Front-panel controls
Switching on
Ensure that the unit is receiving mains power and the 
main switch on the back of the unit is turned on, then 
press the POWER button to switch Solo Movie 5.1 
between ‘on’ and ‘stand-by’.
When Solo Movie 5.1 is in stand-by the light next 
to the power button on the front-panel glows red, 
and the front-panel display shows the current time. 
Pressing POWER when the unit is in stand-by will 
cause the unit to switch on and the power button 
light turns blue.
To select ‘hard stand-by’, press and hold the front 
panel POWER button. Hard stand-by mode retains 
clock settings but reduces power consumption to less 
than one watt. Solo Movie 
5.1 can only be brought out 
of hard stand-by by pressing 
the front panel POWER 
button (not from the remote 
control).
Fast play
Press and hold 
8
 or 
7
 on the front-panel or 
remote control to play fast forwards or backwards. 
By pressing the 
8
 or 
7
 buttons on the remote 
control, more control over the fast forward or 
backward speeds of  DVDs, VCDs and CDs is 
possible. Press the remote control button repeatedly 
to cycle through the different fast playback speeds 
available: x2, x4, x8, x16, x50 and x100.
To resume normal playback speed, press 
4
/
;
.
Fast playback is not available for MP3/WMA discs.
Skipping chapters/tracks
To skip chapters (or tracks on a CD), press 
/
 or 
0
.
When skipping back, the first button press takes you 
to the beginning of the current chapter. Pressing the 
button again takes you to the start of the previous 
chapter.
Pausing playback
Press 
4
/
;
 on the front panel or 
;
 on the remote 
control to pause playback. To resume playback, press 
4
/
;
 on the front panel or 
4
 on the handset.
Stopping playback
Press the 
<
/
1
 button on the front panel or 
<
 on 
the remote control to stop playback.
DVD/VCD special playback 
modes
This section explains the special playback modes for 
DVDs and VCDs. The operations described here are 
not exactly the same for DVDs and VCDs, but very 
similar.
Note that many VCDs have a single track, so some 
operations involving tracks will not be relevant.
Jumping to a particular point
Press the SRCH button on the remote control to 
open the ‘Search’ menu:
A jump can be performed using different specifiers: 
jump to a particular time or to a specified chapter/
track on the disc.
Track
(Applies to VCDs only) To jump to a specified track 
on a VCD, enter the track number in the ‘Track’ field, 
then press OK. Note that many VCDs have only one 
track.
Closing the Search menu
When displayed, this menu screen can be closed 
again by pressing the SRCH button (which also has the 
effect of cancelling the search).
Special playback modes
Repeat, shuffle or looped (A-B repeat) playback 
modes are available.
Repeat
Press the RPT button on the remote control to cycle 
through the repeat options. For DVDs, a chapter or 
title repeat may be selected (i.e., play continuously the 
current chapter or the current title). For VCDs, a track 
or disc repeat is available.
When a chapter/track repeat is selected, the ‘Repeat 
one’ symbol on the front panel display is shown and 
the current chapter/track is repeated. If a title/disc 
repeat is selected, the ‘Repeat all’ symbol is shown and 
the current title/disc is repeated.
Time
Highlight the ‘Time’ field and enter the time in hours, 
minutes and seconds, then press OK. The Search 
menu is removed from the screen and playback 
starts from the time specified. Invalid time entries are 
ignored.
Title/Chapter
(Applies to DVDs only) To jump to a title or chapter, 
highlight the title/chapter position and enter the 
number of the title/chapter to jump to, before 
pressing OK. It is possible to jump to a chapter within 
a different title to the current one by entering a value 
into both fields. Note that specifying a title without a 
chapter will jump to the first chapter in the title.
Group/Track
(Applicable to DVD-Audio discs only.) To jump to 
a group or track, highlight the group/track position 
and enter the number of the group/track to jump 
to, before pressing OK. It is possible to jump to a 
track within a different group to the current one by 
entering a value into both fields. Note that specifying 
a group without a track will jump to the first track in 
the group.
To cancel repeat, press the RPT button until ‘Repeat: 
Off’ is displayed.
Shuffle
Press the RND button on the remote control to 
switch shuffle play on. This causes the chapters/tracks 
to be played in random order.
To cancel random play, press the RND button for a 
second time.
A-B repeat
The Solo Movie 5.1 can repeat a specific section of a 
DVD or VCD; this is called an A-B repeat.
To perform an A-B repeat, wait until the disc is at 
the point where you want the repeat to start, then 
press SHIFT + RPT. The OSD shows a repeat symbol, 
followed by ‘A–’, and the front panel shows ‘A–’.
Press SHIFT + RPT again at the point you want the 
repeat to end. The repeat symbol, followed by ‘A-B’ 
is shown on the display device, and the front panel 
shows ‘A-B’. The selected section is repeated in a loop.
To cancel the A-B repeat, press SHIFT + RPT again. 
An ‘Off ’ message is displayed on the OSD.
When playing a DVD, pressing STOP once performs a 
‘resume stop’. If you now press 
4
/
;
, playback of the 
movie resumes from the point it was stopped. 
If you press 
<
 twice, this is a ‘complete stop’, and 
playback resumes from the beginning of the disc.
Ejecting a disc
To eject a disc, press 
1
 on the remote control, or 
press and hold (for more than one second) the 
<
/
1
 
button on the front panel.