Harman Kardon DVD 37 Owner's Manual

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26 PLAYBACK BASICSLoading DiscsTo load discs in the DVD 37, first turn the DVD 37on by pressing in the Power On/Off Switch 1or Power On Button 0. Note that the PowerIndicator 0 will turn amber when the unit is con-nected to an AC power source. It will turn blue whenthe Power On Button 0 is pressed.Next, press the Open/Close Button 1A until thedisc tray opens.Hold the disc by the edge, and gently place it into thedisc drawer, making certain that the disc is properlyseated in the tray’s insert. If the disc is not correctlycentered, you may damage both the disc and theplayer when the drawer closes. When loading discs,please note the following:• The DVD 37 will play discs with the following logosas well as most DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs andmost WMA and JPEG discs, including Kodak PictureCDs, but not Kodak Photo CDs. DO NOT attempt toplay another type of disc.• The DVD 37 will only display video in the NTSC for-mat. Although the PAL format is generally used inEurope and other regions of the world outside NorthAmerica, some music or other DVDs are available inPAL with a Region Code of “0,” which means theymay be played on any DVD player around the world.The DVD 37 will automatically detect the PAL for-mat, and make the necessary conversions so thatthe video may be displayed on an NTSC TV. PALdiscs bearing a Region Code other than “0” or “1”may not be played on the DVD 37.• Playback capability for CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD-R,DVD+RW or DVD+R discs will vary according to thequality of the disc. On some occasions it is possiblethat these discs may not play on the DVD 37. Thisdoes not indicate any problem with the DVD 37.• The DVD 37 will only play discs that are coded forRegion 1 or discs that are open to being playedin all regions (Region Code “0”). Discs that containa Region Code of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 (as noted by anumber inside a world map logo on the disc’scover jacket or case) will not play.• Both 5-inch (12cm) and 3-inch (8cm) discsmay be used.• When loading CDs or DVD-Audio discs, load thediscs with the label side up.• When loading DVD-Video discs with printed labels,load them label side up. If the disc contains bothstandard and high-definition versions of the pro-gram, make sure the “Standard DVD” label faces up.• Some DVD-Video discs are double-sided. The titleinformation for these will be printed on the inner ringof the disc, very close to the center hole. The title forthe side you wish to play should be facing up.After a disc is properly loaded, press the Open/CloseButton 1A to close the disc drawer. After thedrawer closes, you will see a brief indication ofLOADING in both the Main InformationDisplay B and in the on-screen display to alert youto the fact that the unit is 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 discwill be displayed by the Disc-Type Indicator A andits type will be identified in the upper right corner ofthe screen. If the disc is a DVD, CD or VCD2.0 disc, itwill automatically begin playing. The disc’s track timinginformation and other relevant data will appear in theMain Information Display B.Any time a control button is pressed, an icon willappear in the upper right corner of the screen toindicate the player’s action. These icons include thestandard transport modes (play, stop, pause, forwardand reverse fast and slow search, track skip), theopen/close disc drawer symbol, the repeat and ran-dom modes, and the prohibit icon (Ø) if the commandaction is not available at that time or for that disc. Asexplained in more detail in other sections of thismanual, pressing the Status Button R displaysthe Status Banner for DVDs, and pressing the InfoButton i displays the Player Information menu.• When a DVD is detected, playback will automaticallybegin and the screen will show the program or thedisc’s menu, depending on how the disc was created.• If a CD is detected, playback will begin automatically.• If the disc contains MP3, WMA or JPEG files, orif it is a VCD without playback control, the PlayerInformation display will appear (see Figure 11). Toplay one of these files, you may need to use the⁄¤‹› Navigation Buttons n to select afolder and press the Enter Button K to open it.Use the ⁄¤ Navigation Buttons n to selecta file for playback, and press the Enter Button Kto begin play.• VCD2.0 discs will begin play automatically, similar toa conventional audio CD.Figure 11If a disc is already in the drawer when the unit isturned on, it will begin playing. If the disc was stoppedusing the Resume function, playback will begin fromthe point where it was stopped. If the disc wasstopped by pressing the Stop Button 4P twice,the disc will begin playing from its beginning.Playback Features for DVD and CD Discs:• To momentarily pause playback and freeze thecurrent picture frame on a DVD, press the PauseButton 3L. To resume playback after pressingthe Pause button, press the Play Button 2N.• To move forward or backward through the trackson a DVD-Audio disc or CD, or the chapters on aDVD, press the Skip Forward/Reverse Buttons56 on the front panel or the Previous/NextButtons AQ on the remote.• To move forward or backward through the DVDor CD disc being played at fast speed, press theSearch Forward/Reverse Buttons BO,or press and hold the front-panel Skip/SearchButtons 56 briefly until fast play begins, andthen release them. Once one of these buttons ispressed, the fast search will continue until thePlay Button 2N is pressed. Each press of theSearch Forward/Reverse Buttons 56BO will cycle to the next speed in the followingorder: 2x, 4x, 8x, 20x, 100x.NOTE: Fast search is available when DVD-Audio andMP3 discs are playing, but not for WMA files.• When a DVD is playing, you may move forward orbackward through the disc in slow motion by firstpressing the Pause Button 4L and thenpressing the Search/Slow Forward or Search/Slow Reverse Buttons 67ly. Eachpress of the buttons will cycle the player throughone of the four forward slow-play speeds: 1/2x,1/4x, 1/8x or 1/16x or one of the two reverseslow-play speeds: 1/2x or 1/4x. Press the PlayButton 2x to resume normal playback.Note that there is no audio playback during fast orslow-forward or -reverse play. This is normal for DVD,as A/V receivers and surround processors cannotDIO/VIDEO AUDIO/VIDEO25227282930242322212031373635343332PLAYBACK BASICS