SON&":,

Compact A V

System

Operating Instructions

4_240_154.,3_1)

VIDEO _io_

DA V-C450

@ 2002 Sony Corporation

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WARNING

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

the

To prevent fire do not Cover the ventilation of the apparatus with newspapers, table*cloths, curtains,

etc.

And do not place lighted

candies on the apparatus.

To prevent tlre or shock hazard, do not place objects f_lled with liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus

Do not install the appliance in a

confined space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.

correctly away the battery with general

Don't throw as chemical dispose of g waste.

CLASS 1 L,_eR pROOUGT

LUOKAN 1 LA_RI_rrE

_JISS

1 LASEP*APPARAT

This appliance is classified as a

CLASS I LASER product. This label is located on the rear exterior

The following caution label is located inside the apparatus

For the customers in the

United States

mm_mi

/t_

to aletT the user to the

This symbol is intended presence of unthsulated

"dangerous voltage" within tile product's enclosure that may be of sufl]clent magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock To persons

//_

to aletT the user to the

This symbol is intended presence of important operating and math_enance (servicing) instructions in tile lithrature accompanying the appliance

Owner's Record

The model and serial numbels are

Iocmed _t *he rear of the unit.

Record _e serial number in the space p_vlded below¸ Refer to them whenever you call upon your

Sony dealer regarding this product¸

Model No DAV-C450

Serial No ........................

CAUTION

As the laser beam used in this CD/

DVD player is ham_ foI to eyes, do not attempt to disassemble the cabinet Refer servicing to qttafified pe_.'sonnel only

CAUTION" I/

This label is located protective enclosure housing on the inside the

Laser

WARNING

This eqtdpnlent has been tested and found to comply with tile limits fc,z a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 oftbe FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection _gathst harmfhl interference in a residential installation This equipment genel ates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instluctions, may cause harm fol inthrfErence to radio communications However, there is no guarantee tbat interference will not occur in a particular installation lftbls equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged Totry to con'ect the interfhrence by one or more of the following measures:

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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

Increased_e sepelation between the eqtdpmen[ and receiver

Connect tbe equipmc_lt to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV Technlcian for help.

CAUTION

You are cautioned tbat any cbange or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment

Note on CATV system installer:

This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer's attention to Article 820-40 of the

NEC that provides gthdeiines for proper grounding and, in particuia_ specifies that the cubic ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cubic entry as practical

For the customers in

Canada

CAUTION

TO PREVENT ELECTRIC

SHOCK,

POLARIZED

DO NOT USE THIS

AC PLUG WITH

AN EXTENSION

RECEPTACLE

CORD,

OR OTHER

OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES

CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO

PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE

Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing

this

Sony Compact AV System Before operating this system, please read this nlanuat thoroughly _nd retain it for future reference.

ENERGY STAR _ is a U.S

registered mink.

As an ENERGY STAR palmer,

Sony Cotpovadon has determined that this product mee*s the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

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Precautions

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On safety

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

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

_rther.

On power sources

• The unit is not disconnected fi'om the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the unit itself has been turned of[..

• AC power cord must be changed only at the qualified service shop.

On placement

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

• At high volmne, over long periods of time, the cabinet becomes hot to the touch. This is not a mMthnction.

However, touching the cabinet should be avoided. Do not place the unit in a confined space where ventilation is poor as this may cause overheating.

• Do not block the ventilation slots by putting anything on the system, The system is equipped with a high power amplifier.

If the ventilation slots on the top surfhce are blocked, the unit can overhea_ and malfunction.

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

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

On operation

• If the system 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 system. Should this occur, the system may not operate properly. In this case, remove the disc and leave the system turned on tbr about half an hour until the moisture evaporates.

• When you lnove the system, take out any discs.

If you don't, the disc may be damaged.

• For power saving purposes, the system can be completely turned off by the POWER switch on the main unit. Though the LED remains lit tbr a while, the system is completely off\

On adjusting volume

Do not turn up the volume while listening to a section with very low level inputs or no audio signals. If you do, the speakers lllay be damaged when a peak level section 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 system, please consult your nearest Sony dealer.

On cleaning discs

Do not use a commercially available CD/DVD cleaning disc. It may cause a malfunction.

On yourTV's color

If the speakers cause the TV screen to have color irregularity, turn offthe TV at once then turn it on alter 15 to 30 minutes.

If color irregularity persists, place the speakers farther away from the set.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Caution: This system is capable of holding a still video image or on-screen display image on your television screen indefinitely, lfyou leave the still video image or on-screen display image displayed on your TV ff)r an extended period of time you risk pem_mlent damage to your television screen. Projection televisions are especially susceptible to this.

Table of Contents

WARNING ..........................................................................................................

Welcome! ...........................................................................................................

Precautions ........................................................................................................

About this Manual ..............................................................................................

This system Can Play the Following Discs ........................................................

Notes about the Discs ........................................................................................

Note on DVD 5-disc changer with EXCHANGE mechanism ...........................

10

Index to Parts and Controls .............................................................................

11

Guide to the Control Menu Display (Magic Pad) ..............................................

7

9

15

2

3

4

7

Getting Started ................................................................

Quick Overview ................................................................................................

Unpacking ........................................................................................................

inserting Batteries into the Remote .................................................................

Step 1: Speaker System Hookup .....................................................................

Step 2: Antenna Hookups ................................................................................

Step 3: TV and Video Component Hookups ....................................................

Speaker Setup .................................................................................................

Presetting Radio Stations ................................................................................

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17

17

18

18

21

23

25

30

Playing Discs ..................................................................

32

Playing Discs ...................................................................................................

Resuming Playback from the Point Where You Stopped the Disc

(Resume Play) ...........................................................................................

Using the DVD's Menu .....................................................................................

32

34

35

Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Functions (PBC Playback) ..............................

36

Selecting the Disc Mode (One Disc or All Discs) .............................................

37

Creating Your Own Program (Program Play) ...................................................

Playing in random order (Shuffle Play) ............................................................

Playing repeatedly (Repeat Play) ....................................................................

37

39

40

Searching for a Scene .......................................................

41

Searching for a Particular Point on a Disc (Scan, Slow-motion Play) .............. 41

Searching for a Title/Chapter/Track/Index/Scene .............................................

42

Viewing Information About the Disc .......................................

44

Viewing the Playing Time and Remaining Time on the Front Panel Display....

44

Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time ............................................

45

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Sound Adjustments ...........................................................

Changing the Sound ........................................................................................

Automatically decoding the input audio signal

(AUTO FORMAT DECODING) ...................................................................

Enjoying Surround Sound ................................................................................

Using only the front speakers (2CH STEREO) ................................................

Adjusting the level parameters .........................................................................

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47

49

49

53

53

Enjoying Movies ..............................................................

Changing the Angles .......................................................................................

Displaying the Subtitles ...................................................................................

Checking the Play Information (ADVANCED) ..................................................

54

54

55

56

Using Various Additional Functions .......................................

57

Locking Discs (CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL) ,,, 57

Other Operations .............................................................

Controlling the TV with the Supplied Remote ..................................................

Using a Video or other Unit ..............................................................................

Listening to the Radio ......................................................................................

Naming Preset Stations ...................................................................................

62

62

63

63

64

Settings and Adjustments ...................................................

66

Using the Setup Display ..................................................................................

66

Setting the Display or Sound Track Language (LANGUAGE SETUP) ............. 67

Settings for the Display (SCREEN SETUP) .....................................................

68

Custom Settings (CUSTOM SETUP) ...............................................................

Settings for the Speakers (SPEAKER SETUP) ...............................................

69

70

Additional Information .......................................................

74

Troubleshooting ...............................................................................................

74

Self-diagnosis Function (When letters/numbers appear in the display) ........... 77

Glossary ..........................................................................................................

77

Specifications ...................................................................................................

Language Code List .........................................................................................

80

82

DVD Setup Menu List ......................................................................................

Index ................................................................................................................

83

84

Quick reference for Remote Commander ...........................................

Back cover

About this Manual

• The instructions in this manual describe the controls on the remote. You can also use the controls on the system if they have the same or similar names as those on the remote.

• The icons used in this manual are explained below:

Icon

O

Meaning

Functions

Icon

available in _

DVD video mode

Functions available in

VIDEO

CD mode

"Q"

Meaning

Functions available in

Super Audio

CD and Audio

CD mode

Functions available in

CD mode

More convenient features

• In this manual, the European model is used for illustration and on-screen display

(OSD) purposes.

This system Can Play the

Following Discs

Format of discs

DVD VIDEO

VIDEO

Super Audio CD

S_cR_J.E)IO

CD

VIDEO CD i-d]_]O_l_

• Title

The longest section of a picture o1"music feature on DVD, music, etc., in video software, or an entire album in audio softwm_.

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 pictm_ or a music piece on a

VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD, or CD.

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

• Index

(Super Audio CD, CD)

/Video

Index (VIDEO CD)

A munber that divides a track into sections to easily locate the point you want on a

VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD, or CD.

Depending on the disc, no indexes may be recorded.

• Scene

On a VIDEO CD with PBC functions

(page 36), the menu screens, moving pictures and still pictm_s are divided into sections called "scenes." Each scene is assigned a scene number enabling you to locate the scene you want.

structure

DVD

f_ie

Title

VIDEO CD, ,.

Super

r'_

or CD structure

_

Index

_

Disc

Disc

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Music CD [_] _ml_

OlII'?AL

ALIDIO

The "DVD VIDEO" logo is a trademark.

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Note on PBC (Playback Control)

(VIDEO CDs)

This system confolTns to Vel_ 1. I and Ve_

2.0 of VIDEO CD standards. You can enjoy two kinds of playback depending on the disc type.

Disc type

VIDEO CDs without PBC thnctions

(Ver. 1.1 discs)

VIDEO CDs with PBC thnctions

(Ver. 2.0 discs)

YOU car

Enjoy video playback

(nmving 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 die disc.

The system cannot play the following discs:

• CD*ROMs (PHOTO CDs included)

• All CD*Rs other than music and VCD formatted CD-Rs

• Data part of CD-Extras

• DVD-ROMs

• DVD Audio discs

• A DVD with a different region code (page

8, 78).

• A disc that has a non*standard card, heart) shape (e.g.,

• A disc with paper o1"stickers on it.

• A disc that has adhesive, cellophane tape, or a sticker still left on it.

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Some CD-Rs or CD-RWs cmmot be played on this system depending upon the recording quality or physical condition of the disc, or the characlerlstics of the recording device.

Furthermore, the disc will noi play if it has not been correctly finalized. For more intbrmotion, see the operating instructions tbr the recording device.

Your system has a region code printed on the back of the unit and will only play

DVDs labeled with the same region code.

DVDs labeled [] will also play on this system.

if you try to play any other DVD, the message "Playback prohibited by area limitations" will appear on the TV screen.

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

Some playback operations of DVDs and

VIDEO CDs may be intentionally set by software producers. Since this system 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.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents, 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 othelavise authorized by

Macrovision Corporation.

Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

This system incorporates Dolby* Digital,

Pro Logic Surround, and the DTS** Digital

Surround System.

*Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories

"Dolby', "Pro Logic", and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dotby bboratories

**Manufactured under license fi'om Digital Theater

Systems, Inc. "DTS" and 'DTS Digital Surround" are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

Notes about the Discs

On handling discs

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

• Do not stick paper or tape on the disk.

• 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 the temperature inside the car.

may rise considerably

• 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, thinnel; commercially available cleaners, or anti-static spray intended for vinyl LPs.

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Note on DVD 5-disc changer with EXCHANGE mechanism

You can change other discs while playing a disc (EXCHANGE mechanism).

Disc changer system

Stocker

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Playing unit

The disc changer consists of a playing unit, trays which hold the discs, and a stocker which transports the discs on their trays to the disc slot and the playing unit.

For example, if you p_ss DISC 3, the stocker moves until the DISC 3 tray comes to the position of the playing unit and then moves the DISC 3 tray over the playing unit. if you p_ss _ of DISC 4 while playing DISC 3, the stocker leaves the DISC 3 tr_y over the playing unit, moves so that the DISC 4 tr_y reaches to the position of the disc covel, opens the disc cover and pushes out the DISC 4 tray (EXCHANGE mechanism).

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Noise m_y come from tile disc changer when changing discs or turning the system on and off_

However, this is jusl noise produced by the operolion of the internal mechanisms and does not indicate a malfhnction.

Index to Parts and Controls

For more infomlation, refer to the pages indicated in parentheses.

[] POWER switch/indicator (32)

[] DISC I _lay) / _ (openiclose)-DiSC 5

(play) / _ (open/close) (32)

[] Front panel display (12)

[] I<1._/1_1 PREV/NEXT, PRESET +/-

(30,33)

[]

[2> (play) (32)

[] II (pause) (33)

[] • (stop) (33)

[] PHONES jack (32)

[] VOLUME control (32)

[] SOUND FIELD +/.- (49)

[] DISPLAY (49, 64)

[] BAND (30)

[] FUNCTION (63)

[] [] (remote sensor) (18)

[] Disc tray (32)

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When playing back a DVD

Disc mode

Playing Current title status number Current chapter number

Current sound

_J_LIDJSCS TITLE

PR_ _U_ ..,

,

I DrlDIGITAL

;_

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CHAPTER ml m i 2 2.:30

REPEAT I

Current surround format

Lights Up when you can change the angle

Playing time

When playing back a Super Audio CD, CD, or VIDEO CD

Disc mode i_0!i

Current index number

Current track (The index indicator does not number appear during Super Audio CD ptaybacA.) iNDEX

TRACK

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"""

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Hm i

S

Current play mode

Current sound

REPOT

PROGRAM

SHUFFLE I

Lights

up during

PBC playback

(VIDEO CD only)

Playing status

When listening

to the radio

Preset number

Playing time Current play mode

.............

