The surround effect is difficult to hear when you are playing a Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG audio sound track.

,Check the speaker connections and setting (page 24, 29, 82)

,Depending on the DVD, the output signal may not be the entire 5.1 channels. It may be monaural or stereo even if the sound track is recorded in Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG audio format.

The sound comes from the centre

speaker only.

,Depending on the disc, the sound may come from the centre speaker only.

,Set “SURROUND” to “OFF” in the Control Menu display (page 58).

The disc does not start playing from

the beginning.

,Programme Play, Shuffle Play, Repeat Play, or A-B Repeat Play has been selected (page 41). Press CLEAR to cancel these functions before playing a disc.

,Resume Play has been selected.

During stop, press x on the player or the remote and then start playback (page 36).

,Depending upon the disc, the menu may automatically appear on the screen.

The player starts playing the disc

automatically.

,The disc features an auto playback function.

,“AUTO PLAY” in “CUSTOM SETUP” is set to “TIMER” (page 79).

Operation

The remote does not function.

,There are obstacles between the remote and the player.

,The distance between the remote and the player is too far.

,The remote is not pointed at the remote sensor on the player.

,The batteries in the remote are weak.

The disc does not play.

,There is no disc inside.

,The disc is turned over.

Insert the disc with the playback side facing down on the disc tray.

,The disc is skewed.

,The player cannot play CD-ROMs, etc. (page 6).

,The region code on the DVD does not match the player.

,Moisture has condensed inside the player. Remove the disc and leave the player turned on for about half an hour. Turn on the power again before playing the disc (page 3).

,The player cannot play DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs that are not finalized.

Playback stops automatically.

,Some discs may contain an auto pause signal. While playing such a disc, the player stops playback at the auto pause signal.

You cannot perform some functions such as Stop, Search, Slow-motion Play, Repeat Play, Shuffle Play, or Programme Play.

,Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the operations above. See the operating manual that comes with the disc.

The language for the sound track

cannot be changed.

,Try using the DVD’s menu instead of the direct selection buttons on the remote (page 37).

,Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the DVD being played.

,The DVD prohibits the changing of the language for the sound track.

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