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About this owner’s manual
Disc
DIGITAL VIDEO
This owner’s manual explains the basic instructions of
this TV/DVD. Some DVD video discs are produced in a
manner that allows specific or limited operation during
playback. As such, the TV/DVD may not respond to all
operating commands. This is not a defect in the TV/DVD.
Refer to instruction notes of discs.
“ ” may appear on the TV screen during operation.
A “ ” means that the operation is not permitted by the
TV/DVD or the disc at the moment.
For example, it is unable to skip the playback of
copyright message of the disc. When the SKIP(
)
button is pressed. Alternatively, the “ ” may also
indicate that the feature is not available for the disc.
The region number of this TV/DVD is 1. If region
numbers, which stand for their playable area, are printed
on your DVD video disc and you do not find
1
or
ALL
,
disc playback will not be allowed by the player. (In this
case, the TV/DVD will display a message on-screen.)
This TV/DVD supports VIDEO CDs equipped with the
PBC (Version 2.0) function. (PBC is the abbreviation of
Playback Control.) You can enjoy two playback
variations depending on types of discs.
• VIDEO CD not equipped with PBC function
(Version 1.1)
Sound and movie can be played on this TV/DVD in the
same way as an audio CD.
• VIDEO CD equipped with PBC function
(Version 2.0)
In addition to operation of a VIDEO CD not equipped
with the PBC function, you can enjoy playback of
interactive software with search function by using the
menu displayed on the TV screen (Menu Playback).
Some of the functions described in this owner’s
manual may not work with some discs.
This DVD/VCR can play the following discs.
• You cannot play discs other than those listed above.
• You cannot play discs of DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, etc., or
non standardized discs even if they may be labeled as
above.
• This TV/DVD uses the NTSC color system, and
cannot play DVD video discs recorded in any other
color system (PAL, SECAM, etc.).
DVD
video
discs
Disc Mark
Contents
Disc
Size
Maximum
playback time
VIDEO
CDs
Approx. 4 hours
(single sided disc)
Approx. 8 hours
(double sided disc)
Approx. 80 minutes
(single sided disc)
Approx. 160 minutes
(double sided disc)
Approx. 74 minutes
Approx. 20 minutes
8 cm
12 cm
8 cm
12 cm
Audio
+
video
(moving
pictures)
Audio
+
video
(moving
pictures)
Audio
CDs
Approx. 74 minutes
Approx. 20 minutes
8 cm
(CD
single)
12 cm
Audio
The following discs are also available.
CD-R
CD-RW
CD-R/RW discs recorded by CD-DA method can be
played. Some CD-R/RW discs may be incompatible.
Playable discs
Notes on region numbers
On VIDEO CDs
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