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Your system has a region code printed on the 
back of the unit and will only playback DVDs 
labeled with identical region code.
DVDs labeled

will also be played back on 

this system.
If you try to playback any other DVD, the 
message “Playback prohibited by area 
limitations.” will appear on the TV screen. 
Depending on the DVD, no region code 
indication may be labeled even though playing 
the DVD is prohibited by area restrictions. 

• CD-ROMs other than those with extension 

“.MP3”,  “.JPG” or “.JPEG”.

• CD-Rs/CD-RWs other than those recorded in 

the following formats:

– Audio CD format.

– VIDEO CD format.

– MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3)/JPEG 

format that conforms to ISO 9660

1)

 Level 

1/Level 2 or Joliet.

• Data part of CD-Extras

2)

.

• Data part of Mixed CDs

3)

.

• Super Audio CDs.
• DVD-RWs in VR (Video Recording) mode.
• DVD-ROMs.
• DVD-RAMs.

• DVD Audio discs.
• DVDs with a different region code.
• Progressive JPEG format files.
• Disc with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart, 

square, star).

• Discs with adhesive, cellophane tape or 

sticker still left on them.

1)

ISO 9660 Format
The most common international standard for the 
logical format of files and folders on a CD-ROM. 
There are several specification levels. In Level 1, file 
names must be in the 8.3 format (no more than eight 
characters in the name, no more than three characters 
in the extension and in capital letters). Folder names 
can be no longer than eight characters. There can be 
no more than eight nested folder levels. Level 2 
specifications allow file names and folder names up 
to 31 characters long. Each folder can have up to 
eight nested folder levels.

2)

CD-Extra
This format records audio (audio CD data) on the 
tracks in session 1 and data on the tracks in session 2.

3)

Mixed CD
This format records data on the first track and audio 
(audio CD data) on the second and subsequent tracks 
of a session.

• In some cases, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVD-Rs,  

DVD-RWs (Video mode) (DVD-RWs 
created in video mode have the same format 
as DVD VIDEO), DVD+Rs or DVD+RWs 
cannot be played back on this system 
depending upon the recording quality or 
physical condition of the disc, or the 
characteristics of the recording device. 
Furthermore, the disc will not playback if it 
has not been correctly finalized. For more 
information, see the operation instructions for 
the recording device.

• A disc recorded in packet write format cannot 

be played back.

x

Region code

You can playback the following discs on this 
system. Other discs cannot be played back.

The “DVD VIDEO” logo is a trademark.

DVD VIDEOs

VIDEO CDs

Audio CDs

CD-R/CD-RW 
(Audio CDs/Discs 
with MP3 audio 
tracks/Discs with 
JPEG image files)

Some playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO 
CDs may be intentionally set by software 
producers. Since this system playback DVDs 
and VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents 
the software producers designed, some playback 
features may not be available. Also, refer to the 
instructions supplied with the DVDs or VIDEO 
CDs.

This product is designed to playback discs that 
conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. 
Recently, various music discs encoded with 
copyright protection technologies are marketed 
by some record companies. Please be aware that 
among those discs, there are some that do not 
conform to the CD standard and may not be 
playable by this product.

• This system can playback Multi Session discs 

when an MP3 audio track is contained in the 
first session. Any subsequent MP3 audio 
tracks recorded in later sessions can also be 
played back.

• This system can playback Multi Session discs 

when a JPEG image file is contained in the 
first session. Any subsequent JPEG image 
files recorded in later sessions can also be 
played back.

• If audio tracks and images in audio CD format 

or VIDEO CD format are recorded in the first 
session, only the first session will be played 
back.

• When you playback Multi Session discs with 

different formats in each session, the format 
of the first session is recognized as the disc 
type. Tracks in the second and subsequent 
sessions are played back if they are the same 
formats as the first session except for audio 
CD and VIDEO CD format.

• CD-Rs and CD-RWs recorded in Multi 

Session that have not ended by “closing the 
session” are not supported.

This product incorporates copyright protection 
technology that is protected by U.S. patents and 
other intellectual property rights. Use of this 
copyright protection technology must be 
authorized by Macrovision, and is intended for 
home and other limited viewing uses only unless 
otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Reverse 
engineering or disassembly is prohibited.