Navigator Control : CineMaster DVD Playback Card

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Navigator Control

The Navigator Control provides a television or VCR Remote Control-like window for playing DVD titles. Buttons on the Navigator control are arranged as you would expect from a hand-held remote control device. Their functions are described below:

Referencing the Callouts in the Illustration:

  1. Close Navigator Control
  2. Eject the current DVD disc
  3. Navigate UP when in a Root or Title menu
  4. Toggle the LED display between the Time Elapsed, Time Remaining, and Total Time
  5. Navigate LEFT when in a Root or Title menu
  6. Select the current item in a Root or Title menu
  7. Navigate RIGHT when in a Root or Title menu
  8. Jump to the Title menu
  9. Navigate DOWN when in a Root or Title menu
  10. Jump to the Root menu
  11. Play or Pause the current DVD Video
  12. Stop playback of the current DVD Video
  13. Rewind the current DVD Video
  14. FastForward the current DVD Video – if the current DVD Video is paused; this button will act as a Single Frame Advance until the DVD Video returns to normal speed playback
  15. Rewind the DVD Video to the beginning of the current chapter
  16. Back up one level from within a Root or Title menu
  17. Jump back one Chapter in the current DVD Video title
  18. Jump forward one Chapter in the current DVD Video title
  19. Slow Motion playback; multiple clicks on this button will cycle through multiple speeds of slow motion playback
  20. Access the Spoken Language settings window
  21. Access the SubTitle settings window
  22. Resume playback after viewing a Root or Title menu

The following features, normally found in the Panel Control, can be accessed by right-clicking over the DVD player window and accessing the pop-up menu:

 

S/PDIF

Digital (S/PDIF) Audio Output Support ¾ By default, CineMaster typically sends audio data to the PC's sound card for playback through the speakers connected to the computer. This results in DVD audio and system sounds being mixed together through the same speakers.

When using an external Dolby Digital decoder/receiver, connected to the S/PDIF digital audio output connector on the rear bracket of the CineMaster card, you will need to select S/PDIF digital output mode on the DVD Player application.

Once selected, DVD audio will no longer be sent to the sound card and will only be sent to the S/PDIF connector. System sounds will still be sent to the PC's speakers. If you decide to disconnect the external Dolby Digital decoder/receiver, you will need to turn the S/PDIF setting off again — otherwise you will not hear DVD audio from the PC's speakers.

Usage Example

Altec Lansing ADA 880 speakers are an example of an external Dolby Digital decoder that would require the setting change documented above. When using these speakers, it is necessary to select the S/PDIF digital audio output mode in order to utilize the Dolby Digital decoding circuitry in the speakers. Otherwise, DVD audio will be sent to the speakers through the PC's sound card.

 

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