If the disc has surround effects, the effect is broadened and sound seems to come from virtual speakers on either side. SP: Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG, LPCM, 2-channel or over only HP: Dolby Digital, MPEG, LPCM, 2-channel or over only Preparation Turn off the surround effects on the other equipment and reduce the volume on this unit to minimum (^ page 13). Press [A.SRD] to select the level. Each time you press the button: e.g. SP # ж ® ж # ж SP 1 s а 2 spC ff §1 “PL” is not displayed while playing a specific play list scene. §2 “All (A)” during program and random play. If the Video CD has playback control 1. Press [■]. 2. Press the numbered buttons to select a track to start play (^ page 16). 3. Press [REPEAT] (^ above). NQt^ This only works if the disc's elapsed play time is shown in the on-screen menu icons (* page 23). You cannot use repeat play to repeat an entire DVD-Video, an entire MP3 disc or all the play lists on a DVD-RAM. ■ To repeat only your favorite tracks/chapters Start program play (^ page 20) and press [REPEAT] to display “A”. 1 (Natural)>2 (Emphasized)>OFF (Cancel) ±_I To change the mode 1. Press [2] to select “SP” or “HP”. 2. Press [3, 4] to change the mode. Optimum seating position , Distance A , Television Speaker Э or 4 times distance A Seating position Speaker Distance A= Television's width UBHS • ADVANCED SURROUND will not work, or will have less effect, with some discs. ° • Turn ADVANCED SURROUND off if it causes £ distortion. § The speaker on this unit will not produce any discernable effect. B Basic Operations Basic Operations Using menus to play MP3 discs and CD text Menu play I MP3 discs! This unit can play MP3 files recorded on CD-R/RW with a computer. Files are treated as tracks and folders are treated as groups. I CD text discs | This unit reads and displays the information on CD text discs. You can display disc titles, artist names and track titles. 1 Press [TOP MENU]. Group name (MP3 discs only) 2 Use [3, 4] to select the track and press [ENTER]. Play starts and continues to the end of the disc. “0” indicates the track currently playing. Note^B I MP3 discs! • Discs must conform to ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for extended formats). MP3 files must have the extension “.MP3” or “.mp3”. •This unit is compatible with multi-session but if there are a lot of sessions it takes more time for play to start. Keep the number of sessions to a minimum to avoid this. •This unit is not compatible with ID3 tags. •This unit is not compatible with files with a sampling rate of 32 kHz. •If you play an MP3 track that includes still picture data, it will take some time before the music itself starts playing and the elapsed time will not be displayed during this time. Even after the track starts, the correct play time will not be displayed. Naming folders and files At the time of recording, prefix folder and file names with 3-digit numbers in the order you want to play them (this may not work at times). Example: root -001.mp3 -002.mp3 -003.mp3 -001.mp3 -002.mp3 -003.mp3 -004.mp3 001.mp3 002.mp3 003.mp3 I CD text discs I When making your own CD text discs Do not put tracks into folders. The unit plays the tracks in the order you record them so you do not have to prefix the titles with numbers. o To show other pages 5 Use [3, 4, 2, ►] to select “Prev” or “Next” and g press [ENTER]. a To close the list screen Press [TOP MENU]. Using the tree screen to find a group (MP3 discs) 1 Use [►] (Cursor jockey) while a track is highlighted to display the tree screen. You cannot select groups that contain no compatible files. 2 Use [3, 4] to select a group and press [ENTER]. The file list for the group appears. For your reference Use [2, ►] to jump layers in the tree screen. To return to the file list screen Press [RETURN]. To show the text information for a track (CD text discs) 1 Use [3, 4] to select a track. 2 Move the cursor jockey [►]. • Use [2, ►] to select other tracks. Press [ENTER] to play tracks selected here. Finding a track to play Enter part of a track title to make a search. Although the characters are upper case, the unit also searches for lower case. Preparation Press [TOP MENU] to show the list screen. Example: search for tracks including the word “LOVE”. 1 Use [3, 4] to select “Find” and press [ENTER]. 2 Use [3, 4] to select “L” and press [ENTER]. Characters change in alphanumeric order each time you move the cursor jockey [3]. • Press [ 1^2 , ] to skip between A, E, I, O, and U. •Use [2] to erase a character. • Repeat this step to enter “O”, “V”, and “E”. 3 Use [►] (Cursor jockey) to select “Find” and press [ENTER]. The search results screen appears. 4 Use [3, 4] to select the track and press [ENTER]. Move the cursor jockey [4 ] to show other tracks if there are more than fourteen. •To search for the first word in a title, erase the asterisk (*...