To view on-screen information, Press display twice, Message 1 (examples for ld) – Sony MDP-A500 User Manual
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Understanding Displays and Messages When Playing Discs-
You can check the player operating status or disc information on the TV screen. Locate
the DISPLAY button on the Remote Commander or the front panel of the player.
To View On-Screen
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DISPLAY Press DISPLAY twice.
When pressing DISPLAY once, only the first
line appears. The tables below are keys to the
(Player) (Remote)
messages that appear on the right of the screen.
Display for LD
Message 1
(Examples for LD)
Screen Display
Current Status of the Player
OPEN
Disc tray open
CLOSE
Disc tray closed
PLAY
PlayinKLD
STOP
Operation stopped
PAUSE
Operation momentarily stopped
s/e
Speed scanning
SEARCH
Searching
Display for CD or CDV
Message 1 ■
Elapsed time of current track
Index number
Track number
Playing disc type
Number of tracks and
total playing time**
Selected function
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audio
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Message 1
(Examples for CD or CDV)
Screen Display
Current Status of the Player
OPEN
Disc tray open
CLOSE
Disc tray closed
PLAY
Playing CD or CDV
STOP
Operation stopped
PAUSE
Operation momentarily stopped
@/e
Speed scanning
SEARCH
Setnching
Message 2
(Examples for LD)
Screen Display
Currently Playing
LDSIDEA
Side A of LD
LDSIDEB
SideBofLD
1/L
first soundtrack/left channel
2/R
Second soundtrack/right channel
J> DIGITAL
Digital sound
J> ANALOG
Analog sound
To Turn Off the Display
P^=i
DISPLAY Press DISPLAY again.
(Player) (Remote)
• When playing a CAV LD, the current frame number appears. When playing aCLV LD, the total elapsed time appears. CLV LDs
not indicating time data to the second, indicate two-digit numbers such as "22:".
** When playing a CDV,
the number of the track and total playing time of the video section also appair.
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