Playable discs

You can play back the following discs on this system. Other discs cannot be played back.

List of playable discs

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discs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio CDs

 

 

Audio

 

 

 

 

CD-R/CD-RW

 

 

Audio

(Audio CDs/

 

 

 

CD Graphics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(CDG)*/Discs

 

 

 

with MP3 audio

 

 

 

tracks)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD Graphics

 

 

Audio +

(CDG)*

 

 

Video

* MHC-GNX88/GNX77/GNX66 only

Discs that this system cannot play back

•CD-ROMs other than those has MP3 audio tracks that conforms to ISO 9660a) Level 1,

Level 2, Joliet in expansion format.

•CD-Rs/CD-RWs other than those recorded in the following formats:

–audio CD format

–MP3 audio track format that conforms to ISO 9660a) Level 1, Level 2, Joliet in expansion format or Multi Sessionb).

•Data part of CD-Extrasc).

•Data part of Mixed CDsd).

•A disc that has a non-standard shape (e.g., card, heart).

•A disc with paper or stickers on it.

•A disc that has the adhesive, cellophane tape, or a sticker still left on it.

•Audio side of a DualDisc.

a)ISO 9660 Format

The most common international standard for the logical format of files and folders on a CD-ROM. There are several specification levels. In Level 1, file names must be in the 8.3 format (no more than eight characters in the name, no more than three characters in the extension “.MP3”) and in capital letters. Folder names can be no longer than eight characters. There can be no more than eight nested folder levels. Level 2 specifications allow file names and folder names up to 31 characters long. Each folder can have up to 8 trees.

b)Multi Session

This is a recording method that enables adding of data using the Track-At-Once method. Conventional discs begin at a disc control area called the Lead-in and end at an area called Lead-out. A Multi Session disc is a disc having multiple sessions, with each segment from Lead-in to Lead-out regarded as a single session.

c)CD-Extra

This format records audio (audio CD data) on the tracks in session 1 and data on the tracks in session 2.

d)Mixed CD

This format records data on the first track and audio (audio CD data) on the second and subsequent tracks of a session.

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