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Disc Type and Characteristics

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The DVD player is capable of playing the following types of discs with the corresponding logos:

Disc Types

Recording

Disc

Max. Playing Time

Characteristics

(Logos)

Types

Size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

 

5”

Single-sided: 240 min.

- DVD contains excellent sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and video due to Dolby Digital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double-sided: 480 min.

 

 

 

 

 

Audio

 

and MPEG-2 system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

Single-sided: 80 min.

- Various screen and audio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

functions can be easily selected

 

 

 

 

 

 

31/2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double-sided: 160 min.

through the on-screen menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO-CD

Audio

5”

74 min.

- Video with CD sound, VHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

quality and MPEG-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

31/2

20 min.

compression technology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO-CD

 

5”

74 min.

- CD is recorded as a Digital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signal with better audio quality,

 

 

 

 

 

Audio

 

 

less distortion and less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deterioration of audio quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

31/2

20 min.

over time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DiskMarkings

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Play Region Number

Both the DVD player 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.

NTSC

NTSC broadcast system in U.S.A, Canada, Korea, Japan, etc.

 

PAL

PAL broadcast system

DTS disc

 

Dolby Digital disc

MP3

STEREO

Stereo disc

DCDi

DIGITAL

Digital Audio disc

 

SOUND

 

 

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