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Disc Types

BD-ROM

Blu-ray Disc Read Only Memory. A BD-ROM disc contains pre-recorded data. Although a BD-ROM may contain any form of data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Definition format, for playback on Blu-ray Disc Players. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.

DVD-Video

A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135-minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32 subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby Digital surround, allowing you to enjoy vivid and clear theatre quality images.

When switching from the first layer to the second layer of a dual-layered DVD Video disc, there may be momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the unit.

Once a DVD-RW/-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Pre-recorded (pre- stamped) commercial DVDs with movies are also referred to as DVD-Videos. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-Video discs) with movies.

Audio CD

An audio disc on which 44.1kHz PCM Audio is recorded.

This unit can play back CD-DA format audio CD-R and CD-RW discs.

The unit may not be able to play some CD-R or CD-RW discs due to the condition of the recording.

CD-R/-RW

Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-R/-RW disc. If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the disc may not play back.

If the CD-R/-RW disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience delays when playing back the beginning of the disc or all recorded files may not play.

Some CD-R/-RW discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which was used to burn them. For contents recorded on CD-R/-RW media from CDs for your personal use, playability may vary depending on contents and discs.

DVD-R Disc Playback

Once a DVD-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video.

This unit can play back DVD-R discs recorded and finalized with a Samsung DVD video recorder. It may not be able to play some DVD-R discs depending on the disc and the condition of the recording.

DVD-RW Disc Playback

Playback can be performed with DVD-RW discs in the Video Mode and finalized only.

Once a DVD-RW recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions.

Disc Format

Using MP3 disc

CD-R/-RW, DVD-RW/-R recorded with UDF, ISO9660 or JOLIET format can be played back.

Only MP3 files with the “.mp3” or “.MP3” extension can be played.

Playable bit-rate range is from 56 Kbps to 320 Kbps.

Playable sample-rate is 16KHz to 48KHz.

The unit can handle a maximum of 1500 files and folders under a parent folder. For MP3 files recorded with a VBR(Variable Bit Rates), the sound may cut in and out.

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Samsung BD-P1400/XEC, BD-P1400/EUR manual Disc Types, Disc Format