Magnavox 20MDRF20 owner manual Playable Discs, Region Codes, Color Systems, Unacceptable Discs

6 Playable Discs

Playable Discs

The DVD Player of this TV/DVD will play many types of Discs, including Digital Video Discs (DVDs) and Audio Compact Discs (CDs). It will play MP3 and JPEG files as well. To play a DVD, make sure it meets the requirements for Region Codes and Color Systems as described below. Discs that have the following logos will play. Finalize Discs before playing them.

DVD: Prerecorded Digital

Video Discs

Audio CDs

MP3: Digital audio files recorded on a CD-R or CD-RW

	CD-RW: Compact Disc
	Rewritable. CD-RWs can be
ReWritable	recorded on multiple times.

Recordable

CD-R: Compact Disc Recordable. CD-Rs can be recorded on only once.

DVD+R: DVD Recordable. DVD+Rs can be recorded on only once.

DVD+RW: DVD Rewritable. DVD+RWs can be recorded on multiple times.

Region Codes

This TV/DVD has a Region One (1) DVD Player. DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or for Region 1 in order to play on the unit. You cannot play DVDs that are labeled for other regions. Look for the symbols below on your DVDs. If these region symbols do not appear on your DVD, you cannot play it in this TV/DVD.

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 DVD labelled for a specific region can only play on DVD Players with the same region code.

Color Systems

DVDs are recorded in different color systems throughout the world. The most com- mon color systems are NTSC (which is used primarily in the United States and North America), PAL, and SECAM.

This unit uses NTSC, so DVDs must be recorded in the NTSC system. You cannot play DVDs recorded in other formats. The color system of the DVD may be listed on the DVD or on the Disc case.

Unacceptable Discs

If you insert an unacceptable type of disc, a Disc Error message or the “X” may appear on the TV screen. The following Discs will not play.

•	CD-ROM	•	Super Audio CD (SACD) (The Audio
•	DVD-RAM		CD layer of a hybrid SACD may play.)
•	DVD-ROM	•	Video Single Disc (VSD)
•	Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I)	•	DVD-Audio
Audio of the following discs might play, but video will not be accessible.
•	Compact Disc-Graphic (CD-G)	•	Compact Disc-Video (CD-V)