22 ENTYPES OF DISCS WHICH CAN BE PLAYEDThe disc symbols are found on the disc labels or jackets.Video CDAny CD that contains motion pictures can be played.You can enjoy motion pictures with the sound quality of MDs and the picture quality of VHS tapes.Digital compression technology allows the continuous playback of up to 74 minutes from a 12cm disc.With video CDs, you can select the item you want to watch from the on-screen menu. Discs whichsupport “Playback control” can display still pictures. (see pages 24 - 25)This unit handles video CDs that support PBC (version 2.0). (PBC is an abbreviation of “Playback Control”.)You can enjoy the following two types of playback, depending on the type of disc.FeaturesVideo CDs without PBC(version 1.1)Video CDs with PBC(version 2.0)Sound and motion pictures can be played using the same con-trol operations as applied to music CDs.In addition to the features shown above (for discs without PBC),PBC CDs have a menu that is displayed on the TV screen. Youcan play interactive games and make use of other softwarewith the retrieval function (menu playback). You can also dis-play high resolution or normal still pictures.Notes :• Video CDs are recorded in one of two modes: PAL format or NTSC format.• Analogue system CDVs (12cm) cannot be played.• Photo CDs and CD-ROMs cannot be played.Disc typeSizeDiscSymbol AudiorecordingformatVideorecordingformatLabelsides8 cm (3”) 1 side Digital (max.20 min)CD (Compact Disc)Video CDCD single12 cm (5”)8 cm (3”)12 cm (5”)1 side Digital (max.74 min)1 side1 sideDigital (max.20 min)Digital (max.74 min)MPEG 1