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CD PLAYBACK  25

Before you load a disc, make sure that it is 
compatible with the player.

Note that the following discs CANNOT be used
with this player.
■ Laserdisc
■ Pure Data Disc without MP3
■ MiniDisc

Make sure that you have properly connected the
DVD player:

1. Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the DVD

player or on the remote, the disc tray opens.

2. Place a disc gently into the tray with the disc’s

label facing up.

3. Press PLAY to close the disc tray. The DVD

player reads the disc’s table of contents and
the disc starts to play.

4. To search forward or reverse through the

track, press SEARCH (forward/reverse) on the
remote. To pause play, press PAUSE on the
remote or on the front panel. To release the
pause, press PAUSE or PLAY on remote or on
front panel again.

5. Press STOP to stop playback.
■ All playback basics and transport functions are

described in detail on page 15.

When playing audio CD’s, your DVD player has
the same features as a CD player, including track
skip, repeat play and programmed playback. The
on-screen Info Display, appearing when REPEAT
or RANDOM is pressed (see page 27), and the 
Status Bar shown below, appearing automatically
when the CD is played, let you choose various
playback features.

Track: The number shown indicates the number
of the track that is currently playing.

Bookmarks: Highlight this area and press enter
to set or go to bookmarked locations on a disc.

Time Display Type: This shows the type of time
indication being shown: Time Elapsed or
Remaining for the Current Track, Total Elapsed for
the Disc, or Total Remaining for the Disc.

As soon as a CD is played the Status Bar will
appear automatically. To delete it from screen,
press STATUS or CLEAR on the remote, to re-
access it, while the CD is playing, press STATUS
again. In the Display some of the playback 
features are illustrated with an icon. To access a
feature, press the appropriate ARROW (

M or N)

on the remote to highlight the icon. Each feature
is described in the following page.

Note:
To see the Status Bar, you must turn on your TV
and tune it to the appropriate Video Input
Channel.

With CDs you have the same access to Info
Menus about the disc loaded (like disc type or
Audio resolution) or the player settings as with
DVDs, see page 23.

However with CD you must press the INFO 
button during Stop or Resume mode, not 
during Play.

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26 CD PLAYBACK

1. During stop, resume or play mode, enter the

track number directly with the NUMBER (0~9)
buttons on the remote. The track selected will
be played at once.

2. Or press STATUS on the Remote to see the

Status Bar on the screen if it’s not on already
(as normally in play mode). Press ARROW (

M

or 

N) on the remote to highlight the Track No

icon if not already highlighted (in play mode
this icon is highlighted automatically). Enter
the Track NUMBER (0~9) on the Remote to
select Track No.

■ In all modes any CD-track (not with DVD) can

be selected directly by entering its number
with the NUMBER (0~9) buttons on the
remote, no matter if the Status Bar is on or
not.

■ You can skip through tracks forward or 

backward by pressing the NEXT/PREV. buttons
(track skip 

 / ) on the remote or SKIP

(forward/reverse) on the front panel.

■ In stop mode the front display will show the

number of tracks recorded on a CD (below the
TRACK indicator) and the total time on disc.

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 to see the Status Bar (if not already
shown).

2. Use the ARROW (

M or N) until the ”Mark”

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

3. Move the cursor with the ARROW (

K) to the

"SET" line. When you reach the place on the
disc you want to mark, press ENTER.

4. To add marks, move the cursor with the

ARROW (

L) to the ”SET” line (if not already

there), then move the cursor to any free frame
with the ARROW (

N). Press ENTER when the

next place on disc you want to mark is
reached.

5. Press STATUS or move the cursor to EXIT and

press ENTER to return to the Status Bar 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 (

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 Bookmarks
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.

The time display in the front panel display or at
the right of the Status Bar can be selected too:

1. If Status Bar is on, press ARROW 

(

M or N) on the remote to highlight the

”Time” section.

2. In normal operation the elapsed time of the

track being played is displayed, the Status Bar
reads T-ELAPSED.

3. When the TIME section is highlighted, press

ARROW (

K) to view time remaining on the

track (T-REMAIN). Press again to view elapsed
time of the disc (D-ELAPSED). Press again to
view time remaining for the disc (D-REMAIN).

4. If you press ENTER while the TIME display is

highlighted, the player displays SET TIME. With
the NUMBER keys, you can enter an exact time
from which you wish the disc to play, then
press ENTER or PLAY to start playback from
the selected point on the disc.

■ To change the front panel time display while a

CD is playing without a TV screen, press
ARROW (

M ) twice. Press ARROW (K)

repeatedly to change time display: Track time
elapsed - track time remaining - disc time
elapsed - disc time remaining.

