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About this owner’s manual, On video cds, Playable discs – Toshiba SD-330ESB EN User Manual

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Introduction

DIGITAL VIDEO

About this owner’s manual

This owner’s manual explains the basic instructions of
this DVD video player. Some DVD video discs are
produced in a manner that allows specific or limited
operation during playback. As such, the DVD video
player may not respond to all operating commands. This
is not a defect in the DVD video player. Refer to
instruction notes of discs.

” may appear on the TV screen during operation.

A “

” means that the operation is not permitted by the

DVD video player or the disc.

Notes on region numbers

The region number of this DVD video player is 2. If
region numbers, which stand for their playable area, are
printed on your DVD video disc and you do not find

2

or

ALL

, disc playback will not be allowed by the player.

(In this case, the DVD video player will display a
message on-screen.)

On VIDEO CDs

This DVD video player supports VIDEO CDs equipped
with the PBC (Version 2.0) function. (PBC is the
abbreviation of Playback Control.) You can enjoy two
playback variations depending on types of discs.

• VIDEO CD not equipped with PBC function

(Version 1.1)
Sound and movie can be played on this DVD video
player in the same way as an audio CD.

• VIDEO CD equipped with PBC function

(Version 2.0)
In addition to operation of a VIDEO CD not equipped
with the PBC function, you can enjoy playback of
interactive software with search function by using the
menu displayed on the TV screen (Menu Playback).
Some of the functions described in this owner’s
manual may not work with some discs.

Playable discs

This DVD video player can play the following discs.

• You cannot play discs other than those listed above.
• You cannot play DVD-RAM discs or

non-standardized discs, etc., even if they may be
labeled as above.

• This DVD video player uses the PAL/NTSC colour

system, and cannot play DVD video discs recorded in
any other colour system (SECAM, etc.).

Notes on Discs (continued)

DVD
video
disc

Disc Mark

Contents

Disc

Size

Maximum

playback time

VIDEO
CD

Approx. 4 hours

(single sided disc)

Approx. 8 hours

(double sided disc)

Approx. 80 minutes

(single sided disc)

Approx. 160 minutes

(double sided disc)

Approx. 74 minutes

Approx. 20 minutes

8 cm

12 cm

8 cm

12 cm

Audio

+

video

(moving

pictures)

Audio

+

video

(moving

pictures)

Audio
CD

Approx. 74 minutes

Approx. 20 minutes

8 cm

(CD

single)

12 cm

Audio

The following discs are also available.

DVD-R discs of DVD video format
CD-R/CD-RW discs of CD-DA format

Some of these discs may be incompatible.