4 Press HOME.

5 Select “Video” using </,.

6 Select using M/m, and press

NPLAY or ENTER.

For commercially available BD-ROMs or DVD VIDEOs, playback starts.

For BDs or DVDs recorded on other equipment, the title list appears. Select a title using M/m, and press N PLAY or

ENTER. Playback starts.

To stop playback

Press x STOP.

To pause playback

Press X PAUSE.

z

In the title list, “PL” (Playlist) is displayed next to the name of titles that are created and edited from their originals.

b

Depending on the disc you may not be able to do some of the playback operations. Refer to the instruction manual supplied with the disc.

Depending on BDs or DVDs recorded on other equipment, title lists or title names may not be displayed.

To resume playback from the point where you stopped (Resume Play)

After stopping playback, select using M/ m, and press N PLAY or ENTER.

The player resumes playback from the point where you pressed x STOP.

To start from the beginning, press OPTIONS to select “Play from beginning,” and press ENTER. Playback starts from the beginning of the title.

b

The point where you stopped playing is cleared from memory when:

you open the disc tray,

you play another title,

you change the settings on the player, or

you remove the external memory (for BD- ROMs).

The player may not resume playback depending

on the disc or stop point.

To play restricted BDs or DVDs (Parental

Playback

Control)

 

When you play a restricted BD, change the

 

“BD Parental Control” setting in the “BD/

 

DVD Viewing Settings” setup (page 47).

 

When you play a restricted DVD, the display

 

for entering your password appears on the

 

screen.

 

Enter your four-digit password using the

 

number buttons, and press ENTER.

 

Playback starts.

 

To register or change the password, see

 

“Password” (page 48).

 

To play restricted BD-REs or BD-Rs (Disc

 

Lock)

 

When you play a BD-RE or BD-R restricted

 

by the Disc Lock function, the display for

 

entering your password appears on the

 

screen.

 

1Enter the four-digit password that has been registered when creating the disc using the number buttons, and press

ENTER.

2Select a title, and press N PLAY or

ENTER. Playback starts.

One-Touch Play (for HDMI connection only)

Press N PLAY.

The player and the connected TV turn on and the input selector on the TV is switched to the player, then playback starts automatically.

b

When using the HDMI connection, there may be a delay before the playback picture appears on the screen, and the beginning portion of the playback picture may not be displayed.

To use the One-Touch Play function, set “Control for HDMI” to “On” (default) in the “System Settings” setup (page 50).

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Sony BDP-S360 To stop playback, To pause playback, Control, Lock, One-Touch Play for Hdmi connection only

BDP-S360 specifications

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