Sony XAV-712B Operating Instructions Manual page 31

 This unit is designed to play discs that conform to
the Compact Disc (CD) standard. DualDiscs and
some of the music discs encoded with copyright
protection technologies do not conform to the
Compact Disc (CD) standard, therefore, these
discs may not be playable by this unit.
 Discs that this unit CANNOT play
 Discs with labels, stickers, or sticky tape or
paper attached. Doing so may cause a
malfunction, or may ruin the disc.
 Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart,
square, star). Attempting to do so may damage
the unit.
 8 cm (3
1 / in) discs.
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Note on playback operations of DVDs and
VCDs
Some playback operations of DVDs and VCDs may
be intentionally set by software producers. Since
this unit plays DVDs and VCDs according to the disc
contents the software producers designed, some
playback features may not be available. Also, refer
to the instructions supplied with the DVDs or VCDs.
Notes on DATA CDs and DATA DVDs
 Some DATA CDs/DATA DVDs (depending on the
equipment used for its recording, or the disc
condition) may not play on this unit.
 Finalization is required for some discs (page 31).
 The unit is compatible with the following
standards.
For DATA CDs
 ISO 9660 level 1/level 2 format, Joliet/Romeo in
the expansion format
 Multi Session
For DATA DVDs
 UDF Bridge format (combined UDF and ISO
9660)
 Multi Border
 The maximum number of:
 folders (albums): 256 (including root and empty
folders).
 files (tracks/videos) and folders contained in a
disc: 2,000 (if a folder/file names contain many
characters, this number may become less than
2,000).
 displayable characters for a folder/file name:
64 (Joliet/Romeo).
Notes on finalizing discs
The following discs are required to be finalized to
play on this unit.
 DVD-R/DVD-R DL (in video mode/VR mode)
 DVD-RW in video mode
 DVD+R/DVD+R DL
 CD-R
 CD-RW
The following discs can be played without
finalization.
 DVD+RW – automatically finalized.
 DVD-RW in VR mode – finalization not required.
For details, refer to the manual supplied with the
disc.
Notes on Multi Session CDs/Multi Border
DVDs
This unit can play Multi Session CDs/Multi Border
DVDs under the following conditions. Note that the
session must be closed and the disc must be
finalized.
 When CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) is
recorded in the first session:
The unit recognizes the disc as CD-DA and only
CD-DA of the first session is played, even if
another format (e.g., MP3) is recorded in other
sessions.
 When CD-DA is recorded other than in the first
session:
The unit recognizes the disc as a DATA CD or DATA
DVD, and all CD-DA sessions are skipped.
 When an MP3/WMA/AAC/Xvid/MPEG-4 is
recorded:
Only the sessions containing the selected file type
(audio/video)* are played (if CD-DA or other data
exists in other sessions, they are skipped).
* For details on how to select the file type, see page 14.
Notes on USB playback
 Compatible codecs are MP3 (.mp3), WMA (.wma),
AAC/HE-AAC (.m4a), JPEG (.jpg), Xvid (.avi/.xvid), and
MPEG-4 (.mp4).
 A folder/file name of up to 254 bytes can be
recognized.
 The maximum number of displayable music files
(tracks) is 10,000.
 DRM (Digital Rights Management) files may not be
played.
Playback order of MP3/WMA/AAC/
Xvid/MPEG-4 files
MP3/WMA/AAC/
Xvid/MPEG-4
Folder (album)
MP3/WMA/AAC/
Xvid/MPEG-4 file
(track/video)
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