Toshiba SD-890KY manual On Video CDs, Playable discs, About

Introduction

Notes on Discs (continued)

About this owner’s manual

This owner’s manual explains the basic instructions of this DVD player. Some DVDs are produced in a manner that allows specific or limited operation during playback. As such, the DVD player may not respond to all operating commands. This is not a defect in the DVD player. Refer to instruction notes of discs.

“ ” may appear on the TV screen during operation. A “ ” means that the operation is not permitted by the DVD player or the disc.

About

The icons on the heading bar show the playable discs for the function described under that heading.

DVD : You can use this function with DVD video discs. : You can use this function with Video CDs.

CD : You can use this function with Audio CDs/CD-R/RW CDs.

Notes on region numbers

The region number of this DVD player is 4. If region numbers, which stand for their playable area, are printed

on your DVD and you do not find 4 or , disc

playback will not be allowed by the player. (In this case, the DVD player will display a message on-screen).

On VIDEO CDs

This DVD player supports VIDEO CDs equipped with the PBC (Version 2.0) function. (PBC is the abbreviation of Playback Control.) You can enjoy two playback variations depending on types of discs.

•VIDEO CD not equipped with PBC function (Version 1.1) Sound and movie can be played on this DVD player in the same way as an audio CD.

•VIDEO CD equipped with PBC function (Version 2.0) In addition to operation of a VIDEO CD not equipped with the PBC function, you can enjoy playback of interactive software with search function by using the menu displayed on the TV screen (Menu Playback). Some of the functions described in this owner’s manual may not work with some discs.

Playable discs

This DVD player can play the following discs.

	Disc Mark	Contents	Disc	Maximum
			Size	playback time
				Approx. 4 hours
				(single sided disc)
			12 cm
		Audio		Approx. 8 hours
				(double sided disc)
DVDs		+
		video		Approx. 80 minutes
		(moving		(single sided disc)
		pictures)	8 cm
				Approx. 160 minutes
				(double sided disc)
		Audio	12 cm	Approx. 74 minutes
VIDEO		+
		video
CDs	DIGITAL VIDEO	(moving	8 cm	Approx. 20 minutes
		pictures)
Audio			12 cm	Approx. 74 minutes
		Audio
CDs			8 cm	Approx. 20 minutes
			(CD
			single)
		Audio	12 cm	35 min.
SUPER		+
VIDEO		video
CDs	SUPER VIDEO	(moving	8 cm	10 min.
		pictures)
		Audio	12 cm
DivX®		+		It depends on DivX®
		video		quality
		(moving	8 cm
		pictures)

The following discs are also available.

DVD±R/±RW and DVD-ROM discs of DVD format

CD-R/CD-RW discs of CD-DA, Video CD, MP3 or JPEG format

Official DivX® Certified product

Plays all versions of DivX® video (including DivX® 6) with standard playback of DivX® media files

Some of these discs may be incompatible.

•You cannot play discs other than those listed above.

•You cannot play DVD-RAM discs or non-standardized discs, etc., even if they may be labelled as above.

•This DVD player uses the NTSC/PAL colour system, and cannot play DVDs recorded in any other colour system (SECAM, etc.).

Because of problems and errors that can occur during the creation of DVD and CD software and/or the manufacture of DVD and CD discs, Toshiba cannot assure that this DVD player will successfully play every disc bearing the DVD and CD logos. If you happen to experience any difficulty playing a DVD and/ or CD disc on this DVD player, please contact Toshiba Customer Service.

is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation.

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