In general: yes. This is one of the beauties of the CD-i system. Since both disc and playback device are extensively specified, every CD-i disc is compatible with every CD-i player, in contrast to a CD-ROM disc, of which you never know wether it will play on your PC-configuration. Look for the CD-i logo on both disc and player to ensure compatibility.

Yes in addition to the computer data the full length audio CD is included. The computer data is hidden from audio players. The disc is mastered using mixed mode type 2 formatting to ensure compatibility with all audio players as well as almost all CD ROM drives.

No, you must import a CD to a Kaleidescape Server before you can play it. You can import a CD with the Movie Player 2, the Music Player, or the now-discontinued Reader.

Yes. Although a CDG karaoke player is required to decode the lyrics for on-screen viewing, the music will play in a regular CD player.

No. You can play the audio content using the Open MG Bundled player included on your disc; the player should automatically start once the disc is inserted in the PC. If you want to play the music on a PC without the disc, or if you want to export the tracks to a portable device, you must first install the Music Player software which is in the bin/win32 folder of your OMG disc.

In order to view on screen lyrics on your television, you need a CDG or CD+G compatible player. If you insert an ABCD's Custom Karaoke Disc into a non-cdg compatible player, you will hear the music but will not see any on screen lyrics. Please understand that most DVD players are not CDG compatible and while they will play the music, they will not display the words on the television screen.

Not all consumer DVD players are compatible with the VCD, HQ-VCD, SVCD and cdDVD formats. Some consumer DVD players are unable to read CD-R Please refer to our listing of DVD players that are compatible with some of the VDR-3000 recording formats. Is there a way to get Windows Media Player or any other editing program to recognize the "avseq01.dat" file created Yes, one of our good customers in Hawaii suggested this solution to us.

For audio discs, Alpha-Player is provided to play in a PC. This is provided in a purchased disc and automatically runs when EULA is agreed. For DVD video, additional player is not provided because license for Mpeg2 codec, etc to play in a PC needs to be purchased. However, Alpha-DISC supports most popular DVD playing softwares. If a user uses unsupported DVD playing software, please contact ask@settec.com and we will try to add it shortly.

In general, a CD-i player only plays discs that incorporate a dedicated application program that was designed for CD-i's operating system and hardware components. For some disc types, such as Video-CDs, Photo-CDs and CD-BGM, this CD-i application is a mandatory part of the disc's specification. This means that in order for a Video-CD to bear the Video-CD logo, it must contain a CD-i application, and it must be able to be played back on a CD-i player.

you can read in question 7.12, it is nearly impossible for the home user to make Photo-CDs. Fortunately, there is good alternative alowing you to place your pictures on CD and view them on a CD-i player. Using Nero Burning Rom version 5.0 and up (available from Ahead Software), you can include still images in a Video-CD compilation. Such a disc with your photos can then be played on CD-i players (it includes the Philips Video-CD on CD-i 4.1.1 application), but also on PCs, on Video-CD 2.

Yes, a CDG Karaoke disk will play in any standard CD Player, However, the song lyrics will not be displayed since only a CDG player can read the graphics track.

For DVD and VCD, with appropriate software, will play on your computer, but computer will not play any tyeps of CDG.

Simply record to WAV-files . All CD Burning software I know of can burning WAV-files as CD tracks. Read their manuals or online help.

No, we do not recommend this as it will destroy the laser heads. Any cleaning that needs to be done to a CD/DVD player should only be done by a qualified service center.

Make sure your player can play the disc you are trying to play and that you're not playing a region-coded disc in a player from another region or trying to play a PAL disc in an NTSC-only player (or vice versa). See #1 for more info. If you truly have a defective disc, please refer to our store policies for return info.

No. This is because the pits of a DVD are far smaller than those on a CD and require a laser of smaller wavelength than the CD uses.

In Windows 98, go to Start>Settings>Control Panel>Multimedia and select the CD Music tab and check the "Enable digital CD audio" to play audio through the USBPre. In Windows 2000, go to Start>Settings>Control Panel>Sounds and Multimedia and select the Hardware tab. Select the CD-ROM, and then click on the Properties button, then select the Properties tab, and check the "Enable digital CD audio...".

In order to play any of these formats, you must have a player that will play that format. Many computers now come with DVD drives in which case you could play DVD. If your player is not DVD compatible, it will not play DVD.

First, make sure that the disc isn't a DVD! For example two of the discs in How to be a R.E.A.L. Success are DVDs. If the disc is a CD, first try playing it in another machine. If it still does not work, please e-mail us at CustomerCare@MMPink.com or call us toll-free at 1-888-556-2308.