About discs

This unit can play the following discs:

type of disc

label on the disc recorded material size of disc

maximum

playback time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 cm

74 minutes

Video CD

 

sound and

 

 

 

VCD

 

moving pictures

 

 

 

8 cm *

20 minutes

 

 

 

Super Video CD

 

sound and

12 cm

70 minutes

Super VCD

 

moving pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 cm

74 minutes

Audio CD

 

 

 

 

sound only

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 cm *

20 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*To playback an 8 cm disc, use the optional Sony compact disc single adaptor (CSA-8).

About Video CDs and Super VCDs

A compact disc that contains moving pictures. The picture data uses the MPEG 1 format (Video CD) or MPEG 2 format (Super VCD), worldwide standards of digital compression technology.

Video CDs and Super VCDs also contain compact audio data. Sounds outside the range of human hearing are compressed while the sounds we can hear are not compressed. Super VCD is recognized as the superior standard and this format includes many of the features of DVD-Video.

There are 2 versions of Video CDs.

•Version 1.1:

You can play only moving pictures and sounds.

•Version 2.0:

You can play hi-resolution still pictures and enjoy PBC (Playback Control) functions.

This unit conforms to both versions.

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