Playable Discs

This DVD Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs), Video CDs, Super Video CDs, Audio CDs, and Super Audio CDs. This Player also supports the MP3 format, or music tracks that are compressed with MPEG Audio Layer 3 technology. In order to play a Disc on this DVD Player, make sure the Disc meets the requirements for Region Codes and Color Systems described below. The Discs should have the following logos and should meet these stan- dards.

Disc

 

Logo

Contents

Disc Size

Maximum

Disc

Type

 

Playback Time

Segments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approx. 4 hours

DVDs are

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 cm

(single-sided)

 

 

 

 

 

 

divided into Titles,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approx. 8 hours

Digital

 

 

 

 

Sound

 

which are divided

 

 

 

 

 

(double-sided)

Video

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

into Chapters.

Disc

 

 

 

 

Pictures

 

Approx. 80 minutes

Titles and Chapters

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 cm

(single-sided)

are numbered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approx. 160 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(double-sided)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio

 

 

 

 

 

12 cm

74 minutes

Audio CDs are

 

 

 

 

Sound

 

 

divided into numbered

 

 

 

 

8 cm

 

CD

 

 

 

 

20 minutes

Tracks, i.e., a track

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(singles)

may be one song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super Audio CDs are

 

 

 

 

Sound

12 cm

 

divided into numbered

Audio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracks, i.e., a track

CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may be one song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

Sound

 

 

Video CDs are

CD

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

divided into Tracks.

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Region Codes

DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or for Region 1 in order to play on this DVD Player. You can not play Discs 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 DVD Player.

The number inside the globe refers to a region of the world. Region 1 repre- sents 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 play only on DVD Players with the same region code. For example, if a Disc is labeled for Region 2, you can not play the DVD on this DVD Player. A message will appear on the TV screen, but not the DVD Player display panel. The DVD Player may appear to be off.

Color Systems

Different color systems are available 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 DVD Player can use either the NTSC or PAL color system. Follow the steps on page 15 to select NTSC or PAL for the DVD Player. Choose a setting that matches the color system of your TV. Make sure the Discs you play are in NTSC or PAL. The color system of the DVD may appear on the DVD or on the Disc case.

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Helpful Hints

Super Video CDs are based on the Super VCD IO Standard, referring to the Standard of Electronics Industry of the People’s Republic of China.

On multi-session discs, this DVD Player supports only the first session.

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Philips DVD962SA owner manual Playable Discs, Region Codes, Color Systems