Pioneer DVR-510H manual General disc compatibility, CD-R/RW compatibility, DVD-R/RW compatibility

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Disc / content format playback compatibility

General disc compatibility

This recorder was designed and engineered to be compatible with software bearing one or more of the following logos:

DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW

Audio CD Video CD CD-R CD-RW

CD-R/RW compatibility

This recorder will play CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in CD Audio or Video CD format, or as a CD-ROM containing MP3, WMA or JPEG files. However, any other content may cause the disc not to play, or create noise/ distortion in the output.

This recorder cannot record CD-R or CD-RW discs.

PC-created disc compatibility

If you record a disc using a personal computer, even if it is recorded in a "compatible format" as listed above, there will be cases in which the disc may not be playable in this recorder due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the software publisher for more detailed information.

Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility information.

Fujicolor CD

•Also compatible with KODAK Picture CD

• is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.

Other formats, including but not limited to the following, are not playable in this recorder:

DVD-Audio / SACD / DVD-RAM

DVD-ROM / CD-ROM*

*Except those that contain WMA, MP3 or JPEG. See also Compressed audio compatibility and JPEG file compatibility below.

DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs recorded using a DVD recorder, CD recorder or personal computer may not be playable in this recorder. This may be caused by a number of possibilities, including but not limited to: the type of disc used; the type of recording; damage, dirt or condensation on either the disc or the pick-up lens. See below for notes about particular software and formats.

DVD-R/RW compatibility

This recorder will play and record DVD-R/RW discs that use DVD-Video format (Video mode), and DVD-RW discs that use the Video Recording (VR) format. It is compatible with DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 and Ver. 1.1 / 2x, and DVD-R Ver. 2.0 and Ver. 2.0 / 4x.

WMA (Windows Media Audio) compatibility

The Windows Media logo printed on the box indicates that this recorder can playback WMA data.

WMA is short for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. WMA data can be encoded by using Windows Media Player version 9 (or less) or Windows Media Player for Windows XP.

Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Compressed audio compatibility

This recorder will play CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs containing files saved in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) or Windows Media Audio (WMA) format with a sampling rate of 44.1 or 48kHz. Incompatible files will not play and the message Cannot play this file format will be displayed (CAN’T PLAY in the front panel display).

Fixed bit-rate MP3 files are recommended. Variable bit- rate (VBR) MP3 files are playable, but playing time may not be shown correctly.

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