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DIGITAL VIDEO
About this owner’s manual
This owner’s manual explains the basic instructions
of this DVD video player. Some DVD video discs are
produced in a manner that allows specific or limited
operation during playback. As such, the DVD video
player may not respond to all operating commands.
This is not a defect in the DVD video player. Refer to
instruction notes of discs.
“ ” may appear on the TV screen during operation.
A “ ” means that the operation is not permitted by
the DVD video player or the disc at the moment.
For example, sometimes it is unable to stop the
playback of copyright message of the disc when the
STOP (
3
) button is pressed. Alternatively, the “ ”
may also indicate that the feature is not available for
the disc.
Notes on region numbers
The region number of this DVD video player is 2. If
region numbers, which stand for their playable area,
are printed on your DVD video disc and you do not
find
2
or
ALL
, disc playback will not be allowed by
the player. (In this case, the DVD video player will
display a message on-screen.)
On VIDEO CDs
This DVD video player 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 DVD video
player 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.
Playable discs
This DVD video player can play the following discs.
• You cannot play discs other than those listed
above.
• You cannot play discs of DVD-RAM, DVD-RW,
Photo CD, CVD, or non-standardized discs, etc.,
even if they may be labeled as above.
• This DVD video player uses the PAL (or NTSC)
colour system, and cannot play DVD video discs
recorded in SECAM colour system.
• NTSC DVD or VCD discs will be playback in black
and white if PAL only TV is used.
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-TEXT discs
DVD-R discs of DVD video format
CD-R/CD-RW discs of CD-DA, VIDEO CD, SVCD,
MP3, WMA or JPEG format
KODAK Picture CD and FUJICOLUR CD format
Some of these discs may be incompatible.
Notes on discs
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