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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:
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).

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).
Playing an Audio CD
Audio CDs contain only TRACKS.
They can be played on your DVD player with the
audio output connected to a stereo system or to
your TV.
If CD-text is available on the disc, it will be
displayed on both the TV screen and player’s
front display.
Select tracks using the menubar on the TV screen
or by pressing the numerical keys directly.
Your DVD player also allows you to compile
Favorite Track Selection (FTS) programs for your
discs by selecting or excluding tracks of your
choice (see FTS Program - Audio CDs).

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 TV screen will display the number of
tracks for selection and current playing status.
2At the end of the disc, playback of the next
available disc starts. Playback stops after all the
discs are played back.
3To stop playback, press STOP.
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)
TRACK 1 TRACK 2
INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 3
VIDEO CD
23 56789101112...41
TRACKS
AUDIO CD
Operation