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The indicator light turns on while the disc is
loaded.
If the label faces forward, the disc cannot be
played. In this case, “DISC CHECK” appears
on the screen.
If a disc which is not playable is inserted,
“DISC CHECK” will also appear on the
screen. For appropriate discs for this player,
see “Audio/video system operating hints” on
page 189.
NOTICE
Never try to disassemble or oil any part
of the DVD player. Do not insert any-
thing other than a disc into the slot.
(b) Ejecting a disc
Push the
button.
(c) Playing a disc
Push the “DISC·AUX” button if a disc is al-
ready loaded in the player.
“DVD” appears on the screen. (If the CD
changer is turned on, push the “DISC” button
again to switch to the DVD player.)
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(d) Operating an audio CD
PLAYING AN AUDIO CD
CD text only — The disc title and track title will
appear on the screen when pushing the
“DISC·AUX” button.
Push the “AUDIO” button to display this
screen.
SELECTING A DESIRED TRACK
“SEEK/TRACK” button: Use for direct ac-
cess to a desired track.
Push either side of the “SEEK/TRACK” but-
ton and repeat it until the desired track num-
ber appears on the display. As you release
the button, the player will start playing the se-
lected track from the beginning.
“TRACK LIST”: The desired track can be se-
lected from a list. This function is available
only when the vehicle is not moving.
Touch “TRACK LIST”. The track list is dis-
played.
Touch the desired track number. The player
will start playing the selected track from the
beginning.
: By touching this touch −screen button,
the list moves up by 6 track groups. If this
touch−screen button is touched when the top
page of the list is displayed, the last page is
displayed.
: By touching this touch −screen button,
the list moves down by 6 track groups. If this
touch−screen button is touched when the last
page of the list is displayed, the top page is
displayed.
Fast forward: Touch “ ” side of “SEEK/
TRACK” button and hold it to fast forward the
disc. When you release the button, the player
will resume playing from that position.
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(e) Operating a MP3 DISC
PLAYING A MP3 DISC
Push the “AUDIO” button to display this
screen.
SELECTING A DESIRED FOLDER
“FOLDER”: Touch this touch−screen but-
ton briefly to go to the next folder.
“FOLDER \b”: Touch this touch−screen but-
ton briefly to go to the previous folder. To jump
up to the first folder, touch and hold this
touch−screen button until the beep sounds.
“FOLDER LIST”: The desired folder can be
selected in a list. This function is available
only when the vehicle is not moving.
Touch “FOLDER L IST”. The folder list is dis-
played.
Touch the desired folder number. The player
will start playing the first file of the selected
folder.
: By touching this touch −screen button,
the list moves up by 6 folder groups. If this
touch−screen button is touched when the top
page of the list is displayed, the last page is
displayed.
: By touching this touch −screen button,
the list moves down by 6 folder groups. If this
touch−screen button is touched when the last
page of the list is displayed, the top page is
displayed.
“FILE”: The file list is displayed.
“DETAIL”: Details of the file currently playing
is displayed. This function is available only
when the vehicle is not moving.
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“RAND”:
Use it for automatic and random
selection of the folder which you are currently
listening to or of all the folders.
Playing the files in one folder in random order
—
Touch “RAND” briefly. “RAND” appears on
the screen. The system selects a file in the
folder you are currently listening to. To cancel
it, touch “RAND” once again.
Playing the files in all the folders in random or-
der —
Touch and hold “RAND” until the beep
sounds. “FLD.RAND” appears on the screen.
The system selects a file in the folders of all
the trays which are set and plays it. To cancel
it, touch “RAND” once again.
When a file is skipped or the system is inop-
erative, touch “RAND” to reset. (f) Operating a DVD video disc
NOTE: The playback condition of some
DVD video discs may be determined by a
DVD video software producer. This DVD
player plays a disc as the software pro-
ducer intended. So some functions may
not work properly. Be sure to read the in-
struction manual for the DVD video disc
separately provided. For the detailed in-
formation
about DVD video discs, see “(h)
DVD player and DVD video disc informa-
tion”.
