Owner's Manual

Before Use (Continued)

Storing Discs

After playing, store the disc in its case. Do not expose the disc to direct

sunlight or sources of heat and never leave it in a parked car exposed to

direct sunlight.

Cleaning Discs

Fingerprints and dust on the disc can cause poor picture quality and

sound distortion. Before playing, clean the disc with a clean cloth. Wipe

the disc from the center out.

Do not use strong solvents such as alcohol, benzine, thinner, commercial-

ly available cleaners, or anti-static spray intended for older vinyl records.

Disc-related terms

DVD ±R / DVD ±RW

DVD -R and DVD +R are two different standards for recordable DVD

drives and discs. This format allows information to be recorded onto the

DVD disc only once. DVD +RW and DVD -RW are two standards for

re-writable media, meaning the DVD content can be erased and re-

recorded.

VCD (Video CD)

A VCD holds up to 74 minutes (650 MB disc) or 80 minutes (700 MB

disc) of MPEG-1 full-motion video along with quality stereo sound.

MPEG

MPEG is an international standard for video and audio compression.

MPEG-1 is used in encoding video for VCD and provides for multichan-

nel surround sound coding such as PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG

audio.

MP3

MP3 is a popular compression format used for digital audio files that

yields very high near-CD quality.

WMA

Windows media audio file. A type of coding / decoding developed by

Microsoft Corp.

JPEG

Joint Pictures Expert Group. JPEG is a compressed file format that

allows you to save images with no limit on the number of colors.

DivX

DivX is the name of a revolutionary new video codec which is based on

the new MPEG-4 compression standard for video.You will be able to

play DivX movies using this DVD player.