" ."..

J

Monaural/Stereo effect r

"

TUNED

.........

" ".."

MONO ST

...........

".." ".." MHzi

Current band Current station

]

[]

®

[] AM antenna (21)

[] AUDIO I jacks (23)

[] AUDIO 2jacks (23)

[] DIGITAL IN (OPTICAL) jack (24)

[] MONITOR OUT (VIDEO/S VIDEO jacks (23)

[] COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (23)

[] SPEAKER jacks (19)

[] FM 75_-_ COAXIAL antenna jack (21)

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[] TV |/(_) (on/standby)

[] _ OPEN/CLOSE

[] NAME (65)

(32)

(62)

[] STEREO/MONO

[] MEMORY (30)

[] CLEAR (39)

(64)

[] PLAY MODE (39)

[] AUDIO (47)

[] ANGLE (54)

[] SUBTITLE (55)

[] VOL +/- (62)

[] 14_/I_H, PREV/NEXT,

PRESET +/- (30, 33)

TV CH +/-,

[] IS>- PLAY/SELECT (32)

[] DVD TOP MENU (35)

[] DVD DISPLAY (15)

[] ÷/'I'/4,/+/ENTER (26)

[] DVD SETUP (59)

[] (_) (standby) (32)

[] DISC SKIP (32)

[] TV/VIDEO (62)

[] REPEAT (39)

[] MUTING (33)

[] TIME (44)

[] FUNCTION (63)

[] BAND (30)

[] Number buttons (35)

[] SOUND FIELD (49)

[] DISPLAY (49, 64)

[] ENTER (62)

[] COMMAND

(62)

MODE DVD/TV switch

[]

.,9.,9/1t,._,

_1/1_ SLOW, TUNING +/-

(30,41)

[] • STOP (33)

[] || PAUSE (33)

[] DVD MENU (35)

[] d% RETURN (36)

[] AMP MENU (26)

Use the Control Menu to select a function that you'd like to use. The Control Menu display appears when the DVD DISPLAY button is pressed.

For details, refer to the page in parentheses,

Total number of titles or tracks recorded

Current playing title number (

CD/Super Audio CD/CD: track number

Curren playing chapter number (VIDEO CD/Super

Audio CD/CD: index number)

Playing time icon of selected

Control Menu item

Control Menu items

Total number of chapters or indexes recorded

Playback status

(ll_*-Playback, IlPause, mStop, etc.)

Type of the disc being played back

Current setting

Options

Function name of selected

Control Menu item

Operation message

List of Control Menu items

SCENE (only VIDEO CD in PBC

playback) (page 42)/TRACK (VIDEO CD

only) (page 42)

Selects the title (DVD), the scene (VIDEO

CD in PBC playback), or the track

(VIDEO CD) to be played.

42)/INDEX (VIDEO CD only) (page 42)

_:_; _ TRACK (Super Audio CD/CD

only)(page 42)

only) (page 42)

2_i_;i!it

AUD 0 (page 47)

Selects the chapter (DVD) or the index

(VIDEO CD) to be played.

Selects the track (Super Audio CD/CD) to be played.

Selects the index (Super Audio CD/CD) to be played.

Checks the elapsed time and the remaining playback time.

Inputs the time code for picture and music searching.

Displays the DVD or the Super Audio CD/

CD text.

Changes the audio setting.

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55)

_:_

SUBTITLE (DVD only) (page

_ ANGLE (DVD only) (page 54)

(page 56)

Displays the subtitles.

Changes the subtitle language.

Changes the angle.

Selects play mode on one disc or all discs.

Plays the enti_ disc (all titles/all tracks) repeatedly, or one title/chaptefftrack repeatedly.

Checks the information (hit rate or layer) on the disc while playing a DVD.

Sets the disc to prohibit playing.

CONTROL (page 57)

CUSTOM Setup

By using the Setup Display, you can make various adjustments to items such as picture and sound. Yot_ can also set a language for the subtitles and the Setup

Display, among other things.

RESET

Returns the settings in "SETUP" to the default setting.

"_" Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the Control Menu display ehange_ as follows:

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ADVANCED display (Appears if you select any setting other than "OFF." See page 56.)

I Control Menu display

Control Menu display off

The Conlrol Menu items are different depending on the disc.

"_" The Control Menu icon indicalor lights up in green _ _ _ when you select "REPEAT" unless you set the REPEAT PLAY setting to "OFK" The '%NGLE" indicator lights up in green only when the angles can be changed.

Quick Overview

This chapter presents a quick overview so you can begin enjoying your new system right away.

For selecting a language used in the on-screen display, refer to page 67.

For selecting the aspect ratio of the TV to be connected, refer to page 68.

Unpacking

Check that yot_ have the following items:

Speakers (5)

Subwoofer (1)

AM loop antenna (I)

FM wire antenna (1)

Speaker cords (5 m x 4, 15 m x 2) (16 ft. x 4, 49 ft. x 2)

Video cord (i)

Remote Commander 0_mote) RM-SS450 (1)

R6 (size AA) batteries (2)

Foot pads (24)

Speakers-connection and installation (card) (I)

Inserting Batteries into the Remote

You can control the system using the supplied remote, insert two R6 (size AA) batteries by matching the _ _nd O ends on the batteries to the markings inside the compartment. When using the remote, point it at the remote sensor [] on the system.

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

• Do not use a new battery with an old one.

• Do not drop any _relgn object into the remote caslag, particularly when replacing the batteries.

• Do not expose the _rnote ._ensor to di_ct light from the sun or lighting apparatus.

Doing so may cause a rnal_nction.

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

Step 1: SpeakerSystemHookup

Connect the supplied speaker system using the supplied speaker cords by matching the colors of the terminals to those of the cords. Do not connect any speakers other than those supplied with this system.

"lb obtain the best possible surround sound, specify the speaker parameters (distance, level, etc.) on page 26.

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Speaker cords

The connector _nd the color tube of the speaker cords are the same color as the label of the terminals to be connected.

Gray

(-)

Color tube

Black

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Short-circuiting precautions of the speakers may damage the system.

To prevent this, he sure to follow these when connecting the speake_.

Make sure the bare wire of each speaker cord does not touch another speaker terminal or the bare wire of another speaker cord.

Examples of poor conditions of the speaker cord

Stripped speaker cord is touching another speaker terminal.

Stripped cords are touching each other due to excessive removal of insulation.

After connecting all the components, speakers, and AC power cord, output a test tone to check that all the speakers are connected correctly.

For details on outputting a test tone, see page 28.

if no sound is heard fi'om a speaker while outputting a test tone, or a test tone is output fi'om a speaker other than the one currently displayed on the front panel display, the speaker may be short-circuited.

If this happens, check the speaker connection again.

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• Be sure to match the speaker cord to the appropriate terminal on tile components: @ to @, and @ to @. If tile cords are reversed, the soul_d will be distorted and will lack bass.

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on the speakers.

Step 2: Antenna Hookups

Connect the supplied AM/FM antennas to listen to the radio.

Connect the

AM loop antenna

FM wire antenna

To the

AM temlinMs

FM 75f_ COAXIAL terlninal m

• To prevent noise pickup, keep the AM loop antenna away from the system and other components.

• Be sure to Jhlly extend the FM wire m_tenna.

• Af}er connecting the FM wire antenna, keep it as horizontal as possible.

• When you connect the supplied AM loop m_tenna, connect the black cord (B) to the t_ terminal, and the white cord (A) to the other terminal.

(Only Ibr US models.)

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"_"If you have poor FM reception

Use a 75-ohms coaxial cane (no1 supplied) to connect the system to an outdoor FM antem_a as shown below.

To ground m

If you connect the syslem to an outdoor antmma, ground it to protect against lightning.

To prevent a gas explosion, do not connect the ground wire to a gas pipe.

Step 3: TV and Video Component Hookups

Video cord for connecting

Yellow @

aTV monitor

_ Yellow

Audio cords (not supplied)

When connecting a cord, be sure to match the color-coded pins to the appropriate jacks on the components.

White (L/audio)

Red (R/audio)

_

_ _

White (L/audio)

Red (N/audio)

Connect

a

TV monitor

VCR

Digitat satellite receiver

To the

MONITOR OUT jack

AUDIO I jacks

AUDIO 2.iacks

"_° When

using the S-VIDEO jack instead of the VIDEO jack

Your TV monitor must also he connected via an S-VIDEO jack.

S-video signals are on a separate bus from the video signals and will not be output through the video jacks.

"_÷ When

you are connecting the monitor, projector,

or AV amplifier

(receiver) having component video input jacks (Y, PB, CB, PR,CR)

Connect the component via _l_e COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks using a component video cord (not supplied) or three video cords (not supplied) ofdle same kind and lengdl.

You will enjoy accurate color reproduction and high qualily images.

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• When you select AUD]O 1 using the FUNCTION button, the signal is output from the front L/R speakers, but not from the AUDIO I OUT L/R jacks.

• When you use the AUDIO 1 line outputs, please set the system to 2CIt STEREO mode.

If the system is not in

2CIt STEREO mode, the line outputs may not timction properly.

con_nued,

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IN

VCR Digital satellite receiver TV monitor Equipment with component video input jacks

If you

connect a digital satellite receiver with

the OPTICAL jack

The digital satellite _ceiver can be connected to the OPTICAL jack instead of the AUDIO IN

L/R jacks of the system.

The system can accept both digital and analog signals.

Digital signals have priority over analog signals, if the digital signal ceases, the analog signal will be processed after 2 seconds.

If you connect a digital satellite receiver without the OPTICAL jack

Connect the digital satellite receiver to the AUDIO IN L/R jacks of the system.

Setup is necessary for the system, depending on the TV monitor to be connected.

The initial setting for Asian models is NTSC but the Australian model is PAL.

If the color system

of the "IV is PAL*

To set the system to PAL, turn on the system by pressing (D on the remote while p_ssing II on the system. You need to hold II until DAV-C450 appears on the display. To reset to NTSC, turn offthe system and then turn on again using the remote while pressing II on the system.

* If the color system of the TV is NTSC, do the same operation above to set the system to

NTSC.

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Before connecting the AC power cord of this system to a wall outlet, connect the speakers to the system (see page 18).

Connect the AC power cord of your TV/video components to a wall outlet.

SpeakerSetup

For the best possible surround sound, all the speakers other than the subwoofer should be the same distance from the listening position (t_).

However, this system allows you to place the center speaker up to 1.6 meters (5.0 ft) closer (0) and the rear speakers up to 4.6 meters (15.0

It) closer (0) to the listening position.

The front speakers can be placed from 1.0 to 15.0 meters (3.0 to 50.0 It) (t_) from the listening position.

You can place the rear speakers either behind you or to the side, depending on the shape of your room, etc.

When the rear speakers are placed to the side When the rear speakers are placed behind you m

Do not place the center and rear speakers Ihr ther a_ay from the listening position than the front speakers.

About magnetically the TV screen) shielded speaker (to prevent color irregularity occurring on

The subwoofer in this system is magnetically shielded to prevent magnetic leakage.

However, some leakage may occm; as a high*stl_ngth magnet is employed.

If the subwoofer is used with a CRT-based TV or projectol, install the subwoofer at least 0.3 meters (I.0

It) from the TV set, etc. if it is installed too close, color irregularity may occur on the screen.

If color irregularity

occurs,..

Turn off" the TV set once, then turn it on after 15 to 30 minutes.

If color irregularity occurs again..,

Place the subwoofer farther

away

from the TV set.

If color irregularity still occurs after performing

Examples of possible sources of magnetic etc., healthcare devices, toys, etc.

interference the above,..

Make sure that no magnetic object is nearby the svbwoofel: Color irregularity may occur

as a

result of interaction between the svbwoofar and the magnetic object.

include: magnetic latches on a TV stand,

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

You may adjust the speaker parameters using SPEAKER SETUP in the setup display (page 70).

÷I'I'I4,1_IENTER .....

To specify the size, distance, position and height of the speakers

1

Press AMP MENU repeatedly to display J_ SF_ SETUP on the front panel display.

2

Sit in your listening position and select the item to be set using "lV,k.

• items set in J_ SR SETUP

- Size of the rear and center speakers

- Distance of the front, rear, and center speakers

- Position and height of the rear speakers

3

Set the parameter using

('-/-).

The selected parameter will appear on the front panel display.

4

Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to set other parameters in _ SR SETUR

If you do not operate the remote for a few seconds, the parameter turns offand is stored in the system.

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When you do not connect center or l_ar speakers, o1"move the rear speakers, set the parameters for CENTER and REAR.

Since the front speaker and subwoofer settings are fixed, you cannot change them. The default settings are underlined.

• CENTER (center speaker)

-YES: Normally select this.

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-NO: Select this if no center speaker is used.

• REAR (rear speakers)

-YES: Normally select this. Specify the position and height to implement the Digital Cinema

Surround modes in the "Virtual" sound field (page 51) properly.

-NO: Select this if no rear speakers are used.

==DISTANCE

Yot_ can va_ the distance of each speaker as follows.

The default settings are underlined.

