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Chapter 4
Playback
Playing discs or files
This section describes the player’s main operations.
For the types of discs that can be played, see
Playable discs
on
page 7. For the types of files that can be played, see
Playable files
on
page 9. Video, image and audio files recorded on discs are played
with Home Media Gallery (page 34).
1
Press
STANDBY/ON to turn on the power.
Turn the TV’s power on and switch its input beforehand.
2
Press
OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray and load the
disc.
Note
• Load the disc with the printed side facing up.
• Several dozen seconds are required to read the disc.
Once reading is completed, the type of disc is
displayed on the player’s front panel display.
3
Press
PLAY to play the disc.
To pause, press
PAUSE
during playback.
To stop, press
STOP
during playback.
Note
• Some discs start playing automatically when the disc tray is
closed.
• DVD-Video discs have parental lock features. Input the
password registered in the player’s settings to unlock the
parental lock. For details, see page 48.
• For some BD-R/-RE, playback protection is set for the disc or
titles. Input the code number set for the disc to unlock the
protection.
• Check
Troubleshooting
on page 64 if video or audio signals are
not being output properly.
If the disc menu is displayed
For some discs, the disc menu is displayed automatically when
playback starts. The contents of the disc menu and the way to
operate differ from disc to disc.
Resuming playback from where it was
stopped (resume playback function)
• When
STOP
is pressed during playback, the point at which
the disc stopped is stored in the memory. When
PLAY
is
pressed, playback resumes from that point.
• For audio CDs and audio files, playback starts from the
beginning of the track/file that was playing.
• If the stop mode was set while playing a slideshow of image files,
playback starts from the image file last displayed.
• To cancel the resume playback function, press
STOP
while
playback is stopped.
Note
• The resume playback function is canceled automatically in the
following cases:
– When the disc tray is opened.
– When the file list window is switched.
– When the power is turned off. (For BDs and DVDs this does
not cancel the resume playback function.)
• The resume playback function cannot be used for some discs.
Forward and reverse scanning
1
During playback, press
or
.
• The scanning speed switches each time the button is pressed.
The speed steps depend on the disc or file (the speed is
displayed on the TV screen).
• Forward or reverse scanning is also possible by holding the
button down. Normal playback resumes when the button is
released.
Note
• No sound is output when scanning BDs, DVDs and video files.
• Sound is output when scanning audio CDs and audio files.
• For some discs, normal playback resumes automatically when
the chapter switches.
STANDBY/ON
OPEN/CLOSE
TV CONTROL
INPUT
SELECT
CH
VOL
TV CONTROL
STANDBY/ON
OPEN/CLOSE
INPUT
SELECT
CH
VOL
PLAY
PREV
PAUSE
STOP
NEXT
RED
GREEN
YELLOW
BLUE
BD
Video files
DVD
Image files
AVCHD
Audio files
CD
PLAY
PREV
PAUSE
STOP
NEXT
