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Playing a disc, Camera angles (dvds), Play modes – Technicolor - Thomson DTH311 User Manual

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Playing a disc

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Camera angles (DVDs)

A few DVD discs contain scenes shot from various different angles. If a disc
being played back offers different camera angles the icon in the banner will
show the number of the angle on the screen.

With the disc in playback, press

on the remote control unit and choose

the angle using the same key or the

or

keys.

Note: if the scene is only recorded in one angle the invalid command symbol
appears for a moment.

Play modes

Your player has several Play modes: Standard play which follows the order of
the tracks, titles and chapters on the discs; Random play which plays the
sequences or music tracks in a random order; Programmed play which allows
you to choose the sequences or music tracks and the order in which they
are to be played; Automatic play which starts playback as soon as the disc tray
is closed.
The play mode icon can be accessed from the information banner when a
CD or VCD disc is in play.

While a disc is being played back, press

PLAY MODE

(the information

banner appears), the Play Mode icon is already selected. Press

to call up

the play mode (standard, programme, repeat) in the text area of the
information banner.

Note: the standard mode is reactivated for any new disc loaded in the player. The
programme mode only works if you have keyed in a programme (see page 19).

IntroScan (Audio CDs)

This function enables you to listen to the first few seconds of each track on
an audio CD disc.

While a disc is being played back, press

INFO

(the information banner

appears). Press the

or

keys to select the play mode icon, then select

the Introscan icon using

or

keys and press

OK

on the remote control

unit.

Note: when the first few seconds of all tracks have been played the player goes into
Stop. To stop IntroScan press

PLAY

to continue play and listen to the whole track, or

press

STOP

.

PBC - Playback control menu (Video CDs)

This function enables you to make interactive selections of some scenes or
information through an on-screen menu. Moreover high resolution scenes can
be viewed if they are included on the disc. During playback press

INFO

(the

information banner appears). Press

or

to select the PBC icon. Uses the

or

key to see other screens or deactivate the functions on offer.

Changing camera

angles.

Selecting play

modes.

Selecting a play

mode.

Listening to the

beginning of each

audio track.

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