• E D, 5.0 meters (17 ft) (front speakers distance)

Front speaker distance can be set in 0.2 meters (1.0 ft) steps from 1.0 to 15.0 meters (3.0 to

50.0 it),

• C. D. 5.0 meters ( 17 It) (canter speaker distance)

Center speaker distance can be set in 0.2 meters (I.0

ft) steps from the front speaker distance to 1.6 meters (5.0 ft) closer to your listening position.

• R. D. 3.4 meters (12 It) (rear speakers distance)

Rear speaker distance can be set in 0.2 meters (1,0 ft) steps from a distance equal to the front speaker distance to a distance 4.6 meters (15.0

It) closer to your listening position.

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• If each of the I)ont or rear speakers are not placed an equal distance from your lislening position, set the distance of the closest speaker.

• II1SPEAKER SETUP, gle North American model's OSD displays bed1 metric and imperial measurements. The other models display meirlc measurements only. The manual shows botll.

Specifying the rear speaker position and height

If yott select anything other than "NO" in "REAR;' specify the position and height of the rear speakers.

The default settings are underlined.

Position diagram

• R. R BEHIND

Select this if the rear speakers are located in section O.

• R. R SIDE

Select this if the rear speakers are located in section t_.

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• R. H. LOW

Select this if the rear speakers are located in section O.

• R. H_ HIGH

Select this if the rear speakers are located in section O.

These parameters are not available when "REAR" is set to "NO."

To specify the balance and level of the

speakers

1 Press AMP MENU repeatedly to display _ LEVEL on the front panel display.

2

Use 1"/4, to select T.TONE

and use ("/") to set T.TONE

to ON.

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

3

Sitinyourlisteningpositionandselec_.theitemtobeadjustedusing't'/4

• items adjusted in ) LEVEL

-Balance of the front and lear speakers

- Volume level of the center and rear speakers and subwoofer

".

4

Adjust the volume level so that the volume of the test tone from each speaker sounds the same using (-/-)_

The adjusted value will appear on the front panel display.

5

Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to adjust other parametel_ in _ LEVEL.

If you do not operate the remote for a few seconds, the value disappears from the display and is stored in the system.

6

Use 1"/,I, to select "ETONE and use ÷/--) to set T.TONE

to OFE mBALANCE

You can vary the balance of each speaker as follows.

The detZault settings are underlined.

• F......

1 ..... center (fi'ont speakers)

Adjust the balance between the front left and right speakers (You can adjust from centel,

6 steps left or right).

• R ......

1 center 0_ar speakers)

Adjust the balance between the rear left and right speakers (You can adjust from center,

6 steps left or right).

• S. W. LEV, 0 dB (subwooter level)

Adjust the level of the subwoofer (You can adjust from --6 dB to +6 dB in I dB steps).

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• When you select all item, the SOUlld cuts off |or a moment.

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

To adjust the volume of all the speakers at once

Use the VOLUME control on the system.

Other AMP MENU settings

You can control the brightness of the front panel display, clear the preset stations and the station names, and set the speaker parameters back to the deP_ult setting.

Press AMP MENU repeatedly to display 3 CUSTOMIZE.

Use "1"/4,to select the following items.

==DIMMER

You can change the brightness of the fi'ont panel display by two ways.

Use <--/-) to adjust the settings.

==MEMO.

CLR.

• N (No): Skip back to previous menu.

• Y (Yes): if you select Y by pl_ssing ENTER, "Really?

N" and "Really?

Y" appear.

If you select "Really?

Y" by pl_ssing ENTER, "ALL CLEAR!" is displayed and all settings such as preset stations and station names will be cleared, and speaker parameters will be reset to their default settings.

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Presetting Radio Stations

You can preset 20 stations for FM and l 0 stations for AM.

Before tuning, make sure to turn down the volume to minimum.

MEMORY ......

_ _taLJ _

PRESET +/ .......

[] PressBANDrepeatedly until the band youwant appearson the front panel

display.

Every time you press BAND, the band changes to AM o1" FM alternately.

[]

Press and hold TUNING + or - until the frequency indication starts to change, then release.

Scanning stops when the system tunes in a station. "TUNED" and "ST" (for stereo program) appear on the front panel display.

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[]

Press MEMORY.

A preset number appears on the front panel display.

'°a'° 91.

40

[] PressPRESET+ or - to select the preset numberyouwant.

__ Q -I

I .

.4 N

i

_1

[]

PressENTER.

The station is stored.

[ 00MP'ETE]

7 ": 1.40

ST

....

]

[] Repeat [] to []

to store other stations.

To tune in a station with a weak signal

Press TUNING + orrepeatedly in [] to tune in the station manually.

To change the preset number

Start over from [_].

To change the AM tuning interval

The AM tuning interval is factory set to 9 kHz (10 kHz ill some alias).

'Ib change the AM tuning inte_wal, tune in any AM station first, then turn offthe system by pressing (D on the remote.

While holding down • (on the system), turn on the power using the remote.

When you change the interval, AM preset stations will be erased.

To reset the interval, repeat the same procedure.

PlayingDiscs

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4

Press _" of DISC 1-DISC 5 on the

systemor _--on the remote, and

place a disc on the disc tray.

The system automaticany turns on and the POWER indicator turns of[_ Depending oll the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operations may be different or restricted.

Refer to the operating instructions supplied with your disc.

POWER DISC1/Z_-DISC5/_ _ •

OPEN/

Adjust the volume Connect headphones

DISC SKIP

With the playback side facing down

Press _ of the same disc tray number to close the disc tray.

Press other z_ of DISC I-DISC 5 to place other discs.

5 Press

12:>.

The system starts playback

(continuous play) of the disc whose disc tray indicator is green.

To playback other discs, press DISC

SKIP on the remote or DISC 1-DISC 5 oll the system.

Adjust the volume on the system.

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1

Turnon yourTV.

2 Switchthe input selectoron the TV to this system.

3

PressPOWERon the system.

The system enters standby mode and the POWER indicator lights up in red.

After

following

Step 5

Depending on the disc, a menu may appear on the TV screen.

You can play the disc interactively by following the instrttctions on the menu.

DVD (page 35), VIDEO CD

(page 36).

To turn on the system

Press POWER on the system.

The system enters standby mode and the POWER indicator lights up in red. Press (_) on the remote.

The system turns on and the

POWER indicator turns of[] in standby mode, you can also turn on the system by pressing z_ on the system or by pressing

[2>.

To turn off the system

Press (_) on the remote.

The system enters standby mode and the POWER indicator lights up in led. 'rb turn offthe system completely, press POWER on the system.

While playing a disc, do not tm_ offthe system by pressing POWER.

Doing so may cancel the menu settings.

When you turn off the system, first press • to stop playback and then press (_ on the remote.

"_÷ On Auto-Function

Ira disc is already placed on any disc tray, you can play it back simply by pressing _ or its corresponding DISC 1-DISC 5, even if the previous music source was not a DVD.

The function changes to DVD and playback starts (Auto-Function).

However, if Program Play is on, you can only start playback by pressing 12:>.

"_° On the disc tray indicators

The disc tray indicators change their colors as

I_)llows: green: the disc tray is chosml, or the disc is being played back.

off': there is no disc.

orange: a disc is placed on the disc tray, however, the disc tray is not chosen.

OPEN/

CLOSE A

DISC SKIP

TO

Stop

Pause

Resume play aider pause

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

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

Stop play and remove the disc

Mute lhe sound

Operation

Press m.

Press ||.

Press || or I2>.

Press IM_t.

Press I_1_1.

Press _.

Change a disc while playing another disc

Press MUTING.

To cancel muting, press it again or turn up the volume.

Press DISC SKIR

"O

O

• Do not push tile disc tray when closing it. Press A to close the disc tray.

• If there is no disc in any disc tray, "NO DISC" appears on the front panel display.

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ResumingPlaybackfrom the PointWhereYou

Stoppedthe Disc

(Resume

Play)

_00

When you stop the disc, the system remembers the point where you p_essed

•

and "RESUME" appears on the front panel display.

As long as you do not open the disc tray, Resume Play will work even if the system enters standby mode by pressing _).

"_" 3b play from the beginning of the disc, press • twice, then press I2:>.

• Depending on where you stopped the disc, the system may not resume playback from exactly the same point.

• The point where you stopped playing is cleared

M_en: you turn the power off by pressing POWER on the system.

you change the play illode.

_> ............... ,_,

:_Niiii:iii_!i!il

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1 While playing a disc, press

•

to

stop playback.

"RESUME" appears on the front panel display, so you can restart the disc from the point where you stopped the disc.

if "RESUME" does not appear,

Resume Play is not available.

2

Press

[=>.

The system starts playback from the point where you stopped the disc in

Step 1.

Using the DVD's Menu

A DVD is divided imo long sections of a pictm_ or a music featm_ called "titles"

When you play a DVD which contains several titles, you can select the title you want using the DVD TOP MENU button.

When you play DVDs that allow you to select items such as the language for the subtitles and the language for the sound, select these items using the DVD MENU botton.

"_ You can also display the disc's menu by pressing

DVD TOP MENU or DVD MENU on the player.

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_q

Number iiiiiii:i..........

!ioi

..... ii!ii_, i#ii

buttons i@iii!iiiiiii:i !ii

ii! ! !i!iii!i i iiiiNiiiiii

ovo,oP iiiii_Ni!i:

MENU ......

i!iiii?i!i

......

1

PressDVD TOPMENU or DVD

MENU.

The disc's menu appears on the TV screen.

The contents of the menu vmy from disc to disc.

2

Press÷1"1"1,1,1->

buttonsto select the item you

want to play or change.

3

PressENTER.

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Playing VIDEOCDswith

PBC Functions (pscPlayback)

To

go back to the menu

Press d% RETURN.

With PBC (Pl_yback Control) functions, you can enjoy simple interactive operations, search functions, and other such operations.

PBC Playback allows you to play VIDEO

CDs interactively by following the menu on the TV screen.

"_" To play without using PBC, press I,_1/IHH or

the number buttons while the system is stopped to select a track, then press [12> or ENTER.

"Ploy without PBC" appears on the TV screen and the system starts continuous play. You cannot play siill pictures such as a menu. To return to PBC

Playback, press • twice, then press t2:>.

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Depending on the VIDEO CD, "Press ENTER" in

Step 3 may appear as "Press SELECT" in the instructions supplied with the disc. In this case, press

Number .....

buttons

ENTER .....

........

_ RETURN

.....

'1-/4+

1

Start playing a VIDEOCD with PBC

functions.

The menu for yore" selection appears,

2

Select the item number youwant

by pressing

,1,/+

or the number

buttons.

3

PressENTER.

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4

Follow the instructionsin the

menu for interactive operations.

Refer

to

the instructions supplied with

the disc, as the operating procedure may differ according to the VIDEO

CD.

Selecting the Disc Mode

(OneDisc or All Discs)

_OO

Before setting Program Play, Shuffle Play, or

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

CreatingYourOwn

Program

(ProgramPlay)

You can play the contents of a disc in the order you want by arranging the order of the titles, chapters, or tracks on the disc to create your own program. You can program up to 25 titles, chapters, and tracks.

___

'__.

_o.

O

DVD

DISPLAY

" ....

Number buttons

1

In stop mode, pressDVD DISPLAY.

2

Press'1"/4,to select_i

(ONE/

ALLDISCS), then press ENTER.

1

In stop mode, press PLAY MODE

repeatedlyuntil "PROGRAM"

appearson the front panel

display.

The program menu appears on the TV screen.

mONEIALL

DISCS

*ALL DISCS: allows you to set Program

Play, Shuffle Play, or Repeat Play for all the discs.

• ONE DISC: allows yotl to set Shuffle Play or Repeat Play for 1 disc only.

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2

Press ENTER, then press'l'/,i, to

selectthe disc,

T

i!!_,!'¢i_iil i!iii !iiii!iiii;!i i !izi ii! i

Next, press 4"/4, or the mtmber buttons to select

"

03

" under

"

C,

" then p re ' '

ENTER.

PROGRAM

T

Press÷.

The cursor moves to the title or track

(in this case, "01").

Disc type* Title Chapter

Selected title and chapter

==When playing a VIDEO CD or

CD

Fro"example, select track "027'

Press 4`/4, or the number buttons to select "02" under "T,' then press

ENTER.

Selected track

T i;!i@!!! ii!!ii_

iiiil;_!ill ii;;i_ii_!!i

0

Chapters recorded on a disc

* "?" appears whe]_ the syste]r_ has not loaded the di_e inl_lTnation in the memory.

4

Select the title, chapter, or track

you want to Program.

==When playing a DVD

For example, select chapter "03" of title "02"

Press 4`/4, or the number buttons to select "02" under "T;' then press

ENTER.

T C i!i!!_i!

!

ii;i!_

==When playing a Super Audio

CD

For example, select track "0027'

Press "1"/4,or the number buttons to select "002" under "T," then press

ENTER.

Selected track

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5 Toprogramother discs, titles, chapters,or tracks, repeat Step 2 to 4.

The Programed discs, titles, chapters, and tracks are displayed in the selected order.

6

Press 12>to startProgram Play.

Program Play begins.

When the program ends, you can restart the same program again by p_ssing 12>,

Playing in random order

(Shuffle Play) _ 0

You can have the system "shuffle" titles, chapters, or tracks and play them in random order. Subsequem "shuffling" may produce a different playing order.

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TO return

to normal play

Press CLEAR during playback.

To turn offthe program menu

In stop mode, press PLAY MODE to turn off the program menu.

