Types of Playable Discs, Disc-related terms

Before Use (Continued)

Types of Playable Discs

DVD

(8 cm/12 cm disc)

Video CD (VCD) (8 cm / 12 cm disc)

Audio CD

(8 cm/12 cm disc)

In addition, this unit plays DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, SVCD, and CD-R / CD-RW that contains audio titles, MP3, WMA, and/or JPEG files.

Notes:

•Depending on the conditions of the recording equip- ment or the CD-R/RW (or DVD -R, DVD +R, DVD - RW, DVD +RW) disc itself, some CD-R/RW (or DVD -R, DVD +R, DVD -RW, DVD +RW) discs can- not be played on the unit.

•Only plays if DVD-RW is recorded in Video mode and has been finalized.

•Do not attach any seal or label to either side (the labeled side or the recorded side) of a disc.

•Do not use irregularly shaped CDs (e.g., heart- shaped or octagonal) since they may result in mal- functions.

Notes on DVDs and Video CDs

Some playback operations of DVDs and Video CDs may be intentionally programmed by software manufac- turers. This unit plays DVDs and Video CDs according to disc content designed by the software manufacturer, therefore some playback features may not be available or other functions may be added.

Because of problems and errors that can occur during the creation of DVD software and/or the manufacture of DVD discs, Toshiba cannot guarantee that this player will play every feature of every DVD bearing the DVD logo. As one of the creators of DVD technology, Toshiba DVD+VCR players are manufactured using the highest standards of quality, and as a result, such incompatibili- ties are rare. If you happen to experience any difficulty playing a DVD on a Toshiba DVD+VCR player, please feel free to call our Contact listed in “Limited United States Warranty” (see page 41).

Disc-related terms

VCD (Video CD)

A VCD holds up to 74 minutes (650 MB disc) or 80 min- utes (700 MB disc) of MPEG-1 full-motion video along with quality stereo sound.

MPEG

MPEG is an international standard for video and audio compression. MPEG-1 is used in encoding video for VCD and provides for multichannel surround sound coding such as PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG audio.

MP3

MP3 is a popular compression format used for digital audio files that yields very high near-CD quality.

WMA

Windows media audio file. A type of coding / decoding developed by Microsoft Corp.

JPEG

Joint Pictures Expert Group. JPEG is a compressed file format that allows you to save images with no limit on the number of colors.

PBC: Playback Control (Video CD only)

Playback control is available for Video CD (VCD) ver- sion 2.0 disc formats. PBC allows you to interact with the system via menus, search functions, or other typical computer-like operations. Moreover, still pictures of high resolution can be played if they are included in the disc. Video CDs not equipped with PBC (Version 1.1) operate in the same way as audio CDs.

Title (DVD only)

A title is generally a distinct section of a DVD disc. For example the main feature could be title 1, a documen- tary describing how the film was made could be title 2, and cast interviews could be title 3. Each title is assigned a reference number enabling you to locate it easily.

Chapter (DVD only)

A chapter is a segment of a title such as a scene in a film or one interview in a series. Each chapter is assigned a chapter number, enabling you to locate the chapter you want. Depending on the disc, chapters may not be recorded.

Scene (VCD)

On a video CD with PBC (playback control) functions, moving pictures and still pictures are divided into sec- tions called “scenes”. Each scene is displayed in the menu screen and assigned a scene number, enabling you to locate the scene you want. A scene is composed of one or several tracks.

Track

A distinct element of audiovisual information, such as the picture or sound track for a specific language (DVD), or a musical piece on a video or audio CD. Each track is assigned a track number, enabling you to locate the track you want. DVD discs allow one track of video (with multiple angles) and several tracks of audio.