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Chapter 3: Playing Discs
Regional Coding
Both the DVD Player and the discs are coded by region. These regional
codes must match in order for the disc to play. If the codes don’t match, the
disc won’t play. This player’s code is region
4
.
Using Different Menus
Each disc is programmed with different features. There are three separate
types of menus that you can use to access features:
• The Disc menu – The Disc menu is part of each disc and is separate
from the DVD player’s menu. The contents of each Disc menu vary
according to how the disc was authored and what features are
included.
The Disc menu is turned on and off (while the disc is playing) with the
MENU button on the remote.
• The DVD player’s Info Display – The Info Display appears as icons
across the top of the screen when a disc is playing. It can only be
accessed while you are playing a disc. It’s turned on and off with the
INFO button on the remote.
• The DVD player menu – If a disc is playing, press STOP and MENU
(the menu appears).
Remember:
A feature will only work if the disc was programmed with that
feature. For example, if you choose subtitles on the Info Display, the subtitles
will only appear if the disc was created with subtitles. If a menu item is
“grayed out” it means that item isn’t available.
VIDEO CD
This DVD Player is capable of playing the following types
of discs:
•DVD discs
•Video CD discs
•Audio CD discs
•CD-R discs, CD-RW discs
•DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-ROM (with movie
information).
Before you load a disc make sure it is compatible. The
following discs CANNOT be used with this player:
•Laserdiscs
•CD-I, CD-ROM (computer-only discs)
•DVD-ROM (without movie information)
•Discs recorded using other broadcast standards (i.e. PAL
or SECAM)
•DVD RAM
Chapter Contents
The beginning of this chapter pertains to DVD discs.
Many of the player’s features work the same way with
other types of discs. Video CDs, Audio CDs, and MP3
CDs are explained later in the chapter.
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