To change the program

'Ib change the disc, select the program number you want to change using "1"/4,after

Step 1 o1"4, then press ENTER.

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

To cancel the Programed order

To cancel all the titles, chapters, or tracks in the Programed ordm, press t", and select

"ALL CLEAR" in Step 2. To cancel

the

selected Program, select the program using

"1"/4,in Step 2, then press CLEAR.

"_÷ You can do Repeat Play of Programed titles, chapters, or tracks. Press REPEAT, or set "REPEAT" to "ON" ill tile Control Menu display during Program

Play.

Tbe number of titles, chapters, or tracks displayed are the same number of titles, chapters, or tracks recorded on a disc.

1

2

In stop mode, pressPLAYMODE

repeatedly until "SHUFFLE"

appearson the front panel

display.

Press 12>.

To return

to normal play

In stop mode, press PLAY MODE twice, or during playback, press CLEAR to return to normal play.

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

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Playing repeatedly (eepeat

Play)

_ 0

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

In Shuffle o1"Program Play mode, the system repeats the titles or tracks in the shuffled o1"Programed order.

You cannot perform Repeat Play during

PBC playback of VIDEO CDs (page 36).

You may not be able to perform Repeat Play depending on the DVD.

CLEAR .....

DVD

DISPLAY

......

1

_: _

PressDVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu appears.

.....

REPEAT

.....

+/4,

..... ENTER

2 Press ÷/,1, to se ect iF

(REPEAT),then press ENTER.

if you do not select "OFF;'

the

indicator of "REPEAT" lights

Lip

in green.

3

Select the Repeat Play setting.

When playing a DVD and Program

Play

is set to OFF

• OFF: does not play l_peatedly.

• DISC: repeats all the titles (except ALL

DISCS SHUFFLE).

• TITLE: repeats the current title on a disc.

• CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter

(except ALL DISCS SHUFFLE).

When playing a VIDEO CD/Super

Audio CD/CD and when Program Play

is set to OFF

• OFF: does not play l_peatedly.

• DISC: repeats all the tracks on a disc

(except ALL DISCS SHUFFLE).

• TRACK: repeats the current track

When Program Play is set to ON

• OFF: does not play repeatedly.

• ON: repeats Program Play.

To cancel Repeat Play

Press CLEAR.

"_"You can set Repeat Play during stop mode

After selecting the "REPEAT" item, press I2>.

Tile system starts Repeat Play.

"_"You can quickly display the"REPEAT" status

Press REPEAT on the remote.

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If you set DISC repeat or DiSC repeat with Program

Play, the maximum program repetition is 5.

Searching for a Particular

motion Play) _ _ 0

You can locate a particular point on a disc quickly by monitoring back slowly.

the picture or playing

............SLOW -4|/1_-

You can use this function only for DVDs

or

VIDEO CDs. Press -,_l or |_ when the system is in the pause mode.

rlb return to normal speed, press I_>.

Each time you press 41 or 1_'- during Slowmotion play, the playback speed changes.

Two speeds are available.

With each press, the indication changes as follows:

Playback direction

SLOW 21_ _ SLOW 1|

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Opposite direction (DVD only)

SLOW 241 _ SLOW 1 !

(12

The SLOW 21_.-/SLOW 2"411playback speed is slower than SLOW IP-/SLOW 1-.11.

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(/)

¢1

¢0

¢0

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

Press 441 or _ while playing a disc.

When you find the point you want, press to return to normal speed.

Each time you press 4t41 or _ during scan, the playback speed changes. Three speeds are available, With each press, the indication changes as follows:

Playback direction x2, (DVD/Sup -_ FF2_ i" CDo_Iy) I

Opposite direction x2_[ (DVD only) --_ FR141_ --_ FR24141

T i

The ×2>./×24 playback speed is about twice the normal speed.

The FF2D_I_/FR2441 playback speed is faster than FF I Jt,,t_/

FRI'441.

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Searching for a Title/

Chapter/Track/Index/

Scene

0

You can search a DVD disc by title or chaplel, and you can search a VIDEO CD or

CD by track, index, or scene. As titles and

tracks are assigned unique numbers on the

disc, you can select the desired one by entering its number. Or; you can search for a scene using the time code. (TIME SEARCH)

CLEAR .......

Number ......

buttons mWhen

playing a VIDEO CD with

mWhen

playing a Super Audio

CD/CD

(INDEX)

(CHAPTER)

%* (**)" is selected (** refers to a number).

The number in parentheses indicates the total number of titles, chapters, tracks, indexes, or scenes.

DVD

DISPLAY

.......

.....

"1"/4,

Selected row

3

Press ENTER.

'%* (**)" changes to" -- (**)".

¸.¸2¸¸¸¸ "" """""""""""

1

Press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu appears.

2 Press

÷14,

to select the search

method.

mWhen

playing a DVD

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(TIME/TEXT)

Select TIME/TEXT

SEARCH.

for TIME mWhen

playing a VIDEO CD

(INDEX)

¸¸....¸=¸¸¸.2¸¸¸¸ """ """"

4

Press 4"/4, or the number buttons to select the title, chapter, track,

index, or scene number you want to search.

If you make a mistake

Cancel the number by pressing

CLEAR, then select another number.

5 Press ENTER.

The system starts playback from the selected number,

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the

Control Menu is turned oftL m

To search

for a scene

using the time code (TIME SEARCH) (DVD only)

1

in Step 2, select

TEXT).

_ (TIME/

"T **:**:**" (playing time of the current title) is selected.

2

Press ENTER.

"T **:**:**" changes to "T --:--:--?'

3 input the time code using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

For example, to find the scene at

2 hours, 10 minutes, and 20 seconds after the beginning, just enter "2:10:20"'

The title, chapter, or track number displayed is the same number recorded on the disc.

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Viewing the Playing Time and Remaining Time on the Front Panel Display

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You can check information about the disc, such as the remaining time, total number

of

titles of a DVD, or tracks of a Super Audio

CD, CD, or VIDEO CD, using the fi'ont panel display (page 12).

...... TIME

PressTIME,

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

the

When playing a DVD

Playing time and number of the current title

2

.........

I

Remaining time of the current title

2

.........

I

Playing time and number of the current chapter

2 02230

Remaining time of the current chapter

2 -01320

I

I

Text

SONY

HITS!

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When playing a VIDEO CD (without

PBC functions),

Super Audio CD, or

CD

Playing time and current track number

]_

1

Remaining time of the current track

1 -150

1

J

Playing time of the disc

"2,"2,-1"2,

Remaining time of the disc

-2018

_

]

Text

SONY HITS/ ]'_

"_÷ When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC fimctions, the scene number and the playing time are displayed.

"Q÷ The playing time and remaining time of the ctlrrent chapter, title, track, scene, or disc will also appear on your TV screen.

See the following section

"Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time" tbr instructions on how to read this intbrmation.

• While pl_ying Super Audio CD, the index indicalor does not _ppear on _he front panel display.

• Depending on the type of disc being played and the pl_ying mode, the disc intblvnmion may not be displayed.

Checking the Playing

Time and Remaining Time

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You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current title, chapter, or track, and the total playing time or remaining time of the disc. You can also check the DVD/CD/Super Audio CD text recorded on the disc.

[

<

DVD

1

PressDVD DISPLAYduring playback,

The Control Menu appears.

Time information

Disc type

o

_o.

o_

2

PressTIME repeatedlyto change the time information.

The display and the kinds of time that you can change depend on the disc you are playing.

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mWhen

playing a DVD

Playing time of the current title

Remaining time of the current title

Playing time of the current chapter

Remaining time of the current chapter mWhen

playing a VIDEO CD

(with PBC functions)

Playing time of the current scene mWhen

playing a VIDEO CD

(without PBC functions),

Super

Audio CD, or CD

• T **:**

Playing time of the current track

Remaining time of the current track

Playing time of the current disc

• D-**:**

Remaining time of the current disc

"_" If the DVD/CD/Super Audio CD text does not fit in a single line, you can see the entire text scrolls across the front display.

"Q" You can select the time and text by pressing

TIME.

• Only English words can be displayed.

• [n Super Audio CD playback, the system can only display a limited number of characters.

Also, depending on the disc, nol all lext characters are not displayed.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the

Control Menu is turned ofl_

Checking the DVD/CD/Super Audio

CD text

Press TIME repeatedly in Step 2 to display

the text recorded on the DVD/CD/Super

Audio CD. The DVD/CD/Super Audio CD text appears only when the text is recorded on the disc. You cannot change the text.

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DVD/CD/Super Audio CD text

Changingthe Sound

0 0 lfa DVD is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can select the language you want while playing the DVD.

If the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, MPEG audio, or DTS), you can select the audio format you want while playing the DVD.

With stereo CDs or VIDEO CDs, you can select the sound from the right or let_ channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and let_ speakel_.

(In

this case, the sound loses its stereo effect0

For example, when playing a disc containing a song with the vocals on the right channel and the instruments on the let_ channel, you can select the left channel and hem" only the instruments from both speake_.

AUDIO

...............

OVD

DISPLAY..........

............:

.....E.TER

1

PressDVD DISPLAYduring playback.

The Control Menu is displayed.

r

2

Press /

to select

(AUDIO), then press ENTER.

The options for AUDIO appear.

Press"1,/4,to select the desired audio signal.

IlWhen playing a DVD

Depending on the DVD, the choice of language varies.

When 4 digits ale displayed, they represent the language code.

Refer to the language code list on page 82 to see which language the code represents.

When the same language is displayed two o1"more times, the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats.

IlWhen playing aVIDEO CD, or CD

The detZanlt setting is underlined.

• STEREO: The standard stereo sound

• I/L: The sound of the left channel

(monaural)

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

IlWhen

CD playing a Super Audio

In stop mode, depending oll the Super

Audio CD, the choice of settings varies.

• MULTI: The disc has multichannel playback area

• 2CH: The disc has the 2 channel playback area.

• CD: When you want to play the disc as a conventional CD.

O

e_

Not all discs give you the d_rce choices above whm_ in Super Audio CD playback.

It all depends on the layer configuration of the

Super A_dio CD to be played.

4

PressENTER.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the

Conn'ol Menu is turned oft:

"_÷You can seled AUDIO diredly by pressing AUDIO.

Each time you press the butlon, the item changes.

• For discs not in multiple audio tbnnat, you cannol chm_ge the sound.

• During DVD playback, the sound may change automatically.

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The display examples are as follows:

• PCM (stereo)

When you select "AUDIO," the channels being played are displayed on the screen.

For example, in Dolby Digital format, multiple signals ranging from monaural to

5. I channel signals can be recorded on a

DVD. Depending on the DVD, the number of recorded channels may dift?n

Current audio format*

• Dolby Surround

Current playing program format**

*"PCM;' "MPEG," "DTS," or "DOLBY

DIGITAL"

is displayed.

For "DOLBY DIGITAL," the channels in the playing track are displayed numerically as follows:

For Dolby Digital 5.1

ch:

Rear component 2

• Dolby Digital 5.1ch

When an LFE signal component is output,

"LFE" is enclosed in a solid line. When an

LFE signal componant is not output,

"LFE" is enclosed in a broken line.

Front component 2 +

Center component 1

LFE (Low Frequency

Effect) component 1

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

L: Front (left)

R : Front (right)

C : Center

LS

:

Rein"(left)

RS : Rear (right)

S

:

Rear (monaural): The l_ar

component of the Dolby

Surround processed signal and the Dolby Digital signal.

LFE : LFE (Low Frequency Effect)

• DTS

"LFE" is always enclosed in a solid line regardless of the LFE signal component being output.

m

• When the signal contains rear signal componenls such as LS, RS, or S, the surround effect is enhanced (page 49).

• if you play MPEG AUDIO sound tracks, the system outputs PCM (stereo) signals.

Automatically decoding the input audio signal

(AUTOFORMATDECODING)

EnjoyingSurroundSound

You can enjoy surround sound simply by selecting one of the pre-programed sound fields according to the program you want to listen to.

iili i_ii_iiii!

SOUND iiiii @,;_ii:@ ............

!iii

_ii_iii:_!

FIELD

_iii_ili:_!i!iii:ii!i!;

SOUND

FIELD

PressSOUNDFIELDrepeatedly until

"A.F.D/' appearson the front panel

display.

This mode automatically

detects

the type of audio signal being input (Dolby Digital,

DTS, or standard 2 channel stereo) and performs the proper decoding if necessary.

This mode p_sents the sound as it was recorded/encoded, without adding any effects (e.g. reverberation).

However, if there are no low frequency signals (Dolby

Digital LFE, etc.), it will generate a low frequency signal for output to the sub woofer.

o

PressSOUNDFIELDrepeatedly until

the soundfield you want appearson

the front paneldisplay.

1>

_.

(o

(e Sound field

Nomaal Surround

Cinema Studio EX A

Cinema Studio EX B

Cinema Studio EX C

Virtual Multi Dimension

Virtual Semi

Multi Dimension

Slnan Hall

Large Hall

Jazz Club

Live House

Game

Headphone Theater

Display

N.SURROUND

C.S.EX

A

C.S.EX

B

C.S.EX

C

V.MULTI

D.

V.S.M.D.

SMALL HALL

LARGE HALL

JAZZ CLUB

LIVE HOUSE

GAME

HRTEATER

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About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound)

In collaboration wilh Sony Pictures

Entertainment, Sony measured the sound environment of their studios and inlegrated the

data of the measurement and Sony's own DSP

(Digital Signal Processor) lechnology 1o

develop

"Digital Cinema Sound," In a home thealer, "Digital Cinema Sound" simulales an ideal movie theater sound environment based on the preference oflhe movie director.

