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Introduction
• You cannot play discs other than those listed above.
• You cannot play non-standardized discs even if they may be labeled as above.
• You cannot play discs with specialized encoding (such as SACD discs) or the DVD audio portions of DVD Audio
discs.
• This recorder uses the PAL colour system for recording and playback. The NTSC colour system is used for playback
only, by selecting an appropriate setting. A disc may fail to play, if it has data in the PAL colour system and the NTSC
colour system. You cannot add the PAL colour system data to the disc with the data recorded in the NTSC colour
system even if they have region marks
2
or
ALL
.
• There may be some DVD discs designed for this market that cannot be played on this recorder. If you encounter
please contact TOSHIBA customer service.
• Toshiba cannot assure that all discs bearing the DVD or CD logos will operate as expected. Please see the
discussion of compatibility on
page 5.
The region number of this DVD recorder is 2.
If region numbers, corresponding to a
specific playable area, are printed on your
DVD video disc and you do not find
2
or
ALL
, or the disc is encoded to permit
playback only in regions other than Region 2,
disc playback will not be allowed by the
recorder.
Depending on the disc status, playback may
not be possible.
DIGITAL VIDEO
For playback only
DVD video
disc
• 12cm (4
3
/
4
in.) / 8cm (3
1
/
4
in.)
• Region number
2
or
ALL
Disc
Specification
Remarks
CD-R
CD-RW
VIDEO CD
• 12cm (4
3
/
4
in.) / 8cm (3
1
/
4
in.)
• Version 1.1 and 2.0
Audio CD
• 12cm (4
3
/
4
in.)
• CD-DA (audio CD) format
• 12cm (4
3
/
4
in.) / 8cm (3
1
/
4
in.)
Mark
Compatible discs (Continued)
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