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Additional Information
Playable Discs
“DVD VIDEO” and “CD” are trademarks.
DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos are
trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under license.
DivX
®
is a video file compression technology,
developed by DivX, Inc.
* 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, DivX 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 81).
• 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.
Region code (DVD VIDEO only)
Your recorder has a region code printed on the rear
of the unit and will only play DVD VIDEOs
Type Disc Logo
Icon used in
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 or DivX
video files
DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/DVD-ROMs
containing MP3 audio tracks, JPEG
image files or DivX video files
DATA CD —
CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs
containing either MP3 audio tracks,
JPEG image files or DivX video files
DVD
VCD
CD
DATA DVD
DATA CD
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