04Getting started

Chapter 4

Getting started

Using the on-screen displays

For ease of use, this system makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs).

All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons ( / /

/) to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it.1

Important

•Throughout this manual, ‘Select’ means use the cursor buttons to highlight an item on-screen, then press ENTER.

Button What it does

HOME Displays/exits the on-screen display

MENU

Changes the highlighted menu item

ENTER Selects the highlighted menu item

RETURN Returns to the main menu without saving changes

Tip

•The button guide at the bottom of every OSD screen shows you which buttons you’ll need to use for that screen.

Playing discs

The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video and MP3/ WMA discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in chapter 5.

1If the player isn’t already on, switch it on. If you’re playing a DVD, Video CD/Super VCD or DivX video, also turn on your TV and make sure that it is set to the correct video input.

2 Press on the front panel to 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).

3 Press (play) to start playback.

If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD, a menu may appear. See DVD-Video disc menus on page 15 and Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus on page 16 to navigate these.

If you’re playing a DivX video or WMA/MP3 disc, it may take a few seconds before playing.

If you loaded a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow on page 18 for more on this.

Note

1 The screen saver will appear after five minutes of inactivity.

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S-GX3V, XV-GX3 specifications

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