Sylvania SRDV495 owner manual Playing discs, Information on DVD play

Playing discs

Information on DVD play

Before you attempt to play DVD discs, read the following information.

Playable discs

This unit is compatible with following discs.

To play a DVD, make sure that it meets the require- ments for Region Codes and Color Systems as described below. Discs that have the following logos will play on the unit. Other Disc types are not guar- anteed to play.

Disc Logo

DVD VIDEO

DVD-RW (VIDEO/VR FORMAT)

DVD-R (VIDEO FORMAT)

CD-DA (AUDIO CD)

CD-R (CD-DA FORMAT, MP3 files)

CD-RW (CD-DA FORMAT, MP3 files)

Color systems

DVDs are recorded in different color systems throughout the world.The most common color sys- tems are NTSC (which is used primarily in the United States and Canada), PAL and SECAM.

This unit uses NTSC, so DVDs you play must be recorded in the NTSC system.You cannot play DVDs recorded in other color system.

Region codes

This unit has been designed to play DVD discs with Region One (1). DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or for Region 1 in order to play on this unit. You cannot play DVDs that are labeled for other regions. Look for the symbols below on your DVDs. If these region symbols do not appear on your DVD, you cannot play that DVD in this unit.

The number inside the globe refers to region of the world. Region 1 represents the United States, Canada, Bermuda, the U.S.Virgin Islands and small regions near Australia.

A DVD labeled for a specific region can only play on the unit with the same region code.

DVD playback

The contents of a DVD disc are generally divided into titles.Titles may be further subdivided into chapters.

Start Rec.	Stop/Start	Stop Rec.
Title 1	Title 2

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Chapter 2

Guide to displays
First:	DVD				1.	Indicates a disc type and a	5.	Icon Legend:
						format mode.
								: Search
Press DISPLAY button to bring up					2. Indicates a recording speed
								:Audio
the display menu.This menu will						and recording time left.
give you information on the play-					3. Indicates a current channel			: Subtitle
ing disc. Some operations are						number and an audio status of		:Angle (except VR mode)
available while the disc is playing.						the program.
								: Repeat
	4		1		4.	Indicates a title number, chap-
						ter number and the time		: Marker
1	1	00:00:00	DVD-RW			elapsed of disc play.		: Noise Reduction
			Video mode
				2
			SP 1:25 Rem.					: Zoom
	5		CH 1	3
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