Operation

Video CD and Super Video CD

The current VCD 2.0 and Super Video CD 1.0 standard features are:

Support following VCD and SVCD formats:

Features

Video CDs 2.0

Super Video CDs 1.0

Video

MPEG-1

MPEG-2

bit rate

constant 1,150 Kbps

variable up to 2.6 Mbps

resolution NTSC

352x240, 29.97Hz

480x480 interlaced, 29.97Hz

resolution PAL

352x288, 25Hz

480x576 interlaced, 25Hz

Still picture (photo)

MPEG-1

MPEG-2 (1 Frame)

resolution NTSC

352x240, 704x480

480x480, 704x480

resolution PAL

352x288, 704x576

480x576. 704x576

Audio

MPEG-1 layer II

MPEG-1 layer II

sampling

44.1KHz

44.1KHz

bit rate

224Kbps

32-384Kbps

audio channels

1 stereo / 2 mono

< 2 stereo / 4 mono

surround sound

Stereo with Dolby Pro-Logic

MPEG-1 (5+1) extension

Overlay graphics/text

 

overlay video plane

sub-channels

 

<= 4

coding

 

4 colour CLUT (2bits/pixel)

 

 

 

Playing a Super Audio CD

Super Audio CDs contain only TRACKS.

Select tracks using the menubar on the TV screen or by pressing the numerical keys directly.

If SACD-text or CD-text is available on the disc, it will be displayed on both the TV screen and player’s front panel.

Playing a disc

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Following formats can’t be supported in VCD:

HQ-VCD is encoded at 2.4Mbps or 2.6Mbps

XVCD (eXtended VCD) with higher resolution and data rate.

Video CDs may have one or more TRACKS, and TRACKS may have one or more INDEXES.

To make easy and convenient access, you can move between TRACKS and INDEXES.

Some Video CDs have Play Back Control (PBC), which is a predefined playback sequence stored on the disc (see Playback Control section).

VIDEO CD

TRACK 1 TRACK 2

INDEX 1

INDEX 2

INDEX 1

INDEX 2

INDEX 3

Playing a disc

1Press DISC (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on the front panel or DISC SKIP repeatedly on the remote control to playback a specific disc directly.

Playback starts automatically.

The current track number and its elapsed playing time will be displayed.

2To stop playback, press STOP.

3Disc Resume feature is also applicable for VCDs and SVCDs (see “Resume” section).

1Press DISC (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on the front panel or DISC SKIP repeatedly on the remote control to playback a specific disc directly.

Playback starts automatically.

The TV screen will display the number of tracks for selection, current playing status and current playing layer.

2Playback will stop at the end of the disc.

3To stop playback, press STOP.

Sound Mode - SACD playback

If the default Sound mode is set to multi channel and the inserted disc does not contain this mode, the player will automatically select the stereo mode.

On hybrid discs (with SACD and CD layers), the player will always start playing the SACD layer.

While the SACD disc is being played, the currently played layer is shown on the player front display as follows:

SA 6 (for SACD Multi channel) SA 2 (for SACD stereo)

CD (for CD layer of SACD)

You can switch between SACD multi channel and SACD stereo layers (depending on availability of the mode on the disc) while the disc is playing by pressing SOUND MODE. MULTI CH indicator lights.

Switching between the SACD and CD layer is not possible during playback.

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Yamaha DVD-C940 Video CD and Super Video CD, Playing a Super Audio CD, Playing a disc, Sound Mode Sacd playback

DVD-C940 specifications

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