Technicolor - Thomson DTH7500 manual Playing a disc, Discs you can play

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Playing a disc

Discs you can play

•Digital video discs - 12 cm and 8 cm, single or double sided, single or dual

layer. DVDs are high density optical discs on which high quality picture and audio are recorded by means of digital signals.

Region code number - Your DMR responds to the regional management information recorded on DVDs.The regional code of your DMR is 2. Before buying a DVD, make sure that it bears the correct logo. ALL means all regions.

Note: for your information: the other areas are - 1: USA, Canada - 3: Southeast Asia,

Taiwan - 4: Central America, South America, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand - 5: Russian

federation, Africa (except Egypt and Rep. of South Africa), India, Pakistan - 6: China.

DVD+Rewritable

•DVD+/-R,DVD+/-RW- Most DVD-R and DVD+R (one recording only), and DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs (rewritable). Recordings on DVD-R and DVD-RW discs must be made in Video DVD mode. Recordings on DVD+RW discs must be made in accordance with the specifications for the 4.7 Gb capacity DVD+RW disc format. Compatibility is dependent on which DVD writer, writer software and discs are used.

•Audio CDs - 8 and 12 cm audio CDs

•CD-R,CD-RW- Most CD-R (one recording only) and CD-RW discs (rewritable). Compatibility is dependent on which DVD writer, writer software and discs are used.

•Video CD (VCD) - CD on which you can record up to 74 min. of VHS- quality video associated with still images, audio tracks and interactive menus.

•Super Video CD (S VCD) - Most S-VCD discs conform to the IEC 62107 standard.They can be used to record up to 70 minutes of digital sound and video, with MPEG-2 standard video and MPEG-1 standard audio. S-VCD disc compatibility is dependent on which MPEG coding software, disc design software and disc writer software are used, and the discs themselves.

Note: Despite considerable progress made in providing compatibility with as many different discs as possible, reading of discs not conforming to Audio CD, Video CD and Super Video CD (S-VCD) disc standards cannot be guaranteed).

•MP3 files - Discs containing sound files in MP3 format.

•JPEG files - Discs containing images in JPEG format. Compatibility is dependent on the disc creation software used and file sizes, stated in millions of pixels. Certain JPEG files such as Progressive JPEG files cannot be read by this equipment.

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