Toshiba SD-370EKE - Manual (Page 9)

Introduction
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About this owner’s manual
This owner’s manual explains the basic instructions of
this DVD video player. Some DVD video discs are
produced in a manner that allows specific or limited
operation during playback. As such, the DVD video player
may not respond to all operating commands. This is not
a defect in the DVD video player. Refer to instruction
notes of discs.
“ ” may appear on the TV screen during operation.
A “ ” means that the operation is not permitted by
the DVD video player or the disc.
Notes on region numbers
The region number of this DVD video player is 2.If region
numbers, which stand for their playable area, are printed
on your DVD video disc and you do not find or ,
disc playback will not be allowed by the player. (In this
case, the DVD video) player will display a message on-
screen.)
Some DVDs that have no region code label may still be
subject to area restrictions and therefore not playable.
On VIDEO CDs
This DVD video player supports VIDEO CDs equipped
with the PBC (Version 2.0) function. (PBC is the
abbreviation of Playback Control.)
You can enjoy two playback variations depending on
types of discs.
• VIDEO CD not equipped with PBC function (Ver 1.1).
Sound and movie can be played on this DVD video
player in the same way as an audio CD.
• VIDEO CD equipped with PBC function (Ver 2.0).
In addition to operation of a VIDEO CD not equipped
with the PBC function, you can enjoy playback of
interactive software with search function by using the
menu displayed on the TV screen (Menu Playback).
Some of the functions described in this owner’s
manual may not work with some discs.
About
The
icons on the heading bar show
the playable discs for the function described under that
heading.
: You can use this function with DVD video
discs.
: You can use this function with Video CDs.
: You can use this function with Audio CDs/CD-
R/RW.
Playable discs
This DVD video player can play the following discs.
• You cannot play discs other than those listed above.
• You cannot play DVD-RAM discs or non-standardized
discs, etc., even if they may be labeled as above.
• This DVD video player uses the NTSC/PAL colour
system, and cannot play DVD video discs recorded
in any other colour system (SECAM, etc.).
Because of problems and errors that can occur during
the creation of DVD and CD software and/or the
manufacture of DVD and CD discs, Toshiba cannot assure
that this DVD video player will successfully play every disc
bearing the DVD and CD logos. As one of the creators of
DVD technology, Toshiba DVD players are manufactured
using the highest standards of quality, and as a result,
such incompatibilities are rare.
DVD
video
discs
Disc Mark Contents
Disc
Size
Maximum
playback time
Approx. 4 hours
(single sided disc)
Approx. 8 hours
(double sided disc)
Approx. 80 minutes
(single sided disc)
Approx. 160 minutes
(double sided disc)
Approx. 74 minutes
Approx. 20 minutes 8 cm
12 cm
8 cm
12 cm Audio
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video
(moving
pictures)
DIGITAL VIDEO
VIDEO
CDs
Audio
+
video
(moving
pictures)
Approx. 74 minutes
Approx. 20 minutes
8 cm
(CD
single)
12 cm
Audio
CDs
Audio
DivX ®
Audio
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video
(moving
pictures)
It depends on DivX ®
quality
8 cm
12 cm
2
The following discs are also available.
CD-R/CD-RW discs of CD-DA, Video CD, SVCD,
MP3, DivX or JPEG format.
Some of these discs may be incompatible.
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®
DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD R DL and
DVD-ROM discs of DVD video format or DivX
format. DVD ROM disc not support DAT format.
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is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing
Corporation.