Magnavox MDV453 owner manual Playable Discs, Region Codes, Color Systems, Unacceptable Discs

6 Playable Discs

Playable Discs

This DVD Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs), Audio Compact Discs (CDs), finalized DVD Recordables and DVD Rewritables (DVD+R and DVD+RW), and MP3 or JPEG files on finalized CD Recordables or CD Rewritables (CD-R or CD-RW).

To play a DVD on this Player, make sure the Disc meets the requirements for Region Codes and Color Systems as described below.

Discs that have the following logos will play on this DVD Player.

Recordable

ReWritable

DVD	Audio CD	CD-R	MP3 files	DVD+R	DVD+RW
		CD-RW

Region Codes

DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or for Region 1 in order to play on this DVD Player. 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 the DVD in this 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 play on DVD Players with the same region code. For example, if a Disc is labeled for Region 2, you cannot play the DVD on this 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 case.

Unacceptable Discs

If you insert an unacceptable type of disc, a Disc Error message may appear on the TV screen. The following Discs will not play on this DVD Player.

•	CD-ROM	•	Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I)
•	DVD-RAM	•	Video Single Disc (VSD)
•	DVD-ROM	•	DVD-Audio

•Super Audio CD (SACD) (The Audio CD layer of a hybrid SACD may play.)

Audio of the following discs might play, but video will not be accessible.

• Compact Disc-Graphic (CD-G) • Compact Disc-Video (CD-V)