DVP-NS325, DVP-NS330, DVP-NS430, DVP-NS433, DVP-NS530, DVP-NS725P, DVP-NS730P, XD-AX10 - Sony DVD Service Manual (repair manual). Page 29

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A DVD is divided into long sections of a 
picture or a music feature called “titles.” 
When you play a DVD which contains 
several titles, you can select the title you want 
using the TOP MENU button.
When you play DVDs that allow you to select 
items such as the language for the subtitles 
and the language for the sound, select these 
items using the MENU button.

The disc’s menu appears on the TV 
screen.
The contents of the menu vary from disc 
to disc.

Press C/X/x/c or the number 
buttons to select the item you want 
to play or change.

If you press the number buttons, the 
following display appears.
Press the number buttons to select the 
item you want.

PBC (Playback Control) allows you to play 
VIDEO CDs interactively by following the 
menu on the TV screen.

The menu for your selection appears.

Select the item number you want 
by pressing X/x or the number 
buttons.

Refer to the instructions supplied with the 
disc, as the operating procedure may 
differ depending on the VIDEO CD.

Press O RETURN.

ENTER

MENU

TOP MENU

Number
buttons

1

ENTER

RETURN

Number
buttons

,

z

To play without using PBC, press ./> or the 
number buttons while the player is stopped to select 
a track, then press H or ENTER.
“Play without PBC” appears on the TV screen and 
the player starts continuous play. You cannot play 
still pictures such as a menu. 
To return to PBC playback, press x twice then 
press H.

• Depending on the VIDEO CD, “Press ENTER” in 

Step 3 may appear as “Press SELECT” in the 
instructions supplied with the disc. In this case, 
press H.

• The PBC functions of Super VCDs do not work 

with this player. Super VCDs are played in 
continuous play mode only.

You can play back DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/
CD-Rs/CD-RWs) recorded in MP3 (MPEG1 
Audio Layer 3) format.

Press Z and place a DATA CD on 
the disc tray.

Press H.

The disc tray closes, and the player starts 
to play the first MP3 audio track in the 
first album on the disc.

• The player can play MP3 audio tracks recorded in 

the following sampling frequencies: 32 kHz, 
44.1 kHz, 48 kHz.

• The playback order may be different from the 

edited order. See “The Playback order of MP3 
audio tracks” on the next page for details.

The list of MP3 albums recorded on the 
DATA CD appears.

ENTER

MENU

RETURN

Select an album using X/x and press 
ENTER.

The list of tracks contained in the album 
appears.

Select a track using X/x and press 
ENTER.

The selected track starts playing. 
When a track or album is being played, its 
title is shaded.

Press

c or C.

Press O RETURN.

Press MENU.

• Only the letters in the alphabet and numbers can 

be used for album or track names. Anything else 
is displayed as “

*

”.

• ID3 tags cannot be displayed.

You can play MP3 audio tracks on CD-ROMs 
or CD-Rs/CD-RWs. However, the discs must 
be recorded according to ISO9660 level 1, 
level 2, or Joliet format for the player to 
recognize the tracks.
You can also play discs recorded in Multi 
Session.

See the instructions of the CD-R/CD-RW 
device or recording software (not supplied) 
for details on the recording format.

This player can play Multi Session CDs when 
an MP3 audio track is located in the first 
session. Any subsequent MP3 audio tracks, 
recorded in the later sessions, can also be 
played back.
When audio tracks and images in music CD 
format or video CD format are recorded in the 
first session, only the first session will be 
played back.

• If you put the extension “.MP3” to data not in 

MP3 format, the player cannot recognize the data 
properly and will generate a loud noise which 
could damage your speaker system.

• The player cannot play audio tracks in MP3PRO 

format.

The playback order of albums and tracks 
recorded on a DATA CD is as follows.
◆Structure of disc contents

        1 ( 3 0 )

R O C K   B E S T   H I T
K A R A O K E
J A Z Z
R & B
M Y   F A V O R I T E   S O N G S
C L A S S I C A L
S A L S A   O F   C U B A
B O S S A N O V A

            J A Z Z
            1 ( 9 0 )

0 1 S H E   I S   S P E C I A L
0 2 A L L   Y O U   N E E D   I S   . . .
0 3 S P I C Y   L I F E
0 4 H A P P Y   H O U R
0 5 R I V E R   S I D E
0 6

                    5

0 7 T A K E   T I M E , T A K E   T I M E

ROOT

Tree 1

Tree 2

Tree 3

Tree 4

Tree 5

album

track

,

When you insert a DATA CD and press H,
the numbered tracks are played sequentially, 
from 1 through 7. Any sub-albums/tracks 
contained within a currently selected album 
take priority over the next album in the same 
tree. (Example: C contains D so 4 is 
played before 5.)
When you press MENU and the list of MP3 
albums appears (page 30), the albums are 
arranged in the following order: A

t B t

C

t D t F t G. Albums that do not 

contain tracks (such as album E) do not 
appear in the list.

z

• If you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front 

of the track file names, the tracks will be played in 
that order.

• Since a disc with many trees takes longer to start 

playback, it is recommended that you create 
albums of no more than two trees.

• Depending on the software you use to create the 

DATA CD, the playback order may differ from 
the illustration above.

• The playback order above may not be applicable 

if there are more than a total of 200 albums and 
tracks in the DATA CD.

• The player can recognize up to 100 albums (the 

player will count just albums, including albums 
that do not contain MP3 audio tracks). The player 
will not play any albums beyond the first 100 
albums. Of the first 100 albums, the player will 
play no more than a combined total of 200 albums 
and tracks.

You can set the following play modes:
• Program Play (page 32)
• Shuffle Play (page 34)
• Repeat Play (page 35)
• A-B Repeat Play (page 35)

The play mode is canceled when:
– you open the disc tray.
– the player enters standby mode by pressing [/1.

You can play the contents of a disc in the 
order you want by arranging the order of the 
titles, chapters, or tracks on the disc to create 
your own program. You can program up to 99 
titles, chapters, and tracks.

The Control Menu appears.

Press X/x to select 

The options for “PROGRAM” appear.

DISPLAY

ENTER

CLEAR

Number
buttons