Video CD
Any CD that contains motion pictures can be played.
You can enjoy motion pictures with the sound quality of MDs and the picture quality of
VHS tapes.
Digital compression technology allows the continuous playback of up to 74 minutes
from a 12 cm disc.
With video CDs, you can select the items you want to watch from the on-screen
menu. Discs which support "Playback control" can display still pictures. (See pages
19 - 20.)
The disc symbols are found on the disc labels or jackets.
Symbol
Size
Label sides
Audio recording format
Video recording format
E-17
ENGLISH
8 cm (3")
12 cm (5")
1 side
1 side
Digital (max. 20 min) Digital (max. 74 min)
MPEG 1
„ Types of discs
This unit handles video CDs that support PBC (version 2.0). (PBC is an abbreviation
of "Playback Control".)
You can enjoy the following two types of playback, depending on the disc.
Disc type
Features
Video CDs without PBC
Sound and motion pictures can be played using
(version 1.1)
the same control operations as applied to music
CDs.
Video CDs with PBC
In addition to the features shown above (for discs
(version 2.0)
without PBC), PBC CDs have a menu that is dis-
played on the TV screen. You can play interactive
games and make use of other software with the
retrieval function (menu playback). You can also
display high resolution or normal still pictures.
Notes:
z Video CDs are recorded in PAL or NTSC format.
z Analogue system CDVs (12 cm)
cannot be played.
z Photo CDs and CD-ROMs cannot be played.
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