Playing A Disc; Recordable Discs; Recommended Brands And Types; Readable Discs - THOMSON DTH8555 X User Manual

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Recordable discs

DVD+Rewritable
DVD+R

Readable discs

DVD+Rewritable
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• DVD+R, DVD+RW - The majority of DVD+R (write once) and DVD+RW
(write many) of 4.7 Gb capacity with the following characteristics.

Recommended brands and types

Certain brands of discs have been "approved" for your player. Other brands
can be used but the discs must be good quality to produce successful recordings.
Recommended brands: Imation, Maxell, Philips, Ricoh,Verbatim, Sony, etc.
The DVD discs are certified for certain recording speeds.These speeds must
correspond to the capabilities of your player, i.e.:
Note: The brands mentioned in this manual are registered trademarks
• DVD - Video
- 12 cm and 8 cm, single or double sided, single or dual
layer. DVDs are high density optical discs on which high quality picture and
audio are recorded by means of digital signals.

Region code number

management information recorded on DVDs.The regional code of your
DVD recorder is 2. Before buying a DVD, make sure that it bears the
correct logo. ALL means all regions.
Note: for your information: the other areas are - 1: USA, Canada - 3: Southeast Asia, Taiwan
- 4: Central America, South America, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand - 5: Russian
federation, Africa (except Egypt and Rep. of South Africa), India, Pakistan - 6: China.

• DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW

only), and DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs (rewritable). Recordings on DVD-
R and DVD-RW discs must be made in Video DVD mode. Recordings on
DVD+RW discs must be made in accordance with the specifications for the
4.7 Gb capacity DVD+RW disc format.

Playing a disc

- Your DVD recorder responds to the regional
- Most DVD-R and DVD+R (one recording
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