Cinema Studio EX is ideal for enjoying movie softwm_ encoded in multi channel format, such as Dolby Digital DVD.

This mode reproduces the sound characteristics of Sony Pictures Entertainment's studios.

About Cinema Studio EX

Cinema Studio EX consists of the following three elements.

• Virtual Multi Dimension

C_ates 5 sets of virtual speakers surrounding the listener from a single pair of actual rear speakers.

• Screen Depth Matching

In a movie theater, sound seems to come from inside the image _flected on the movie screen.

This elemant is recreated the same way in your listening room, by shifting the sound of the front speakers

"into" the screen.

• Cinema Studio Reverberation

Reproduces the reverberations movie theaten peculiar

Cinema Studio EX is an integrated mode which operates these elements simultaneously.

to a

Press SOUNDFIELD repeatedly until C.S.EX

A (B or C) appearson the front panel

display.

• The effects are produced by the virtual speakers may cause increased noise in the playback signal.

• When listm_ing to sound tields that employ the virtual speakers, you will not be able to hear any sound coming directly l¥om the rear speakers.

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IIC.S.EX

A (Cinema Studio EX A)

Reproduces the sound characteristics of the

Sony Pictures Entertainment "Cary Grant

Theater" cinema production studio.

This is a standard mode, great for watching most any types of movies.

IIC.S.EX

B (Cinema Studio EX B)

Reproduces the sound characteristics

Sony Pictures Entertainment "Kim of the

Novak

Theater" cinema production studio.

This mode is ideal for watching science-fiction action movies with lots of soand eftbcts.

Software with 2 channel audio signals is or decoded with Dolby Pro Logic to create surround effects.

IIC.S.EX

C (Cinema Studio EX C)

Reproduces the sound characteristics of the

Sony Pictures Entertainment scoring stage.

This mode is ideal for watching musicals or classic films where music is featured in the soundtrack.

Press SOUNDFIELD repeatedly to select

the sound field you want.

The currant sound field appears on the front panel display.

IIN.SURROUND

(Normal Surround)

Software with multi channel surround audio signals is played back according to the way it was recorded.

Software with 2 channel audio signals is decoded with Dolhy Pro

Logic to create surround effects.

(Virtual Multi Dimension)

Uses 3D sound imaging to cl_ate an array of virtual rear speakers positioned higher than the listener from a single pair of actt_al _ar speakers.

This mode creates 5 sets of virtual speakers surrounding approximately the listener a 30 ° angle at of elevation.

SIDE [# [_ [_

,2.-',

BEHIND

.-:'i

.

/:'#/..

__.<

j,

• .. • .. • .. i)::@

@ @,/

NV.S.M.D.*

(Virtual Semi Multi Dimension)

Uses 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers withom using actual rear speakers.

This mode creates 5 sets of virtual speakers surrounding the listener at a 30 ° angle of elevation.

[]

--..

@)i

,

@ @

tl)

"--_

" r::3 v mLARGE HALL

Reproduces the acoustics of a large rectangular concert hall.

mJAZZ CLUB

Reproduces the acoustics of a jazz club.

mLIVE HOUSE

Reproduces the acoustics of a 300-seat live concert.

mGAME

Obtains maximum audio impact from video game software.

BHP.THEATER

(Headphone Theater)

When you connect your headphones

PHONES jack of the system, to the the HE THEATER mode allows you to experience a theater like environment while listening through a pair of headphones.

This mode is very effective with 5. I ch discreet signal sources like Dolby Digital and DTS.

Selecting any Sound Field (except A.F.D

or

2CH STEREO) enables the mode.

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_"

* "VIRTUAL" sound field: Sound field with virtual speakers.

BSMALL HALL

Reproduces the acoustics of a small rectangular concert hall.

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To turn the surround effect off

Press SOUND FIELD repeatedly to select

A.ED.

or 2CH STEREO.

"_" The system memorises the last sound field selected for each function mode (Sound

Field Link)

Whenever you select a function such as DVD or

TUNER, the sound field the1 was last applied to that fimction is automatically applied again.

For example, if you listen to DVD with SMALL HALL as the sound field, thm_ chm_ge to another function, and then return to DVD, SMALL HALL will be applied again.

With the tuner, sound fields are memorised separately |br all preset stations.

"_" You can

identify the encoding format of program software

by looking

at its packaging

Dolby Digital discs are labelled with tile =_l=,_. _ logo.

Dolby Surround encoded programs are labeled with the nn_ logo.

DTS Digital Surround discs are marked with DTS.

m

Whml you play sound tracks with 96 kHz sampling

|?equm_cy, the outpul signals will be converted to

48 kltz (sampling frequency).

N.SURROUND

C.S.EX

A

C.S.EX

B

C.S.EX

C

V.M ULTI D.

V.S.M.D.

SMALL HALL

LARGE HALL

JAZZ CLUB

LIVE HOUSE

GAME

HRTHEATER

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•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

FRONTBAL

•

•

•

•

REARBAL

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

REAR LEVEL CENTERLEVEL

SUBWOOFERLEVEL

• • •

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

Usingonlythe front

speakers

STEREO)

AdJustingthe level

parameters

The level meart contains parameters that let you adjust the balance and speaker volumes of each speaker (page 28).

....

SOUND

FIELD

PressSOUNDFIELD repeatedlyuntil

"2CH STEREO"appearson the front

panel display.

This mode outputs the soand from the front let_ and right speakers only. Standard 2 channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. Multi channel surround formats are downmixed to 2 channel

No sound is output t¥om the sub woofer when 2 CH

STEREO is selected.

To listen to 2 channel (siereo) sources using the t?ont left and right slzeakers and a sub woot?r, press SOUND FIELD repeatedly to select A.RD..

.....

AMP

MENU

t_

o

e,

1 Start playing a programsource encodedwith multichannel surroundsound.

3

r_

:::::::::: :

2

PressAMP MENUrepeatedly on G"

the remote.

LEVEL appears on the front panel display.

3

Sit in your listeningposition and select the item to be adjusted

using ÷/+.

4

Adjustthe volumelevel using<,-/,-).

The adjusted value will appear on the front panel display.

If you do not operate the remote for a few seconds, the value turns offmld is stored in the system,

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Changingthe Angles

if variot_s angles (multi-angles) for a scene are recorded on the DVD, "ANGLE" appeal_ on the front panel display.

This means that you can change the viewing angle.

For example, while playing a scene of a train in motion, you can display the view from either the fi'ont of the train, the left window of the train, or from the right window without having the train's movement interrupted.

m

Number ......

Butto135

ANGLE .......

DVD

DISPLAY .......

ENTER ..............

Press-> or ENTER.

The angle number changes to "-."

4

Select the angle number using the numberbuttonsor ,I,/4,, then press ENTER.

The angle is changed to the selected angle,

To turn off the Control

Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the

Control Menu is turned oft'.

"_"

You can select the angle directly by pressing

ANGLE.

Each time you press the button, the angle changes.

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

on the DVD.

1

PressDVD DISPLAYduring playback.

The Control Memt appears,

PressI'/-1, to select i_,_iit

(ANGLE).

The angle number appears.

The number in parentheses the total number of angles.

indicates

Displaying the Subtitles

If subtitles are recorded on the discs, you can turn the subtitles on and off while playing, if multilingual subtitles are recorded on the disc, you c_n change the subtitle language while playing, or turn the subtitles on or offwhenever you want. For example, you can select the l_nguage you want to practice and turn the subtitles on for better understanding.

SUBTITLE .....

DVD

DISPLAY ......

....

_/_

.....

ENTER

3

Press'1"/4,to select the language.

Depending on the DVD, the choice of

4

language varies.

When 4 digits ale displayed, they indicate the language code. Refer to the lm_guage code list on page 82 to see which language the code represents,

PressENTER.

To cancel the SUBTITLE setting

Select "OFF" in Step 3.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the

Conn'ol Menu is turned off

"_÷ You can select SUBTITLE directly by pressing

SUBTITLE.

Each time you press the button, the item changes.

m

_.

'__.

Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the subtitle_ eve_ if multili_gual subtitles are recorded on it.

_,

t_

1

PressDVD DISPLAYduring

playback.

The Control Menu appears.

2

/_i_U ¸ _ii _/_!i

Press"1'/4,to select _]_'_ J,:

(SUBTITLE),then press ENTER.

The options for SUBTITLE appear.

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GB

Checking the Play

Information

(ADVANCED)

You can check infolanation such as the bit rate or the disc layer that is being played.

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

To close the ADVANCED window

Select "OFF"' in Step 3.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the

Control Menu is turned ofl_

By pressing DVD DISPLAY repeatedly, you can display either "BIT RATE" or

"LAYER;' whichever was selected in

"ADVANCED."

BIT RATE

DVD

...............

.............

DISPLAY

......

ENTER

1

PressDVD DISPLAYduring playback.

The Control Menu is displayed.

PressI'14, to se ect

(ADVANCED),then press ENTER.

The options for ADVANCED appear.

When playing MPEG audio sound tracks

.......

Audio

.......

Video

Bit rate _fers to the amount of video/audio data per second in a disc_ 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.

LAYER

Appears when the DVD has dual layers

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:3 PressI'/4, to select the items.

For each item, please refer to

"Displays of each item"

• BIT RATE: displays the bit rate.

• LAYER: displays the layer and the pick-up point.

4

Press ENTER.

indicates the approximate point where the disc is playing.

if it is a duaMayer DVD, the system indicates which layer is being read ("Layer

0" or "Layer 1").

For details on the layers, see page 78

(DVD).

Locking Discs

(CUSTOM

CONTROL)

You can set two kinds of playback restrictions for a disc.

• Custom Parental Control

You can set the playback restrictions so that the system will not play inappropriate discs.

• Parental Control

Playback of some DVDs can be limited according to a p_determined the age of the users.

level such as

The same password is used for both Parental

Control and Custom Parental Control.

You can set the same Custom Parental

Control password for up to 50 discs. When you set the fifiy-first-disc, the playback restriction for the first disc is canceled.

Number buttons

3

%"

(CUSTOM

PARENTALCONTROL),then press

ENTER.

"CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL" is selected.

4

Press"1"/4,to select "ON --*," then

pressENTER.

IIIf you have not entered a password

The display for registering a new password appears.

CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL

Enter a new 44Jigit password, press then

1

DVD

DISPLAY

......

.....

÷l't'14,

....... _ RETURN

...... ENTER

Insert the disc you want to lock.

if the disc is playing, press Ro stop playback.

2

In stop mode, press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu appears.

Enter a 4-digit password by using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

The display for confirming the password appears.

==When you have already

registered a password

The display for entering the password appears.

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o o

&

CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL

Enter p_ssword, then press

¢-

=<

"%

O

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5

Enter or re-enter your 4.digit password

by usingthe numberbuttons, then

pressENTER.

"Custom parental control is set,' appears and the screen returns to the Control

Menu display.

If you make a mistake entering your password

Press (- before you p_ess ENTER and input the correct number.

if you make a mistake

Press d"IRETURN, then start from Step 3 again.

To

turn off the Control Menu

Press d"IRETURN, then press DVD

DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control

Menu is turned off.

To turn off the Custom Parental

Control function

1

In

Step 4, select "OFF ---*;' then press

ENTER.

2

Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

To change the password

1

In

Step 4, p,_ss

*/4, to select

"PASSWORD ---*," then pl_ss ENTER.

The display for entering the password appears.

2

Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, then p_ss ENTER.

3

Enter a new 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

4,1o

confi, n

password, re-enter it using the number buttons, then press

ENTER.

1

insert the disc for which Custom

Parental Controlis set.

The CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL display appears.

CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL

Custom parental cont_l _ already set TO p_ay,enter your password and press

N N N

2

Enteryour4-digit password

numberbuttons,then pressENTER.

The system is ready for playback.

"_'I f you tbrgci your password, enter the 6-digit number "1997t13" using tile number buttons when tile

CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL display asks you

|br your password, thml press ENTER.

The display will ask you to enter a new 4-digit password.

Playback of some DVDs can be limited according to a predetermined level such as the age of the users. The "Parental Control" function allows you to set a playback limitation level.

A scene that is limited is not played, or it is replaced by a different scene.

Number ......

buttons

::;oIQ © _JN}

i; ::::;2RETURN

DVD

SETUP

......

1

In stop mode, press DVDSETUP.

The Setup Display appears.

2

Press

"l'/q,

to select "CUSTOM SETUP,"

then pressENTER.

"CUSTOM SETUP" is displayed.

3USTOM SETUP

4

Enteror re-enter yourpasswordusing the numberbuttons,then pressENTER.

'['he display for setting the playback limitation level and changing the password appears.

3

Press "t'/q,to select "PARENTAL

CONTROL--_," then press ENTER.

• If you have not entered a

password

The display for registering a new password appears.

5 Press'f'/4"to select"STANDARD,"then press ENTER.

The selection items for"STANDARD" are displayed.

C

Enter a 4*digit password using the number buttons, then p_ss ENTER,

The display for confilaning the password appears.

mWhen

you have already registered a password

The display for entering the password appears.

O

6

Press €-/4, to select a geographic area as the playbacklimitation level, then press ENTER.

'['he area is selected.

If you select "OTHERS -*," select and enter the standard code in the table on page 61 using the number buttons.

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59 cB

7

PressENTER.

The selection items for"LEVEL"are displayed.

8

Select the level you want using"1"/4,,

then press ENTER.

Parental Control setting is complete.

The lower the value, the more strict the limitation.

If you make a mistake

Press d"IRETURN to go back to the previous screen.

To turn off the Setup Display

Press DVD SETUP repeatedly until the

Setup Display is turned oft_

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

Set "LEVEL" to "OFF" in Step 8.

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2

To

change the password

1

in Step 5, select "CHANGE

PASSWORD ---*" using ,k, then press

ENTER.

The display for entering the password appeals.

Follow Step 3 to enter a new password.

1

Insert the disc and press

The PARENTAL CONTROL appears.

display

2

Enteryour 4-digit passwordusing the

numberbuttons,then pressENTER.

The system starts playback.

"_"

If you tbrget your password, remove the disc and repeat Step I to 5 of "Limiting playback tbr children." When you are asked to enter your pass_ord, enter "t 99703" using the number buttons,

then press ENTER.

The display will ask you to enter a new 4-digit password.

Alter you enter a new 4-digit pass_ ord in Step 3. replace the disc in the system and press t2,>. When the PARENTAL CONTROL display appears, ellter your ilew password.

m

• When you play DVDs which do not have the

Purental Control t_nction, playback cannot be limited on this system.

• Depending on fl_e DVD, you may be asked to change the parental control level Maile playing the disc. In this case, enter your password, thm_ change the level. If the Resume Play mode is canceled, the level retunns to the original level.

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Denmm'k

Finland

France

Germany

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Italy

J_pan

Area Code

Standard Code number

2044

2047

2046

2057

2070

2079

2090

2092

2115

2165

2174

2109

22 t 9

2248

2238

2254

2276

Standard

Korea

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Pakistan

Philippines

Portugal

Russia

Singapore

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Unitad Kingdom

Code number

2304

2363

2362

2184

2376

2390

2379

2427

2424

2436

2489

2501

2149

2499

2086

2543

2528

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Controlling the IV with

the Supplied Remote

You can control your TV (Sony only) with the supplied remote.

....

ENTER

..... COMMAND

MODE

DVD_V switch

The table below shows the buttons that are affected by the COMMAND

TV switch.

MODE DVD/

Button

1~9,

>10,

10/0

ENTER

VOL +

VOL

OVO TV

Standard number Selects channel button function for DVD.

nmnbers.

Standard enter Press after ihnction fbr

DVD.

Standard preceding title, chapter skip ihnction fbr

DVD.

selecting a channel nmnber.

FV CH

Standard forward TV CH + title, chapter

skip thr DVD.

VOL + VOL +

VOL VOL

"_" When you enter a double

digit number

Depending on tile TV set, you can also enter tile number as tbllows:

Press > 10, then the number.

(For example, press > [0, then 2 and 5 I_r entering 25.)

You carl control your TV using the buttons below.

By pressing

TV I/_

TV/VIDEO

YOU c_n

Turn the TV on or off.

Switch the TV's input source between the TV and oilier input

SOUI'Ce_.

Switching between'IV

Using the COMMAND

and DVD

MODE DVD/TV switch, you can switch the remote signal between control of the TV and control of the

DVD unit. When you watch the DVD, ensure that you have the COMMAND

MODE

DVD/TV

switch set to DVD.

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

Using the Video or other

Unit

You can use VCRs or other units connected to the AUDIO 1 o1"AUDIO 2 jacks.

Refer to the operation manual supplied with the unit for further information on the operation.

Listening to the Radio

Preset radio stations in the system's memory first (see "Presetting Radio Stations" on page 30).

....

Q)

STEREO/ ......

MONO

:}:N )g:N

.....

FUNCTION

PRESET ......

+]--

...... TUNING

+1-

PressFUNCTIONrepeatedly until

AUDIO1 or AUDIO 2 that you connected

the unit to appears on the front panel display.

Each time you press

FUNCTION,

the mode of the system changes in the following sequence.

DVD --+ AUDIO 1 --+ AUDIO 2 --+

TUNER --+ DVD._

[

1 PressFUNCTIONrepeatedly until

TUNERappearson the frontpanel display.

The last received station is tuned in.

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2

PressPRESET+ or - repeatedly to

select the preset stationyou want.

Each time you press the button, the system tunes in one preset station.

3

Adjustthe volume by pressing

VOL+/-.

TOturn off the radio

Press (]).

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To listen to non*preset

radio

stations

Use manual or automatic tuning in Step 2.

For manual tuning, p_ss TUNING + or-- on

the remote repeatedly.

For automatic tuning, press and hold

TUNING + or-- on the remote.

"_" If an FM program

is noisy

Press STEREO/MONO on the remote so that

"MONO"

appears on the front panel display.

There will be no stereo e f[i:¢t, but the reception will improve.

Press the button again to restore the stereo effect.

"_" TO improve

reception

Reorient the supplied antmmas.

To

check the frequency or sound field

Press DISPLAY repeatedly.

Each time you press DISPLAY, the front panel display changes as follows: index name of the station -+ frequency -+ sound field --+ index name of the station

Naming Preset Stations

You can enter a name of up to 8 characters for preset stations.

These names (for example, "XYZ") appear in the system's front panel display when a station is selected.

Note that no more than one name can be entered for each preset station.

NAME .....

....

FUNCTION

ENTER

1

PressFUNCTIONrepeatedlyuntil

TUNERappearson the front panel

display.

The last station you received is tuned in.

Each time you press FUNCTION, mode of the system changes in the

the

following sequence:

DVD --+ AUDIO 1 _ AUDIO 2 --+

TUNER --+ DVD...

2

Tunein the preset stationyou

want to create an index namefor.

if you are not familiar with how to tune in p_set stations, see "Listening to the Radio" on page 63.

3

PressNAME.

4

Create an indexname by using the cursorbuttons:

Press 4,/-} to select a character,

then

press ÷ to move the cursor to the next position.

if you make a mistake

Press (--or ÷ repeatedly _mtil the character to be changed flashes, then press 4,/1" to select the right character.

5 PressENTER.

To assign index names to other stations

Repeat Steps 2 to 5.

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Usingthe SetupDisplay

2

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Press 4"/4,to se ect <

then press ENTER.

(SETUP),

The options for SETUP appem_

By using the Setup Display, you can make various adjustments to items such as pictm_ and sotmd. You can also set a language for the subtitles and the Setup Display, among other things. For details on each Setup

Display item, see pages 67-73. For an overall list of Setup Display items, see page

83.

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Press4`14,toselect"CUSTOM,"then press ENTER.

The Setup Display appears.

LANGUAGE SETUP ii!;i_ii_iNiii

Main item

ii !i!iiiiiiii!ii i i!ili!i !!iiiiiili:i!i ii!i!ilil

i:ii!i!;!iNiiii!!i:ii_i

DVD

...............

_-

.............

DISPLAY iii:!iiii!!ii_i

DVD

...............

SETUP i!il

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Press 4"/4,to select the setup item from the displayed list: "LANGUAGESETUP,"

"SCREENSETUP,""CUSTOM SETUP,"

and "SPEAKERSETUP."Then press

ENTER.

The selected Setup item appears.

Example: "SCREEN SETUP"

Selected item

In stop mode, press DVDDISPLAY.

The Control Menu appears.

If you press DVD SETUP, you can go to

Step 3 directly.

items

5

Select an item using.1,/,I,,then press

ENTER.

The options for the selected item appear.

Example: "TV TYPE"

Setting the Display or

SoundTrack Language

000

"LANGUAGE SETUP" allows you to set various languages for the on-screen display or sound track.

Select "LANGUAGE SETUP" in the Setup

Display.

For details on using the display, see

"Using the Setup Display" (page 66).

LANGUAGE SETUP

I

Options

The order of displayed items differs depending on the model type. (This illustration is for the North American model.)

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Select a setting using ,I,/,I,, then press

ENTER.

The setting is selected and setup is complete.

Example: "4:3 PAN SCAN"

Selected setting

SCREEN SETUP

4:3 PAN SCAN

TO

turn off the Setup Display

Press DVD SETUP or DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Setup Display is turned off.

"_÷ If you select "RESET" in Step 2, you cml reset all of ttle "SETUP" settings on page 83 (except for

PARENTAL CONTROL) to the dethult settings.

After you select "RESET" and press ENTER, select

"YES" to resel the settings (it takes a few seconds to complete), or select "NO" and press ENTER to return to the Control Morn.

Do ]lot press POWER on the system or (_) whml resetting the system.

zzOSD

(On-Screen

Display)

Switches the display language oll the screen.

Selects the language from the displayed list.

IDVD

MENU (DVD only)

Selects the desired language for the DVD menu.

zZAUDIO

(DVD

only)

Switches the language of the sound

track.

Selects the language from the displayed list.

When you select "ORIGINAL," the language given priority in the disc is selected.

zzSUBTITLE (DVD only)

Switches the language of the subtitle,

Selects the language from the displayed list.

When you select "AUDIO FOLLOW," the language for the subtitles changes according to the language you selected for the sound track.

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"%elfyou select "OTHERS --_" in "DVD MENU,"

"SUBTITLE," or "ALJDIO," select and m_terthe language code from the list using the number buttress

(page 82).

At}er you have made a selection, the language code

(4 digits) is displayed the next time you select

"OTIIERS --+."

If you select a language that is nol recorded on the

DVD, one of the recorded lm_guages will be automatically selected (except for the "OSD"}.

Settings for the Display

(SCREEN SETUP) _ _ 0

Choose settings according to the TV to be connected.

Select "SCREEN SETUP" in the Setup

Display.

For details on using the display, see

"Using the Setup Display" (page 66).

The default settings are underlined.

SCREEN SETUP

IITVTYPE (DVD only)

Selects the aspect ratio of the connected TV

(4:3 standard or wide).

The default settings vary, depending on the country model.

4:3

LETTER

BOX

4:3

PAN SCAN

16:9

Select this when you connect a

4:3 screen TV. Displays a wide

picture with bands on the upper and lower portions of the screen.

Select this when you connect a

4:3 screen TV. Automatically displays the wide picture on the entire screen and cuts offthe

portions tha_ do not fit.

Select this when you connect a wide-screen TV or a TV with a wide mode function.

4:3 LETTER BOX

4:3 PAN SCAN

16:9

Custom Settings

(CUSTOM

SETUP)

Allows setting up Parental Control and other settings.

Select "CUSTOM SETUP" in the Setup

Display. For details on using the display, see

"Using the Setup Display" (page 66).

The default settings are underlined.

CUSTOM SETUP m

Depending on the DVD, "4:3 LETTER BOX" may be selected automatically instead of "4:3 PAN

SCAN" or vice versa.

==SCREEN SAVER

Turns the screen saver on and offso that the screen saver image appears when you leave the system in pause o1"stop mode for

15 minutes, or when you play back a CD for more than 15 minutes. The screen saver will help prevent your display device from becoming damaged (ghosting). Press [2:>to turn off the screen saver.

ONF

==BACKGROUND

Selects the background color or pictm_ oll the TV screen in stop mode or while playing a CD.

JACKET

PICTURE

GRAPHICS

BLUE

BLACK

The jacket picmr_ (still picture) appears in the background, but only when the jacket picture is ah'eady recorded on the disc

(CD-EXTRA, etc.). If the disc does not contain a jacket picture, the "GRAPHICS" picture appears.

A preset picture stored in the system appem'_ in the background.

The background color is blue.

The background color is black.

==COLOR SYSTEM for VIDEO CD

playback (Asian models and

Australian models only)

Select the color system when you play a

VIDEO CD.

AUTO

PAL

NTSC

Outputs the video signal in the system of the disc, either PAL or

NTSC. If your TV uses a DUAL system, select AUTO.

Changes the video signal of an

NTSC disc and output in the

PAL system.

Changes the video signal of a

PAL disc and outputs it in the

NTSC system.

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• YOUcannot change the color system of the disc itsel£

• On Asian models or Australian models, you can change the color system of this system according to the connected TV. See page 24.

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==PAUSE MODE (DVD only)

Selects the picture in pause mode.

AUTO

FRAME

The picture, including subjects that move dynamically, is output with no jitter. Normally select this position.

The picture, including subjects that do not move dynamically, is output in high resolution.

==PARENTAL

CONTROL

--* (DVD

only)

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

For details, see "Limiting playback for children (Parental Control)" (page 58).

==TRACK

SELECTION

(DVD

only)

Gives the sound track having the highest number of channels priority when you play a DVD on which multiple audio formats

(PCM, MPEG audio, DTS, or Dolby Digital format) are recorded.

OFF

AUTO

No priority given.

Priority given.

Settings for the Speakers

(SPEAKER SETUP)

'Ib obtain the best possible surround sound, set the size of the speakm_ you have connected and their distance from your listening position.

Then use the test tone to adjust the volume and the balance of the speakers to the same level.

Select "SPEAKER SETUP" in the setup display.

For details, see "Using the Setup

Display" (page 66).

The detZault settings are underlined.

SPEAKER SETUP

• When you sei the item to "AUTO," the language may change.

The "TRACK SELECTION" setting has higher priority thm_ the "AUDIO" settings in

"LANGUAGE SETUP" (page 67).

• [f PCM,

DTS,

MPEG audio, and Dolby Digital sound tracks have the same number of channels, the system selects PCM, DTS, Dolby Digital, and

MPEG audio sound tracks in this order.

