Harman-Kardon BDP 1 owner manual Media Compatibility, Disc Formats Supported by This Player

MEDIA COMPATIBILITY

Disc Formats Supported by This Player

The BDP 1 can play the following types of prerecorded discs:

ReWritable ReWritable

The BDP 1 will also play most recordable discs, but complete playback compatibility cannot be guaranteed, due to the wide variation in recorders and blank discs.

Round 3" (8cm) or 5" (12cm) discs may be used. Do not use odd-shaped, noncircular discs.

Blu-ray Disc Compatibility:

•Single-sided discs

•Single-layer or dual-layer discs

•Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS®, MPEG or linear PCM digital audio tracks

•MPEG-2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and VC-1 digital video

•Discs are generally divided into one or more titles, which may be further subdivided into chapters

DVD-Video Disc Compatibility:

•Single-sided or double-sided discs

•Single-layer or dual-layer discs

•Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG or Linear PCM digital audio tracks

•MPEG-2 digital video

•Discs are generally divided into one or more titles, which may be further subdivided into chapters

Audio CD Compatibility

•Linear PCM digital audio

•Audio CDs are divided into tracks

CD-R/RW Compatibility

•WMA or MP3 (32kbps – 320kbps) digital audio

•May contain JPEG still images (up to 10 megapixels, file size up to 5MB, limit of approximately 250 files per disc)

•MP3, WMA and JPEG discs (or discs that contain more than one of these formats) are divided into files, which may be organized into folders, depending on how the disc was created

The BDP 1 Will NOT Play the Following:

•BD-R/RE discs recorded in the BDAV format

•BD-RE v2.1 discs recorded in the BDMV format that are unclosed

•Blu-ray Disc media with a Region Code other than A that are not Open Region

•DTS 96/24 discs

•DVD discs with a Region Code other than 1 or 0

•DVD-ROM data discs

•DVD-Audio discs

•WMVHD, and HD-DVD™discs (the “SD-DVD” side of dual-format HD-DVD/DVD discs may be played)

•SACD™ discs

•CD-I discs

•CD-G discs

•Kodak® Photo CD™ and Picture CD discs

•Discs intended for use in video game consoles

•Discs recorded at any speed other than “SP”

NOTES:

•Due to differences in the authoring of discs, it is possible that some discs may include features that are not compatible with the BDP 1, and not all discs include every system capability.

•Playback of recordable discs created on a computer requires proper formatting and finalization of the disc.

•The BDP 1 is compatible with most but not all files encoded using MP3. For best results, encode MP3 files at bit rates ranging between 32kbps and 320kbps.

•JPEG files should contain no more than 10 megapixels, and the file size should be no larger than 5MB

•Discs that are compatible with DVD-RAM Standard Version 2.0 may be played. The discs must be finalized, VR-mode only.

•MP3, WMA and JPEG files must be stored on the media with the proper file extension.

USB Device Compatibility

USB client devices, such as flash drives and most external or portable hard-disc drives that are formatted with the FAT32 file system, may be connected to the BDP 1’s front-panel USB port. Due to the wide variation in hard-disc drive technologies and formats, compatibility with any particular device cannot be guaranteed.

Do not connect a personal computer directly to the BDP 1. Due to their software design, the iPod, most other USB peripheral devices and accessories – such as card readers, keyboards and pointing devices – and software-specific digital media players are not compatible with the USB port on the BDP 1, even when placed in disc mode.

A USB drive with greater than 1GB capacity is required for BD-Live functionality. The drive is used for virtual storage. When BD-Live functionality is not is use, audio and still-image files stored on the drive may be played similarly to a data CD.

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