Chapter 4
Playback
Playing discs or files
This section describes the player's main
operations.
For the types of discs and files that can be
played, see page 11. Video, image and audio
files recorded on discs are played with the
Home Media Gallery (page 64).
1. Press STANDBY/ON to turn on the
power.
Turn the TV's power on and switch its input
beforehand.
2. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc
tray and load the disc.
Note
y Load the disc with the printed side facing up.
y 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.
y When a BD with usage restrictions set by a BD
recorder is loaded, the PIN code input screen
appears. In this case, input your PIN code.
3. Press PLAY to play the disc.
y To pause, press PAUSE during playback.
y To stop, press STOP during playback.
Note
y Some discs start playing automatically when
the disc tray is closed.
y 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 82.
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 depend on the disc.
Resuming playback from where it was
stopped (resume playback function)
y When STOP is pressed during
playback, the point at which the disc
stopped is stored in the memory. When
PLAY is pressed after that, playback
resumes from that point.
y To cancel the resume playback function,
press STOP while playback is stopped.
Note
y 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.)
y When you want to continue playback from a
position you specify to be played next time, see
Continuing playback from a specified position
(Continued Viewing Playback) on page 63.
y The resume playback function cannot be used
for some discs.
Playback disc/file when selecting
other functions
1. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc
tray and load the disc.
2. Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY to
display the Home Media Gallery.
3. Select disc type (BDMV/BDAV/DVD
etc.).
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