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20 PLAYING DVD DISCS

The on-screen Banner Display contains many
playback features. To see the Banner Display,
press STATUS on the remote while a disc is play-
ing. Use the ARROW buttons on the remote to
move through the different features in the Banner
Display. Each feature is illustrated with an icon.

Use the ARROW buttons on the remote to high-
light a Banner Display icon. When an icon is high-
lighted, press ENTER on the remote to select it
(not needed with TITLE and CHAPTER) and to
change it (see below).

Please remember you can only access the Banner
Display when playing a disc. Also, each Banner
Display feature is only available if the disc was
created with that particular feature (i.e., if you
select the Subtitle icon, you won’t be able to
change the subtitle language unless the author of
the disc created the disc with subtitles).

Note: When a CD or VCD is played, a different
Banner Display will appear, see page 24.

Title: The number shown indicates the number of
the title that is currently playing.

Chapter: The number shown indicates the num-
ber of the chapter that is currently playing.

Audio: The number and abbreviation show the
audio language soundtrack that is currently 
playing. Consult the DVD jacket for the key to
available audio tracks on the disc.

Subtitles: The number and abbreviation show
the subtitle language that is currently playing.
Consult the DVD jacket for the key to available
subtitle languages on the disc.

Angles: The number shown indicates the multi-
ple angle view that is currently playing.

Bookmarks: Highlight this area and press the
Enter Button to mark or go to previously book-
marked locations on a disc.

Disc Type: The type of disc playing (DVD, VCD or
CD) is shown.

Time Indicator: The elapsed time of the 
current title is shown.

The invalid symbol 

Ø appears on the screen

when you press a button that doesn’t have any
function. If one of the icons is "grayed out," the
Banner Display feature isn’t available for the disc
you’re playing. To make the Banner Display disap-
pear from the screen, press STATUS or CLEAR on
the remote control.

Some discs contain more than one title. For exam-
ple, intros and "making of" often are divided into
several titles. You can press PROG on the remote
to view the number of titles recorded on a disc (in
parentheses below the "Title" icon) after a disc
was read and the player is in Stop or Resume
mode. To return to the normal display select
DONE in the menu.
To select a specific title use the Title section in the
Banner Display:

1. During disc playback, press STATUS on the

remote.

2. Press the appropriate ARROW button(s) on the

remote to highlight the Title icon.
(when Banner Display appears, this icon will
just be highlighted).

3. Use the NUMBER button(s) on the remote to

enter the title number.
The selected title will be played at once after
the last title number was entered.

Notes :
■ Some discs only have one title.

Because DVD discs use digital technology, a title
can be divided into individual chapters (similar to
tracks on a CD). You can press PROG on the
remote to see the numbers of chapters of each
individual title on a disc (below the "Chapter"
icon) after the disc was read and player is in Stop
or Resume mode. To escape from the program
menu select DONE in the menu.
You can skip to a specific chapter by using the
Chapter section in the Banner Display:

1. While a disc is playing, press STATUS button on

the remote.

2. Press the ARROW (RIGHT or LEFT) on the

remote until the Chapter icon is highlighted.

3. Use the NUMBER (0~9) buttons on the remote

to enter the chapter number. The selected
chapter will be played at once after the last
chapter number is entered.

Notes :
■ The Chapter feature won’t work if the disc isn’t

formatted with separate chapters.

DVD discs may contain a variety of audio tracks,
including foreign languages, special commen-
taries, descriptive video for the sight impaired,
and various digital formats. In normal play, the
unit will always look for the default setting for the
audio track, but you may change the audio track
at any time using the Menu Status Bar or the
AUDIO button on the remote and following these
steps:

1. During disc play, press STATUS on the remote.

Press the ARROW (LEFT OR RIGHT) on the
remote until the Audio icon on the Banner
Display is highlighted.

2. Press ENTER, the Audio Menu appears.

3. Press ENTER on the remote until the audio lan-

guage or digital format you want to use
appears in the text window.

4. To make the menu disappear from the screen,

press CLEAR or STATUS on the remote.

Notes :
■ The audio feature only works if the disc was

created with multiple audio tracks.

■ When you choose an audio language from the

Banner Display, you only override the audio
language setting in the DVD Player’s main
menu (Audio menu within Setup menu) 
temporarily.

■ Shortcut: You also can choose the audio lan-

guage/track any time by pressing AUDIO on
the remote control, regardless of whether the
Banner Display is on the screen or not.

DVD discs may contain a variety of subtitles. In
normal play, the unit will always look for the
default setting for the subtitle language, but you
may temporarily change that language at any
time using the Menu Status Bar or the SUBTITLE
button on the remote and by following these
steps:

1. While a disc is playing, press STATUS on the

remote.

2. Press the ARROW (LEFT OR RIGHT) until the

Subtitle icon (the letter ”S”) is highlighted.
Press ENTER, the Subtitle menu appears.

3. Press ENTER on the remote to change subtitle

language.

4. Each time SUBTITLE ON/OFF is pressed, the

subtitle appears (and a check mark icon to the
right of the Subtitle menu as confirmation) or
disappears on the screen.

