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CD PLAYBACK  29

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.

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

1. If Banner Display 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
Banner Menu reads TRACK.

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.

With CDs the DVD 30 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 30). 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 30. 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 indi-
cator 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.

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30 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 30 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.

MP3/WMA PLAYBACK  31

The DVD 30 is rare among DVD players in that it
is able to playback discs recorded with MP3 or
WMA files. This means that you may enjoy the
latest music using discs created in your computer
through the high quality audio components in
your home theater system. As the way that MP3
and WMA files are recorded on discs differs from
the way conventional CD audio discs are
structured, MP3 and WMA playback is some-
what different from standard CDs.

Important Note on MP3 and WMA
Playback: MP3 and WMA discs may contain
200 tracks or even more. To get the best
overview about all tracks on the disc and their
names and to select or program them comfort-
ably use the on-screen-display rather than the
front panel display. The front panel 
display will only show the number and the
elapsed time of the track being played.

Important Note on WMA Playback: The
supported bit-rate is between 32 kBit/s and 
192 kBit/s.

MP3 or WMA Disc Playback
After an MP3 disc is loaded and the tray closed,
the DVD player will read the table of contents
(TOC). At the same time a listing of all the direc-
tories on the disc (if disc was made with several
directories) and of all tracks within the root 
directory on the disc will appear on the video
screen similar to the figure below. When any of
the tracks is selected and played (see below), the
name and elapsed time of the track currently
played is dis-played on top. Note that the right
side of the screen will initially be blank, as that is
used for programming playlists for MP3 
play-back.

To select a directory (if any), press the 

▲/▼

ARROW buttons until the desired directory name
is highlighted, then press ENTER. To select a
track, press the 

▲/▼ ARROW buttons until the

desired track name is highlighted. If the list of
tracks is longer than will fit on the screen, press
the 

M ARROW button to move the cursor to the

“+10“ or “-10“ box on the left and press ENTER
to shift the track numbers listed for +10 or -10.
Then press the 

N ARROW button to return to the

list.

To start the track selected on the list press ENTER
or PLAY.

During MP3 playback some of the standard
CD/DVD playback controls operate in their nor-
mal fashion:
■ You may skip forward to the next track on the

disc by pressing the NEXT button.

■ You may skip back to the current or previous

track on the disc by pressing the PREVIOUS
button once or twice.

■ Press the PAUSE button to momentarily stop

playback. Press PLAY to resume play. Press
STOP twice to turn to stop mode.

■ You may search through tracks forward or

reverse by pressing the appropriate SEARCH
buttons on the remote.

■ You may play an MP3 disc in random mode as

a normal CD, see page 29. The Playlist Editor
menu will appear and the PLAY LIST on the
right will show the order in which the tracks
will be played. To play all tracks in random
order move the cursor to the track in that Play
List you want to be played at first and press
ENTER or PLAY.

Note that all other buttons and the numeric 
buttons will have no function with MP3 
playback, except PROG and CLEAR, needed for
the programmed playback, see below.

NOTES ON MP3 and WMA PLAYBACK
■ During MP3 playback the front panel display

and the time indicator on the screen on top of
the list will show the elapsed time of the track
being played. Other time display options are
not available with MP3 playback.

■ The DVD 30 is only compatible with standard

MP3-encoded discs. Other compressed audio
formats used for Internet audio downloads
will not play on the DVD 30.

■ Due to the differences in various versions of

the MP3 format, and the many differences
between the CD-R machines used to record
MP3 discs on a computer, it is possible that
some MP3 discs may not play on the DVD 30
even though they will work on a computer.
This is normal and does not indicate a fault
with the unit.

■ When a multisession disc with both standard

CD audio and MP3 content is in use, the 
DVD 30 will play only the CD audio sections of
the disc. Tracknumber of MP3 tracks will be
visible on the display, but the files will not be
decoded.

■ When an MP3 disc with multiple directories is

playing, only tracks from one directory can be
displayed and played at a time. Select the
desired directory and press Play to start the
first track. To see and play tracks from other
directories, at first you must select that 
directory, then select the track and press PLAY.

Programmed Playback with MP3 or WMA
Discs
The DVD 30 is capable of creating playlists up to
60 tracks long with the MP3 files on a properly
recorded disc. To create a playback list for MP3
titles, follow these steps:

Step 1: Load a compatible MP3 disc, the MP3
Playlist Editor will appear on the screen.

Step 2: Use the ARROW (

KorL) buttons to

select the directory and the first track to be 
programmed, as described above, and press the
PROG button. Note that the track name will now
appear on the right side of the screen.

Step 3: Repeat the step above until all desired
tracks are added to the playlist.

Step 4: To remove a track from the playlist, first
press the ARROW (

M or N) buttons so that the

highlight bar moves to the right side of the
screen. Use the ARROW (

KorL) buttons to

highlight the track to be deleted and press the
CLEAR button.

Step 5: To clear all the tracks in the playlist, press
the ARROW (

M or N) buttons until the CLEAR

ALL box at the bottom of the right side of the
screen is highlighted and press the ENTER but-
ton.

Step 6: To play the tracks on the list, press the
ARROW (

N) button to move the cursor to the

playlist and select the first track to be played
with the ARROW (

KorL) buttons, then press

PLAY. All tracks on the list will be played one
after another, starting with the track selected.
While any track is played its number and elapsed
time will be indicated on front and screen and
the name of the track on top of the screen too.
You can skip to another programmed track with
the NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons any time or by
selecting a track from the playlist and pressing
ENTER or PLAY.

