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Description of discs, Ge neral inf o rmation, Types of playable discs – Sharp SD-PX2 User Manual

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ENGLISH

SD-PX2

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Desc

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ption of discs

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Description of discs

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Types of playable discs

The unit can play back discs bearing any of the following marks:

Some DVD discs may not function as described in the manual. See the disc
jacket for restrictions.

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DVD-Video

A popular type of DVD disc of the same size as a CD, mainly containing video
images.

Region number

Title and chapter

DVD-Video discs are divided into "titles" and "chapters". If the disc has more than
one movie on it, each movie is a separate "title". "Chapters" are subdivisions of titles.

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DVD-Audio

Whereas DVD-Videos mainly contain video images, DVD-Audios mostly contain high-
quality sound data. Its recording capacity is seven times as much as a CD.
Its physical structure is the same as DVD-Videos, but largely differs in data and direc-
tory structures. It consists of the audio zone, which is the main part, and the video
zone, which records video images.

Group and track

A DVD-Audio disc consists of "groups" and "tracks". Groups are equivalent to albums
containing multiple songs. Tracks are the individual songs within a group.

DVD

DVD-Video Disc for NTSC system

DVD-Audio Disc for NTSC system

DVD-R for NTSC system

DVD-RW for NTSC system

Recorded in the video mode (*)

Recorded in the video mode (*)

SACD

CD

Audio CD

Audio CD-R

Audio CD-RW

Or CD-R recorded in MP3
format (*)

Or CD-RW recorded in
MP3 format (*)

(*) Some discs may not play properly due to the status of the equipment used for re-

cording, characteristics of the discs, scratches, dirt, or dirty optical pickup lens.

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DVD discs are programmed with region
numbers indicating countries in which they
can be played. This system can play discs
with region number "1" or "ALL".

Region number
(playable area number)

1

2

6

1

ALL

Chapter 1

Title 1

Title 2

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Track 1

Group 1

Group 2

Track 2

Track 3

Track 1

Track 2