Tascam Dvd Player DV-D6500 Owners Manual

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Variable speed playback 
You can play back slowly or fast, or advance a picture frame by frame. 
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During playback 
 Method 1 (from the remote control unit only)  
Press   
Ô  
 or   
  
. 
Each press of   
Ô  
 or   
  
 increases the playback speed. You can select the speed among 2 x, 5 x, 10 x, 20 x and 60 
x the normal speed. 
Pressing   
Á  
 returns the unit to normal playback. 
Method 2  
Hold down   
  
 or   
¯  
. 
Holding down   
¯...

 
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To  locate the beginning of the scene or song 
You can locate the desired title or chapter (for DVD VIDEO), or track (\
for Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD) from which the unit  
starts playback. 
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For DVD VIDEO: During playback 
For Audio CD: During playback or while stopped 
For Video CD/SVCD: During playback without PBC function 
Press   
  
 or   
¯  
. 
With an Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD, pressing the button skips a track. With a DVD VIDEO dis\
c, pressing the...

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Other convenient functions 
You can check the playback status, as well as change the brightness of th\
e display window. 
Also, you can move back the playback position 10 seconds from the curren\
t position. 
You can see the current selection number (the title/chapter number for D\
VD VIDEO or track number for Audio CD/Video  
CD/SVCD), time information (the track or chapter time while stopped, o\
r the elapsed track or chapter time during 
playback)...

 
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The indication on the rightmost of the status bar shows the units trans\
port status as follows: 
Note that pressing ON SCREEN again brings up the menu bar under the stat\
us bar, from which you can access  
various functions.  
(Example of the menu bar for DVD VIDEO) 
See page 35 for details about the menu bar.
During playback of a DVD VIDEO disc, you can move back the playback posi\
tion 10 seconds from the current position. 
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During DVD VIDEO playback...

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Advanced 
operations
 
English
 
Advanced operations 
This chapter describes operations for various advanced  
functions of DVD VIDEO, Audio CD, Video CD and SVCD 
discs. For MP3 and JPEG disc playback, see the separate 
chapter on and after pages 39 and 42. Playing from a specific  
position on a disc 
You can play a disc from the selected track, title or  
chapter, or from the specified time. 
DVD VIDEO discs generally have their own menus which  
show the disc contents. These menus contain various...

 
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2 
Use the numeric buttons to select the desired  
item. 
•T o select a number between 1 and 10:
Press the corresponding button for the number.
•T o select a number higher than 10:
Use the +10 button.
Examples:
To  select 13: +10   
→  
 3
To  select 34: +10   
→  
 +10   
→  
 +10   
→  
 4
To  select 40: +10   
→  
 +10   
→  
 +10   
→  
 10
The unit starts playback of the selected item. 
You can return to the menu by pressing the 
RETURN button.
When...

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3 
Use the numeric buttons (0 to 10) to enter the  
desired time. 
The specified time is displayed in the pull-down  
menu. 
• 10 button works as 0 and +10 button is not used with  this function.
•Y ou can specify the time in hour/minute/second format for 
DVD VIDEO discs, and in minute/second format for Audio  
and Video CD/SVCD discs. 
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Press ENTER. 
The unit starts playback from the specified time.  
• Example (for DVD VIDEO)  
To  playback...

 
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Depending on the disc type and whether the disc is  
being played back or not, the contents shown on 
the TV screen differ. 
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Use   
§  
/  
¶  
/  
Ó  
/  
Á  
 to move   to select the 
desired scene. 
If there are more than 9 scenes, the digest screen 
will have more than one page. In this case, pressing   
¯  
 advances to the next page, while pressing  
 
  
 returns to the previous page. 
• When the lower right scene is selected, pressing   
Á...

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4 
Specify tracks in the desired order using the  
numeric buttons. 
•T o select a number between 1 and 10:
Press the corresponding button for the number.
•T o select a number higher than 10:
Use the +10 button.
Examples:
To  select 13: +10   
→  
 3
To  select 34: +10   
→  
 +10   
→  
 +10   
→  
 4
To  select 40: +10   
→  
 +10   
→  
 +10   
→  
 10
Up to 99 tracks can be programmed. You may  
select the same track more than once.
The total...

 
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Press ENTER.  
The unit starts random playback. 
With a Video CD/SVCD disc, the menu bar is 
automatically dismissed.
While random playback, the RANDOM indicator 
lights in the display window on the front panel. 
After playing all tracks of the disc, the unit stops the 
disc and quits the random mode. 
• The same track will not be played back more than once  during random play.
• During random playback, if you bring up the menu bar and 
carry out steps...