Getting started
•Turn on the power of the TV, amplifier
and any other components which are
connected to the DVD player.
• Make sure the TV and audio receiver
(commercially available) are set to the
correct channel.
Press the POWER button.
• “P-ON” will appear briefly on the display panel.
Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to open disc load-
ing tray.
Place the disc in the tray, with the label facing up.
Press the PLAY button.
• The tray will close automatically, and playback will then
start from the first chapter or track of the disc. If the
playback does not start automatically, press the PLAY
button.
• When you playback 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 operation,
warning that a prohibited operation has
been encountered by the DVD player or
the disc.
•With DVDs that use some titles for playback program
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 playback DVDs with
disc menu or Video CDs with PBC. Refer to the manual
accompanying the disc for details.
•A DVD-RW disc recorded in the VR mode may freeze
momentarily during playback depending on how the
playlist was made and edited (deleted titles, repeated
recording).
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NOTES:
• In SETUP menu, the FL OFF mode is not available.
• The FL OFF mode will be released when you press the
buttons listed below.
OPEN/CLOSE button (on both the remote and the front
panel), SETUP, POWER or DISPLAY button (on the
remote), POWER ON/STANDBY or FL OFF button (on
the front panel)
•To call back the setting in SETUP menu, turn off
(STANDBY) the DVD player first and turn it on again.
Press the FL OFF button on the front panel to turn
off the panel display.
• The FL OFF indicator will light up.
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During playback, press the
PAUSE button.
• Playback will pause and sound
will be muted.
To continue playback, press the PLAY button.
NOTE:
• On DVDs, set “STILL MODE” to “FIELD” on the display
menu if pictures in the pause mode are blurred.(Refer to
page 23.)
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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 lan-
guage, subtitle options, chapters for the title and
other options will appear for selection.
Press the Cursor buttons ( L / K / B / s ) to select
an item, and the ENTER button to confirm selec-
tion.
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Disc Menus
DVD may contain menus to navigate the disc and access spe-
cial features. Press the appropriate numerical key or use the
Cursor buttons ( L / K / B / s ) to highlight your selection in
the DVD main menu and press the ENTER button to confirm.
NOTE:
• Unless stated, all operations described are based on
remote control use. Some operations can be carried
out using the menu bar on the TV screen.
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Press the TOP MENU button.
• The title menu will appear.
If the feature is not available, symbol may
appear on the TV screen.
Press the Cursor buttons ( L / K / B / s ) to select
an item, and the ENTER button to confirm selec-
tion.
• Playback will begin at the selected Title.
When playing a Video CD with PBC func-
tion, the title menu will appear automatically.
Press the Numeric buttons to select the desired
title.
• Playback will begin at the selected title.
Press the RETURN button to go back to the title
menu.
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• Press the MENU button to call up the DVD main menu.
• Press the TOP MENU button to call up the title menu.
NOTE:
• Contents of menus and corresponding menu opera-
tions may vary between discs. Refer to the manual
accompanying the disc for details.
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Insert a Video CD.
Press the STOP button.
Press the Numeric buttons to enter the desired
Track number.
• The PBC function is now cancelled and the playback of
the Video CD will start.
To call back the PBC function, press the STOP but-
ton twice, and then press the PLAY button.
• Title menu will appear on the display.
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