Listening to Sacd

ItexistthreetypesofSACDdiscs:singlelayer,d ouble layer and hybrid discs. The hybrid discs contain a standardCDandaSACDlayer.

The SACD layer should always contain the music in a purestereoformat.Additionallyitmaycontainthe music inmultichannelformat.Somerarediscshoweverco ntain only multi channel signals on the SACD layer. The DVD 1235 R can play back all of these discs. Please followtheinstructionsbelow.

Play back of Super Audio CD (SACD)

Stereo SACD

•The player will automatically select the stereo SA	CD
layerasthedefault.Afterreadingthedisc,theS	ACD
indicatorwilllightup.
•Nowthediscmaybestartedbypressingthe	
button.

SACDs containing a stereo and multi-channel area

•After loading and reading such a disc, the player		will
automatically select the stereo SACD area as the
default.ThisisindicatedbytheSACDindicator.
•Startthediscbypressingthe	button.

Multi-channel SACDs without stereo track

The DVD 1235 R can also play pure multichannel SACDs, in which case they are reproduced as a two channeldownmix.Thismeansthatallsoundinforma tion (including that for the rear channels) is reproduce d via the stereo loudspeakers, ensuring that no musical informationislost.

Play back of the CD layer of hybid SACD discs

The DVD 1235 Rcanplayback bothof the SACD and
theCDlayerofthesediscs.SwitchingbetweenCDan		d
SACD layer is accomplished by pressing the	
buttonwhilethediscisstopped.Afterswitchingt	otheCD
layer,the“CD”indicatorinthedisplaywillbeli	t.

Note:

Duringplaybackitisnotpossibletoswitchbetwe enCD and SACD layers. First stop a playing disc before switchinglayers.

Compatibility with recordable media

The DVD 1235 R can play back recordable and rewritable discs (for details refer to the technica l data sectionofthismanual).

Due to the vast number of different disc types, dis	c
manufacturers,discrecorders andsoftwareprograms	a
guarantee for compatibility with every software/
hardware/disccombinationcannotbegiven.

Ifcompatibilityproblemsoccurwerecommendtouse a differenttypeofdisc,adifferentrecordingdevic eand/or adifferentsoftware.