JVC LV42740-001A manual About discs, Playable disc types, Audio formats, Playable discs

Preliminary knowledge

About discs

Playable disc types

Playable and non-playable disc types are as follows:

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Playable discs

DVD AUDIO	DVD VIDEO	Video CD	Audio CD
A U D I O	V I D E O

The DVD Logo is a trademark.

•CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded with the Audio CD format and CD-R discs recorded with the Audio CD, Video CD and MP3 format can be played back, though some discs may not be played back because of the disc characteristics or recording condition.

•DVD VIDEO players and DVD VIDEO discs have their own Region Code numbers. This unit only can play back DVD VIDEO discs whose Region Code numbers include “1”.

Examples of playable DVD VIDEO discs:

Preliminary knowledge

ALL	1	1 5	1	2	1 2 3
			3	4	4 5 6

This unit accommodates both the NTSC and PAL system and can playback discs recorded with either system. Note that the PAL video signal on disc is converted to an NTSC signal and output.

Non-playable discs

DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-ROM, PHOTO CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-G, CD-TEXT

•Playing back discs listed as “Non-playable discs” above may generate noise and damage speakers.

•This unit can play back audio recorded in CD-G, CD-EXTRA and CD-TEXT discs.

Audio formats

There are some formats of audio recorded on discs as shown below. The associated indicator lights up in the display window when playing back a disc.

Indicator

Audio format

LPCM*

Linear PCM

MPEG

MPEG Multichannel

DOLBY DIGITAL Dolby Digital

DTS

DTS (Digital Theater Systems)

*When playing back a DVD AUDIO disc recorded by MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing; a lossless audio compression system that can completely recreate the PCM signal), the signal is recognized as the linear PCM signal, however, no indicator lights up in the display window.

Note that, with some formats and/or depending on the unit's “DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT” setting, digital audio signals are not always output from the unit's DIGITAL output jacks as are recorded on the disc.

See “DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT” on page 59 for details.

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