Disc Compatibility

Rosen Entertainment Systems

Compatible Discs

Note: Not all discs are supported by this system. You may ﬁnd a disc that will not play on this system, but works ﬁne on other players. Various manufacturers of discs change technology from time to time which may create compatibility issues. This is not a problem with the unit and is not covered by warranty.

Most DVD and CD-Audio discs are compatible with the Z8 system.

The unit can also play most CD-Recordable discs containing CD-Au- dio, MP3 ﬁles, and JPEG images - but not all such discs. Since these discs are usually made on home computers, there is no certiﬁca- tion process ensuring that all such discs play on all players.

Incompatible Discs

The following disc types are known to be incompatible with the system:

·All DVD-ROM/DVD-RAM/DVD+RAM discs.

·Some DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW discs.

·All Blue Ray and HD DVD discs

·Some Photo CDs.

·All CD-ROM data discs.

·CD-Audio discs made with certain copy protection methods.

·Any DVD with a different Region number than the unit.

·Any disc that does not meet DVD Forum standards.

DVD Regions

When a DVD disc is created, it is encoded with a “Region number.” The disc will only play on DVD players with the same Region number. For instance, a Region 3 disc won’t play on a Region 1 player.

Region 1: U.S. and U.S. Territories, Canada

Region 2: Japan, Western Europe, Middle East, South Africa

Region 3: South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast and East Asia

Region 4: New Zealand, Australia, Paciﬁc Islands, Mexico, Central/ South America

Region 5: Russia and the former Soviet Union, Africa, Indian subcontinent, North Korea

Region 6: China

Why the system doesn’t respond the same way to all discs

When a DVD disc is created, the creator has to deﬁne how the disc will operate when loaded into a DVD player. For instance, some discs begin playing immediately, while other discs only display a menu and require a menu selection to be made before playback will start.

The DVD standard also allows the maker of a DVD disc to disable functions at certain times, such as Fast-Forward and Stop (which is why you can’t skip past the copyright warning screen). If some DVD feature temporarily isn’t working for you, usually the disc is preventing the player from performing that function.

Discs that don’t properly load and play

Some CD and DVD discs, especially homemade discs which do not have all the data needed to properly initialize all DVD players, may not load and play properly. They may even create a state where the DVD player will not eject the disc at all. In these cases, use a paper clip to press the Reset button (this button’s location is shown on page 6), fol-

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