Once a playlist is created, it will remain available
as long as the disc is not changed or the power
turned off. You may play any track on the disc,
not only of the program created, without erasing
the playlist by pressing the ARROW (

M or N)

buttons to return the high-light bar to the left
side of the screen and selecting the track and
pressing ENTER or PLAY.

Information Menus MP3
With MP3 discs you have the same access to Info
Menus about the disc loaded as with DVDs, see
page 27.

During MP3 playback, the following information
will be visible on the Information Menu: title,
track name, artist name, album name, year of
release, comment line, genre and bit-rate.

NOTE: This information is only visible if the MP3
file playing contains the ID3 tag, version 1
(ID3v1).

32 VCD PLAYBACK

VCD Playback
VCD is a format that predates DVD which is
based on a different compression format than
DVD and a recording method that is similar to
CD. Although the DVD has, for the most part,
replaced VCD as a format, the DVD 30 offers
VCD playback so that you may play your existing
library of VCD discs.

There are two versions of the VCD format: an
early version which is simply called ”VCD” and a
later version with Playback Control which is
called ”Version 2.0” or ”PBC”. The DVD 30 is
compatible with both forms of VCD, although
playback will vary according to which version is
used and the specific way in which the disc was
created.

Even though VCD discs provide video, because
the format is based on CD technology, the play-
back functions for a VCD disc are similar to CD.
To play a VCD disc, place it in the DVD player as
you would do with any other CD or DVD disc.
The unit takes a few seconds to read the disc’s
contents, the VCD Disc Type and the red PBC
indicators in the front panel display will light and
the disc will begin playing. However, keep in
mind that the exact level of functionality for any
VCD will vary widely and it is ultimately 
determined by the way the disc was created, not
by the DVD player, particulary if the disc has been
created under VCD Version 2.0 with Playback
Control (see right side of that page).

When playing VCD discs, most standard DVD/CD
playback controls are used, including Play, Stop,
Pause, Resume, Track Skip Forward and Reverse,
Slow Forward, Step Forward and Fast Forward or
Reverse Search. The functions Slow Reverse, Step
Reverse are not available with VCDs.

Note that also with VCDs you have the same
access to detailed informations on the disc 
playing or on current player setting as with DVDs
by pressing the INFO button on the remote once
or twice during playback. See chapter
"Information Menus" on page 26.

Using the Status Banner Menu 
(On-Screen Banner) for VCD Playback
When playing VCD discs it is possible to access
the disc’s features using the on screen Status
Banner Menu as shown for CD playback on page
29. Press the STATUS button on the remote to
see the Status Banner Menu. Note, however, that
when the PBC is on, some features may be not
available with that VCD.

Use of functions when the PBC is on will vary
according to the disc type. With some VCD discs
you may select the Bookmark feature, with 
others not. Note that when red PBC indicator
lights up in the front display it is not possible to
change track numbers directly.

Depending on the disc’s functionality, some VCD
discs allow the time display to be changed, even
when the Playback Control (PBC) is on, as
described for CD on page 28.

Playback Control
VCD discs made under the Revision 2.0 
specifi-cation will usually offer PBC playback
control.

Note that the PBC indicator in the front display
will turn on automatically with any VCD, when
the disc is played.

PBC can be turned off/on in play mode by press-
ing the TITLE button on the remote control. When
PBC is turned on, the disc will be played from the
beginning, when PBC is turned off the disc will
continue playing and the following message will
appear on the screen:

With PBC you can select Titles and navigate the
disc as with DVD’s. But the access to some 
functions may be prohibited by the PBC playback
control, in that case the prohibit icon will appear
on screen.

When the PBC is turned off, the disc can be con-
trolled like a normal CD. But direct track access
by entering a number is not possible without
opening the Status Bar on the screen.

VCD discs made with PBC often include chapter
selection menus that are similar to those found
on DVD’s. However, on VCD discs the disc menu
(if VCD was created with any menu) is accessed
and controlled differently than on DVD’s.
■ PLAY will start with the first track (which may

be an intro), then leading to the VCD menu 
(if any) automatically.

■ NEXT (Skip Forward) will skip to the VCD

menu from the intro (track 1) directly.

■ Once the menu options appear on the screen,

make your selection by pressing the Numeric
Button that corresponds to your desired
choice. The desired selection will begin playing
automatically.

■ Direct number entry without any VCD menu

shown on screen has no effect, also when the
Status Banner Menu is on.

■ When PBC is on MENU will have the same

function as with DVDs, making the player
return to the latest disc menu. When PBC is
off, pressing MENU will turn the PBC on and
the disc will be played from the beginning.

SVCD Playback
SVCDs can be played and controled in the same
way as described with VCDs above.

When they are loaded the VCD indicator will turn
on in the front panel too, but when the INFO
button is pressed the Disc Information Menu will
read SVCD for DISC TYPE.
■ Due to the differences in various versions of

the SVCD format, and the many differences
between the CD-R machines used to record
SVCD discs on a computer, it is possible that
some SVCD discs may not play on the DVD 30
even though they will work on a computer.
This is normal and does not indicate a fault
with the unit.

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