Onkyo DV-SP1000E Video CDs, MP3 & Jpeg Compatibility, Function Support, Disc Content Organization

Introduction—Continued

Video CDs

The DV-SP1000/DV-SP1000E supports Version 1.1 and Version 2.0 of the Video CD standard. Version 2.0 sup- ports PBC (Playback Control).

•Video CD (Version 1.1)

On the DV-SP1000/DV-SP1000E, the contents of Video CDs that conform to Version 1.1 of the Video CD standard are handled as tracks.

•Video CD with PBC (Version 2.0)

In addition to the functions supported by Version 1.1, Version 2.0 offers playback control via interactive menus and search functions. Note that the DV-SP1000/DV-SP1000E doesn’t support all PBC functions.

MP3 & JPEG Compatibility

•The DV-SP1000/DV-SP1000E can play/display MP3 and JPEG files recorded on CD-R and CD-RW discs.

•Discs must be in ISO9660 Level 2 format (folders can be up to eight levels deep).

•Discs must be finalized.

•The DV-SP1000/DV-SP1000E can only recognize the first session on multisession discs.

•You can determine the order in which the DV-SP1000/ DV-SP1000E plays/displays your MP3 songs and JPEG pictures by prefixing file and folder names with a three-digit number. For example 001.Root, 002.Folder, and so on, and 001.Track.mp3, 002.Track.mp3, and so on.

•Only the first eight characters of folder and track names (excluding the filename extension) appear on the display.

•The folder numbered “001” appears as “ROOT” in the Disc Navigator.

•The DV-SP1000/DV-SP1000E supports up to 999 folders and up to 672 files.

•If you try to play an incompatible file, the message “This format cannot be played” appears on the display.

■MP3

•MP3 files must be MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 format, 44.1 or 48 kHz, fixed bit-rate.

•MP3 files must have a “.mp3” or “.MP3” filename extension.

•Variable bit-rates (VBR) from 64 kbps to 384 kbps are supported. (Playing times of VBR files may be dis- played incorrectly.)

■JPEG

•JPEG files must have a “.jpg” or “.jpeg” filename extension (either uppercase or lowercase is OK).

•Baseline JPEG files are supported. Progressive JPEG files are not.

•Only JPEG files with the following brightness/color difference ratios are supported: 4:4:4, 4:2:2, and 4:1:1.

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• JPEG files must be less than 5 MB in size.

Function Support

The following icons are used throughout this manual to indicate which discs can be used with each function.

Icon		Disc type	Icon		Disc type
		DVD-Video			Video CD
	DVD-V			VCD
		DVD-Audio			Audio CD
	DVD-A			CD
		Super Audio CD			MP3
	SACD			MP3
		DVD-VR			JPEG
	DVD-VR			JPEG

Disc Content Organization

■DVD-Video

DVD-Video discs typically contain one or more titles, which may be subdivided into chapters.

Title 1		Title 2
Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 1	Chapter 2

DVD-Video

■DVD-Audio

DVD-Audio discs contain groups and tracks.

	Group 1			Group 2
Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 1 Track 2

DVD-Audio

■SACD

SACDs have two separate areas for storing audio tracks—one for multichannel audio, the other for 2- channel stereo audio. In addition, hybrid SACDs have an extra layer for playback in standard CD players. You can specify how the DV-SP1000/ DV-SP1000E handles SACDs on page 80.

	Multichannel area				Stereo area
Track 1		Track 2	Track 3	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3

CD layer of a hybrid SACD

SACD

■VCD

VCDs contain video tracks.

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4

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Video CD