Sony DVP-CX850D CD/DVD Player Operating Instructions

Below you will find brief information for CD/DVD Player DVP-CX850D. This Sony DVD player plays DVD VIDEOs, VIDEO CDs, and Audio CDs, including discs with both audio and video. It supports various playback modes like shuffle, repeat, and A-B repeat. The player offers multiple connection options for TVs and AV receivers, enabling you to enjoy both video and audio. It also includes features to improve picture quality and allows you to manage your disc library.

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Operating Instructions

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TIME

C D

DVD

ALL

DVP-CX850D

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1999 Sony Corporation

3-867-529-31(1)

WARNING Welcome!

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet.

Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.

Mains cord must only be changed at qualified service shop.

This appliance is classified as a

CLASS 1 LASER product. The CLASS

1 LASER PRODUCT MARKING is located on the rear exterior.

CAUTION

The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard. As the laser beam used in this CD/DVD player is harmful to eyes, do not attempt to disassemble the cabinet.

Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.

This label is located on the Laser protective housing inside the enclosure.

Notice for customers in the

United Kingdom and Republic of

Ireland

A moulded plug complying with BS1363 is fitted to this equipment for your safety and convenience.

Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be replaced, a 5 AMP fuse approved by

ASTA or BSI to BS1362, (i.e., marked with

2 or @ mark) must be used.

If the plug supplied with this equipment has a detachable fuse cover, be sure to attach the fuse cover after you change the fuse. Never use the plug without the fuse cover. If you should lose the fuse cover, please contact your nearest Sony service station.

Precautions

Safety

• This unit operates on 220 - 240 V AC,

50/60 Hz. Check that the unit’s operating voltage is identical with your local power supply.

• If anything falls into the cabinet, unplug the unit and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further.

• The unit is not disconnected from the mains as long as it is connected to the mains outlet, even if the unit itself has been turned off.

• Unplug the unit from the wall outlet if you do not intend to use it for an extended period of time. To disconnect the cord, pull it out by the plug, never by the cord.

Installing

• Allow adequate air circulation to prevent internal heat buildup.

• Do not place the unit on surfaces (rugs, blankets, etc.) or near materials (curtains, draperies) that may block the ventilation slots.

• Do not install the unit near heat sources such as radiators or air ducts, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust, mechanical vibration or shock.

• Do not install the unit in an inclined position. It is designed to be operated in a horizontal position only.

• Keep the unit and discs away from equipment with strong magnets, such as microwave ovens or large loudspeakers.

• Do not place heavy objects on the unit.

• If the unit is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, moisture may condense inside the CD/DVD player and cause damage to the lenses. When you first install the unit, or when you move it from a cold to a warm location, wait for about one hour before operating the unit.

Thank you for purchasing the Sony CD/

DVD Player. Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference.

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ABLE OF CONTENTS

About This Manual 4

This Player Can Play the Following Discs 4

Precautions 6

Notes on Discs 6

Getting Started 7

Unpacking 7

TV Hookups 8

Receiver (Amplifier) Hookups 11

5.1 Channel Surround Hookups 14

Selecting the Language for On-Screen Display 16

Inserting Discs 17

Playing Discs 19

Playing at Various Speeds/Frame by Frame 21

Resuming Playback from the Point Where You

Stopped the Disc (Resume Play) 22

Using the Menu for Each DVD 23

Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Functions (PBC

Playback) 24

Using the Front Panel Display 25

Displaying the Disc Information (Disc Browser)

Filing Discs in the Folder 29

Labeling Discs (Disc Memo)/Folders and Indicating the Genre 30

Sorting Discs 33

Using Various Functions with the

Control Menu 34

Using the Control Menu Display 34

Control Menu Item List 36

Searching for the Disc/Title/Chapter/Track/Index/

Scene 37

Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time

Selecting a Start Point Using the Time Code 39

Checking the Information of the Disc 40

Changing the Sounds 40

Displaying the Subtitles 42

Changing the Angles 42

Selecting the Disc Mode (1 Disc or All Discs) 43

Creating Your Own Program (Program Play) 44

Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play) 46

Playing Repeatedly (Repeat Play) 47

Repeating a Specific Portion (A˜B Repeat) 48

Setting for Digital Cinema Sound 50

Reducing the Picture Noise (DNR: Digital Video

Noise Reduction) 52

Adjustments for Playback Picture (VIDEO EQ:

Video Equalizer) 52

Displaying Different Angles Simultaneously 54

Dividing a Track into 9 Sections (Strobe Play) 54

Scanning the Title, Chapter and Track 55

Setting and Selecting Favorite Scene (Bookmark)

Checking the Play Information 56

Settings and Adjustments 57

Using the Setup Display 57

Setup Display Item List 59

Setting the Language for Display and Sound

(LANGUAGE SETUP) 60

Settings for Display (SCREEN SETUP) 61

Custom Settings (CUSTOM SETUP) 62

Settings for Sound (AUDIO SETUP) 66

Speaker Set Up 69

Controlling the TV or the AV Receiver (Amplifier) with the Supplied Remote 71

Controlling the CD Changer (Mega Control) 73

Additional Information 75

Troubleshooting 75

Self-diagnosis function 78

Specifications 79

Glossary 80

Language Code List 82

Index to Parts and Controls 83

Index 87

About This Manual

Conventions

• Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the player.

You can also use the controls on the remote if they have the same or similar names as those on the player.

• The icons on the right are used in this manual:

Icon

Z z

Meaning

Indicates that you can use only the remote to do the task.

Indicates tips and hints for making the task easier.

Indicates the functions for DVD VIDEOs.

Indicates the functions for VIDEO CDs.

Indicates the functions for Audio CDs.

This Player Can Play the Following Discs

DVD VIDEOs VIDEO CDs

Disc logo

Audio CDs

Contents Audio + Video Audio + Video Audio

Disc size 12 cm 8 cm 12 cm 8 cm 12 cm 8 cm

(CD single)

20 min.

Play time About 4 h (for single-sided

DVD)/ about 8 h (for double-sided

DVD)

About 80 min.

(for single-sided

DVD)/ about 160 min.

(for double-sided

DVD)

74 min.

20 min.

74 min.

“DVD VIDEO” logo is a trademark.

When you play an NTSC disc, this player outputs the video signal in the NTSC system only. In this case, if your TV is a PAL system mode, the picture becomes noisy.

Region code of DVDs you can play on this unit

Your DVD player has a region code printed on the back of the unit and will only play DVDs that are labeled with identical region codes.

DVDs labeled ALL will be also played on this unit.

If you try to play any other DVD, the message “Playing this disc prohibited by area limits.” will appear on the TV screen.

CD/DVD PLAYER

AC 110V 60Hz

22W

NO.

MODEL NO.

DVP–8306

SONY CORPORATION MADE IN JAPAN 3-444-464-01

Region code

Depending on the DVD, no region code indication may be labeled even though playing the DVD is prohibited by the area limits.

Note on playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs

Some playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs may be intentionally fixed by software producers. Since this player plays DVDs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents the software producers designed, some playback features may not be available. Also refer to the instructions supplied with the DVDs or VIDEO CDs.

Terms for discs

• Title

The longest sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD; a movie, etc., for a picture piece on a video software; or an album, etc., for a music piece on an audio software. Each title is assigned a title number enabling you to locate the title you want.

• Chapter

Sections of a picture or a music piece that are smaller than titles. A title is composed of several chapters. Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling you to locate the chapter you want. Depending on the disc, no chapters may be recorded.

• Track

Sections of a picture or a music piece on a VIDEO CD or a CD.

Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to locate the track you want.

Disc

DVD structure Title

Chapter

VIDEO

CD or

CD structure

Track

Disc

Index

• Index (CD) / Video Index (VIDEO CD)

A number that divides a track into sections to easily locate the point you want on a VIDEO CD or a CD. Depending on the disc, no indexes may be recorded.

• Scene

On a VIDEO CD with PBC functions, the menu screens, moving pictures and still pictures are divided into sections called “scenes.” Each scene is assigned a scene number enabling you to locate the scene you want.

Note on PBC (Playback Control) (VIDEO CDs)

This player conforms to Ver. 1.1 and Ver. 2.0 of VIDEO CD standards. You can enjoy two kinds of playback according to the disc type.

Disc type

VIDEO CDs without PBC functions

(Ver. 1.1 discs)

VIDEO CDs with

PBC functions

(Ver. 2.0 discs)

You can

Enjoy video playback (moving pictures) as well as music.

Play interactive software using menu screens displayed on the TV screen (PBC

Playback), in addition to the video playback functions of Ver 1.1 discs.

Moreover, you can play high-resolution still pictures, if they are included on the disc.

Discs that the player cannot play

The player cannot play discs other than the ones listed in the table on page 4. CD-R, CD-ROMs including PHOTO CDs, data sections in CD-EXTRAs, DVD-ROMs etc., cannot be played.

When playing DTS*-encoded CDs, excessive noise will be heard from the analog stereo outputs. To avoid possible damage to the audio system, the consumer should take proper precautions when the analog stereo outputs of the DVD player are connected to an amplification system. To enjoy DTS Digital Surround™ playback, an external 5.1-channel DTS Digital Surround™ decoder system must be connected to the digital output of the

DVD player.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

* “DTS” is a trademark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

Precautions

On safety

• Caution – The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard.

• Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the player and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further.

On power sources

• The player is not disconnected from the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the player itself has been turned off.

• If you are not going to use the player for a long time, be sure to disconnect the player from the wall outlet. To disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead), grasp the plug itself; never pull the cord.

• Should the AC power cord (mains lead) need to be changed, have it done at a qualified service shop only.

On placement

• Place the player in a location with adequate ventilation to prevent heat build-up in the player.

• Do not place the player on a soft surface such as a rug that might block the ventilation holes on the bottom.

• Do not place the player in a location near heat sources, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust or mechanical shock.

On operation

• If the player is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, or is placed in a very damp room, moisture may condense on the lenses inside the player. Should this occur, the player may not operate properly. In this case, remove the disc and leave the player turned on for about half an hour until the moisture evaporates.

On adjusting volume

• Do not turn up the volume while listening to a portion with very low level inputs or no audio signals. If you do, the speakers may be damaged when a peak level portion is played.

On cleaning

• Clean the cabinet, panel and controls with a soft cloth slightly moistened with a mild detergent solution. Do not use any type of abrasive pad, scouring powder or solvent such as alcohol or benzine.

If you have any questions or problems concerning your player, please consult your nearest Sony dealer.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Caution: The enclosed DVD player is capable of holding a still video image or On screen display image on your television screen indefinitely. If you leave the still video image or On screen display image displayed on your TV for an extended period of time you risk permanent damage to your television screen.

Projection televisions are very susceptible.

Notes on Discs

On handling discs

• Do not use irregularly shaped CDs such as heart- or star-shaped CD as they may cause the player to malfunction.

• To keep the disc clean, handle the disc by its edge. Do not touch the surface.

• Do not stick paper or tape on the disc.

If there is glue (or a similar substance) on the disc, remove the glue completely before using the disc.

• Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts, or leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight as there can be considerable rise in temperature inside the car.

• After playing, store the disc in its case.

On cleaning

• Before playing, clean the disc with a cleaning cloth.

Wipe the disc from the center out.

• Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner, commercially available cleaners or anti-static spray intended for vinyl LPs.

Getting

Started

This section describes how to hook up the CD/DVD player to a TV (with audio/video input jacks) and/or an

AV receiver (amplifier). You cannot connect this player to a TV which does not have a video input connector. Be sure to turn off the power of each component before making the connections.

Unpacking

Check that you have the following items:

• Audio/video connecting cord (1)

• S video cord (1)

• Remote commander (remote) RMT-D113P (1)

• R6 (Size AA) batteries (2)

Inserting batteries into the remote

You can control the player using the supplied remote.

Insert two R6 (Size AA) batteries by matching the + and – on the batteries. When using the remote, point it at the remote sensor g on the player.

You can control TVs and AV receivers using the supplied remote

See page 71.

Notes

• Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place.

• Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing, particularly when replacing the batteries.

• Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or lighting apparatuses. Doing so may cause a malfunction.

• If you will not use the remote for an extended period of time, remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion.

Transporting the player

Before transporting the player, follow the procedure below to return the internal mechanisms to their original positions.

1 Remove all the discs from the disc slots.

2 Close the front panel.

Make sure that “NO DISC” appears in the front panel display.

3 Wait for 10 seconds, then press 1/u to turn off the player.

TV Hookups

This connection is for listening to the sound through TV speakers (2ch – L, R). Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected. You cannot connect this player to a TV without an EURO AV (SCART) connector or a video input connector.

Required cords

EURO-AV (SCART) connecting cord (not supplied) (2)

Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid hum and noise.

Refer to the instructions supplied with the TV to be connected.

Notes

• When you set “EURO AV OUT” to “S VIDEO” or “RGB” under

“CUSTOM SETUP” in the setup display, use the EURO AV

(SCART) connecting cord conformed to each signal.

• When you connect using the EURO-AV connecting cord, confirm that the TV corresponds to S VIDEO or RGB. Refer to the instructions supplied with the TV to be connected.

CD/DVD player

AUDIO

INPUT

5.1CH OUTPUT

FRONT

REAR CENTER

LINE OUTPUT

R – AUDIO – L VIDEO

S VIDEO

OUTPUT

DIGITAL OUTPUT MEGA

OPTICAL COAXIAL CONTROL

WOOFER

T EURO AV 1 (RGB) - TV

PCM/MPEG/DTS/

DOLBY DIGITAL(AC-3) i EURO AV 2

To an AC outlet

To Ú EURO

AV1 (RGB)-TV

To EURO AV

(SCART) input

: Signal flow

To : EURO

AV2

VCR

To EURO AV

(SCART) output

If your TV has two EURO AV (SCART) connectors

CD/DVD player

EURO AV 1 (RGB) – TV EURO AV 2

VCR

EURO AV

If your TV has no EURO AV (SCART) connectors

You can connect the player to a TV (with audio/video input jacks) using the supplied audio/video connecting cord. If your

TV has an S video input connector, connect the component via the S VIDEO OUTPUT connector using the S video cord

(supplied) instead of the video connecting cord. You will get a better picture. When connecting the cords, be sure to match the color-coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the components:

Yellow (video) to Yellow, Red (right) to Red and White (left) to

White.

Audio/Video connecting cord (supplied)

Yellow

White (L)

Red (R)

Yellow

White (L)

Red (R)

S video cord (supplied)

TV p To listen to the sound through TV speakers

CD/DVD player

LINE OUTPUT

R – AUDIO – L VIDEO

S VIDEO

OUTPUT

INPUT

AUDIO

S VIDEO IN

To EURO AV 1

(SCART) input

EURO AV EURO AV

To EURO AV 2

(SCART) input p If your TV has no S video input connector

Connect the component via the VIDEO INPUT connector using the video connecting cord (not supplied) instead of the S video cord.

Video connecting cord (not supplied)

CD/DVD player

LINE OUTPUT

R – AUDIO – L VIDEO

INPUT

TV Hookups

Notes

• Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected.

• Do not connect this player to a video deck. If you view the pictures on your TV after making the connections shown below, a picture noise may appear.

VCR TV

CD/DVD player

Connect directly.

• Depending on the TV or receiver (amplifier), sound distortion may occur because the audio output level is high. In this case, set “AUDIO ATT” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “ON” in the setup display. For details, see page 66.

• If you cannot view the pictures from a VCR through this player which is connected to a TV with RGB, set to …(Audio/

Video) on your TV. When you select (RGB), the TV cannot receive the signal from the VCR.

• If you want to use SmartLink function of a VCR, connect the

VCR to a TV with the connector conformed to SmartLink function and connect the CD/DVD player to the TV with another connector.

Setups for the player

Some setups are necessary for the player depending on the TV or other components to be connected.

Use the setup display to change the various settings.

For details on using the setup display, see page 57.

• To connect the player to a wide-screen TV

In the setup display, set “TV TYPE” in “SCREEN

SETUP” to “16:9” (default setting). For details, see page 61.

• To connect the player to a normal TV

In the setup display, set “TV TYPE” in “SCREEN

SETUP” to “4:3 LETTER BOX” or “4:3 PAN SCAN.”

For details, see page 61.

• To connect the player to a TV or VCR via EURO AV connector that conforms to the S video signals or

RGB signals

In the setup display, set “EURO AV OUT” in “CUSTOM

SETUP” to “S VIDEO” or “RGB.” For details, see page

62.

This player conforms to the PAL color system.

When you play a disc recorded in the NTSC color system, the player outputs the video signal or the setup display etc. in the NTSC color system and the picture may not appear on the TV screen. In this case, open the front cover and remove the disc.

Receiver (Amplifier) Hookups

This connection is for listening to the sound through speakers connected to a receiver (amplifier such as an integrated stereo amplifier, a receiver having a built-in

Dolby Pro Logic decoder, etc.). Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected.

You can enjoy 5.1 channel surround sound by connecting a receiver (amplifier) with 5.1 channel inputs. See page

50.

You can enjoy surround when connecting front speakers only

You can use 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers (VES: Virtual Enhanced Surround). For details, see page 50.

CD/DVD player

AUDIO

INPUT

5.1CH OUTPUT

FRONT

REAR CENTER

LINE OUTPUT

R – AUDIO – L VIDEO

S VIDEO

OUTPUT

DIGITAL OUTPUT MEGA

OPTICAL COAXIAL CONTROL

WOOFER

T EURO AV 1 (RGB) - TV

PCM/MPEG/DTS/

DOLBY DIGITAL(AC-3) i EURO AV 2

Required cords

Audio connecting cord (not supplied) (1)

S video cord (supplied) (1)

When connecting the cords, be sure to match the color-coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the components: Red (right) to

Red and White (left) to White. Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid hum and noise.

White (L)

Red (R)

White (L)

Red (R)

To S VIDEO

OUTPUT

To an AC outlet

AUDIO

OUTPUT

To S VIDEO input

INPUT

VIDEO

S VIDEO

AUDIO

Receiver (Amplifier)

To audio input

: Signal flow

Note

You cannot enjoy the picture with S video signal if your TV is not conformed to the S video signal. When your TV does not have S VIDEO input, connect the component via the VIDEO INPUT connector using the video connecting cord (not supplied) instead of the S video cord. For details, see page 9.

Refer to the instructions supplied with your TV.

Receiver (Amplifier) Hookups

If you have a digital component such as a receiver (amplifier) with a digital connector, DAT or MD

Connect the component via the DIGITAL OUTPUT OPTICAL or

COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord (not supplied).

When you play a DVD, set “DIGITAL OUT” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “ON” and then set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to “D-PCM,“ “MPEG” to “PCM” and “DTS” to “OFF” in the setup display (page 67).

p When using an optical digital connecting cord

Optical digital connecting cord

(not supplied)

CD/DVD player

DIGITAL OUTPUT

OPTICAL COAXIAL

Receiver (Amplifier) with a digital connector, MD deck,

DAT deck, etc.

DIGITAL IN

OPTICAL

PCM/MPEG/DTS/

DOLBY DIGITAL(AC-3) p When using a coaxial digital connecting cord

Coaxial digital connecting cord

CD/DVD player

DIGITAL OUTPUT

OPTICAL COAXIAL

(not supplied)

Receiver (Amplifier) with a digital connector, MD deck,

DAT deck, etc.

DIGITAL IN

COAXIAL

PCM/MPEG/DTS/

DOLBY DIGITAL(AC-3)

Notes

• Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected.

• You cannot make digital audio recordings of discs recorded in multichannel surround format directly using an MD deck or

DAT deck.

