Playing Discs - Pioneer DV-500-S Operating Instructions Manual

Getting started

Playing discs

The basic playback controls for playing DVD,
CD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video and
MP3/WMA discs are covered here. Further
functions are detailed in the next chapter.
For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see
Viewing a JPEG slideshow on page 22.
Important
• Throughout this manual, the term 'DVD'
means DVD-Video and DVD-R/-RW. If a
function is specific to a particular kind of
DVD disc, it is specified.
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1 If the player isn't already on, press
STANDBY/ON to switch it on.
If you're playing a DVD, disc containing DivX
video files or Video CD/Super VCD, also turn
on your TV and make sure that it is set to the
correct video input.
2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc
tray.
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3 Load a disc.
Load a disc with the label side facing up, using
the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you're
loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with
the side you want to play face down).
4 Press (play) to start playback.
If you're playing a DVD or Video CD/Super
VCD, an on-screen menu may appear. See
DVD-Video disc menus on page 19 and Video
CD/Super VCD PBC menus on page 19 for
more on how to navigate these.
• If you're playing a containing DivX video
files or MP3/WMA audio files, it may take a
few seconds before playback starts, etc.
This is normal.
• Please see Disc / content format playback
compatibility on page 7 if you want to play
a Dual Disc
(DVD/CD hybrid disc)
Note
• You may find with some DVD discs that
some playback controls don't work in
certain parts of the disc. This is not a
malfunction.
• If a disc contains a mixture of DivX video
and other media file types (MP3, for
example), first select whether to play the
DivX video files (DivX) or the other media
file types (MP3/WMA/JPEG) from the on-
screen display.
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