Searching For A Scene; Searching By Scene (Picture Navigation) - Sony DVP-NC675P Service Manual

Locating a point quickly using
the PREV (previous) / Next (next)

Searching for a Scene

button (Search)
Searching for a
Particular Point on a
You can search for a particular point on a disc
using . / > on the player.
Disc
(Search, Scan, Slow-motion
During playback, press and hold > on the
player to locate a point in the playback
Play, Freeze Frame)
direction, or press and hold . to locate a
point in the opposite direction. When you find
You can quickly locate a particular point on a
the point you want, release the button to
disc by monitoring the picture or playing back
return to normal playback speed.
slowly.
Locating a point quickly by
playing a disc in fast forward or
fast reverse (Scan)
DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5
Press
disc. When you find the point you want, press
H to return to normal speed. Each time you
press
playback speed changes. With each press the
indication changes as shown below. Actual
speeds may differ with some discs.
Playback direction
STEP
×2B t 1M t 2M t 3M
STEP
3M (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/
VIDEO CD only)
×2B (DVD VIDEO/CD only)
Opposite direction
×2b t 1m t 2m t 3m
Notes
3m (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/
• Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not
VIDEO CD only)
be able to do some of the operations described.
×2b (DVD VIDEO only)
• For DATA CDs, you can search for a particular
point only on an MP3 audio track.
The "
twice the normal speed. The "3M"/"3m"
playback speed is faster than the "2M"/
"2m" and the "2M"/"2m" playback
speed is faster than 1M"/1m."
4
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or Super
VCD without PBC Playback
DISC
TRACK
INDEX
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or Super
VCD with PBC Playback
DISC
5
SCENE
INDEX
◆ When playing a CD
DISC
To search for a scene using the time code
TRACK
(DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW only)
◆ When playing a DATA CD (MP3 audio)
1
DISC
ALBUM
2
TRACK
◆ When playing a DATA CD (JPEG file)
3
ALBUM
FILE
Example: when you select
CHAPTER
"** (**)" is selected (** refers to a number).
z Hints
The number in parentheses indicates the total
• When the Control Menu display is turned off, you
number of titles, chapters, tracks, indexes,
can search for a chapter (DVD VIDEO/DVD-
scenes, albums or files.
RW) or track (CD) by pressing the number
buttons and ENTER.
1
• You can display the first scene of titles, chapters
1 2 ( 2 7 )
DVD VIDEO
or tracks recorded on the disc on a screen divided
1 8 ( 3 4 )
into 9 sections. You can start playback directly by
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
selecting one of the scenes. For details, see
"Searching by Scene (PICTURE
NAVIGATION)" (page 42).
Selected row
Notes
3
• You cannot search for a scene on a DVD+RW
Press ENTER.
using the time code.
• The title, chapter or track number displayed is the
"** (**)" changes to "_ _ (**)."
same number recorded on the disc.
1
1 2 ( 2 7 )
DVD VIDEO
( 3 4 )
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
m or M while playing a
m or M during scan, the
× ×
2B"/" 2b" playback speed is about
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c
Press X/x or the number buttons
to select the title, chapter, track,
index, scene, etc., number you
want to search for.
If you make a mistake
Cancel the number by pressing CLEAR,
then select another number.
Press ENTER.
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."
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Watching frame by frame (Slow-
motion play)
Press m or M when the player is
in pause mode. To return to the normal
playback speed, press H.
Each time you press m or M
during Slow-motion play, the playback speed
changes. Two speeds are available. With each
press the indication changes as follows:
Playback direction
y 1
2
Opposite direction (DVD only)
y 1
2
The "2 y"/"2
" playback speed is slower
than "1 y"/"1
."
Playing one frame at a time
(Freeze Frame)
When the player is in the pause mode, press
to go to the next frame. Press
to go to the preceding frame (DVD
only). To return to normal playback, press
H.
Note
You cannot search for a still picture on a DVD-RW
in VR mode.
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Searching by Scene
(PICTURE NAVIGATION)
You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens
and find the desired scene quickly.
1
Press PICTURE NAVI during
playback.
The following display appears.
CHAPTER VIEWER ENTER
2
Press PICTURE NAVI repeatedly to
select the item.
• CHAPTER VIEWER (for DVD
VIDEO only)
• TITLE VIEWER (for DVD VIDEO
only)
• TRACK VIEWER (for VIDEO CD
only)
3
Press ENTER.
The following display appears.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
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Searching for a Title/
Chapter/Track/Scene,
etc.
You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and
you can search a VIDEO CD/CD/DATA CD
by track, index, or scene. As titles and 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
1
Press DISPLAY. (When playing a
DATA CD with JPEG image files,
press DISPLAY twice.)
The Control Menu appears.
2
Press X/x to select the search
method.
◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW
DISC
TITLE
CHAPTER
TIME/TEXT
Select "TIME/TEXT" to search for a
starting point by inputting the time code.
4
Press C/X/x/c to select a title,
chapter, or track, and press
ENTER.
Playback starts.
To return to normal play
Press O RETURN.
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,
select the bottom scene and press x. To return to the
previous scene, select the top scene and press X.
Note
Depending on the disc, you may not be able to select
some items.