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Philips dvd963sa-p01 User Manual

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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:
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)
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.
– The file ending with “DIVX” format.
● 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).
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
INDEX 1
INDEX 2
INDEX 1
INDEX 2
INDEX 3
VIDEO CD
 
Playing a disc
1
Insert the disc and close the tray, playback starts
automatically.
➜ The number of tracks and the total playing
time of the disc will appear on the TV screen and
DVD player’s display.
2
Press 
PLAY.
➜ The current track number and its elapsed
playing time will be displayed.
3
Playback will stop at the end of the disc.
4
To stop playback, press 
STOP.
5
Disc Resume feature is also applicable for VCDs
and SVCDs (see “Smart Resume” section).
Playing a Super Audio CD
● Super Audio CDs contain only TRACKS
● Select tracks using the menubar on the TV
screen or by pressing the numerical keys directly.
● If SACD-text or CD-text is available on the disc,
it will be displayed on both the TV screen and
player’s front panel.
● Favourite Track Selection (FTS) programming is
NOT possible on SACD discs.
 
Playing a disc
1
Insert a disc and close the tray, playback starts
automatically.
➜ The TV screen will display the number of
tracks for selection, current playing status and
current playing layer.
2
Playback will stop at the end of the disc.
3
To stop playback, press 
STOP.
Sound Mode - SACD playback
¶ If the default Sound mode is set to multi channel
and the inserted disc does not contain this
mode, the player will automatically select the
stereo mode.
¶ On hybrid discs (with SACD and CD layers), the
player will always start playing the SACD layer.
¶ While the SACD disc is being played, the
currently played layer is shown on the player
front display as follows:
SA 6 (for SACD Multi channel)
SA 2 (for SACD stereo)
CD  (for CD layer of SACD)
¶ You can switch between SACD multi channel
and SACD stereo layers (depending on
availability of the mode on the disc) while the
disc is playing by pressing the Sound Mode
button on the remote control or the player
front. The mode change will be indicated on the
player front display.
¶ Switching between the SACD and CD layer is
not possible during playback.
Operation