Sony DVP-S500D manual 44EN, Menu screen does not appear when you play a Video CD

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Stopping playback, Search, Slow-motion Play, Repeat Play, Shuffle Play or Program Play, etc., cannot be done.

/Depending on the disc, you may not do some of the operations above.

Messages do not appear on the TV screen in the language you want.

/In the setup display, select the language for the on-screen display in “OSD” under “LANGUAGE SETUP.” (page 33)

The language for the sound cannot be changed when you play a DVD.

/Multilingual sound is not recorded on the DVD. /Changing the language for the sound is

prohibited on the DVD.

The language for the sound changes automatically. /When you set the “TRACK SELECTION” in

“INITIAL SETUP 2” to ”ON” in the setup display, the language may change depending on the “AUDIO” settings in “LANGUAGE SETUP.” The “TRACK SELECTION” setting has higher priority than that of ”AUDIO” settings. (page 33)

The language for the subtitles cannot be changed when you play a DVD.

/Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on the DVD.

/Changing the language for the subtitles is prohibited on the DVD.

The subtitles cannot be turned off when you play a DVD. /Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to

turn the subtitles off.

The angles cannot be changed when you play a DVD. /Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD. /Change the angles when “ANGLE” appears on

the front panel display. (page 27)

/Changing the angles is prohibited on the DVD.

The aspect ratio of the screen cannot be changed even though you set “TV TYPE” in “INITIAL SETUP 1” in the setup display when you play a wide picture.

/The aspect ratio is fixed on your DVD.

/If you connect the player with the S video cable, connect directly to the TV. Otherwise, you may not change the aspect ratio.

/Depending on the TV, you may not change the aspect ratio.

The menu screen does not appear when you play a VIDEO CD.

/The VIDEO CD does not feature PBC functions. /Follow the correct operating procedure. (Also

refer to the instructions supplied with the disc.)

The sound loses stereo effect when you play a VIDEO CD or a CD.

/“1/L” or “2/R” appears on the front panel display.

On the remote, press AUDIO CHANGE repeatedly until “1/L 2/R ” appears. (page 26)

/Make sure you connect the player appropriately. (page 10, 11)

The surround effect is difficult to hear when you are playing a Dolby Digital (AC-3) sound track.

/Check the speaker connections and settings. (page 37) Refer to the operating manual of your amplifier.

/Set “MODE“ in “5.1 OUTPUT SETUP 2” to “OFF” in setup display. (page 40)

/Depending on the DVD, the output signal may not be the entire 5.1 channel but monaural or stereo even if the sound track is recorded in Dolby Digital (AC-3) format.

The sound comes from the center speaker only. /Set “MODE“ in “5.1 OUTPUT SETUP 2” to

“OFF” in setup display. (page 40) /Depending on the disc, the sound may come

from the center speaker only.

The player does not operate properly.

/Static electricity, etc., may affect the player's operation.

Disconnect the AC power cord once, then connect it again.

The numbers or letters of 5 characters are displayed on the screen.

/Self diagnosis function was activated. See the table in page 45 and treat the player appropriately.

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