Philips DVD962SA99 - Manual (Page 7)

Playable Discs
This DVD Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs), Video CDs, Super
Video CDs, Audio CDs, and Super 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 stan-
dards.
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.
Super
Audio
CD
Sound
Super Audio CDs are
divided into numbered
Tracks, i.e., a track
may be one song.
12 cm
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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 repre-
sents 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 message 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 com-
mon 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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