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Operation, Video cd and super video cd, Playing a super audio cd – Philips SACD-DVD Player User Manual

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Video CD and Super Video CD

The current VCD 2.0 and Super Video CD 1.0
standard features are:

Support following VCD and SVCD formats:

Features

Video

CDs

2.0

Super

Video

CDs

1.0

Video

MPEG-1 MPEG-2

bit rate

constant 1,150 Kbps

variable up to 2.6 Mbps

resolution NTSC

352x240, 29.97Hz

480x480 interlaced, 29.97Hz

resolution PAL 352x288,

25Hz 480x576

interlaced,

25Hz

Still

picture

(photo)

MPEG-1 MPEG-2

(1

Frame)

resolution

NTSC

352x240,

704x480

480x480,

704x480

resolution PAL 352x288,

704x576

480x576.

704x576

Audio

MPEG-1

layer

II MPEG-1

layer

II

sampling 44.1KHz

44.1KHz

bit

rate

224Kbps

32-384Kbps

audio channels

1 stereo / 2 mono

< 2 stereo / 4 mono

surround sound

Stereo with Dolby Pro-Logic

MPEG-1 (5+1) extension

Overlay

graphics/text

overlay

video

plane

sub-channels

<=

4

coding

4

colour

CLUT

(2bits/pixel)

Following formats can’t be supported in
VCD:

HQ-VCD is encoded at 2.4Mbps or 2.6Mbps

XVCD (eXtended VCD) with higher resolution

and data rate.

The file ending with “DIVX” format.

● Video CDs may have one or more TRACKS, and

TRACKS may have one or more INDEXES.

● To make easy and convenient access, you can

move between TRACKS and INDEXES.

● Some Video CDs have Play Back Control (PBC),

which is a predefined playback sequence stored
on the disc (see Playback Control section).

TRACK 1

TRACK 2

INDEX 1

INDEX 2

INDEX 1

INDEX 2

INDEX 3

VIDEO CD

Playing a disc

1

Insert the disc and close the tray, playback starts
automatically.
➜ The number of tracks and the total playing
time of the disc will appear on the TV screen and
DVD player’s display.

2

Press PLAY.
➜ The current track number and its elapsed
playing time will be displayed.

3

Playback will stop at the end of the disc.

4

To stop playback, press STOP.

5

Disc Resume feature is also applicable for VCDs
and SVCDs (see “Smart Resume” section).

Playing a Super Audio CD

● Super Audio CDs contain only TRACKS
● Select tracks using the menubar on the TV

screen or by pressing the numerical keys directly.

● If SACD-text or CD-text is available on the disc,

it will be displayed on both the TV screen and
player’s front panel.

● Favorite Track Selection (FTS) programming is

not possible on SACD discs.

Playing a disc

1

Insert a disc and close the tray, playback starts
automatically.
➜ The TV screen will display the number of
tracks for selection, current playing status and
current playing layer.

2

Playback will stop at the end of the disc.

3

To stop playback, press STOP.

Sound Mode - SACD playback

¶ If the default Sound mode is set to multi channel

and the inserted disc does not contain this
mode, the player will automatically select the
stereo mode.

¶ On hybrid discs (with SACD and CD layers), the

player will always start playing the SACD layer.

¶ While the SACD disc is being played, the

currently played layer is shown on the player
front display as follows:
SA 6 (for SACD Multi channel)
SA 2 (for SACD stereo)
CD (for CD layer of SACD)

¶ You can switch between SACD multi channel

and SACD stereo layers (depending on
availability of the mode on the disc) while the
disc is playing by pressing the Sound Mode
button on the remote control or the player
front. The mode change will be indicated on the
player front display.

¶ Switching between the SACD and CD layer is

not possible during playback.

Operation