Philips DVD501AT warranty Playable Discs, Region Codes, Color Systems, Unacceptable Discs

6 Playable Discs

Playable Discs

This DVD Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs) and Audio CDs. In order to play a DVD or Audio CD on this DVD Player, make sure the Disc meets the requirements for Region Codes and Color Systems as described on this page. Also, the Discs should be labelled with the following logos and should meet these standards.

Disc Type	Logo	Contents	Disc Size	Maximum	Disc
				Playback Time	Segments
				Approx. 4 hours	DVDs are
			12 cm	(single-sided)
					divided into Titles,
				Approx. 8 hours
Digital		Sound			which are divided
				(double-sided)
Video		and			into Chapters.
				Approx. 80 minutes
Disc		Pictures			Titles and Chapters
			8 cm	(single-sided)	are numbered.
				Approx. 160 minutes
				(double-sided)
Audio			12 cm	74 minutes	Audio CDs are divided
		Sound	8 cm		into numbered Tracks, i.e.,
CD				20 minutes
					a track may be one song.
			(singles)

Region Codes

DVDs also must be labelled for ALL regions or for Region 1 in order to be played on this DVD Player. You can not play Discs that are labelled for other regions.

Look for the symbols below on your DVDs. If these region symbols do not appear on your DVD, you cannot play the DVD in this DVD Player.

The number inside the globe refers to a region of the world. Region 1 represents the United States, Canada, upper regions of North America, Bermuda, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and small regions near Australia.

A Disc encoded in a specific region format can only be played on DVD Players with the same region code. For example, if a Disc is labelled for Region 2, you can not play the DVD on this DVD Player.

Color Systems

Different color systems are available throughout the world. The most common color systems are NTSC, which is used primarily in the United States and North America, PAL, and SECAM.

This DVD Player uses the NTSC color system. Therefore, the Discs that you play must be recorded in the NTSC system. You cannot play Discs recorded in other for- mats. The color system of the DVD may be listed on the DVD or on the Disc jacket.

Unacceptable Discs

The following Discs cannot be played on this DVD Player.

• CD-ROM		• DVD-RAM
•	Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I)	•	DVD-ROM
•	Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R)	•	Photo CD
•	Digital Video Disc-Video Recordable	•	Video CD
	(DVD-VR)	•	Video Single Disc (VSD)

The following discs may be played, but only the audio will be available. There will be

no picture.
• Compact Disc-Graphic (CD-G)	• Compact Disc-Video (CD-V)