Notes about CD-R/CD-RW/ DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW

•In some cases, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, DVD+Rs or DVD+RWs cannot be played back on this system depending upon the recording quality or physical condition of the disc, or the characteristics of the recording device. Furthermore, the disc may not be played back if it has not been correctly finalized. For more information, see the operation instructions for the recording device.

•A disc created in Packet Write format cannot be played back.

Note on DualDiscs

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 Compact Disc (CD) standard, playback on this product is not guaranteed.

Note on playback operations of DVD VIDEOs and VIDEO CDs

Some playback operations of DVD VIDEOs and VIDEO CDs may be intentionally set by software producers. Since this system play back DVD VIDEOs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents the software producers designed, some playback features may not be available. Also, refer to the instructions supplied with the DVD VIDEOs or VIDEO CDs.

Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies

This product is designed to play back discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are marketed by some record companies. Please be aware that among those discs, there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this product.

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

Meaning

VIDEO CDs

Enjoy video playback (moving

without PBC

pictures) as well as music.

functions

 

(Ver. 1.1 discs)

 

 

 

VIDEO CDs with

Play interactive software using

PBC functions

menu screens displayed on the

(Ver. 2.0 discs)

TV screen (PBC playback), in

 

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 disc

•This system can play back Multi Session discs 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 back Multi Session discs 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 the first session is recorded in AUDIO CD or VIDEO CD format, only the first session will be played back.

•The system will recognize a Multi Session disc as an AUDIO CD if there is a session recorded in AUDIO CD format on the disc. However, the system will only play back the disc if the first session is recorded in AUDIO CD format.

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