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CD PLAYBACK  27

With CDs the DVD 21 offers three repeat 
functions that allow you to take advantage of
the capacity of the unit for unattended playback:
■ Repeat Disc: Plays the complete disc 

repeatedly from start to finish until the disc is
manually stopped. When that mode is 
selected, REPEAT ALL will appear in the front
panel display.

■ Repeat Track: Repeats the CD track 

currently being played until the disc is 
manually stopped. When that mode is 
selected, REPEAT 1 will light up in the front
panel display above the TRACK indicator.

■ 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 TRACK 

➜ REPEAT DISC ➜ REPEAT

OFF

3. To make the menu disappear from the screen,

press CLEAR on the remote or wait a few 
seconds.

■ To cancel any Repeat Play function and to

continue with normal play, press the Repeat
Button until the Repeat Off menu appears in
the on-screen display or the REPEAT Indicator
in the Front Information Display goes out.

■ Repeat Play may be stopped and canceled by

pressing the Stop Button twice.

■ With CD, all repeat modes are available also

with Program play (see page 28). If Repeat All
is selected with Program play, the complete
program will be repeated rather than the disc.

A-B Repeat Play
The Repeat A-B function allows you to select any
portion of a CD 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 and REPEAT A - is indicated in the
front panel display.

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

point, REPEAT A - B will appear on the screen
and the front panel display. Repeat A-B is set
and the A-B section will be played 
continuously.

3. Press A-B on the remote again so that the

REPEAT A-B indicators delete and REPEAT
OFF appears on the screen to cancel repeat 
A-B mode and to play on in normal 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
tracks on the CD.

The Random Play function will play all of the
tracks on a CD in a random order as selected by
the DVD 21. Once the disc has played all of the
tracks, it will stop.

While the disc is in STOP, RESUME or PLAY
mode, press RANDOM on the remote. The 
Random indicator lights in the front panel
display and all tracks on the disc will be played
in random order.

Note: RANDOM can be canceled when the 
DVD player is in Play mode by pressing 
RANDOM; the player will continue to play
normally. Note that Random cannot be canceled
during Resume mode by pressing RANDOM
again, this should  be done during play.
RANDOM will also be canceled when you return
to Stop mode by pressing STOP twice.

28 PROGRAMMED PLAY WITH CD

Programmed play allows you to select any track,
from a CD for playback in a specific order. This
type of programming is particularly useful for
parties or other situations where you want
continuous playback of specific selections for a
long period of time. To program the disc in the
DVD 21 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 Track on the playlist,

the above Display appears when you press
PROGRAM. The number below the TRACK icon
indicates the number of tracks on the disc.

2. Select specific track by pressing ARROW (

K

or 

L). Then press ENTER once, ADD will be

highlighted automatically. You can also select a
track directly by entering its number with
NUMBER (0~9) keys. Then press ENTER to add
selected track to the playlist.

3. You can select maximum 50 tracks by repeat-

ing step 2.

4. When you have 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 do not wish to play the
program immediately, select DONE, then press
ENTER followed by PLAY to resume normal
playback.

■ To listen to a previously edited program during

normal disc playback, press PROG. The pro-
gram will play and the PROG indicator in the
front display will light.

Delete tracks
1. To delete any programmed track while the

Program Edit Display is on the screen, press
ARROW ( 

N or M) on the remote to move the

cursor (highlight) to the Playlist.

2. Press ARROW (

K or L) to select the track

to be deleted. When it is selected press ENTER,
the selected track will be deleted. Note that
the next value in the list will replace the delet-
ed one and will be selected automatically.

■ The program can be deleted completely by

moving the cursor to the top of the playlist,
and pressing ENTER for each track value pro-
grammed or by turning the unit off completely
(by the Main Power On/Off button) or opening
the tray (see chapter ”Cancel Program Play”
below)

Insert Tracks
Inserting tracks is possible only if tracks are
already programmed on the playlist and will
change the order of playback.

1. Press PROG on the remote to insert a track,

Program Edit Display appears.

2. Move cursor to Playlist and press ARROW

(

KorL) on the remote to select location

where you want to insert a track. It will be
inserted above the location selected.

3. Move cursor to TRACK icon and select and add

the track to be inserted as described in the
chapter Program Edit above. The location
where any new selections will be inserted
remains highlighted by a grey background.

■ 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 turn Power off completely (by the

Main Power On/Off button), this also will
delete the complete program.

3. 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 PROGRAM.

4. To cancel Program play while a program is

playing and return to normal play, press PROG.
The PROG indicator in the front display will
turn off and the unit will turn to normal play
mode.

Checking the 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, so that the PROG indicator in the front
panel display will light. Then press STOP once
(Resume mode).

2. Press the CHECK Button. The first track number

programmed will be displayed.

3.Press the CHECK button again to step through

each of the programmed tracks. The Program
location Number will appear on the far right
side of the front Display and the track number
on the left side.

4. Press PLAY to delete the check-indication and

return to programmed play mode.