButton @ Boththe
AudioandPicture iconswill beactive. Thiswill play
anaudioandJPEG fileat the sametime.70 viewthe
images withouthearing the audiofiles,pressthe
A'V'4j_ NavigationButtons@ to movethe
cursorto theAudioiconandpressthe Enter Button
@ to deactivate i t.70playtheaudiofileswithout
viewing the images, m ovethe cursorto the Picture
iconandpressthe Enter Button @ b deactivate it.
Oneiconwillalways be astue.
Youmayalsochange the amount o ftime eachjpeg
imageremains o n screen. W hen the Piclureicon
hasbeenactivated a sdescribed above, p ressthe
Enter Button @ andthenusethe AT_
NavigationButtons@ to choose an on screen
image timeof 15, 50 or 45 seconds Whenyoupress
the EnterButton @, thesettingwillrernain ineffect
untilyoustopplayof the disc.