About Discs; Disc Formats; Dvd Region Codes; Disc Structure - Rotel RDV-1060 Owner's Manual

About Discs

This section covers basic information on the
types of discs that can be played in the
RDV-1060.

Disc Formats

The RDV-1060 can play several different types
of disc formats. Each of these formats has its
own characteristics including digital sampling
rate, disc structure, etc. The RDV-1060 auto-
matically detects the type of disc and activates
the proper playback parameters.
Look for the standard logo on the packaging
for each of the following types of disc the
RDV-1060 can play:
DVD Video
DVD Audio
Video CD
SVCD
Audio CD
: The RDV-1060 can play recorded MP3
NOTE
and JPEG files from most CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-R, and DVD+R discs. The unit can only
play the audio content on CD-EXTRA, CD-
G, and CD-TEXT discs. The RDV-1060 can-
not play DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, CD-ROM
and DVD+/–RW discs.

DVD Region Codes

DVD-Video discs are encoded with region
codes which also appear on the packaging:
2 2 5
ALL
A disc can only be played if its region code
matches the code printed on the back-panel
of the RDV-1060.
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The RDV-1060 can play discs encoded in ei-
ther the NTSC or PAL video formats, output-
ting the correct video signal as set by the back-
panel NTSC/PAL switch.

Disc Structure

Each type of disc has its own organization,
allowing you to locate various portions of the
program recorded on the disc. Depending on
the type of disc, these may be called Titles,
Groups, Chapters, or Tracks:
DVD-Video:
Chapter 1
A DVD-Video disc is comprised of Titles and
each title may be divided into Chapters . For
example, a DVD-Video disc may contain sev-
eral movies, each with its own Title number,
and each movie may be divided into several
Chapters . In a DVD-Video karaoke disc, each
song usually has its own title number and does
not have Chapters .
DVD-Audio:
Group 1
Track 1
A DVD-Audio disc contains Groups , with each
group divided into Tracks . Some DVD-Audio
discs also contain a Bonus Group that can only
be played back by entering a Key Number
password.
Most DVD-Audio discs include other informa-
tion in addition to audio, such as still pictures,
movies and text.
Audio CD:
Track 1
An Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD simply
contains Tracks .
2 3
1 2 3
4 5 6
4 5
Title 1 Title 2
Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Group 2
Track 2 Track 3 Track 1
Track 2 Track 3

Digital Audio Formats

DVD and CD discs can be encoded with sev-
eral different digital audio formats. Generally,
the type of digital audio encoding is indicated
on the disc packaging.
• Dolby Digital. A digital surround format
that may contain as many as five discrete
audio channels plus an LFE (low frequency
effects) channel (referred to as 5.1 chan-
nel surround). Particularly for older
soundtracks, Dolby Digital may be used
to record a 2.0 channel stereo soundtrack
with Dolby Surround matrix encoding.
• DTS (Digital Theater Systems). An-
other 5.1 channel digital surround format
similar to Dolby Digital, but somewhat
different encoding characteristics. Also plays
the DTS 96/24 used on DTS music discs.
• MPEG. Another compressed digital for-
mat. MPEG Multichannel signals are only
available at the analog outputs.
• DVD-Audio and MLP (Meridian Loss-
less Packing). A high quality digital
format for DVD-Audio with the compres-
sion ratio of about 2:1 supporting up to
192kHz sampling rate and 24-bit resolu-
tion, allowing the PCM signal to be recre-
ated without loss. Some content may only
be available at the analog outputs.
Track 2
• LPCM (Linear PCM). Uncompressed digi-
tal audio, the format used on CDs and most
studio masters.
• MP3 (MPEG 1, Layer 3). Compressed
2-channel digital audio, a format often used
for music on recordable CD-R and CD-RW
discs.
The RDV-1060 automatically detects the type
of digital audio signal encoded on the disc
and activates the proper processing circuitry.
An indicator in the front panel display illumi-
nates to show the type of digital audio.
: If you use the RDV-1060 with a Dolby
NOTE
Digital/DTS surround processor, you would
generally use the decoders built into the sur-
round processor, rather than those in the DVD
player. In this case, connect the DVD player
to the processor with a digital audio cable
and activate the digital input on the proces-
sor. An unprocessed digital bitstream is sent
to the surround processor for decoding.
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