When you make the connections above, do not set

“DOLBY DIGITAL” to “DOLBY DIGITAL,” “MPEG” to

“MPEG” and “DTS” to “ON.” If you do, a loud noise will suddenly come out from the speakers, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

If you have an audio component with a built-in

DTS decoder, Dolby Digital decoder or MPEG decoder

Connect the component via the DIGITAL OUTPUT OPTICAL or

COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord (not supplied).

p When you play a DVD that is recorded in DTS format

Set “DIGITAL OUT” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “ON” and then set “DTS” to “ON” in the setup display (page 67).

p When you play a DVD that is recorded in Dolby Digital format

Set “DIGITAL OUT” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “ON” and then set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to “DOLBY DIGITAL” in the setup display (page 67).

p When you play a DVD that is recorded in MPEG format

Set “DIGITAL OUT” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “ON” and then set “MPEG” to “MPEG” in the setup display (page 67).

CD/DVD player

Optical or coaxial digital connecting cord

Audio component with a built-in

DTS decoder,

DOLBY DIGITAL or

MPEG decoder

Speakers

Notes

• Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected.

• When you do not connect an audio component with a built-in DTS decoder, do not set “DTS” to “ON.”

• When you do not connect an audio component with a built in DOLBY DIGITAL decoder, do not set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to

“DOLBY DIGITAL.”

• When you do not connect an audio component with a built in MPEG decoder, do not set “MPEG” to “MPEG.”

Setups for the player

Some setups are necessary for the player depending on the components to be connected.

Use the setup display to change the various settings.

For details on using the setup display, see page 57.

• To listen to the sound through speakers connected to a receiver (amplifier) having a digital connector or to output the sound to a digital component such as a DAT or MD deck

When you play a DVD, set “DIGITAL OUT” in

“AUDIO SETUP” to “ON” and then set “DOLBY

DIGITAL” to “D-PCM,” “MPEG” to “PCM” and “DTS” to “OFF” in the setup display (page 67). These are the default settings.

5.1 Channel Surround Hookups

Some DVDs have a sound track with up to 5.1 channels recorded in Dolby* Digital or MPEG AUDIO format.

Using a receiver (amplifier) having 5.1 channel inputs and the 5 (+1) speakers, you can enjoy more real audio presence in the comfort of your own home.

“5 channel” stands for the 2 front speakers (Left and

Right), 2 rear speakers (Left and Right) and 1 center speaker. The “0.1 channel” (+1) stands for the subwoofer which outputs the bass.

Even if you have fewer than 5 (+1) speakers, the player distributes the output signal to the speakers appropriately.

This player has VIRTUAL 3D SURROUND mode.

You can use the 3D sound imaging to shift the sound of the rear speakers away from the actual speaker position

(VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT) or to create 3 sets of virtual rear speakers from 1 set of actual rear speakers (VIRTUAL

MULTI REAR). For details on the VIRTUAL 3D

SURROUND mode, see page 50.

Note

When a DVD has a sound track with 7.1 channels recorded in

MPEG AUDIO format, the output audio signals are mixed down to 5.1 channels.

Speaker placement

For the best possible surround sound, we recommend the following conditions.

• Use higher performance speakers.

• Use rear and center speakers that match your front speakers in size and performance.

• All speakers should be the same distance from the listening position.

• Place the subwoofer between the front (L, R) speakers if possible.

Note

Do not place the center or rear speakers farther away from the listening position than the front speakers.

Required cords

Audio cords (not supplied)

Two for the 5.1CH OUTPUT FRONT and REAR jacks

White (L)

Red (R)

White (L)

Red (R)

Monaural audio cords (not supplied)

Two for the 5.1CH OUTPUT CENTER and WOOFER jacks

Black Black

S video cord (supplied)

One for the S VIDEO OUTPUT jacks

Notes

• Do not connect the power cord to an AC outlet or press the

POWER switch before completing all connections.

• The cord connectors should be fully inserted into the jacks.

Loose connection may cause hum and noise.

• Jacks and plugs of the connecting cords are color-coded as follows:

Red jacks and plugs: Right audio channel

White jacks and plugs: Left audio channel

You can use either red or white cables to connect the center speaker and subwoofer.

• When you connect the component via the DIGITAL OUTPUT

OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord (not supplied), see page 12.

Setups for the player

Some setups are necessary for the player depending on the components to be connected.

Use the setup display or the Control Menu display to change the various settings.

For details on using the setup display, see page 57.

For details on enjoying Digital Cinema Sound, see page

50.

• To enjoy Dolby Digital or MPEG AUDIO surround sound by connecting the player to a receiver

(amplifier) with 5.1 channel inputs

Set each speaker position or distance, etc. See page 69.

* Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.

“Dolby,” “AC-3,” “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol a are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

S VIDEO IN

AUDIO

INPUT

5.1CH OUTPUT

FRONT

REAR CENTER

LINE OUTPUT

R – AUDIO – L VIDEO

S VIDEO

OUTPUT

DIGITAL OUTPUT MEGA

OPTICAL COAXIAL CONTROL

WOOFER

T EURO AV 1 (RGB) - TV

PCM/MPEG/DTS/

DOLBY DIGITAL(AC-3) i EURO AV 2

CD/DVD player

DIGITAL

TV/LD IN

AC-3 RF

DVD IN

COAX

OPT

TV/LD IN OPT

CD IN OPT

MD/DAT IN OPT

SIGNAL

GND

MD/DAT OUT OPT y

TV/LD DVD VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 MONITOR S-LINK

CTRL A1

5.1 INPUT

FRONT REAR CENTER

S-VIDEO S-VIDEO

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

OUT

VIDEO

S-VIDEO S-VIDEO

VIDEO

OUT

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

OUT

VIDEO

AUDIO

OUT

AUDIO

OUT

AUDIO

FRONT

FRONT

WOOFER

SPEAKERS

PRE OUT

REAR WOOFER CENTER

REAR CENTER

IN IN REC OUT IN REC OUT IN

R L R L R L

–

PHONO TUNER CD MD/DAT TAPE

AC OUTLET

AV Receiver

(Amplifier) with

5.1ch inputs

} ]

INPUT

Center speaker

} ]

Rear speaker (R)

Front speaker

(R)

Subwoofer

(Active type)

} ]

Front speaker

(L)

} ]

Rear speaker (L)

Selecting the Language for On-Screen Display

You can select the language for the setup display, the

Control Menu display or the messages displayed on the screen. The default setting is “ENGLISH.”

Select “FRANÇAIS” using >/., then press ENTER.

CHOIX DE LA LANGUE

ECRANS:

MENU DVD :

AUDIO:

SOUS-TITRE:

FRANÇAIS

ENGLISH

ORIGINAL

IDEM AUDIO

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SET UP

ENTER

Pour le réglage, appuyez sur , puis

ENTER

?/>/.//

To cancel using the setup display

Press SET UP.

Note

The languages you can select are the ones displayed in step 2.

For details, see page 60.

Press SET UP and select “LANGUAGE SETUP” using

>/., and then press ENTER.

LANGUAGE SETUP

OSD:

DVD MENU:

AUDIO:

SUBTITLE:

ENGLISH

ORIGINAL

AUDIO FOLLOW

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER

Select “OSD” using >/., then press / or ENTER.

LANGUAGE SETUP

OSD:

DVD MENU:

AUDIO:

SUBTITLE:

ENGLISH

FRANÇAIS

DEUTSCH

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER

Inserting Discs

You can insert up to 200 discs into this player.

1/u (POWER) Front cover § OPEN

Insert a disc with the playback side facing left.

Notes

• Make sure you have inserted the disc into each slot at a right angle to the rotary table. If the disc is not put in straight, it may damage the player or the disc.

• Make sure the rotary table comes to a complete stop before inserting or removing discs.

DISC CHANGE indicator

Dial function select button

= /+ dial

Playing position

Rotary table

Loading position

With the playback side facing left

6 Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to insert more discs.

7 Close the front cover by pressing right edge of the cover until it clicks.

Press 1/u (POWER) to turn on the player.

Press §OPEN.

Front cover § OPEN

Press the dial function select button to turn the

DISC CHANGE indicator on.

Turn the =/+ dial until you find the disc slot where you insert a disc, while checking the disc slot number indicated in the front panel display or by the slot.

The rotary table turns and the disc slot at the loading position is set to the playing position.

Always close the front cover except when you insert or remove discs.

You can select a disc slot number by skipping by 10 slots

When you select the disc slot number in Step 4, press DISC SKIP

+/– on the remote. Ten disc slots each before and after from the current disc slot number will be skipped.

You can select slot 1 directly

Press EASY PLAY in Step 4. The rotary table turns and slot 1 comes to the loading position.

Disc slot number

Disc slot at the loading position

Inserting Discs

Notes

• When you insert an 8 cm (3-inch) CD, be sure to attach a Sony

CSA-8 adaptor (not supplied) to the disc.

Do not insert an empty 8 cm (3-inch) CD adaptor (CSA-8). It may damage the player.

• Do not attach anything such as seals or sleeves to discs. It may damage the player or the disc.

• If you drop a disc into the player and the disc does not go into the slot correctly, consult your nearest Sony dealer.

• When transporting the player, remove all discs from the player.

Removing discs

After following Steps 1 to 4 of “Inserting Discs” on page

17, remove the discs. Then close the front cover.

Playing Discs

This chapter describes how to play a

DVD/CD/VIDEO CD.

This player conforms to the PAL color system.

Playing Discs

Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operations may be different or restricted. Refer to the instructions supplied with your disc.

1/u (POWER)

DISC CHANGE indicator · §

1/ALL DISCS

= /+ dial

Dial function select button

1 Make settings on your TV.

Turn on the TV and select the video input so that you can view the pictures from this player.

When using a receiver (amplifier)

Turn on the receiver (amplifier) and select the appropriate position so that you can listen to the sound from this player.

Press 1/u (POWER) to turn on the player.

The indicator (red) above the 1/u (POWER) button changes to green and the front panel display lights up.

Press the dial function select button to turn on the

DISC CHANGE indicator.

Turn the =/+ dial until you find the disc slot where you insert a disc, while checking the disc slot number indicated in the front panel display or

by the slot, then press the =/+ dial.

Press ·.

The player starts playing back. Adjust the volume on the TV or the receiver (amplifier).

Playing Discs

After following Step 5 pWhen playing a DVD

A DVD menu or title menu may appear on the TV screen (see page 23).

pWhen playing a VIDEO CD

The menu screen may appear on the TV screen depending on the VIDEO CD. You can play the disc interactively, following the instructions on the menu screen. (PBC Playback, see page 24.) z You can turn on the player using the remote

Press 1/u (POWER) when the indicator above the 1/u (POWER) button on the front panel is lit in red.

You can skip empty disc slots

When you select the disc slot number in Step 4, press DISC SKIP

+/– on the remote. You can skip empty disc slots and locate next disc.

You can select the disc mode

You can choose whether all discs are played (ALL DISCS mode) or only 1 disc is played (1 DISC mode).

Press 1/ALL DISCS. Each time you press the button, 1 DISC or

ALL DISCS mode is selected (see page 43).

Notes

• If you leave the player or the remote in pause or stop mode for

15 minutes, the screen saver image appears automatically. To make the screen saver image go away, press ·. (If you want to set the screen saver function to off, see page 61.)

• The indicator above the 1/u (POWER) button lights up in red when the power is turned off.

• If you don‘t operate the player or the remote for more than 30 minutes when a disc is not being played, the power is automatically turned off. (Auto Power Off function)

• If you cannot select the disc in Step 4, the disc is not included in the current folder. Press FOLDER ALL (the Disc Browser appears), then select the disc. See “Displaying the information of the loaded discs” (page 28).

• You cannot select the empty disc slots in Step 4.

To open the control panel

Pull PANEL OPEN lightly.

1/u (POWER) DIRECT SEARCH indicator

EASY PLAY =/+ dial p P § ·

Dial function select button

=/+

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DISC SKIP

EASY PLAY p

To Operation

Play from the disc in slot 1

Stop

Press EASY PLAY.

Press p.

Pause

Resume play after pause

Go to the next chapter, track or scene in continuous play mode

Press P.

Press P or ·.

On the player:

Press the dial function select button to turn on the DIRECT SEARCH indicator and turn the =/+ dial clockwise.

On the remote:

Press +.

Go back to the preceding chapter, track or scene in continuous play mode

Stop play and remove the disc

On the player:

Press the dial function select button to turn on the DIRECT SEARCH indicator and turn the =/+ dial counterclockwise.

On the remote:

Press =.

Press §.

You can play discs in various modes such as Program Play using the on-screen menu (Control Menu). For operations of Control Menu, see page 34.

Playing at Various Speeds/Frame by Frame

Using the click shuttle and the JOG button/indicator, you can play back a DVD/CD/VIDEO CD at various speeds or frame by frame. Each time you press JOG, it changes between shuttle mode and jog mode.

Click shuttle JOG

DVD CD

JOG

Click shuttle

To change the playback speed (Shuttle mode)

Turn the click shuttle. The playback speed changes depending on the turning direction and angle as follows:

When you play back a DVD

2 ) Fast forward (about 30 times the normal speed)

1 ) Fast forward (about 10 times the normal speed)

2 ” (about twice the normal speed)

( (Normal speed)

1 Slow (playback direction)

2 Slow (playback direction

P Pause

– slower than “1 ”)

2 Slow (opposite direction – slower than “1 ”)

1 Slow (opposite direction)

2 “ (about twice the normal speed)

1 0 Fast rewind (about 10 times the normal speed)

2 0 Fast rewind (about 30 times the normal speed)

If you turn the click shuttle quickly, the playback speed goes to

2 )/20 at once.

When you play back a CD/VIDEO CD

2 ) Fast forward (Faster than “1)”)

1 ) Fast forward

2 ” (about twice the normal speed)*

( (Normal speed)

1 Slow (playback direction)**

2 Slow (playback direction

– slower than “1 ”)**

P Pause

1 0 Fast rewind

2 0 Fast rewind(Faster than “10”)

* CD Only

** VIDEO CD Only

If you turn the click shuttle quickly, the playback speed goes to

2 )/20 at once.

To return to continuous play

Press ·.

Note

Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to do some of the operations described.

Playing at Various Speeds/Frame by Frame

To play the disc frame by frame changing the playback speed (Jog mode)

1 Press JOG.

JOG lights up during jog mode. When you press JOG on the player, it pauses.

2 Turn the click shuttle.

Depending on the turning speed, the playback goes to frame-by-frame in the direction that the click shuttle is turned. If you turn the click shuttle with constant speed for a while, the playback speed goes to slow or normal.

To return to continuous play

Press ·.

Notes

• The JOG indicator shows the mode of the corresponding click shuttle. For example, when the JOG indicator on the remote is not lit, the remote click shuttle will remain in the shuttle mode even if the indicator on the player is lit.

• If you don‘t operate the click shuttle for about 20 seconds after pressing JOG, it returns to shuttle mode on the remote. On the player, it stays in jog mode.

Resuming Playback from the Point Where You

Stopped the Disc (Resume

Play)

The player stores the point where you stopped the disc and if “RESUME” appears on the front panel display. You can resume playback from that point.

As long as you do not open the front cover, Resume Play is available even if you turn the power off.

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· p

While playing a disc, press p to stop playback.

“RESUME” appears in the front panel display and

“When playing next time, disc restarts from point you stopped.” appears on the TV screen.

If “RESUME” does not appear, Resume Play is not available.

Press ·.

The player starts playback from the point where you stopped the disc in Step 1.

To play from the beginning of the disc

When the playing time appears on the front panel display before you start playing, press p to reset the playing time, then press

·.

Notes

• Resume Play may not be available depending on the DVD.

• Resume Play is not available in Shuffle or Program Play mode.

• Depending on where you stopped the disc, the player may resume playback from a different point.

• The point where you stopped playing is cleared when:

– you open or close the front cover

– you disconnect the AC power cord

– you change the play mode

– you start playback after selecting a title, chapter or track

– you change the settings of “PARENTAL CONTROL” in

”CUSTOM SETUP” in the setup display

– you change the settings of “AUDIO,” “DVD MENU” and

“SUBTITLE” in “LANGUAGE SETUP” in the setup display while playing a DVD

Using the Menu for Each

DVD

Using the title menu

A DVD is divided into long sections of a picture or a music piece called “titles.” When you play a DVD which contains several titles, you can select the title you want using the title menu.

TITLE DVD MENU ENTER ?/>/.//

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DVD CD

TITLE

DVD MENU

ENTER

?/>/.//

1 Press TITLE.

The title menu appears on the TV screen. The contents of the menu vary from disc to disc.

2 Press ?/>/.// to select the title you want to play.

Depending on the disc, you can use the number buttons to select the title.

3 Press ENTER.

The player starts playing the selected title.

Notes

• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to select the title.

• Depending on the DVD, a “title menu” may simply be called a

“menu” or “title ” in the instructions supplied with the disc.

“Press ENTER.” may also be expressed as “Press SELECT.”

Using the Menu for Each DVD

Using the DVD menu

Some DVDs allow you to select the disc contents using the menu. When you play these DVDs, you can select the language for the subtitles, the language for the sound, etc., using the DVD menu.

1 Press DVD MENU.

The DVD menu appears on the TV screen. The contents of the menu vary from disc to disc.

2 Press ?/>/.// to select the item you want to change.

Depending on the disc, you can use the number buttons to select the item.

3 To change other items, repeat Step 2.

4 Press ENTER.

If you want to select the language for the DVD menu

Change the setting using “LANGUAGE SETUP” in the setup display. For details, see page 60.

Note

Depending on the DVD, a “DVD menu” may simply be called a

“menu” in the instructions supplied with the disc.

Playing VIDEO CDs with

PBC Functions (PBC

Playback)

When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions (Ver. 2.0

discs), you can enjoy simple interactive operations, operations with search functions, etc.

PBC Playback allows you to play VIDEO CDs interactively, following the menu screen on the TV screen.

On this player, you can use the number buttons, ENTER,

=, +, >/. and ˆRETURN during PBC Playback.

When you use the =/+ dial on the player, press the dial function select button to turn on the DIRECT

SEARCH indicator.

ˆRETURN ENTER >/.

DIRECT

SEARCH indicator

=/+ dial

Dial function select button

Number buttons

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=/+

ˆRETURN

ENTER

>/.

1 Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functions, following Steps 1 to 5 in “Playing Discs” on page

19.

2 Select the item number you want.

On the player

Press >/. to select the item number.

On the remote

Press the number button of the item you want.

Press ENTER.

Follow the instructions on the menu screen for interactive operations.

Refer to the instructions supplied with the disc, as the operating procedure may differ according to the

VIDEO CD.

Going back to the menu screen

Press ˆRETURN, =, or +.

When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions

PBC playback starts automatically.

To cancel PBC playback of a VIDEO CD with PBC functions and play the disc in Continuous Play mode

There are two ways.

• Before you start playing, select the track you want using =or

+, then press ENTER or ·.

• Before you start playing, select the track number using the number buttons on the remote, then press ENTER or ·.

“Play without PBC” appears on the TV screen and the player starts Continuous Play. You cannot play still pictures such as a menu screen.

To return to PBC playback, press p twice then press ·.

Note

Depending on the VIDEO CD, “Press ENTER.” in Step 3 may be expressed as “Press SELECT.” in the instructions supplied with the disc.

Using the Front Panel

Display

You can check information about the disc, such as the total number of the titles or the tracks or remaining time, using the front panel display.

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When playing back a DVD

Display information while playing a disc

Disc type

Current surround format

Lights up when the player outputs the NTSC signal

Lights up when you can change the angle

Lights up when

Text or Disc Memo is recorded

Current play mode

Lights up while searching next disc

Current disc number

Current folder

1 2 0 : 2 2 : 3 0

Current title number

Playing status

Current chapter number

Lights up in all discs play mode

Playing time

Using the Front Panel Display

Checking the remaining time

Press TIME.

Each time you press TIME while playing the disc, the display changes as shown in the following chart.

Playing time and number of the current chapter

1 2 0 : 2 2 : 3 0

Press TIME.

