DVP-NS72HP, DVP-NS77H, DVP-NS77HP, DVP-NS78H, DVP-NS78HP - Sony DVD Service Manual (repair manual). Page 12

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You can lock the disc tray to prevent children 
from opening it.

When the player is in standby mode, press 
O RETURN, ENTER, and then [/1 on the 
remote.
The player turns on and “LOCKED” appears 
on the front panel display. The 

A

 and 

Z

buttons on the player or the remote do not 
work while the Child Lock is set.

To unlock the disc tray
When the player is in standby mode, press 
O RETURN, ENTER, and then [/1 again.

Even if you select “RESET” under “SETUP” in the 
Control Menu (page 57), the disc tray remains 
locked.

The player stores the point where you stopped 
the disc for up to 6 discs and resumes 
playback the next time you insert the same 
disc. If you store a resume playback point for 
the 7th disc, the resume playback point for the 
first disc is deleted.

x to 

“RESUME” appears on the front panel 
display.

H.

The player starts playback from the point 
where you stopped the disc in step 1.

z Hint
To play from the beginning of the disc, press 

x

twice, then press 

H.

• “MULTI-DISC RESUME” in “CUSTOM 

SETUP” must be set to “ON” (default) for this 
function to work (page 61).

• The point where you stopped playing is cleared 

when:

– you change the play mode.
– you change the settings on the Setup Display.
• For DVD-VR mode, CDs, DATA CDs, and 

DATA DVDs, the player remembers the resume 
playback point for the current disc.
The resume point is cleared when:

– you opened the disc tray.
– you disconnect the mains lead.
– the player enters standby mode (DATA CD/

DATA DVD only).

• Resume Play does not work during Shuffle Play 

and Programme Play.

• This function may not work with some discs.
• If “MULTI-DISC RESUME” in “CUSTOM 

SETUP” is set to “ON” and you playback a 
recorded disc such as DVD-RW, the player may 
playback other recorded discs from the same 
resume point.

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

C/X/x/c or the number 

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

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Some DVD-VR (Video Recording) mode 
have two types of titles for playback: 
originally recorded titles (ORIGINAL) and 
titles that can be created on recordable DVD 
players for editing (PLAY LIST). You can 
select the type of title to be played.

The Control Menu appears.

X/x to select 

The options for “ORIGINAL/PLAY 
LIST” appear.

X/x to select a setting.

• PLAY LIST: plays the titles created 

from “ORIGINAL” for editing.

• ORIGINAL: plays the titles originally 

recorded.

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

The menu for your selection appears.

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

To return to the menu
Press

O RETURN.

z Hint
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.

You can check the playing time and 
remaining time of the current title, chapter, or 
track. Also, you can check the DVD/CD text, 
track name (MP3 audio), or file name (DivX 
video) recorded on the disc.

The following display appears.

The available time information depends 
upon the type of disc you are playing.

1 8 ( 3 4 )

1 2 ( 2 7 )

DVD-VR

PLAY LIST

PLAY LIST

ORIGINAL

T

 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

T 1:01:57

Time
information

◆ When playing a DVD
• T    *:*:* (hours: minutes: seconds)

Playing time of the current title

• T–*:*:*

Remaining time of the current title

• C    *:*:*

Playing time of the current chapter

• C–*:*:*

Remaining time of the current chapter

◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or Super 
VCD (with PBC functions)
• *:* (minutes: seconds)

Playing time of the current scene

◆ When playing a VIDEO CD (without 
PBC functions) or CD
• T    *:* (minutes: seconds)

Playing time of the current track

• T–*:*

Remaining time of the current track

• D    *:*

Playing time of the current disc

• D –*:*

Remaining time of the current disc

◆ When playing a Super VCD (without 
PBC functions)
• T *:* (minutes: seconds)

Playing time of the current track

◆ When playing a DATA CD (MP3 audio) 
or DATA DVD (MP3 audio)
• T *:* (minutes: seconds) 

Playing time of the current track

◆ When playing a DATA CD (DivX video) 
or DATA DVD (DivX video)
• *:*:* (hours: minutes: seconds) 

Playing time of the current file 

To check the DVD/CD text
Press TIME/TEXT repeatedly in step 2 to 
display text recorded on the DVD/CD.
The DVD/CD text appears only when text is 
recorded in the disc. You cannot change the 
text. If the disc does not contain text, “NO 
TEXT” appears.

To check DATA CD/DATA DVD album 
name, etc.
By pressing TIME/TEXT while playing MP3 
audio tracks or DivX video files on a DATA 
CD/DATA DVD, you can display the name 
of the album/track/file, and the audio bit rate 
(the amount of data per second of the current 
audio track) on your TV screen.

* Appears when:

– playing an MP3 audio track on a DATA CD/

DATA DVD.

– playing a DivX video file that contains MP3 

audio on a DATA CD/DATA DVD.

You can view the time information and text 
displayed on the TV screen also on the front 
panel display. The information on the front 
panel display changes as follows when you 
change the time information on your TV 
screen.

T

17:30

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Bit rate*

Album name

Track/file name

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z Hints
• When playing VIDEO CDs without PBC 

functions, the track number, and the index number 
are displayed after the text.

• When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, 

the scene number, or the playing time are 
displayed.

• Long text that does not fit in a single line will 

scroll across the front panel display.

• You can also check the time information and text 

using the Control Menu (page 11).

• Depending on the type of disc being played, the 

DVD/CD text or track name may not be 
displayed.

• The player can only display the first level of the 

DVD/CD text, such as the disc name or title.

• Playing time of MP3 audio tracks and DivX video 

files may not be displayed correctly.

• If you play a disc containing JPEG image files 

only, “BGM” appears when “MODE (MP3, 
JPEG)” is set to “AUTO” or “AUTO (BGM),” 
and “JPEG” appears when “MODE (MP3, 
JPEG)” is set to “IMAGE (JPEG)” in the front 
panel display.

Playing time of the current 
title

Remaining time of the 
current title

Playing time of the current 
chapter

Remaining time of the 

current chapter

Text

Current title and chapter 
number

(returns to top automatically)

Playing time and number of the 

current track

Track name

Current album and track number
(returns to top automatically)

,

,

,

Playing time of the current file

The current file name

The current album and file number
(returns to top automatically)

,,

,

Playing time and number of the 

current track

Remaining time of the current track

Remaining time of the disc

Text

Playing time of the disc

,

,

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