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GETTING STARTED
Disc Types
BD-RE/BD-R
Blu-ray Disc Rewritable/Blu-ray Disc Recordable. BD-RE/BD-R is the ideal format for making backups,
or recording personal video.
BD-ROM
Blu-ray Disc Read Only Memory. A BD-ROM disc contains pre-recorded data. Although a BD-ROM
may contain any form of data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Defi nition format, for
playback on Blu-ray Home Theaters. This unit can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.
DVD-Video
A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135-minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32
subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby Digital surround,
allowing you to enjoy vivid and clear theatre quality images.
When switching from the fi rst layer to the second layer of a dual-layered DVD Video disc, there may be
momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the unit.
Once a DVD-RW/-R recorded in Video Mode is fi nalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Pre-recorded (pre-
stamped) commercial DVDs with movies are also referred to as DVD-Videos. This unit can play back
pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-Video discs) with movies.
Audio CD
An audio disc on which 44.1kHz PCM Audio is recorded.
This unit can play back CD-DA format audio CD-R and CD-RW discs.
The unit may not be able to play some CD-R or CD-RW discs due to the condition of the recording.
CD-R/-RW
Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-R/-RW disc. If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above
disc, as the disc may not play back.
If the CD-R/-RW disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience delays when playing
back the beginning of the disc or all recorded fi les may not play.
Some CD-R/-RW discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which was used
to burn them. For contents recorded on CD-R/-RW media from CDs for your personal use, playability
may vary depending on contents and discs.
DVD-R Disc Playback
Once a DVD-R recorded in Video Mode is fi nalized, it becomes DVD-Video.
This unit can play back DVD-R discs recorded and fi nalized with a Samsung DVD video recorder. It
may not be able to play some DVD-R discs depending on the disc and the condition of the recording.
DVD-RW Disc Playback
Playback can be performed with DVD-RW discs in the Video Mode and fi nalized only.
Once a DVD-RW recorded in Video Mode is fi nalized, it becomes DVD-Video. Ability to play back may
depend on recording conditions.
Disc Format
Using MP3 disc
CD-R/-RW, DVD-RW/-R recorded with UDF, ISO9660 or JOLIET format can be played back.
Only MP3 fi les with the “.mp3” or “.MP3” extension can be played.
Playable bit-rate range is from 56 Kbps to 320 Kbps.
Playable sample-rate is 32KHz to 48KHz.
The unit can handle a maximum of 1500 fi les and folders under a parent folder. For MP3 fi les recorded
with a VBR(Variable Bit Rates), the sound may cut in and out.
Using JPEG disc
CD-R/-RW, DVD-RW/-R recorded with UDF, ISO9660 or JOLIET format can be played back.
Only JPEG fi les with the ".jpg", ".JPG", ".jpeg" or "JPEG" extension can be displayed.
Progressive JPEG is supported.
DVD-RW/-R (V)
This is a format that is used for recording data on a DVD-RW or DVD-R disc. The disc can be played
by this Blu-ray Home Theater once it has been fi nalized.
If a disc that has been recorded in Video Mode by a different maker’s recorder but has not been
fi nalized, it cannot be played by this Blu-ray Home Theater.
A fi le which has .divx or .avi extension cannot be played.
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