GE DV-354 - Manual (Page 26)

Getting Started
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Why won’t the disc I loaded play?
First check that you loaded the disc the
right way up (label side up), and that it’s
clean and not damaged. See page 52
for information on cleaning discs.
If a disc loaded correctly won’t play, it’s
probably an incompatible format or disc
type, such as DVD-Audio or DVD-ROM.
See page 10 for more on disc compat-
ibility.
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I have a widescreen why are there
black bars at the top and bottom of the
screen when I play some discs?
Some movie formats are such that even
when played on a widescreen TV, black
bars are necessary at the top and
bottom of the screen. This is not a
malfunction.
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I have a standard set the
player to show widescreen in pan
scan format, so why do I black
bars top and bottom with some discs?
Some discs override the display
preferences of the player, so even if you
have
(Pan Scan) selected, those
discs will still be shown in letterbox
format. This is not a malfunction,
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My AV receiver is definitely compatible
with 96kHz Linear PCM audio, but it
doesn’t seem to work with this
What’s wrong?
For digital copy-protection purposes,
some 96kHz DVD discs are
automatically downsampled to
This is not a malfunction, With these
kinds of discs, if you want to enjoy
quality analog audio, set Digital Out to
Off (page
and 96kHz PCM Out to
96kHz (page 42).
Basic playback controls
The table below shows the basic controls on
the remote for playing discs. The folllowing
chapter covers more playback features in
more detail.
Starts playback.
DVD and Video CD: if the
display shows
RESUME,
playback starts from the
resume point.
Pauses a disc that’s playing,
or restarts a paused
n Stops playback.
and Video CD: Display
shows RESUME. Press n
(stop) again to cancel the
resume function.
Press to start fast reverse
scanning. Press (play) to
resume normal playback.
Press to start fast forward
scanning. Press) (play) to
resume normal playback
Skips to the start of the
current track or chapter, then
to previous tracks/chapters.
Skips to the next track or
chapter.
Numbers Use to enter a title/track
number. Press ENTER to select
(or a few seconds).
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If the is stopped, play-
back starts from the selected
title (for DVD) or track number
(for CD/Video
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If the disc is playing,
playback jumps to the start of
the selected chapter or track.
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