Toshiba SD-P1500 On VIDEO CDs, Playable discs, Notes on region numbers, About this owner’s manual

About this owner’s manual Playable discs

This owner’s manual explains the basic instructions of this player. Some DVD video discs are produced in a manner that allows specific or limited operation during playback. As such, the player may not respond to all operating commands. This is not a defect in the player. Refer to instruction notes of discs.

“” may appear on the screen during operation.

A “ ” means that the operation is not permitted by the player or the disc.

Notes on region numbers

The region number of this player is 1. If region numbers, which stand for their playable area, are printed on your DVD video disc and you do not find 1 or ALL , disc playback will not be allowed by the player. (In this case, the player will display a message on-screen.)

On VIDEO CDs

This player supports VIDEO CDs equipped with the PBC (Version 2.0) function. (PBC is the abbreviation of Playback Control.)

You can enjoy two playback variations depending on types of discs.

•VIDEO CD not equipped with PBC function (Version 1.1)

Sound and movie can be played on this player in the same way as an audio CD.

•VIDEO CD equipped with PBC function (Version 2.0)

In addition to operation of a VIDEO CD not equipped with the PBC function, you can enjoy playback of interactive software with search function by using the menu displayed on the screen (Menu Playback). Some functions described in this owner’s manual may not work with all discs.

This player can play the following discs.

	Disc Mark	Contents	Disc	Maximum
			Size	playback time
				Approx. 4 hours
				(single sided disc)
		Audio	12 cm
DVD				Approx. 8 hours
		+
				(double sided disc)
video		video
discs		(moving		Approx. 80 minutes
		pictures)
				(single sided disc)
			8 cm
				Approx. 160 minutes
				(double sided disc)
		Audio	12 cm	Approx. 74 minutes
VIDEO		+
		video
CDs
	DIGITAL VIDEO	(moving
		pictures)
			8 cm	Approx. 20 minutes
			12 cm	Approx. 74 minutes
Audio		Audio
CDs			8 cm
			(CD	Approx. 20 minutes
			single)

The following discs are also available. CD-R

CD-RW

CD-R/RW discs recorded by CD-DA method can be played. Some CD-R/RW discs may be incompatible.

•You cannot play discs other than those listed above.

•You cannot play discs of DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, etc. or non-standardized discs, even if they may be labeled as above.

•This player uses the NTSC color system, and cannot play DVD video discs recorded in any other color system (PAL, SECAM, etc.).

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