JVC XV-SA72SL About discs, Playable disc types, Audio formats, Playable discs, Non-playable discs

Preliminary knowledge

Preliminary knowledge

About discs

Playable disc types

Playable and non-playable disc types are as follows:

Playable discs

DVD AUDIO	DVD VIDEO	Video CD	SVCD	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 or MP3 format can be played back, though some 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 can playback DVD VIDEO discs whose Region Code numbers include the unit’s Region Code, which is indicated on the region code symbol on the rear panel.

Example of playable DVD discs when the unit's Region Code is “2”:

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

The unit can playback a disc recorded with either the NTSC or PAL format and output a video signal with the format set by the NTSC - PAL selector on the rear panel (i.e. you can enjoy an NTSC disc with the PAL television by simply set the selector to “PAL”, or vice versa).

When playing back a “PAL” disc, the Progressive scan mode is never active even if you set the Progressive scan mode to active (see page 17).

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 57 for details.

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