Pioneer DV-656A Before You Start Disc / Content Format Play- back Compatibility, 1 DV-655A only

01Before You Start

Disc / Content Format Play- back Compatibility

General Disc Compatibility

•This player was designed and engi- neered to be compatible with software containing one or more of the following logos.

DVD-Audio DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW

CD-R/RW Compatibility

•This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in CD Audio, Video CD, or MP3 audio formatting. However, any other content may cause the disc not to play, or create noise/distortion in the output.

•This unit cannot record CD-R or CD-RW discs

•Un-finalized CD-R/RW discs recorded in CD Audio can be played, but not all Table of Contents (playing time, etc..) will be displayed

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Audio CD Video CD	CD-R	CD-RW
Super VCD	Super Audio CD *1

*1 DV-655A only

•Other formats, including but not limited to the following, are not playable in this player:

Photo CD / DVD-RAM / DVD-ROM /

CD-ROM

(except those that contain MP3 files formatted as specified in the “Com- pressed Audio Compatibility” section)

•DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs (Audio CDs and Video CDs) recorded using a DVD Recorder, CD Recorder or Personal Computer may not be playable on this machine. This may be caused by a number of possibilities, including but not limited to: the type of disc used; the type of recording; or damage, dirt or condensation on either the disc or the player’s pick-up lens.

Special note about particular formats or software follows below:

DVD-R/RW Compatibility

•This unit will play DVD-R/RW discs that were recorded using the DVD Video format.

•This unit will play DVD-RW discs that were recorded using the Video Record- ing format.

•This unit cannot record DVD-R/RW discs

•Un-finalized DVD-R/RW discs cannot be played in this player.

Compressed Audio Compatibility

•This unit will play compressed audio files formatted in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 format (MP3) with a 44.1 or 48kHz fixed bit rate. Incompatible files will not play and “UNPLAYABLE” will be displayed on the unit.

•Variable Bit-Rate (VBR) files are playable, but playing time may not be shown correctly.

•The CD-ROM used to compile your MP3 files must be ISO 9660 Level 2 compli- ant.

•CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1.

•This player only plays tracks that are named with the file extension “.mp3” or “.MP3”

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