Discs That Cannot Be Played - Samsung BD-UP5000 Service Manual

Product Specification
Blu-ray Disc Read Only Memory. A BD-ROM disc contains pre-recorded data. Although a BD-ROM may contain any
BD-ROM form of data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Definition format, for playback on Blu-ray disc players.
This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.
HD DVD or High-Defi nition DVD is a high-density optical disc format designed for the storage of
HD DVD data and high-defi nition video.
HD DVD has a sigle-layer capacity of 5GB and a dual-layer capacity of 30GB.
A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 35-minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32
subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby Digital surround, allowing you to
enjoy vivid and clear theatre quality images.
When switching from the fi rst layer to the second layer of a dual-layered DVD Video disc, there may be momentary
DVD-Video
distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the unit. Once a DVD-RW/-R recorded in Video Mode
is fi nalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Pre-recorded (prestamped)
commercial DVDs with movies are also referred to as DVD-Videos. This unit can play back
pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-Video discs) with movies.
An audio disc on which 44.kHz PCM Audio is recorded.
AUDIO-CD This unit can play back CD-DA format audio CD-R.
The unit may not be able to play some CD-R discs due to the condition of the recording.
Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-R disc. If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the disc may
not play back.
If the CD-R disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience a delay in the early
CD-R(V mode and
playback time, all recorded fi les may not play.
fi nalized only)
Some CD-R discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which was used to burn them. For
contents recorded on CD-R media from CDs for your personal use, playability may vary depending on contents and
discs.
Once a DVD-R recorded in Video Mode is fi nalized, it becomes DVD-Video.
DVD-R(V mode
This unit can play back DVD-R discs recorded and fi nalized with a Samsung DVD video recorder. It may not be able
and fi nalized only)
to play some DVD-R discs depending on the disc and the condition of the recording.
Playback can be performed with DVD-RW discs in the Video Mode and fi nalized only.
DVD-RW (V mode
Once a DVD-RW recorded in Video Mode is fi nalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Ability to play back may depend on
and finalized only)
recording conditions

2-1-5 Discs that cannot be played

q Blu-ray Discs with a region code other than "Region A".
q BD-R, BD-RE
q DVD-Video with a region number other than "1" or "ALL"
q HD DVD-R
q DVD-RAM
q 3.9 GB DVD-R Disc for Authoring.
q DVD-RW(VR mode)
q DVD-ROM/PD/MV-Disc, etc
q CD-RW
q CVD/CD-ROM/CDV/CD-G/CD-I/LD
[Note]
q Some commercial discs and HD DVD/ DVD discs purchased outside your region may not be playable
with this product. When these discs are played, either "No disc." or "Please check the regional code
of the disc." will be displayed.
q If a DVD-R/-RW disc has not been recorded properly in DVD video format, it will not be playable.
The unit cannot play DVD-RW/-R recorded content such as divx, avi, mpg, mov, wma, mp3, jpeg.
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