Playing Discs

This chapter covers basic playback. Advanced playback functions are covered in the next chapter.

Important:

• Throughout this manual, the term DVD refers to DVD-

Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-R/RW, and DVD+R/RW

discs. When a function is specific to a particular type

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Press

 

OPEN/CLOSE.

 

 

 

 

 

The disc tray closes and the relevant disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

type indicator appears on the display.

 

 

 

 

 

Tip:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote

If you press the Play [ ] button, the disc

of DVD disc, it will be specified.

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controller

Note:

tray will close and, depending on the type of disc, playback will start automat- ically.

• For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see “Viewing a Slideshow of JPEG Images” on page 33.

OPEN/

CLOSE

Only load discs that are supported by the DVD player. See pages 8 to 10.

Starting, Pausing & Stopping Playback

This section explains how to start, pause, and stop playback.

1

Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the

 

 

disc tray.

 

Remote

 

controller

Start

Remote

controller

To start playback, press the Play [ ] button.

Playback starts and the Play indica- tor appears on the display.

If you’re playing a DVD-Video disc, or a VCD with PBC (Playback Control), you may need to start playback from a menu (see page 31).

See page 32 for more on MP3 discs.

2

Load a disc.

 

 

Load a disc with the label side facing up,

 

using the disc tray guide to align the disc

 

(if you’re loading a double-sided DVD

 

disc, load it with the side you want to

 

play face down).

Pause

To pause playback, press the

 

 

 

 

Pause [

 

 

 

] button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playback pauses and the Pause

 

 

 

 

 

indi-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cator appears on the display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To resume playback, press the Play [ ]

 

Remote

button.

 

Playback resumes and the Pause

 

 

 

 

 

 

controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator disappears.

 

 

 

 

For DVD-Audio discs, pause cannot be

 

 

 

 

used while a menu is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Onkyo DV-SP504E instruction manual Playing Discs, Starting, Pausing & Stopping Playback