Precautions on DVD video disc
When recording with a DVD video or video
CD, audio tracks may not record in some
cases while the menu is displayed. As audio
will not play in this case, verify that the video
tracks are playing and then activate playback.
When playback of a disc is completed:
If an audio CD or MP3 disc is playing, the
first track or file starts.
If a DVD video or video CD is playing,
playback will stop or the menu screen will
be displayed.
The title/chapter number and playback time
display may not appear while playing back
certain DVD video discs.
CAUTION
Conversational speech on some DVDs
is recorded at a low volume to empha-
size the impact of sound effects. If you
adjust the volume assuming that the
conversations represent the maximum
volume level that the DVD will play, you
may be startled by louder sound effects
or when you change to a different audio
source. The louder sounds may have a
significant impact on the human body or
pose a driving hazard. Keep this in mind
when you adjust the volume.
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This “DVD Hint!” screen appears when the
video screen is first displayed after the
ignition switch is set at ACC or ON.
Touch “OK” when you read the message.PLAYING A DVD DISC
Push the “AUDIO” button to display this
screen.
When you touch “WIDE”, the screen mode
can be changed.
It you touch “PICTURE” when the vehicle is
completely stopped and the parking brake is
applied, the video screen returns.
DISPLAYING DVD CONTROLS
If you touch a part of the screen, where con-
trols are not located while watching video,
DVD controls will appear.
“Page2”: Touching this will display on the
second page of DVD controls.
“Page1”: Touching this will display the top
page of DVD controls.
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“Hide
Buttons”: Touching this will turn off the
controls from the screen.
If “
” appears on the screen when you touch
a control, the operation relevant to the control
is not permitted.
DESCRIPTION OF DVD CONTROLS
Top page of DVD video controls
“Menu” and “Top Menu”: If you touch any
of the above controls, the menu screen for
DVD video appears. (For the operation, see
the manual that come with the DVD video disc
provided separately.)
: The menu control key appears on the
screen. (See page 179.)
: Touching this will pause the video
screen. When you touch this again, the video
screen advances frame by frame.
: Touching this will fast reverse during
playback.
: Touching this will stop the video screen.
: Touching this will pause during playback
and resume normal play during pause or slow
forward.
: Touching this will fast forward during
playback and forward slowly during pause.
Second page of DVD video controls
“Setup”: The initial set up screen appears.
(See page 181.)
“Search”: The title search screen appears.
(See page 180.)
“Return”: Touching this will display the pre-
determined scene and start playing from
there.
“AUDIO”: The audio changing screen ap-
pears. (See page 180.)
“Subtitle”: The subtitle changing screen ap-
pears. (See page 180.)
“Angle”: The angle selection screen ap-
pears. (See page 181.)
SELECTING A MENU ITEM
Enter the menu item using , , \b and
and touch “Enter”. The player starts play-
ing video for that menu item. (For details,
see the manual that comes with the DVD
video disc provided separately.)
Each time you touch “Move Buttons”, the
controls on the screen move upward and
downward.
When you touch “<
“ON”.
When you touch
, the previous screen
returns.
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SEARCHING BY TITLE
Enter the title number and touch “Enter”.
The player starts playing video for that
title number.
When you push either side of the “SEEK/
TRACK” button, you can select a chapter.
If you enter the wrong numbers, touch “Clear”
to delete the numbers.
When you touch
, the previous screen
returns.
CHANGING THE SUBTITLE LANGUAGE
Each time you touch “Subtitle”, the lan-
guage is selected from the ones stored in
the discs and changed.
When you touch
, the previous screen
returns.
CHANGING THE AUDIO LANGUAGE
Each time you touch “AUDIO”, the lan-
guage is selected from the ones stored in
the discs and changed.
When you touch
, the previous screen
returns.