DVD 1500 (serv.man2) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 25

24 CD PLAYBACK

Before you load a disc, make sure that it is com-
patible with the player.

Note that the following discs CANNOT be used
with this player.

■ Laserdisc

■ Pure Data Disc without MP3

■ MiniDisc

Make sure that you have properly connected the
DVD player:

1. Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the DVD

player, the disc tray opens.

2. Place a disc gently into the tray with the disc’s

label facing up.

3. Press PLAY to close the disc tray. The DVD

player reads the disc’s table of contents and
the disc starts to play.

4. To search forward or reverse through the

track, press SEARCH (forward/reverse) on the
front panel. To pause play, press PAUSE on the
remote or PLAY/PAUSE on the front panel. To
release the pause, press PAUSE or PLAY on
remote or PLAY/PAUSE on front panel again.

5. Press STOP to stop playback.

■ All playback basics and transport functions are

described in detail on page 14.

When playing audio CD’s, your DVD player has
the same features as a CD player, including track
skip, repeat play and programmed playback. The
on-screen Info Display, appearing when REPEAT
or RANDOM is pressed (see page 25), and the
Banner Display shown below, appearing auto-
matically when the CD is played, let you choose
various playback features.

Track: The number shown indicates the number
of the track that is currently playing.

IntroScan: When the IntroScan feature is active,
the musical notes in this icon will change.

Bookmarks: Highlight this area and press enter
to enter or go to bookmarked locations on a disc.

Time Display Type: This shows the type of time
indication being shown: Time Elapsed or
Remaining for the Current Track, Total Elapsed for
the Disc, or Total Remaining for the Disc.

Disc Type: Shows the type of disc being played.

Time Indicator: The time indication selected is
shown here.

As soon as a CD is played the Banner Display will
appear automatically. To delete it from screen,
press STATUS or CLEAR on the remote, to re-
access it, while the CD is playing, press STATUS
again. The Banner Display cannot be accessed in
Stop mode, only in Pause or Play mode. In the
Display some of the playback features are illus-
trated with an icon. To access a feature, press the
appropriate ARROW (left or right) on the remote
to highlight the icon. Each feature is described in
the following pages.

Note:
To see the Banner Display, you must turn on your 
TV and tune it to the appropriate Video Input
Channel.

1. During disc playback, enter the track number

directly with the NUMBER (0~9) buttons on
the remote.

■ In Pause or Play mode any track can be select-

ed directly by entering its number with the
NUMBER (0~9) buttons on the remote, no
matter if the Banner Display is on or not. To
select tracks from Stop mode, press Play and
enter the track number directly.

■ You can skip through tracks forward or back-

ward by pressing the NEXT/PREV. buttons
(track skip 

J / I) on the remote or SKIP

(forward/reverse) on the front panel. When
you hold these buttons pressed, track numbers
will be skipped, the track played will continue
until buttons are released, then the selected
track will be played.

■ To view the number of tracks recorded on a

CD press PROG. after the disc is read and the
player is in Stop or Resume mode. In the
Program Edit menu you can see the total track
number in parentheses below the "Track"
icon.

IntroScan plays the first ten seconds of each
track on the CD, similar to the scan feature on
many car radios. To use IntroScan (possible only
during play mode):

1. Press STATUS on the remote if the banner

Display is not on already.

2. Press the ARROW (RIGHT) on the remote to

highlight the ”IntroScan” icon.

3. Press ENTER, the INTRO indicator will appear

in the front panel display and the first 10 sec-
onds of each track will be played.

4. After IntroScan has gone through all of the

tracks, it stops.

5. If you want to stop IntroScan while it’s in

progress, just press PLAY on the remote, the
INTRO indicator is deleted and the current
track is played normally.

■ IntroScan cannot be used with Program play

(see page 26). If intro is selected while a pro-
gram is played, all tracks on disc will be
played with intro.

Bookmarks are a feature of the DVD 1500 that
allows you to mark up to nine different points on
a disc and to quickly return to those points later.
The Bookmarks feature works on both DVD and
CD discs.

To Enter a Bookmark, Follow These Steps:
1. While a disc is playing, press STATUS on the

remote to see the Banner Display (if not
already shown).

2. Use the ARROW (RIGHT or LEFT) until the

”Mark” icon is highlighted and press ENTER,
the Bookmark menu appears.

3. When you reach the place on disc you want to

mark, press ENTER.

4. To add marks, move the cursor with the

ARROW (DOWN) to the ”Mark” line (if not
already there), then move the cursor to any
free frame with the ARROW (RIGHT). Press
ENTER when the next place on disc you want
to mark is reached.

5. Move the cursor to the book icon (very right)

and press ENTER to return to the Banner
Display or press CLEAR or STATUS on the
remote to make the Banner Display disappear
from the screen.

TRACK

INTROSCAN

BOOKMARKS

TIME 

INDICATOR

TIME 

DISPLAY TYPE

DISC TYPE