Sony MDP-A1 - Advanced Disc Functions: Auto Program; Setting Disc Playback Time

To Play Any Disc (Advanced Functions for LD, CD, or CDV Play)
This section explains advanced functions which apply to any one of the three types of discs.
How to Have the Disc Play Within a Set Period of Time
You can program the disc to play within a specified period of time. This is called “Auto Program Playback.” Decide how
long you want the disc to play and then enter half that amount of time. The player divides the selections on the disc into
what it calls “Program A” and “Program B,” playing both A and B for the amount of time entered. The player pauses
between the two programs. The following procedure explains how to conduct Auto Program Playback on a CD, but you
can also use the function for LDs with TOC and CDVs. (Auto Program does not function on LDs that do not contain
TOC data.) Locate the AUTO PGM button and number keys on the Remote Commander.
To Ensure Correct Operation
When you play an LD with TOC, press the QUICK START button on the player while in the stop mode to turn off the
indicator, then press PLAY { B® ) to display the AV calendar before you press the AUTO PGM button. When you operate
Auto Program on side B of the LD in the player, press (DISC) SIDE B to display the AV Calendar on side B before you
press the AUTO PGM button.
To Play Selections Using Auto Program
1 Press AUTO PGM on the Remote. fay “AUTO PGM’” flashes in the front panel display.
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if you press the wrong number, simply
press the correct one.
Program A and Program B appear alternately tl
in the AV Calendar displays the
contents of the two different programs:
Program A and B, separated by a pause.
if you designate a play time shorter than half the length of the disc, some selections on the disc may not fit into
the time span given and therefore may not play. On the other hand, if you designate a play time longer than
the length of the disc, the whole program of selections may run on Program A, with none running on Program
B. This is because Program A always has priority over B.
Example for a Forty-Minute Disc
Let's say your disc is 40 minutes long (see table below) and you designate playing time to run 15 minutes.
Program A will run for 15 minutes (or less) and Program B will also run for 15 minutes (or less) for a total of
about 30 minutes of play (see table below).
| 15 tS min(orless) | 1S min(orless) |
| 30 | 80 minfortess) | 10 min (about)
| 45 | 40 min (all'selections) |Omin
Program A
3 Press PLAY (P ). Program A selections start playing. The player
Ee pauses at the end of Program A and waits for
you to press PLAY ( ® ) again for Program B.
4 Press PLAY (> ) again to play (Po)
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To Resume Normal Play from = /ALL_ Press CLEAR or 1/SIDE/ALL.
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* Jf your LD contains 51 or more chapters on the playing side, Auto Program may not operate correctly.
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