Sony 4-131-978-11(1) - Manual (Page 108)

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Discs That Can Be Played
“DVD VIDEO” and “CD” are trademarks.
*1
If the DVD-RAM has a removable cartridge,
remove the cartridge before playback.
*2
You can copy contents on CDs/DATA CDs to
the HDD (page 58).
*3
You can copy contents on DATA DVDs to the
HDD (page 58). Also, you can copy contents on
the HDD to DATA DVDs (page 65).
*4
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and
patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and
Thomson.
Discs that cannot be played
• PHOTO CDs
• CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are
recorded in a format different from the
formats mentioned in the table above.
• Data part of CD-Extras
• BDs (Blu-ray Discs)
• HD DVDs
• Discs recorded with an AVCHD-
compatible DVD video camera
• DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs/
DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs that do not contain
DVD Video, DivX video, photo files, or
MP3 files.
• DVD Audio discs
• Cartridge-only type DVD-RAMs.
• HD layer on Super Audio CDs
• DVD VIDEOs with a different region code
(page 109).
• DVDs that were recorded on a different
recorder and not correctly finalised.
Note on playback operations of DVD
VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs
Some playback operations of DVD
VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs may be intentionally
set by software producers. Since this
recorder plays DVD VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs
according to the disc contents the software
producers designed, some playback features
may not be available. Refer to the
instructions supplied with the DVD
VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs.
Type Disc Logo
Icon used in
this manual
Characteristics
DVD VIDEO
Discs such as movies that can be
purchased or rented
This recorder also recognises DVD-
RAMs
*1
as DVD Video compatible
discs.
VIDEO CD
VIDEO CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in
VIDEO CD/Super VIDEO CD format
CD
*2
Music CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in
music CD format
DATA DVD
*3
—
DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RAMs
*1
containing MP3
*4
files or DivX video
files
DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/DVD-ROMs
containing MP3
*4
files, JPEG image
files or DivX video files
DATA CD
*2
—
CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs
containing either MP3
*4
files, JPEG
image files or DivX video files
DVD
VCD
CD
DATA DVD
DATA CD