Video/Picture/Music Playback

Loading a Disc

OPEN/CLOSE POWER

1Press POWER to turn on the power.

2Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.

3Load a disc on the disc tray.

•Insert the disc with the label face up.

•In case of disc recorded on both sides, face down the side to play back.

4Press OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tray.

BD/DVD Video Playback

BD VIDEOBD-RE

BD-R

DVD VIDEODVD-RDVD-RW

This section explains playback of commercially available BD Video and DVD Video discs (like movies) and recorded DVD-RW/R discs.

•This player supports DVD upscaling during DVD playback.

•For a description of other playback functions, refer to “Playback Functions” on pages 38–40.

1Load a disc.

•Playback may begin automatically, depending on the disc.

•Playback begins from the first title.

•The menu may be displayed first, depending on the disc. Perform playback operation by following the directions on the screen.

•When loading a disc containing 3D content (3D BD video) with “Yes” selected in the “3D Notice” setting (page 49), playback will be stopped and the 3D notice will be displayed on the TV screen. In such cases, press ENTER for confirmation, and then playback will start.

2Press aif playback does not begin automatically or playback is stopped.

NOTE

•The disc load time may vary depending on the disc.

Regarding playback of BD video discs

•Some of the newly released BD video discs cannot be played back unless you update the player software to the latest version. Therefore, it may be required to update the software of the player.

•Refer to pages 55–58 for more information regarding software updates for the player.

To stop playback

Press c.

Resume playback function

•If you press anext, playback will resume from the point where the Player was previously stopped. To playback from the beginning, cancel resume mode by pressing c, then press a. (This may not work depending on the type of disc. In this case, open the disc tray or enter standby.)

NOTE

•Resume playback may not function depending on the disc.

•The resume playback function for discs will be cancelled if video on demand streaming content is viewed

after disc playback. Disc playback will start from the beginning after viewing streaming content.

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