Note on DualDisc

A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates DVD recorded material on one side with digital audio material on the other side. However, since the audio material side does not conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this product is not guaranteed.

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.

Single layer disc

(a disc with a single Super Audio CD layer)

Super Audio CD layer

Hybrid disc2)

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

CD layer3)

Super Audio CD layer3)

A Super Audio CD layer consists of the 2 channel area or the multi-channel area.

•2 channel area: An area in which 2 channel stereo tracks are recorded

•Multi-channel area: An area in which multi- channel (up to 5.1 channels) tracks are recorded

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 layer1): A layer that is readable by a conventional CD player

2 channel area4)

Multi channel area4)

Super Audio CD

 

layer

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 Area for a Super Audio CD” (page 67).

4)To select an area, see “Selecting a Playback Area for a Super Audio CD” (page 67).

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