Remaining time of the current chapter

1 2 - 0 : 1 3 : 2 0

Press TIME.

Playing time and number of the current title

1 1 : 0 3 : 2 4

Press TIME.

Remaining time of the current title

1 - 1 : 1 5 : 3 6

Press TIME.

Text or Disc Memo

S O N Y H I T S / S O N

Press TIME.

Notes

• Depending on the DVD, the chapter number or time may not appear or you may not be able to change the front panel display.

• While you are doing Shuffle Play or Program Play, the playing time of the title and the remaining time of the title are not displayed.

When playing back a CD/VIDEO CD

Display information while playing a disc

Disc type

Lights up when the player outputs the NTSC signal

Lights up when

Text or Disc Memo is recorded

Lights up during

PBC playback

(VIDEO CD only)

Current play mode

Lights up while searching next disc

Current disc number

Current folder

1 2 2 2 : 3 0

Current track number

Playing status

Current index number

Playing time

Lights up in all discs play mode z

When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions

The current scene number is displayed instead of the current track number and the current index number. In this case, the front panel display does not change when you press TIME. If a

TEXT or Disc Memo is recorded on the disc, the front panel display changes to “Text or Disc Memo” display when you press

TIME (see page 30).

Checking the remaining time

Press TIME.

Each time you press TIME while playing a disc, the display changes as shown in the following chart.

Playing time and number of the current track

1 2 0 2 : 2 5

Press TIME.

Remaining time of the current track

1 2 - 0 1 : 5 0

Press TIME.

Playing time of the disc

3 2 : 1 2

Press TIME.

Remaining time of the disc

- 2 0 : 1 8

Press TIME.

Text or Disc Memo

S O N Y H I T S / S O N

Press TIME.

Note

While you are doing Shuffle Play, Program Play, or PBC playback, the playing time of the disc and the remaining time of the disc are not displayed.

Displaying the Disc

Information (Disc Browser)

You can check the contents of each disc loaded.

Loading the disc information

LOAD

Set the TV/DISC

BROWSER/DVD switch to “DISC

BROWSER.”

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LOAD

On the player:

Press LOAD when the player is in stop mode.

On the remote:

1 Set the TV/DISC BROWSER/DVD switch to DISC

BROWSER.

2 Press LOAD in stop mode.

The player reads the disc information of all the discs and loads it into memory so that the disc type, titles and other text information can be displayed.

To cancel loading

Press p.

The player can load the disc information even when the power is turned off.

Press LOAD before turning on the player. The player reads and loads all the disc information. When loading has been done, the power is turned off.

Note

It will take about 30 seconds to read one disc.

Displaying the Disc Information (Disc Browser)

Displaying the information of the loaded discs

You can look at the loaded disc information on the Disc

Browser, and also select the disc to be played on the Disc

Browser.

The player has 7 folders (ALL, DVD, CD, A to D) and can display the Disc Browser of each folder.

All the discs in the player are filed in the “ALL” folder. At the same time, DVDs are automatically filed in the “DVD” folder, and CDs and VIDEO CDs are in the “CD” folder.

You can file your discs as you like in the A to D folders.

See “Filing Discs in the Folder” (page 29).

FOLDER ALL FOLDER A/B/C/D

FOLDER CD

FOLDER DVD

FOLDER A/B/C/D

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FOLDER ALL

FOLDER CD

FOLDER DVD

Press the folder button (FOLDER ALL/DVD/CD/A/B/C/

D) of the desired folder in stop mode.

The Disc Browser of the selected folder appears.

Disc slot number Jacket picture

Current folder Genre Disc type

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

Skiing the World

Music Madness

C D

Action

DVD

Action

DVD

Pop

RETURN

VideoCD

Text information (DVD TEXT,

CD TEXT or Disc Memo)

Current disc

Jacket picture

The jacket picture recorded on the disc appears automatically. If the jacket picture is not recorded, the genre picture recorded in the memory of the player is displayed when you select the genre.

Text information (DVD TEXT, CD TEXT or Disc Memo)

The text information (DVD TEXT or CD TEXT) recorded on the disc appears automatically. If no text information is recorded, you can store the text information (Disc Memo) yourself (page

30).

Genre

You can select the genre of the disc yourself (page 32).

Disc type

The disc type appears automatically. “?” appears when the player has not loaded the disc information in the memory.

To select the disc on the Disc Browser

1 Select the folder using the FOLDER buttons.

The Disc Browser of the selected folder appears.

2 Select the disc by one of the following operations.

• pressing >/.

• pressing the number buttons and ENTER

• pressing the dial function select button to turn on the DISC CHANGE indicator, followed by turning the =/+ dial on the player

• pressing DISC SKIP +/– on the remote

3 Press ENTER.

The Disc Browser disappears and playback starts.

To cancel using the Disc Browser

Press ˆRETURN.

Notes

• If you press a FOLDER button during playback, the playback stops and the Disc Browser appears. In this case, the Resume

Play is not available.

• Even if you have removed the disc from the player, the disc information of the disc remains on the Disc Browser until you load the disc information again by pressing LOAD or place a new disc in the same slot and play it.

• If you have inserted a disc whose disc information has not been loaded yet, you cannot select and play the disc on the Disc

Browser. The player skips the disc whose disc information differs from the loaded disc information, and plays the next disc. However, if you select FOLDER ALL, the disc is played.

• Even if the disc has the jacket picture recorded, the jacket picture may not appear on the Disc Browser.

Filing Discs in the Folder

You can file your discs as you like in four individual folders, A to D. Even if you file discs from Folder ALL,

DVD or CD to Folder A to D, those discs are not deleted from Folder ALL, DVD or CD. You can file up to 200 discs in one folder, and the same disc in different folders.

If you file your favorite discs in a folder (A to D), you can play only those discs, or set Program Play, Shuffle Play and Repeat Play for the discs within the folder.

FOLDER

A/B/C/D

FOLDER

ALL/DVD/

Set the TV/DISC

BROWSER/DVD switch to “DISC

BROWSER.”

Number buttons/

ENTER

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FOLDER A/B/C/D

FILE

>/./ENTER

DISC SKIP +/–

FOLDER ALL/

DVD/CD

>/./ENTER

Press FILE.

“FILE” appears at the right bottom corner.

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

B C D

Action

DVD

Skiing the World

Music Madness

Action

DVD

Pop

RETURN

VideoCD

FILE

Select the disc using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

You can also use >/. and DISC SKIP +/–.

Press ENTER.

To file other discs repeat Steps 3 and 4.

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

B C D

Action

DVD

Disc to be selected

Skiing the World

Music Madness

Action

DVD

Pop

Cursor moves to the next disc

RETURN

VideoCD

FILE

Press FOLDER A.

“FILE” disappears from the Disc Browser. Then the

Disc Browser of Folder A including the selected disc appears.

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

B C D

Action

DVD

For example, to file a DVD in slot 1 to Folder A

Press FOLDER ALL.

You can also press FOLDER DVD.

The Disc Browser of Folder ALL appears.

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

B C D

Action

DVD

Skiing the World

Music Madness

Action

DVD

Pop

VideoCD

RETURN

To cancel the file mode

Press ˆRETURN. “FILE” disappears from the Disc

Browser.

z You can sort the discs by genre or text information

The discs are listed first by slot number in the Disc Browser. You can then sort the discs by desired genre or text and store them

(page 33).

Filing Discs in the Folder

Deleting discs from a folder

You can delete unnecessary discs from Folder A to D.

You cannot delete discs from Folder ALL, DVD or CD unless you remove the disc from the player.

1 Press the FOLDER (A/B/C/D) button of the disc you want to delete.

The Disc Browser of the selected folder appears.

2 Press FILE.

“FILE” appears at the right bottom corner.

3 Select the disc using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

You can also use >/. and DISC SKIP +/–.

4 Press ENTER.

To delete other discs, repeat Steps 3 and 4.

ALL DVD

CD A

Music Madness

B C D

Pop

RETURN FILE

Press CLEAR.

The disc disappears from the folder. “FILE” disappears from the Disc Browser.

C D

ALL DVD

CD A

Music Madness

Pop

Disc to be deleted

Cursor moves to the next disc

RETURN

To cancel the file mode

Press ˆRETURN. “FILE” disappears from the Disc

Browser.

To cancel using the Disc Browser

Press ˆRETURN.

Labeling Discs (Disc Memo)/

Folders and Indicating the

Genre

When DVD TEXT or CD TEXT is not recorded on the disc, you can label the disc with a personal title of 16 characters

(Disc Memo) or the folder with 3 characters on the Disc

Browser.

The Disc Memo can be anything you like, such as a title, musician’s name, genre or date of purchase.

On the Disc Browser, you can indicate the genre of the disc so that you can sort the disc by the genre.

Set the TV/DISC

BROWSER/DVD switch to “DISC

BROWSER.”

EDIT Click shuttle ?/>/.///

ENTER

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Click shuttle

?/>/.///

ENTER

Labeling a disc or folder

Select the disc or folder you want to label.

To label a disc:

Select the disc on the Disc Browser, then press EDIT.

The selected disc only is highlighted and “EDIT” appears at the right bottom corner.

ALL DVD

CD A

Music Madness

Pop

RETURN EDIT

To label a folder:

1 Press EDIT.

2 Press >.

The folder A is highlighted.

DVD CD A B

ALL C

Music Madness

Pop

3 Select the folder you want to label by pressing

?//.

ALL DVD CD A B C D

Music Madness

Pop

Press ENTER.

The DISC MEMO INPUT display appears when you have selected a disc.

The FOLDER NAME INPUT display appears when you have selected a folder.

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DISC MEMO INPUT

Cancel:

RETURN

Quit:

EDIT

EDIT

Select the character by pressing ?/>/.// or by turning the click shuttle.

The selected character changes color.

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DISC MEMO INPUT

Cancel: RETURN

Quit:

EDIT

Press ENTER.

EDIT

Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to input other characters.

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DISC MEMO INPUT

BRAHMS

Cancel: RETURN

Quit: EDIT EDIT

When you have entered all the characters for the

Disc Memo or folder name, press EDIT.

The DISC MEMO INPUT display or the FOLDER

NAME INPUT display disappears and the Disc Memo or folder name is stored.

ALL DVD CD A B

BRAHMS SYMPHONY4

Music Madness

Pop

RETURN EDIT

Press ˆRETURN.

“EDIT” disappears from the Disc Browser.

To correct the characters

You can correct the characters by using the =/+ dial on the player or =/+ on the remote. To use the

=/+ dial, turn on the DIRECT SEARCH indicator by pressing the dial function select button.

• To erase a character:

1 Move the cursor to the character you want to erase by pressing =/+ or turning the =/+ dial.

2 Press CLEAR.

• To insert or overwrite a character:

1 Move the cursor to the character you want to correct by pressing =/+ or turning the =/+ dial.

2 Select the correct character by pressing ?/>/.// or by turning the click shuttle.

3 To insert the character, press ENTER.

To overwrite, don’t press ENTER but move the cursor by pressing + or turning the =/+ dial clockwise.

Note

Even if you have removed the disc from the player, the disc information of the disc remains on the Disc Browser until you load the disc information again by pressing LOAD or place a new disc in the same slot and play it.

Labeling Discs (Disc Memo)/Folders and Indicating the Genre

1 Select the disc for which you want to select a

Selecting a genre

genre.

Press EDIT.

3 Press /, then ENTER.

The GENRE SELECTION display appears.

GENRE SELECTION

A c t i o n

D r a m a

N o n F e a t u r e

W e s t e r n

C l a s s i c a l

P o p

C l a s s i c s

F a m i l y

S c i - f i

C o u n t r y

R o c k

C o m e d y

H o r r o r

T h r i l l e r

J a z z / R & B

O t h e r s

RETURN EDIT

4 Select the genre by using the ?/>/.//, then press ENTER.

If no jacket picture is recorded in the disc, the genre picture in the memory of the player is displayed.

ALL DVD CD A B

BRAHMS SYMPHONY4

Music Madness

Classical

Pop

RETURN EDIT

Press ˆRETURN.

“EDIT” disappears from the Disc Browser.

Labeling the disc or folder using a keyboard

To label the disc or folder, you can use an IBM compatible

PC keyboard of the USA model* (not supplied) on the

DISC MEMO INPUT or FOLDER NAME INPUT display.

* Power consumption must be 120 mA or less.

KEYBOARD jack

1 Connect a keyboard to the KEYBOARD jack on the front panel when the power of the player is not on.

2 Do Steps 1 and 2 on page 30 to display the DISC

MEMO INPUT or FOLDER NAME INPUT display.

3 Input the characters on the keyboard.

4 Press ENTER on the keyboard to store the Disc

Memo or folder name.

The DISC MEMO INPUT display or the FOLDER

NAME INPUT display disappears and the Disc Memo or folder name is stored.

5 Press ˆRETURN.

“EDIT” disappears from the Disc Browser.

Notes

• If the cursor keys do not work correctly and you cannot complete the task using the keyboard, disconnect the keyboard then reconnect it to the player and try again.

• If the keyboard is not the USA model, the characters may be input differently from those on the keys.

The USA keyboard layout is shown below.

(

8 9

)

W E R T Y U I O P

{

[

Caps Lock

A S D F G H J K L

}

]

Enter

Z X C V B N M < > ?

Shift Shift

Ctrl Alt Alt Ctrl

Sorting Discs

You can sort the discs in the folder by disc slot number, text information (DVD TEXT/CD TEXT/Disc Memo) or genre.

The text information is sorted alphabetically.

In case of the genre, the selected genre comes first.

FOLDER buttons SORT

Set the TV/DISC

BROWSER/DVD switch to “DISC

BROWSER.”

-/--

9 TIME

C D ALL

DVD CD SORT

>/./ENTER

FOLDER buttons

>/./ENTER

Select the folder you want to sort by using the

FOLDER buttons.

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

B C D

Action

DVD

Skiing the World

Music Madness

Action

DVD

Pop

RETURN

VideoCD

If you want to sort by text information or genre, select the disc which has the desired text

information or the genre by pressing >/..

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

B C D

Action

DVD

Skiing the World

Music Madness

Action

DVD

Pop

VideoCD

RETURN

Press SORT.

The selected disc only is highlighted and “SORT” appears at the right bottom corner.

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

B C D

Action

DVD

Skiing the World

Music Madness

Action

DVD

Pop

RETURN

VideoCD

SORT

Sorting item indicator (green)

Select the item you want to sort by pressing

?//.

You can select the disc number, text information or genre. The sorting item indicator moves to the selected item.

ALL DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

B C D

Action

DVD

Skiing the World

Music Madness

Action

DVD

Pop

RETURN

VideoCD

SORT

Sorting item indicator position when you sort by genre

Press ENTER.

The discs are sorted and re-displayed. The sorted order remains even if the power of the player is turned off.

ALL

DVD CD A

Super Car Chase

Skiing the World

C D

Action

DVD

Action

DVD

Music Madness

Pop

VideoCD

RETURN z

The disc order in the same genre

The discs in the same genre are sorted by numerical order of the disc slot number.

Using Various

Functions with the Control

Using the Control Menu

Display

Using the Control Menu display, you can select the start point, change the angles, adjust the picture, set for Digital

Cinema Sound, etc.

The items are different depending on the kind of disc.

For details on each Control Menu display item, see pages

37 to 56.

DISPLAY

DISPLAY ENTER ?/>/.//

-/--

9 TIME

C D

DVD

ALL

ˆ RETURN

ENTER

?/>/.//

Select the desired folder.

Press DISPLAY to show the Control Menu display on the TV screen.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

Select the item you want using >/., then press / or ENTER.

Items

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

1: ENGLISH

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

1: ENGLISH

OFF

1: ENGLISH

2: FRENCH

3: SPANISH

DVD

Select the item you want using >/., then press

ENTER.

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

1: ENGLISH

OFF

1: ENGLISH

2: FRENCH

3: SPANISH

DVD

Current item selected

Items

Note

Some Control Menu display items require operations other than selecting the setting. For details on these items, see the relevant pages.

To cancel using the Control Menu display

Press ˆRETURN.

To display other items

Each time you press DISPLAY, the Control Menu display changes as follows:

/ Control Menu display 1

Control Menu display 2

(The items except the first three items from the top are changed to other items.)

ADVANCED display (see page 56)

Control Menu display off z

You can display some items using the remote

Some items can be displayed by pressing the button of the remote. In this case, only the item you selected is displayed. For the item and operations using the remote, see the pages of each item.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

OFF

DVD

Control Menu Item List

DISC

TITLE

(page 37)

(DVD only) (page 37)

CHAPTER

(DVD only) (page 37)

TRACK

(VIDEO CD/CD only) (page 37)

INDEX

(VIDEO CD/CD only) (page 37)

SCENE

(VIDEO CD during PBC playback only)

(page 37)

You can search by selecting the disc/title/chapter/track/ index/scene.

TIME/TEXT

(pages 38, 39, 40)

TIME/MEMO

(pages 38, 39, 40)

You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current title/chapter/track and the total remaining time of the disc.

You can search by inputting the time code.

You can check the DVD TEXT or CD TEXT of the disc on the TV screen and the front panel display.

AUDIO

(page 40)

With DVDs recorded with multilingual sounds, you can select the language you want while playing the DVD.

With multiplex CDs or VIDEO CDs, you can select the sound from the right or left channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and left speakers.

SUBTITLE

(DVD only) (page 42)

With DVDs on which multilingual subtitles are recorded, you can change the subtitle language whenever you want while playing the DVD, and turn it on or off whenever you want.

ANGLE

(DVD only) (page 42)

With DVDs on which various angles (multi-angles) are recorded, you can change the angles on the scene for which multi-angles are recorded.

1/ALL

DISCS

(page 43)

Select the 1 disc play mode or all discs play mode to set

Program Play, Shuffle Play and Repeat Play.

PROGRAM

(page 44)

You can play the contents of the disc in the order you want by arranging the order of the titles, chapters or tracks on one disc or on all discs to create your own program.

SHUFFLE

(page 46)

You can have the player “shuffle” titles, chapters or tracks on one disc or on all discs, and play them in a random order. The playing order may differ from the previous

“shuffling.”

REPEAT

(page 47)

You can play all discs, all the titles/tracks on a disc, or a single title/chapter/track repeatedly.

A-B

REPEAT

(page 48)

You can play a specific portion of a title, chapter, or track repeatedly.

VIRTUAL 3D

SURROUND

(page 50)

Select the mode to enjoy multichannel surround sound such as Dolby Digital and MPEG.

Even if you connect only front speakers, Virtual Enhanced

Surround (VES) lets you enjoy 3D sound by using 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers.

When you connect 2 front speakers and 2 rear speakers, you can use the 3D sound imaging to shift the sound of the rear speakers away from the actual speaker position

(VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT) or to create 3 sets of virtual rear speakers from 1 set of actual rear speakers (VIRTUAL

MULTI REAR).

You can feel the more effective 3D sound when you connect a receiver (amplifier) with 5.1 channel inputs, 2 front speakers, 2 rear speakers, 1 center speaker and 1 subwoofer.

DNR (DVD/VIDEO CD only) (page 52)

You can make the picture clearer by reducing the picture noise.

VIDEO EQ

(DVD/VIDEO CD only) (page 52)

You can adjust the video output of the DVD or VIDEO CD from the player, not from the TV, to obtain the picture quality you want.

ANGLE

VIEWER

(DVD only) (page 54)

With DVDs on which various angles (multi-angles) for a scene are recorded, you can display all the angles recorded on the disc on the same screen, and start playback in continuous mode at the chosen angle directly.

STROBE

PLAYBACK

(DVD/VIDEO CD only) (page 54)

You can display 9 consecutive sections of the disc on the screen. In this case, the sections show still images.

TITLE

VIEWER

(DVD only) (page 55)

CHAPTER

VIEWER

(DVD only) (page 55)

TRACK

VIEWER

(VIDEO CD only) (page 55)

You can check the titles, chapters and tracks of the disc on the screen divided in 9 sections, and start playback from the chosen title, chapter or track.

BOOKMARK

(DVD/VIDEO CD only) (page 55)

You can have the player store specific portions of the disc in memory and play them immediately whenever you want without the need to search.

ADVANCED

(DVD only) (page 56)

You can check the play information about the bit rate, bit rate history or the position where the disc is played

(layer).

Searching for the Disc/Title/

Chapter/Track/Index/Scene

You can search by selecting the disc/title/chapter/track/ index/scene in the current folder.

Select “DISC,” “TITLE,” “ CHAPTER,” “ TRACK”,

“INDEX” or “SCENE” after pressing DISPLAY.

When you play back a DVD, “TITLE” and “ CHAPTER” are displayed.

When you play back a VIDEO CD/CD, “TRACK” and

“INDEX” are displayed. When you play back a VIDEO

CD with PBC functions, “SCENE” is displayed.

Select “DISC,” “TITLE,” “CHAPTER,” “TRACK,”

“INDEX” or “SCENE” using >/..

“ ” is highlighted. ( means optional number in this manual.) Numbers in parentheses indicate the total number of titles, chapters, tracks, indexes or scenes.

Selected folder

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

2 Press / or ENTER.

“ ” is changed to “— —

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

– – ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

”.

Enter with number buttons, then

3 Select the number of the disc, title, chapter, track, index or scene you want to search for using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

The player starts searching. To cancel the number, press CLEAR before pressing ENTER.

Searching for the Disc/Title/Chapter/Track/

Index/Scene

To cancel selecting

Press ˆRETURN.

You can select a disc, chapter, track and scene directly by pressing the buttons on the remote or the player

See “Playing Discs” on page 19.

Notes

• The number of titles, chapters or tracks displayed is that of the titles, chapters or tracks recorded on a disc.

• The index numbers are not displayed during PBC playback of

VIDEO CDs.

• If you cannot search the desired disc in Step 3, the disc is not included in the current folder. To search the desired disc from all the discs in the player, press FOLDER ALL to select the ALL folder. As the Disc Browser appears, press ˆRETURN to turn it off. Then select the desired disc on the Control Menu display.

Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time

You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current title/chapter/track and the total remaining time of the disc.

Press DISPLAY. Then press TIME to change the time information.

You can also check the DVD TEXT, CD TEXT and Disc

Memo.

Selected folder

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

TIME/TEXT

TIME/MEMO

When playing a DVD pTIME/TEXT or TIME/MEMO

• C

• C –

: Playing time of the current chapter

: Remaining time of the current chapter

• T

• T –

: Playing time of the current title

: Remaining time of the current title

When playing a VIDEO CD (during PBC playback) pTIME/MEMO

• : Playing time of the current scene

When playing a VIDEO CD (in continuous play) or

CD pTIME/TEXT or TIME/MEMO

• T : Playing time of the current track

• T –

• D

• D –

: Remaining time of the current track

: Playing time of the current disc

: Remaining time of the current disc z

You can display the “TIME/TEXT” or “TIME/MEMO” display quickly

Press TIME. Each time you press the button, the time information changes.

Selecting a Start Point Using the Time Code

You can search by inputting the time code.

Select “TIME/TEXT” or “TIME/MEMO” after pressing

DISPLAY.

The time code corresponds to the approximate actual playing time. For example, to search for a scene 2 hours 30 minutes 20 seconds past the beginning, input 2:30:20.

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

TIME/TEXT

TIME/MEMO

Input the time code using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

The player starts searching. To cancel the number, press CLEAR before pressing ENTER.

To cancel inputting

Press ˆRETURN.

Note

When you input the time code, input the playing time of the title.

Select “C current chapter).

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

” (playing time of the

DVD

Press / or ENTER.

Time code changes to “T – – : – – : – –”.

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

T – – : – – : – –

DVD

Enter with number buttons, then

Checking the Information of the Disc

You can check the DVD TEXT or CD TEXT of the disc on the TV screen and the front panel display.

DVD TEXT and CD TEXT are information recorded on the disc which you cannot change.

Press DISPLAY. If the disc has DVD TEXT or CD TEXT recorded, “TIME/TEXT” appears. If a Disc Memo can be input in the disc, “TIME/MEMO” appears. Press TIME until DVD/CD TEXT or Disc Memo is displayed.

The information is displayed at the bottom of the display.

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

TIME/TEXT

TIME/MEMO

DVD/CD

TEXT or DISC

MEMO

BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO – 4 z

You can display the “TIME/TEXT” or “TIME/MEMO” display quickly

Press TIME. To display DVD/CD TEXT or Disc Memo, press

TIME until DVD/CD TEXT or Disc Memo is displayed.

You can input the text information (Disc Memo)

You can input the Disc Memo on the Disc Browser (see page 30).

Note

The DVD TEXT only in English is displayed.

Changing the Sounds

With DVDs recorded with multilingual sounds, you can select the language you want while playing the DVD.

With multiplex CDs or VIDEO CDs, you can select the sound from the right or left channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and left speakers. In this case, the sound loses the stereo effect. For example, with a disc containing a song, the right channel may output the vocals and the left channel may output the instrumental. If you only want to hear the instrumental, you can select the left channel and hear it from both speakers.

Select “AUDIO” after pressing DISPLAY.

AUDIO

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

1: ENGLISH

2: FRENCH

3: SPANISH

DVD

PROGRAM FORMAT

DOLBY DIGITAL 3/2.1

L C

LFE

LS RS pAUDIO

When playing a DVD

Select the language. The languages you can select are different depending on the DVD. When 4 digits are displayed, they represent the language code. Select the language code from the list on page 82.

When playing a VIDEO CD or a CD

Default setting is underlined.

• STEREO : The standard stereo sound

• 1/L : The sound of the left channel (monaural)

• 2/R : The sound of the right channel (monaural) z

You can display the “AUDIO” display quickly

Press AUDIO on the remote.

Notes

• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the languages even if multilingual sounds are recorded on the

DVD.

• While playing the CD/VIDEO CD, the standard stereo playback will be resumed when:

– you open or close the front cover

– you turn the power off

• While playing the DVD, the sound may be changed when:

– you open or close the front cover

– you change the title

• If the language is displayed as a 4 digit number, refer to the language code list on page 82.

Displaying the audio information of the disc

When you select “AUDIO,” the playing channels are displayed on the screen.

In Dolby Digital format, the signals from monaural to 5.1

channels can be recorded on a DVD. Depending on the

DVD the number of the recorded channels may be different.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

1: ENGLISH

DVD

PROGRAM FORMAT

DOLBY DIGITAL 3/2.1

L C

LFE

Current audio format*

Current playing program format**

* “PCM,“ “DTS,” “DOLBY DIGITAL” or “MPEG” is displayed. In “DOLBY DIGITAL” case, the channels in the playing track are displayed by number as follows:

The case of Dolby Digital 5.1 ch:

Rear component 2

DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2. 1

Front component 2

+ Center component 1

LFE (Low

Frequency Effects) component 1

** The letters in the program format display mean the following:

L: Front (L)

R: Front (R)

C: Center (monaural)

LS: Rear (L)

RS: Rear (R)

S: Rear (monaural) – the rear component of the

Dolby Surround processed stereo signal and the

Dolby Digital signal.

LFE: LFE (Low Frequency Effects)

The display examples are as follows:

•PCM (stereo)

1: ENGLISH

PROGRAM FORMAT

PCM 48kHz 24bits

L R

•Dolby Surround

C 0 3 5 5

1: ENGLISH

PROGRAM FORMAT

DOLBY DIGITAL 2/0

DOLBY SURROUND

L C R

•Dolby Digital 5.1ch

1: ENGLISH

PROGRAM FORMAT

DOLBY DIGITAL 3/2.1

L C

LFE

LS RS

•DTS

1: ENGLISH

PROGRAM FORMAT

DTS 3/2.1

L C

LFE

LS RS

•MPEG

1: ENGLISH

PROGRAM FORMAT

MPEG 2/2

L R

LS RS z

You can find Dolby Surround-encoded software by looking at the packaging

Use discs with the logo. In order to enjoy Dolby Digital playback you must use discs bearing this logo.

Displaying the Subtitles Changing the Angles

With DVDs on which subtitles are recorded, you can turn the subtitles on and off whenever you want while playing the DVD.

With DVDs on which multilingual subtitles are recorded, you can change the subtitle language whenever you want while playing the DVD, and turn it on or off whenever you want. For example, you can select the language you want to master and turn the subtitles on for better understanding.

Select “SUBTITLE” after pressing DISPLAY.

SUBTITLE

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

1: ENGLISH

OFF

1: ENGLISH

2: FRENCH

3: SPANISH

DVD

With DVDs on which various angles (multi-angles) for a scene are recorded, you can change the angles. For example, while playing a scene of a train in motion, you can display the view from either the front of the train, the left window of the train or from the right window without having the train’s movement interrupted.

Select “ANGLE” after pressing DISPLAY. When the angles can be changed, the indicator of the “ANGLE” lights in green.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

ANGLE 1 ( 9 ) pSUBTITLE

Select the language. The languages you can select are different depending on the DVD. When 4 digits are displayed, they indicate the language code. Select the language code from the list on page 82.

You can display the “SUBTITLE” display quickly

Press SUBTITLE on the remote. Each time you press the button, the item changes.

Notes

• When playing a DVD on which no subtitles are recorded, no subtitles appear.

• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to turn the subtitles on even if they are recorded on it.

• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to turn the subtitles off.

• If the language is displayed as a 4-digit number, refer to the language code list on page 82.

• The type and number of languages for subtitles vary from disc to disc.

• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the subtitles even if multilingual subtitles are recorded on it.

• While playing the DVD, the subtitle may change when:

– you open or close the front cover

– you change the title

1 Select “ANGLE.”

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

ANGLE 1 ( 9 )

DVD

2 Press /.

The number of the angle changes to “–.” The number in parentheses indicates the total number of angles.

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

– ( 9 )

DVD

3 Select the number of the angles using the number

buttons or >/., then press ENTER.

The angle is changed to the selected angle.

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

5 ( 9 )

Selecting the Disc Mode

(1 Disc or All Discs)

Before setting Program Play, Shuffle Play, or Repeat Play, you need select whether to set those play modes on one disc or all discs.

Select “1/ALL DISCS” after pressing DISPLAY.

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

1/ALL

DISCS

ALL DISCS

1 DISC

Notes

• The number of angles varies from disc to disc or from scene to scene. The number of angles that can be changed on a scene is that of angles recorded for that scene.

• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the angles even if multi-angles are recorded on the DVD.

You can specify the angle beforehand

Specify the angle when “ANGLE” is not displayed on the front panel display. When a scene on which multi-angles are recorded comes, the angle is automatically selected.

You can select the angle directly

Press ANGLE on the remote. Each time you press the button, the angle changes.

You can display different angles simultaneously (ANGLE

VIEWER)

You can display all the angles recorded on the disc on the same screen, and start playback in continuous mode from the chosen angle directly. The angles are displayed on a screen divided in 9 sections. For details, see page 54.

p1/ALL DISCS

Default setting is underlined.

• ALL DISCS: allows you to set Program Play, Shuffle

Play or Repeat Play for all the discs in the folder.

• 1 DISC: allows you to set Program Play, Shuffle Play or

Repeat Play for 1 disc only.

You can select the mode using the button of the player or remote

Press 1/ALL DISCS. Each time you press the button, 1 DISC or

ALL DISCS mode is selected.

Creating Your Own Program (Program Play)

You can play the contents of one disc or all discs in the order you want by arranging the order of the titles, chapters or tracks to create your own program. One program can be stored in the player and contain up to 99 titles, chapters and tracks.

Select “PROGRAM” after pressing DISPLAY. When you select “ON,” the indicator of the “PROGRAM” lights in green.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

PROGRAM OFF

OFF

SET

To select, press , then .

pPROGRAM

Default setting is underlined.

• OFF: plays normal.

• SET/: allows you to create your own program.

• ON: plays Program Play.

Note

If the program contains a disc which is not included in the current folder, the disc will not be played during Program Play.

To play all the discs in the program, select the ALL folder before you start Program Play.

Creating the program

1 Select “SET/” in “PROGRAM.”

The programming display appears.

Selected folder

PROGRAM

– – – : – – –

ALL CLEAR

1. – – – –

2. – – – –

3. – – – –

4. – – – –

5. – – – –

6. – – – –

ALL

ALL

Set: ENTER

PLAY

Press ENTER.

PROGRAM

– – – : – – –

ALL CLEAR

1. – – – –

2. – – – –

3. – – – –

4. – – – –

5. – – – –

6. – – – –

ALL

ALL

RETURN

PLAY

Press the number button to select the disc, then press ENTER.

You can play only the currently selected disc when you select “1 DISC” in “1/ALL DISCS.” To program more than 1 disc, press 1/ALL DISCS and select

“ALL DISCS.”

Disc type*

PROGRAM

0 0 3 : DVD

ALL CLEAR

1. – – – –

2. – – – –

3. – – – –

4. – – – –

5. – – – –

6. – – – –

ALL

ALL

ALL

PLAY

RETURN

* “?” appears when the player has not loaded the disc information in the memory.

Select the title, chapter or track you want to

program using >/., then press ENTER.

For example, select title1, chapter 2 in disc 3.

(You can also use the number buttons and ENTER button to select. In this case, the selected number is displayed on the screen.)

pWhen playing a DVD

When both titles and chapters are recorded on the disc, select the title, then the chapter.

PROGRAM

0 0 3 : DVD

ALL CLEAR

2. – – – –

3. – – – –

4. – – – –

5. – – – –

6. – – – –

ALL

ALL

ALL

PLAY

RETURN

“D” indicates DVD.

PROGRAM

ALL CLEAR

1. 3D-T01-C02

2. – – – –

3. – – – –

4. – – – –

5. – – – –

6. – – – –

Set: ENTER

PLAY

ALL

ALL pWhen playing a VIDEO CD or CD

Select the track you want to program.

“V” indicates VIDEO CD; “C” indicates CD.

PROGRAM

– – – : – – –

ALL CLEAR

1. 4V-T02

2. – – – –

3. – – – –

4. – – – –

5. – – – –

6. – – – –

ALL

ALL

Set: ENTER

PLAY

To program other discs, titles, chapters or tracks, repeat Steps 3 and 4.

The programmed discs, titles, chapters or tracks are displayed from 2 in order.

Press · to start Program Play.

To return to previous item

If you are selecting a disc, title, track or chapter, press

ˆ RETURN to return to previous item.

To cancel Program Play

Press CLEAR.

To cancel programming

Press PROGRAM.

To change programming

To change the disc, select the program number you want to change using >/. after Step 1 or 4, then press ENTER.

Then do Steps 3 and 4.

To change the title, chapter and track, select the desired one in Step 4.

To cancel the programmed order

To cancel all the titles, chapters or tracks in the programmed order, select “ALL CLEAR” after Step 1 or 4, then press ENTER.

To cancel the selected program, select the program using

>/. after Step 1 or 4, then press CLEAR.

The program remains even after the Program Play ends

When you press ·, you can play the same program again.

You can do Repeat Play or Shuffle Play of the programmed titles, chapters or tracks

During Program Play, press REPEAT or SHUFFLE. Or set

“REPEAT” or “SHUFFLE” to “ON” in the Control Menu display.

You can display the “PROGRAM” display quickly

Press PROGRAM.

You can load the disc information

Press LOAD in stop mode (see page 27) so that the player reads and loads the disc information.

Creating Your Own Program (Program Play)

You can select discs, titles, chapters and tracks for the program by looking at the front panel display

You can program by looking at the front panel display instead of using the programming display on the TV screen.

When you select Track 3 in Disc number 2 in the CD folder for

Program 1, the front panel display will appear as follows:

P 0 1 T

P 0 1 T 0 3

Playing in Random Order

(Shuffle Play)

You can have the player “shuffle” discs, titles or tracks and play them in a random order. The playing order may differ from the previous “shuffling.”

Select “SHUFFLE” after pressing DISPLAY. When you do not select “OFF,” the indicator of the “SHUFFLE” lights in green.

SHUFFLE

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

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C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

OFF

DISC

TITLE

CHAPTER

DVD

P 0 2 T

Notes

• The program is canceled when you turn the power off.

• You may not be able to do Program Play depending on the

DVD.

• While you are doing PBC playback, you cannot set a program unless you stop playback first.

pSHUFFLE

Selects the setting of Shuffle Play.

Default settings are underlined.

When playing a DVD and when Program Play is set to OFF

• OFF: does not play a disc in random order.

• DISC*: player “shuffles” discs in the folder and plays in a random order.

• TITLE: player “shuffles” titles in the folder and plays in a random order.

• CHAPTER: player “shuffles” chapters of DVDs in the folder and plays in a random order.

When playing a VIDEO CD, CD or DVD (when

Program Play is set to ON)

• OFF: does not play a disc in random order.

• ON: player “shuffles” titles or tracks and plays in a random order.

When playing a VIDEO CD or CD (when Program

Play is set to OFF)

• OFF: does not play a disc in random order.

• DISC*: player “shuffles” discs in the folder and plays in a random order.

• TRACK: player “shuffles” tracks in the folder and plays in a random order.

* Appears only when you select “ALL DISCS” in “1/ALL

DISCS.”

To cancel Shuffle Play

Press CLEAR.

You can set Shuffle Play during stop

After selecting the item of “SHUFFLE,” press ·.

The player starts Shuffle Play.

You can display the “SHUFFLE” display quickly

Press SHUFFLE.

Notes

• Shuffle Play is canceled when:

– you open or close the front cover

– you turn the power off

• You may not be able to do Shuffle Play depending on the DVD.

• Up to 96 chapters in a disc can be played in a random order when “CHAPTER” is selected.

Playing Repeatedly (Repeat

Play)

You can play all discs, all the titles/tracks on a disc or a single title/chapter/track.

In Shuffle or Program Play mode, the player repeats the titles or tracks in the shuffled or programmed order.

You cannot do Repeat Play during PBC playback of

VIDEO CDs (page 24).

You may not be able to do Repeat Play depending on the

DVD.

Select “REPEAT” after pressing DISPLAY. When you do not select “OFF,” the indicator of the “REPEAT “ lights in green.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

REPEAT

OFF

DISC

TITLE

CHAPTER

OFF pREPEAT

Selects the setting of Repeat Play.

Default settings are underlined.

When playing a DVD and when Program Play and

Shuffle Play are set to OFF

• OFF: does not play repeatedly.

• DISC: repeats all the titles on the selected disc when you select “1 DISC” in “1/ALL DISCS,” and repeats all titles on all discs in the folder when you select “ALL DISCS.”

• TITLE: repeats the current title.

• CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter.

When playing a VIDEO CD/CD and when Program

Play and Shuffle Play are set to OFF

• OFF: does not play repeatedly.

• DISC: repeats all the tracks on the selected disc when you select “1 DISC” in “1/ALL DISCS,” and repeats all tracks on all discs in the folder when you select “ALL

DISCS.”

• TRACK: repeats the current track.

When Program Play or Shuffle Play is set to ON

• OFF: does not play repeatedly.

• ON: repeats Program Play or Shuffle Play.

To cancel Repeat Play

Press CLEAR.

Playing Repeatedly (Repeat Play)

You can set Repeat Play during stop

After selecting the item of “REPEAT,” press ·.

The player starts Repeat Play.

You can display the “REPEAT” display quickly

Press REPEAT.

Note

Repeat play is canceled when you turn the power off.

Repeating a Specific

Portion (A˜B Repeat)

You can play a specific portion of a title, chapter, track repeatedly. This is useful when you want to memorize lyrics.

During PBC Playback of VIDEO CDs (page 24), this function is available only while playing moving pictures.

