Searching For A Scene - Sony DVP-NS508P Service Manual

Playback direction

Searching for a Scene

Searching for a
Particular Point on a
Opposite direction
Disc
(Scan, Slow-motion Play,
Freeze Frame)
You can quickly locate a particular point on a
disc by monitoring the picture or playing back
slowly.
The "× 2B"/ "× 2b" playback speed is about
twice the normal speed.
The "3M"/"3m" playback speed is faster
than "2M"/"2m" and the "2M"/"2m"
STEP STEP
playback speed is faster than "1M"/
"1m."
Watching frame by frame
(Slow-motion Play)
Notes Press
in pause mode. To return to normal speed,
• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do
press H.
some of the operations described.
Each time you press
• For DATA CDs/DATA DVDs, you can search for
a particular point only on an MP3 audio track. during Slow-motion Play, the playback speed
changes. Two speeds are available. With each
Locating a point quickly by press the indication changes as follows:
playing a disc in fast forward or
Playback direction
fast reverse (Scan) 2
Opposite direction (DVD only)
2
m or M
Press while playing a
The "2 y"/"2
disc. When you find the point you want, press
than "1 y"/"1
H to return to normal speed. Each time you
m or M
press during scan, the
Playing one frame at a time
scan speed changes. With each press the
indication changes as shown below. Actual
(Freeze Frame)
speeds may differ between discs.
When the player is in the pause mode, press
(DVD only). To return to normal playback,
press H.
Note
You cannot search for a still picture in DVD-VR
mode.
To search for a scene using the time code
Searching by Scene
(DVD only)
1
In step 2, select TIME/TEXT.
(PICTURE NAVIGATION)
Playing time of the current title is
selected.
You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens
Then, press ENTER.
and find the desired scene quickly.
2
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."
z Hints
• When the Control Menu display is turned off, you
can search for a chapter (DVD), track (CD/DATA
CD/DATA DVD) by pressing the number buttons
and ENTER.
• You can display the first scene of titles, chapters,
or tracks recorded on the disc on a screen divided
into 9 sections. You can start playback directly by
selecting one of the scenes. For details, see
"Searching by Scene (PICTURE
NAVIGATION)" (page 37).
1
Notes
Press PICTURE NAVI during
• The title, chapter, or track number displayed is the
playback.
same number recorded on the disc.
• You cannot search for a scene on a DVD+RW/
The following display appears.
DVD+R/DVD+R DL using the time code.
2
Press PICTURE NAVI repeatedly to
select an item.
• CHAPTER VIEWER (DVD VIDEO
• TITLE VIEWER (DVD VIDEO only):
• TRACK VIEWER (VIDEO CD/
× 2B t 1M t 2M t 3M
3M (DVD/VIDEO CD only)
× 2B (DVD VIDEO/CD only)
× 2b t 1m t 2m t 3m
3m (DVD/VIDEO CD only)
× 2b (DVD VIDEO only)
m or M
when the player is
m or M
y 1
y 1
" playback speed is slower
."
STEP to go to the next frame. Press
STEP to go to the preceding frame
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PICTURE
NAVI
ENTER
DISPLAY
RETURN
CHAPTER VIEWER ENTER
only): displays the first scene of each
chapter.
displays the first scene of each title.
Super VCD only): displays the first
scene of each track.
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DVP-NS47P/NS57P/NS508P/NS64P/NS67P/NS608P
Searching for a Title/
Chapter/Track/Scene,
etc.
You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and
you can search a VIDEO CD/CD/DATA CD/
DATA DVD by track, index, file, or scene.
As titles and tracks are assigned unique
numbers on the disc, you can select the
desired one by entering its number. You can
also search for a scene using the time code.
Number
buttons
CLEAR
ENTER
DISPLAY
1
Press DISPLAY (When playing a
DATA CD or DATA DVD with JPEG
image files, press twice).
The Control Menu appears.
2
Press X/x to select the search
method.
◆ When playing a DVD
TITLE
CHAPTER
TIME/TEXT
Select "TIME/TEXT" to search for a starting
point by inputting the time code.
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or Super VCD
without PBC playback
TRACK
INDEX
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or Super VCD
with PBC playback
SCENE
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3
Press ENTER.
The first scene of each chapter, title, or
track appears as follows.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
4
Press C/X/x/c to select a chapter,
title, or track, and press ENTER.
Playback starts from the selected scene.
To return to normal play during setting
Press O RETURN or DISPLAY.
z Hint
If there are more than 9 chapters, titles, or tracks, V
is displayed at the bottom right of the screen.
To display the additional chapters, titles, or tracks,
select the bottom scenes and press x. To return to
the previous scene, select the top scenes and
press X.
Note
Depending on the disc, you may not be able to select
some items.
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1-9
◆ When playing a CD
TRACK
◆ When playing a DATA CD/DATA DVD
ALBUM
TRACK (MP3 audio tracks only)
FILE (JPEG image files only)
Example: when you select
CHAPTER
"** (**)" is selected (** refers to a number).
The number in parentheses indicates the total
number of titles, chapters, tracks, indexes,
scenes, albums, or files.
1 2 ( 2 7 )
PLAY
1 8 ( 3 4 )
DVD VIDEO
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
Selected row
3
Press ENTER.
"** (**)" changes to "-- (**)."
1 2 ( 2 7 )
PLAY
( 3 4 )
DVD VIDEO
T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5
4
Press the number buttons to select
the title, chapter, track, index,
scene, etc., number you want to
search.
If you make a mistake
Cancel the number by pressing CLEAR,
then select another number.
5
Press ENTER.
The player starts playback from the
selected number.