About Discs; Playable Disc Types; Non-Playable Discs; Audio Formats - JVC XV-N5SL Instructions Manual

Introduction

About discs

Playable disc types

Playable and non-playable disc types are as follo ws:
DVD VIDEO SVCD
V I D E O
The DVD Logo is a trade m ark.
• CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in the A udio CD,
Video CD, SVCD, MP3 or JPEG form at can be played
back. Ho w ever, so m e discs m ay not be played back
because of the disc characteristics or recording
conditions.
N ote that unfinalized discs cannot be played back.
• DVD-R discs recorded with the DVD VIDE O form at can
be played back. Ho w ever, so m e discs m ay not be
played back because of the disc characteristics or
recording conditions.
N ote that unfinalized disc cannot be played back.
• DVD VIDE O players and DVD VIDE O discs have their
o w n Region Code nu m bers. This unit can play back
only DVD VIDE O discs w hose Region Code nu m bers
include "4."
Exa m ples of playable DVD VIDE O discs:
4
3
ALL
The unit is co m patible with the PAL and NTSC syste ms,
and can play back discs w hose Region Code nu m bers
include nu m ber "4." You can select " NTSC" or "PAL"
w hile using the PAL/NTSC switch on the rear panel. (For
details, see page 7.)

Non-playable discs

DVD-RO M, DVD-RA M, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-A U DIO,
CD-RO M, PH OTO CD, CD-E X TRA, CD-G, CD-TE X T, SACD,
MIX-M O DE CD
• Playing back discs listed as " N on-playable discs" above
m ay generate noise and da m age speakers.
• This unit can play back audio signals recorded in CD-G,
CD-E X TRA, CD-TE X T and MIX-M O DE CD discs.
4
Video CD Audio CD
1 2
1 2 3
4
4 5 6
3 4

Audio formats

So m e audio form ats used on discs are described belo w.
• Linear PCM
U nco m pressed digital audio, the sa m e form at used on
CDs and m ost studio m asters.
DVD VIDE O supports 2 channels at sa m pling rates of
48/96 kHz and quantization of 16/20/24 bits.
A udio CD/Video CD is limited to 2 channels at 44.1 kHz
at 16 bits.
• MPEG Multichannel
A surround audio form at w hich can handle the
aug m entative 7.1-channel form at (rare for ho m e use),
as w ell as 5.1-channel.
• Dolby Digital
A surround audio form at configured with six
channels. Because the "LFE (Lo w-Frequency Effect for
sub-w oofer, etc)." channel, one of the six channels, is
an auxiliary channel, this form at is called "5.1-channel
syste m."
N ot all Dolby Digital discs contain six (5.1) channel
inform ation.
• DTS (Digital Theater Systems)
A surround audio form at configured with six (5.1)
channel w hich is sa m e as Dolby Digital. Because the
co m pression ratio is lo w er than Dolby Digital, it
provides wider dyna mic range and better separation.
N ot all DTS discs contain six (5.1) channel
inform ation.
The associated indicator lights up in the display windo w
w hen playing back a disc.
Indicator
LPC M Linear PC M
MPEG MPEG M ultichannel
DOLBY DIGITAL Dolby Digital
DTS DTS (Digital Theater Syste ms)
N ote that with so m e form ats and/or depending on the
unit's " DIGITAL A U DIO O U TPU T" setting, digital audio
signals m ay not always transmitted fro m the unit's
DIGITAL O U T jacks as are recorded on the disc.
See " DIGITAL A U DIO O U TPU T" on page 51 for details.
Audio format