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RDV-985 DVD Player

Selecting a Scene From the

Digest Display

The RDV-985 can display the opening scene

of each title on a DVD or each track of a Video

CD/SVCD. You can then select a title or track.

Whether or not the disc can be playing when

you use the DIGEST function depends on the

type of disc.

DVD Discs: While stopped

Video CD/SVCD: During playback

without PBC function

Press the DIGEST button

. The opening

scene of each title or track appears on the TV

screen. Up to nine opening scenes can be

displayed. If the scene you want is not in the

first nine, press

to display the next

nine scenes. You may also press

to dis-

play the previous nine scenes.

Use the Cursor Buttons p/q/u/t

move the highlighting box to the scene you

want. Then press ENTER

. The selected

scene will begin playing.

When you press DIGEST while playing a DVD

that has more than one chapter, the RDV-985

displays the opening scene of each chapter.

You can then select the desired chapter. The

procedure for selecting a chapter is the same

as for selecting a scene.

NOTE: With some discs, depending on the

content, it may take some time until all the

scenes appear on the screen.

Special Playback Features

The RDV-985 provides several special picture

playback functions including Frame-by-Frame,

Strobe, Slow-motion and Zoom.

Frame-by-Frame Viewing

While a disc is playing press PAUSE

. A

still picture of the frame that was playing when

you pressed the button is shown on the screen.

Each time you press PAUSE again the still

picture advances to the next frame. Press PLAY

to return to the normal playback mode.

Multiple Still Frame

(“Strobe”) Viewing

While a disc is playing press PAUSE

. A

still picture of the frame that was playing when

you pressed the button is shown on the screen.

Then press STROBE

. Nine consecutive still

frames are shown.

Press the PAUSE button to show the next nine

frames. To resume normal play the STROBE

button again.

Options

Pressing and holding PAUSE for more than

1 second also activates the Strobe function.

If you press STROBE during playback, nine

still pictures also appear but they advance in

real time.

Slow Motion Playback

Using the Remote Control

While a disc is playing press PAUSE

. A

still picture of the frame that was playing when

you pressed the button is shown on the screen.

Then press the

or button

. To play

forward slow-motion, press. To play reverse

slow-motion (for DVD discs only), press

The first time you press one of the button the

RDV-985 plays the slowest speed (1/32). Each

time you press the button again, the playback

speed increases.

To return to normal play press u PLAY

To pause slow motion play press

II PAUSE

Using the Front Panel Shuttle

Control

While a disc is playing press

II PAUSE

A still picture of the frame that was playing

when you pressed the button is shown on the

screen. To play forward slow-motion, turn the

SHUTTLE control

to the right. To play re-

verse slow-motion (for DVD discs only), turn

it to the left. The more you turn the knob, the

more the slow-motion speed increases.

To return to normal play press u PLAY

To pause slow motion play press

II PAUSE

NOTE: Sound is muted during slow motion

playback

Zoom In Feature

While a disc is playing or while paused press

the ZOOM button

. “ZOOM” appears on

the TV screen and the center part of the im-

age on the screen is enlarged to twice nor-

mal size.

You can use the Cursor Buttons p/q/u/t

to move the part of the enlarged scene

you can see to a different area.

The Pause, Frame-by-Frame Viewing and Slow

Motion Playback features work as previously

described while the Zoom feature is being

used.

To return to normal playback press the ZOOM

button again.

NOTE: When using the Zoom in feature

with some discs the picture may be garbled

or noisy .

Changing the Track Order

You can program the RDV-985 to play tracks

on a Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD in a spe-

cific order or in random order.

Programing For Playback in

a Specified Order

While disc play is stopped press the ON

SCREEN button

.The on-screen display

appears on the TV screen.

Use the Cursor Buttons p/q

to move

to [PROGRAM] and press ENTER

The color of [PROGRAM] changes.

Audio CD Programming Display

Video CD/SVCD Programming Display

Selected Track Numbers

Select the tracks in the desired order using

the Numeric Buttons

. Up to 16 tracks can

be programmed. You may select the same track

more than once.

If you make a mistake press the CANCEL button

. The last track programmed is erased.

Press u PLAY

to begin playing the pro-

grammed tracks. When all of the programmed

tracks have finished playback, the RDV-985

stops. The selected tracks remain programmed.

To Clear the Programmed Tracks

Press ■ STOP

to stop playback, then press

STOP again. All the programmed tracks are

erased.

To Quit Program Playback

Press ENTER

when points to [PRO-

GRAM] on the on screen display. [PROGRAM]

returns to its original color.

(When playing back a Video CD or SVCD,

you have to press STOP and then press ON

SCREEN to display the on-screen display.)

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