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adhered to each other, there is the potential to achieve double-sided play sometime in the
future for oven longer duration play.
Playback Control
This is recorded on a Video CD (Version 2.0). The scenes or information to be viewed (or
listened to) can be selected interactively with the TV monitor by looking at the menu shown
on the TV monitor.
Subtitles
These are printed lines appearing at the bottom of the screen, which translate or transcribe
the dialogue. They are recorded on the DVD discs.
Time Number
This indicates the playtime, which has elapsed from the start of a disc or a title. It can be
used to find a specific scene quickly. (It may not work with some discs.)
Title Number
These numbers are recorded on DVD discs. When a disc contains two or more movies,
these movies are numbered as title 1, title 2, etc.
Track Number
These numbers are assigned to the tracks which are recorded on Video CDs and CDs. They
enable specific tracks to be located quickly.
Video CD
This contains recordings of pictures and sound whose quality is on a par with that of video
tape. This player also supports Video CDs with playback control (Version 2.0).
Dolby Digital
Many movie theaters are equipped with 5.1 channel surround systems. This same type of
technology is available to you in your home. To enjoy full 5.1 channel surround, your DVD
player must be connected to an external Dolby Digital decoder via the digital outputs (either
coaxial or optical).
Dolby Pro Logic
This is Dolby Laboratories technology to decode Dolby Surround encoded programs ac-
tively. Dolby Surround programs have four channels of audio (Left, Center, Right and Sur-
round) encoded into a standard 2-channel stereo signal. The rear channel is monaural.
PCM
PCM stands for Pulse Code Modulation and is digital audio. The digital audio of CD or DVD
discs is PCM.
MPEG
Short for Moving Picture Experts Group. This is an international standard for compression of
moving images. On some DVDs digital audio has been compressed and recorded in this
format.
