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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

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