I've never owned a DVD/Blu-Ray player that needed anything extra to play a CD and I've owned probably 30 different units. I'm sure that there are some that do, but normally nothing else is required.
I looked at the manual and all I saw pertaining to playing a CD, would be to make sure that the "digital out" is turned on, since you said that you were using it as a transport.
If the unit isn't even reading the CD, have you tried a different CD? You might also try to "reset" the unit. There are instructions for that in the manual. That would allow you to start over from the beginning.
I looked at the manual and all I saw pertaining to playing a CD, would be to make sure that the "digital out" is turned on, since you said that you were using it as a transport.
If the unit isn't even reading the CD, have you tried a different CD? You might also try to "reset" the unit. There are instructions for that in the manual. That would allow you to start over from the beginning.