Discs That Cannot Be Used With This Recorder - Sharp DV-HR400H Operation Manual

Discs that Cannot Be Used with
This Recorder
I The following discs are unable to be played back or
are not played back properly on this Recorder. If such
a disc is mistakenly played back, the speakers may
be damaged due to the large volume. Never attempt
to play back such discs.
CDG, Photo CD, CD-ROM, CD-TEXT, SVCD, SACD, PD,
CDV, CVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-Audio
I Discs with unusual shapes cannot be played.
• Discs with unusual shapes (heart-shaped or hexagonal
discs, etc.) cannot be used. The use of such discs will
cause a fault.
I The following DVD video discs cannot be played.
• Discs not containing "2" or "ALL" for the region number
(discs sold outside the authorized marketing area).
• Discs produced illegally.
• Discs recorded for commercial use.
*4 The region number for this product is 2.
I The following DVD-RW/R, DVD+RW/R and DVD-RAM
discs cannot be played.
• Discs on which data has not been recorded cannot be
played back.
• Discs may not be played back depending on the
recorder used for recording.
I The following Audio CD discs cannot be played.
• Discs containing a signal for the purpose of protecting
copyrights (copy control signal) may not be played
back with this Recorder.
• This Recorder has been designed on the premise of
playing back Audio CDs that comply with CD (Com-
pact Disc) standards.
I The following CD-RW/R discs cannot be played.
• Discs on which data has not been recorded cannot be
played back.
• Non-finalised discs cannot be played back.
• Discs recorded in a format other than a Video CD/
Audio CD and JPEG/MP3/WMA file format
played back.
• Discs may not be played back depending on their
recording status or the status of the disc itself.
• Discs may not be played back depending on their
compatibility with this Recorder or the recorder used
for recording.
*5
About MP3 file format
MP3 files are audio data compressed in MPEG1 Audio
layer 3 file format. "MP3 files" have ".mp3" as extensions.
(Some files that have ".mp3" extensions or files that have
not been recorded in MP3 format will produce noise or
cannot be played.)
Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Playing MP3 discs
• The MP3 files are not played in the order they were recorded.
• The maximum number of layers which can be
recognized, including files and folders, is 8.
• Some multi-session discs cannot be played.
• It is recommended to record data at a lower speed as
data recorded at fast speed can produce noise and
may not be able to be played.
• The more folders there are, the longer the reading time.
• Depending on the folder tree, reading MP3 files can
take time.
• Folder or track (file) names are limited to 8 characters.
Folder or track (file) names that go over 8 characters
will be abbreviated. (Certain letters or symbols in
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folder names or title name may not be displayed.)
• The playing time may not be correctly displayed
during MP3 file playback.
Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ The following files cannot be played on this Recorder.
• Discs that have more than 256 folders or 999 files.
• When both Audio CD format and MP3 files format are
recorded on a disc. (The disc is recognized to be an
Audio CD and only tracks in the Audio CD format are
played back.)
*5
About JPEG file format
JPEG is a type of file format for storing still-image files
(photos, illustrations, etc.). The Recorder lets you play
JPEG format still-image files.(Max. 2MB; in general,
equivalent to a 3 mega pixel resolution.) Even files with a
resolution exceeding 3 mega pixels can be played if
their capacity is less than 2MB.
Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ File formats that are not compatible.
• Still images in formats other than JPEG (such as TIFF)
cannot be played.
• There may be some files that cannot be played even if
they are in the JPEG format.
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cannot be
• Progressive JPEG files cannot be played.
• Moving image files and audio files as well as the
Motion JPEG format files, though they are JPEG files,
cannot be played.
Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ Other files that cannot be played back
• JPEG files larger than 2MB in size cannot be played.
• Files with filenames consisting of more than 8
characters will not be recognized.
• You may not be able to play some still images which
you have created, touched up, copied or otherwise
edited on your computer.
Æ Æ Æ Æ Æ You may experience one or more of the following
symptoms when playing files.
• It may take some time to play files depending on the
number of folders, number of files and volume of data
involved.
• EXIF information will not be displayed. EXIF stands for
Exchangeable Image File Format, and is a standard
for storing interchange information in image files,
especially those using JPEG compression. (Refer to
http://exif.org for more information).
• Still images other than those of 720 x 480 pixels in size
and integral multiple of this size may show black
borders around the edges.
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