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Introduction
Introduction
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The following discs will not play back on this unit.
BD and DVD are recorded in different colour systems throughout
the world. The most common colour system, used primarily in the
U.K. and other EU countries, is PAL. This unit uses the PAL system.
However, it is also possible to play back BD and DVD using other
colour systems, such as NTSC.
This unit has been designed to play back BD with
region B and DVD-video with region 2. You cannot
play back BD or DVD-video that are labelled for other
regions. Look for the symbols on the right on your BD
or DVD-video. If these region symbols do not appear
on your BD or DVD-video, you cannot play back the
disc in this unit. The letter or number inside the
globe refers to region of the world. A BD or
DVD-video labelled for a specific region can only play
back on the unit with the same region code.
The contents of BD / DVD are generally divided into titles. Titles
may be further subdivided into chapters.
To specify for which media type each function is, we put the
following symbols at the beginning of each item to operate.
If you do not find any of the symbols listed above under the
function heading, the operation is applicable to all media.
Unplayable Discs
• BD-RE Ver.1.0 (BD-disc with cartridge)
• BD-R Ver.1.2 (HTL 4x or LTH 2x)
• BD-RE/-R recorded in BDAV format
• BD contains MP3/ Windows Media™ Audio/ JPEG/ DivX
®
files
• BD/DVD hybrid disc (e.g., Total Hi Def hybrid disc)
• BD-video that does not include "B" on its region code.
• DVD-video that does not include either "2" nor "ALL" on its
region code.
• DVD-ROM/RAM (For DVD-ROM discs, data files in DivX
®
3.11, 4.x,
5.x and 6 can be played)
• DVD-RW/-R recorded in non-compatible recording format
• CD-ROM (Data files in DivX
®
3.11, 4.x, 5.x and 6 can be played)
• CDV (Only the audio part can be played)
• CD-G (Only the audio signals can be output)
• CompactDisc-Interactive (CD-I)
• Video Single Disc (VSD)
• Video CD, Super Video CD
• Super audio CD (Only the sound on the CD layer can be heard. The
sound on the high-density super audio CD layer cannot be heard.)
• DVD-audio
• HD DVD
• Disc with recording area less than 55mm in diameter
• Unauthorised disc (Pirated disc)
• Unfinalised disc
Colour Systems
Region Codes
Structure of Disc/SD Memory Card Contents
BD-video
DVD-video
MP3, WMA, JPEG, DivX®
group(folder)1
group(folder)2
audio CD
title 1
title 2
Audio CD
MP3, Windows Media™ Audio, JPEG, DivX
®
folder (group) 1
folder (group) 2
chapter 1
chapter 2
chapter 1
chapter 2
chapter 3
track 1
track 2
track 3
track 4
track 5
file (track) 1 file (track) 2
file (track) 3 file (track) 4 file (track) 5
Data discs or SD Memory Cards containing MP3/Windows Media™
Audio/JPEG/DivX
®
are divided into folders, and the folders are
subdivided into files.
Audio CDs are divided into tracks.
BD/DVD
Symbols Used in this Operating Instructions
Symbol
Description
Description refers to BD-video and BD-RE (ver. 2.1)/
BD-R (ver. 1.1) recorded in BDMV mode
Description refers to DVD-video and DVD-RW/-R
recorded in video mode
Description refers to DVD-RW/-R recorded in VR mode
Description refers to audio CD and DTS-CD
Description refers to DVD-RW/-R, CD-RW/-R and
SD Memory Card with MP3 files
Description refers to DVD-RW/-R, CD-RW/-R and
SD Memory Card with Windows Media™ Audio files
Description refers to DVD-RW/-R, CD-RW/-R and
SD Memory Card with JPEG files
Description refers to DVD-RW/-R and CD-RW/-R with
DivX
®
files
BD-V
DVD-V
DVD-VR
CD
MP3
WMA
JPEG
DivX®
About the button names in this explanation
< > : Buttons on the main unit
[ ] : Buttons on the remote control
Button name only:
Buttons on the main unit and remote control
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