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Playable Discs
“DVD VIDEO” and “CD” are trademarks.
* If the DVD-RAM has a removable cartridge, remove
the cartridge before playback.
Discs that cannot be played
•PHOTO CDs
• CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are recorded in
a format different from the formats mentioned in
the table above.
• Data part of CD-Extras
• BDs (Blu-ray Discs)
• HD DVDs
• Discs recorded with an AVCHD-compatible
DVD video camera
• DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs/
DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs that do not contain DVD
Video, JPEG image files, or MP3 audio tracks.
• DVD Audio discs
• Cartridge-only type DVD-RAMs
• HD layer on Super Audio CDs
• DVD VIDEOs with a different region code
(page 77).
• DVDs that were recorded on a different recorder
and not correctly finalised.
Note on playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/
VIDEO CDs
Some playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/
VIDEO CDs may be intentionally set by software
producers. Since this recorder plays DVD
VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs according to the disc
contents the software producers designed, some
playback features may not be available. Refer to
the instructions supplied with the DVD VIDEOs/
VIDEO CDs.
Type Disc Logo
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this manual
Characteristics
DVD VIDEO
Discs such as movies that can be
purchased or rented
This recorder also recognises DVD-
RAMs* as DVD Video compatible
discs.
VIDEO CD
VIDEO CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in
VIDEO CD/Super VIDEO CD format
CD
Music CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in
music CD format
DATA DVD —
DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RAMs*
containing MP3 audio tracks
DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/DVD-ROMs
containing MP3 audio tracks or JPEG
image files
DATA CD —
CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs
containing either MP3 audio tracks or
JPEG image files
DVD
VCD
CD
DATA DVD
DATA CD