About Discs; Playable Disc Types - JVC TH-S1 Instructions Manual

About discs

Playable disc types

This system has been designed to play back the following discs:
DVD VIDEO, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Audio
CD (CD), CD-R and CD-RW.
• This system accommodates the PAL system, and also can play
discs recorded with NTSC system. Note that an NTSC video
signal on a disc is converted to the PAL60 signal and output.
• This system can also play finalized DVD-R/-RWs recorded in
DVD VIDEO format. However, some discs may not be played
because of their disc characteristics or recording conditions.
Discs you can play:
DVD VIDEO
VCD
SVCD
• The following discs cannot be played back:
DVD AUDIO, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, CD-ROM, CD-I (CD-I
Ready), Photo CD, SACD, etc.
Playing back these discs will generate noise and damage the
speakers.
• On some DVD VIDEOs, VCDs or SVCDs, their actual
operation may be different from what is explained in this
manual. This is due to the disc programming and disc
structure, not a malfunction of this system.
DVD Logo is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing
Corporation.
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Region code of DVD VIDEO
DVD VIDEO players and DVD VIDEO discs have their own
Region Code numbers. This system can play back DVD VIDEO
discs whose Region Code numbers include the system's Region
Code, which is indicated on the rear panel.
If a DVD with an improper Region Code number is loaded,
"REGION CODE ERROR!" appears on the TV screen and
playback cannot start.
About files (tracks) and folders (groups) on the disc
Audio CD
This system can also play MP3 and JPEG files recorded on CD-Rs
and CD-RWs.
Files are sometimes grouped into folders on CD-Rs or CD-RWs by
genre, album, etc.
CD-R
In this manual, "group" is also referred to as "folder", and "track"
as "file".
• This system recognizes up to 150 files per group, and 99 groups
CD-RW
Example of playable DVD:
per disc.
The total number of files this system can detect on a disc is up to
1000.