Digital video discs

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Playback – types of discs

Several playback modes are available.This page deals with simple playback mode. For the other playback modes, see the next page.This page also contains information about the various disc types accepted by the player.

Standard playback

1Insert the disk as shown in the illustration on page 2, with the printed side facing you (for single-sided disks). After a few seconds, the disc title (or, by default, the type of disc) appears with the image and audio format information and its total duration (if this information is available).

2Press on the ok or PLAY button to start playback.

Some discs automatically display a menu.You can choose an item using the / / / buttons and press ok to confirm your selection.

3To stop playback, press the STOP button.

This disc location is stored by the player in its memory. If you press the PLAY button once again, the disc will resume playing from where you left off. If you press the STOP button twice or if you remove the disc, this location will be deleted from the memory and the next time, the disc will start playing from the beginning.

4To eject the disc, press and hold the STOP button for a few seconds.

Discs you can read

12 cm and 8 cm, single or double-sided, single or dual layer. DVDs are high density optical discs on which high quality images and audio are recorded using digital signals.

Audio CDs: 12 cm and 8 cm.

Video CDs: 12 cm and 8 cm (with or without playback control).

NTSC playback: in addition to PAL DVDs and video CDs, you can enjoy your favourite NTSC movies as well.

Discs you cannot read

Currently, the discs that you cannot play with this unit are the following: CD-I, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, CDV, CD-G. DVD discs with a different regional code to that of your player.

Do not try to play Photo CDs or CD-R.

Regional code number: your DVD player has been designed to process regional management information that is stored on DVD discs.

DVD discs that have different regional codes to that of your player cannot be played.The regional code for your player is 2. (Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, Japan).

More info

You can switch to TV mode by pressing the button during playback, without interrupting it.

If the player is locked and the disc has been assigned a rating limit, you must enter the password to play the disc (see page 18).

The disc functions available (menus,access functions,dialogue and subtitle languages, camera angles, interactivity) may vary from one disc to another. Please check the instructions given on the disc.

Some discs may have been pre-programmed to prevent the operation of certain functions, such as skipping chapters, still frame and repeat play.

MAGNIFY function

On some DVDs and Video CDs, this function allows you to zoom in on a picture during playback at normal speed or during a pause. It can zoom in 1.5, 2 or 4 times the normal size for DVDs and twice the normal size for Video CDs.

When you press this button on the remote control, the centre of the picture is enlarged. When the picture is large enough, you can navigate

from one zone to the next using the	buttons (on some
discs).

If you access the Info menu while the Magnify function is activated, the

buttons will only work for this menu.

The Magnify function will be cancelled if you use one of the following functions: modification of title or chapter, disc menu, stop (STOP button), access to a marker.