• DVD players and DVD Videos have their own Region Code
numbers which are assigned to each country or area as
shown below. DVD players are set to your Region Code
number at the factory. As a result, if the region code
number of this DVD player is different from that of the DVD
Video, playback of the DVD Video will not be allowed by
the DVD player.
Examples of playable DVD Videos :
• In U.S.A. • In Europe
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• Please check the copyright laws in your country to record
from DVD, Audio CD, MP3, WMA, JPEG and DivX discs, etc.
Recording of copyrighted material may infringe copyright
laws.
• Commercial DVD Video discs are copy-protected, and any
recordings made from these discs will be distorted.
• This product incorporates copyright protection technology
that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual
property rights. Use of this copyright protection technology
must be authorized by Macrovision, and is intended for
home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise
authorized by Macrovision. Reverse engineering or
disassembly is prohibited.
Preliminary Knowledge About Discs
PLAYABLE DISC TYPES REGION CODE
NOTES ON COPYRIGHT
This unit supports the following discs.
• This unit supports CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in
audio CD format or MP3/WMA/JPEG/DivX in accordance
with the ISO9660 format. It also supports DVD-R, DVD-
RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW discs recorded in DVD Video
format or DivX in accordance with UDF format.
Unplayable discs
• Since this unit cannot support disc types, formats and file
types not listed above, do not play such discs.
• Some DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs, DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs or CD-
Rs/CD-RWs cannot be played due to incomplete disc
finalization, recording quality or physical condition of the
disc, characteristics of recording device or authoring
software, etc.
See the operating instructions supplied with your recording
device for more information.
Color system format
• Depending on the countries, this unit conforms to either the
NTSC color system for U.S.A, Canada, etc. or the PAL for
Europe, Australia, China, etc.
Major
countries
or area
Playable
Region
code
All
regions
North
America
Europe,
Japan,
Middle East
Southeast
Asia
Oceania,
South
America
Russia
China
SYMBOL ABOUT INVALID OPERATION
• When you press a button, if the unit does not accept its
operation, appears on the TV screen.
Operations are occasionally unacceptable even if is
not displayed.
※Invalid operation may occur as expected if :
• The region code number of the unit is different from that of
the DVD Video and playback will not be allowed.
• The rating level function works.
(For details, refer to “When selecting the PARENTAL
CONTROL” on page 48.)
• A disc is not playable or uses features that are not
supported by this unit.