Harman Kardon HS 100 Owner's Manual

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DVD PLAYBACK22 DVD PLAYBACKUsing a DVD’s MenuOne of the unique features of the DVD system isthat it offers a producer the opportunity to include awide range of features on a disc, including multiple-language tracks; subtitles in a variety of languages;special information such as movie trailers and castinformation; as well as other customized information.In addition, producers may divide a movie or programinto chapters that allow for quick access to specificparts of the program. These chapters may beaccompanied by thumbnail pictures of a scene fromthe specific chapter to help you select the desiredspot on the disc.When a disc is playing, press the Disc Menu ButtonQ to pause the playback and display the disc’smenu. As there are no hard rules about style andcontents for DVD menus, the way they appear on thescreen and the information they contain will vary fromone disc to another. However, the following generalrules apply to most menus:• You may move through the options on a menu withthe M / N /K/L Navigation Buttons A, as thedisc’s programming allows. The option selectedwill typically be highlighted in a certain color orinside an outline box.• To select a highlighted option, which may either playa portion of the disc or move to a submenu, pressthe Enter Button z or the Play Button K.• On some discs, when you select the DVD menuduring the playback of a movie, the disc will returnto the point in the program where the menu wasselected by offering a “Play Movie” option. Pressthe Enter Button z or Play Button Kto resume play. However, not all discs offer thisfeature, and selecting the menu while playing amovie may mean that you will either have to goback to the beginning of the program or the startof a chapter. This feature is out of the control ofthe HS 100, as it is set by the disc’s internalprogramming.Important Notes on DVD PlaybackThe HS 100 is capable of all the features and optionscovered by the DVD standards. However, it is up tothe producer of a DVD disc to decide which of thosefeatures and functions are available on any given disc.For that reason, not all discs will function identically,and some discs will not have many of the features ofthe DVD system. For example, most current DVD discsdo not take advantage of the multiple-angle feature.When you press a button and the player displays theFeature Prohibited ( ) icon, this is an indication thatthe disc has not been programmed for that feature.In addition, it is common for the producers of DVDdiscs to block the use of certain functions during onlysome parts of a disc. For example, many discs prohibitthe use of fast-play buttons or prohibit access to theChapter Menu display during the playback of copyrightnotices, studio logos, movie credits or trailers. Theappearance of the Feature Prohibited ( ) icon,or the inability of certain features to operate whenthe disc itself has prohibited them, does not indicatea problem with the HS 100, as these features areoutside of the unit’s control.Zoom FeatureThe HS 100’s advanced digital video processingcircuits include a Zoom feature which allows you toenlarge the image for closer examination of a particularpart of the picture. Four steps of enlargement areavailable.• To use the Zoom feature, press the Zoom ButtonM while a disc is playing or paused. Each pressof the button will increase the zoom-in effect. Whenyou have zoomed through all four steps, the picturewill return to normal size.• When the zoom feature is activated, you may usethe M / N /K/L Navigation Buttons k tomove the zoomed-in picture around the screenonce the information box with the zoom ratio andplayback time no longer appears on the screen.• Some discs are created in a way that prevents theZoom feature from operating. In addition, the Zoomfeature will not operate on disc menus and may notoperate on subtitles.Playback Resume FeatureThe HS 100 offers a “Resume” feature for DVD play-back that is different from the conventional “Stop”function that you may be used to on CD players. Whenthe Stop Button 5I is pressed once, the discwill stop and an on-screen RESUME indication willappear in the Front-Panel Information Display 8.While the Resume feature is active, the disc’s positionis entered into the unit’s memory so that when thePlay Button 4K is pressed to resume playback,the program will continue at the point where it waswhen the Stop Button 5I was pressed.To completely stop playback, press the Stop Button5I twice.When the Disc Recognition feature is turned on in theSystem Settings menu, you may pause a disc or pressthe Stop Button 5I once, remove it from theplayer, and then have the option of resuming playbackat the point where you left off, as long as the playerhas not been turned off after other discs have beenplayed.