Harman Kardon HS 300 Owner's Manual

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37OPERATION• Load CDs or DVD-Audio discs, with the label side up.• When loading DVD-Video discs with printed labels, load them labelside up. If the disc contains both standard and high-definition (notHD-DVD or Blu-ray Disc) versions of the program, make sure thedesired label faces up.• Some DVD-Video discs are double-sided. The title information forthese will be printed on the inner ring of the disc, very close to thecenter hole. The title for the side you wish to play should be facing up.After a disc is properly loaded, press the Open/Close Button to closethe disc drawer. After the drawer closes, you will see the READING mes-sage in the Main Information Display to alert you to the fact that the unitis determining the type of disc (DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, CD, VCD, JPEG,WMA or MP3) and is reading the data for track, chapter, title and otherinformation about the disc.Once the disc’s data has been read, the type of disc will be displayedby the Disc-Type Indicator in the front-panel display. If the disc is a DVD,CD or VCD2.0 disc, it will automatically begin playing. The disc’s trackand timing information and other relevant data will appear in the MainInformation Display.Any time a control button is pressed, an icon will appear in the upperright corner of the screen to indicate the player’s action. These iconsinclude the standard transport modes (play, stop, pause, forward andreverse fast and slow search, track skip), the opening or closing of thedisc drawer, or the prohibit icon (Ø) if the command action is not avail-able at that time or for that disc. As explained in more detail below,pressing the Status Button displays the Status Banner for DVDs, andpressing the Info Button displays the Player submenu.• When a DVD is detected, playback will automatically begin and thescreen will show the program or the disc’s menu, depending on howthe disc was created.• If a CD is detected, playback will begin automatically.• If the disc contains MP3, WMA or JPEG files, or if it is a VCD withoutplayback control, the Player Information display will appear. See Figure57. To play one of these files, use the Navigation Buttons to select afolder and press the Enter Button to open it. Use the NavigationButtons to select a file for playback, and press the Enter Button tobegin play.Figure 57 – Player Information Screen (JPEG/WMA Disc)• VCD2.0 discs will begin play automatically, similar to a conventionalaudio CD. Not all VCDs will play on the HS 300. VCDs containing rawMPEG files will not play.If a disc is already in the drawer when the unit is turned on, it will beginplaying. If the disc was stopped using the Resume function, playbackwill begin from the point where it was stopped. If the disc was stoppedby pressing the Stop Button twice, the disc will begin playing from itsbeginning. If the Disc Recognition feature was turned on in the SystemSetup menu (see Figure 33), a screen will appear asking you whether tobegin playback from the beginning of the disc, or from the point whereplayback was stopped during the last viewing session. See Figure 58.Figure 58 – Disc-Recognition Resume ScreenPlayback Features for DVD and CD DiscsSee Figure 59 for reference to the transport controls described below.Figure 59 – Transport Controls• To momentarily pause playback and freeze the current picture frameon a DVD, press the Pause Button. To resume playback after pressingthe Pause button, press the Play Button.• To move forward or backward through the tracks on a DVD-Audiodisc or CD, or the chapters on a DVD, press the Previous/NextButtons on the remote.• To move forward or backward through the DVD or CD disc beingplayed at fast speed, press the Search Forward/Reverse Buttons.Once one of these buttons is pressed, the fast search will continueuntil the Play Button is pressed. Each additional press of the SearchForward/Reverse Buttons will cycle through the five available fast-search speeds. The speed will be indicated by the number of filled-intriangles that appear in the upper right corner of the screen.