User manual SONY DVP-CX777ES

[. . . ] 4-249-720-13(1) CD/DVD Player Operating Instructions For customers in the U. S. A Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the unit. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. DVP-CX777ES Serial No. ______________ For Customers in Canada If this product is not working properly, please call 1-877-602-2008 for Peace of Mind Warranty Replacement service. [. . . ] If you press ORETURN again, the Disc Explorer turns off. z Hint The discs in the same genre are sorted by numerial order according to the disc slot number. 59 Searching for and Managing Discs (Disc Explorer) Searching for a Scene Searching for a Particular Point on a Disc (Search, Scan, Slow-motion Play, Freeze Frame) You can quickly locate a particular point on a disc by monitoring the picture or playing back slowly. Locating a point quickly by playing a disc in fast forward or fast reverse (Scan) Press m or M while playing a disc. When you find the point you want, press H to return to normal speed. Each time you press m or M during scan, the playback speed changes. With each press the indication changes as shown below. Actual speeds may differ with some discs. Playback direction ×2B t FF1M t FF2M t FF3M FF3M (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/VIDEO CD only) ×2B (DVD VIDEO/Super Audio CD/CD only) C c H FR3m (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/ VIDEO CD only) ×2b (DVD VIDEO only) m M Opposite direction ×2b t FR1m t FR2m t FR3m Note Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to do some of the operations described. Locating a point quickly (Search) During playback, keep pressing C to locate a point in the playback direction or keep pressing c to locate a point in the opposite direction. When you find the point you want, release the button to return to normal playback speed. The "×2B"/"×2b" playback speed is about twice the normal speed. The "FF3M"/ "FR3m" playback speed is faster than "FF2M"/"FR2m, " and the "FF2M"/ "FR2m" playback speed is faster than "FF1M"/"FR1m. " Watching frame by frame (Slowmotion play) Press m or M when the player is in pause mode. Each time you press m or M during Slow-motion play, the playback speed changes. With each press the indication changes as follows: 60 Playback direction SLOW2 y SLOW1 y SLOW1 Opposite direction (DVD only) SLOW2 The "SLOW2 y"/"SLOW2 " playback speed is slower than "SLOW1 y"/"SLOW1 . " Searching for a Title/ Chapter/Track/Scene, etc. You can search a DVD by title or by chapter, and you can search a VIDEO CD/Super Audio CD/CD by track, index, or scene. As titles and tracks are assigned unique numbers on the disc, you can select the desired one by entering its number. Or, you can search for a scene using the time code. Playing one frame at a time (Freeze Frame) When the player is in the pause mode, press C to go to the next frame. Press c to go to the preceding frame (DVD only). If you hold the button down, you can view the frames in succession. To return to normal playback, press H. Searching for a Scene Number buttons CLEAR X/x DISPLAY/ FILE ENTER 1 Select a disc (page 35). 2 Press DISPLAY/FILE during playback. The Control Menu appears. 3 Press X/x to select the search method. When playing a DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW DISC TITLE CHAPTER TIME/TEXT or TIME/MEMO c continued 61 Select "TIME/TEXT" to search for a starting point by inputting the time code. When playing a VIDEO CD without PBC Playback DISC TRACK INDEX When playing a VIDEO CD with PBC Playback DISC SCENE INDEX When playing a Super Audio CD/CD DISC TRACK INDEX When playing a DATA CD (MP3 audio) DISC ALBUM TRACK Example: when you select (CHAPTER) "** (**)" is selected (** refers to a number). The number in parentheses indicates the total number of titles, tracks, indexes, scenes, etc. of the disc. ALL 123 12(27) 18(34) T 1:32:55 4 Press ENTER. "** (**)" changes to "-- (**). " ALL 123 12(27) - - (34) T 1:32:55 PLAY DVD 5 Press X/x or the number buttons to select the title, chapter, track, index, or scene number you want to search. If you make a mistake Cancel the number by pressing CLEAR, then select another number. 6 Press ENTER. The player starts playback from the selected number. To search for a scene using the time code (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW only) 1 2 3 In step 2, select TIME/TEXT. "T **:**:**" (playing time of the current title) is selected. "T **:**:**" changes to "T --:--:--. " Input the time code using the number buttons, then press ENTER. For example, to find the scene at 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 20 seconds after the beginning, just enter "2:10:20. " PLAY DVD Selected item To turn off the display Press DISPLAY/FILE repeatedly until the display is turned off. z Hints · You can display the first scene of titles, chapters or tracks recorded on the disc on a screen divided into 9 sections. [. . . ] The data capacity of a single-layer and singlesided DVD is 4. 7 GB (Giga Byte), which is 7 times that of a CD. The data capacity of a Index (CD)/Video Index (VIDEO CD) (page 10, 15, 61) A number that divides a track into sections to easily locate the point you want on a CD or VIDEO CD. Depending on the disc, no index may be recorded. c continued 101 Interlace format (page 90) Interlace format shows every other line of an image as a single "field" and is the standard method for displaying images on television. The even number field shows the even numbered lines of an image, and the odd numbered field shows the odd numbered lines of an image. Interlace pictures Converted progressive pictures Progressive conversion method (page 76) · Video based software conversion Video shows an image by alternately displaying every other line of an image (field) at 30 frames (60 fields) per second (Interlace format). · Film based software conversion Film shows an image by displaying an entire image at 24 frames per second. [. . . ]