Panasonic DVD-A360A - Manual (Page 15)

The disc tray is autcmaticalty closed and play begins,
♦When iha disc tray is closed by pressing OPEN/CLOSE,
press PLAY (b slari play,
•When a menu screen appears on the TV monitor
In the case of many movie
DVOs, an Interactive DVD or
Video CD with playback control,
a menu screen appears or the
TV monitor. Perform step 5 to
start play,
{Eirample of DVD)
5 Tilt the joystick (A, T, M , and press
SELECT, or press the numeric buttons, to
select the item.
•The Joystick Is not effectìvs for selecting items for Video
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Play of the selected item now begins.
(Example)
While watching movies
•Setting to the pldune quaJity best suited to movie
. Pressing the player's CINEMA button will select the optimum
picture quality for movie programs {this sotting gives a gen­
tler feel to videos, prqducfng mors detail in darker scones
and helping to reduce rrcisa). (The button lights up in green.)
Pressing the same button again will restore the standard pic­
ture quality. (Alternatively, itie plclure quality of your choice
can be eat using the GUI screen. See “Digital piclura mode'
on pegs 21.]
•Raising dialogue volume
The volume lor the dialogue oan be raised by displaying the
GUi screen (tor player Information) end setting "Dialogue
Enhancer'' to “ON''. (See page 21,)
This setting lakes effect only for discs which are recorded
wfth Dolby Digital (AC-3]/dts (2 channel or over] and wHh the
dialogue contained In the oenira channel.
When tho menu continues onto another screen
After step 4 on page 14, press SKIP ().
•To return to the pravloua menu screen
Press SKIPihM).
•Due to the ciesign of some scftware tities, SKIP (i4e, ►►!)
may not always work. For operatfon, refer also to the jacket
of the disc concerned.
Stopping play and returning to the menu
ecreen
Pro« TITLE, MENU or RETURN (for DVD), or RETURN (for
Video CD),
Play is suspended, and the menu screen Is displayed.
•The buttons may not work depending on the disc used.
After operation
When the player la not in use, remove the disc and press
POWER (6) to sel the player to the standby mode-
The player ie automatically sat to the star>dby mode after
30 minutes or so have elapeed in the stop mode.
(Auto power-off function)
What Is playback control?
If a Video CD has ‘playback control" written on Its disc or
jacket, it means that partfcuiar scenes or Information can
be selacted tor viewing Interactively wfth the TV rnonltor
using the menu screen.
Note
♦The disc continues to rotate while the rnenu is displayed
even after the player has finished playing a particular item.
When no further eelecttons are to be played, be sure to praea
STOP to clear the menu display.
•If the disc Is put in upside down (and it ie a single sided disc),
the FU display will Indicate “NO PLAV*.
•iiAlhen the NTSC DVDAfIdeo CD Is played, the playback pic­
ture may roll up or down on some TVs; adjust this using the
V-HOLD control on the TV, TVs not equiped with a V-HOiD
ocmtrol cannot correct this condition. The playback picture
may shrink vertically and black bars may appear both orr the
top and bottom of the screen, or the picture may be in black
end white. This does not indicate a rnatfunction.
For your raferanoe:
•tfl/hen 0 appears on the TV monitor when a button is
pressed, the operation Is prohibited by the player or disc.
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Press STOP during playr
RESUME function
The player records the point whore STOP was pressed during
play. flashes on the player’s FL display when this function
is activated.
•Press PLAY again while "^" Is flashing, and play wfll reeums
from this point.
•When the tray is opened or STOP Is pressed again while
is fiaehing, the RESUME function will be cleared.
The RESUME furxrtton works only wfth titles for which the
elapsed playing Erme appears an the players FL display during
playback.
This feature remains active If the player is set to the standby
made and than turned back ON.
Chapter review function (DVD oniy)
When PLAY fs pressed while
is flashing, ttie message
shosvn on the right Is briefly dis­
played.
Press PLAY la Chspfsr. Review
If PLAY is pressed again while lha above message is dis­
played on the screen, the first few seconds of each chapter
from the beginning of the title up to the point where operation
was stopped will be played. This makee it possible to review
previous chapters. Nomnal playback will commence from the
point where operation was stopped.
Note
•Cancelling the RESUME function will also clear the chapter
review functlw,
•The chapter review fimctton rrray not work with some Di/Ds.
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