Video Cd; Preparation For Video Cd Playback - Sharp CD-DV650W Operation Manual

Video CD

CD-DV650W
CD-DV850W
ENGLISH
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 12 cm disc.
With video CDs, you can select the items you want to watch from the
on-screen menu.
The disc symbols are found on the disc labels or jackets.
Symbol
Size
Label sides
Audio recording format
Video recording format
Types of discs
H
This unit handles video CDs that support P.B.C. (version 2.0). (P.B.C.
is an abbreviation of "Playback control".)
You can enjoy the following two types of playback, depending on the disc.
Disc type
Video CDs without P.B.C. Sound and motion pictures can be
played (version 1.1)
Video CDs with P.B.C.
(version 2.0)
Notes:
I Video CDs are recorded in PAL or NTSC format.
I Analogue system CDVs (12 cm)
I Photo CDs and CD-ROMs cannot be played.
E-41
8 cm (3") 12 cm (5")
1 side 1 side
Digital Digital
(max. 20 min) (max. 74 min)
MPEG 1
Features
using the same control operations as
applied to music CDs.
In addition to the features shown above
(for discs without P.B.C.), P.B.C. 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 play
back). You can also display high reso
lution or normal still pictures.
cannot be played.

Preparation for video CD playback

Selecting the video output format
H
Video CD is recorded in PAL or NTSC format.
Select the video output format (NTSC or PAL) according to your TV
or VCR.
Refer page 21 (TV output setting).