Pioneer SX-LX70SW Before you start Chapter, Symbols used in this manual, Compatible media, Model

Before you start

Chapter 1

Before you start

Symbols used in this manual

The following icons are provided to help you quickly identify which instructions you need for which kind of disc.

HDD HDD

DVD	Any type of DVD disc (recordable or
	playback only), finalized or not.
DVD-Video	Commercially produced DVD, finalized

Video mode DVD-R/-RW.

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Disc/content format playback compatibility

Compatible media

•DVD-RW ver. 1.1 / 1x / 1x to 2x, ver. 1.2 / 2x to 4x / 2x to 6x

•DVD-R ver. 2.0 /1x / 1x to 4x / 1x to 8x / 1x to 16x, ver. 2.1 / 1x to 8x / 1x to 16x

•DVD+RW 1x to 2.4x / 1x to 4x / 3.3x to 8x

•DVD+R 1x to 2.4x / 1x to 4x / 1x to 8x / 1x to 16x

•DVD-RAM ver. 2.0 / 2x, ver. 2.1 / 2x / 2x to 3x / 2x to 5x, ver. 2.2 / 2x / 2x to 3x / 2x to 5x

DVD (Video)

DVD (VR)

DVD+R

DVD+RW

DVD-RAM

CD

Video CD

Super VCD

WMA/MP3

DivX

ALL

Video mode DVD-R/-RW (unfinalized)

VR mode DVD-R/-RW

DVD+R

DVD+RW

DVD-RAM

Audio CD

Video CD

Super VCD

WMA or MP3 files

DivX files

All of the above

•DVD-R DL ver. 3.0 / 2x to 4x / 2x to 8x

•DVD+R DL 2.4x / 2.4x to 8x

Note that older models of DVD recorders and DVD writers may reject DVD-RW ver. 1.2 discs and/or corrupt the data on the disc. If you want to share DVD-RW discs between this recorder and an older recorder/writer, we recommend using ver. 1.1 discs.

The following table shows older Pioneer DVD recorders’ limited compatibility with DVD-RW ver. 1.2 discs.

Model	Playable	Recordable
DVR-7000	Yes*1,2,3	No
DVR-3100/DVR-5100H	Yes*1	No

*1 Discs should be finalized in this recorder before playing. Unfinalized VR mode and Video mode discs may not play.

*2 Cannot read the CPRM information will show in the display when you load a disc. However, this will not affect playback.

*3 Copy-once protected disc titles will not play.

Readable file system

This recorder can play DVDs recorded under the

following file systems1: ISO 9660*, UDF 1.02, UDF 1.50, UDF 2.00, UDF 2.01.

*ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this recorder.

Note

1 • Depending on the recording technique used, even files recorded in compatible file systems may not play correctly.

•MP3/WMA/DivX files can be played back when recorded onto a DVD that contains no video titles and uses the UDF 1.02, UDF 1.50, UDF 2.01 or ISO 9660 file systems.

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