Technicolor - Thomson DTH 8540 - Manual (Page 43)

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Playing a disc
Loading and playing a disc
Switch on your TV set and DVD recorder. It may be necessary to turn off other appliances.
1. If the player menu is not displayed on TV screen, select the TV set Scart Peritel socket to
which you connected your DVD recorder (see page 4).
2. Open the disc tray by pressing OPEN/CLOSE . Place the disc on the tray.
Note: the disc label must face upwards (double sided discs
have a small label on both sides around the centre).
3. Close the disc tray by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE or PLAY . According to the type of disc
one of three things may now happen:
• disc playback starts,
• the disc menu appears (DVD video disc) and offers you, for example, to select the language
for dialogues, sub-titles, etc. or to start playing the disc. Make you selection with the 4 ▲ , ▼ ,
C et B keys, then confirm with OK.
• in the Main Menu the line Disc is highlighted. Press once or twice on PLAY to access the
disc’s menu or to begin playing it (recorded DVD+R / DVD+RW discs.
Note: the Disc heading is shown as transparent when there
is no disc in the device or if the disc is not compatible.
Search Options
Quick search of an image or a track
In Play mode, start the Forward or Reverse fast motion playback using the FWD (forward) or
REV (reverse) keys. Press once or several times for higher speeds.To resume normal playback
press PLAY .
Still picture and frame advance
During playback press PAUSE once to freeze the image. Press PAUSE again to go into “frame”
mode (the PAUSE icon is then replaced by the FRAME icon on the TV screen). Press FWD or
REV to view images one after the other forward or backward.To resume normal playback press
PLAY .
Note: If the DVD recorder is left in pause mode for a long period with a DVD or a VCD, the home screen
comes on. The disc image is replaced by a mobile image of the DVD recorder to preserve the television
screen. Press any key on the remote control unit to resume display of the image transmitted from the disc.
Loading a “single-sided” disc.
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