Playing A Disc - Sony DVP-FX700 Service Manual

Playing a Disc

Basic Playback
- Prepare the power supply.
1. Open the outer cover and slide the POWER
switch to the left to turn unit on.
Power indicator lights and then the indicator will disap-
pear after 5 seconds.
2. Press OPEN to open the disc lid and insert a disc
with the side you want to play label up. Close the
disc lid by hand.
• If the disc is placed in upside down (and it is a single-
sided disc), "NO DISC" or "DISC ERROR" appears on
the TV screen.
• If you insert an audio CD, the CD indicator lights up in
the display window.
• After playing back all of the chapters in the title, the
DVD player automatically stops and returns to the
menu screen.
3. Press PLAY to start play.
4. Adjust the volume.
Playing a Disc (continued)
A Changing the size of the picture
Use the LCD MODE button to change the picture mode. The mode is shown on the unit's display window as
follows.
The picture mode and size
A
The picture shown on the LCD depends on the display mode and the size recorded on the disc.
Mode
Software
Full screen
Wide-screen
Screen with
Regular (4:3)
blackbands on
the right and
left
The picture is
Regular (4:3),
surrounded by
Letterbox
a black frame.
NOTES:
• If you are not using the LCD on this unit, select OFF to conserve power.
• The LCD is turned off if you close the unit.
• Horizontal lines may appear in the picture when the mode is switched to ZOOM, but this is not an indication
of a malfunction.
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NORMAL
Full screen
The normal
mode screen is
horizontally
enlarged.
The normal
mode screen is
horizontally
enlarged.
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1-9
NOTES:
• Place a disc with the playback side down on the
spindle, and push gently on the center of the disc
so it goes into position.
• Confirm LCD MODE position by pressing LCD MODE
button.
• If no picture on the LCD, check that the LINE
SELECT switch is set to LINE Out mode.
Adjusting color intensity
• Use the COLOR control slide –/+ to adjust the color
shade.
– ; black and white
+ ; color
• Power consumption increases with the level of color.
Adjusting the brightness
Use the BRIGHT control slide –/+ to adjust the
brightness.
– ; dark
+ ; light
COLOR
2
1
3
FULL
Top and bottom
edges are cut
off.
Top and bottom
edges of the
full mode
screen are cut
off.
Full screen
DVD VCD CD
BRIGHT
LCD MODE
4
DVD VCD CD
ZOOM OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF