Service Manual
Audio CD:
SATURN
COMPATABILITY
The normal audio Compact Disc
is
playable on the Saturn machine, and can
be
altered with all the effects
of
a modern Hi-fi and more. Surround sound, vocal
cut-out for Karaoke, program sequence of tracks and shuffle to name but a few.
You need no extra equipment
to
play music CDs on your Saturn.
CD+G:
CD and Graphics are a format where simple visuals can appear on the screen
that relate
to
the music. These visuals might include stills of the band, or other
pictures. You need to buy
no
extra equipment to use CD+G on your Saturn.
CD+EG:
CD
and extended graphics is a new medium ready
to
be utilised by the music
community. It is basically an enhanced version of what
is
described above in
CD+G. You need no extra equipment to use CD+EG on your
Saturn.
MPEG:
MPEG is the standard industry format for compressing Full Motion Video
footage. This means that the footage takes up less disk space, and when it is
to
be viewed, the MPEG program decodes the footage and plays it on screen. The
MPEG add-on is needed in order
to
use the MPEG video CDs and Philips CDi.
At the current rate
of
compression one movie can fit on two CDs.
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Developed by Philips, CDi is an interactive CD format that can be used in a
variety
of
educational and entertainment purposes. Using video footage and CD
quality sound CDi has become an industry leader in the field
of
interactive
fun._
The MPEG add-on is required to access the full range of CDi software
Kodak Photo CD:
Photos stored on CD have theoretically infmite life, are always picture perfect
and will never fade or be otherwise damaged. The
Saturn can access Kodak
Photo CDs with the use
of
another Saturn CD which allows the user to see
display the photos in various ways. There are many Kodak
Photo CD stores
open in the major cities.