Before Use

Playable Discs

DVD

(8 cm / 12 cm disc)

Video CD (VCD) (8 cm / 12 cm disc)

Audio CD

(8 cm / 12 cm disc)

In addition, this unit can play a DVD-R/±RW, SVCD and CD-R or CD-RW that contains audio titles, MP3, or JPEG files.

Notes

Depending on the conditions of the recording equipment or the CD-R/RW (or DVD-R/±RW) disc itself, some CD-R/RW (or DVD-R/±RW) discs cannot be played on the unit.

Do not attach any seal or label to either side (the labeled side or the recorded side) of a disc.

Do not use irregularly shaped CDs (e.g., heart- shaped or octagonal). It may result in malfunctions.

Notes on DVDs and Video CDs

Some playback operations of DVDs and Video CDs may be intentionally fixed by software manufacturers. As this unit plays DVDs and Video CDs according to disc content designed by the software manufacturer, some playback features of the unit may not be available or other functions may be added.

Make sure to also refer to the instructions supplied with the DVDs and Video CDs. Some DVDs made for business purposes may not be able to be played on the unit.

Regional code of the DVD/VCR Receiver and DVDs

This DVD/VCR Receiver is designed and manu-

 

 

 

 

 

factured for playback of region “1” encoded

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DVD software. The region code on the labels of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

some DVDs indicates which type of DVD/VCR

 

 

 

 

 

Receiver can play those discs. This unit can only play DVDs labelled “1” or “ALL”. If you try to play any other discs, the message “Check Regional Code” will appear on the TV screen. Some DVDs that have no region code label may still be subject to area restrictions and therefore not playable.

Disc-related terms

Title (DVD only)

 

 

The main film content or accompanying feature content

 

INTRODUCTION

or additional feature content, or music album.

 

 

 

Each title is assigned a title reference number enabling

 

 

you to locate it easily.

 

 

Chapter (DVD only)

 

 

Sections of a picture or a musical piece that are smaller

 

 

than titles. A title is composed of one or several chap-

 

 

ters. Each chapter is assigned a chapter number,

 

 

enabling you to locate the chapter you want. Depending

 

 

on the disc, chapters may not be recorded.

 

 

Track (Video CD and audio CD only)

 

 

Sections of a picture or a musical piece on a video CD

 

 

or an audio CD. Each track is assigned a track number,

 

 

enabling you to locate the track you want.

 

 

Scene

 

 

On a video CD with PBC (Playback control) functions,

 

 

moving pictures and still pictures are divided into sec-

 

 

tions called “Scenes”. Each scene is displayed in the

 

 

menu screen and assigned a scene number, enabling

 

 

you to locate the scene you want.

 

 

A scene is composed of one or several tracks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Types of video CDs

 

 

There are two types of video CDs:

 

 

Video CDs equipped with PBC (Version 2.0)

 

 

PBC (Playback control) functions allow you to interact

 

 

with the system via menus, search functions, or other

 

 

typical computer-like operations. Moreover, still pictures

 

 

of high resolution can be played if they are included in

 

 

the disc.

 

 

Video CDs not equipped with PBC (Version 1.1)

 

 

Operated in the same way as audio CDs, these discs

 

 

allow playback of video pictures as well as sound, but

 

 

they are not equipped with PBC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

 

 

 

SPENT OR DISCHARGED BATTERIES MUST BE RECY-

 

 

 

CLED OR DISPOSED OF IN A SAFE MANNER IN COM-

 

 

 

PLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS.

 

 

 

FOR DETAILED INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL

 

 

 

COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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