Description Of Discs - Sharp SD-HX600 Operation Manual

Description of discs

! Types of playable discs
The unit can play back discs bearing any of the following marks:
DVD-Video Disc for NTSC system
DVD-R for NTSC system
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Recorded in the video mode (*)
Some DVD discs may not function as described in the manual. See the disc
jacket for restrictions.
Audio CD Audio CD-R
Or CD-R recorded in MP3
format (*)
(*) Some discs may not play properly due to the status of the equipment used for re-
cording, characteristics of the discs, scratches, dirt, or dirty optical pickup lens.
DVD
DVD-Audio Disc for NTSC system
DVD-RW for NTSC system
Recorded in the video mode (*)
Discs recorded in VR mode (Video Re-
cording format) cannot be played back.
SACD
CD
Audio CD-RW
Or CD-RW recorded in
MP3 format (*)
! DVD-Video
A popular type of DVD disc of the same size as a CD, mainly containing video
images.
Region number
DVD discs are programmed with region
numbers indicating countries in which they
can be played. This system can play discs
with region number "1" or "ALL".
Title and chapter
DVD-Video discs are divided into "titles" and "chapters". If the disc has more than
one movie on it, each movie is a separate "title". "Chapters" are subdivisions of titles.
Title 1
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3
! DVD-Audio
Whereas DVD-Videos mainly contain video images, DVD-Audios mostly contain high-
quality sound data. Its recording capacity is seven times as much as a CD.
Its physical structure is the same as DVD-Videos, but largely differs in data and direc-
tory structures. It consists of the audio zone, which is the main part, and the video
zone, which records video images.
Group and track
A DVD-Audio disc consists of "groups" and "tracks". Groups are equivalent to albums
containing multiple songs. Tracks are the individual songs within a group.
Group 1
Track 1 Track 2 Track 3
Region number
(playable area number)
1
1
2 ALL
6
Title 2
Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Group 2
Track 1 Track 2
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