– 15 –EnglishPLAYING A DVD VIDEO OR ANAUDIO CDGetting startedTurn on the power of the TV, amplifier and any othercomponents which are connected to the DVD player.(Change the input system to suit the DVD player, andcheck that the sound volume is correct.)1 Press the ON/STANDBY (POWER) button.¡The power will turn on.2 Press the OPEN/CLOSE button.¡The disc loading tray will open.3 Place the DISC SKIP button repeatedlly orthe DISC NUMBER button.¡The desired disc tray moves to the front position.4 Place a disc into the tray.¡Make sure the disc is sitting properly in the correctrecess, with the label side up.¡Repeat steps 3 and 4 to load more discs.5 Press the PLAY button.¡The tray will close automatically, and playback willthen start from the first chapter or track of the discon the left side. You may need to press the PLAYbutton for some discs when the tray has been closedby pressing the OPEN/CLOSE button.¡If the disc has not been set on the tray, the DVDplayer will play the disc which is set on the right sidetray.¡When you want to select the other disc, press theDISC SKIP button repeatedly or the DISC NUM-BER button for your desired disc.¡When you play back the DVD which a title menu isrecorded, the menu may appear on the screen. In thiscase, refer to “USING THE TITLE MENU”.6 Press the STOP button to stop play.CDDVDNotes¡While the setup menu is shown you can not open orclose the tray.¡A “prohibited icon” may appear at thetop-right on the TV screen duringoperation, warning that a prohibitedoperation has been encountered by theDVD player or the disc.¡If a disc is dirty or has scratches, the pictures mayappear distorted and the playback operation maystop. In such cases, clean the disc and unplug thepower cord and then plug it again before resumingplayback.¡With DVDs that use some titles for playbackprogram signals, playback may start from the sec-ond title, or it may skip these titles.¡During the playback of two layered disc, picturesmay stop for a moment. This happens when the 1stlayer switches to the 2nd layer. This is not a mal-function.¡The operation may vary when you playback DVDswith disc menu. Refer to the manual accompanyingthe disc for details.¡When the DVD player has finished playing the cur-rent disc, it will go to the stop mode or DVD menuscreen.¡You can open the tray and change 2 discs duringplayback by pressing the DISC EXCHANGE but-ton.¡Disc position will be displayed on the TV screen forabout 5 seconds when you turn on the power orclose the tray.PLAYING A DISCLeft side trayRight side trayUSING THE DVD MENUSSome DVDs contain their own menus, such as a guid-ance menu which describes the contents of the disc ora selection menu for sound, language and other cus-tomized settings.1 Press the MENU button.¡The DVD menu will appear.2 Select the desired title.¡Press the cursor buttons (L/K/B/s) to change thesetting, and then press the ENTER button.3 Playback will start from the selected title.DVD