English _11● GETTING STARTEDDiscs that cannot be playedBlu-ray Discs with a region code other than "Region A".BD-R, BD-REDVD-Video with a region number other than “1” or “ALL”HD DVD-RDVD-RAM•••••3.9 GB DVD-R Disc for Authoring.DVD-RW(VR mode)DVD-ROM/PD/MV-Disc, etcCVD/CD-ROM/CD-RW/CDV/CD-G/CD-I/LD••••[Note]Some commercial discs and HD DVD/ DVD discs purchased outside your region may not be playablewith this product. When these discs are played, either “No disc.” or “Please check the regional codeof the disc.” will be displayed.If a DVD-R/-RW disc has not been recorded properly in DVD video format, it will not be playable.The unit cannot play CD-R and DVD-RW/-R recorded content such as divx, avi, mpg, mov, wma,mp3,digital photo view(JPEG) file.Region codeBoth the Duo HD player and the discs are coded by region. These regional codes must match in orderto play the disc. If the codes do not match, the disc will not play.The Region Number for this Duo HD player is described on the rear panel of the Duo HD player.Disc Type Blu-ray DVD-VIDEORegion code A 1BD Region Code AreaA North America, Central America, South America, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South East Asia.B Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.C India, China, Russia, Central and South Asia.DVD Region Code Area1 The U.S., U.S. territories and Canada2 Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland3 Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong4 Mexico, South America, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Caribbean5 Russia, Eastern Europe, India, most of Africa, North Korea, Mongolia6 ChinaHD DVDs do not currently have Region codes. They however, may be assigned in the future.Blu-ray Disc CompatibilityBlu-ray Disc is a new and evolving format. Accordingly, disc compatibility issues are possible. Not alldiscs are compatible and not every disc will play back. For additional information, refer to theCompliance and Compatibility Notice section of this Manual. If you encounter compatibility problems,please contact the SAMSUNG customer care center. This Samsung Duo HD player (BD-UP5000)supports only the BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.0 specification. If you want to play later version discs, youmay need to update player's firmware. Please refer to http://www.samsung.com/global/register orcontact SAMSUNG customer care center.••••