Basic Use Of Your Dvd Player; Front Panel Controls; Playing A Disc - Arcam DV27 Handbook

Basic use of your DVD player

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INTRODUCTION
'Basic operation' explains how to play a DVD, CD or other type of disc,
including the use of the CR-314 remote control.
More sophisticated features – such as special playback modes and
using Bookmarks – are described later, in 'Advanced operation'.

FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

SWITCHING ON
Switch the unit on by pressing the
glows green when the unit is powered up and red when in standby
mode (standby is operated from the remote control).
Note that the remote control sensor is located behind the FMJ badge.
Do not obstruct this or the remote will not work.
HDCD INDICATOR
HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital) encoded CDs are
recognised automatically by the DV27. To indicate that an HDCD disc
is currently playing, an LED beneath the FMJ badge lights.

PLAYING A DISC

LOADING A DISC
Press on the front panel (or
LOAD
disc on the tray, with the playback side facing down. Some discs are
double sided, in which case the side labelled 'side A' should face up, to
access side A.
Press on the front panel to close the tray. The disc loads after a
LOAD
pause of a few seconds.
PLAYING A DISC
Most DVDs begin playing automatically, but some titles begin by
displaying a menu. Select the menu item 'Play movie' (or similar) using
the cursor pad, then press
OK
For CDs and VCDs (and DVDs that do not play automatically), press
.
PLAY
Note that when playing DVDs, the drive mechanism operates at much
higher speeds compared with CDs and may produce more noise
when loading and playing initial chapters.
button. The status LED
POWER
on the handset) and place the
OPEN
to start playback.
LOAD PLAY STOP PAUSE
FAST PLAY
Press or on the front panel or remote control to play fast
forward or backwards. There are four speeds for fast playback: x2, x4,
x8 and (except for audio CDs) x20. Press the button repeatedly to
cycle through the different speeds. To resume normal playback speed,
press .
PLAY
SKIPPING CHAPTERS/TRACKS
To skip chapters (or tracks on a CD), press
When skipping back, the first button press takes you to the beginning
of the current chapter. Pressing the button again takes you to the start
of the previous chapter.
Note that it is common for Video CDs to have only one track.
PAUSING PLAYBACK
Press on the front panel or
PAUSE
playback. To resume playback, press
the handset.
STOPPING PLAYBACK
Press the button on the front panel or
STOP
to stop playback.
When playing a DVD, pressing
you now press , playback resumes from the point it was stopped.
PLAY
If you press twice, this is a 'complete stop', and playback resumes
STOP
from the beginning of the disc.
FRONT PANEL MENU NAVIGATION
Should you need to navigate a disc or title menu from the front panel,
use for 'up', for 'down' ,
PAUSE STOP
'OK'.
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DV27 DVD PLAYER
POWER
or .
on the remote control to pause
on the front panel or
PLAY
on the remote control
once performs a 'resume stop'. If
STOP
for 'right', for 'left' and
on
for
PLAY