Harman Kardon DVD 20 Owner's Manual

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PLAYBACK BASICS 15Playback BasicsBasic PlayPreparation1. Switch the TV ON and select its video inputconnected to the DVD 20.2. Press the Main Power On button (above the"POWER" button) to switch on power, theunit will go into Standby mode indicated bythe ring surrounding the POWER turning onorange.3. Press POWER to turn on the unit, the DVD 20harman/kardon logo should appear now onthe screen. If that logo can be viewed onlydisturbedly on the screen or without anycolour, skip to page 18 and make the appro-priate settings at the "TV Aspect" Menuaccording to your TV set and to the connec-tion used between the DVD 20 and your TV.When you see no video at all, even no setupmenu, check the setting of the video inputused on your TV (most SCART inputs on TVscan be configured in the TV´s menu).When you don´t succeed, connect your TVwith different cables to the DVD 20, e.g. viaComposite (yellow jacks) or S-Video cables,see page 10 and 11, rather than per SCART toview the setup menues until all appropriate"TV aspect" settings are made properly.4. Switch on your A/V system’s power, if theplayer has been connected to such a system.5. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.6. Place a disc on the disc tray.Hold the disc without touching either of its sur-faces, position it with the side which you wish toplay facing down, align it with the guides, andplace it in its proper position. 3" (8 cm) discs or 5" (12 cm) discs can beused.7. Press PLAY. The disc tray is automaticallyclosed and play begins. When the disc tray is closed by pressingOPEN/CLOSE, play will start automatically. With most DVD’s, a Disc Menu appears onthe screen. Select specific menu item by usingARROW buttons on the remote, then pressENTER.Disc Playback FeaturesSkipping tracks or titles/chaptersTo move forward or backward through the trackson a CD or the titles or chapters on a DVD, pressSKIP on the front panel or PREVIOUS/NEXT onthe remote.Fast Motion Playback/Fast Search1. To move forward or backward through theDVD or CD disc being played at fast speed,press SEARCH on the front or remote. Onceone of these buttons is pressed, the fastsearch will continue until PLAY is pressed.Note that the fast-play speeds vary for CD’sand DVDs:For DVD playback, there are four fast-playspeeds and for CD there are three. Each press ofthe SEARCH Buttons will cycle to the next speedin the following order: In Fast Search x2, the ‹‹ and ›› PlaybackMode Indicators will both light steadily. In Fast Search x4, the outside ‹‹ or ››Playback Mode Indicator will flash and theinside indicator will remain steadily lit. In Fast Search x8, the inside ‹‹ or ››Playback Mode Indicator will flash and theoutside indicator will remain steadily lit. In Fast Search x16, both ‹‹ and ›› PlaybackMode Indicators will flash. This speed is forDVDs only.2. Press PLAY at any time to resume normalplayback.Note that there will be no audio playback duringfast-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This isnormal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surroundprocessors cannot process the digital audiostreams during fast-play modes; audio will beheard during fast-play of conventional CD’s.Freeze Frame and Frame Advance(with DVD only)1. Press STEP (FWD or REV) when a DVD is play-ing to freeze the picture.2. Each time you press one of the buttons, thepicture advances one frame in the selecteddirection.3. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.Slow Motion Playback (with DVD only)1. When playing a DVD disc or when it´s inpause or freeze frame mode, you may moveslowly forward or backward through the pro-gram being played at one of four speeds bypressing the SLOW-Play Buttons on theremote. Each press of the buttons will moveto the next speed in the following order: In the 1/16th Speed Slow mode, the‹‹ and ›› Playback Mode Indicators willboth flash. In the 1/8th Speed Slow mode, the inside‹‹ and ›› Playback Mode Indicator willflash and the outside indicator will remainsteadily lit. In the 1/4 Speed Slow mode, the outside‹‹ or ›› Playback Mode Indicator will flashand the inside indicator will remain steadilylit. In the 1/2 Speed Slow mode, both the‹‹ and ›› Playback Mode Indicators willremain steadily lit.2. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.Note that there will be no audio playback duringslow-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. Thisis normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surroundprocessors cannot process the digital audiostreams during slow modes. Slow play is notavailable for CD.Notes: Playback features may not be availableduring the opening credits of a movie. This isintended by the disc author and is not a failureof the DVD 20.Playback of a DVD with 96kHz/24-bit audiorequires the use of circuitry normally used forother features. Accordingly, Slow Play Reverseand Step Advance features are not availablewith these discs.Depending on the structure of a VCD disc, thefunctions Slow Reverse and Step Reverse may beprohibited or have no function and 4x/8x FastPlayback (Search) may not function (more detailsabout VCD Playback see page 32).