5. To make the menu disappear from the screen,

press CLEAR or STATUS on the remote.

TITLE

CHAPTER

AUDIO

ANGLE

SUBTITLES

TIME 

INDICATOR

BOOKMARKS

DISC TYPE

PLAYING DVD DISCS  21

Notes :
■ If you press SUBTITLE on remote even if there

is no Banner Display on screen, subtitle menu
of current disc appears, pressing repeatedly
will change subtitle language.

■ The subtitle feature only works if the disc was

created with subtitles.

A special feature of the DVD format is its capabil-
ity of showing more than one view, or camera
angle, of the same scene. This feature enables
you to become the director, selecting the view of
a scene that you wish. Note, however, that this
feature does not appear on many discs and,
when it does appear, it will typically be for only
certain scenes and not for the entire disc’s pro-
gram.

To see if a disc contains multiple angles, check
the disc’s cover or jacket. When a disc does con-
tain scenes with multiple angles, the producers
will usually include some sort of special on-screen
icon to alert you to the availability of different
angles of view.
When you see such an icon, the angle may be
changed by the following steps:

1. While a disc is playing, press STATUS on the

remote, the Banner Display appears.

2. Press the ARROW (LEFT OR RIGHT) until the

Camera icon is highlighted, and press ENTER,
the Angle menu appears.

3. Press ENTER or ANGLE on the remote to

change angle.

4. To make the Banner Display disappear from

the screen, press CLEAR or STATUS on the
remote.

Bookmarks are a feature of the DVD 1500 that
allows you to mark up to nine different points on
a disc and to quickly return to those points later.
The Bookmarks feature works on both DVD and
CD discs.

To Enter a Bookmark, Follow These Steps:

1. While a disc is playing, press STATUS on the

remote.

2. Use the ARROW (LEFT) on the remote until the

Mark icon is highlighted and press ENTER, the
Bookmark menu appears.

3. When you reach the scene you want to mark,

press ENTER.

4. To add any mark, move the cursor with the

ARROW (DOWN) to the ”Mark” line (if not so
already), then move it to any free frame with
the ARROW (RIGHT) and press ENTER when
the scene you want to mark is reached.

5. Move the cursor to the book icon (very right)

and press ENTER to return to the Banner
Display or press CLEAR or STATUS on the
remote to make the Banner Display disappear
from the screen.

Recalling a Bookmarked Scene:
1. While playing a disc, press STATUS on the

remote, the Banner Display appears.

2. Press the ARROW (LEFT) on the remote, the

Mark icon is highlighted.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Press the ARROW (UP) on the remote to move

to the ”Go To” line of the Bookmark menu.

5. Use the ARROW (LEFT OR RIGHT) on the

remote to select the bookmarked scene you
want to activate.

6. Press ENTER to go to the bookmark.

7. Move the cursor to the book icon (very right)

and press ENTER to return to the Banner
Display. To make the Banner Display disappear
from the screen, press CLEAR or STATUS on
the remote.

Note: If all 9 bookmarks are in use, you can still
mark new scenes, but the previous bookmarks
will be erased.

Clearing a Bookmark
The bookmarks are cleared each time a disc is
removed from the player or when the power is
turned off (completely or to Standby).

The DVD 1500 offers four repeat functions that
allow you to take advantage of the capacity of
the unit for unattended playback:

■ Repeat Disc: Plays the complete disc repeat-

edly from start to finish until the disc is manu-
ally stopped, in the front panel display REPEAT
indicator will light.

■ Repeat Title: For DVD discs only, this mode

repeats the title currently being played until
the disc is manually stopped, in the front panel
display REPEAT will light up and TITLE will
blink.

■ Repeat Chapter: Repeats the DVD chapter

currently being played until the disc is manual-

ly stopped, in the front panel display REPEAT
will light up and CHAPTER will blink.

To select any repeat mode, follow this way:

1. While a disc is playing, press REPEAT on the

remote, the Repeat Display appears.

2. Access the Repeat modes and their appropri-

ate menus in the following order by pressing
REPEAT on the remote repeatedly until the
desired function is displayed.
Repeat Disc ➜ Repeat Title ➜ Repeat Chapter
➜ Repeat Off.

3. To make the menu disappear from the screen,

press the CLEAR or STATUS on the remote or
wait some seconds.

■ To stop any Repeat Play function and continue

normal play, press the Repeat Button until the
Repeat Off menu appears in the on-screen dis-
play or all Repeat Indicators in the Front
Information Display go out.

■ Repeat Play may be stopped by pressing the

Stop Button twice.

The Random Play function will play all of the
titles or chapters on a DVD in a random order as
selected by the DVD 1500. Once the disc has
played all of the tracks, it will stop.

1. While a disc is playing, press RANDOM on the

remote, the Random Display appears.

2. If you want to cancel Random while a disc is

RANDOM playing, press RANDOM on the
remote again, Standard Play Display appears.

3. To make the Banner Display disappear from

the screen, press the CLEAR or STATUS on the
remote or wait a few seconds.

Note: RANDOM can be started too when the
DVD 1500 is in Stop or Resume mode.

