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Basic use of your dvd player, Introduction, Front panel controls – Arcam DV89 DVD player User Manual

Page 11: Playing a disc

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Basic use of your DVD player

POWER

DV89 DVD PLAYER

TRACK

PAUSE

STOP

PLAY

LOAD

Introduction

‘Basic operation’ explains how to play a DVD, CD or other type
of disc, including the use of the CR-314 remote control.
More sophisticated features – such as special playback modes
and programming jumps and playback sequences – are
described in the ‘Advanced features’ section.

Front panel controls

Switching on

Switch the unit on by pressing the

POWER

button. The status

LED glows green when the unit is powered up and red when in
standby mode (standby is operated from the remote control).
Note that the remote control sensor is located on the right
hand side of the display window. Do not obstruct this or the
remote will not work.

HDCD indicator

This LED is located on the left of the display and lights green
to indicate when HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital)
material is playing from suitably recorded audio CDs.

Playing a disc

Loading a disc

Press

LOAD

on the front panel (or

OPEN

on the handset) and

place the disc on the tray, with the playback side facing down.
Some discs are double sided, in which case the side labelled
‘side A’ should face up, to access side A.
Press

LOAD

on the front panel to close the tray. The disc loads

after a pause of a few seconds.

Playing a disc

Most DVDs begin playing automatically, but some titles begin
by displaying a menu. Select the menu item ‘Play movie’ (or
similar) using the cursor pad, then press

OK

to start playback.

For discs that do not play automatically (including CDs and
VCDs), press

PLAY

.

Note that when playing DVDs, the drive mechanism operates at
much higher speeds compared with CDs and so may produce
more noise when loading and playing initial chapters. This is
normal.
Layer change
Many DVD discs have two layers to increase the available play-
back time (these DVDs are identified as type DVD-9 or DVD-18).
Often, there will be a short pause in the video and audio of
about a second whenever the laser of the player refocuses
from one layer to the next.

Fast play

Press

or

on the front panel or remote control to play

fast forward or backwards. For DVDs, VCDs and CDs the
following speeds for fast playback are available: x2, x4, x8,
x20, x60 and x100. Press the button repeatedly to cycle
through the different speeds. To resume normal playback
speed, press

PLAY

.

Fast playback is not available for MP3 discs.

Skipping chapters/tracks

To skip chapters (or tracks on a CD), press

or

.

When skipping back, the first button press takes you to the
beginning of the current chapter. Pressing the button again
takes you to the start of the previous chapter.
Note that it is common for Video CDs to have only one track.

Pausing playback

Press

PAUSE

on the front panel or on the remote control to

pause playback. To resume playback, press

PLAY

on the front

panel or on the handset.

Stopping playback

Press the

STOP

button on the front panel or on the remote

control to stop playback.
When playing a DVD, pressing

STOP

once performs a ‘resume

stop’. If you now press

PLAY

, playback resumes from the point

it was stopped.
If you press

STOP

twice, this is a ‘complete stop’, and playback

resumes from the beginning of the disc.

Front panel menu navigation

Should you need to navigate a disc or title menu from the front
panel, use

PAUSE

for ‘up’,

STOP

for ‘down’ , for ‘right’,

for

‘left’ and

PLAY

for ‘OK’.