You may not be able to do A˜B Repeat Play depending on the DVD.

Select “A-B REPEAT” after pressing DISPLAY. During

A˜B Repeat Play, the indicator of the “A-B REPEAT” lights in green.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

A–B

REPEAT

SET

OFF

SET

To select, press , then .

pA-B REPEAT

Default settings are underlined.

• SET/: sets the A and B points.

• OFF: does not play a specific portion of a title/chapter/ track repeatedly.

Setting a portion for A˜B repeat

1 Select “SET/” in “A-B REPEAT.”

The A˜B REPEAT setting display appears.

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When you reach the ending point (point B), press

ENTER again.

The setting points are displayed and the player starts repeating this specific portion.

“A-B” appears on the front panel display during

A˜B repeat play.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

ALL

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 34 : 30

DVD

SET

OFF

SET

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

A–B REPEAT

Set point A with

PLAY

DVD

To return, press

During playback, when you find the starting point

(point A) of the portion to be played repeatedly, press ENTER.

The starting point (point A) is set.

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PLAY

DVD

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

A–B REPEAT

Set point B with ENTER

CHAPTER TIME

A: 18 – 01 : 32 : 55

To cancel, press

CHAPTER TIME

A: 18 – 01 : 32 : 55

B: 18 – 01 : 34 : 30

To cancel A˜B Repeat Play

Press CLEAR.

Notes

• You can set A˜B Repeat on only one specific portion.

• A˜B Repeat is canceled when:

– you open or close the front cover

– you turn the power off

• When you set A˜B Repeat, the settings for Shuffle Play and

Program Play are canceled.

• You may not be able to set A˜B Repeat, depending on the scene of the DVD or the VIDEO CD.

• You cannot set the start point (point A) on one disc and ending point (point B) on other disc.

Setting for Digital Cinema Sound

Select the mode to enjoy multichannel surround sound such as Dolby Digital and MPEG.

Even if you connect only front speakers, Virtual Enhanced

Surround lets you enjoy 3D sound by using 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers.

When you connect 2 front speakers and 2 rear speakers, use 3D sound imaging to shift the sound of the rear speakers away from the actual speaker position

(VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT) or to create 3 sets of virtual rear speakers from 1 set of actual rear speakers (VIRTUAL

MULTI REAR).

You can feel the more effective 3D sound when you connect a receiver (amplifier) with 5.1 channel inputs, 2 front speakers, 2 rear speakers, 1 center speaker and 1 subwoofer.

Select “VIRTUAL 3D SURROUND” after pressing

DISPLAY twice. When you select the item except “OFF,” the indicator of the “VIRTUAL 3D SURROUND “ lights in green.

Note

To enjoy the original Dolby Digital sound through the 5.1CH

OUTPUT connectors, set each speaker position or distance, etc.

For details on setting each speaker, see page 69.

VIRTUAL 3D

SURROUND

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1 8 ( 3 4 )

OFF

VES A

VES B

ALL

DVD

Note

The items displayed are different depending on the settings of

“SPEAKER SETUP” (page 69).

You can select only “OFF,” “VES A” or “VES B” when you play back a disc and set “NONE” in “REAR” in “SIZE” under

“SPEAKER SETUP” in the setup display.

Effects of each item

OFF

Outputs all channel signals recorded on the disc. For example, outputs 2-channel signals for stereo sound of the

CD or 5-channel signals for Dolby Digital sound of the

DVD. When you connect fewer than 5 (+1) speakers, the player distributes the output signal for the missing speaker to other speakers appropriately.

VES (Virtual Enhanced Surround) A

Uses 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers. The virtual speakers are reproduced as shown in the illustration below.

L R

VES (Virtual Enhanced Surround) B

L R pVIRTUAL 3D SURROUND

Select the desired item. For details on each item, see

“Effects of each item.”

Default setting is underlined.

• OFF

• VES A*

• VES B*

• NORMAL SURROUND

• ENHANCED SURROUND

• VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT

• VIRTUAL MULTI REAR

* These settings also effect the output from the LINE OUTPUT

(AUDIO) connectors.

NORMAL SURROUND

Software with 2 channel audio signals, is decoded with

Dolby Pro Logic to create surround effects.

ENHANCED SURROUND

Provides a greater sense of presence from Pro Logic source with monaural rear channel sound. Produces a stereo like effect in the rear channels.

VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT

Uses 3D sound imaging to shift the sound of the rear speakers away from the actual speaker position. The virtual speakers are reproduced as shown in the illustration below. The shift position differs according to the setting of the rear speaker position.

Side* Rear*

L R

SL SR

Notes

• Some discs do not have rear sound. In this case, you cannot get the 3D surround effect.

• When you select an item, the sound cuts off for a moment.

• When the playing signal does not contain the surround component, the effects may be difficult to hear even if you select “VES A” or ”VES B.”

• If you connect the front speakers only, “NORMAL

SURROUND,” ”ENHANCED SURROUND,” ”VIRTUAL

REAR SHIFT” and “VIRTUAL MULTI REAR” cannot be selected.

• Set the front speakers to form an equilateral triangle including the listening position, or the effects may be difficult to hear even if you select “VES A” or “VES B.”

• In case that the player outputs the signal from DIGITAL

OUTPUT (OPTICAL, COAXIAL), the surround effect will be heard only when you set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to “D-PCM,” and

“MPEG” to “PCM” in “AUDIO SETUP.”

• When you play sound tracks with 96 kHz sampling frequency, be sure to select “OFF,” or the output signals will be converted to 48 kHz (sampling frequency). (Except when the player outputs the audio signal from DIGITAL OUTPUT (OPTICAL,

COAXIAL).)

• When you connect a center speaker and a subwoofer, you can also hear the sound from the center speaker and the subwoofer.

When you select “VES A” or “VES B,” the player does not output the sound from the center speaker.

• When you select “VES A” or “VES B,” set the surround settings of the connected units such as the amplifier to OFF.

SL SR

VIRTUAL MULTI REAR

Uses 3D sound imaging to create an array of virtual rear speakers from a single pair of actual rear speakers. The virtual speakers are reproduced as shown in the illustration below. The position of the virtual rear speakers differs according to the setting of the rear speaker position.

Side* Rear*

L R

SL SR

* See page 69 for details on how to set the rear speaker position.

L: Front speaker (left)

R: Front speaker (right)

SL: Rear speaker (left)

SR: Rear speaker (right)

: Virtual speaker

Reducing the Picture Noise

(DNR: Digital Video Noise

Reduction)

You can make the picture clearer by reducing the picture noise of the background.

Select “DNR” after pressing DISPLAY twice.

When you select “DNR1,” “DNR2,” or “DNR3,” the indicator of the “DNR” lights in green.

DNR

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

DNR1

OFF

DNR1

DNR2

DNR3

DVD

Adjustments for Playback

Picture (VIDEO EQ: Video

Equalizer)

You can adjust the video output of the DVD or VIDEO CD from the player, not from the TV, to obtain the picture quality you want. Choose one of the video modes whichever best suits the program you are watching.

When you select “MEMORY/” in a menu item, adjust the value.

Select “VIDEO EQ” after pressing DISPLAY twice.

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1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

DVD

VIDEO EQ STANDARD

STANDARD

DYNAMIC

CINEMA

MEMORY pDNR

As the value increases, the picture noise will be reduced.

However, afterimages may increase.

Default setting is underlined.

• OFF: turns off the DNR function

• DNR1

• DNR2

• DNR3

Notes

• Depending on the disc, the effect may be difficult to tell.

• If the afterimages appear on the TV screen, set the noise reduction function to off on your TV. Then set “DNR” to

”OFF” on the Control Menu display.

pVIDEO EQ

Selects the setting of video control.

Default setting is underlined.

• STANDARD: displays a standard picture

• DYNAMIC: emphasizes the black level and so produces a bolder dynamic picture

• CINEMA: displays the picture with soft focus

• MEMORY/: adjusts the picture items

To adjust the picture items

You can adjust the following picture items individually.

• PICTURE

• BRIGHTNESS

• COLOR

• SHARPNESS

Select “MEMORY/” in “VIDEO EQ.”

The video control display appears.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

DVD

STANDARD

DYNAMIC

CINEMA

MEMORY

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

VIDEO EQUALIZER

PICTURE

BRIGHTNESS

COLOR

SHARPNESS

STANDARD

PLAY

DVD

RETURN

Select the picture item you want to adjust using

>/., then press ENTER.

The adjustment bar of the selected item appears.

To cancel adjusting the picture halfway, press

ˆRETURN.

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C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

To adjust other items, repeat Steps 2 and 3.

To exit the video control display

Press ˆRETURN.

To reset the picture items

Select “STANDARD” in “MEMORY/.”

Note

Only one setting of the picture items you adjusted in

“MEMORY/” can be stored. When you adjust the items, new setting erases the setting adjusted before.

PICTURE

RETURN

Adjust the selected picture item using ?//, then press ENTER.

The setting is stored in memory.

1 8 ( 3 4 )

C 0 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

VIDEO EQUALIZER

DVD

PICTURE

BRIGHTNESS

COLOR

SHARPNESS

STANDARD

RETURN

Displaying Different Angles

Simultaneously

The angles are displayed on a screen divided in 9 sections.

Select “ANGLE VIEWER” after pressing DISPLAY twice.

When you can select “ANGLE VIEWER,” the indicator of the “ANGLE VIEWER” lights in green.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

DVD

ANGLE

VIEWER

Dividing a Track into 9

Sections (Strobe Play)

You can display 9 consecutive sections of the disc on the screen. In this case, the sections show still images.

Select “STROBE PLAYBACK” after pressing DISPLAY.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

DVD

STROBE

PLAYBACK

To select the one angle

Select the angle using ?/>/.//, then press ENTER.

The selected angle only is displayed.

To cancel displaying multi-angles

Press ˆRETURN.

You can check the number on the front panel display

The number of the angle you select is displayed on the front panel display.

Notes

• Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the angles even if multi-angles are recorded on the DVD.

• When a scene for which various angles (multi-angles) are not recorded comes while displaying different angles simultaneously, the player returns to the normal play.

To cancel watching the strobe play

Press ˆRETURN.

During pause mode, 9 still images around the pause position are displayed

It is convenient to see the still images around the specific portion.

Note

Depending on the disc, there are some scenes you may not be able to watch with the strobe play.

Scanning the Title, Chapter and Track

You can check the top picture of titles, chapters and tracks of the disc on a screen divided in 9 sections, and start playback from the chosen title, chapter or track.

Select “TITLE VIEWER”(DVD only), “CHAPTER

VIEWER”(DVD only) or “TRACK VIEWER”(VIDEO CD only) after pressing DISPLAY twice.

1 2 3

1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

DVD

TITLE

VIEWER

CHAPTER

VIEWER

TRACK

VIEWER

To start playback from the selected picture

Select the picture using ?/>/.//, then press ENTER.

The playback starts from the selected picture.

When there are over 9 titles or chapters

$ appears at the right bottom of the screen. Select the right bottom scene (the position of 9) and use . to display next titles, tracks or chapters. To return to the previous scene, select the left top scene (the position of 1) and press >.

7 8

ENTER

9 z

You can check the number on the front panel display

The number of the title, chapter and track you select is displayed on the front panel display.

To cancel scanning the title, chapter and track

Press ˆRETURN.

Notes

• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to scan the title, chapter and track.

• You cannot scan the track on a VIDEO CD during PBC playback.

Setting and Selecting

Favorite Scene (Bookmark)

You can have the player store specific portions of the disc in memory and play them immediately whenever you want without the need to search (Bookmark). You can set up to 9 bookmarks per disc. The bookmark of the disc is reset when the disc is removed from the player.

Select “BOOKMARK” after pressing DISPLAY. When you play the disc which has bookmarks, the indicator of the

“BOOKMARK” lights in green.

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1 2 ( 2 7 )

1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

DVD

BOOKMARK

To start playback from the selected picture

Select the picture using ?/>/.//, then press ENTER.

The playback starts from the selected picture.

To cancel scanning the bookmark pictures

Press ˆRETURN.

To reset the bookmark

Select the point on which you want to reset the bookmark using ?/>/.//, then press CLEAR.

To reset the all bookmarks of the player

Select “BOOKMARK RESET/” under the “CUSTOM

SETUP” in the setup display. For details on resetting all the bookmark of the player, see page 63.

Setting the bookmark

During playback, when you find the scene to be bookmarked, press BOOKMARK on the remote.

The bookmark is set.

Note

You may not set the bookmark depending on the discs.

Checking the Play Information

You can check the play information on the bit rate, bit rate history or the portion where the disc is played (layer).

While playing a disc, the approximate bit rate of the playback picture is always displayed by Mbps (Mega bit per second) and the audio by kbps (kilo bit per second).

Select “ADVANCED” after pressing DISPLAY twice.

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1 8 ( 3 4 )

ALL

DVD

Bit rate refers to the amount of video/audio data per second in a disc. The higher the bit rate is, the larger the amount of data. When the bit rate level is high, there is a large amount of data. However, this does not always mean that you can get higher quality pictures or sounds.

BIT RATE HISTORY

Bit rate range

Min.

Max.

ADVANCED BIT RATE HISTORY pADVANCED

When playing a DVD

Default setting is underlined.

• BIT RATE: displays bit rate.

• BIT RATE HISTORY: displays bit rate and bit rate history.

• LAYER: displays layer and the point picked up.

• DISPLAY OFF: turns off ADVANCED display.

Displays of each item

BIT RATE

Newest bit rate range 0 5 10

Mbps

Indicates the transition of bit rate of the playback picture for a period up to the present.

LAYER

Appears when the DVD has dual layers.

Indicates the approximate point where the disc is playing.

If it is a dual-layer DVD, the player indicates which layer is being read.

For details on the layers, see page 80 (DVD).

BIT RATE

0 5

384 kbps

Mbps

Audio

Video

When you play MPEG AUDIO sound tracks

BIT RATE

0 5 kbps

1000

Mbps

Audio

Video

Settings and

Adjustments

This chapter describes how to set and how to adjust using the on-screen SET

UP menu. Most settings and adjustments are required to be set when you first use the player.

This chapter also describes how to set the remote for controlling the TV, the

AV receiver (amplifier) or the CD changer.

Using the Setup Display

Using the setup display, you can do the initial setup, adjusting the picture and sound quality, setting the various outputs, etc. You can also set a language for the subtitles and the setup display, limit playback by children, etc.

For details on each setup display item, see pages 60 to 70.

Note

You can display the setup display only when the player is in stop mode.

SET UP

-/--

9 TIME

C D

DVD

ALL

ENTER

?/>/.//

1 Press SET UP to display the setup display on the TV screen.

LANGUAGE SETUP

OSD:

DVD MENU:

AUDIO:

SUBTITLE:

ENGLISH

ORIGINAL

AUDIO FOLLOW

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER

Using the Setup Display

Select the main item you want using >/., and then press ENTER.

The selected main item is highlighted.

Main item

LANGUAGE SETUP

OSD:

DVD MENU:

AUDIO:

SUBTITLE:

ENGLISH

ORIGINAL

AUDIO FOLLOW

Select the setting you want using ?/>/.//, then press ENTER.

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE:

SCREEN SAVER:

BACKGROUND:

16:9

4:3 LETTER BOX

4:3 PAN SCAN

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE:

SCREEN SAVER:

BACKGROUND:

16:9

JACKET PICTURE

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE:

SCREEN SAVER:

BACKGROUND:

4:3 PAN SCAN

JACKET PICTURE

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER

Select the item you want using >/., then press / or ENTER.

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE:

SCREEN SAVER:

BACKGROUND:

16:9

JACKET PICTURE

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER

To cancel using the setup display

Press SET UP on the remote.

Note

Some setup display items require operations other than selecting the setting. For details on these items, see the relevant pages.

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE:

SCREEN SAVER:

BACKGROUND:

16:9

4:3 LETTER BOX

4:3 PAN SCAN

Setup Display Item List

Default settings are underlined.

LANGUAGE SETUP (page 60)

OSD

DVD MENU

ENGLISH

FRANÇAIS

DEUTSCH

ENGLISH

FRANÇAIS

DEUTSCH

ITALIANO

ESPAÑOL

NEDERLANDS

DANSK

SVENSKA

SUOMI

NORSK

PORTUGUÊS

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

CHINESE

JAPANESE

OTHERS /

ORIGINAL

(same as DVD MENU)

AUDIO FOLLOW

(same as DVD MENU)

SCREEN SETUP (page 61)

TV TYPE

SCREEN SAVER

BACKGROUND

16:9

4:3 LETTER BOX

4:3 PAN SCAN

OFF

JACKET PICTURE

PICTURE MEMORY

GRAPHICS

BLUE

BLACK

CUSTOM SETUP (page 62)

EURO AV OUT

AUTO PLAY

DIMMER

PAUSE MODE

VIDEO

S VIDEO

RGB

OFF

TIMER

DEMO1

DEMO2

BRIGHT

DARK

OFF

AUTO

FRAME

BOOKMARK RESET /

PARENTAL CONTROL /

PLAYBACK MEMORY ON

OFF

AUDIO SETUP (page 66)

AUDIO ATT

AUDIO FILTER

AUDIO DRC

TRACK SELECTION

DOWNMIX

DIGITAL OUT

OFF

SHARP

SLOW

STANDARD

TV MODE

WIDE RANGE

OFF

AUTO

DOLBY SURROUND

NORMAL

OFF

DOLBY DIGITAL

MPEG

DTS

SPEAKER SETUP (page 69)

SIZE

DISTANCE

BALANCE

LEVEL

TEST TONE

FRONT

CENTER

REAR

SUBWOOFER

FRONT

CENTER

REAR

FRONT

REAR

CENTER

REAR

SUBWOOFER

OFF

Setting the Language for Display and Sound

(LANGUAGE SETUP)

Select “LANGUAGE SETUP” after pressing SET UP.

“LANGUAGE SETUP” allows you to set various languages for on-screen display or sound.

Default settings are underlined.

Note

When you select a language that is not recorded on the DVD, one of the recorded languages is automatically selected except for the

“OSD.”

LANGUAGE SETUP

OSD:

DVD MENU:

AUDIO:

SUBTITLE:

ENGLISH

ORIGINAL

AUDIO FOLLOW

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER pOSD (On-Screen Display)

Switches the language for the on-screen display.

• ENGLISH (ENGLISH)

• FRANÇAIS (FRENCH)

• DEUTSCH (GERMAN) pDVD MENU

Switches the language for the DVD menu.

• ENGLISH (ENGLISH)

• FRANÇAIS (FRENCH)

• DEUTSCH (GERMAN)

• ITALIANO (ITALIAN)

• ESPAÑOL (SPANISH)

• NEDERLANDS (DUTCH)

• DANSK (DANISH)

• SVENSKA (SWEDISH)

• SUOMI (FINNISH)

• NORSK (NORWEGIAN)

• PORTUGUÊS (PORTUGUESE)

• (RUSSIAN)

• CHINESE (CHINESE)

• JAPANESE (JAPANESE)

• OTHERS/

When you select “OTHERS/,” select and enter the language code from the list using the number buttons (page 82).

After you have once selected, the language code (4 digits) is displayed.

pAUDIO

Switches the language for the sounds.

• ORIGINAL: the language given priority in the disc

• ENGLISH (ENGLISH)

• FRANÇAIS (FRENCH)

• DEUTSCH (GERMAN)

• ITALIANO (ITALIAN)

• ESPAÑOL (SPANISH)

• NEDERLANDS (DUTCH)

• DANSK (DANISH)

• SVENSKA (SWEDISH)

• SUOMI (FINNISH)

• NORSK (NORWEGIAN)

• PORTUGUÊS (PORTUGUESE)

• (RUSSIAN)

• CHINESE (CHINESE)

• JAPANESE (JAPANESE)

• OTHERS/

When you select “OTHERS/,” select and enter the language code from the list using the number buttons (page 82).

