Philips DVD712 - Manual (Page 7)

Playable Discs
This DVD Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs), Video CDs,
Super Video CDs, and Audio CDs. This Player also supports the
MP3 format, or music tracks that are compressed with MPEG
Audio Layer 3 technology. In order to play a Disc on this DVD
Player, make sure the Disc meets the requirements for Region
Codes and Color Systems described below. The Discs should have
the following logos and should meet these standards.
Digital
Video
Disc
12 cm
12 cm
Approx. 4 hours
(single-sided)
Approx. 8 hours
(double-sided)
Approx. 80 minutes
(single-sided)
Approx. 160 minutes
(double-sided)
20 minutes
8 cm
8 cm
(singles)
Logo
Maximum
Playback Time
Contents
Disc
Type
Sound
and
Pictures
Audio
CD
Disc Size
Sound
74 minutes
Disc
Segments
DVDs are
divided into Titles,
which are divided
into Chapters.
Titles and Chapters
are numbered.
Audio CDs are
divided into numbered
Tracks, i.e., a track
may be one song.
Video
CD
Sound
and
Pictures
Video CDs are
divided into Tracks.
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Region Codes
DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or for Region 1 in order to
play on this DVD Player. You can not play Discs that are labeled for
other regions.
Look for the symbols below on your DVDs. If these region symbols
do not appear on your DVD, you cannot play the DVD in this DVD
Player.
The number inside the globe refers to a region of the world. Region
1 represents the United States, Canada, upper regions of North
America, Bermuda, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and small regions near
Australia.
A Disc encoded in a specific region format can play only on DVD
Players with the same region code. For example, if a Disc is labeled
for Region 2, you can not play the DVD on this DVD Player. A mes-
sage will appear on the TV screen, but not the DVD Player display
panel. The DVD Player may appear to be off.
Color Systems
Different color systems are available throughout the world. The
most common color systems are NTSC, which is used primarily in
the United States and North America, PAL, and SECAM.
This DVD Player can use either the NTSC or PAL color system.
Follow the steps on page 15 to select NTSC or PAL for the DVD
Player. Choose a setting that matches the color system of your TV.
Make sure the Discs you play are in NTSC or PAL. The color
system of the DVD may appear on the DVD or on the Disc case.
• Super Video CDs are based
on the Super VCD IO
Standard, referring to the
Standard of Electronics
Industry of the People’s
Republic of China.
• On multi-session discs, this
DVD Player supports only the
first session.
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