Playing A Disc; Readable Discs; The Files Which Your Player Can Read - THOMSON DTH8560E Manual

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Readable discs

DVD+Rewritable

The files which your player can read

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• 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.
• Audio CDs
- Audio Compact Discs (8 and 12 cm).
• CD-R, CD-RW
(rewritable). Compatibility is dependent on which DVD writer, writer
software and discs are used.
• Video CD (VCD)
record to a CD up to 74 minutes of VHS quality video associated with fixed
pictures, audio tracks and interactive menus.
• Super Video CD (S VCD)
62107 standard.They can be used to record up to 70 minutes of digital
sound and video, with MPEG-2 standard video and MPEG-1 standard audio.
S-VCD disc compatibility is dependent on which MPEG coding software,
disc design software and disc writer software are used, and the discs
themselves.
Note: in spite of progress made to ensure playability of all disc types, it is not possible to
guarantee playback of discs which are not in conformity with DVD, CD, VCD or S-VCD
standards. Moreover, this unit may not play some recordings or files on CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW due to differences in recordings formats, software
used & Disc types.
- Discs containing sound files in MP3 format.
- Discs containing images in JPEG format. Compatibility is dependent on the
disc creation software used and file sizes, stated in millions of pixels. Certain
JPEG files such as Progressive JPEG files cannot be read by this equipment.
- Discs containing sound files in WMA format.
- Discs containing audio and image files in the certified DivX format.

Playing a disc

- Your DVD recorder responds to the regional
- Most DVD-R and DVD+R (one recording
- Most CD-R (one recording only) and CD-RW discs
- Video Compact Disc. Disc which enables you to
- Most S-VCD discs conform to the IEC
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