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Changing the sound

When playing a DVD recorded in multiple 
audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, or 
DTS), you can change the audio format.  If 
the DVD is recorded with multilingual 
tracks, you can also change the language.

With CDs, DATA CDs, or VIDEO CDs, you 
can select the sound from the right or left 
channel and listen to the sound of the 
selected channel through both the right and 
left speakers.  For example, when playing a 
disc containing a song with the vocals on the 
right channel and the instruments on the left 
channel, you can hear the instruments from 
both speakers by selecting the left channel.

Press AUDIO during playback. 

Press B/b repeatedly to select the desired language/audio setting.

• When playing a DVD

Depending on the DVD, the choice of language varies.
Refer to “DVD Audio/Subtitle Language” on page 117 for the 
abbreviation of the language.

• When playing a VIDEO CD or CD

The default setting is indicated in bold print.

B/b

The standard stereo sound

Left

The sound of the left channel (monaural)

Right

The sound of the right channel (monaural)

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Virtual surround setting

Notes
• When the playing signal does not contain a signal for the rear speakers, the surround effects 

will be difficult to hear.

• When you activate the surround effect, turn off the surround setting of the connected TV or 

amplifier (receiver).

• Make sure that your listening position is between and at an equal distance from your 

speakers, and that the speakers are located in similar surroundings.

• If you use the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jack and set “Dolby 

Digital” to “Dolby Digital” or “DTS” to “On” in “AUDIO SETUP” menu, sound will come 
from your speakers but it will not have the surround effect.

• Certain audio features of this product manufactured under a license from Desper Products, 

Inc.  Spatializer

®

, VBX™ and the circle-in-square device are trademarks owned by Desper 

Products, Inc.

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Playing an MP3 audio track

You can play back DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/
CD-Rs/CD-RWs) recorded in MP3 (MPEG1 
Audio Layer 3) format.

Press Z and place a DATA CD on the disc tray, 
then press Z to close the tray.

When you load a DATA CD which contains 
MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files, 
“Select a Media Type” menu appears.

If you load a DATA CD which contains only 
MP3 audio files, the MP3 display appears.  
Then you can skip step 2.

Press V/v to select “MP3”, then press ENTER. 

V/v/B/b 

H

O 

Z

./ > 

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Virtual surround setting

Select “Off” in step 2.

When you connect a stereo TV or 2 front 
speakers, SURROUND lets you enjoy surround 
sound effects by using sound imaging to create 
virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front 
speakers without using actual rear speakers. 
This function is designed to work with the LINE 
OUT AUDIO L/R jacks.

Press SURROUND during playback. 

Press SURROUND repeatedly to select “On.”

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Playing an MP3 audio track

Press b or B.

Press O RETURN.

Press x STOP twice, then press TOP MENU.

Press x STOP, then press O RETURN repeatedly.

Notes
• Only the letters in the alphabet and numbers can be used for album or track names.  Anything 

else is displayed as an asterisk.

• Up to 10 alphanumeric characters can be displayed for album or track names.
• ID3 tags cannot be displayed.

Press V/v or ./ > to select the desired track, then press ENTER.

The selected track starts playing.

When a track or album is being played, its title is shaded.  The playing track 
number appears on the display window.

To change the album, press O RETURN.

Press V/v to select an album, then press 
ENTER.

The list of tracks contained in the album 
appears.

To select a track, repeat step 2.

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Playing an MP3 audio track

You can play MP3 audio tracks on CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs.  However, the 
discs must be recorded according to ISO9660 level 1, level 2, or Joliet format for the 
player to recognize the tracks.
You can also play discs recorded in Multi Session.
See the instructions of the CD-R/RW device or recording software (not supplied) for 
details on the recording format.

This player can play Multi Session CDs when an MP3 audio track is located in the 
first session.  Any subsequent MP3 audio tracks, recorded in the later sessions, can 
also be played back.  When audio tracks and images in music CD format or video CD 
format are recorded in the first session, only the first session will be played back.

Notes
• If you put the extension “.MP3” to data not in MP3 format, the player cannot recognize the 

data properly and will generate a loud noise which could damage your speaker system.

• The player cannot play audio tracks in MP3PRO format.
• This player supports MP3 audio tracks recorded with a bit rate of 128 kbps and a sampling 

frequency of 44.1 kHz.  Attempting to play MP3 audio tracks recorded with different 
specifications may result in loud noise, sound skipping or speaker damage.

• Depending on the disc, playback may take some time to start.

