Playable Discs

Disc Type

Disc Logo

Icon used in

Characteristics

this manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD VIDEO

 

DVD

Discs such as movies that can be purchased or

 

rented

 

 

 

DVD-RAMs recorded by another recording

DVD-RAMRAM device. 12 cm discs without cartridges, or removable from their cartridges can be played.

VIDEO CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCD

VIDEO CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in VIDEO CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

format (with PBC function)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD

Music CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

format that can be purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs created on a PC or

DATA CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATA CD

similar device in music format, or MP3*1 or

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPEG format that conforms to ISO9660*2 Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/Level 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/

DATA DVD

 

 

 

 

DATA DVD

DVD-Rs in MP3*1 or JPEG format conforming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to Universal Disk Format (UDF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 cm DVD+RW/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 cm DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs, and DVD-Rs

 

 

 

 

recorded with a DVD video camera (Still images

DVD-RW/DVD-R

 

 

 

 

recorded with a DVD video camera cannot be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

played.)

“DVD VIDEO” and “CD” logos are trademarks.

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

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

Discs that cannot be played

CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are not recorded in music CD or Video CD format, or do not contain MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image files.

Data part of CD-Extras

DVD-ROMs that are not recorded in DVD Video format, or do not contain MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image files.

DVD Audio discs

HD layer on Super Audio CDs

DVD VIDEOs with a different region code (see page 33)

A disc recorded in a color system other than NTSC, such as PAL or SECAM

A disc recorded in AVCHD format

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