Toshiba Satellite 1405 S Manual
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201 WinDVD 2000 Playing DVDs 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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 chapter that is currently playing. Using the WinDVD control panel The WinDVD control panel resembles the control panel of a standard home DVD player. TECHNICAL NOTE: The DVD author determines what features the DVD disc supports. Depending on the DVD format and your computer’s hardware configuration, some of the control panel features may be unavailable when playing a DVD. Unsupported features appear gray, and you cannot select them. Sample WinDVD control panel PropertiesDirectional buttons Expanded controls button Time sliderAudio volume controlsCounter Eject Help buttonExit Playlist Maximize WebRepeat
202 WinDVD 2000 Playing DVDs 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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, the counter displays the current chapter and elapsed time, in hours:minutes:seconds format. From the WinDVD control panel, you can open an expanded control panel by clicking the Expanded view button. The expanded control panel contains several advanced features. See “Using WinDVD advanced features” on page 211 for an explanation of these features. Using the control panel playback buttons Once you have inserted a DVD and started WinDVD, you are ready to play the disc. Using the control panel, you can play a DVD from the beginning, or move to a desired location then begin playing. Sample WinDVD control panel Time sliderAudio volume controls EjectRepeatPause Play Previous NextStep Stop Fast forward Fast reverseHelp Counter
203 WinDVD 2000 Playing DVDs 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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 — open the DVD- ROM drive disc tray.E Pause — temporarily stop playing a DVD.Spacebar Play — start playing a DVD. Spacebar Step — move forward through the DVD one frame at a time. Each time you click this button the DVD moves forward one frame.None Stop — cease playing a DVD. After stopping the DVD, click the play button to resume playing the DVD.End
204 WinDVD 2000 Playing DVDs 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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 forward — move quickly forward through the DVD content. When you reach the desired location, click the play button to resume playing the DVD.F Time — move to a specific time slot, then click the play button to play the DVD from the selected location.None Audio volume controls — click the plus button to increase volume. Click the minus button to decrease vol- ume. Shift ↑ (increases) Shift ↓ (decreases) Click this To do thisOr use keyboard shortcut
205 WinDVD 2000 Using playlists 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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, click the playlist button. The Playlist window appears. Sample playlist window 2Click the File button in the lower-right corner of the window, to indicate that you are creating a playlist of individual files. 3In the Directory list, select the file you want to play first, and click Add to put it at the top of the playlist.
206 WinDVD 2000 Using playlists 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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 over, click Delete All. 5When you have finished creating your playlist, click Save Playlist to save it. You do not assign a name to the saved playlist, as you can only save one playlist at a time. When you save the playlist, a confirmation window appears. 6Click OK to close the confirmation window, then click OK to close the Playlist window. Loading and playing playlists 1In the Playlist window, click File to display the saved playlist of files. 2Click Load Playlist to load the saved playlist. A confirmation window appears. 3Click OK to close the confirmation window, then click OK to close the Playlist window. The DVD begins to play the loaded playlist. Resuming normal playback after using playlists To resume playing the DVD files in the normal sequence after using a playlist, click the eject button to open the disc tray, then close it again. The DVD disc resumes normal playback.
207 WinDVD 2000 Customizing WinDVD 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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 Properties window with the General tab on top Setting general properties Yo u u s e t h e General tab to select the region code, the drive letter assigned to the DVD-ROM or DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, the autoplay default option, and which WinDVD toolbars are displayed by default. Region coding is part of the protection system for DVD content. It divides the world into six regions. The intent is to enable specific content to be viewed in a specific region. The
208 WinDVD 2000 Customizing WinDVD 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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 the desired option in the Current regions list. The Remaining times until permanent box displays the remaining number of times you can change the current region before the setting becomes permanent. 2In the Player settings Default DVD drive box, select your DVD-ROM or DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive letter. 3Select the Player settings Auto play check box to enable the auto play feature. Clear the check box to disable this feature. When enabled, the auto play feature automatically launches a DVD-ROM when it is inserted in the DVD- ROM or DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive. 4In the View box, select the items you want displayed when WinDVD launches. To o l b a r is the bar containing basic player functions that is displayed at the top of the WinDVD video window. Status bar is the bar that is displayed at the bottom of the WinDVD video window. Player is the WinDVD control panel. 5Click OK to save your settings.
209 WinDVD 2000 Customizing WinDVD 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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 channel. Stereo mixes the audio channels into two channels. Dolby Surround Compatible mixes the audio channels into two channels plus Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound. 3D audio provides standard 3D audio sound.
210 WinDVD 2000 Customizing WinDVD 5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0 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 panel hidden. Otherwise, clear the check box. 4Select the OSD (On Screen Display) check box to enable OSD. Otherwise, clear the check box. 5Click OK to save the settings. Customizing the control panel You can configure the control panel’s appearance. Position the cursor over the control panel, then click the secondary button to display a shortcut menu of control panel options. You can select a new control panel background color, or