The playback order of albums and tracks recorded on a DATA CD is as follows.

• Structure of disc contents

Tree 1

Tree 2

Tree 3

Tree 4

Tree 5

album

track

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Playing an MP3 audio track

When you insert a DATA CD and press H PLAY, the numbered tracks are played 
sequentially, from 

1

 through 

7

.  Any sub-albums/tracks contained within a currently 

selected album take priority over the next album in the same tree. (Example: C 
contains D so 

4

 is played before 

5

.)

When you press O RETURN and the list of MP3 albums appears (page 84), the 
albums are arranged in the following order: A t B t C t D t F t G. 
Albums that do not contain tracks (such as album E) do not appear in the list.

Tips
• If you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front of the track file names, the tracks will be 

played in that order.

• Since a disc with many trees takes longer to start playback, place your albums within the first 

two trees.

Notes
• Depending on the software you use to create the DATA CD, the playback order may differ 

from the illustration above.

• The playback order above may not be applicable if there are more than a total of 200 albums 

and tracks in the DATA CD.

• The  player can recognize up to 100 albums (the player will count just albums, including 

albums that do not contain MP3 audio tracks). The player will not play any albums beyond 
the first 100 albums. Of the first 100 albums, the player will play no more than a combined 
total of 200 albums and tracks.

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Playing JPEG image files

You can play JPEG image files on DATA CDs 
(CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs). 

Press Z and place a DATA CD on the disc tray, 
then press Z to close the tray.

When you load a DATA CD which contains 
MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files, 
“Select a Media Type” menu appears.

If you load a DATA CD which contains only 
JPEG image files, the ALBUM display 
appears.  Then you can skip step 2.

Press V/v to select “JPEG”, then press 
ENTER.

The ALBUM display will appears.

To display the total number of JPEG image 
files on the disc, press DISPLAY.

V/v/B/b 

H

Z

./ > 

DISPLAY

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Playing JPEG image files

Press ./ > to select the next/previous 
ALBUM page, press V/v/B/b to select an 
image in the ALBUM display,

!

then press 

H PLAY. 

The TIMER menu appears.

Press  B/b to select the desired play speed, then press ENTER.
Slide show starts from the selected image.

Press V/v/B/b to select an image in the ALBUM 
display, then press ENTER.
The selected image number appears in the display 
window.

To display the next/previous image, press ./ >.

Press V/v/B/b to select an image in the ALBUM 
display, then press ENTER.

Press B/b to select ROTATE, then press ENTER.
Each time you press ENTER, the image turns 
clockwise by 90°.

Press V/v/B/b to select an image in the ALBUM 
display, then press ENTER.

Press B/b to select ZOOM, then press ENTER.

 “

” appears.  

Press V/v/B/b to move  “

” to the position where 

you want to zoom in.

Press ENTER repeatedly to change the magnification.  
Each time you press ENTER, the magnification 
changes as shown below.
2

×  t 4×  t 2×  t normal magnification

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Playing VIDEO CDs with “MENU ON/OFF” Functions

The PBC (Playback control) function allows 
you to search and perform other operations  
interactively.  PBC playback follows a selection 
menu displayed on your TV screen.

The “MENU ON” function is the PBC function.

Press MENU to select “MENU ON.”

The menu for your selection appears.

Press V/v to select the item number you want.

You can also use the number buttons to select the item number and track.

V/v

H

O 

x

./>

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Playing VIDEO CDs with “MENU ON/OFF” Functions

Press O RETURN.

Press MENU to select “MENU OFF.”
When “MENU OFF” is selected, the DVD player starts continuous play.  You cannot play still 
pictures such as a menu. 
To return to “MENU ON,” press MENU to select “MENU ON.”

Note
• Depending on the VIDEO CD, “Press ENTER” in step 3 may appear as “Press SELECT” in 

the instructions supplied with the disc.  In this case, press H PLAY.

Press ENTER.

Follow the instructions in the menu for interactive operations.

Refer to the instructions supplied with the disc, as the operating procedure 
may differ depending on the VIDEO CD.

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Playing JPEG image files

Press DISPLAY in the single image display.

Press DISPLAY in the ALBUM display.

Press DISPLAY to turn on the menu and press B/b to select ALBUM, then press  
ENTER.  You can also use MENU button to return to the ALBUM display.  Press 
. repeatedly to return to the first ALBUM page.

Press x STOP twice, then press TOP MENU.

