Basic operation – Arcam FMJ BDP100 User Manual

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e-10

basic

operation

introduction

‘Basic use’ explains how to play a Blu-ray Disc (BD),

DVD, CD or other type of disc. note that it may be

necessary to configure your player correctly for your

system before optimum – or any – playback can be

achieved. Player configuration is described beginning

on page E-20.
More sophisticated features – such as special playback

modes and programming jumps and playback sequences

– are described in the “advanced operation” section,

later in this handbook.

Switching on
Switch the unit on by pressing the

POWER

button. The

status LED glows green when the unit is powered up and

red when in stand-by mode. The remote control is used

to enter and exit standby mode. If the

POWER

button is

pressed (or power is removed) whilst in standby, the

unit will enter standby mode when power is re-applied.
note that the remote control sensor is located on the

right-hand side of the display window. Do not obstruct

this or the remote control will not work.

Loading a disc
Press

<

/

1

on the front panel (or

1

on the handset)

and place the disc on the tray, with the playback side

facing down (some discs are double sided, in which case

the side labelled ‘side A’ should face up to play side A).
Press

<

/

1

on the front panel to close the tray. The disc

loads after a pause of a few seconds.

Playing a disc
A disc may take some time to load once the tray is

closed. When the ‘Optical Disc Autoplay’ setting is set

to On (default setting), playback will automatically start.

(For details, refer to “Optical Disc AutoPlay” on page

page E-22).
If Autoplay is not set, the player’s Main Menu will

appear on your TV. Use the cursor keys

to select the

disc, then press

O

to start playback.

Some titles begin by displaying a menu. Select the menu

item ‘Play movie’ (or similar) using the cursor pad, then

press

OK

to start playback.

For discs that do not play automatically, press

4

/

;

on

the front panel or press

4

on the remote control.

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Fast play
Press

8

or

7

on the front-panel or remote control to

play fast forwards or backwards. The following speeds

for fast playback are available: x2, x4, x8, x16, x32, x64

and x128 (depending on disc type). Press the button

repeatedly to cycle through the different speeds. To

resume normal playback speed, press

PLaY

.

Skipping chapters/tracks
To skip chapters (or tracks on a CD), press

/

or

0

.

When skipping back, the first button press takes you to

the beginning of the current chapter. Pressing the button

again takes you to the start of the previous chapter.

Pausing playback
Press

4

/

;

on the front panel or

;

on the remote

control to pause playback. To resume playback, press

4

/

;

on the front panel or

4

on the handset.

Stopping playback
Press the

<

/

1

button on the front panel or

<

on the

remote control to stop playback.
When playing a BD/DVD, pressing

<

once performs

a ‘resume stop’. If you now press

4

, playback resumes

from the point it was stopped.
If you press

<

/

1

on the front panel or

<

on the remote

control twice, this is a ‘complete stop’, and playback

resumes from the beginning of the disc.

NOTE
When you press a button, if the unit does not accept

its operation,  appears on the TV screen.
Operations are occasionally unacceptable even if

is not displayed.

Invalid operation may occur as expected if :

<

The region codes of the unit is different from

that of the disc and playback will not be

allowed.

<

The parental control is set to prevent

operation.

(For details, refer to "Parental Control" on

page E-21.)

<

BD/DVD Video operations and functions

may be different from the explanations in

this manual and some operations may be

prohibited due to disc manufacturer’s settings.

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