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Introduction
—Continued
• Don’t use discs with an unusual shape, such as those
shown below, because you may damage the DV-L55.
• Don’t use discs that have residue from adhesive tape,
rental discs with peeling labels, or discs with custom-
made labels or stickers. Doing so may damage the
DV-L55 and you may not be able to remove the disc
properly.
Discs Made on Personal Computers
Discs made on personal computers, including those of a
compatible format, may not work properly in the
DV-L55 because of incorrect settings in the disc burning
software. Check the manuals supplied with your disc
burning software for additional compatibility informa-
tion.
CD-R/RW compatibility
• Compatible formats: CD-Audio, Video CD, ISO 9660
CD-ROM* containing MP3, WMA or JPEG files
* ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD physical format:
Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems
are both compatible with this player.
• Multi-session playback: No
• Unfinalized disc playback: No
DVD-R/RW compatibility
• Compatible formats: DVD-Video, Video Recording
(VR)*
* Edit points may not play exactly as edited; screen may go
momentarily blank at edited points.
• Unfinalized playback: No
• WMA/MP3/JPEG file playback on DVD-R/RW: No
Compressed audio compatibility
• Compatible formats: MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3),
Windows Media Audio (WMA)
• Sampling rates: 32, 44.1 or 48kHz
• Bit-rates: Any (128Kbps or higher recommended)
• VBR (variable bit rate) MP3 playback: No
• VBR WMA playback: No
• WMA lossless encoding compatible: No
• DRM (Digital Rights Management) compatible: Yes
(DRM-protected audio files will not play in this
player—see also DRM in the “Glossary” on page 49)
• File extensions: .mp3, .wma (these must be used for
the player to recognize MP3 and WMA files – do not
use for other file types)
• File structure: Up to 299 folders; up to 648 folders and
files combined
About WMA
WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and
refers to an audio compression technology developed by
Microsoft Corporation. WMA content can be encoded
by using Windows Media
®
Player version 7, 7.1, Win-
dows Media
®
Player for Windows
®
XP, or Windows
Media
®
Player 9 Series.
JPEG file compatibility
• Compatible formats: Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2.2*
still image files up to a resolution of 3072 x 2048.
* File format used by digital still cameras
• Progressive JPEG compatible: No
• File extensions: .jpg (must be used for the player to
recognize JPEG files – do not use for other file types)
• File structure: Up to 299 folders; up to 648 folders and
files combined
PC-created disc compatibility
Discs recorded using a personal computer may not be
playable in this unit due to the setting of the application
software used to create the disc. In these particular
instances, check with the software publisher for more
detailed information.
Discs recorded in packet write mode (UDF format) are
not compatible with this player.
Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc
boxes for additional compatibility information.
Copyright
It is forbidden by law to copy, broadcast, show, broadcast
on cable, play in public, or rent copyrighted material
without permission.
Commercial DVD-Video discs are copy-protected, and
any recordings made from these discs will be distorted.
This product incorporates copyright protection technol-
ogy that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellec-
tual property rights. Use of this copyright protection
technology must be authorized by Macrovision, and is
intended for home and other limited viewing uses only
unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Reverse
engineering or disassembly is prohibited.
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