Notes
• Slide show can play in only one direction.
• You  cannot rotate or zoom in the image during Slide show.
• If  you select ALBUM in the rotated image display, the images in the ALBUM display will 

also be rotated.  Correct the rotation in the ROTATE menu.

You can play JPEG image files on CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs.  However, the 
discs must be recorded according to ISO9660 level 1, level 2, or Joliet format for the 
player to recognize the files.
You can also play discs recorded in Multi Session.
See the instructions of the CD-R/RW device or recording software (not supplied) for 
details on the recording format.

This player can play Multi Session CDs when an JPEG image file is located in the 
first session.  Any subsequent JPEG image files, recorded in the later sessions, can 
also be played back.  When audio tracks and images in music CD format or video CD 
format are recorded in the first session, only the first session will be played back.

Notes
• The  system can play the extension “.JPG” or “.JPEG.”

•

Some CD-Rs or CD-RWs cannot be played on this system depending on file format.

• If  you add the extension “.JPG” or “.JPEG” to data not in JPEG format, the display will be 

blank.

• Depending on the disc or the size of image files, playback may take some time to start.

Tip
• If  you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front of the file names, the files will be played in 

that order.

Press V/v/B/b to select an image in the ALBUM 
display, then press ENTER.

Press B/b to select SLIDE, then press ENTER.
The TIMER menu appears.

Press B/b to select the desired play speed, then press 
ENTER.
Slide show starts.

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Quick Timer Recording

Press z REC repeatedly to set a new duration time.

Press z REC repeatedly until the 

 indicator disappears and the VCR returns to 

normal recording mode.

Press x STOP.

Note
• You cannot display the current tape time in the display window when setting the recording 

duration time.

After you have started recording, you can 
have the VCR stop recording automatically 
after a specified duration.

While recording, press z REC.

Press z REC repeatedly to set the duration time.

Each press advances the time as follows.

The tape counter decreases minute by minute to 0:00, then the VCR stops 
recording.

z

x

0:30

1:00

1:30

2:00

2:30

3:00

3:30

4:00

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Recording stereo and bilingual programs

When you receive a program broadcast in stereo, press AUDIO to display “Hi-Fi” on 
the TV screen.  You can also select “Left,” “Right,” or “Mono.”  If there is noise in the 
stereo program, select “Mono.”  The sound will be recorded in monaural (on both hi-
fi and normal audio tracks) but with less noise.

Press AUDIO to display “SAP” on the TV screen.  When a SAP (Second Audio 
Program) is received, “SAP” appears on the TV screen.  When MAIN is selected, the 
VCR records only the main sound.

During playback, press AUDIO to select the sound you want.

The VCR records sound onto two separate tracks.  Hi-fi audio is recorded onto the 
main track along with the picture.  Monaural sound is recorded onto the normal audio 
track along the edge of the tape.

Notes
• To play a tape in stereo, you must use the A/V connections.
• When you play a tape recorded in monaural, the sound is heard in monaural regardless of the 

AUDIO setting.

Stereo

Hi-Fi

STEREO indicator

Left channel

Left

STEREO indicator

Right channel

Right

STEREO indicator

Monaural sound on the 
normal audio track

Mono

No indicator

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Searching using various functions

The VCR automatically marks the tape with an index signal at the point where each 
recording begins.  Use these signals as references to find a specific recording.

The VCR automatically marks the tape with 
an index signal at the point where each 
recording begins.  
You can easily find a specific point using 
various search functions. 

Insert an indexed tape into the VCR.

Press SEARCH MENU.

Press b to scan ahead, or B to scan backwards.

The VCR searches and then plays back for about five 
seconds.

Press H PLAY to view that program.

If you do not press H PLAY, the VCR automatically searches for the next index 
mark, or until it reaches the end of the tape.

V/v/B/b

H

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Searching using various functions

To mark a point on the tape that you want to find later, reset the tape counter to 
“0:00:00.”
The VCR automatically fast-forwards or rewinds to the 0:00:00 point on the tape 
counter.

The VCR automatically searches for the beginning of a blank portion.  You can easily 
find a point you can start recording from.

Note
• Once  in  recording mode, if the VCR is put in pause and then released to start the recording, 

no index mark will be inserted.  An index mark will be inserted if the channel is changed 
while VCR is put in pause.

Press SEARCH MENU.

Press V.

The VCR starts searching and automatically stops at 
the 0:00:00 point.

Press SEARCH MENU.

Press v.

The VCR starts searching and automatically stops at 
the beginning of a blank space.  If no blank space is 
found, the VCR reaches the end.