Sony MHC-WZ88D Operating Instructions Manual page 6

Region code of DVD VIDEOs
you can play back on this
system
Your system has a region code printed on the
back of the unit and will only play back DVD
VIDEOs labeled with identical region code.
DVD VIDEOs labeled
back on this system.
If you try to play back any other DVD VIDEO,
the message "Playback prohibited by area
limitations." will appear on the TV screen.
Depending on the DVD VIDEO, no region code
indication may be labeled even though playing
back the DVD VIDEO is prohibited by area
restrictions.
DVD TUNER
SERIAL NUMBER AREA
SERIAL NO.
X
Region code
Example of discs that this
system cannot play back
The system cannot play back the following disc:
• CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs other than those
recorded in the following formats:
– AUDIO CD format
– VIDEO CD format
– DATA CD format which contains MP3
1)
audio tracks
DivX video files
4)
to ISO 9660
expansion format
• CD-ROMs recorded in PHOTO CD format
• Data part of CD-Extras
• Data part of Mixed CDs
• Audio side of a DualDisc
• DVD Audio discs
• DVD-RAMs
• DVD-ROMs/DVD-Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/
DVD+RWs recorded in Multi Session
GB
6
will also be played
ALL
MODEL NO. HCD-WZ88D
2)
, JPEG image files and
3)7)
of format conforming
Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet in
5)
6)
• DVD-Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+RWs
other than those recorded in the following
formats:
– DVD VIDEO format
– DATA DVD format which contains DivX
3)7)
video files of format conforming to
UDF (Universal Disk Format)
– VR (Video Recording) format (DVD-RWs
only)
The system also cannot play back the following
disc:
• A DVD VIDEO with a different region code
• A disc that has a non-standard shape (e.g.,
heart, square, star).
• A disc that has the adhesive cellophane tape
or a sticker still left on it.
1)
MP3 audio tracks must be in MPEG 1 Audio
Layer 3 format.
2)
JPEG image files must conform to the DCF* image
file format.
* "Design rule for Camera File System": Image
stardards for digital cameras regulated by Japan
Electronics and Information Technology
Industries Assiociation (JEITA).
3)
DivX video files must be recorded in DivX format
with the extension ".AVI" or ".DIVX".
4)
ISO 9660 Format
A logical format or files and folders on CD-ROMs,
defined by ISO (International Organization for
Standardization).
5)
CD-Extra: This format records audio (AUDIO CD
data) on the tracks in session 1 and data on the tracks
in session 2.
6)
Mixed CD: This format records data on the first
track and audio (AUDIO CD data) on the second and
subsequent tracks of a session.
7)
Except for Latin American models.