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Video CD and Super Video CD
The current VCD 2.0 and Super Video CD 1.0
standard features are:
Support following VCD and SVCD formats:
Following formats can’t be supported in
VCD:
– HQ-VCD is encoded at 2.4Mbps or 2.6Mbps
– XVCD (eXtended VCD) with higher resolution
and data rate.
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Video CDs may have one or more TRACKS, and
TRACKS may have one or more INDEXES.
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To make easy and convenient access, you can
move between TRACKS and INDEXES.
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Some Video CDs have Play Back Control (PBC),
which is a predefined playback sequence stored
on the disc
(see Playback Control section)
.
Playing a disc
1
Press DISC (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on the front panel or
DISC SKIP repeatedly on the remote control to
playback a specific disc directly.
➜
Playback starts automatically.
➜
The current track number and its elapsed
playing time will be displayed.
2
To stop playback, press STOP.
3
Disc Resume feature is also applicable for VCDs
and SVCDs
(see “Resume” section)
.
Playing a Super Audio CD
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Super Audio CDs contain only TRACKS.
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Select tracks using the menubar on the TV screen
or by pressing the numerical keys directly.
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If SACD-text or CD-text is available on the disc,
it will be displayed on both the TV screen and
player’s front panel.
Playing a disc
1
Press DISC (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on the front panel or
DISC SKIP repeatedly on the remote control to
playback a specific disc directly.
➜
Playback starts automatically.
➜
The TV screen will display the number of
tracks for selection, current playing status and
current playing layer.
2
Playback will stop at the end of the disc.
3
To stop playback, press STOP.
Sound Mode - SACD playback
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If the default Sound mode is set to multi channel
and the inserted disc does not contain this mode,
the player will automatically select the stereo
mode.
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On hybrid discs (with SACD and CD layers), the
player will always start playing the SACD layer.
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While the SACD disc is being played, the
currently played layer is shown on the player front
display as follows:
SA 6 (for SACD Multi channel)
SA 2 (for SACD stereo)
CD
(for CD layer of SACD)
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You can switch between SACD multi channel and
SACD stereo layers (depending on availability of
the mode on the disc) while the disc is playing by
pressing SOUND MODE. MULTI CH indicator
lights.
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Switching between the SACD and CD layer is not
possible during playback.
Features
Video CDs 2.0
Super Video CDs 1.0
Video
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
bit rate
constant 1,150 Kbps
variable up to 2.6 Mbps
resolution NTSC
352x240, 29.97Hz
480x480 interlaced, 29.97Hz
resolution PAL
352x288, 25Hz
480x576 interlaced, 25Hz
Still picture (photo)
MPEG-1
MPEG-2 (1 Frame)
resolution NTSC
352x240, 704x480
480x480, 704x480
resolution PAL
352x288, 704x576
480x576. 704x576
Audio
MPEG-1 layer II
MPEG-1 layer II
sampling
44.1KHz
44.1KHz
bit rate
224Kbps
32-384Kbps
audio channels
1 stereo / 2 mono
< 2 stereo / 4 mono
surround sound
Stereo with Dolby Pro-Logic
MPEG-1 (5+1) extension
Overlay graphics/text
overlay video plane
sub-channels
<= 4
coding
4 colour CLUT (2bits/pixel)
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
INDEX 1
INDEX 2
INDEX 1
INDEX 2
INDEX 3
VIDEO CD
Operation
