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DVD TERMINOLOGY
Since the DVD players share some of the characteris-MP3 Files: MP3 is an audio compression format thatbeginning. With the DVD 27, however, you have two
tics and technology of CD players, many of the termswas developed by the Motion Picture Experts Groupoptions when playing most discs. Pressing the Stop
and operational concepts used in a DVD player areas an adjunct to the MPEG-1 video compression for-Button 4N once will stop the playback, but it
similar to what you may be familiar with from CD mat. A number of encoding software programs areactually puts the unit in the Resume mode. This means
players and changers, or older video disc formats suchavailable for transferring CDs and other audio pro-that you can turn the machine off and, when you
as Laser Disc. However, if this is your first DVD player,grams into the MP3 format. The main benefit of MP3press the Play Button 2L the next time, the disc
some of the terms used to describe the features is that it reduces the size of audio files considerably,will resume playback from the point on the disc where
of a DVD player may be unfamiliar. The following depending on the amount of compression selectedthe Stop Button 4N was pressed. This is helpful
explanations should solve some of the mysteries ofduring the encoding process, enabling you to storeif you are watching a movie and must interrupt your
DVD, and help you to enjoy all the power and flexibilitymany more songs on one compact disc than in theviewing session but wish to pick up where you left off.
of the DVD format and the DVD 27.standard audio CD format. The DVD 27 is capable ofPressing the Stop Button 4N twice will stop the
playing MP3 files using its advanced graphic interface.machine in a traditional manner and, when the disc is
Aspect Ratio: This is a description of the width of aSee page 30 for more information on MP3 files.played again, it will start from the beginning.
video image in relation to its height. A conventional
video screen is four units wide for every three units ofMultiple Angle: DVDs have the capability to show In Resume mode, the Harman Kardon screen will
height, making it almost square. Newer wide-aspect-up to four different views of the same scene in a appear, and the RESUME message will appear in
ratio video displays are 16 units wide for every nineprogram. When a disc is encoded with multiple-anglethe Information Display B. The resume function is
units of height, making them more like the screen in ainformation, pressing the Angle Button C willnot available for WMA files. For DVDs, CDs, MP3 files,
movie theater. The program material on a DVD may beenable you to switch between these different views.JPEG files, and VCDs with PBC (Playback Control)
recorded in either format and, in addition, you mayNote that, at present, few discs take advantage of thisonly, the resume function will be retained even after
configure the DVD 27 to play back in either format,capability and, when they do, the multiple-angle tech-the DVD 27 has been placed in Standby mode by
depending on the features recorded on a disc.nology may only be present for short periods of timepressing the Power Off Button 2 U, but not after
within the disc. Producers will usually insert some sortthe unit has been unplugged from AC power.
Chapter: DVD programs are divided into chapters andof icon or graphic in the picture to alert you to the
titles. Chapters are the subsections programmed into aavailability of multiple-angle scenes.Title: For a DVD, a title is defined as an entire movie
single title on a disc. Chapters may be compared toor program. There may be as many chapters within a
the individual tracks on an audio CD. Press the DiscProgressive Scan: Progressive scan playback takestitle as the producers decide to include. Most discs
Menu Button P to see a listing of the chapters onthe original video signal on the disc and formats it as ainclude only one title, but some may have more than
a disc.high-scan-rate output with twice the scan lines of con-one, to give you a ODouble Feature� presentation or to
ventional video images. Progressive scan outputs mustinclude other special features. Press the Title Button
Component Video: This form of video signal be connected to Odigital-ready� or high-definition videoS to see a listing of the titles on a disc. When a disc
eliminates many of the artifacts of traditional compositedisplays, regardless of the technology of the specifichas only one title, pressing the Title Button S may
video signals by splitting the signal into a separatedisplay (e.g., conventional direct-view television, frontshow a list of the chapters.
luminance channel (the OY� signal channel) and twoor rear projector, plasma display panel or LCD). In
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color-difference signals (the Pr and Pb signal some cases, the displays may have special inputs forWMA Files: WMA (Windows MediaAudio) is an
channels). With a component video connection, youuse with high-scan-rate inputs, and in others you mayaudio compression format that was developed by the
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will see greater picture resolution and eliminate manyneed to make adjustments to the displayOs setupMicrosoftCorporation for use with its Windows Media
picture imperfections such as the moirŽ patterns oftenmenus to make certain that the inputs used are con-Player. WMA files can be even smaller in size than
seen on check-patterned cloth. However, in order tofigured for an OHD� signal. Although the progressiveMP3 files, while maintaining similar quality. The
benefit from component video, you must have a videoscan output uses the component video jacks, it is DVD 27 is among those DVD players capable of play-
display with Y/Pr/Pb component video inputs. Do not not compatible with older conventional analog videoing discs containing WMA files. Note that Windows
connect the component video outputs of the DVD 27displays, even when they have component inputs.Media Player uses other file formats; however, the
to the standard composite or S-video inputs of a TV DVD 27 is only capable of playing files that end in the
or recorder.Reading: This is a message that you will see whenO.wma� extension. See page 5 for more information
you first press the Play Button 2L. It refers toon WMA file support.
JPEG Files: JPEG stands for the Joint Photographicthe fact that the player must first examine the contents
Experts Group, which developed a standard for com-of the disc to see whether it is a CD or DVD, and then
pressing still images, such as photographs. JPEG filesextract the information about the type of material on
may be created on a personal computer by importingthe disc, such as languages, aspect ratios, subtitles,
images from a digital camera, or scanning printednumber of titles and more. The slight delay while the
photographs. These files may be burned onto a com-contents of the disc are read is normal.
pact disc. The DVD 27 is among the few DVD players
that are capable of recognizing JPEG files andResume: The operation of the Stop Button 4N
enabling you to view them on your video screen.on the DVD 27 works differently from what you are
used to on CD players. On a traditional CD player,
when you press the Stop button, the unit does just
that � it stops playback. On a CD player, when you
press the Start button again, the disc starts from the
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