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DISC PLAYBACK
Getting started
• Turn on the power of the TV, amplifier and any other com-
ponents which are connected to the DVD player.
• Make sure the TV and audio receiver (commercially avail-
able) are set to the correct channel.
Press the
POWER ON
button.
• P-ON will appear briefly on the dis-
play panel.
Press the
OPEN/CLOSE
button
to open disc loading tray.
Place the disc on the tray, with
the label facing up.
Press the
PLAY
button.
• The tray will close automatically, then playback will start
from the first chapter or track of the disc. If the playback
does not start automatically, press the
PLAY
button.
• When you play back the DVD with a title menu, it may
appear on the screen. In this case, refer to “Title
Menu”.
Press the
STOP
button to stop playback.
NOTES:
• A “prohibited icon” may appear at the
top-right on the TV screen during opera-
tion, warning that a prohibited operation
has been encountered by the DVD play-
er or the disc.
• With DVDs that use some titles for playback pro-
gramme signals, playback may start from the second
title, or it may skip these titles.
• During the playback of two layered disc, pictures may
stop for a moment. This happens when the 1st layer
switches to the 2nd layer. This is not a malfunction.
• The operation may vary when you play back DVDs with
disc menu or Video CDs with PBC. Refer to the manual
accompanying the disc for details.
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WMA
JPEG
MP3
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Super
Audio CD
VCD
DVD-A
DVD-V
Press the
MENU
button.
• The DVD main menu will appear.
If the feature is not available,
symbol may
appear on the TV screen.
If disc menu is available on the disc, audio
language, subtitle options, chapters for the title and
other options will appear for selection.
Press the
Cursor
buttons (
K
/
L
/
s
/
B
) to select an
item, and the
ENTER
button to confirm the selection.
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Basic Playback
Disc Menu
DVD may contain menus to navigate the disc and access spe-
cial features. Press the appropriate
Numeric
buttons or use the
Cursor
buttons (
K
/
L
/
s
/
B
) to highlight your selection in the
DVD main menu and press the
ENTER
button to confirm.
NOTE:
• Unless otherwise stated, all operations described are
based on remote control use. Some operations can be
carried out using the menu bar on the TV screen.
DVD-A
DVD-V
General Features
Insert a Video CD.
Press the
STOP
button.
Press the
Numeric
buttons to enter the desired
Track number.
• PBC function is now cancelled and the playback of the
Video CD will start.
To call back PBC function, press the
STOP
button
twice, and then press the
PLAY
button.
• The title menu will appear on the display.
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CANCELLING AND CALLING BACK PBC FUNCTION
Press the
DIMMER
button on the front panel to
select the desired brightness of the front panel dis-
play. (BRIGHT, DIMMER or OFF)
• The default setting is BRIGHT.
NOTES:
• The brightness of the front panel display can be adjust-
ed from the setup menu. Details are on page 31.
• When you turn on the power next time, the brightness
of the front panel display will be as set in setup menu.
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Brightness of the Front Panel Display
HDMI Setup
Press the
HDMI
button on the front panel to select
the HDMI output mode.
The output mode changes as follows every time
the
HDMI
button is pressed.
• The HDMI indicator on the front panel lights up when
HDMI output mode is on.
OFF (Default): No video outputs from the HDMI OUT connector.
480/576P: Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 480/576p.
720P: Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 720p.
1080: Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 1080i.
NOTES:
• Video and audio signals may be distorted temporarily
when switching to/from the HDMI output mode.
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Pure Direct Mode
Press the
PURE DIRECT
button on the front panel to
output an analog audio signal only (no analog video
and HDMI signals will be output and the display will be
turned off). The higher quality sound will be achieved.
NOTES:
• When the buttons below are pressed, the pure direct
mode will be released.
OPEN/CLOSE
button (on both the remote and the front
panel),
SETUP
or
DISPLAY
button (on the remote),
ON/STANDBY
or
PURE DIRECT
button (on the front panel).
• The
PURE DIRECT
button will not function while dis-
playing the setup menu.
• If you turn on the pure direct mode while selecting HDMI
mode, both video and audio signals will not be output.
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• Use a display equipment with an HDMI-compatible port.
• Progressive video signal will not be output from the COM-
PONENT VIDEO OUT during the HDMI output mode.
• The HDMI indicator on the front panel flashes when you
select the HDMI output mode but there is no HDMI cable.
• If you turn on the pure direct mode, both video and
audio signals through the HDMI output will be cut off
(press the
PURE DIRECT
button again to recover).
• You can check the HDMI connection status by pressing
the
DISPLAY
button during playback with the HDMI
output mode (refer to page 25).
• If the TV is not compatible with newly selected HDMI
output mode, the actual output mode will be kept the
one before changing the selection. When this occurs,
the newly selected mode will appear on the front panel
display (see page 11) while the actual output resolution
will be indicated by performing the on-screen display as
described on pages 24-25.
• Actual output signals for each HDMI mode are differ
with the compatibility of the connected display device.
Refer to the table on page 11 for details of output pat-
terns of each HDMI mode.
1080
720P
OFF
480/576P
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