Harman Kardon DVD22 Owner's Manual page 27

VCD PLAYBACK
VCDHayback
VCD, a videoplayback f ormat t hatpredates OVO, is
based on a different cemp_ss<sior, 9rmatt_sart DVD and
a/ecenti%method tbstis simiIa_ te CD. A /thou@ _she
DvDhas,for11]e mostpa£_ re, pbcedVCD asafolma_
_e DVE) 22 effelsVCD pla_/ba(;k so17at y oumayplay
yourexisting l ibra,# ofVCO discs.
There am _voversbns of he VCDtorrent: at1e_._rly
version w hich{ssimply cal{ed "//¢;D" _ <nd a later
version w ithPbyt)ack {kmtml w hich[scalled "Version
20" or '?BC'TheDVD 22 iscornl)adble withbah
farmsofVCD, although playback w illveryacco@_g
towhichvemion
thediscwascreiated.
Even _¢_ough VCD discsprovide video, b ecause the
format i s based orsCDtechnel%y, the playback
functions f oraVCDdiscareaim}In to CD. T oplaya
VDD disc, p l8.,eit inthe DVD 22 as_,ou wou}d do
wilhanyartierCDq- DVD disc. T heunittakes a taw
seconds t o readthe disc's coPteets; theVOO Disc
TypeIndicators_ inthe1rent-palsel display will
lightandthediscwillbegirt p laying,'doweve{ keepi['_
mindfiat 1he e_act i evel o f %rlot_onality taranyVCD
willvarywidely andit isultimately d etermined b y1he
waythe disc_as cn._ated, netbythe DVD 2£ padb._-
lallyif thedischasbee_s c_eat÷d u nderVOD Vemion
2O willsPlayback Control i see"Playback C o_Xrol").
When playing VCD d}scs, m oststandard DVD,"CD play-
backcontrols ae used, i ndudi%Play, S bp,Pause,
Resume, Xt<ck SkipFPrwad andReverse, Se_*,,
Fc,__'_a_d StepSatward a ndFast F q,,verd o r Reverse
Search. Thefunctions SlowReverse a ndStepReverse
amnot avaihble w ithVCDs.
WithVDOs, youhavehe sameaccess to detailed
infom]at_on on he discplaji% or onthe cunent p layer
setl_r_g a.s wiY_ DVDs, bypressing t heInfo Button
onthe remote
Oependil_{4 on11_e dsc'sful_ct[onality, some,/CDdiscs
Dew thet_me display t o bechar/gad, evenwi_sP8(_
PlaybackControl
VCDdiscsmade underthe Revisio_l 2.0 spedfieat]on
will usually o fferPBCpla%ack @ ntrel
lhe PB6 Indicator_]1 inthetrentdisplay w ill t_moil
autema!icSly withanyVCD, whenthediscis _.Iayed.
WithP_C, ' /eucanselect t it/as and%vi%tethedisc
aswitl_ DVDsHowe,,er, the access to somefunctions
maybe prohibited b j 1lee P SCpbyback carl%l;it/that
cas£,tl_e prohbitkx_n willappear o n-screen
WhentheVCD;smade without P BC, t hedisccanbe
controlled t hessmeasanaudioCD, b ut direct t rack
access byeqlerk_g a r_umbe_ b not pessibbwithout
opening theOmScmen Banner Display.
%th PBC, m anydiscsinclude chapter s election menus
thataresire}let to thoseround0_7 DVDs. Howeve41 or,
VCDdiscs, r ilediscmenu(ifany)isaccesaed a nd
can,t-died d iffere#@ the_or,DVDs.
• ' Play_ willstartwithhe f_rst t]'aek iwhichmaybe
at/intm) thenb_a/Ji% _otheVCD menu(ifany)
,*Next (Skip%rvald)_ will s kipto theVCD menu
t_x)m theintro([rack1) directly.
'_Oncethemenuopt}ors appear o nthe screen, ma._e
yourselect]on b ypressir'_g theNumericKeys@
thatcorrespond t oyourdesired choice. Thedesired
selection will b eginpla_4% automatically,
,, Direct l lumbelentrywithout 5 tny V C,[) m er/u shown
on-semen hasnoeffect - e_en whentheStatus
Banterisan.
]]/e Menu 8litton _ usedduririgDVD pbyback
is notused'[or V CDplayback.