Sony Dav Dz300 Operating Instructions

Playing Discs
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The list of tracks contained in the album 
appears.
3Press X/x to select a track and press 
ENTER.
The selected track starts playing. You can 
turn the track list off by pressing MENU. 
Pressing MENU again will display the 
album list.
To stop playback
Press x.
To play the next or previous MP3 
audio track
Press ./>. Note that you can select the 
next album by continuing to press > after the 
last track on the first album, but that you cannot 
return to the previous album by pressing...

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Press CLEAR to return to normal view.
 Nothing happens when you press C while playing the 
first image file of the album.
 If you press C/c to go to the next or previous image, 
the “Rotating a JPEG image” function is canceled.
 The slide show stops when you press X/x.
To stop playback
Press x.
 A scroll box is displayed at the right side of the 
screen. To display the additional image files, select 
the bottom image and press x. To return to the 
previous image, select the top image and press...

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[AUTO]: plays both the JPEG image files 
and MP3 audio tracks in the same album 
as a slide show.
 [AUDIO (MP3)]: plays only MP3 audio 
tracks continuously.
 [IMAGE (JPEG)]: plays only JPEG 
image files as a slide show.
5Press MENU.
The list of albums recorded on the DATA 
CD appears.
6Press X/x to select the album you want 
and press H.
The system starts playing the selected 
album.
You can turn the album list on and off by 
pressing MENU repeatedly.
 You can also change the slide...

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Selecting an effect for image 
files in the slide show 
(JPEG only)
When you play a JPEG image file, you can 
select the effect to be used when viewing the 
slide show.
1Press  DISPLAY twice.
The Control Menu for JPEG appears.
2Press X/x to select   [EFFECT], 
then press ENTER.
The options for [EFFECT] appear.
3Press X/x to select the setting you 
want.
The default setting is underlined.
 [MODE1]
: The image sweeps in from top 
to bottom.
 [MODE2]: The image stretches out from 
left to right of...

Playing Discs
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You can also play DATA CDs recorded in Multi 
Session (page 38), although DATA DVDs 
recorded in Multi Session are not playable.
Refer to the instructions supplied with the disc 
drives and the recording software (not supplied) 
for details on the recording format.
About playback order of data on 
DATA CDs or DATA DVDs
See “Playback order of MP3 audio tracks or 
JPEG image files” (page 39). Note that the 
playback order may not be applicable, 
depending on the software used for...

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Selecting a DivX video file
1After Step 2 of “Selecting an album,” 
press ENTER.
The list of files in the album appears. 
2Press X/x to select a file and press 
ENTER.
The selected file starts playing.
To stop playback
Press x.
To go to the next or previous 
page
Press C/c.
To return to the previous display
Press O RETURN.
To play the next or previous DivX 
video file without turning on the 
above file list
You can select the next or previous DivX video 
file in the same album by pressing ./>. 
You...

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You can quickly locate a particular point on a 
disc by monitoring the picture or playing back 
slowly.
 Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be 
able to do some of the operations described.
Locating a point quickly by 
playing a disc in fast forward 
or fast reverse (Scan)
(except for JPEG)
Press  m or M   while playing a disc. 
When you find the point you want, press H to 
return to normal speed. Each time you press   
m or M   during scan, the playback speed 
changes. With...

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(DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW only). To return to 
normal playback, press H.
 You cannot search for a still picture on a DVD-RW in 
VR mode.
 For DATA CDs, this function works only for DivX 
video files.
You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and 
you can search a VIDEO CD/Super Audio CD/
CD/DATA CD/DATA DVD by track, index, or 
scene. As titles and tracks are assigned unique 
numbers on the disc, you can select the desired 
one by entering its number. Or, you can search 
for a scene using the time code....

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 [INDEX]
xWhen playing a VIDEO CD/Super 
VCD with PBC Playback
 [SCENE]
xWhen playing a Super Audio CD
 [TRACK]
 [INDEX]
xWhen playing a CD
 [TRACK]
xWhen playing a DATA CD (MP3 
audio)
 [ALBUM]
 [TRACK]
xWhen playing a DATA CD (JPEG file)
 [ALBUM]
 [FILE]
xWhen playing a DviX video
 [ALBUM]
 [FILE]
Example: when you select   
[CHAPTER]
[** (**)] is selected (** refers to a number).
The number in parentheses indicates the 
total number of titles, chapters, tracks, 
indexes, scenes,...

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You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens and 
find the desired scene quickly.
1Press PICTURE NAVI during playback.
The following display appears.
2Press PICTURE NAVI repeatedly to 
select an item.
 [TITLE VIEWER] (DVD VIDEO only): 
displays the first scene of each title.
 [CHAPTER VIEWER] (DVD VIDEO 
only): displays the first scene of each 
chapter.
 [TRACK VIEWER] (VIDEO CD/
Super VCD only): displays the first scene 
of each track.
3Press ENTER.
The first scene of each title, chapter, or...