• Depending on _l_e DVD, the audio channel with priority may be prcdeiermined.

In this case, you

cmmol give priority to the DTS, Dolby Digital, or

MPEG audio format by selecting

"AUTO."

To return to the default setting

Select the item, then press CLEAR.

• SIZE

When you do not connect center o1"rear speakers, or move the rear speakers, set the parameters for CENTER and REAR. Since the front speaker and subwoofer settings are fixed, you cannot change them. The detSult settings are underlined.

• FRONT

• CENTER

.... YES: Normally select this.

.... NONE: Select this if no center speaker is used.

• REAR

.........

(LOW),

BEHIND (HIGH),

SIDE (LOW), SIDE (HIGH): Specify the position and height to implement the Digital Cinema Surround modes in the "Virtual Multi Dimension" sound field (page 51) properly,

........NONE: Select this if no rear speaker is used.

• SUBWOOFER

Position diagram

• When you select an item, the sound cuts off tbr a moille]lt.

• Depm_ding on the setiings of oiher speakers, the subwootizr may oulput excessive sound.

Specifying the rear speaker position and height

If you select anything other than "NONE" in

"REAR;' specify the position and height of the rein"speakers• The detSult setting is underlined.

BEHIND (LOW) Select this if the rear speakers are located in section O and O.

BEHIND (HIGH) Select this if the rear speakers are located in section O and O.

SIDE (LOW)

SIDE (HIGH)

Select this if the rear speakers are located in section O and O.

Select this if the rear speakers are located in section O and O.

These parameters are not available when "REAR" is set to "NONE."

Height diagram

==DISTANCE

The default distance setting for the speakers in _lation to the listening position is shown below:

U)

S,0m,

(17ft)

,5*Om

(17ft)

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3,4m

(12ft)

....

3,4m

(12ft)

Be sure to change the value in the Setup

Display when you move the speakers. The default setting are underlined.

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FRONT

5.0 m/17 ft

Front speaker distance from the listening position can be set in

0.2 meters (1.0 ft) increments from

1.0 to 15.0 meters (3.09o 50.0 t_).

CENTER

REAR

3,4 m/12ff

Center speaker distance cm_ be moved up to 1.6 naeters (5.0 t_) tbiward closer to the listening

_osition, in 0.2 meters (1.0 ll) increments.

Rear speaker distance can be movec up to 4.6 meters (15.0 fi) closer to your listening position fronl |lie front speaker position, in 0.2 meter

(1.0 t)) increments.

• In SPEAKER SET[JR the North American modePs

OSD displays both melrlc and imperial measuremmlts.The other model display melrlc measurements only. The manual shows bo_h.

• When you set tile distance, the sound cuts off tbr a iglOillent.

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

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

==BALANCE

You can valy the balance of the left and right speakers as follows.

Be sure to set "TEST

TONE" to "ON" for easy adjustment.

The dethult setting are underlined.

FRONT

CENTER

REAR

CENTER

Adjust the balance between the front left and right speakers (You can adjust from center 6 step let) or righ 0.

Adjust the balance between the rear left and right speakers (You can adjust fi'om center 6 step left or righ 0.

==LEVEL

You can vary the level of each speaker as follows.

Be sm_ to set "TEST TONE" to

"ON" for easy adjustment.

The dethult settings are underlined.

CENTER

0dB

REAR 0 dB

Adjusts the level of the center speaker( 6dB to +6 dB, 1 dB increments).

Adjusts the level of the rear speakers ( 6 dB to +6 dB, dB increments).

SUBWOOFER Adjusts the level of the

0 dB subwoofer ( 6 dB dB increments).

to +6 dB,

To adjust the volume of all the speakers at one time

Use the VOLUME control on the system or press VOL +/-.

IITESTTONE

The speakers will emit a test tone to adjust

"BALANCE" and "LEVEL" The detSult settings are underlined.

OFF

ON

The test tone is not emitted fi'om the speakers.

The test tone is emitted ftom each speaker in sequence while adjusting balance or level.

When you select one of the

"SPEAKER SETUP" items, the test tone is emitted froln both lell and right speakers simultaneously.

1

After you stop playback, select

"SPEAKERSETUP" after pressingDVD

SETUPin the Setup Display.

2

Select"TESTTONE"and set"TEST

TONE"to"ON."

You will hear the testtone from each speaker in sequence.

3

From your listening position, select

"BALANCE" or "LEVEL" and adjustthe

value of "BALANCE" and "LEVEL" using

4"/+.

The test tone is emitted from both left and right speakers simultaneously.

4

Select"TESTTONE"andset"TEST

TONE"to "OFF" to turn off the test

tone.

When you adjust the speaker settings, the sound cuts

off I_r a molllent.

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GB

Troubleshooting

if you experience any of the following difficulties while using the system, use this troubleshooting guide to help remedy the problem before requesting repairs.

Should any problem persist, consult your nearest

Sony dealer.

The picture is black and white.

_!_ Depending oil file T'v; tbe picture on the screen becomes black and white when you play a disc recorded in the NTSC color system.

The power

securely.

is not turned

_!_ Check that the AC power co_

on.

is connected

There is no picture.

_!_ The connecting securely.

cords are not connected

_!_ The connecting cords are damaged.

_!_ The system is not connected to the correct TV input jack (page 23).

_!_ The video input on the TV is not set so thai you can view pictm'es ti-om the system.

Picture noise appears.

_!_ The disc is dirty or flawed.

_!_ If the picture output fi'om your system goes through your VCR to get to your TV, the copy-protection signal applied to some DVD progrmns could affect picture quality. If you still experience problems even when you connect your system directly to your TV, tlN connecting your system to your TV's S-video input (page 23).

Even though you set the aspect ratio

in "TV TYPE"

of"SCREEN SETUP:' the picture does not fill the screen.

_!_ The aspect ratio oflhe disc is fixed on your

DVD.

There is no sound.

_!_ The connecting cord is not connected securely.

_!_ The connecting cord is damaged.

_!_ Press MUTING on file remote if"MUTING

ON" is displayed on the front panel display.

_!_ The protective device on file system has been activated because ofa shoit circuit. Tuna off the system, eliminate lhe short-circuit problem and turn on the power again.

_!_ The audio connecting cord is damaged.

Replace it with a new one.

_!_ The system is in pause mode or in Slowmotion Play mode. Press I2:> to retuna to normal play mode.

_!_ Fast Ibrward or Ihst reverse is pertbrmed.

Press I2:> to return to normal play mode.

_!_ Check the speaker settings (pages 25, 70).

The left and right sounds are unbalanced or reversed.

_!_ Check that tbe speakers and components are connected correctly and securely.

_!_ Adiust the front balance pm'ameter in the

LEVEL

menu (pages 29, 72).

Severe hum or noise is heard.

_!_ Check that the speakers and components are connected securely.

_!_ Check that the connecting cords are away from a transformer or motor, and at least

3.0 meters (10.0 if) away from a TV set or fluorescent light.

_!_ Move your TV away fi'om file audio components.

_!_ The plugs and jacks are dirty. Wipe them with a clofll slightly moistened wilh alcohol.

_!_ Clean the disc.

The sound loses stereo effect when you play a VIDEO CD, or a CD.

ml_ Set "AUDIO" to "STEREO" in the Control

Menu display (page 47).

-I_ Make sure you connect the system appropriately.

The surround effect is difficult to hear when you are playing a Dolby

Digital sound track.

Make sure the somld field fhnction is on

(page 49).

_1_ Check the speaker connections and settings

(pages 25, 70).

_1_ Depending on the DVD, the output signal may not be the entire 5.1 channels. It may be monaural or stereo even if the sound track is recorded in Dolby Digital fore]at

The surround

effect

is difficult to hear when you are playing a Dolby

Digital or MPEG audio sound track.

Check the speaker connections and setting

(pages 25, 70).

Depending on the DVD, the output signal may not he the entire 5.1 channels. It may be monaural or stereo even if the sound track is recorded in Dolby Digital or MPEG audio ibrmat.

The sound comes from the center speaker only.

_1_ Depending on the disc, the somld may come ti'om the center speaker only.

No sound is heard

from

the center speaker.

_1_ Make sure the somld field function is on

(page 49).

Select a sound field containing the word

"cinema" or "virtual" (page 49).

No sound or only a very low*level sound is heard from the rear speakers.

_1_ Make sure the sound field function is on

(page 49).

-0-

Select a sound field containing the word

"cinema" or "virtual" (page 49).

The there disc tray indicator is no disc inside.

is on when

If you pressed the @ to turn offthe system without closing the disc tray, the disc troy indicator turns on. Wait a while I_r it to turn off. If the indicator is still on, press _ of

DISC 1-DISC 5 to close the disc tray.

Radio stations cannot be tuned in.

Check that the antennas are connected securely. Adjust the antennas mad connect an external antenna if necessm3_.

_1_ The signal strength of the stations is too weak

(when toning in with autolnatic tuning). Use direct tuning.

No stations have been preset or the preset stations have been cleared (when tuning by scanning preset stations). Preset the stations

(page 30).

Press DISPLAY so that the frequency appears in the display.

The remote does not function.

_1_ There are obstacles between the remote and the syslem.

The distance between the remote and the system is too far.

_1_ The remote is not pointed at the remote sensor on the system.

The b_ttefies in the remote are weak.

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The disc does not play.

There is no disc inside.

The disc is turned over.

Insert the disc with the playback side fhcing down on the disc tray.

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"_ The disc is skewed.

The system cannot play CD-ROMs, etc.

(page 8).

"_ The region code on the DVD does not match the system.

Moisture has condensed inside the system.

Remove the disc and leave the system turned on tbr about half an hour (page 4).

The disc does not start playing from the beginning.

"_ Program Play, Shuffle Play, oi- Repe_t Play has been selected (pages 37, 39, 40).

Press CLEAR to cancel these functions before playing a disc.

"_ Resume Play has been selected.

During stop, press • on the system or the remote and then start DVD playback (page

34).

The title, DVD or PBC menu automatically appear_ on the TV screen.

The system starts playing the disc automatically.

Tile DVD features an auto playback function.

Playback stops automatically.

"_ Some discs may contain an auto pause signal.

While playing such a disc, the systenl stops playback al file auto pause signal.

You cannot perform some functions such as Stop, Search, Slow*motion

Play, Repeat Play, Shuffle Play, or

Programme Play.

Depending on tile disc, you may not be able to do some of the operations above. See the operating manual tha_comes with the disc.

Messages do not appear on the screen in the language you want.

In tbe Setup Display, select the desired language for the on-screen display in "OSD" under "LANGUAGE SETUP" (page 67).

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The language for the sound track cannot be changed.

Multilingual lracks are not recorded on tbe

DVD being played.

.._

The DVD prohibits changing _he language for the sound track.

The subtitle language cannot be changed.

Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on tbe

DVD being played.

The DVD prohibits changing lhe subtitles.

The subtitle cannot be turned off.

The DVD prohibits turning off'subtitles.

The angles cannot be changed.

Multi-angles ale not recorded on the DVD being played. The angle can be changed only when the "ANGLE" indicator lights up on the front pm_el display.

The DVD prohibits changing lhe angles.

The system does

not operate

properly.

.._

If static electricity, etc., causes the system to operate abnomlally, press POWER on the system to turn the system offmld then on again.

A 5-character service number is displayed on the screen and on the front panel display.

.._ The self-diagnosis function has been activated. (See the table on page 77.)

The disc tray does not open and

"LOCKED"

appears on the front panel display.

Contact yore" Sony dealer or local authorized

Sony service fhcility.

"PROTECT"

appears on the front panel display.

The speaker protoction circuit is in function.

Check the speaker connection.

Self-diagnosis Function

(Whenletters/numbersappear in the display)

The self-diagnosis function is activated to prevent the system from malfunctioning.

this case a five-character service number

In

(e.g., C 13 00) with a combination of a letter and digits appears on the screen and the front panel display.

Refer to the following table.

First three characters of the service

number

C

13

Cause and/or Corrective

Action

C 31

E XX

(xx is a number)

The disc is dilly.

"_ Clean the disc with a sot) cloth (page 9).

The disc is not inserted correctly.

"_ Re-insert the disc correctly.

To prevent a malfunction, the system has peffommd the self _ diagnosis function.

"_ Contact your nearest Sow dealer or local authorized

Sony service facility and give die 5-character service number.

Example: E 61 10

Glossary

Bit rate

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

Sections of a picture or a music piece on a

DVD that are smaller than titles.

A title is composed of several chaptm_.

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

Digital Cinema Sound (DCS)

This is the generic name of the surround sound produced by digital signal processing technology developed by Sony. Unlike previous surround sound fields mainly directed at the reproduction of music,

Digital Cinema Sound is designed specifically for the enjoyment of movies.

Dolby Digital

This sound format for movie theaters is more advanced than Dolby Pro Logic

Surround.

in this format, the rear speakers output stereo sound with an expanded frequancy range and a subwoofar channel for deep bass is indepandently provided.

This format is also called "5.1" because the anbwoofer channel is counted as 0.1 channel

(since it functions only when a deep bass effect is needed).

All six channels in this fo_a'nat are recorded separately to realize superior channel separation.

Furthe,Tnore, since all the signals are processed digitally, less signal degradation occurs.

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Dolby Pro Logic Surround

As one method of decoding Dolby

Surround, Dolby Pro Logic Surround produces four channels from two-channel sound.

Compared with the former Dolby

Surround system, Dolby Pro Logic Surround reproduces left-to-right panning more naturally and localizes sounds more precisely.

