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 8. For the types of files that can be played, see Playable files on
page 10. Video, image and audio files recorded on discs are played
with Home Media Gallery (page 35).
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Press STANDBY/ON to turn on the power.
Turn the TV's power on and switch its input beforehand.
STANDBY/ON
TV CONTROL
INPUT
SELECT
Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray and load the
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disc.
STANDBY/ON
TV CONTROL
INPUT
SELECT
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.
Press PLAY to play the disc.
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PREV
PAUSE
RED
GREEN
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 49.
• 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 65 if video or audio signals are
not being output properly.
OPEN/CLOSE
CH
VOL
OPEN/CLOSE
CH
VOL
PLAY
STOP
NEXT
YELLOW
BLUE
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
BD
Video files
DVD
Image files
AVCHD
Audio files
CD
1
During playback, press or .
PREV
PAUSE
• 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.
PLAY
STOP
NEXT
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