Loewe Centros 2172 HD, Centros 2102 HD manual Essential Information, Writable Discs, Playable Discs

Essential Information

Writable Discs

DVD-RW (Digital Video Disk - ReWritable)

These discs can be written to several times. Recordings can be deleted and the disc can then be rewritten.

DVD-R (Digital Video Disk

- Recordable)

These discs can be written to only once. Following fi nalisation a DVD-R disc can no longer be written to or edited.

Notes:

•This recorder cannot write to CD-R or CD-RW discs.

•DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and CD-R/RW discs written to using a PC or a DVD or CD recorder cannot be played if the disc is damaged or dirty or if there is condensation on the recorder‘s lens.

•If you record a disc using a PC, even if it is in a compatible format, the disc may not play depending on the settings of the applica- tion software used to create the disc. (Further information can be obtained from the software provider.)

Playable Discs

Notes:

•Depending on the recording unit or the CD-R/RW (or DVD±R/±RW) disc itself, some CD-R/RW (or DVD±R/±RW) discs cannot be played with this unit.

•Do not attach any labels to either side (the labeled side or the written side) of a disc.

•Do not use any irregularly shaped CDs (e.g. heart-shaped or octagonal). If you use these discs malfunctions may occur.

Regional code of the DVD recorder and DVDs

This DVD recorder can only play

2Region “2“ or “all“ coded DVDs. The region code on the label of some

DVD+RW (Digital Video Disk +ReWritable)

These discs can be written to several times. Recordings can be deleted and the disc can then be rewritten.

DVD+R (Digital Video Disk + Recordable)

These discs can be written to only once. Following fi nalisation a DVD-R disc can no longer be written to or edited.

DVD+R DL (Digital Versatile

Disk + Recordable; Double

Layer)

DIGITAL AUDIO

Recordable

ReWritable

Video-DVD

Audio-DVD

Video-CD (VCD, XVCD, SVCD, XSCVD; 8 cm- / 12 cm disk)

Audio-CD

(8 cm- / 12 cm disk)

CD-R/RW

(8 cm- / 12 cm disk)

DVDs shows which type of DVD recorder can play those discs. If you

play other discs the error message “Incorrect coun- try code. Playback not possible.“ will be displayed on the TV screen.

Some discs may not have the label with the region code even though they cannot be played in all regions.

Notes on DVDs and Video CDs: Some DVDs and Video CD playback functions can be pro- grammed in a particular way by some software manufacturers. As this unit plays DVDs and Video CDs as they have been designed by the software manufacturer, some playback functions may not be available whilst other additional functions may be

DVD+R DL

These discs can be written once. The storage capacity of 8.5 GB is almost double that of single-layer DVDs.

The disk dVD+R DL can no longer be written or changed once it has been fi nalised.

DVD-R/DVD-RW disks, DVD+R/DVD+RW disks, CD- R/CD-RW disks with audio titles, DivX, MP3/WMA* or JPEG fi les, VCD/XVCD/SVCD/SXVCD and Kodak Picture-CDs (JPEG) can also be played on this unit. * including MP3 discs with ID3-Tag

available. Further information can be found in the instructions supplied with the DVDs and Video CDs. The unit may not be able to play some DVDs made for specifi c business purposes.

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