Handling Discs

DVD control limitations

The controls on certain DVD discs may be prohibited or disabled. The PDR-155 will display an icon ( ) that means a function is “prohibited by the disc” if you try to execute such a function. On discs that enable interactive controls from the menu or during playback, certain functions (such as repeat play or programming) may not be available. In these cases, the PDR-155 will display an icon ( ) that means the function is “prohibited by the player.”

About video CDs

This DVD AV Controller supports Video CDs with or without PBC (Version 2.0). (PBC is an abbreviation for Playback Control.)

•Video CDs without PBC (Version 1.1)

Video CDs that do not utilize PBC allow you to play sound and movies on the PDR-155 using the same operations you would use to play an audio CD.

•Video CDs with PBC (Version 2.0)

Video CDs that utilize PBC also allow you to play sound and movies on the PDR-155. In addition, these discs enable you to use interactive software and search functions from a menu displayed on the TV screen (Menu Playback). Some of the functions described in this Instruction Manual may not work with some discs.

MP3 compatibility information

•The CD-ROM must be ISO9660-compatible.

•Files should be in the MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 format, 44.1 or 48 kHz, fixed bit rate. Incompatible files will not play and the system will display “UNPLAYABLE.”

•The PDR-155 plays only tracks that use the file extension “.mp3” or “.MP3”.

•Use CD-R or CD-RW media to record your MP3 files.

•The disc must be finalized to play properly.

•Audio encoded at 128kbps should sound nearly as good as standard audio CDs. Although the PDR-155 will play MP3 tracks encoded at lower bit rates, the audio quality is noticeably worse.

•Only the first eight characters of a folder or track name (excluding the “.mp3” extension) are dis- played.

•The PDR-155 can recognize a maximum of 250 folders and 250 tracks. Folders and tracks in excess of 250 will not play.

•The PDR-155 is not compatible with variable bit rate (VBR) files. Be sure to create MP3 CDs with a fixed bit rate.

•The PDR-155 is not compatible with multi-session discs. If you try to play a multi-ses- sion disc, the PDR-155 will play only the first session.

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