A:AnswerI read a review after I bought this DVD player and almost returned it because the review said it started over when power was turned off. I tried it in different ways and it always started at the beginning. I decided when in doubt read the directions. It is easy to set the DVD player to start where it left off using the remote control and going to settings. It explains this in the directions. Set it once and it will always start where it left off until you change it.