Pioneer DV 300 Operating Instructions - Page 18

04 Getting started Playing discs The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD, DivX video and MP3/WMA discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter. For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see Viewing a JPEG slideshow on page 23. 3 Load a disc. Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you're loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with the side you want to play face down). Important • Throughout this manual, the term 'DVD' means DVD-Video and DVD-R/-RW. If a function is specific to a particular kind of DVD disc, it is specified. STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE 123 4 5 6 ENTER 7890 ENTER / / 1 If the player isn't already on, press STANDBY/ON to switch it on. If you're playing a DVD, disc containing DivX video files or Video CD, also turn on your TV and make sure that it is set to the correct video input. 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. 4 Press (play) to start playback. If you're playing a DVD or Video CD, an onscreen menu may appear. See DVD-Video disc menus on page 20 and Video CD PBC menus on page 20 for more on how to navigate these. • If you're playing a containing DivX video files or MP3/WMA audio files, it may take a few seconds before playback starts, etc. This is normal. • Please see Disc/content format playback compatibility on page 8 if you want to play a DualDisc (DVD/CD hybrid disc). Note • You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls don't work in certain parts of the disc. This is not a malfunction. • If a disc contains a mixture of DivX video and other media file types (MP3, for example), first select whether to play the DivX video files (DivX) or the other media file types (MP3/WMA/JPEG) from the onscreen display. 18 En