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Region coding
Blu-ray Disc players and Blu-ray or DVD Video discs
are assigned region codes according to the region in
which they are sold. If the region codes do not match,
the disc will not play.
Blu-ray Disc
region code
Area
A North America, Central America,
South America, Korea, Japan, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and South East Asia
B Europe, Greenland, French territories,
Middle East, Africa, Australia and New
Zealand
C India, China, Russia, Central and South
Asia
A + B + C All areas
DVD region
code
Area
1 North America
2 Europe, Japan, Middle East, Egypt,
South Africa, Greenland
3 Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines,
Indonesia, Hong Kong
4 Mexico, South America, Central
America, Australia, New Zealand,
Pacific Islands, Caribbean
5 Russia, Eastern Europe, India, most of
Africa, North Korea, Mongolia
6 China
All All areas
Symbols indicating disc will play in North America:
Blu-ray Discs:
DVDs:
Symbols indicating disc will play in Europe:
Blu-ray Discs:
DVDs:
Video file requirements (USB/Disc)
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Video file compatibility with your player is limited
as follows:
• Maximum resolution size: 1920x1080 (W x H)
pixels
• File extensions: .wmv, .avi, .mp4, .mpeg, .mpg,
.vob, .mkv (Note: Files encoded by Divx cannot be
played on this player)
• Playable Audio format: Dolby Digital, DTS,
MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3
• Sampling frequency: within 32 to 48kHz
(WMA), within 8 to 48kHz (Mp3)
• Bit rate: within 32 to 192kbps (WMA), within 32
to 320kbps (Mp3)
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CD-R/RW, DVD R/RW, BD-R/RE Format: ISO
9660+JOLIET, UDF and UDF Bridge format
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Maximum Files/Folder: Less than 1000. The
movie file name and subtitle are limited to 180
characters.
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Not all of the WMA and AAC Audio formats are
compatible with your player.
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HD WMA movie files contained on a USB 1.0/1.1
flash drive may not play correctly.
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Blu-ray, DVD, or USB 2.0 are recommended to
play back HD WMA movie files.
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Your player does not support files that
are recorded with GMC (Global Motion
Compensation) or Qpel (Quarter pixel). Those are
video encoding techniques in MPEG4 standard,
like DivX.
MP3/WMA audio file
requirements (USB/Disc)
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File extensions: .mp3, .wma
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Sampling frequency: Within 32 to 48kHz (WMA),
within 8 to 48kHz (Mp3)
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Bit rate: Within 32 to 192kbps (WMA) 32 to
320kbps (MP3)
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CD-R/RW, DVD R/RW, BD-R/RE Format: ISO
9660+JOLIET, UDF and UDF Bridge format
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Maximum Files/Folder: Less than 2000 (total
number of files and folders)
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Depending on the size and number of the MP3/
WMA files, it may take several minutes to read
the contents of the media.
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HD WMA movie files contained on a USB 1.0/1.1
flash drive may not play correctly. Blu-ray, DVD,
or USB 2.0 are recommended to play back HD
WMA movie files.
Photo file requirements (USB/Disc)
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File extensions: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif
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Recommended size:
• PNG: 5120 × 5120 pixels
• GIF: 10000 × 10000 pixels
• JPEG/JPG: 8192 × 8192 pixels, 32MB
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CD-R/RW, DVD R/RW, BD-R/RE Format: ISO
9660+JOLIET, UDF, and UDF Bridge format
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Maximum Files/Folder: Less than 1000 (total
number of files and folders)
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Progressive and lossless compression photo image
files are not supported.
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Depending on the size and number of the photo
files, it may take several minutes to read the
contents of the media.
disc & file
formats
Playable discs
The player supports the following disc types:
Blu-ray 3D
Blu-ray Disc
DVD-Video
DVD-R
DVD-RW
CD-Audio
CD-R
CD-RW