Pioneer DV-566K-s CD-R/RW compatibility, DVD-R/RW compatibility, PC-created disc compatibility

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disc used; the type of recording; damage, dirt or condensation on either the disc or the player’s pick-up lens. See below for notes about particular software and formats.

CD-R/RW compatibility

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

•This unit cannot record CD-R or CD-RW discs.

•Unfinalized CD-R/RW discs recorded as CD Audio can be played, but the full Table of Contents (playing time, etc.) will not be displayed.

DVD-R/RW compatibility

•This unit will play DVD-R/RW discs recorded using the DVD-Video format that have been finalized using a DVD-recorder.

•This unit will play DVD-RW discs recorded using the Video Recording (VR) format.

•DVD-RWshows in the display when a VR format DVD-RW disc is loading.

•When playing a VR format DVD-RW discs that was edited on a DVD recorder, the screen may go momentarily black at edited points and/or you may see scenes from immediately before the edited point.

•This unit cannot record DVD-R/RW discs.

•Unfinalized DVD-R/RW discs cannot be played in this player.

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 machine 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 soft- ware disc boxes for additional compati- bility information.

Compressed audio compatibility

•This unit will play CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs containing files saved in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) format with a sampling rate of 32, 44.1 or 48kHz. Incompatible files will not play and the message Can’t play this format will be displayed (NO PLAY in the front panel display).

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

•The CD-ROM used to compile your MP3 files must be ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this player.

•Use CD-R or CD-RW media for recording your files. The disc must be finalized (i.e. the session must be closed) in order to play in this unit. This player is not compat- ible with multi-session discs. Only the first session of a multi-session disc will be recognized.

•This player only plays tracks that are named with the file extension .mp3 or

.MP3.

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