Types Of Discs Which Can Be Played - Kenwood XD-V555 Instruction Manual

TYPES OF DISCS WHICH CAN BE PLAYED

The disc symbols are found on the disc labels or jackets.
Symbol
Video CD
Any CD that contains motion pictures can be played.
You can enjoy motion pictures with the sound quality of MDs and the picture quality of VHS tapes.
Digital compression technology allows the continuous playback of up to 74 minutes from a 12cm disc.
With video CDs, you can select the item you want to watch from the on-screen menu. Discs which
support "Playback control" can display still pictures. (see pages 24 - 25)
This unit handles video CDs that support PBC (version 2.0). (PBC is an abbreviation of "Playback Control" .)
You can enjoy the following two types of playback, depending on the type of disc.
Disc type
Video CDs without PBC
(version 1.1)
Video CDs with PBC
(version 2.0)
Notes :
• Video CDs are recorded in one of two modes: PAL format or NTSC format.
• Analogue system CDVs (12cm)
• Photo CDs and CD-ROMs cannot be played.
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Disc
CD single
CD (Compact Disc)
Video CD
Sound and motion pictures can be played using the same con-
trol operations as applied to music CDs.
In addition to the features shown above (for discs without PBC),
PBC CDs have a menu that is displayed on the TV screen. You
can play interactive games and make use of other software
with the retrieval function (menu playback). You can also dis-
play high resolution or normal still pictures.
cannot be played.
Label
Size
sides
8 cm (3") 1 side
12 cm (5") 1 side
8 cm (3") 1 side
12 cm (5") 1 side
Features
Video
Audio
recording
recording
format
format
Digital (max.
20 min)
Digital (max.
74 min)
Digital (max.
MPEG 1
20 min)
Digital (max.
74 min)