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PLAYING DVD DISCS  21

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

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

Note: When a CD or VCD is played, a different
Status Bar will appear, see page 25.

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

Chapter: The number shown indicates the
number of the chapter 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.

Time: This item displays the time in DVD mode.
Highlight this area and press the ARROW
(

KL) step by step, for time as follows:

T-ELAPSED (title elapsed time) - T-REMAIN (title
remaining time) - C-ELAPSED (chapter elapsed
time) - C-REMAIN (chapter remaining time). If
you press ENTER, the player displays SET TIME.
You can enter the starting time from which you
wish the disc to play with the numeric buttons,
then press ENTER or PLAY to start playback from
the selected point on the disc, as long as
permitted by the disc´s structure otherwise the
prohibit icon will appear.

V-Mode: Some DVD discs currently available
contain a video data inconsistency resulting in an
unwanted screen artifact. This can occur during
video standard conversion as from NTSC to PAL.

To overcome these artifacts select the ”V” field
on the far right side of the Status Bar, then
change the setting from 0 to either 1 or 2 until
the artifacts disappear (for more details see ”TV
Standard, page 16).

The invalid symbol 

Ø appears on the screen

when you press a button that doesn’t have any
function. To make the Status Bar disappear from
the screen, press STATUS or CLEAR on the
remote control.

Some discs contain more than one title. For
example, intros and ”making of” often are divid-
ed 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
move the cursor to the DONE box and press
ENTER.

To select a specific title use the Title section in
the Status Bar:

1. During disc stop, resume or play mode, press

STATUS on the remote.

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

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

3. Use the ARROW (

KL) buttons to select a

title number, or 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.

Note:
■ 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, move the cursor to the DONE box and
press ENTER.

You can skip to a specific chapter by using the
Chapter section in the Status Bar:

1. While a disc is in stop, resume or play mode,

press STATUS button on the remote.

2. Press the ARROW (

N or M ) on the remote

until the Chapter icon is highlighted.

3. Use the ARROW (

KL) buttons to select a

chapter number, or 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.

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

isn’t formatted with separate chapters.

TITLE

BOOKMARK

V-MODE

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I

T

C MARK

T-ELAPSED

V

1

3

OFF

00:00:17

0

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CHAPTER

TIME

22 PLAYING DVD DISCS

Bookmarks are a feature of the DVD 21 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 (

M or N) on the remote until

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

3. Move the cursor with the ARROW (

L) to the

SET line. When you reach the scene you want
to mark, press ENTER.

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

ARROW (

L) to the ”SET” line (if not so

already), then move it to any free frame with
the ARROW (

N) and press ENTER when the

scene you want to mark is reached.

5. Press STATUS or move the cursor to EXIT (far

right) and press ENTER to return to the Banner
Display or press CLEAR on the remote to make
the Status Bar disappear from the screen.

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

remote, the Status Bar appears.

2. Press the ARROW (

M or N) on the remote,

until the Mark icon is highlighted.

3. Press ENTER.

4. The cursor automatically will highlight the first

mark in the ”JUMP” line of the Bookmark
menu.

5. Use the ARROW (

M or N) on the remote to

select the bookmarked scene you want to acti-
vate.

6. Press ENTER to go to the bookmark.

7. Press STATUS or move the cursor to EXIT (far

right) and press ENTER to return to the Status
Bar. To make the Status Bar disappear from the
screen, press CLEAR 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 (not to Standby only).

You may also clear all bookmarks by moving the
cursor to ”CANCEL” and pressing ENTER.

Please remember you can only access the various
Audio Track, Subtitle, Angle and Repeat Displays
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).

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 AUDIO button on the
remote control.

While playing a disc, press AUDIO on the remote
control once to see the Audio display with the
current audio language and format. Press 
repeatedly to select other languages and/or audio
formats.

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

created with multiple audio tracks.

■ Some DVD's do not not allow direct selection

of audio during playback. Instead, you must
use the audio set-up section of the disc menu.

■ When you choose an audio language with the

Audio button on the remote control, you only
override the audio language setting in the
DVD Player’s main menu (Audio menu within
Setup menu) temporarily.

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 SUBTITLE button on the remote.

While playing a disc, press SUBTITLE on the
remote control once to see the Subtitle display
with the current subtitle language. Press 
repeatedly to select other subtitle languages.

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

created with subtitles.

■ Some DVDs force the player to bring up

subtitles to the screen even if OFF was
selected. This is no failure of the unit but the
intention of the disc´s author.

A special feature of the DVD format is its 
capability 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
program.

To see if a disc contains multiple angles, check
the disc’s cover or jacket. When the DVD´s title or
chapter played currently does contain scenes with
multiple angles, the multi-angle symbol in the
upper right corner of the front panel display will
flash. The multi-angle feature is only available
when this symbol is flashing.

When the multi-angle symbol flashes, you can
press ANGLE on the remote control. The Angle
display will appear with the number of the 
camera angle currently being viewed and the
total number of angles on the disc.

Press ANGLE again to change camera angle.
There can be up to 9 different camera angles for
a scene.

PLAYING DVD DISCS  23

The DVD 21 offers three repeat functions that
allow you to take advantage of the capacity of
the unit for unattended playback:
■ 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 and ALL CHAPTER will
light up.

