Sony MCE-S78K User Manual

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Locating a Scene or Track You Want
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Locating a Scene or Track You Want
Front panel display
Index number
Index number
Locating a Particular Point in a
Scene or Track
You can also locate a particular point in a scene or
track while playing a disc.
During PBC Playback (page 12), this function is
available only while playing moving pictures.
While playing an audio CD or a CD audio track in a
VIDEO CD, changing the search speed while locating a
point or Slow-motion Play is not available.
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0
§
1/u
p
P
·
0
=
+
KARAOKE PON
L/R/STEREO
PICTURE
PREV
PUSH
SELECT
NEXT
RETURN
ˆ
JOG
SELECTOR
+
EFFECT
SOUND
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STANDBY
ECHO LEVEL
MIC
LEVEL
MID
MIN
MAX
LOW
HIGH
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& SLOW
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INDEX C/c
·
TV
VIDEO
TV/
VOL
INDEX
PREV
SELECT
NEXT
C
c
=
+
p
·
0
)
P
SLOW
&
1/u
+
CH
+
To locate a point
Press
While monitoring the
picture or sound
) (forward) or 0 (backward)
repeatedly to select the speed (
) or
0 1, ) or 0 2, or ) or 0 3).
When you find the point, press 
· to
return to the normal speed. You will
not hear the sound while playing a
VIDEO CD. Note that you cannot
change the search speed on audio
CDs.
Slowly by observing
the TV screen
(Slow-motion Play) 
Z
& SLOW. You will not hear the
sound during the operation. When
you find the point, press 
· to return
to the normal speed.
z
If you want to locate a particular point of a long
track
It is convenient to use Track Digest (see page 21).
z
If “
” appears in the front panel display
The disc has reached the end after you pressed 
).
Press 
0 or = to go back.
z
If you want to change the playback speed during
Slow-motion Play 
Z
Press 
& SLOW repeatedly until you find the playback
speed you want. Three speeds are available: SLOW 1,
SLOW 2 and SLOW 3. Each time you press the button,
the indication changes as follows.
n SLOW 1 n SLOW 2 n SLOW 3
Notes
• While playing a VIDEO CD, the picture may be distorted
during the search operation.
• While playing an audio CD or a CD audio track in a
VIDEO CD, you can also locate a point as in the table in
the left column.
Locating a point using the index
(Index Search) 
Z
There are two kinds of indexes: one is for audio CDs
and the other is for VIDEO CDs. You can locate a point
you want using the index.
Note that this function is available only for indexed
discs. Also note that you cannot search indexes in
different tracks.
While playing a track, press INDEX C or c
repeatedly.
• To locate the current or preceding index numbers,
press INDEX C.
• To locate the next or subsequent index numbers,
press INDEX c.
INDEX
VIDEO CD
CONTINUE
CONTROL
KEY
TV screen (when you press C or c while playing a
VIDEO CD)
ON SCREEN 1 or 2 display mode
TR  3       V-IDX  2     
                     
TV screen (while playing an audio CD)
ON SCREEN 1 or 2 display mode
                              CD             PLAY
TR   3      IDX   2                              0:55
CONTINUE
z
What is an index?
It is a number that divides a track or a disc into some
sections in order to easily locate the point you want.
You may determine if a disc uses index by looking at
the disc’s packaging.
Note
If there are no more indexes while playing a VIDEO CD,
 CANNOT OPERATE NOW” appears on the TV screen
and the player continues playing.
Index number