Getting Started

Disc Types and Characteristics

Region Code

The product and the discs are coded by region. These regional codes must match in order for the disc to play. If the codes do not match, the disc will not play.

Disc Type

Region

 

 

Area

Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

The U.S., U.S. territories and

 

Canada

 

 

2

Europe, Japan, the Middle East,

 

Egypt, South Africa, Greenland

 

3

Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines,

 

Indonesia, Hong Kong

DVD-VIDEO

4

Mexico, South America, Central

 

America, Australia, New Zealand,

 

 

Pacific Islands, Caribbean

 

5

Russia, Eastern Europe, India,

 

most of Africa, North Korea,

 

 

Mongolia

 

 

6

China

 

Disc types that can be played

Disc Types &

Recorded

Disc

Max. Playing Time

Mark (Logo)

Signals

Size

 

 

 

 

 

Approx. 240 min.

 

VIDEO

 

12 cm

(single-sided)

 

 

Approx. 480 min.

DVD-VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

(double-sided)

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

12 cm

74 min.

AUDIO-CD

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

+

 

12 cm

-

DivX

VIDEO

 

 

 

Do not use the following types of disc!

LD, CD-G, CD-I, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM discs cannot be played on this product. If such discs are played, a <WRONG DISC FORMAT> message appears on the TV screen.

DVD discs purchased abroad may not play on this product.

If such discs are played, a <Wrong Region. Please check Disc.> message appears on the TV screen.

Disc Types And Disc Format

This product does not support Secure (DRM) Media files.

CD-R Discs

Some CD-R discs may not be playable depending on the disc recording device (CD-Recorder or PC) and the condition of the disc.

Use a 650MB/74 minute CD-R disc.

Do not use CD-R discs over 700MB/80 minutes as they may not be played back.

Some CD-RW (Rewritable) media, may not be playable.

Only CD-Rs that are properly "closed" can be fully played. If the session is closed but the disc is left open, you may not be able to fully play the disc.

CD-R MP3 Discs

Only CD-R discs with MP3 files in ISO 9660 or Joliet format can be played.

MP3 file names should contain no blank spaces or special characters (. / = +).

Use discs recorded with a compression/ decompression data rate greater than 128Kbps.

Only files with the ".mp3" and ".MP3" extensions can be played.

Only a consecutively written multisession disc can be played. If there is a blank segment in the Multisession disc, the disc can be played only up to the blank segment.

If the disc is not closed, it will take longer to begin playback and not all of the recorded files may be played.

For files encoded in Variable Bit Rate (VBR) format, i.e. files encoded in both low bit rate and high bit rate (e.g., 32Kbps ~ 320Kbps), the sound may skip during playback.

A maximum of 999 tracks can be played per CD.

A maximum of 250 folders can be played per CD.

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