Basic use of your DVD player
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Introduction
‘Basic operation’ explains how to play a DVD, CD or other type of disc. Note that it may be necessary to configure your player correctly for your system before optimum – or any – playback can be achieved. Player configuration is described beginning on page 12.
More sophisticated features – such as special playback modes and programming jumps and playback sequences – are described in the ‘Advanced features’ section, later in this handbook.
Front-panel controls
Switching on
Switch the unit on by pressing the POWER button. The status LED glows green when the unit is powered up and red when in
Note that the remote control sensor is located on the
Playing a disc
Loading a disc
Press LOAD on the front panel (or OPEN on the handset) and place the disc on the tray, with the play- back side facing down (some discs are double sided, in which case the side labelled ‘side A’ should face up to play side A).
Press LOAD on the front panel to close the tray. The disc loads after a pause of a few seconds.
Playing a disc
Many DVDs begin playing automatically, but some titles begin by displaying a menu. Select the menu item ‘Play movie’ (or similar) using the cursor pad, then press OK to start playback.
For discs that do not play automatically (including CDs and VCDs), press PLAY.
Note that when playing DVDs, the drive mechanism operates at much higher speeds compared with CDs and so may produce more noise when loading and playing initial chapters; this is normal.
Fast play
Press 8 or 7 on the
Fast playback is not available for MP3/WMA discs.
Skipping chapters/tracks
To skip chapters (or tracks on a CD), press 
or 
.
When skipping back, the first button press takes you to the beginning of the current chapter. Pressing the button again takes you to the start of the previous chapter.
Pausing playback
Press PAUSE on the front panel or ; on the remote control to pause playback. To resume playback, press PLAY on the front panel or 4 on the handset.
Stopping playback
Press the STOP button on the front panel or < on the remote control to stop playback.
When playing a DVD, pressing STOP once performs a ‘resume stop’. If you now press PLAY, playback resumes from the point it was stopped.
If you press STOP twice, this is a ‘complete stop’, and playback resumes from the beginning of the disc.
Front panel menu navigation
If desired, it is possible to navigate disc and player menus using the front panel buttons; to this end, the NAV button is provided.
Pressing the NAV button causes the player to enter ‘navigator’ mode, indicated by the ‘NAV MODE’ LED being illuminated. In this mode, the front panel buttons take on the functions illustrated above each button, for example the STOP and PAUSE buttons become 
and 
.
To exit navigtor mode, press the NAV button for a second time.
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