Sharp GX-CD5200V, Operation Manual

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GX-CD5200V
Disc Playback
Video CD
Any CD that contains motion pictures can be played.
You can enjoy motion pictures with the sound quality of MDs and
the picture quality of VHS tapes.
Digital compression technology allows the continuous playback of
up to 74 minutes from a 12 cm disc.
With video CDs, you can select the items you want to watch from
the on-screen menu. Discs which support "Playback control" can
display still pictures (see page 17).
The disc symbols are found on the disc labels or jackets.
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Types of discs
This unit handles video CDs that support P.B.C. (version 2.0).
(P.B.C. is an abbreviation of "Playback control".)
You can enjoy the following two types of playback, depending on the
disc.
Notes:
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Video CDs are recorded in PAL or NTSC format.
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Analogue system CDVs (12 cm) cannot be played.
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Photo CDs and CD-ROMs cannot be played.
Symbol
Size 8 cm (3") 12 cm (5")
Label sides 1 side 1 side
Audio recording format Digital
(max. 20 min) Digital
(max. 74 min)
Video recording format MPEG 1
Disc type Features
Video CDs without
P.B.C. (version 1.1) Sound and motion pictures can be
played using the same control
operations as applied to music CDs.
Video CDs with P.B.C.
(version 2.0) In addition to the features shown above
(for discs without P.B.C.), P.B.C. CDs
have a menu that is displayed on the TV
screen. You can play interactive games
and make use of other software with the
retrieval function (menu playback). You
can also display high resolution or
normal still pictures.