Marantz ER2500 Service Manual page 4

Video Format
This unit can handle with MULTI, NTSC or PAL format.
Caution
This unit cannot handle with NTSC4.43 and SECAM
formats.
SETTING PICTURE FORMAT
1. Every time the NTSC/PAL button on the remote is
pressed, picture format changes in the following order.
PAL
Caution
• If wrong color or disordered picture appears in the MULTI
mode, switch the mode to NTSC or PAL.
• If a disc recorded in PAL(NTSC) is played in the
NTSC(PAL) mode, picture may be disordered.
ABOUT DVD DISCS
Marks on packages
The marks listed below indicate contents in a disc.
Indicates the number of recorded audio tracks.
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2
Indicates the number of recorded subtitle languages.
Indicates the number of recorded angles.
4
Indicates the selectable aspect ratios.
16 : 9 LB
Indicates the region number of the disc.
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REGIONAL RESTRICTION CODES (REGION NUMBER)
Regional restriction codes are built in to ER2500 player and
DVD discs for each sales region. If the regional code of the
ER2500 player does not match one of the regional codes of
the DVD disc, playback is not possible.
The region number can be found on the rear panel of the
ER2500 player. The illustration below shows the regions and
corresponding region numbers.
STRUCTURE OF DVD DISCS
Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips,
a drama series, etc.), these discs may have one or more
Titles, and each Title may have one or more Chapters. To
make access easy and convenient, your player lets you
move between Titles and between Chapters.
MULTI NTSC
About Video CDs
VARIATIONS OF VIDEO CD
• Video-CD Version 2.0
The Video-CD with PBC (Play Back Control : Menu
playback function) function. You can choose or search a
section to play with a menu displayed on the TV screen.
Also still pictures can be displayed in higher quality.
• Video-CD Version 1.1
The video-CD without PBC function. It can play video and
audio by operation much like to the ordinary audio-CD.
STRUCTURE OF VIDEO-CD DISCS
Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips,
a drama series, etc.), these discs may have one or more
tracks, and tracks may have one or more indexes, as
indicated on the disc case. To make access easy and
convenient, your player lets you move between tracks and
between indexes.
About Audio CD
STRUCTURE OF AUDIO CD
Audio CDs contain music tracks only.
You can play them in conventional style through a stereo
system, using the keys on the remote control and/or front
panel.
ABOUT MP3/WMA
MP3 is the compressed music file in MPEG1, Audio Layer 3
format.
A WMA(Windows Media Audio) file is a Microsoft audio
compression technology. WMA offers double the audio
compression of the MP3 format.
Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows
Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation in both the United
States and other countries.
MP3/WMA PLAYBACK
• This player can play MP3/WMA discs recorded in
ISO9660 format.
• The player plays the files with ".mp3/.WMA" extension
only.
• The maximum file number in a disc is 650. (Including the
number of folders.)
• The maximum folder layer number is 8.
• When playing a MP3/WMA disc, it may take more than 30
seconds depending on the number of files and folder
layer structure.
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