Sony MEX-DV1700U - Manual (Page 53)

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• Discs that this unit CANNOT play
– Discs with labels, stickers, or sticky tape or
paper attached. Doing so may cause a
malfunction, or may ruin the disc.
– Discs with non-standard shapes (e.g., heart,
square, star). Attempting to do so may
damage the unit.
– 8 cm (3 1
/
4
in) discs.
Note on playback operations of DVDs
and VCDs
Some playback operations of DVDs and VCDs
may be intentionally set by software
producers. Since this unit plays DVDs and
VCDs 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 VCDs.
Notes on DATA CDs and DATA DVDs
• Some DATA CDs/DATA DVDs (depending
on the equipment used for its recording, or
the disc condition) may not play on this unit.
• Finalization is required for some discs
(page 53).
• The unit is compatible with the following
standards.
For DATA CDs
– ISO 9660 level 1/level 2 format, Joliet/Romeo
in the expansion format
– Multi Session
For DATA DVDs
– UDF Bridge format (combined UDF and ISO
9660)
– Multi Border
• The maximum number of:
– folders (albums): 256 (including root and
empty folders).
– files (tracks/images/videos) and folders
contained in a disc: 2,000 (if a folder/file
names contain many characters, this number
may become less than 2,000).
– displayable characters for a folder/file name:
64 (Joliet/Romeo).
Notes on finalizing discs
The following discs are required to be finalized
to play on this unit.
• DVD-R/DVD-R DL (in video mode/VR
mode)
• DVD-RW in video mode
• DVD+R/DVD+R DL
• CD-R
• CD-RW
The following discs can be played without
finalization.
• DVD+RW – automatically finalized.
• DVD-RW in VR mode – finalization not
required.
For details, see the manual supplied with the
disc.
Notes on Multi Session CDs/Multi
Border DVDs
This unit can play Multi Session CDs/Multi
Border DVDs under the following conditions.
Note that the session must be closed and the
disc must be finalized.
• When CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital
Audio) is recorded in the first session:
The unit recognizes the disc as CD-DA and only
CD-DA of the first session is played, even if an
other format (e.g., MP3) is recorded in other
sessions.
• When CD-DA is recorded other than in the
first session:
The unit recognizes the disc as a DATA CD or
DATA DVD, and all CD-DA sessions are
skipped.
• When an MP3/WMA/AAC/JPEG/Xvid/
MPEG-4 is recorded:
Only the sessions containing the selected file
type (audio/video/image)* are played (if CD-
DA or other data exists in other sessions, they
are skipped).
* For details on how to select the file type, see
page 32.