Playable Discs - Philips DVD781CH Owner's Manual

6 Playable Discs
Playable Discs
This DVD Playerwitt prayDigitaIVideo Discs (DVDs) andAudio CDs. In order to playa
DVD or AudiQ CD on this DVD Player, m ake sure the Disc meets the requirements for
RegionCodes and Color Systemsas described on this page.Also,the Discs should be
labelled with the following Iogos and should meet these standards.
Maximum Disc
Disc Type Playback Time Segments
Digital
Video
Disc
Audio
CD
Logo _ Contents
I Sound
and
Pictures
DIG_IU. AUD_
Disc Size
12 cm
8 cm
12 cm
8 ¢m
(singles)
Approx. 4 hours
(single-sided)
Approx. 8 hours
(double-sided)
Approx. 80 minutes
(single-sided)
Approx. 160 minutes
(double-sided)
74 minutes
20 minutes
DVDs are
divided into Titles,
whichare divided
into Chapters.
Titles and Chapters
are numbered.
Audio CDs are divided
into _umber_d Tracks, i.e.,
a track may be one song,
Region Codes
DVDs also mustbe labelled forALL regionsor for Region I in order to be playedon
this DVD Playe_Youcannot playDiscs that are labelledfor other regions.
Look for the symbols below on your DVDs. If these region symbols do not appear on
your DVD, you cannot play the DVD in this DVD Player.
The number insidethe globe refers to a region of the world.
Region
I representsthe
United States,Canada,upper regions of North America, Bermuda,the U.S.Virgin
Islands,and small regions near Australia.
A Disc encoded in a specific region format can only be playedon DVD Playerswith the
same region code. For example,if a Disc is labelledfor Region2, you can not playthe
DVD on this DVD Player.
Color Systems
Different color systems are available throughout the worldThe most common color
systems are NTSC, which is used primarilyin the United Statesand North America,
PAL,and SECAM.
This DVD Playerusesthe NTSC color system.Therefore,the Discs that you playmust
be recorded in the NTSC system.Youcannot play Discs recorded in other formats.The
color system of the DVD may be listed on the DVD or on the Disc iacket_
Unacceptable Discs
The following Discs cannot be playedon this DVD Player,
• CD-ROM
• Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I)
• Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R)
• DigitalVideo Disc-Video Recordable
(DVD-VR)
• DVD-RAM
• DVD-ROM
• Photo CD
• Video CD
• Video Single Disc (VSD)
The following discs may be played, b ut only the audio will be available.
There will be no picture.
• Compact Disc-Graphic (CD-G) • Compact Disc-Video (CD-V)