Pioneer BDP-43FD Owner's Manual - Page 5

Introduction About Discs Discs that Cannot Be Used with This Player • In the cases below, even discs that can normally be played on this Player may not play at all or may not play normally. BD VIDEO • Discs other than those whose region code is "A (including A)" or "ALL" cannot be played. Discs on which the region code is not indicated can sometimes be played, if they are recorded in NTSC format. • Discs in PAL or SECAM format BD-RE BD-R DVD VIDEO DVD-RW DVD-R DVD+RW DVD+R CD-RW CD-R AUDIO CD • Discs that have not been finalized • BD-RE Ver.1.0 discs cannot be played on this Player. • Cartridge type discs cannot be played. • Discs whose region code does not include "1" or "ALL" (discs not of official sales regions) • Discs in PAL or SECAM format • Unauthorized discs (pirated discs) • Professional-use discs • Discs on which no data is recorded • Discs recorded in AVCREC format • Some discs may not be playable, depending on the recorder used for recording them. • Discs that have not been finalized • In some cases it may not be possible to play discs containing both music/video files and still pictures (JPEG files). Also, some discs are not playable under any circumstances. It may not be possible to play the following discs. • DVD-R (VR format) discs • DVD-R DL (dual layer) discs • DVD+R DL (dual layer) discs • Discs on which no data is recorded • Discs that have not been finalized • Multisession discs • In some cases it may not be possible to play discs recorded in formats other than music CD, JPEG and MP3, or discs containing both music/video files and still pictures (JPEG files). Also, some discs are not playable under any circumstances. • Discs may not be playable due to the disc's recording conditions or the conditions of the disc itself. • Discs may not be playable for reasons of compatibility with this Player or due to the recorder used for recording them. • In some cases, CDs containing signals designed to protect copyrights (copy control signals) may not be playable. • In some cases, discs containing both DTS and linear PCM audio may not be playable. This product is designed on the premise of playing music CDs that comply with CD (Compact Disc) standards. Video CD DTS CD • Video CDs cannot be played on this Player. • Some discs, such as discs containing linear PCM audio tracks in addition to other tracks, may not play normally. Discs other than the above that cannot be played • CDG*1 • Photo-CD • CD-ROM • CD-TEXT*1 • CD-EXTRA*1 • SACD • PD • CDV • CVD • SVCD • DVD-RAM • DVD-Audio • HD DVD *1 Only the audio can be played. About discs with unusual shapes Discs with unusual shapes (heart-shaped, hexagonal, etc.), cannot be played on this Player. Attempting to play such discs may damage the player. Do not use such discs. BD Video Enjoy BD-specific functions including BONUSVIEW (BD-ROM Profile 1 Version 1.1), such as picture-in-picture, and BD-LIVE (page 15). For the BD video discs compatible with BONUSVIEW/BDLIVE, you can enjoy additional contents by copying the data from the discs or downloading it via the internet. For instance, this function is capable of playing the original movie as the primary video while playing video commentary from the film director on a small screen as a secondary video. NOTE • The available functions differ depending on the disc. Title, Chapter and Track • Blu-ray discs and DVDs are divided into "Titles" and "Chapters". If the disc has more than one movie on it, each movie would be a separate "Title". "Chapters", on the other hand, are subdivisions of titles. (See Example 1.) • Audio CDs are divided into "Tracks". You can think of a "Track" as one tune on an Audio CD. (See Example 2.) Example 1: Blu-ray disc or DVD Title 1 Title 2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Example 2: Audio CD Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Icons Used on DVD Video Disc Cases 1 2 1. English 2. Chinese 3 4 16:9 LB 2 2 2 1. English 2. Chinese 5 123 456 1 Audio tracks and audio formats DVD discs can contain up to 8 separate tracks with a different language on each. The first in the list is the original track. This section also details the audio format of each soundtrack - Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG etc. Dolby Digital A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc. that gives movie theater ambience to audio output when the Player is connected to a Dolby Digital processor or amplifier. DTS DTS is a digital sound system developed by DTS, Inc. for use in cinemas. Linear PCM Linear PCM is a signal recording format used for Audio CDs and on some DVD and Blu-ray discs. The sound on Audio CDs is recorded at 44.1 kHz with 16 bits. (Sound is recorded between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 96 kHz with 24 bits on DVD video discs and between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 192 kHz with 24 bits on BD video discs.) 2 Subtitle languages This indicates the kind of subtitles. 3 Screen aspect ratio Movies are shot in a variety of screen modes. 4 Camera angle Recorded onto some DVD discs are scenes which have been simultaneously shot from up to 9 different angles (the same scene is shot from the front, from the left side, from the right side, etc.). 5 Region code This indicates the region code (playable region code). 5