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Video CD and Super Video CD
The current VCD 2.0 and Super Video CD 1.0
standard features are:
Support following VCD and SVCD formats:
Following formats can’t be supported in
VCD:
– HQ-VCD is encoded at 2.4Mbps or 2.6Mbps
– XVCD (eXtended VCD) with higher resolution
and data rate.
● Video CDs may have one or more TRACKS, and
TRACKS may have one or more INDEXES.
● To make easy and convenient access, you can
move between TRACKS and INDEXES.
● Some Video CDs have Play Back Control (PBC),
which is a predefined playback sequence stored
on the disc (see “Playback Control” section).
Playing a disc
1 Press DISC (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on the front panel or
DISC SKIP repeatedly on the remote control to
playback a specific disc directly.
➜ Playback starts automatically.
➜ The current track number and its elapsed
playing time will be displayed.
2 To stop playback, press STOP.
3 Disc Resume feature is also applicable for VCDs
and SVCDs (see “Resume” section).
Playing an Audio CD
● Audio CDs contain only TRACKS.
● They can be played on your DVD player with the
audio output connected to a stereo system or to
your TV.
● If CD-text is available on the disc, it will be
displayed on both the TV screen and player’s
front display.
● Select tracks using the menubar on the TV screen
or by pressing the numerical keys directly.
● Your DVD player also allows you to compile
Favorite Track Selection (FTS) programs for your
discs by selecting or excluding tracks of your
choice (see FTS Program - Audio CDs).
Playing a disc
1 Press DISC (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on the front panel or
DISC SKIP repeatedly on the remote control to
playback a specific disc directly.
➜ Playback starts automatically.
➜ The TV screen will display the number of
tracks for selection and current playing status.
2 At the end of the disc, playback of the next
available disc starts. Playback stops after all the
discs are played back.
3 To stop playback, press STOP.
Features Video CDs 2.0 Super Video CDs 1.0
Video MPEG-1 MPEG-2
bit rate constant 1,150 Kbps variable up to 2.6 Mbps
resolution NTSC 352x240, 29.97Hz 480x480 interlaced, 29.97Hz
resolution PAL 352x288, 25Hz 480x576 interlaced, 25Hz
Still picture (photo) MPEG-1 MPEG-2 (1 Frame)
resolution NTSC 352x240, 704x480 480x480, 704x480
resolution PAL 352x288, 704x576 480x576. 704x576
Audio MPEG-1 layer II MPEG-1 layer II
sampling 44.1KHz 44.1KHz
bit rate 224Kbps 32-384Kbps
audio channels 1 stereo / 2 mono < 2 stereo / 4 mono
surround sound Stereo with Dolby Pro-Logic MPEG-1 (5+1) extension
Overlay graphics/text overlay video plane
sub-channels <= 4
coding 4 colour CLUT (2bits/pixel)
TRACK 1 TRACK 2
INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 3
VIDEO CD
23 56789101112...41
TRACKS
AUDIO CD
Operation
