Note on PBC (Playback Control) (VIDEO CDs)

This system conforms to Ver. 1.1 and Ver. 2.0 of VIDEO CD standards. You can enjoy two kinds of playback depending on the disc type.

Disc type

You can

VIDEO CDs

Enjoy video playback (moving

without PBC

pictures) as well as music.

functions

 

(Ver. 1.1 discs)

 

 

 

VIDEO CDs

Play interactive software using

with PBC

menu screens displayed on the

functions

TV screen (PBC Playback), in

(Ver. 2.0 discs)

addition to the video playback

 

functions of Ver. 1.1 discs.

 

Moreover, you can play high-

 

resolution still pictures, if they

 

are included on the disc.

 

 

About Multi Session CD

•This system can play Multi Session CDs when an MP3 audio track is contained in the first session. Any subsequent MP3 audio tracks recorded in later sessions can also be played back.

•This system can play Multi Session CDs when a JPEG image file is contained in the first session. Any subsequent JPEG image files recorded in later sessions can also be played back.

•If audio tracks and images in music CD format or video CD format are recorded in the first session, only the first session will be played back.

About the Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a new high-quality audio disc standard where music is recorded in the DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format (conventional CDs are recorded in the PCM format). The DSD format, using a sampling frequency 64 times higher than that of a conventional CD, and with 1-bit quantization, achieves both a wide frequency range and a wide dynamic range across the audible frequency range, and so provides music reproduction extremely faithful to the original sound.

Types of Super Audio CDs

There are two types of discs, depending on the Super Audio CD layer and CD layer combination.

•Super Audio CD layer*: A high-density signal layer for Super Audio CD

•CD layer*1: A layer that is readable by a conventional CD player

Single layer disc

(a disc with a single Super Audio CD layer)

Super Audio CD layer

Hybrid disc*2

(a disc with an Super Audio CD layer and a CD layer)

CD layer*3

Super Audio CD layer*3

*1 You can play the CD layer on a conventional CD player.

*2 Since both layers are on one side, it is not necessary to turn the disc over.

*3 To select a layer, see “Selecting a Playback layer for a Super Audio CD” (page 46).

Region code

Your system has a region code printed on the back of the unit and will only play DVDs labeled with the same region code.

DVD VIDEOs labeled ALL will also play on this system.

If you try to play any other DVD VIDEO, the message [Playback prohibited by area limitations.] will appear on the TV screen. Depending on the DVD VIDEO, no region code indication may be given even though playing the DVD VIDEO is prohibited by area restrictions.

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