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Disc / Content Format Playback Compatibility

General disc compatibility

This player was designed and engineered to be compatible with software bearing one or more of the following logos:

DVD-Video DVD-RDVD-RW

Audio CD Video CD

CD-R

CD-RW

is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation.

This player can play discs recorded in either PAL or NTSC format. Use those discs which indicates “NTSC” or “PAL” on the jacket.

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

DVD-Audio / SACD / DVD-RAM

DVD-ROM / CD-ROM

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 unit. This may be caused by a number of possibilities, including but not limited to: the type of disc used; the type of recording; damage, dirt or condensation on either the disc or the player’s pick-up lens. See below for notes about particular software and formats.

CD-R/RW compatibility

•This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in CD Audio or Video CD format. 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.

•Unfinalized CD-R/RW discs recorded as CD Audio can be played, but the full Table of Contents (playing time, etc.) will not be displayed.

DVD-R/RW compatibility

•This unit will play DVD-R/RW discs recorded using the DVD-Video format that have been finalized using a DVD-recorder.

•This unit will play DVD-RW discs recorded using the Video Recording (VR) format.

•When playing a VR format DVD-RW discs that was edited on a DVD recorder, the screen may go momentarily black at edited points and/or you may see scenes from immediately before the edited point.

•This unit cannot record DVD-R/RW discs.

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

PC-created disc compatibility

•If you record a disc using a personal computer, even if it is recorded in a “compatible format” as listed above, there will be cases in which the disc may not be playable in this machine due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the software publisher for more detailed information.

•Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility information.

Due to the unique construction of DVD-R/ RW and CD-R/RW discs, leaving them for extended periods of time in the pause mode at a single place on the disc may result in the discs’ becoming difficult to play at that location on the disc. When playing discs containing important data, users are recommended to construct backup archive discs.

DVD-Video regions

1 ALL

 

All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on the case somewhere that indicates which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. Your DVD player also has a region mark, which you can find on the rear panel. Discs from incompatible regions will not play in this player. Discs marked ALL will play in any player.

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