How to Play Music on a Sony Blu-ray Player

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Introduction

This guide will show you how to play or stream music and audio on your Sony Blu-ray player. There are three ways to do this:

• Play from Disc, USB Drive, Network Device
• Stream with Built-In Apps
• Stream with Web Apps from the Opera TV Store

2. Menu Navigation

The menu navigation controls on the Remote are as follows:

• Home - Press to bring up the home screen
• Arrows - Move the cursor or select an item
• Enter - Activate the currently selected item or confirm a setting
• Return - Return to the previous menu

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4. Insert Disc

1. Press the Eject button on the player to open the tray.
   

1. Place the disc into the tray with the label facing up.
   

1. Press the Eject button on the device to close the tray.
2. The content on the disc should start playing automatically.
3. If the playback doesn't start automatically you have to start the playback manually.

5. Play from Media

You can play audio from:

An inserted disc

A connected USB device

A networked PC and/or storage device. Please refer to the devices documentation to learn how to connect it to the home network.

Playable audio file types:

CodecExtensionMP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III).mp3AAC/HE-AAC.m4a, .aacWMA9 Standard, WMA 10 Pro.wmaLPCM.wavFLAC.flac, .flaDolby Digital.ac3DSF.dsfDSDIFF.dffAIFF.aiff, .aifALAC.m4aVorbis.oggMonkey’s Audio.ape

To play media:

1. On the home screen, scroll left or right to cycle through the menu icons. The Photos, Music and Video categories will be where playable media can be found.
   

1. Within each category, scroll up or down to select the symbol of the media that you want to play content from.
   

1. Browse through the content and choose what you would like to play.

6. Music Playback Controls

Music playback controls on the Remote are as follows:

ButtonFunction

Starts playback

Pauses playback

Stops playback

Searches backward and forward. Search speed changes with every button press

Skip to the beginning or previous track and to the next track

7. Connect USB Device

1. Open the protective USB cover, if your Blu-ray player has one.
   

1. Connect your USB device into the player.
   

8. Stream with Built-In Apps

An internet connection is required to stream with these apps. App availability may change over time.

Sony Blu-ray players come with a few pre-installed apps that allow you to stream video and audio.

1. You can select any of the built-in apps on the home screen from the Photos, Music or Video categories. Navigate the categories horizontally and the apps vertically.

1. Once you've opened an app, you can browse through the content and choose what you want to play.
   

1. Another way to access the apps is by launching the Sony Entertainment Network from the SEN Home shortcut.
   

1. This has a tile based layout if you prefer it over the home screens layout.
   

9. Stream with Web Apps

An internet connection is required to stream with these apps. App availability may change over time.

Certain Sony Blu-ray players come with the Opera TV Store pre-installed which gives you access to web apps that allow you to stream video and audio.

1. You can access the Opera TV Store from the Network menu on the home screen.
   

1. Scroll left and right through the categories at the top then go down and select your desired app.
   

1. Then select Open to launch the app.