About This Manual

•Operations and displays differ slightly, depending on where the model is sold. U.S./Canadian models are used for illustration purposes unless otherwise specified. Any difference in operation is clearly indicated in the text, for example, “(U.S./Canadian models only).”

•Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the remote. You can also use the controls on the player if they have the same or similar names as those on the remote.

•“DVD” may be used as a general term for DVD VIDEOs, DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs and DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs.

•The meaning of the icons used in this manual is described below:

Icons Meanings

Functions available for DVD

VIDEOs and DVD+RWs/

DVD+Rs or DVD-RWs/DVD-

Rs in video mode

Functions available for DVD- RWs in VR (Video Recording) mode

Functions available for VIDEO CDs (including Super VCDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in video CD format or Super VCD format)

Functions available for Super

Audio CDs

Functions available for music CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music CD format

Functions available for DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD- RWs containing MP3* audio tracks and JPEG image files)

*MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) is a standard format defined by ISO (International Organization for Standardization)/MPEG which compresses audio data.

This Player Can Play the Following Discs

Format of discs

DVD VIDEO (page 91)

DVD-RW (page 91)

Super Audio

CD (page 91)

VIDEO CD

Music CD

“DVD VIDEO” and “DVD-RW” are trademarks.

Note about CDs

The player can play CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD- RWs recorded in the following formats:

–music CD format

–video CD format

–MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files of format conforming to ISO 9660* Level 1/ Level 2, or its extended format, Joliet

–KODAK Picture CD format

*A logical format of files and folders on CD- ROMs, defined by ISO (International Organization for Standardization).

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