Toshiba Satellite 1405 S Manual

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current time slot is indicated on the right side of the status 
bar. 
The playback speed slider enables you to control the speed at 
which the DVD plays. Move the slider to the left to slow the 
playback speed or move it to the right to play the DVD faster. 
Placing the slider in the center plays the DVD at normal 
speed, and enables the audio. The audio is automatically 
muted at any other playback speed.
The current chapter indicator displays the DVD...

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You can open a shortcut menu, by positioning the cursor over 
the WinDVD window, other than over the control panel, then 
clicking the secondary button. The shortcut menu contains 
the same features as the control panel, plus the enable caption 
feature, which displays captions for the hearing impaired.
You can also create a playlist, to customize the order in which 
the DVD content plays (see “Creating playlists” on 
page 205). Once a DVD is playing,...

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Click this To do thisOr use keyboard 
shortcut
Repeat — repeat the current 
chapter, if the DVD contains 
chapters. Otherwise this but-
ton repeats the DVD from the 
beginning. When the repeat 
button is activated, the repeat 
symbol appears to the left of 
the chapter number on the 
control panel counter. The 
DVD continues to repeat 
until you click the repeat but-
ton again, and the repeat 
symbol no longer displays on 
the control panel.None
Eject...

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Maximizing the video window
To close the WinDVD control panel and expand the video 
window to fill the screen, click the Maximize button.  Fast reverse — move 
quickly backward through 
the DVD content. When you 
reach the desired location, 
click the play button to 
resume playing the DVD.R
Previous — move to the 
beginning of the previous 
chapter and resume playing 
the DVD.PgUp
Next — move to the next 
chapter and resume playing 
the DVD.PgDn
Fast...

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To display the control panel again, double-click anywhere in 
the video window. 
Using playlists
A playlist is a customized list of DVD files in the order in 
which you want to view them. For example, you may want to 
create a playlist for DVDs that contain music files, so that 
you can play the music selections you want in the order you 
want to hear them. You can only save one playlist at a time.
Creating playlists
1On the WinDVD control panel,...

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DVD files have an .mpg,.vob or .ac3 file name extension. 
After selecting a file, the file name appears in the 
Selected files list. You can also double-click a file name 
to add it to the playlist. 
4Add as many files as you wish to the playlist. You must 
add the files in the order in which you want to play them.
To delete a file from the playlist, select the file in the 
Selected files list, then click Delete. To delete the entire 
list and start...

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Customizing WinDVD
You can control several general WinDVD characteristics, 
such as whether the toolbar and status bar are visible, as well 
as numerous audio and display features. 
You control these general, audio and display features from 
the Properties window. 
1Launch WinDVD, if it is not already running.
2On the WinDVD control panel, click the Properties 
button.
WinDVD displays the Properties window, with the 
General tab on top.
Sample...

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current region code of the WinDVD player installed in your 
computer is Region 1, comprising the United States and 
Canada. 
NOTE: Most DVD-ROM or DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives let you 
change the region code, usually between one and five times. Once 
a drive has reached the limit, the region code cannot be changed 
again. Pay careful attention to the Remaining times until 
permanent box on the General properties tab.
1To change the region code, select...

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Setting audio properties
1In the Properties window, click the Audio tab.
The Audio tab moves to the front. The Current audio 
track box displays the current audio format and 
attributes.
Sample Properties window with Audio tab on top
2In the Audio channels box, select the appropriate 
speaker mode to match your setup as follows:
❖If you have two speakers, select one of the 2 speaker 
modes. Mono mixes the audio channels into one 
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Setting display properties
1In the Properties window, click the Display tab.
The Display tab moves to the front. 
Sample Properties window with Display tab selected
2Select the Lock aspect ratio check box to maintain the 
original aspect ratio when the video window is resized. 
Otherwise clear the check box.
3Select the Startup in full screen mode check box to 
automatically start WinDVD each time with the video 
window maximized and the control...