Curtis Mathes CMMBX72 manual DiscTypes, DiscFormat, DVD-Video

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Disc￿Types

BD-ROM

Blu-ray￿Disc￿Read￿Only￿Memory.￿A￿BD-ROM￿disc￿contains￿pre-recorded￿data.￿Although￿a￿BD-ROM￿may￿contain any￿form￿of￿data,￿most￿BD-ROM￿discs￿will￿contain￿movies￿in￿High￿Definition￿format,￿for￿playback￿on￿Blu-ray￿Disc Players.￿This￿can￿play￿back￿pre-recorded￿BD-ROM￿discs.

DVD-Video

!A￿digital￿versatile￿disc￿(DVD)can￿contain￿up￿to￿135-minutes,8￿audio￿languages￿and￿32￿subtitle￿languages.￿It￿is equipped￿with￿MPEG-2￿picture￿compression￿and￿Dolby￿Digital￿surround,￿allowing￿you￿to￿enjoy￿vivid￿and￿clear theatre￿quality￿images.

!When￿switching￿from￿the￿first￿layer￿to￿the￿second layer￿of￿a￿dual-layered￿DVD￿Video￿disc,￿there￿may￿be momentary￿distortion￿in￿the￿image￿and￿sound.￿This￿is￿not￿a￿malfunction￿of￿the￿unit.

!Once￿a￿DVD-RW/-R￿recorded￿in￿Video￿Mode￿is￿finalized,￿it￿becomes￿DVD-Video.Pre-￿recorded￿(pre-stamped) commercial￿DVDs￿with￿movies￿are￿also￿referred￿to￿as￿DVD-Videos.￿This￿unit￿can￿play￿back￿pre-recorded commercial￿DVD￿discs￿(DVD￿Video￿discs)￿with￿movies.

Audio￿CD

!An￿audio￿disc￿on￿which￿44.1kHz￿PCM￿Audio￿is￿recorded.

!This￿unit￿can￿play￿back￿CD-DA￿format￿audio￿CD-R￿and￿CD-RW￿discs.

!This￿unit￿may￿not￿be￿able￿to￿play￿some￿CD-R￿or￿CD-RW￿discs￿due￿to￿the￿condition￿of￿the￿recording.

CD-R/-RW

!Use￿a￿700MB￿(80￿minutes)￿CD-R/-RW￿disc.￿If￿possible,￿do￿not￿use￿a￿800MB￿(90￿minutes)￿or￿above￿disc,￿as￿the disc￿may￿not￿play￿back.

!If￿the￿CD-R/-RW￿disc￿was￿not￿recorded￿as￿a￿closed￿as￿a￿closed￿session,￿you￿may￿experience￿delays￿when￿playing back￿the￿beginning￿of￿the￿disc￿or￿all￿recorded￿files￿may￿not play.

!Some￿CD-R/-RW￿discs￿may￿not￿be￿playable￿with￿this￿unit,￿depending￿on￿the￿device￿which￿was￿used￿to￿burn

them.￿For￿contents￿recorded￿on￿CD-R/-RW￿media￿from￿CDs￿for￿your￿personal￿use,￿playability￿may￿vary depending￿on￿contents￿and￿discs.

DVD-R￿Disc￿Playback

!Once￿a￿DVD-R￿recorded￿in￿Video￿Mode￿is￿finalized,￿it￿becomes￿DVD-Video.

!This￿unit￿can￿play￿back￿DVD-R￿discs￿recorded￿.￿It￿may￿not￿be￿able￿to￿play￿some￿DVD-R￿discs￿depending￿on￿the disc￿and￿the￿condition￿of￿the￿recording.

DVD-RW￿Disc￿Playback

!Playback￿can￿be￿performed￿with￿DVD-RW￿discs￿in￿the￿Video￿Mode￿and￿finalized￿only.

!Once￿a￿DVD-RW￿recorded￿in Video￿Mode￿is￿finalized,￿it￿becomes￿DVD-Video.￿Ability￿ro￿play￿back￿may￿depend on￿recording￿conditions.

Disc￿Format

Using￿MP3￿disc

!CD-R/-RW,DVD-RW/-R recorded￿with￿UDF,ISO9660￿or￿JOLIET￿format￿can￿be￿played￿back.

!Only￿MP3￿files￿with￿the￿".mp3"￿or￿￿".MP3"￿extension￿can￿be￿played.

!Playable￿bit-rate range￿is￿from￿56Kbps￿to￿320￿Kbps.

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