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6 Playable Discs
Playable Discs
This DVD Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs) and Audio CDs. In order to play
a DVD or Audio CD on this DVD Player, make sure the Disc meets the requirements
for Region Codes and Color Systems as described on this page. Also, the Discs should
be labelled with the following logos and should meet these standards.
Disc Type
Logo
Contents
Digital
Video
Disc
Audio
CD
Region Codes
DVDs also must be labelled for ALL regions or for Region 1 in order to be played on
this DVD Player. You can not play Discs that are labelled for other regions.
Look for the symbols below on your DVDs. If these region symbols do not appear on
your DVD, you cannot play the DVD in this DVD Player.
The number inside the globe refers to a region of the world. Region 1 represents the
United States, Canada, upper regions of North America, Bermuda, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and small regions near Australia.
A Disc encoded in a specific region format can only be played on DVD Players with
the same region code. For example, if a Disc is labelled for Region 2, you can not play
the DVD on this DVD Player.
Color Systems
Different color systems are available throughout the world. The most common color
systems are NTSC, which is used primarily in the United States and North America,
PAL, and SECAM.
This DVD Player uses the NTSC color system. Therefore, the Discs that you play
must be recorded in the NTSC system. You cannot play Discs recorded in other for-
mats. The color system of the DVD may be listed on the DVD or on the Disc jacket.
Unacceptable Discs
The following Discs cannot be played on this DVD Player.
•
CD-ROM
•
Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I)
•
Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R)
•
Digital Video Disc-Video Recordable
(DVD-VR)
The following discs may be played, but only the audio will be available. There will be
no picture.
•
Compact Disc-Graphic (CD-G)
Maximum
Disc Size
Playback Time
Approx. 4 hours
(single-sided)
12 cm
Approx. 8 hours
Sound
(double-sided)
and
Approx. 80 minutes
Pictures
(single-sided)
8 cm
Approx. 160 minutes
(double-sided)
12 cm
Sound
8 cm
(singles)
•
DVD-RAM
•
DVD-ROM
•
Photo CD
•
Video CD
•
Video Single Disc (VSD)
•
Compact Disc-Video (CD-V)
Disc
Segments
DVDs are
divided into Titles,
which are divided
into Chapters.
Titles and Chapters
are numbered.
74 minutes
Audio CDs are divided
into numbered Tracks, i.e.,
20 minutes
a track may be one song.
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