■ Repeat Chapter: Repeats the DVD chapter

currently being played until the disc is 
manually stopped, in the front panel display
REPEAT and 1 CHAPTER will light up.

■ Repeat A-B: Repeats any selected portion of

the disc until the disc is manually stopped.

To select any repeat mode, follow this way:

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

remote, the Repeat Display appears, showing
the repeat mode currently activated.

2. Access the Repeat modes and their 

appropriate menus in the following order by
pressing REPEAT on the remote repeatedly
until the desired function is displayed.
REPEAT CHAPTER 

➜ REPEAT TITLE ➜ REPEAT

OFF.

3. To make the menu disappear from the screen,

press CLEAR on the remote or wait a few
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 
display or all Repeat Indicators in the Front
Information Display go out.

■ Repeat Play may be stopped by pressing the

Stop Button twice.

A-B Repeat Play
The Repeat A-B function allows you to select any
portion of a DVD and have it repeat continually
until the unit is manually stopped.

To initiate a Repeat A-B playback sequence,
follow these steps while a disc is playing:

1. While a disc is playing, press A-B on the

remote when you want to choose a scene as
the beginning point, the Repeat A- Display
appears.

2. Press A-B again to choose a scene as the end

point. Repeat A-B setting is done, A-B section
will be played continuously.

3. Press A-B on the remote again to cancel

repeat A-B mode.

4. To make the menu disappear from the screen,

press CLEAR on the remote or wait a few
seconds.

Note: The A-B Repeat range may cover several
titles or chapters as long as the DVD´s control
system does not force the unit to return to any
DVD menu in between.

The DVD 21’s advanced digital video processing
circuits include a Zoom feature that allows you to
enlarge the image for closer examination of the
picture.

Four steps of enlargement are available. You can
zoom in on the picture by pressing ZOOM on the
remote repeatedly while a disc is playing or
paused. Press through each of the zoom stages
to return to normal image size.

Note that some discs do not allow the use of the
Zoom feature. In addition, Zoom may not operate
on some disc menus and on subtitles.

The DVD 21 has the capability to give you an 
on-screen-overview about various informations
on the DVD, CD or VCD currently playing or all 
important player settings made, only by the press
of one button and without having to stop the
playback mode.

While the disc is playing press the INFO button
on the remote once for detailed informations on
the disc playing like Disc Type, Video and Audio
Bit rate, Movie aspect ratio, Audio resolution and
others. Press INFO again to get an compact
overview about all basic player settings made
and further informations like Digital Audio format
currently playing ("Audio Output Format") and
the maximum Audio Resolution enabled by the
player (24 Bits).

Press the button again to delete those
Information menus. Note that transport functions
will not work as long as any menu is on the
screen.

24 PROGRAMMED PLAY WITH DVD

Programmed play allows you to select any track,
title or chapter from a DVD in the DVD 21 for
playback in a specific order. This type of program-
ming is particularly useful for parties or other sit-
uations where you want continuous playback of
specific selections for a long period of time. To
program the disc in the DVD player for playback,
follow these steps:

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

remote, Program Edit Display appears.

■ If there is no programmed Title/Chapter on the

playlist, the above Display appears when you
press PROG. 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 (

K or

L), then press ARROW (N) or ENTER to
highlight ”Chapter”. You can also select a title
directly by entering its number with NUMBER
(0~9) keys.

3. 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 press
ARROW (

N) or ENTER then ADD will be 

highlighted automatically. Press ENTER to add
selected chapter onto Playlist.

4. You can select maximum 50 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. If you have completed program
edit, but do not wish to play the program
immediately, select DONE and then press
ENTER on the remote, followed by PLAY to
resume normal playback.

■ To start playback of a previously selected 

program while a disc is playing normally, press
PROG. The program will play and the PROG
indicator in the front display will light.

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

ARROW (

N or M ) on the remote to move the

cursor (highlight) to the Playlist, in the same
moment the DELETE box left of the list will be
greyed out (is selected automatically).

2. Press ARROW (

K or L) to select the

Title/Chapter to be deleted. When it is selected,
press ENTER, the selected Title/Chapter will be
deleted. Note that the next value in the list will
replace the deleted one and will be selected
automatically.

■ The program can be deleted completely by

moving the cursor to the top of the play list,
and pressing ENTER for each value 
programmed or by turning the unit off 
(completely, not to Standby only) 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 PROG 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 

Then press ARROW (

K or L) on the remote

to select location where you want to insert a
Title/Chapter. It will be inserted above the 
location selected.

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.

4. Select ADD 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 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 press STOP twice from the play

mode. Then the PROG indicator will disappear
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 PROG again.

3. To cancel Program play while a program is

playing, simply press PROG. Normal playback
will resume and the PROG indicator will turn
off. To return to program play from normal
play, simply press PROG, the program will be
played at once.

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

1. Activate the program play mode, if not so

already, the PROG indicator in the front panel
display must light. Then press STOP once
(Resume mode).

2. Press the CHECK Button. The first item 

programmed will be displayed.

3. 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 and the title number
on the left side (below TRACK).

4. Press PLAY return to the programmed 

play mode.