Disc Playback Features; Scanning Discs; Playing In Slow Motion; Frame Advance/Frame Reverse - Pioneer DCS-363 Operating Instructions Manual

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Disc playback features

Chapter 4
Disc playback features
Important
• Many of the functions covered in this
chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs/
Super VCDs, CDs, DivX video and WMA/
MP3/MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, although
the exact operation of some varies slightly
with the kind of disc loaded.
• Some DVDs restrict the use of some
functions (random or repeat, for example)
in some or all parts of the disc. This is not a
malfunction.
• When playing Video CD/Super VCDs, some
of the functions are not available during
PBC playback. If you want to use them,
start the disc playing using a number
button to select a track.

Scanning discs

You can fast-scan discs forward or backward at
various different speeds.
During playback, press  or  to start
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scanning.
Press repeatedly to increase the scanning
speed (shown on-screen).
• To resume playback, press  (play).

Playing in slow motion

You can play DVDs, Video CD/Super VCDs and
DivX video at four different forward slow
motion speeds. DVD discs can also be played
in reverse slow motion.
Note
1 Only one speed is available for DivX video discs.
2 • Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.
• With Video CD/Super VCDs in PBC mode or a WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC track, playback automatically resumes at the end or
beginning of the track.
3 • The time it takes for the player to load a file increases with large file sizes.
• Discs can contain up to 299 folders and up to 648 folders and files combined.
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During playback, press  (pause).
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Press and hold / or / until slow
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motion playback starts.
Press repeatedly to change the slow motion
speed (shown on-screen).
• To resume playback, press  (play).

Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up DVD discs frame-
by-frame. With Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX
video you can only use frame advance.
During playback, press  (pause).
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Press / or / to reverse or
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advance a frame at a time.
• To resume playback, press  (play).

Playing a JPEG slideshow

After loading a disc containing JPEG pictures,
press  to start a slideshow from the first
folder/picture on the disc.
the pictures in each folder in alphabetical
order.
• If the disc contains WMA/MP3/MPEG-4
AAC files, playback of the slideshow and
audio files repeats. During audio playback,
you can still use the skip (/), scan
(/) and pause () functions.
Pictures are automatically adjusted so that
they fill as much of the screen as possible.
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The player displays