22 PROGRAMMED PLAY WITH DVD

Programmed play allows you to select any track,
title or chapter from a DVD in the DVD 1500 for
playback in a specific order. This type of program-
ming is particularly useful for parties or other sit-
uations where you want continual playback of
specific selections for a long period of time. To
program the disc in the DVD 1500 for playback,
follow these steps:

Program Edit
1. In Stop or Resume mode, press PROGRAM on

the remote, Program Edit Display appears.

■ If there is no programmed Title/Chapter on the

playlist, the above Display appears when you
press PROGRAM. The numbers below the TITLE
and CHAPTER icons indicate the number of
Titles on the disc and Chapters on any title
selected.

2. Select specific Title by pressing ARROW (UP or

DOWN) or holding it pressed (will quickly scan
through title numbers), then press ENTER. You
can also select a title directly by entering its
number with NUMBER (0~9) keys.

3. Press ARROW (right) to highlight ”Chapter”

and select chapter in the same way as above,
after the title containing the chapter was
selected. The number of chapters, contained in
each title selected, is indicated in parentheses
under the "Chapter" box. When chapter is
selected either press PROGRAM to program
the chapter directly or press ENTER, then ADD
will be highlighted automatically. Press ENTER
to add selected chapter onto Playlist.

4. You can select maximum 32 items by repeating

steps 2 and 3.

5. When you’ve completed program edit, select

PLAY icon and then press ENTER on the
remote or press PLAY on the remote to start
program play.

■ While a disc is playing, press PROGRAM on

the remote to start Program Play.

Delete Program
1. To delete any programmed Title/Chapter, press

ARROW (RIGHT or LEFT) on the remote to
move the cursor (highlight) to the Playlist.

2. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) to select the

Title/Chapter to be deleted. When it is selected
(numbers will turn from white to black), press
CLEAR or select DELETE icon on the Program
Edit Display and press ENTER, the selected
Title/Chapter will be deleted.

■ The program can be deleted completely by

moving the cursor to the top of the play list
and pressing CLEAR for each value pro-
grammed or by turning the unit off (to
Standby) or opening the tray (see chapter
"Cancel Program Play" below)

Insert Title/Chapter
Inserting titles or chapters is possible only if titles
or chapters are already programmed on the
playlist and will change the order of playback.

1. Press PROGRAM on the remote to insert

Title/Chapter, Program Edit Display appears,
with all titles/chapters programmed listed in
the playlist.

2. To insert Title/Chapter, move cursor to Playlist

and press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the
remote to select location where you want to
insert a Title/Chapter. It will be inserted above
the location selected (whose numbers have
turned to black).

3. Move cursor to TITLE icon and select title and

chapter to be inserted as described in the
chapter Program Edit above. The location
where any new selections will be inserted
remains highlighted in white numbers.

4. Press PROGRAM to insert the selection. Or

select INSERT with ARROW (right) or ENTER
and press ENTER. Selected Title/Chapter will be
inserted.

■ When you finish adding values to Playlist and

want to return to normal play mode, select
DONE icon and press ENTER on the remote.

Cancel Program Play
Program Play will be canceled:

1. When you open the tray; this will delete the

complete program.

2. When you turn Power off (to Standby), this

also will delete the complete program.

3. When you press STOP twice from the play

mode. Then the red PROG indicator will disap-
pear from display and the player will stop and
return to normal mode, but the program will
remain in memory and can be recalled by
pressing PROGRAM again.

4. To cancel Program play during play mode sim-

ply press PROGRAM, the red PROG. indicator
in the display will turn off and the unit will
continue with normal play. Pressing PROGRAM
during normal play will turn on the program
play mode again.

PROGRAMMED PLAY WITH DVD  23

Editing a Program without Screen
To edit the contents of a Playlist using the Front
Panel Information Display only rather than the
on-screen display, follow these steps:

To check a previously programmed playlist (this
is possible during any play, resume or stop
mode):

■ Press the CHECK Button. In Stop or Resume

mode, the first title of the disc together with
the first location number not programmed yet
will be displayed (TITLE will blink) and can be
modified and added to the playlist if desired,
see below. In play mode the first item pro-
grammed will be displayed.

■ Press the CHECK Button again to step

through each of the programmed items. The
Program Sequence Number will appear on the
far right side of the front Display, next to the
PR indication.

To edit a new program, to add items to a current
program or to delete items from a program list
(possible during resume or stop mode only):

■ Press CHECK until TITLE blinks in the display,

the first Location Number not programmed
yet will be displayed.

■ Use the ARROW (left or right) buttons to

select title or chapter to be edited, the item
selected will blink in the display.

■ Use the ARROW (Up or Down) buttons to

change the selection or enter the title/chapter
number directly with the number buttons on
the remote.

■ Press PROGRAM to program the selected

item or add it to current playlist (if any).

■ Press the CLEAR button to remove a program

step selected by the CHECK button. Note that
this deletion will not be confirmed by any
change in the display.

■ When all steps have been programmed, press

the PLAY button to begin programmed play.

■ The program edited can be checked on screen

easily by pressing the PROGRAM button in
stop or resume mode.