INFORMATION ON PLAYBACK

Unplayable Discs and Files

The following discs will not be played back in this unit.

CD-ROM

CD-I (compact disc-interactive)

DVD-RAM

• VSD (video single disc)

DVD-audio

• video CD

• HD DVD

• SVCD

unfinalized disc

BD/DVD/CD/SD Memory Card contains DivX® files.

BD /DVD hybrid disc (played back as a BD-video only)

BD that contains AVCHD files

DVD-RW/-R recorded in VR mode or non compatible recording format.

super audio CD - Only the sound on the CD layer can be heard. The sound on the high-density super audio CD layer cannot be heard.

Playability of dual discs are not guaranteed.

BD-RE/-R recorded in BDAV format or non compatible recording format.

This unit cannot play back the disc contents protected by Windows Media™ Digital Rights Management (DRM).

Color Systems

BD-video and DVD-video are recorded in different color systems throughout the world. The most common color system is NTSC (which is used primarily in the United States and Canada).

This unit employs NTSC color system, so the disc you play back must be recorded in the NTSC system. You cannot play back the disc recorded in other color systems.

Region Codes

This unit has been designed to play back

BD-video

BD-video with region “A” and DVD-video with

 

 

 

 

 

region “1” or “ALL“. You cannot play back

 

 

 

 

 

BD-video or DVD-video that are labeled for

 

 

 

 

 

other regions. Look for the symbols on the

 

 

 

 

 

right on your BD-video or DVD-video.

DVD-video

If these region symbols do not appear on

 

 

 

 

 

your BD-video or DVD-video, you cannot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

play back the disc in this unit. The letter or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

number inside the globe refers to region of

 

 

 

 

 

the world. A BD-video or DVD-video labeled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for a specific region can only be played back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the unit with the same region code.

 

 

 

 

 

Structure of Disc / SD Memory Card Contents

The contents of BD / DVD are generally divided into titles. Titles may be further subdivided into chapters.

BD / DVD / AVCHD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

title 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

title 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chapter

1

chapter 2

 

 

chapter 1

 

chapter 2

chapter 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Audio CDs are divided into tracks.

audio CD

track 1

track 2

track 3

track 4

track 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data discs or SD Memory Cards containing MP3 / WMA / JPEG are divided into folders, and the folders are subdivided into files.

MP3/WMA/JPEG

folder (group) 1 folder (group) 2

file 1

file 2

file 3

 

file 4

file 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On-Screen Display

You can check information about the current disc by pressing [DISPLAY].

To call the on-screen display menu, press [DISPLAY] during playback. Every time you press [DISPLAY], the information changes. Depending on the media, available information varies.

BD-V AVCHD

off Title / Chapter information

Title information (elapsed time)

Title information (remaining time)

Decoding format information off

DVD-V

off Chapter information (elapsed time)

Chapter information (remaining time)

Title information (elapsed time)

Title information (remaining time)

Decoding format information off

CD

off (Track information (elapsed time))

Track information (remaining time)

Disc information* (elapsed time)

Disc information* (remaining time)

off (Track information (elapsed time))

(*not available during the program / random playback)

MP3

off (File information (elapsed time))

File name information

off (File information (elapsed time))

off (File information (elapsed time))

File name information

Tag information (title name)

Tag information (artist name)

off (File information (elapsed time))

off File information File name information off

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