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 7. For
the types of files that can be played, see
Playable files on page 9. Video, image and
audio files recorded on discs are played with
the Source function.
1 Press z (ON/STANDBY) to turn on the
power.
Turn the TV's power on and switch its input
beforehand.
2 Press i (OPEN/CLOSE) to open the
disc tray and load the disc.
Notes:
• 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.
3 Press ► to play the disc.
• To pause, press h during playback. ► on
the player's front panel display lights when
playback is paused.
• To stop, press b during playback.
Notes:
• Some discs start playing automatically
when the disc tray is closed.
• In BD-R/-RE and DVD-R/-RW (VR format),
the SOURCE appears automatically
(page 25).
• DVD-Video discs have parental lock
features. Input the password registered in
the player's settings to unlock the parental
lock.
• 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 38 if
video or audio signals are not being output
properly.
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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 b is pressed during playback, the
point at which the disc stopped is stored in
the memory. When ► is pressed, playback
resumes from that point.
• 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 b again while playback is stopped.
Notes:
• The resume playback function is canceled
automatically in the following cases:
- When you switch to the standby mode.
- When the disc tray is opened.
- When the file list window is switched.
• 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 21.
• The resume playback function cannot be
used for some discs.
• If [Last Memory] is turned [ON], the file can
be resumed even after the disc tray has
been opened or power has been turned off
(page 30).
Stop
► During playback, press b.
• Press b button once to go to Pre-stop
mode, the TV screen will show the Pre-stop
logo.
• Press b twice to stop the playback
completely.
• In the stop mode, playback picture files.
Press ► to resume playback from the point
where playback is pre-stopped or from the
beginning of the disc after the playback is
completely stopped.
• When playback function is canceled, please
press b again.
Note:
• Not all Blu-ray Discs support the resume
feature.