DVP-NC80V - Sony DVD Service Manual (repair manual). Page 13

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The following display appears.

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO
• TITLE
• CHAPTER
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD, Super 
Audio CD or CD
• TRACK
◆ When Program Play is activated
• ON: shuffles titles, chapters or tracks 

selected in Program Play.

Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 2.

z Hints
• You can set Shuffle Play while the player is 

stopped. After selecting the “SHUFFLE” option, 
press

H. Shuffle Play starts.

• Up to 200 chapters in a disc can be played in 

random order when “CHAPTER” is selected.

• You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or 

Super VCDs with PBC playback.

• All Discs Repeat is automatically changed into 

One Disc Repeat when you set to shuffle play 
mode. You can only shuffle the contents of the 
current disc.

You can play all of the titles or tracks on a 
disc, or a single title, chapter or track 
repeatedly.
You can use a combination of Shuffle or 
Program Play modes.

The following display appears.

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO
• ALL DISCS: repeats all of the discs.
• ONE DISC: repeats all of the titles on 

the current disc.

• TITLE: repeats the current title on a 

disc.

• CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter.
◆ When playing a DVD-VR mode disc
• ALL DISCS: repeats all of the discs.
• ONE DISC: repeats all of the titles of 

the selected type.

• TITLE: repeats the current title on a 

disc.

• CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter.
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD, Super 
Audio CD or CD
• ALL DISCS: repeats all of the discs.
• ONE DISC: repeats all of the tracks on 

the current disc.

• TRACK: repeats the current track.
◆ When playing a DATA CD/DATA DVD 
with MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image files
• ALL DISCS: repeats all of the discs.
• ONE DISC: repeats all of the albums on 

the current disc.

TITLE

CLEAR

REPEAT

ALL DISCS

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• ALBUM: repeats the current album.
• TRACK (MP3 audio tracks only): 

repeats the current track.

◆ When Program Play or Shuffle Play is 
activated
• ON: repeats Program Play or Shuffle 

Play.

Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 2.

z Hint
You can set Repeat Play while the player is stopped. 
After selecting the “REPEAT” option, press 

H.

Repeat Play starts.

• You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or 

Super VCDs with PBC playback.

• When repeating a DATA CD/DATA DVD which 

contains MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files, 
and their playing times are not the same, the sound 
will not match the image.

• When “MODE (MP3, JPEG)” is set to “IMAGE 

(JPEG)” (page 57), you cannot select “TRACK.”

You can play a specific portion of a title, 
chapter or track repeatedly. (This function is 
useful when you want to memorize lyrics, 
etc.)

The Control Menu appears.

X/x to select 

The options for “A-B REPEAT” appear.

X/x to select “SET t,” then 

The “A-B REPEAT” setting bar appears.

The starting point (point A) is set.

The set points are displayed and the 
player starts repeating this specific 
portion.

Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 3.

• When you set A-B Repeat Play, the settings for 

Shuffle Play, Repeat Play and Program Play are 
canceled.

• A-B Repeat Play does not work across multiple 

titles.

• You may not set A-B Repeat Play for contents on 

a DVD-RW/DVD-R (VR mode) that contains still 
pictures.

PLAY

SET
OFF

OFF

1 8 ( 3 4 )

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1

T

 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD VIDEO

A 18 - 1:32:30

B

A 18 - 1:32:30

B 18 - 1:33:05

You can quickly locate a particular point on a 
disc by monitoring the picture or playing back 
slowly.

• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do 

some of the operations described.

• For DATA CDs/DATA DVDs, you can search for 

a particular point only on an MP3 audio track.

You can search for the next or previous 
chapter, track or scene using 

./> on 

the player.
During playback, press 

> or . once 

briefly to go to the next or previous chapter/
track/scene. Or, press and hold 

> or .

to search forward or backwards and release 
the button when you find the point you want 
to return to normal playback. (Search)

Press

m or M 

 while playing a 

disc. When you find the point you want, press 
H to return to normal speed. Each time you 
press

m or M 

 during scan, the 

scan speed changes. With each press the 
indication changes as shown below. Actual 
speeds may differ between discs.

Playback direction

Opposite direction

The “

×2B”/ “×2b” playback speed is about 

twice the normal speed.
The “3

M”/“3m” playback speed is faster 

than “2

M”/“2m” and the “2M”/“2m”

playback speed is faster than “1

M”/

“1

m.”

STEP

STEP

×2B t 1M t 2M t 3M

3

M (DVD VIDEO/DVD-VR mode/

VIDEO CD only)

×2B (DVD VIDEO/Super Audio CD/CD only)

×2b t 1m t 2m t 3m

3

m (DVD VIDEO/DVD-VR mode/

VIDEO CD only)

×2b (DVD VIDEO only)

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Press

m or M 

 when the player is 

in pause mode. To return to normal speed, 
press

H.

Each time you press 

 

m or M

during Slow-motion Play, the playback speed 
changes. Two speeds are available. With each 
press the indication changes as follows:

Playback direction

 

2

 y 1

Opposite direction (DVD/DVD-VR mode 
only)

2

 y 1

The “2 

y”/“2 

” playback speed is slower 

than “1 

y”/“1 .”

When the player is in the pause mode, press 

 STEP to go to the next frame. Press 

 STEP to go to the preceding frame 

(DVD/DVD-VR mode only). To return to 
normal playback, press 

H.

You cannot search for a still picture on a DVD-RW/
DVD-R in VR mode.

You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and 
you can search a VIDEO CD/Super Audio 
CD/CD/DATA CD/DATA DVD by track, 
index or scene. As titles and tracks are 
assigned unique numbers on the disc, you can 
select the desired one by entering its number. 
You can also search for a scene using the time 
code.

The following display appears. 
“-- (**)” appears next to the icon (**

refers to a number). The number in 
parentheses indicates the total number of 
titles, tracks, indexes, scenes, etc., of the 
disc.

ENTER

CLEAR

SEARCH
MODE

Number 
buttons

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