PRECAUTIONS
PREPARATION
ADVANCED PLAYBACK
BASIC OPERATIONS RECORDING OPTIONAL SETTINGS TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION
EN
EN
5
PREPARATION
About Cassette Tapes and Discs
Re
g
ion Code
T
h
is unit
h
as
b
een
d
esigne
d
to p
l
ay
b
ac
k
DVD
w
ith region 1. DVD must be labeled
f
or ALL
regions or
f
or region 1 in order to play back on
th
e unit. You cannot p
l
ay
b
ac
k
DVD t
h
at are
labeled
f
or other regions. Look
f
or the symbols
on your DVD. I
f
these region symbols do not
appear on your DVD, you cannot p
l
ay
b
ac
k
t
h
e
D
VD in t
h
is unit
.
The number inside the
g
lobe refers to re
g
ion of the world
.
A DVD labeled for a specific region can onl
y
be pla
y
ed
b
ac
k
on t
h
e unit wit
h
t
h
e same region co
d
e
.
Pla
y
able Media
Media Type
D
V
D-
VIDE
O
D
V
D
-R
W
D
V
D
-R
D
V
D
+RW
D
V
D
+R
C
D-DA
C
D-RW
C
D-
R
Ca
sse
tt
e
T
a
p
e
Logo
Symbols used
in this manual
DVD-VideoDVD-Video
DVD-Video
DVD-Video
DVD-Video
Audio CD
AudioAudio CDCD
AudioAudio CDCD
MP3
MP3MP3MP3MP3
VHSVHS
VHS
VHS
VHS
Recorded
Signal
d
igita
l
au
d
io or MP
3
ana
l
og
vi
deo
Un
pl
ay
a
bl
e Dis
c
C
aut
i
o
n
:
N
ever pla
y
the
f
ollowing discs
.
•
D
V
D
-
R
A
M
•
DVD-
aud
i
o
•
C
D-
i
•
p
h
oto CD
•
vi
deo
CD
•
DVD wit
h
region co
d
es ot
h
er t
h
an 1 or AL
L
•DT
S
-
CD
•
DVD-ROM for
p
ersonal com
p
uter
s
•
CD-ROM
f
or personal computer
s
• the discs with labels
,
scratches
,
stains
,
blemishes
,
etc.
•
H
D
D
V
D
•
Blu-ra
y
dis
c
Caution: The sound ma
y
not be heard on the
f
ollowing disc
.
•
s
uper au
d
io C
D
Note:
•
Onl
y
the sound recorded on the normal CD la
y
er can be delivered. The sound recorded on the high densit
y
super
au
d
io CD
l
a
y
er cannot
b
e
d
e
l
ivere
d.
A
n
y
other discs without compatibilit
y
indication
s
Note:
•
Un
f
inalized discs cannot be pla
y
ed back
.
•
For DVD-RW/R, discs recorded in the VR (video recording)
f
ormat cannot be played back. Only the
f
inalized video
f
ormat discs can be played back.
•
Some discs cannot be pla
y
ed back because of incompatible recording conditions, characteristics of the recorder o
r
s
p
ecial
p
ro
p
erties of discs
.
•
You can pla
y
back discs which bear the marks listed in “Pla
y
able Media”. I
f
y
ou use nonstandardized discs, this
unit may not play them back. Even i
f
they are played back, the sound or video quality will be compromised
.
•
I
f the recorded portion of the disc is too small (less than 2-3/16 inches (55 mm) across), it ma
y
not pla
y
bac
k
p
roperl
y.
Co
l
or System
DVD is recorded in different color s
y
stems throughout the
world. The most common color s
y
stem is NTSC (which is
used primaril
y
in the United States and Canada)
.
T
his unit uses NTSC, so DVD
y
ou pla
y
back must be
recorded in the NTSC s
y
stem. You cannot pla
y
back DVD
recorded in PAL color s
y
stems
.