After you have once selected, the language code (4 digits) is displayed.

pSUBTITLE

Switches the language for the subtitles.

• AUDIO FOLLOW*

• ENGLISH (ENGLISH)

• FRANÇAIS (FRENCH)

• DEUTSCH (GERMAN)

• ITALIANO (ITALIAN)

• ESPAÑOL (SPANISH)

• NEDERLANDS (DUTCH)

• DANSK (DANISH)

• SVENSKA (SWEDISH)

• SUOMI (FINNISH)

• NORSK (NORWEGIAN)

• PORTUGUÊS (PORTUGUESE)

• (RUSSIAN)

• CHINESE (CHINESE)

• JAPANESE (JAPANESE)

• OTHERS/

When you select “OTHERS/,” select and enter the language code from the list using the number buttons (page 82).

After you have once selected, the language code (4 digits) is displayed.

* When you select “AUDIO FOLLOW,” the language for the subtitles changes according to the language for the setting you selected in “AUDIO.”

Note

The player gives priority to the settings of “SUBTITLE” and

“AUDIO” in the Control Menu display when “PLAYBACK

MEMORY” is set to “ON.” The settings of “SUBTITLE” and

“AUDIO” selected in the setup display may not appear in this case. For details on the Playback Memory function, see page 63.

Settings for Display (SCREEN SETUP)

Select “SCREEN SETUP” after pressing SET UP.

“SCREEN SETUP” allows you to set the display according to the playback conditions.

Default settings are underlined.

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE:

SCREEN SAVER:

BACKGROUND:

16:9

JACKET PICTURE pTV TYPE

Selects the aspect ratio of the TV to be connected.

• 16:9: when you connect a wide-screen TV to the player.

• 4:3 LETTER BOX: when you connect a normal TV to the player. Displays a wide picture with bands displayed on the upper and lower portions of the screen.

• 4:3 PAN SCAN: when you connect a normal TV to the player. Displays the wide picture on the whole screen with a portion automatically cut off.

16:9 pSCREEN SAVER

Turns on and off the screen saver. If you turn on the screen saver, the screen saver image appears when you leave the player or the remote in pause or stop mode for

15 minutes or when you play back a CD for more than 15 minutes. The screen saver is useful to prevent your display from becoming damaged.

• ON: turns on the screen saver.

• OFF: turns off the screen saver.

pBACKGROUND

Selects the background color or picture of the TV screen in stop mode or while playing a CD.

• JACKET PICTURE: The jacket picture appears in the background, but only when the jacket picture is already recorded on the disc.

• PICTURE MEMORY: Your favorite picture appears in the background when you have the player store in memory your favorite scene recorded on the disc for the background picture. For the way of storing in memory, see “Storing the picture in memory.”

• GRAPHICS: The graphic picture stored in memory in the player beforehand appears in the background.

• BLUE: The background color is blue.

• BLACK: The background color is black.

Note

If a disc which does not contain the jacket picture is played while

“BACKGROUND” is set to “JACKET PICTURE,” the graphic picture stored in the player will automatically appear in the background.

4:3 LETTER BOX

4:3 PAN SCAN

Note

Depending on the DVD, “4:3 LETTER BOX“ may be selected automatically instead of “4:3 PAN SCAN” and vice versa.

Settings for Display (SCREEN SETUP)

Storing the picture in memory

During playback, when you find the scene to be stored in memory, press PICTURE MEMORY on the remote.

The picture is stored in memory.

-/--

9 TIME

C D

DVD

ALL

PICTURE

MEMORY

Notes

• The player can store in memory only one scene. The stored picture appears in the background.

• When the picture is stored in memory by pressing PICTURE

MEMORY, the picture stored before is not retained in memory.

• When you operate this player during storing picture in memory, the picture does not be stored in memory.

Custom Settings (CUSTOM

SETUP)

Select “CUSTOM SETUP” after pressing SET UP.

“CUSTOM SETUP” allows you to set the playback conditions.

Default settings are underlined.

CUSTOM SETUP

EURO AV OUT:

AUTO PLAY:

DIMMER:

PAUSE MODE:

BOOKMARK RESET

PARENTAL CONTROL

PLAYBACK MEMORY:

VIDEO

OFF

BRIGHT

AUTO

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER pEURO AV OUT

Selects the methods of outputting video signals from the

EURO AV 1(RGB)–TV connectors on the rear panel of the player.

• VIDEO: outputs the video signals.

• S VIDEO: outputs the S video signals.

• RGB: outputs the RGB signals.

Notes

• If your TV is not conformed to the S video or the RGB signals, no picture appears on the TV screen even if you select “S

VIDEO” or “RGB.” Refer to the instructions supplied with your TV.

• If your TV has only one EURO AV IN connector, do not select

“S VIDEO.” pAUTO PLAY

Selects the setting of Auto Play when you connect the AC power cord to the AC outlet.

• OFF: does not use “TIMER,” “DEMO1“ or “DEMO2” to start playing.

• TIMER: starts playing a disc automatically when you connect the AC power cord to the AC outlet. By connecting a timer (not supplied), you can start playing at any time you want.

• DEMO1: starts playing the demonstration 1 automatically.

• DEMO2: starts playing the demonstration 2 automatically.

pDIMMER

Adjusts the lighting of the front panel display.

• BRIGHT: makes the front panel display bright.

• DARK: makes the front panel display dark.

• OFF: turns off the lighting of the front panel display.

pPAUSE MODE (DVD only)

Selects the picture in pause mode.

• AUTO: A picture including subjects that move dynamically is output with no jitter. Normally select this position.

• FRAME: A picture including subjects that do not move dynamically is output with high resolution.

pBOOKMARK RESET/

Select “BOOKMARK RESET.” The BOOKMARK RESET display appears. And then press ENTER to reset all bookmarks.

pPARENTAL CONTROL/

Sets a password and playback limitation level when you play DVDs with playback limitation for children.

For details, see “Limiting Playback by Children (Parental

Control).” pPLAYBACK MEMORY

You can have the player store the settings of SUBTITLE and VIDEO EQ, etc., of each disc. The Playback Memory is reset when the disc is removed from the player.

Set the Playback Memory function on or off.

• ON: stores the settings in memory when you eject the disc.

• OFF: does not store the settings in memory.

Following settings are stored in memory with the

Playback Memory function.

– AUDIO (page 40)

– SUBTITLE (page 42)

– ANGLE (page 42)

– VIRTUAL 3D SURROUND (page 50)

– DNR (page 52)

– VIDEO EQ (page 52)

Limiting Playback by Children (Parental

Control)

Select “CUSTOM SETUP” after pressing SET UP.

Playing some DVDs can be limited depending on the age of users. The “Parental Control” function allows you to set a playback limitation level.

CUSTOM SETUP

EURO AV OUT:

AUTO PLAY:

DIMMER:

PAUSE MODE:

BOOKMARK RESET

PARENTAL CONTROL

PLAYBACK MEMORY:

VIDEO

OFF

BRIGHT

AUTO

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER

1 Select “PARENTAL CONTROL” using >/., then press

ENTER.

CUSTOM SETUP

EURO AV OUT:

AUTO PLAY:

DIMMER:

PAUSE MODE:

BOOKMARK RESET

PARENTAL CONTROL

PLAYBACK MEMORY:

VIDEO

OFF

BRIGHT

AUTO

ON pWhen you have not entered a password yet

The display for entering a password appears.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

Entry password. Enter a number in

4 figures, then press .

To return, press .

To cancel, press .

Custom Settings (CUSTOM SETUP)

pWhen you have already entered a password

The display for confirming the password appears. Skip

Step 2.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

Enter password, then press .

Select an area as the standard for playback

limitation level using >/., then press /.

When you select “OTHERS/,” select and enter the standard code in the table below using number buttons.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

LEVEL:

STANDARD:

CHANGE PASSWORD

OFF

USA

OTHERS

To return, press .

To cancel, press .

2 Enter a password in 4 digits using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

The digits change to asterisks ( ), and the display for confirming the password appears.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

To confirm,enter password again, then press .

To return, press .

To cancel, press .

3 To confirm your password, enter it using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

The display for setting the playback limitation level and changing the password appears.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

LEVEL:

STANDARD:

CHANGE PASSWORD

OFF

USA

Select “LEVEL” using >/., then press /.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

LEVEL:

STANDARD:

CHANGE PASSWORD

OFF

To set, press , then .

To cancel, press .

ENTER

Select the level you want using >/., then press

ENTER.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

LEVEL:

STANDARD:

CHANGE PASSWORD

USA

To set, press , then .

To cancel, press .

ENTER

4 Select “STANDARD” using >/., then press /.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

LEVEL:

STANDARD:

CHANGE PASSWORD

OFF

USA

The lower the value is, the more strict the limitation.

To return to the normal screen

Press SET UP.

To turn off the Parental Control function and play the DVD after entering your password

Set “LEVEL” to “OFF” in Step 7, then press ·.

To set, press , then .

To cancel, press .

ENTER

To change the password

1 After Step 3, select “CHANGE PASSWORD” using

>/., then press / or ENTER.

The display for changing the password appears.

2 Follow Steps 2 and 3 to enter a new password.

You can turn off the Parental Control function just after inserting the DVD (Parental Control Temporarily Canceled)

When you set a playback limitation level and insert the DVD, the

PARENTAL CONTROL display appears. Enter the password to turn off the Parental Control function.

When you stop playing the DVD, the level returns to the original level.

If you have forgot your password

Enter the 6 digits number “199703” in Step 2 to clear the current password. To enter a new password, follow the procedure from

Step 2 again.

Notes

• When you play DVDs which do not have the Parental Control function, playback cannot be limited on this player.

• When you do not set a password, you cannot change the settings for playback limitation.

• Depending on the DVD, you may be asked to change the parental control level while playing the disc. In this case, enter the password, then change the level.

When you stop playing the DVD, the level returns to the original level.

Standard

Austria

Belgium

Canada

China

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Malaysia

Netherlands

Norway

Philippines

Russian

Singapore

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

United Kingdom

Code number

2086

2543

2528

2184

2489

2501

2149

2499

2238

2254

2276

2363

2376

2379

2424

2115

2165

2174

2109

2219

2046

2057

2079

2092

Settings for Sound (AUDIO SETUP)

Select “AUDIO SETUP” after pressing SET UP.

“AUDIO SETUP” allows you to set the sound according to the playback conditions.

Default settings are underlined.

AUDIO SETUP

AUDIO ATT:

AUDIO FILTER:

OFF

SHARP

AUDIO DRC:

TRACK SELECTION:

DOWNMIX:

DIGITAL OUT:

STANDARD

OFF

DOLBY SURROUND

DOLBY DIGITAL:

MPEG:

DTS:

D-PCM

PCM

OFF

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER pAUDIO ATT (attenuation)

Selects the setting of the output from the LINE OUTPUT

(AUDIO), EURO AV (1, 2) and 5.1CH OUTPUT connectors according to the audio equipment to be connected.

• OFF: turns off the audio attenuation.

• ON: reduces the audio output level so that no sound distortion occurs.

Note

The setting does not affect the output from the DIGITAL

OUTPUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors.

pAUDIO FILTER

Selects the type of digital filter to reduce the noise of a frequency higher than 22.05kHz (fs 44.1kHz), 24kHz (fs

48kHz) or 48kHz (fs 96kHz).

• SHARP: makes the sound clear and provides smooth sound reproduction. Normally set this position.

• SLOW: makes the sound warm and deep.

Note

Depending on the disc, the effect on the sound may be difficult to hear.

pAUDIO DRC (Dynamic Range Control)

Makes the sound clear with the volume turned down at night, etc., when you play a DVD. This affects the output from the DIGITAL OUTPUT connectors only when

“PCM” in ”DIGITAL OUT” is set to “ON,” and it affects the output from the LINE OUTPUT (AUDIO), EURO AV

(1, 2) and 5.1CH OUTPUT connectors.

• STANDARD: Normally select this position.

• TV MODE: makes the low sound clear even if you turned the volume down, so it is good for playing at night. It is especially recommended when you listen to the sound using the speakers of the TV.

• WIDE RANGE: It gives you the feeling of being at a live performance. When you use high quality speakers, it is more effective.

Notes

• When you play DVDs without the AUDIO DRC function, there may be no effect on the sound.

• When this item is set to “WIDE RANGE,” the sound volume from other than the 5.1CH OUTPUT connectors may be less than usual.

• “WIDE RANGE” cannot be selected when you have selected

“NONE” in “SIZE” under “SPEAKER SETUP.” pTRACK SELECTION

Gives the sound track which contains the highest number of the channels priority when you play a DVD on which multiple audio formats are recorded. If multiple audio channels are recorded in PCM, DTS, MPEG AUDIO or

Dolby Digital format, the higher-numbered channel audio recorded in PCM, DTS, MPEG AUDIO or Dolby Digital format is played.

• OFF : No priority given.

• AUTO : Priority given.

Notes

• When the player stores the settings in memory with the

Playback Memory function, the player may not give priority even if you select “AUTO.”

• When you set this item to “AUTO,” the language may change depending on the “AUDIO” settings in “LANGUAGE SETUP.”

The “TRACK SELECTION“ setting has higher priority than that of “AUDIO” settings in “LANGUAGE SETUP” (page 60).

• If you set “DTS” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “OFF,” the DTS sound track is not played even if you set this item to “AUTO” and the highest-numbered channel audio is recorded in DTS format.

• If PCM, DTS, MPEG AUDIO and Dolby Digital sound tracks have the same number of the highest channels, the player selects PCM, DTS, Dolby Digital and MPEG AUDIO sound tracks, in this order.

• Depending on the DVD, the audio with priority may be predetermined. In this case, you cannot give priority to the

DTS, MPEG AUDIO or Dolby Digital format by selecting

“AUTO.”

pDOWNMIX*

Switches the mixing down methods when you play a

DVD on which the sound in Dolby Digital format is recorded.

• DOLBY SURROUND: when the player is connected to an audio component that conforms to Dolby Surround.

(Pro Logic)

• NORMAL: when the player is connected to a normal audio component.

* The setting affects the following connectors:

–LINE OUTPUT (AUDIO) connectors

–DIGITAL OUTPUT (OPTICAL, COAXIAL) connectors.

pDIGITAL OUT

Selects output signals via the DIGITAL OUTPUT

OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors.

• ON: Normally select this position. When you select

“ON,” set “DOLBY DIGITAL,” “MPEG” and “DTS.”

For details on setting them, see “Setting for the Signal to the Digital Output.”

• OFF: when the player does not output the sound signals via DIGITAL OUTPUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors, if you select this position, the influence of the digital circuit upon the analog one is minimum.

Notes

• When you play the sound tracks with 96 kHz sampling frequency, the output signals from the DIGITAL OUTPUT

(OPTICAL, COAXIAL) are converted to 48 kHz (sampling frequency). When the signals are output from LINE OUTPUT

(AUDIO) connector, sampling frequency stays at 96 kHz and the output signals are converting to analog signals.

• When you select “OFF,” You cannot set “DOLBY DIGITAL,”

“MPEG” and “DTS.”

Setting for the Signal to the Digital

Output

When you select “ON,” set “DOLBY DIGITAL,” “MPEG” and “DTS.”

Switches the methods of outputting audio signals when you connect a digital component such as a receiver

(amplifier) having a digital connector, an audio component having a built-in DTS decoder, a DAT or MD via the DIGITAL OUTPUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord. For details on the connection, see page 12.

AUDIO SETUP

AUDIO ATT:

AUDIO FILTER:

AUDIO DRC:

OFF

SHARP

STANDARD

TRACK SELECTION:

DOWNMIX:

OFF

DOLBY SURROUND

DIGITAL OUT:

DOLBY DIGITAL:

D-PCM

MPEG:

DTS:

PCM

OFF pDOLBY DIGITAL

Selects output Dolby Digital signals via the DIGITAL

OUTPUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors. You cannot select this item when you set “DIGITAL OUT” to

“OFF.”

• D-PCM (Downmix PCM): when you play the Dolby

Digital sound tracks, the output audio signals are mixed down to 2 channels. With the settings of the item

“DOWNMIX” in “AUDIO SETUP,” you can select whether the signals conform to Dolby Surround (Pro

Logic) or not.

• DOLBY DIGITAL: when the player is connected to an audio component with a built-in Dolby Digital decoder.

Note

If the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built-in Dolby Digital decoder, do not set “DOLBY DIGITAL” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “DOLBY DIGITAL.” Otherwise, when you play the Dolby Digital sound track, a loud noise or no sound will come out from the speakers, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

Settings for Sound (AUDIO SETUP)

pMPEG

Selects output MPEG AUDIO signals via the DIGITAL

OUTPUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors. You cannot select this item when you set “DIGITAL OUT” to

“OFF.”

• PCM: when the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built-in MPEG decoder. If you play MPEG AUDIO sound tracks, the player outputs stereo signals taken from MPEG AUDIO signals via the

DIGITAL OUTPUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors.

• MPEG: when the player is connected to an audio component having a built-in MPEG decoder.

Note

If the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built-in MPEG decoder, do not set “MPEG” in “AUDIO

SETUP” to “MPEG.” Otherwise, when you play the MPEG

AUDIO sound track, a loud noise will come out from the speakers, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

Note

The player outputs the MPEG analog audio sound only from the front speakers when you set “DIGITAL OUT” in “AUDIO

SETUP” to “ON” and then set “MPEG” to “MPEG.” pDTS

Selects output DTS signals via the DIGITAL OUTPUT

OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors. You cannot select this item when you set “DIGITAL OUT” to “OFF.”

• OFF: when the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built-in DTS decoder.

• ON: when the player is connected to an audio component having a built-in DTS decoder.

Note

Select the setting correctly. Otherwise, no sound or strange sound will come out from the speakers, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

• Do not play the DTS sound tracks without connecting the player to an audio component having a built-in DTS decoder. You cannot hear the DTS sound unless you connect the player to an audio component having a built-in DTS decoder.

• When you play the DTS sound track on a CD, a loud noise may come out from the LINE OUTPUT

(AUDIO) and 5.1CH OUTPUT connectors, affecting your ears or causing the speakers or headphones to be damaged.

• When you play the DTS sound track on a DVD, no sounds will come out from the LINE OUTPUT

(AUDIO) and 5.1CH OUTPUT connectors.

Notes on playing the DTS sound tracks on a CD

• Do not play the DTS sound tracks without connecting the player to an audio component having a built-in DTS decoder.

The player output the DTS signal via the DIGITAL OUTPUT

OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors even if “DTS” in “AUDIO

SETUP” is set to “OFF” in the setup display, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

• The DTS indicator on the front panel does not light up even if the player outputs DTS signal via the DIGITAL OUTPUT

OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors.

• Set the sounds to “STEREO” when you play the DTS sound tracks on a CD. (See “Changing the Sounds” on page 40.) If you set the sounds to “1/L” or “2/R”, no sounds will come out from the DIGITAL OUTPUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors.

Notes on playing the DTS sound tracks on a DVD

• No sounds will come out from the LINE OUTPUT (AUDIO) connectors.

• If the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built-in DTS decoder, do not set “DTS” in “DIGITAL OUT” to

“ON” in the setup display. Otherwise, when you play the DTS sound track, a loud noise will come out from the speakers, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged.

• When you set “DTS” in “AUDIO SETUP” to “OFF,” no sound will come out from the DIGITAL OUTPUT OPTICAL and

COAXIAL connectors even if you play DTS sound tracks on

DVDs.

Speaker Set Up

Select “SPEAKER SETUP” after pressing SET UP.

To obtain the best possible surround sound, first specify the size of the speakers you have connected and their distance from your listening position, then set the balance and level. Use the test tone to adjust the speaker volumes to the same level.

For the speaker hookups, see pages 14 to 15.

