Sony MHC-V42D, Help Manual

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Help Guide
Home Audio System
MHC-V42D
Playable discs or files on discs/USB device
The system supports the following formats of files and discs.
Playable discs
DVD VIDEO
DVD-R/-RW in DVD VIDEO format or video mode
DVD+R/+RW in DVD VIDEO format
VIDEO CD (Ver. 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 discs)
Super VCD
CD-R/-RW/-ROM in VIDEO CD format or super VCD format
AUDIO CD
CD-R/-RW in AUDIO CD format
CD-R/-RW/-ROM in DATA CD
*1
format that contains the MP3 files (.mp3)
*2*3
, MPEG4 files (.mp4/ .m4v)
*3*4
, Xvid
files (.avi) and conforms to ISO 9660
*5
Level 1/Level 2 or Joliet (extended format).
DVD-R/-RW/-ROM/+R/+RW in DATA DVD
*1
format that contains the MP3 files (.mp3)
*2*3
, MPEG4 files
(.mp4/.m4v)
*3*4*6
, Xvid files (.avi)
*6*7
and conforms to UDF (Universal Disk Format).
Playable files on USB device
Music:
MP3 files (.mp3)
*2*3
, WMA files (.wma)
*3*8
, AAC files (.m4a/.mp4/.3gp)
*3*9
, WAV files (.wav)
*3
Video:
MPEG4 files (.mp4/.m4v)
*3*4*6
, Xvid files (.avi)
*6*7
Note
The system will attempt to play back any data with the extensions above, even if it is not in the supported format. Playing this
data may generate a loud noise which could damage your speaker system.
You cannot play back the following discs/files:
CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) compatible DVD-R/-RW recorded in Copy-Once programs
DATA CD/DATA DVD that is created in Packet Write format or which has not been correctly finalized cannot be played back. *1
MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3) is a standard format defined by ISO/MPEG for compressed audio data. MP3 files must be in MPEG 1 Audio Layer
3 format. The MP3 PRO audio file can be played back as MP3 file. *2
Files with copyright protection (Digital Rights Management) cannot be played back by the system.
*3
MPEG4 files must be recorded in MP4 file format. Supported video codec and audio codec are as follows:
- Video codec: MPEG4 Simple Profile (AVC is not supported.)
- Audio codec: AAC-LC (HE-AAC is not supported.) *4
A logical format of files and folders on CD-ROMs, defined by ISO (International Organization for Standardization).
*5
Video files which is larger than 720 (width) x 576 (height) pixels or with a high width to length ratio cannot be played back.
*6
Xvid files that are longer than 2 hours or the file has been combined from two or more Xvid files may not be played back. *7
WMA file in WMA DRM, WMA Lossless, or WMA PRO format cannot be played back.
*8
AAC file in AAC DRM and AAC Lossless format or which is encoded at 96 kHz cannot be played back.
*9
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