Owner's Manual

Disc Types
.:. BD-ROM
Slu-ray Disc Read Only Memory. A SD-ROM disc contains pre-recorded data. Although a SD-ROM
may contain any form of data, most SD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Definition format for
playback
on Slu-ray Disc Player's. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.
•:. BD-RE/BD-R
Blu-ray Disc Rewritable/Blu-ray Disc Recordable. BD-RElBD-R is the ideal format for making backups,
or recording personal video.
.:. DVD-Video
• A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135-minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32
subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby Digital surround,
allowing
you to enjoy vivid and clear theatre quality images.
• When switching from the first layer to the second layer of a dual-layered DVD Video disc, there
may be momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the unit.
• Once a DVD-RW/-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Pre-recorded
(pre-stamped) commercial
DVDs with movies are also referred to as DVD-Videos. This unit can
play back pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-Video discs) with movies .
•:. Audio CD
• An audio disc on which 44.1 kHz PCM Audio is recorded.
•
This unit can play back CD-DA format audio CD-RW and CD-R discs.
•
The unit may not be able to play some CD-RW or CD-R discs due to the condition of the recording .
• :. CD-RW/CD-R
• Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-RW/CD-R disc. If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or
above disc,
as the disc may not play back.
•
If the CD-RW/CD-R disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience delays when
playing back the beginning of the disc or all recorded files may not play.
• Some CD-RW/CD-R discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which
was used to burn them. For contents recorded on CD-RW/CD-R media from CDs for your
personal use, playability may vary depending on contents and discs.
•:. DVD-R Disc Playback
• Once a DVD-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video.
• This unit can play back DVD-R discs recorded and finalized with a DVD video recorder. It may not be
able to play some DVD-R discs depending on the disc and the condition of the recording .
• :. DVD-RW Disc Playback
• Playback can be performed with DVD-RW discs recorded in the Video Mode and finalized.
• Once a DVD-RW recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Ability to play back
may depend on recording conditions.
Disc Format
.:. DVD-RW/-R M
• This is a format that is used for recording data on a DVD-RW or DVD-R disc. The disc can be
played by this Blu-ray Disc Player once it has been finalized .
• :. AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition)
• This player can playback AVCHD format discs. These discs are normally recorded and used in
camcorders.
•
The AVCHD format is a high definition digital video camera format.
• The MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format is capable of compressing images at higher efficiency than that
of
the conventional image compressing format.
•
Some AVCHD discs use the "x.v.Color" format.
•
This player can playback AVCHD discs using "x.v.Color" format.
• "x.v.Color"
is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
•
"AVCHD" and the AVCHD logo are trademarks of Matsushita Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd.
and Sony Corporation.
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