Searching For A Scene - Sony DVP-NC625 Service Manual

Playback direction
×2B t FF1M t FF2M t FF3M

Searching for a Scene

FF3M (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/
VIDEO CD only)
×2B (DVD VIDEO/CD only)
Opposite direction
×2b t FR1m t FR2m t FR3m
FR3m (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/
VIDEO CD only)
You can quickly locate a particular point on a
×2b (DVD VIDEO only)
disc by monitoring the picture or playing back
slowly.
The "
twice the normal speed. The "FF3M"/
"FR3m" playback speed is faster than the
"FF2M"/"FR2m" and the "FF2M"/
"FR2m" playback speed is faster than
FF1M"/FR1m."
Press
in pause mode. To return to the normal speed,
press H.
Each time you press
STEP
during Slow-motion play, the playback speed
changes. Two speeds are available. With each
STEP
press the indication changes as follows:
Playback direction
Opposite direction (DVD only)
The "SLOW2 y"/"SLOW2
Note
speed is slower than "SLOW1 y"/"SLOW1
Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not
be able to do some of the operations described.
You can search for a particular point on a disc
Press m or M while playing a
using . / > on the player.
disc. When you find the point you want, press
During playback, press and hold > on the
H to return to normal speed. Each time you
player to locate a point in the playback
m or M
press during scan, the
direction, or press and hold . to locate a
playback speed changes. With each press the
point in the opposite direction. When you find
indication changes as shown below. Actual
the point you want, release the button to
speeds may differ with some discs. return to normal playback speed.
N
DISC
SCENE
INDEX
N
DISC
TRACK
INDEX
N
DISC
ALBUM
TRACK
Example: when you select
CHAPTER
"** (**)" is selected (** refers to a number).
The number in parentheses indicates the total
number of titles, chapters, tracks, indexes or
scenes.
z Hints
1 PLAY
• When the display is turned off you can search for
1 2 ( 2 7 )
DVD VIDEO
a chapter (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW) or track (CD)
1 8 ( 3 4 )
by pressing the number buttons and ENTER.
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
• You can display the first scene of titles, chapters
or tracks recorded on the disc on a screen divided
into 9 sections. You can start playback directly by
selecting one of the scenes. For details, see
Selected row
"Searching by Scene (PICTURE
NAVIGATION)" (page 44).
"** (**)" changes to "-- (**)."
• You cannot search for a scene on a DVD+RW
1
PLAY
using the time code.
1 2 ( 2 7 )
DVD VIDEO
• The title, chapter or track number displayed is the
( 3 4 )
same number recorded on the disc.
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
• You cannot search for a still picture on a DVD-
RW in VR mode.
X x
Cancel the number by pressing CLEAR,
then select another number.
× ×
2B"/" 2b" playback speed is about
m or M when the player is
m or M
SLOW2 y SLOW1
SLOW2 y SLOW1
" playback
."
c continued
Cancel the number by pressing CLEAR,
then select another number.
The player starts playback from the
selected number.
In Step 2, select TIME/TEXT.
"T **:**:**" (playing time of the current
title) is selected.
Press ENTER.
"T **:**:**" changes to "T --:--:--."
Input the time code using the number
buttons, then press ENTER.
For example, to find the scene at 2 hours,
10 minutes, and 20 seconds after the
beginning, just enter "2:10:20."
Notes
When the player is in the pause mode, press
to go to the next frame. Press
to go to the preceding frame (DVD
only). If you hold the button down, you can
view the frames in succession. To return to
normal playback, press H.
You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens
and find the desired scene quickly.
The following display appears.
CHAPTER VIEWER
• Refer to the explanations given for each
item in the following sections.
• CHAPTER VIEWER (for DVD
VIDEO only)
• TITLE VIEWER (for DVD VIDEO
only)
• TRACK VIEWER (for VIDEO CD
only)
Press O RETURN.
1-10
You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and
you can search a VIDEO CD/CD by track,
index, or scene. As titles and DATA CD
tracks are assigned unique numbers on the
disc, you can select the desired one by
entering its number. Or, you can search for a
scene using the time code.
Number
buttons
The Control Menu appears.
X x
N
DISC
TITLE
CHAPTER
TIME/TEXT
Select "TIME/TEXT" to search for a
starting point by inputting the time code.
N
DISC
TRACK
INDEX
z Hint
You can also select "PICTURE NAVIGATION"
from the Control Menu (page 12).
Notes
• The "PICTURE NAVIGATION" is not available
when playing Super VCDs.
• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to
select all functions.
• The sound is muted when using this function.
You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens
and display the first scene of titles, chapters,
or tracks.
You can also play back from the selected title,
chapter, or track. After performing step 3 of
"Searching by Scene (PICTURE
NAVIGATION)" above, select the scene
using C/X/x/c and press ENTER.
z Hint
If there are more than 9 titles, chapters, or tracks, V
is displayed at the bottom right.
To display the additional titles, chapters, or tracks,
ENTER
select the bottom right scene (the position 9) and
press x. To return to the previous scene, select the
top left scene (the position 1) and press X.
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