Video Cd And Super Video Cd; Playing A Disc; Playing A Super Audio Cd; Sound Mode - Sacd Playback - Philips DVD963SA/P01 User Manual

Video CD and Super Video CD

The current VCD 2.0 and Super Video CD 1.0
standard features are:
Support following VCD and SVCD formats:
Features Video CDs 2.0
Video MPEG-1
bit rate constant 1,150 Kbps
resolution NTSC 352x240, 29.97Hz
resolution PAL 352x288, 25Hz
Still picture (photo) MPEG-1
resolution NTSC 352x240, 704x480
resolution PAL 352x288, 704x576
Audio MPEG-1 layer II
sampling 44.1KHz
bit rate 224Kbps
audio channels 1 stereo / 2 mono
surround sound Stereo with Dolby Pro-Logic
Overlay graphics/text
sub-channels
coding
Following formats can't be supported in
VCD:
– HQ-VCD is encoded at 2.4Mbps or 2.6Mbps
– XVCD (eXtended VCD) with higher resolution
and data rate.
– The file ending with "DIVX" format.
G Video CDs may have one or more TRACKS, and
TRACKS may have one or more INDEXES.
G To make easy and convenient access, you can
move between TRACKS and INDEXES.
G Some Video CDs have Play Back Control (PBC),
which is a predefined playback sequence stored
on the disc (see Playback Control section).
VIDEO CD
TRACK 1
INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 1

Playing a disc

1
Insert the disc and close the tray, playback starts
automatically.
➜ The number of tracks and the total playing
time of the disc will appear on the TV screen and
DVD player's display.
2
Press PLAY.
➜ The current track number and its elapsed
playing time will be displayed.
3
Playback will stop at the end of the disc.
4
To stop playback, press STOP.
5
Disc Resume feature is also applicable for VCDs
and SVCDs (see "Smart Resume" section).
Super Video CDs 1.0
MPEG-2
variable up to 2.6 Mbps
480x480 interlaced, 29.97Hz
480x576 interlaced, 25Hz
MPEG-2 (1 Frame)
480x480, 704x480
480x576. 704x576
MPEG-1 layer II
44.1KHz
32-384Kbps
< 2 stereo / 4 mono
MPEG-1 (5+1) extension
overlay video plane
<= 4
4 colour CLUT (2bits/pixel)
TRACK 2
INDEX 2 INDEX 3

Playing a Super Audio CD

G Super Audio CDs contain only TRACKS
G Select tracks using the menubar on the TV
screen or by pressing the numerical keys directly.
G If SACD-text or CD-text is available on the disc,
it will be displayed on both the TV screen and
player's front panel.
G Favourite Track Selection (FTS) programming is
NOT possible on SACD discs.
Playing a disc
1
Insert a disc and close the tray, playback starts
automatically.
➜ The TV screen will display the number of
tracks for selection, current playing status and
current playing layer.
2
Playback will stop at the end of the disc.
3
To stop playback, press STOP.

Sound Mode - SACD playback

¶ If the default Sound mode is set to multi channel
and the inserted disc does not contain this
mode, the player will automatically select the
stereo mode.
¶ On hybrid discs (with SACD and CD layers), the
player will always start playing the SACD layer.
¶ While the SACD disc is being played, the
currently played layer is shown on the player
front display as follows:
SA 6 (for SACD Multi channel)
SA 2 (for SACD stereo)
CD (for CD layer of SACD)
¶ You can switch between SACD multi channel
and SACD stereo layers (depending on
availability of the mode on the disc) while the
disc is playing by pressing the Sound Mode
button on the remote control or the player
front. The mode change will be indicated on the
player front display.
¶ Switching between the SACD and CD layer is
not possible during playback.
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