Video Cd - Sharp XL-1000V Mode D'emploi

Video CD

Any 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 12 cm disc.
With video CDs, you can select the items you want to watch from the
on-screen menu. Discs which support "Playback control" can dis-
play still pictures. (See pages 19 - 21.)
The disc symbols are found on the disc labels or jackets.
Symbol
Size
Label sides
Audio recording format
Video recording format
E-17 ENGLISH
8 cm (3") 12 cm (5")
1 side 1 side
Digital Digital
(max. 20 min) (max. 74 min)
MPEG 1
„ Types of discs
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
disc.
Disc type Features
Video CDs without PBC Sound and motion pictures can be
(version 1.1) played using the same control opera-
tions as applied to music CDs.
Video CDs with PBC In addition to the features shown above
(version 2.0) (for discs without PBC), PBC CDs have
a menu that is displayed on the TV
screen. You can play interactive games
and make use of other software with
the retrieval function (menu playback).
You can also display high resolution or
normal still pictures.
Notes:
z Video CDs are recorded in PAL or NTSC format.
z Analogue system CDVs (12 cm)
z Photo CDs and CD-ROMs cannot be played.
cannot be played.