SPEAKER SETUP

SIZE:

DISTANCE:

BALANCE:

LEVEL:

TEST TONE:

FRONT:

CENTER:

REAR:

SUBWOOFER:

OFF

LARGE

LARGE (REAR)

YES

To set, press , then .

To quit, press .

ENTER pSIZE

Selects the size of the speakers to be connected.

• FRONT

— LARGE: Normally select this.

— SMALL: When the sound cracks or the effects of the surround is difficult to hear, select this. This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the bass frequencies of the speaker from subwoofers.

• CENTER

— NONE: If you will not connect a center speaker, select this.

— LARGE: Normally select this.

— SMALL: When the sound cracks, select this. This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the bass frequencies of the speaker from some other speakers .

• REAR

— NONE: If you will not connect a rear speaker, select this.

— LARGE (REAR*/SIDE*): Normally select this.

— SMALL (REAR*/SIDE*): When the sound cracks or the effects of the surround is difficult to hear, select this. This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the bass frequencies of the speaker from some other speakers .

• SUBWOOFER

— NONE: If you do not connect a subwoofer, select this. This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the LFE (low frequency effects) signals from the front speakers.

— YES: If you connect a subwoofer, select this to output the LFE (low frequency effects) channel from the subwoofer.

* Rear speaker position (REAR/SIDE)

These items let you specify the location of your rear speakers for proper implementation of “VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT” and

“VIRTUAL MULTI REAR” in the Control Menu display. Refer to the illustration below.

• Set to “SIDE” if the location of your rear speakers corresponds to section A.

• Set to “REAR” if the location of your rear speakers correcponds to section B.

This setting effects only the “VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT” and

“VIRTUAL MULTI REAR” mode.

90 °

45 °

20 °

Notes

• When you select an item, the sound cuts off for a moment.

• The cut off frequency for the subwoofer is fixed at 100Hz.

• Set the subwoofer‘s cut off frequency as high as possible.

• Depending on the settings of other speakers, the subwoofer may output excessive sound.

• If your speakers are too small to reproduce low bass frequencies, set all speaker settings to “SMALL” and utilize a subwoofer for low frequency sound.

pDISTANCE

You can vary the distance of each speaker as follows.

Default adjustments are in the parentheses.

• FRONT (3.6m)

Front speaker distance can be set in 0.2 meter steps from

1 to 15 meters.

• CENTER (3.6m)

Center speaker distance can be set in 0.2 meter steps from a distance 0.6 meter farther to the front speaker to a distance 1.6 meters closer to your listening position.

• REAR (3.0m)

Rear speaker distance can be set in 0.2 meter steps from a distance equal to the front speaker distance to a distance 5 meters closer to your listening position.

Notes

• When you set the distance, the sound cuts off for a moment.

• If each of the front or rear speakers are not placed an equal distance from your listening position, set the distance of the closest speaker.

• Do not place the rear speaker farther away from your listening position than the front speakers.

Speaker Set Up

pBALANCE

You can vary the balance of each speaker as follows.

Default adjustments are in the parentheses.

• FRONT (0dB)

Adjust the balance between the front left and right speakers (-6dB [L] to +6dB [R], 0.5dB steps).

• REAR (0dB)

Adjust the balance between the rear left and right speakers (-6dB [L] to +6dB [R], 0.5dB steps).

Note

When you select “VES A” or ”VES B” in “VIRTUAL 3D

SURROUND” in the Control Menu display, you cannot adjust the level or the balance of the speakers except for the front speakers.

pLEVEL

You can vary the level of each speaker as follows. The front speaker level becomes the criterion for adjusting.

Default adjustments are in the parentheses.

• CENTER (0dB)

Adjust the level of the center speaker (-6dB to +6dB,

0.5dB steps).

• REAR (0dB)

Adjust the level of the rear speakers (-6dB to +6dB,

0.5dB steps).

• SUBWOOFER (0dB)

Adjust the level of the subwoofer (-10dB to +6dB, 0.5dB

steps).

pTEST TONE

You can hear the test tone from each speaker in sequence.

• OFF: The test tone is not emitted from speakers.

• ON: During adjustment of “BALANCE” or “LEVEL,” the test tone is emitted from both speakers simultaneously.

Note

While you are playing a disc, you cannot hear the test tone.

Execute the test tone after you stop playback.

To adjust the volume of all the speakers at one time

Use the receiver’s (amplifier’s) volume control.

To return to the default setting

Select the item, then press CLEAR.

Adjusting the speaker volume

1 While you stop playback, select “SPEAKER SETUP” after pressing SET UP.

2 Select “TEST TONE” and set “TEST TONE” to “ON.”

You will hear the test tone from each speaker in sequence.

3 From your listening position, select “BALANCE” or

“LEVEL” and adjust the value of “BALANCE” and

“LEVEL” using >/..

During this adjustment, the test tone is emitted from both speakers simultaneously.

4 Select “TEST TONE” and set “TEST TONE” to “OFF” to turn off the test tone.

Controlling the TV or the AV Receiver (Amplifier) with the

Supplied Remote

If you adjust the remote signal, you can control your TV with the supplied remote. Default setting is to control

Sony TVs with the g mark.

When you connect the player to a Sony AV receiver

(amplifier), you can also set the input of the receiver

(amplifier) to this player with the supplied remote.

TV/DISC BROWSER/

DVD switch

Number buttons

-/--

9 TIME

C D ALL

DVD CD

1/u (POWER)

Manufacturer

Sony (default)

Grundig

Hitachi

Loewe

Nokia

Panasonic

Philips

Saba

Samsung

Sanyo

Sharp

Telefunken

Thomson

Toshiba

Code number

22,23

15,16,69

17,49

06,07,08

12,13

Controlling TVs with the remote

1 Slide the TV/DISC BROWSER/DVD switch to TV.

2 Hold down 1/u (POWER), and enter your TV’s manufacturer’s code (see the table) using the number buttons. Then release 1/u (POWER).

Code numbers of controllable TVs

If more than one code number is listed, try entering them one at a time until you find the one that works with your

TV.

Notes

• If you enter a new code number, the code number previously entered will be erased.

• When you replace the batteries of the remote commander, the code number may reset to 01 (Sony). Reset the appropriate code number.

Controlling the TV or the AV Receiver (Amplifier) with the Supplied Remote

When you set the TV/DISC BROWSER/DVD switch to

TV, you can control your TV using the keys below.

TV/DISC BROWSER/

DVD switch

Number buttons

ENTER

-/--

9 TIME

C D

DVD

ALL

1 /u (POWER)

VOL*

PROG

TV/VIDEO*

WIDE MODE

TV/DVD**

ENTER

By pressing

1 /u (POWER)

TV/VIDEO*

TV/DVD**

VOL*

PROG

WIDE MODE

Number buttons and ENTER

You can

Turn the TV on or off

Select the input source for the TV between the TV and VCR

Select the input source for the TV between the TV and CD/DVD player

Adjust the volume of the TV

Select the program position of the TV

Switch the wide picture on or off

Select the program position of the TV

* You can control the TV regardless of the position of the TV/

DISC BROWSER/DVD switch.

** If you connect the player to the TV via the EURO AV OUT connectors, the input source for the TV is set to the player automatically when you start playback or press any button. In this case , press TV/DVD to return the input to the TV. You can also control the TV regardless of the position of the TV/DISC

BROWSER/DVD switch.

Notes

• Depending on the TV, you may not be able to control your TV or to use some of the buttons above.

• If you use number buttons to select program position of the TV, press ? followed by the number buttons for two-digit numbers.

Controlling an AV receiver (amplifier) with the remote

1 Slide the TV/DISC BROWSER/DVD switch to DVD.

2 Hold down 1/u (POWER), and enter your AV receiver’s manufacturer’s code (see the table below) using the number buttons. Then release

1/u (POWER).

Manufacturer

Sony

Denon

Kenwood

Onkyo

Pioneer

Sunsui

Technics

Yamaha

Code number

91(default), 88,

84, 85, 86

92, 93

81, 82, 83

97, 98

94, 95, 96

Code numbers of controllable receivers

(amplifiers)

If more than one code number is listed, try entering them one at a time until you find the one that works with your receiver (amplifier).

You can also change the sound volume of the AV receiver

(amplifier) using AV VOL.

-/--

TIME

C D

DVD

ALL

AV VOL

Notes

• Depending on the AV receiver (amplifier), you may not be able to control your AV receiver (amplifier).

• You can control the AV receiver (amplifier) regardless of the position of the TV/DISC BROWSER/DVD switch.

Controlling the CD Changer (Mega Control)

You can control a Sony CD changer of 5/50/200/300 discs connected to the MEGA CONTROL jack of the player.

Connecting the CD changer

CONTROL A1 cable

(not supplied)

Do not connect anything to the other CONTROL A1 jack.

Audio cable (not supplied)

Controlling the CD changer

The controls indicated below are effective while the

MEGA CONTROL button is lit.

MEGA CONTROL

Number buttons

-/--

TIME

C D

DVD

ALL

ENTER

=/+

ENTER

?/>/.// p

MEGA

CONTROL

AUDIO

INPUT

AUDIO OUT CONTROL A1

MEGA CONTROL P · p

Sony CD changer (5/

50/200/300 discs)

This player

Click shuttle

= /+ dial

Dial function select button

1 Set the command mode selector of the CD changer to “CD 3.”

2 Turn on the player and the CD changer.

3 Press MEGA CONTROL.

The MEGA CONTROL button of the front panel lights up and the display shows the current disc number of the CD changer.

4 Select the play mode you want on the CD changer.

5 Press · on the player to start playing.

The playback starts and the display shows the current disc and track numbers and the playing time of the track.

While the MEGA CONTROL button of the front panel is lit, you can control the CD changer with the controls on the player as follows:

Controlling the CD Changer (Mega Control)

Select a disc in continuous play mode

Skip by 10 discs in continuous play mode

Stop

Pause

Resume play after pause

Go to the next track

Go back to the preceding track

Operation

Press the number button on the remote and ENTER, or >/. and

ENTER, or turn the click shuttle of the player slowly.

Press the dial function select button to turn the DISC CHANGE indicator on, then turn the =/

+ dial and press it.

Press ?/ / , then press ENTER.

Press p.

Press P.

Press P or ·.

On the player:

Press the dial function select button to turn the DIRECT SEARCH indicator on, then turn the =/

+ dial clockwise.

On the remote:

Press +.

On the player:

Press the dial function select button to turn the DIRECT SEARCH indicator on, then turn the =/

+ dial counterclockwise.

On the remote:

Press =.

To control the player again

Press MEGA CONTROL on the player or the remote.

The MEGA CONTROL button goes off and you can control the player.

Notes

• Connect only a Sony CD changer of 5/50/200/300 discs to the

MEGA CONTROL jack.

• You cannot locate a particular point in a track of the CD changer using the controls on the player.

• Depending on the CD changer, some controls on the player may not operate the CD changer as they do the player.

• You cannot control the player when the MEGA CONTROL button on the front is lit.

• The player will not enter Resume Play after the MEGA

CONTROL button on the front has been turned on and off.

• You cannot control the CD changer right after turning on the player or connecting the CD changer. Wait a few seconds until the player recognizes the CDs.

• You cannot use the Control Menu and Disc Browser when the

MEGA CONTROL button is lit.

Additional

Information

Troubleshooting

If you experience any of the following difficulties while using the player, use this troubleshooting guide to help you remedy the problem. Should any problem persist, consult your nearest Sony dealer.

Power

The power is not turned on.

/ If the indicator above the 1/u (POWER) button is not lit, check that the AC power cord is connected securely.

Picture

There is no picture.

/ Check that the player is connected securely.

/ The video connecting cord is damaged. Replace it with a new one.

/ Make sure you connect the player to the video input connector on the TV (page 8).

/ Make sure you turn on the TV.

/ Make sure you select the video input on the TV so that you can view the pictures from the player.

/ In the setup display, set “EURO AV OUT” in

”CUSTOM SETUP” to the appropriate item conforms to your system (page 62).

The picture noise appears.

/ Clean the disc.

/ If video from your DVD player has to go through your VCR to get to your TV, the copy-protection applied to some DVD programs could affect picture quality. If you still experience problems after checking your connections, please try connecting your DVD player directly to your TV’s

S video input, if your TV is equipped with this input (page 11).

/ The picture noise appears when the player is connected to the TV via the video deck.

Do not connect the player to the video deck.

Connect the player directly to the TV (page 10).

/ In the Control Menu display, set “VIDEO EQ” to

“STANDARD” (page 52).

The aspect ratio of the screen cannot be changed even though you set “TV TYPE” in “SCREEN

SETUP” in the setup display when you play a wide picture.

/ The aspect ratio is fixed on your DVD.

/ If you connect the player with the S video cord, connect directly to the TV. Otherwise, you may not change the aspect ratio.

/ Depending on the TV, you may not change the aspect ratio.

Troubleshooting

The picture is black and white.

/ In the setup display, set “EURO AV OUT” in

”CUSTOM SETUP” to the appropriate item conforms to your TV (page 62).

/ Depending on the TV, the picture on the screen becomes black and white when you play a disc recorded in NTSC color system.

Sound

There is no sound.

/ Check that the player is connected securely.

/ The audio connecting cord is damaged. Replace it with a new one.

/ Make sure you connect the player to the audio input connectors on the receiver (amplifier) (page

11).

/ Make sure you turn on the TV and the receiver

(amplifier).

/ Make sure you select the appropriate position on the receiver (amplifier) so that you can listen to the sound from the player.

/ The player is in pause mode or in Slow-motion

Play mode. Press · to return to normal play mode.

/ Fast forward (1) or 2)) or fast reverse (10 or 2 0) is performed. Press · to return to normal play mode.

/ Check the speaker connections and settings (pages

14, 69). Refer to the operating manual of your receiver (amplifier).

/ When you play the Dolby Digital/MPEG AUDIO sound tracks and attempt to output from the

DIGITAL OUTPUT connectors, set “DIGITAL

OUT” to “ON” in the setup display. Otherwise no sound will come out from the DIGITAL OUTPUT connectors (page 67).

/ When you play the DTS sound tracks, no sound will come out from the LINE OUTPUT (AUDIO) and 5.1CH OUTPUT connectors (page 68).

Sound noise is heard.

/ Clean the disc.

/ When you play the DTS sound tracks on a CD, sound noise will come out from the LINE

OUTPUT (AUDIO) and 5.1CH OUTPUT connectors (page 68).

Sound distortion occurs.

/ In the setup display, set “AUDIO ATT” in “AUDIO

SETUP” to “ON” (page 66).

The sound loses stereo effect when you play a

VIDEO CD or a CD.

/ Set “AUDIO” to “STEREO” in the Control Menu display (page 40).

/ Make sure you connect the player appropriately

(pages 8, 11, 14).

The surround effect is difficult to hear when you are playing a Dolby Digital sound track.

/ Check the speaker connections and settings (pages

14, 69). Refer to the operating manual of your receiver (amplifier).

/ Depending on the DVD, the output signal may not be the entire 5.1 channel but monaural or stereo even if the sound track is recorded in Dolby Digital format.

The sound comes from the center speaker only.

/ Depending on the disc, the sound may come from the center speaker only.

/ Set “VIRTUAL 3D SURROUND“ to “OFF,” “VES

A” or “VES B” in the Control Menu display (page

50).

The sound comes from the front speaker only.

/ You set “VIRTUAL 3D SURROUND“ to “VES A” or “VES B” in the Control Menu display when you have connected the rear speakers (page 50).

Select the other item.

Operation

The remote does not function.

/ Remove any obstacles between the remote and the player.

/ Use the remote near the player.

/ Point the remote at the remote sensor g on the player.

/ Replace all the batteries in the remote with new ones if they are weak.

The disc does not play.

/ There is no disc inside (“Insert disc.” appears on the TV screen).

Insert a disc.

/ Insert the disc correctly with the playback side facing left in the disc slot.

/ Clean the disc.

/ The player cannot play CD-ROMs, etc. (page 5).

Insert a DVD, a VIDEO CD, or CD.

/ Check the region code of the DVD (page 4).

/ Moisture has condensed inside the player. Remove the disc and leave the player turned on for about half an hour (page 6).

/ The selected disc is not included in the current folder.

The player does not play from the beginning when playing a disc.

/ Repeat Play, Shuffle Play or Program Play has been selected. Press CLEAR (pages 45 to 47).

/ Resume Play has been selected.

Press p on the front panel or on the remote before you start playing (page 22).

/ A title menu or a DVD menu automatically appears on the TV screen when you play your

DVD, or a setup display automatically appears on the TV screen when you play your VIDEO CD with PBC functions.

The player starts playing the DVD automatically.

/ The DVD features the auto playback function.

Playback stops automatically.

/ Depending on the disc, the auto pause signal is recorded. While playing such a disc, the player stops playback at the signal.

Stopping playback, Search, Slow-motion Play,

Repeat Play, Shuffle Play or Program Play, etc., cannot be done.

/ Depending on the disc, you may not do some of the operations above.

Messages do not appear on the TV screen in the language you want.

/ In the setup display, select the language for the onscreen display in “OSD” under “LANGUAGE

SETUP” (page 60).

The language for the sound cannot be changed when you play a DVD.

/ Multilingual sound is not recorded on the DVD.

/ Changing the language for the sound is prohibited on the DVD.

The language for the subtitles cannot be changed when you play a DVD.

/ Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on the

DVD.

/ Changing the language for the subtitles is prohibited on the DVD.

The subtitles cannot be turned off when you play a DVD.

/ Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to turn the subtitles off.

The angles cannot be changed when you play a

DVD.

/ Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD.

/ Change the angles when “ANGLE” appears on the front panel display (page 42).

/ Changing the angles is prohibited on the DVD.

The player does not operate properly.

/ Static electricity, etc., may affect the player’s operation.

Disconnect the AC power cord once, then connect it again.

Nothing is displayed on the front panel display.

/ In the setup display, “DIMMER” in “CUSTOM

SETUP” is set to “OFF.”

Set “DIMMER” to “BRIGHT” or “DARK” (page

62).

The sound does not come from the CD changer connected using the CONTROL A1 cable

/ Turn on the player.

/ Press the MEGA CONTROL button on the front panel (page 73).

The numbers or letters of 5 characters are displayed on the front panel display.

/ Self-diagnosis function was activated. See the table on page 78 and treat the player appropriately.

Self-diagnosis function

When the self-diagnosis function works to prevent the player from malfunctioning, a five-character service number (combination of a letter and digits) flashes on the front panel display. In this case, check the following table.

First three characters

C 13

C 31

E xx (xx is any number)

Cause and/or Corrective Action

•The disc is dirty.

/Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth (page 6).

•The disc is not inserted correctly.

/Open the front cover and insert the disc correctly.

•To prevent the player from malfunctioning, the self-diagnosis function has worked.

/When you contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility, give the 5-character service number. (example: E 61 10)

Specifications

CD/DVD player

Laser Semiconductor laser

Signal format system

PAL/(NTSC)

Audio characteristics

Frequency response

DVD (PCM 96 kHz): 2 Hz to 44 kHz

(±1 dB)*

DVD (PCM 48 kHz): 2 Hz to 22 kHz

(±0.5 dB)

CD: 2 Hz to 20 kHz (±0.5 dB)

Signal-to-noise ratio

More than 110 dB (LINE OUTPUT (AUDIO) connectors only)

Harmonic distortion

Dynamic range

Less than 0.0025%

More than 100 dB (DVD)

More than 98 dB (CD)

Wow and flutter

Less than detected value

(±0.001% W PEAK)

Outputs and inputs

Jack type

Output/Input level

Load impedance

LINE OUTPUT

(AUDIO)

Phono jacks

DIGITAL

OUTPUT

(OPTICAL)

2 Vrms

(at 50 kilohms)

Optical output connector

–18 dBm

Over 10 kilohms

Wave length: 660 nm

0.5 Vp-p 75 ohms terminated DIGITAL

OUTPUT

(COAXIAL)

Phono jack

LINE OUTPUT

(VIDEO)

Phono jacks

S VIDEO

OUTPUT

4-pin mini DIN

1.0 Vp-p

Y: 1.0 Vp-p

C: 0.3 Vp-p

(PAL)

0.286 Vp-p

(NTSC)

75 ohms, sync negative

75 ohms terminated

5.1CH

OUTPUT

MEGA

CONTROL

Phono jacks

Mini jack

AUDIO INPUT Phono jack

2 Vrms

(at 50 kilohms)

Over 10 kilohms

–

2 Vrms

–

47 kilohms

General

Power requirements (indicated on the rear panel)

220 – 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Power consumption

20 W

Dimensions (approx.)

