DVP-NS999ES Features

Practical Features

There are several useful, practical, and interesting features found in the Sony DVP-NS999ES DVD/SACD Player. The best example can be seen when you take out a DVD Movie during play. You can put in a totally different DVD movie, run through the DVD setup, begin playing that movie, stop it, take it out, and put back the original movie. When doing so, the Sony DVP-NS999ES remembers exactly where you left off and maintains the video and audio set up (such as wide screen format and DTS settings for example). You can then go back to the second DVD and the Sony will remember where you were with that one as well. I think this is simply remarkable and extremely practical. I can't tell you how many times I've watched a movie or DVD concert and didn't finish it. I then would take that DVD out, put in a CD or another DVD and have to go through the set up all over. Now, when I return to a DVD, I don't have to go through the DVD set up menu. Genius feature and hats off to Sony for including it in this player!

Another practical feature can be seen with DVD's. The DVD Player is capable of placing a graphic on the TV Monitor when the DVD is in stop mode. The graphic can either be one generated by the player, a picture you manually store, or one found in the actual DVD (if supported by the DVD), like the cover graphic for example. Very clever Sony!

Other Key Practical Features Include:

• Screen Saver: The screen saver image appears when you leave the player in pause or stop mode for 15 minutes, or when you play back a CD, SACD or MP3 CD for more than 15 minutes. The screen saver can be turned On or Off.
• Background: You can select the background color in stop mode, or while playing a CD, SACD or an MP3. You can choose Jacket Picture (shows the DVD jacket picture if supported by the DVD), Picture Memory (a favorite picture that you manually store using the Picture Memory button on the remote), Graphics (shows a preset graphic), Blue (background color is blue), or Black (background color is black).
• DVD/SACD/CD Text: When playing a DVD, SACD or CD encoded with text, this unit will display the text information.
• MP3 Playback: This unit will play MP3 files recorded onto CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW discs using the ISO 9660 level 1/level 2, or Joliet formats.æ
• PBC (Playback Control) Playback: PBC playback allows you to play Video CDs interactively by following the menu on the TV screen.
• Angle Viewer: If various angles for a scene are recorded on a DVD, you can display the angles at the same time. The player can display up to 9 different angles at once.
• Strobe Play: When playing a DVD or Video CD, you can display 9 consecutive moving pictures on the screen. The pictures can also be paused.
• Picture Navigation: You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens and find the desired scene quickly.
• Title/Chapter and Track Viewer: This feature allows you to view pictures of the disc's titles, chapters or tracks on a single screen divided into 9 sections and start playback from the chosen title, chapter or track.
• Multi-disc Resume: The player stores the point where you stopped the disc for up to 300 discs and resumes playback from the stored location the next time you insert the same disc. The resume playback point is cleared for a disc when you change the play mode or you change the settings on the Setup Display while the disc is playing. Note: This feature does not work for audio CDs, SACDs or MP3 CDs.
• Instant Replay: The Instant Replay function is useful when you want to review a scene or dialogue that you missed. With a single press of the Replay button, the player will go back 10 seconds and begin playing again.
• Bookmark: Up to 9 bookmarks per disc for a total of 300 discs can be stored in memory.
• Disc Memo: You can label a disc if no text is recorded on the disc. You can put a title up to 20 characters in length on each disc.
• Program Play: Up to 99 titles, chapters and tracks can be programmed and played in any order.
• Shuffle Play: When playing a DVD, you can play the titles or chapters in random order. When playing a Video CD, SACD or an audio CD, you can play the tracks in random order. In addition, you can play the titles/chapters or tracks in Program Play in random order.
• Repeat Play: "A-B Repeat" allows you to select any portion of a title, chapter, or track and play that portion repeatedly. When playing a DVD, you can repeat the current title, current chapter, or the entire disc. When playing a Video CD, SACD or an audio CD, you can repeat the current track or the entire disc. When playing an MP3 disc, you can repeat the current album, current track or the entire disc.æIn addition, you can repeat Program Play and Shuffle Play.
• Scan Search: When playing a DVD, SACD or an audio CD, there are three fast-play speeds available in the playback direction. When playing a DVD, there are three fast-play speeds available in the reverse direction. When playing an SACD or audio CD, there are two fast-play speeds available in the reverse direction.
• Slow Motion: When playing a DVD or Video CD, you may move forward through the program being played in one of two slow motion speeds. When playing a DVD, you may move backward through the program being played in one of two slow motion speeds.
• Display Dimmer: You can set the display to Bright, Dark, Auto Dark, Auto Off, or Off. When set to Auto Dark, if you do not operate the player or remote for a short while, the front panel display becomes dark. When set to Auto Off, if you do not operate the player or remote for a short while, the front panel display turns off.
• Parental Control: This unit allows you to set two kinds of playback restrictions for DVDs using Parental Control and Custom Parental Control. Parental Control allows you to restrict playback according to a predetermined level. You can select a parental control rating from 0-8, which is protected by a 4-digit password. Using the same registered password, Custom Parental Control allows you to set playback restrictions for a specific disc. You can set the same Custom Parental Control password for up to 300 discs.
• Child Lock: You can lock the disc tray to prevent a child from opening it.