Sony HES-V1000 Operating Instructions - Page 4

On cleaning • Use the supplied cleaning cloth for cleaning minor blurs. If the blur is persistent, use another cloth slightly moistened with a mild detergent solution. Do not use any type of abrasive pad, scouring powder or solvent such as alcohol or benzine. • To avoid malfunctioning, disconnect the power cord when cleaning. Notes about using the supplied cleaning cloth • Make sure the cloth is not dusty before use. • Use the cloth only if it is dry. The material is not designed for use when wet. • When the cloth becomes dirty, wash it in cold water. On cleaning discs, disc/lens cleaners Do not use cleaning discs or disc/lens cleaners (including wet or spray types). These may cause the apparatus to malfunction. On replacement of parts In the events that this unit is repaired, repaired parts may be collected for reuse or recycling purposes. IMPORTANT NOTICE Caution: This unit is capable of holding a still video image or on-screen display image on your television screen indefinitely. If you leave the still video image or on-screen display image displayed on your TV for an extended period of time you risk permanent damage to your television screen. Plasma display panel televisions and projection televisions are susceptible to this. About the glass parts on the unit Glass is used for the front, top, and side panels of the unit. Observe the following and handle with care. If broken, the glass pieces will scatter and will pose a danger. • Do not expose the unit to strong shocks such as a tip-over or dropping objects. • Do not scrape the unit with a sharp object. The scratch may cause the glass to break. • Be careful when attaching or detaching the glass panels. To attach or detach the glass panels, see page 19. Notes On Disc Handling • To keep the disc clean, handle the disc by its edge. Do not touch the surface. • Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts, or leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight as the temperature may rise considerably inside the car. • After ejecting a disc from the server, store the disc in its case. • Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the center out. • Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner, commercially available disc/ lens cleaners, or anti-static spray intended for vinyl LPs. • If you have printed the disc's label, dry the label before playing. • Do not attach a sticker type label on the disc. The disc changer may be damaged. • Do not insert the following unsupported discs, doing so will damage the unit or discs. - Discs whose shapes are nonstandardsized or nonstandard-shaped. (card, heart, star, etc.). - Discs with a paper sticker or seals. - Discs with a cellophane tape, or an adhesive residue of a removed label. - Discs of non-standard thickness (thinner than 1.0 mm, or thicker than 1.5 mm). Notes about discs • "Photo Movies" created on digital camcorders cannot be edited on this server. • You cannot mix VR mode and Video mode on the same DVD-RW. To change the disc's format, reformat the disc (page 93). Note that the disc's contents will be erased after reformatting. DVD-Rs (VR mode) cannot be reformatted. • It is recommended that you use discs with "For Video" printed on their packaging. • You cannot record or edit DVD-Rs (Video mode), or DVD-RWs (Video mode) recorded on other DVD devices. • You may not be able to record or edit the following discs if they have been recorded on other devices: - BD-REs and BD-Rs. - DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs recorded in +VR mode, or recorded on a device that displays +R/+RW logos. - DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs recorded in VR mode. • If record on a DVD+RW that has recordings made on other devices, the server may rewrite its DVD Menu. • When playing dual layer discs the picture and sound may be momentarily interrupted when the layers switch. • Use of discs containing data recorded on PCs is not guaranteed. The data may be erased after use. • When you plan to copy photos to a DVD, use an unformatted DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, or DVD+RW. BD-REs and BD-Rs can be used even when they are formatted. • Some recorded BD-REs/BD-Rs or DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs, DVD-RWs/ DVD-Rs/DVD-RAMs, or CD-RWs/ CD-Rs may not play on this server due to the recording quality or physical condition of the disc, or the characteristics of the recording device and authoring software. And except for DVD-RWs (VR mode), the disc will not play if it has not been correctly finalized. For more information, see the operating instructions for the recording device. • This product is designed to play back discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are being 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. • The server's Disc Information display may not correctly reflect information if the disc is recorded on other devices. • The server does not support the BDMV format (one of the Blu-ray Disc™ specifications). You cannot playback or import BDMV format content edited on PCs, or copy such content from the HDD to a disc. • The server does not support BD-ROM content that requires Internet connection. About recording and playback • DVD-RWs (VR mode)/DVD-Rs (VR mode) recorded on this server are playable only on a DVD-RW (VR 4