430

198

503 mm (w/h/d)

incl. projecting parts

Mass (approx.)

10 kg

Operating temperature

5 ˚C to 35 ˚C

Operating humidity

25 % to 80 %

Supplied accessories

See page 7.

* The signals from LINE OUTPUT (AUDIO) connectors and 5.1 ch L,

R connectors are measured. When you play the PCM sound tracks with 96 kHz sampling frequency, the output signals from the

DIGITAL OUTPUT (OPTICAL, COAXIAL) are converted to 48 kHz (sampling frequency).

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Glossary

Bit rate (page 56)

Value indicating the amount of video data compressed in a DVD per second. The unit is Mbps (Mega bit per second). 1 Mbps indicates that the data per second is

1,000,000 bits. The higher the bit rate is, the larger the amount of data. However, this does not always mean that you can get higher quality pictures.

Chapter (page 5)

Sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD that are smaller than titles. A title is composed of several chapters.

Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling you to locate the chapter you want.

Digital Cinema Sound (DCS) (page 50)

The general name of technology that Sony developed to enjoy the surround sound in a home. To enjoy the surround sound of a movie theater in the comfort of your own home, it simulates the sound not in a concert hall as usual but in a movie editing studio. This player adopts

VES (Virtual Enhanced Surround) system from various

DCS programs. The VES system can create the sound image of virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers.

Dolby Digital (pages 14, 50)

Digital audio compression technology that the Dolby

Laboratories Corporation developed. This technology conforms to 5.1-channel surround sound. The rear channel is stereo and there is discrete subwoofer channel in this format. Dolby Digital provides the same 5.1

discrete channels of high quality digital audio found in

Dolby Digital cinema audio systems. The good channel separation is realized because the all channel data is recorded discrete and processed in digital.

Dolby Pro Logic (pages 50, 67)

Audio signal processing technology that Dolby

Laboratories Corporation developed for surround sound.

When the input signal has the surround component, the

Pro Logic process outputs the front, center and rear signals. The rear channel is monaural.

DTS (pages 5, 12, 68)

Digital audio compression technology that the Digital

Theater Systems, Inc. developed. This technology conforms to 5.1-channel surround. The rear channel is stereo and there is discrete subwoofer channel in this format. DTS provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio. The good channel separation is realized because the all channel data is recorded discrete and processed in digital.

DVD (page 4)

A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictures even though its diameter is the same as a CD.

The data capacity of a single-layer and single-sided DVD, at 4.7 GB (Giga Byte), is 7 times that of a CD.

Furthermore, the data capacity of a dual-layer and singlesided DVD is 8.5 GB, a single-layer and double-sided

DVD 9.4 GB, and a dual-layer and double-sided DVD 17

GB.

The picture data uses the MPEG 2 format, one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology.

The picture data is compressed to about 1/40 of its original size. The DVD also uses the variable rate coding technology that changes the data to be allocated according to the status of the picture.

The audio data is recorded in Dolby Digital as well as in

PCM, allowing you to enjoy more real audio presence.

Furthermore, various advanced functions such as the multi-angle, multilingual, and Parental Control functions are provided with the DVD.

MPEG AUDIO (pages 41, 68)

International standard coding system to compress audio digital signals authorized by ISO/IEC. MPEG 1 conforms to up to 2-channel stereo. MPEG 2 used on DVDs conforms to up to 7.1-channel surround.

Multi-angle function (page 42)

Various angles, or viewpoints of the video camera, for a scene are recorded on some DVDs.

Multilingual function (pages 16, 42, 60)

Several languages for the sound or subtitles in a picture are recorded on some DVDs.

Parental Control (page 63)

A function of the DVD to limit playback of the disc by the age of the users according to the limitation level in each country. The limitation varies from disc to disc; when it is activated, playback is completely prohibited, violent scenes are skipped or replaced with other scenes and so on.

Playback Control (PBC) (page 24)

Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs (Version 2.0) to control playback.

By using menu screens recorded on VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, you can enjoy playing simple interactive programs, programs with search functions, and so on.

Title (page 5)

The longest sections of a picture or a music piece on a

DVD; a movie, etc., for a picture piece on video software; or an album, etc., for a music piece on an audio software.

Each title is assigned a title number enabling you to locate the title you want.

Track (page 5)

Sections of a picture or a music piece on a CD or VIDEO

CD. Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to locate the track you want.

VIDEO CD (page 4)

A compact disc that contains moving pictures.

The picture data uses the MPEG 1 format, one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology.

The picture data is compressed to about 1/140 of its original size. Consequently, a 12 cm VIDEO CD can contain up to 74 minutes of moving pictures.

VIDEO CDs also contain compact audio data. Sounds outside the range of human hearing are compressed while the sounds we can hear are not compressed. VIDEO CDs can hold 6 times the audio information of conventional audio CDs.

There are 2 versions of VIDEO CDs.

• Version 1.1: You can play only moving pictures and sounds.

• Version 2.0: You can play high-resolution still pictures and enjoy PBC functions.

This player conforms to both versions.

Language Code List

1067 Tibetan

1070 Breton

1079 Catalan

1093 Corsican

1097 Czech

1103 Welsh

1105 Danish

1109 German

1130 Bhutani

1142 Greek

1144 English

1145 Esperanto

1149 Spanish

1150 Estonian

1151 Basque

1157 Persian

1165 Finnish

1166 Fiji

1171 Faroese

1174 French

1181 Frisian

1183 Irish

Code Language

1027 Afar

1028 Abkhazian

1032 Afrikaans

1039 Amharic

1044 Arabic

1045 Assamese

1051 Aymara

1052 Azerbaijani

1053 Bashkir

1057 Byelorussian

1059 Bulgarian

1060 Bihari

1061 Bislama

1066 Bengali; Bangla

For details, see pages 42 and 60.

Code Language

1186 Scots Gaelic

1194 Galician

1196 Guarani

1203 Gujarati

1209 Hausa

1217 Hindi

1226 Croatian

1229 Hungarian

1233 Armenian

1235 Interlingua

1239 Interlingue

1245 Inupiak

1248 Indonesian

1253 Icelandic

1254 Italian

1257 Hebrew

1261 Japanese

1269 Yiddish

1283 Javanese

1287 Georgian

1297 Kazakh

1298 Greenlandic

1299 Cambodian

1300 Kannada

1301 Korean

1305 Kashmiri

1307 Kurdish

1311 Kirghiz

1313 Latin

1326 Lingala

1327 Laothian

1332 Lithuanian

1334 Latvian; Lettish

1345 Malagasy

1347 Maori

1349 Macedonian

The language spellings conform to the ISO 639: 1988 (E/F) standard.

Code Language Code Language

1350 Malayalam 1513 Siswati

1352 Mongolian 1514 Sesotho

1353 Moldavian 1515 Sundanese

1356 Marathi 1516 Swedish

1357 Malay 1517 Swahili

1358 Maltese

1363 Burmese

1365 Nauru

1369 Nepali

1376 Dutch

1379 Norwegian

1393 Occitan

1403 (Afan) Oromo

1408 Oriya

1417 Punjabi

1428 Polish

1435 Pashto; Pushto

1436 Portuguese

1463 Quechua

1481 Rhaeto-Romance

1482 Kirundi

1483 Romanian

1489 Russian

1491 Kinyarwanda

1495 Sanskrit

1498 Sindhi

1501 Sangho

1502 Serbo-Croatian

1503 Singhalese

1505 Slovak

1506 Slovenian

1507 Samoan

1508 Shona

1509 Somali

1511 Albanian

1512 Serbian

1521 Tamil

1525 Telugu

1527 Tajik

1528 Thai

1529 Tigrinya

1531 Turkmen

1532 Tagalog

1534 Setswana

1535 Tonga

1538 Turkish

1539 Tsonga

1540 Tatar

1543 Twi

1557 Ukrainian

1564 Urdu

1572 Uzbek

1581 Vietnamese

1587 Volapük

1613 Wolof

1632 Xhosa

1665 Yoruba

1684 Chinese

1697 Zulu

1703 Not specified

Index to Parts and Controls

Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details.

Front Panel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 q; qa qs qd qf qg qh qjqkqlw;wawswdwfwgwhwj wk wl

1 g (remote sensor) (7)

Accepts the remote control signals.

2 1/u (POWER) button and indicator (17)

Turns on and off the power of the player.

3 FOLDER buttons (28, 29)

Selects a disc folder.

4 FILE button (29)

Enters the FILE mode on the

Disc Browser.

5 SORT button (33)

Enters the SORT mode on the

Disc Browser.

6 Disc compartment (17)

Insert discs in the disc slots.

7 MULTICHANNEL indicator

Lights up, for example, when:

– playing back multichannel surround sound such as Dolby

Digital soundtrack and MPEG soundtrack

– the disc is not inserted

8 PROGRAM button (45)

Displays the “PROGRAM” display on the TV screen.

9 REPEAT button (48)

Displays the “REPEAT” display on the TV screen.

!º Front Panel Display (25)

Indicates the playing time, etc.

!¡ ·PLAY button (19)

Plays a disc.

!™ §OPEN button (17)

Opens the front cover.

!£ PPAUSE button (20)

Pauses playing a disc.

!¢ pSTOP button (20, 22)

Stops playing a disc.

!∞ EASY PLAY button/indicator

(17, 20)

Press to play the disc in slot 1 or bring slot 1 to the loading position.

!§ KEYBOARD jack (32)

Connect a keyboard to label the discs.

!¶ EDIT button (30)

Enters the EDIT mode to label the disc on the Disc Browser.

!• LOAD button (27)

Reads the information of the discs loaded in sequence.

!ª SHUFFLE button (47)

Displays the “SHUFFLE” display on the TV screen.

@º TIME button (25)

Displays the playing time of the disc, etc., on the front panel display.

@¡ 1/ALL DISCS button (20)

Selects 1 DISC or ALL DISCS play mode.

e; ea es

@™ CLEAR button (45, 46, 47, 49)

Press to return to the continuous play, etc.

@£ TITLE button (23)

Displays the title menu on the

TV screen.

@¢ DISPLAY button (34)

Displays the Control Menu display on the TV screen to set or adjust the items.

@∞ DVD MENU button (23)

Displays the DVD menu on the

TV screen.

@§ ˆRETURN button (25, 28, 35)

Press to return to the previously selected screen, etc.

Selects and executes the items or settings.

@• Click shuttle (21, 31)

Changes the playback speed, or selects characters.

@ª JOG button/indicator (21)

Press to play a disc frame by frame.

#º =/+ PREV/NEXT DIRECT

SEARCH/DISC CHANGE dial

(17, 20)

When the DIRECT SEARCH indicator is lit, turn to go to the next chapter or track or to go back to the previous chapter or track.

When the DISC CHANGE indicator is lit, turn to rotate the disc slots.

#¡ DIRECT SEARCH indicator/DISC

CHANGE indicator/Dial function select button (17, 20)

Press to select the dial function.

The indicator of the selected function lights up.

#™ MEGA CONTROL button/ indicator (73)

Press to control the connected

CD changer.

Index to Parts and Controls

Rear Panel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

AUDIO

INPUT

5.1CH OUTPUT

FRONT

REAR CENTER

LINE OUTPUT

R – AUDIO – L VIDEO

S VIDEO

OUTPUT

DIGITAL OUTPUT MEGA

OPTICAL COAXIAL

CONTROL

WOOFER

EURO AV 1 (RGB) - TV

PCM/MPEG/DTS/

DOLBY DIGITAL(AC-3) i

EURO AV 2

1 AUDIO INPUT (L, R) connectors

(73)

Connect to the audio output on a Sony CD changer of 5/50/

200/300 discs.

2 5.1CH OUTPUT connectors (15)

Connect to a receiver (amplifier) having 5.1 channel input connectors.

3 LINE OUTPUT (AUDIO) connectors (11)

Connect to the audio input connector on the TV or receiver

(amplifier).

4 LINE OUTPUT (VIDEO) connector (9)

Connects to the video input connector on the TV or monitor.

5 S VIDEO OUTPUT connector

(11)

Connects to the S video input connector on the TV or monitor.

6 DIGITAL OUTPUT (OPTICAL) connector (12)

Connects to an audio component using the optical digital connecting cord.

9 q;

7 DIGITAL OUTPUT (COAXIAL) connector (12)

Connects to an audio component using the coaxial digital connecting cord.

8 MEGA CONTROL connector

(73)

Connects to the control connector on a Sony CD changer of 5/50/200/300 discs.

9 EURO AV 1 (RGB)-TV connector

(8, 62)

Connects to the TV with EURO

AV connector to output the signal from the player. You can select the video signals, the S

VIDEO signals or the RGB signals as output signal format.

Choose the appropriate one

(page 62).

0 EURO AV 2 connector (8)

Connects to the video equipment with EURO AV connector to input the signal from the equipment.

9 q; qa qs

Remote

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

-/--

A B C

TIME

DVD

ALL

CD qd qf qg qh qj qk ql w; wa

1 TV/DISC BROWSER/DVD switch (27, 71)

Selects to control the player, the

Disc Browser or the TV with the remote.

2 MEGA CONTROL button (73)

Press to control the connected

CD changer.

3 Number buttons/ENTER button

Selects and executes the items or settings.

4 CLEAR/? (ten‘s digit) button

(45, 46, 47, 49)

Press to return to the continuous play, etc.

5 PROGRAM button (45)

Displays the “PROGRAM” display on the TV screen.

6 SHUFFLE button (47)

Displays the “SHUFFLE” display on the TV screen.

7 AUDIO/FILE button (29, 40)

Changes the sound while playing a disc (AUDIO).

When 1 is set to DISC

BROWSER, enters the FILE mode (FILE).

8 ANGLE/SORT button (33, 42)

Changes the angles when playing a DVD (ANGLE).

When 1 is set to DISC

BROWSER, enters the SORT mode (SORT).

9 TITLE button (23)

Displays the title menu on the

TV screen.

!º DISPLAY button (34)

Displays the Control Menu display on the TV screen to set or adjust the items.

Selects and executes the items or settings.

!™ Click shuttle (21, 31)

Changes the playback speed, or selects characters

!£ SET UP button (57)

Displays the setup display on the TV screen to set or adjust the items.

!¢ 1/u (POWER) button (17, 71)

Turns on and off the power of the player.

When 1 is set to TV, turns on and off the power of the TV.

!∞ TV operation buttons (72)

Controls TVs.

!§ REPEAT button (48)

Displays the “REPEAT” display on the TV screen.

!¶ SUBTITLE/EDIT button (30, 42)

Displays the SUBTITLE menu in the Control Menu display

(SUBTITLE).

When 1 is set to DISC

BROWSER, enters the EDIT mode to label the disc (EDIT).

!• 1/ALL DISCS/LOAD button (20,

27)

Selects 1 DISC or ALL DISCS play mode (1/ALL DISCS).

When 1 is set to DISC

BROWSER, reads the information of the discs loaded in sequence (LOAD).

!ª DVD MENU button (23)

Displays the DVD menu on the

TV screen.

@º ˆRETURN button (25, 28, 35)

Press to return to the previously selected screen, etc.

@¡ JOG button/indicator (21)

Press to play a disc frame by frame.

Index to Parts and Controls

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4 5 6

7 8 9

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@™ TIME button (25)

When 1 is set to DISC

BROWSER or DVD, displays the playing time of the disc, etc., on the front panel display.

@£ FOLDER buttons (28)

Displays the disc information such as the jacket picture and

Disc Memo in the disc folder.

@¢ BOOKMARK button (55)

Press to set a bookmark.

@∞ PICTURE MEMORY button (62)

Press to store a picture in memory.

@§ =/+PREV/NEXT buttons

(20)

Press to go to the next chapter or track or to go back to the previous chapter or track.

@¶ ·PLAY button (20)

Plays a disc.

@• DISC SKIP +/– button (17, 20)

When 1 is set to DISC

BROWSER or DVD, press to search the discs in the folder.

@ª TV/DVD button (72)

Press to select the input source for the TV between the TV and

CD/DVD player.

#º EASY PLAY button (17, 20)

Press to play the disc in slot 1 or bring slot 1 to the loading position.

#¡ AV VOL (volume) buttons (72)

Controls the volume of AV receivers (amplifiers).

#™ pSTOP button (20, 22)

Stops playing a disc.

#£ PPAUSE button (20)

Pauses playing a disc.

Index

Numerics

4:3 LETTER BOX 61

4:3 PAN SCAN 61

5.1 Channel Surround 14, 50

16:9 61

A-B REPEAT 48

A˜B Repeat 48

ADVANCED 56

Angle 42, 54

ANGLE 42

ANGLE VIEWER 54

AUDIO 40, 60

AUDIO ATT 66

AUDIO DRC 66

AUDIO FILTER 66

AUDIO SETUP 66

AUTO PLAY 62

BACKGROUND 61

BALANCE 70

Batteries 7

BOOKMARK 55

BOOKMARK RESET 63

CD 19

Chapter 5, 37

CHAPTER 37

CHAPTER VIEWER 55

Connecting 8, 11, 14

Continuous play

CD/VIDEO CD 19

DVD 19

Control Menu display 34

CUSTOM SETUP 62

DIGITAL OUT 67

Digital output 12, 67

DIMMER 62

Disc Browser 27

Disc Memo 30

Display

Control Menu display 34

Front panel display 25

Setup display 57

DISTANCE 69

DNR 52

Dolby Digital 14, 50

DTS 68

DVD 19

DVD menu 23, 60

EDIT 30

F, G

Fast Forward 21

Fast Reverse 21

FILE 29

Folder 29

Front panel display 25

Genre 32

I, J

INDEX 37

Handling discs 6

Hi-speed search 21

Hooking up 8, 11, 14

Keyboard 32

LANGUAGE SETUP 60

LETTER BOX 61

LEVEL 70

Locating a specific point 20 by observing the TV screen 21

M, N

Mega Control 73

MPEG 68

On-screen display

Control Menu display 34

Setup display 57

OSD 60

P, Q

PAN SCAN 61

PARENTAL CONTROL 63

PBC functions 24

PBC Playback 24, 80

PLAYBACK MEMORY 63

PRO LOGIC 50

PROGRAM 44

Program Play 44

REPEAT 47

Resume Play 22

S video output 11

Scene 5, 37

SCENE 37

SCREEN SAVER 61

SCREEN SETUP 61

Searching. See Locating.

Setup display 57

SHUFFLE 46

Shuffle Play 46

SIZE 69

Slow-motion Play 21

SPEAKER SETUP 69

Speakers hookup 14 set up 69

STROBE PLAYBACK 54

SUBTITLE 42

TEST TONE 70

TIME/MEMO 38, 39, 40

TIME/TEXT 38, 39, 40

Title 5, 37, 81

TITLE 37

Title menu 23

TITLE VIEWER 55

Track 5, 37, 81

TRACK 37

TRACK SELECTION 66

TRACK VIEWER 55

Troubleshooting 75

TV TYPE 61

Usable discs 4

V, W, X, Y, Z

VES 50

VIDEO CD 19

VIDEO EQ 52

VIRTUAL 3D

SURROUND 50

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