sMedio True BD for dynabook User Manual

1.1 Function of sMedio True BD

sMedio True BD can play back below movies.

• Blu-ray Disc™(BDMV and BDAV)
• DVD Video Disc (DVD-Video)
• DVD-VR Disc
• AVCHD Disc
• AVCREC Disc (AVCREC compatible drive is required)

sMedio True BD consists of 2 screens, "Home" screen and "Playback" screen. "Home" screen shows the plugged disc drive into your PC and the settings during the movie playback. "Playback" screen shows the movies and you can control the playback.

"Home" screen consists of "Navigation bar", "Caption bar (Title bar)", and "Disc Drive select area". "Playback" screen consists of "Caption bar", "Playback area", and "Control Panel".

"Home" screen

"Playback" screen

Please refer to "3 Features introduction".

3.1 Navigation bar

The icon, function and its detail description of Navigation bar are described in below table.

Icon	Function	Description
	Hamburger	Open / close the Navigation bar.
	Home	Back to "Home" screen.
	Version information	Show the version information of sMedio True DVD.
	Help	Open the help files.
	Settings	Open the setting preferences.

3.2 Caption bar

You can quit application and customize the application windows size as well as regular Windows application.

3.3 Disc Drive select area

You can check the plugged drive status, control the disc drive in the Disc Drive select area. The icon, function and its detail description of Disc Drive select area are described in below table.

Icon	Function	Description
	Disc Drive	Shows the Disc Drive plugged to the PC. The disc playback starts by clicking the icon as long as the disc is inserted in the disc drive.
	Eject	Eject the disc from the disc drive.
	Refresh	Refresh the disc drive plugged to the PC.

3.4 Playback area

Playback area is the main area to playback content and its information. Playback content is showed in the whole area and playback status and information is displayed on the OSD (On Screen Display).

3.5 Control Panel

On control panel, most used functions are listed for you to operate during playback content. The icon, function and its detail description of Control Panel are described in below table.

Icon	Function	Description
	Play	Start video playback. Go back to normal speed during fast-forward or fast-rewind.
	Pause	Pause playback.
	Stop	Stop playback.
	Fast Forward	Fast forward the video playback. You can change the forward speed as 2x, 8x, 30x or 120x by clicking the icon repeatedly.
	Fast Rewind	Fast rewind the video playback. You can change the rewind speed as 2x, 8x, 30x or 120x by clicking the icon repeatedly.
	Next Chapter	Jump to the beginning of the next chapter.
	Previous Chapter	If at least 3 seconds have elapsed from the beginning of the current chapter, jump to the beginning of the current chapter. If elapsed time is within 3 seconds, jump to the previous chapter.
	Eject	Eject the disc from the plugged disc drive.
	Volume	Adjust volume
	Maximize / Minimize	Switch the full screen display and window display.
	Soft Keyboard	Soft keyboard control provides directional arrows to operate the disc menu and color keys for Blu-ray which can be used with supported content.
	More	Open the submenu.

Note: each function would be disabled when the disc which you are playing does not include the functions.

3.6 Submenu

When you click the [More] icon on the control panel, the submenu to display additional options opens. The icon, function and its detail description of Submenu are described in below table.

Icon	Name	Description
	Settings	Open the setting preferences.
	Next Subtitle	Choose subtitle to display or off. Switching by Click.
	Next Audio	Choose audio track. Switching by Click.
	Angle	Allow you to switch the viewing angles. Each click of the button will cycle you through the available angle numbers. (only available if content support)
	One-Touch Skip	Skip playback. You can change the skip parameter in the settings preferences.
	One-Touch Replay	Replay playback. You can change the replay parameter in the settings preferences.
	Top Menu	Jump to top menu.
	Popup Menu (Blu-ray Disc)	In the case of a Blu-ray Disc, jump to Popup Menu (or Popup Menu is displayed).
	Title Menu (DVD)	In the case of a DVD-Video, Jump to title menu. In the case of a DVD-VR, clicking on this button displays a list of titles.
	Red	These buttons can be used with supported Blu-ray disc content.
	Green
	Blue
	Yellow

Note: each function would be disabled when the disc which you are playing does not include the functions.

3.7 Right-click menu

The right-click menu can be accessed by right-clicking in the playback area. The table below outlines the right-click menu.

4.1 Keyboard Shortcuts