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## Browsing and using the podcast screen

Audio podcast playback screen
Video podcast playback screen
Episode list screen
Podcast list screen

### Audio podcast playback screen

1. Information area

1. Elapsed time (*1)

1. Total time (*1)

1. Progress bar (*1)

1. Episode name

1. Artist name

1. Podcast name

(*1) These items disappear after a while.

#### Operations on the audio podcast playback screen

To (Screen indication) | Do this
Play ()/pause () (*1) | Press the button.
Fast forward ()/fast rewind () | Press and hold the / button.
Find the beginning of the episode (*2) | Press the / button.
Return to the list screen | Press the BACK/HOME button.

(*1) During pause, if there is no operation for a while, the player automatically enters standby mode.
(*2) Both of the / buttons find the beginning of the episode. To play back the next episode, press the BACK/HOME button to display the episode list to select the desired episode.

### Video podcast playback screen

1. Information area

1. Total time

1. Progress bar

1. Elapsed time

These indications disappear after a while.

#### Operations on the video podcast playback screen

While the player is playing back a video in landscape orientation, / buttons and / buttons interchange their functions with each other.

To (Screen indication) | Do this
Play ()/pause () (*1) | Press the button.
Fast forward ()/fast rewind () (*2) (*3) | Press and hold the / button. Press the / button. (*4)
Fast forward ()/fast rewind () during pause (*5) | Press and hold the / button during pause.
Move to the previous scene (*6) ()/move to the next scene () | Press the (previous)/ (next) button.
Rewind slightly/forward slightly | Press the / button during pause.
Return to the list screen | Press the BACK/HOME button.

(*1) During pause, if there is no operation for a while, the player automatically enters standby mode.
(*2) If you fast-forward to the end of the episode, playback pauses. If you fast-rewind to the beginning of an episode during playback, playback restarts automatically. If you fast-rewind to the beginning of an episode during pause, playback remains paused.
(*3) These buttons may not work as described above depending on the episode.
(*4) Forward speed changes through 3 levels by repeatedly pressing ( (×10), (×30), (×100)). Also, rewind speed changes through 3 levels by repeatedly pressing ( (×10), (×30), (×100)). Press the button to exit the operation and resume normal playback.
(*5) The speed of fast forward/fast rewind during pause varies depending on the length of the video.
(*6) If there is only one chapter in the video, the playback position moves with an interval of 5 minutes.

#### Icons which appear by pressing the OPTION/PWR OFF button

Icon | Description
(Option Menu) | Shows the option menu. For details on the podcast option menu, see [Details].
[Scene Scroll] (*1) | Shows the scene scroll screen. You can browse scenes or chapters by scrolling thumbnails (*2) on the screen, to select a desired scene [Details].

(*1) Scene Scroll icon appears on the video playback screen only.
(*2) Thumbnail refers to a reduced size image of one scene of a video.

### Episode list screen

Episodes are displayed in the episode list screen in name order.

1. Podcast name

1. Playback icon

1. Audio icon

1. New icon

1. Video icon

#### Icons of episodes

The following icons are displayed in the episode field.

Icon | Description
(Audio icon) | Shows that the episode is an audio episode.
(Video icon) | Shows that the episode is a video episode.
(New icon) | Shows that the episode has never been played back.
(Playback icon) | Shows that the episode is currently playing.

#### Operations on the episode list screen

To (Screen indication) | Do this
Select an item | Press the button.
Move the cursor up or down | Press the / button. Press and hold the / button to scroll up or down faster.
Display the previous/next screen of the list | Press the / button.
Return to the [Podcast List] screen | Press the BACK/HOME button.

#### Icons which appear by pressing the OPTION/PWR OFF button

Icon | Description
(Option Menu) | Shows the option menu. For details on the podcast option menu, see [Details].
[To Playback Screen] | Returns to the podcast playback screen.

### Podcast list screen

Podcasts are displayed in the [Podcast List] screen in name order.

#### Operations on the [Podcast List] screen

To (Screen indication) | Do this
Select an item | Press the button.
Move the cursor up or down | Press the / button. Press and hold the / button to scroll up or down faster.
Display the previous/next screen of the list | Press the / button.

#### Icons which appear by pressing the OPTION/PWR OFF button

Icon | Description
(Option Menu) | Shows the option menu. For details on the podcast option menu, see [Details].
[To Playback Screen] | Returns to the podcast playback screen.

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