'Ib take full advantage of Dolby

Pro Logic Surround, you should have one pair of rear speakers and a cant_ speaker.

The rear speakers output monaural sound.

DTS

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.

It st_perior channel separation is realized because all the channel data is recorded discrete and processed in digital.

DVD

A disc that contains up to 8 hom_ 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 ofa CD. Furthermore, the data capacity of a dual-layer and single-sided

DVD is 8.5 GB, a single-layer and doublesided 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 rote 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 _al audio p_sence.

FurthmTnore, various advanced functions such as the multi-angle, multilingual, and

Parental Control functions are provided with the DVD.

Multi-angle function

Various angles, or viewpoints of the video camera for a scene are recorded on some

DVDs.

Multilingual function

Several langanges for the sound or subtitles in a picture are recorded on some DVDs.

Parental Control

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 m_ skipped or replaced with other scenes and so on.

Playback Control (PBC)

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, etc.

Region Code

This system is used to protect copyrights.

A region number is allocated on each DVD system or DVD disc according to the sales region.

Each region code is shown on the system as well as on the disc packaging.

The system can play the discs that match its region code. The system can also play discs with the "_" mark.

Even when the region code is not shown on the DVD, the region limit may still be activated.

Title

The longest section of a picture or music featul_ on DVD, music, etc., in Video software, o1"the entire album in audio software.

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

Track

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

A compact disc that contains moving pictm_s.

The pictm_ 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 pictm_s.

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 I. 1: You can play only moving pictm_s and sounds.

• Version 2.0: You can play high-l_soletion still pictures and enjoy PBC functions.

This system conforms to both versions.

Super Audio CD

This audio folanat is based upon the current audio CD standards but includes a greater amount of information which provides higher quality sound.

There are three types of discs: single layel, double layer and hybrid discs.

The hybrid disc contains both standard audio CD and Super Audio CD information.

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79 GB

80 GB

Specifications

AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS

POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION :

With 3 ohms loads, both channels driven, ti'om 120 10,000 Hz; rated

80 watts pet"channel minimum RMS power, with no more thin1 10 % total ham]onic distortion fronl 250 milliwatts to rated output.

Amplifier section

Stereo lnOde

North American and Mexican models:

Olher models:

80 W + 80 W (3 ohms at 1 kHz, THD 10 %)

70 W + 70 W (4 ohms at 1 kHz, THD 10 %)

Surround mode

North American and Mexican models:

Olher models:

From: 80 W + 80 W

Center*: 80 W

Rear*: 80 W + 80 W (3 ohms at 1 kHz, THD !0 %)

Subwoofer*: 100 W (3 ohms at 100 Hz, THD 10 %)

Front: 70 W + 70 W

Center*: 70 W

Rear*: 70 W + 70 W (4 ohms at 1 kHz, THD !0 %)

Subwoofer*: !00 W (3 ohms at 100 Hz, THD 10 %)

* Depending on the soundfi_dd settings and the source, there may be no sound output.

Inputs (Analog)

Inputs (Digital)

Outputs (Analog)

AUDIO I, 2:

Sensitivity: 150 mV

Impedmlce: 50 kilohms

AUDIO 2 (optical):

Sensitivity:

AUDIO 1 (AUDIO OUT):

Voltage: 2 V

Impedmlce: 1kilohms

PHONES:

Accepts low and high-impedance headphones

Super Audio CD/DVD system

Laser Semiconductor laser

(Super Audio CD/DVD:

)_

650 nm)

(CD: _.

780 nm)

Emission duration: continuous

Signal format system NTSC or NTSC/PAL

Frequency response (at 2 CH STEREO mode)

DVD (PCM): 2 Hz to 22 kHz (+1.0

dB)

Signt_l-to-noise

Harmonic ratio distortion

CD: 2 Hz to 20 kHz (±!.0

dB)

More than 80 dB (AUDIO 1 (AUDIO) connectors

Less than 0.03 % only)

FM tuner section

System

North American model:

Other models:

Antenna

Antenna terminals

PLL quartz-locked digital synthesizer system

87.5

108.0 MHz (100 kHz slep)

87.5

108.0 MHz (50 kHz step)

FM wire antenna

75 ohms, unbalanced

AM tuner section

System Tuner section:

PLL quartz-locked digital synthesizer system

Tuning range

North American model: 530 1,7 !0 kHz (with the interval set at 10 kHz

531 1,710 kHz (with die interval set at 9 kHz

Middle Eastern, and Philipinne models:

531 1,602 kHz (with the interval set at 9 kHz

Other models: 531 1,602 kHz (with the interval set at 9 kHz

Antenna

530 1,710 kHz (with die interval set at 10 kHz

Loop antenna

Video section

Outputs VIDEO: 1 Vp-p 75 ohms

S-VIDEO: Y: 1 Vp-p 75 ohms

C: 0.286 Vp-p 75 ohms

COMPONENT: Y: 1 Vp-p 75 ohms

PB/CB, PR/Cm 0.7 Vp-p 75 ohms

Speakers

Front/Center/Rear

Speaker system

Speaker unit

Bass reflex

Rated impedance

North American and Mexicml models:

Other models:

3 ohms

4 ohms

Dimensions (approx.)

Mass (approx.)

111 × 116 x 111 mm (43/_ × 4 s/s × 4 _h inches) (w/h/d)

0.62 kg (1 lb 6 oz)

Subwoofer

Speaker system

Speaker unit

Rated impedance

Dimensions (approx.)

Mass (approx.)

Bass reflex

200 mm (7 7/s inches) dia. cone type

3 ohms

172.5 x 355 x 355 mm (67/s × 14 × 14 inches) (w/h/d)

5.3 kg(ll lb 11 oz) e_ e_

_g

5"

General

Power requirements

North American model:

Power consmnption

120 V AC, 60 Hz

Australian and Asian models: 220 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Middle Eastern, and Philippine models:

110 240V/220 240VAC, 50/60Hz

120 W (120 V AC), 120 W (230 V AC)

Dimensions (approx.)

Mass (approx.)

Operating temperature

Operating humidity

Supplied accessories

355 × I00 x 394 mm (14 x 4 × 15 s/s inches) (w/h/d) incl. projecting parts

5.5 kg (12 lb 3 oz)

5°C to 35°C (41°F to 95_F)

5%to90%

See page 17.

Design and specifications are sul_iect to change without notice.

81GB

LanguageCodeList

For details, see pages 47, 55, 68.

The language spellings conform to the ISO 639:1988 (E/F) standard.

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

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

Code Language

1183 Irish

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

Code Language

1349 Macedonian

1350 Malayalam

1352 Mongolian

1353 Moldavian

1356 Marathi

1357 Malay

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

Code Language

1511 Albanian

1512 Serbian

1513 Siswati

1514 Sesotho

1515 Sundanese

1516 Swedish

1517 Swahili

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 VolapLik

1613 Wolof

1632 Xhosa

1665 Yoruba

1684 Chinese

1697 Zulu

1703 Not specified

82 GB

DVD Setup Menu List

You can set the following items with the DVD setup menu.

The order of the displayed items may be different from the actual display.

LANGUAGE

OSD

SETUP

(Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.)

DVD MENU

AUDIO

(Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.)

(Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.

When you select

ORIGINAL, you can enjoy the language given priority on the disc.)

SUBTITLE (Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.

When you select AUDIO

FOLLOW, the setting is automatically switched to the language selected in

AUDIO,)

CUSTOM SETUP

COLOR

SYSTEM _

PAUSE _AUTO

MODE _ FRAME

PARENTAL

CONTROL

LEVEL

/ AUTO

PAL

I NTSC

OFF

8.

7.

NC17

6.

R

5.

4.

PC13

3.

2.

PG

G

STANDARO _ USA

OTHERS

CHANGE PASSWORD

TRACK

_OFF

SELECTION AUTO

SCREEN SETUP

I TVTYPE _

|

| _

L

4:3 PAN SCAN

16:9

SCREEN SAVER _ ON

L OFF

L BACKGROUND _ JACKET

|

L

PICTURE

GRAPHICS

BLUE

BLACK

SPEAKER

SIZE

SETUP

FRONT YES

CENTER _ YES

L NONE

REAR BEHIND LOW

•

L NONE

SUBWOOFER YES

DISTANCE*_ FRONT

/

|

CENTER

/

|

LREAR

HIGH

1 m ~15m/

3ff~50

ft

0 m -15 m/

Off~5O ft

O m -15 m/

Off~5O ft e_ e_

BALANCE • FRONT

|

L REAR

LEVEL _

L

CENTER

6 steps left or right

6 steps left or right

_6 dB ~ +6 dB

_6 dB ~ +6 dB

TEST _OFF

TONE _ON

* On]y fbr Asian _nd Australian models.

* * In SPEAKER SETUP, the North American model's OSD displays both metric and imperial mea.qu_ments.The

measu_ments other models dlsp]ay m_rie only. The m_]ual shows both.

83 GB

84 GB

Index

Numerics

16:9 68

4:3 LETTER BOX 68

4:3 PAN SCAN 68

A

ADVANCED 56

AMP MENU 26

ANGLE 54

Antenna Hookups 21

AUDIO 47, 67

B

BACKGROUND 69

BALANCE 28, 72

BAND 30

Batteries 18

Bit rape 56, 77

C

CD 32

CHAPTER 42

Chapter 7, 77

Continuous play 32

Control Menu 15

CUSTOM PARENTAL

CONTROL 57

COLOR SYSTEM 69

CUSTOM SETUP 69

D

DIMMER 29

Disc changer system 10

DISTANCE 71

Dolby Digital 77

Dolby Pm Logic Surround 78

DTS 78

DVD 35, 78

DVD MENU 35,

F

Front Panel 11

Fast l'o_vard 41

Fast reverse 41

Front panel display 12

H

Handling discs 9

I

INDEX 42

Index 7

L

LANGUAGE SETUP 67

LEVEL 29, 72

Locating a specific Point by watching the TV screen 41

M

MEMORY 30

Multi-angle function 54

Multilingual thnction 55

MUTING 33

N

NAME 65

O

One Disc orAll Discs 37

On-screen displ3y

Control Menu display 15

Setup Displ3y 66

OSD 67

P

PARENTAL CONTROL 57, 70,

78

PAUSE MODE 70

PBC Playback 36, 78

PLAY MODE 37

Preset Station 30, 63

Progrmn Play 37

Q

Quick Overview 17

R

Radio 63

Rear Panel 13

Region code 8, 78

Remote 14, 62

REPEAT 40

RESET 67

Resume Play 34

S

S VIDEO 23

Scan 41

SCENE 42

Scene 7

SCREEN SAVER 69

SCREEN SETUP 68

SHUFFLE 39

ShufHe Play 39

SIZE 70

Slow-motion Play 41

Sound Field 49

SPEAKER SETUP 70

Speaker System Hookup 18

SUBTITLE 55, 67

Super Audio CD 79

T

TEST TONE 72

TIME SEARCH 42, 43

TIME 44

TIME/TEXT 42, 43

TITLE 42

Title 7, 79

TRACK 42

Track 7, 79

TRACK SELECTION 70

Troubleshooting 74

TV and Video Component

Hookups 23

TV TYPE 68

U

Usable discs 7

V

VIDEO CD 36, 79

Quick reference

Commander for Remote

IN....

Q s-=

....... _ _._r_ _ Z::i _

-_W÷-

--M

"_d_

parts buttons me aflkcted by the COMMAND

MODE DVD/TV switch Shaded descriptions l_fbr m TV set;ing on the s_ bch

• The remote control of the unit employs ixmlmand common with other Sony DVD plx_ducts, signals

Thus, depending on tile but{on, oilier Sony DYD producN in lllay respond

_] TV 1/_) (on/standby)

Turns the _IV on arid off.

[_ _ OPEN/CLOSE

Opens or closes the disc tray

[_

NAME

Activates the name furmtion

[_

STEREO/MONO

Switches monaul al or steroo of FM steroo reception

[_

MEMORY

PIr_ss to store a preset station

{_ CLEAR

P IraSSto return to the Continuous play, ere

[_ PLAY MODE

Selects program or shuffle play mode

AUDIO

Changes the sound while playing a DUD or

VIDEO CD.

_] ANGLE

Changes the angles when playing a DVD

[]

SUBTITLE

Displays the 'SUBTITLE" /rienu in the Control

Menu display.

VOL +1-

[] I_III_!,

PREV/NEXT, TV CH +I-,

PRESET

+/-

/1_,t

PREV/NEXT

: PIr_ss to go to the next chapter or track or to go back to the previous chapter or track

PRESET+/ : Scan aB preset stations

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in

Korea

[] [2> PLAY/SELECT

Plays a disc

[] DUD TOP MENU

[]

Displays the title menu on the TV screen

DV D/DISPLAY

Displays the Control Menu display on the TV screen to set or adjust the items

[] ¢e/'IV4ff+/ENTER

Selects and executes the items or settings

DVD SETUP

Displays the setup display on the TV screen to set or adjust the Items.

[] _) (staadb_)

[]

Turns on and off the power of the system

DISC SKIP

Selects the disc tra3a

TV/VIDEO

Changes the input triode of the T_L

REPEAT

Displays the "REPEAT" display on the TV scroen

MUTING

Mutes the sound

TIME

Displays the playing time of the disc, etc, on the front panel display.

FUNCTION

Selects the component you want to use

BAND

SelectsAM or FM band.

Number

but{ons*

Selects the items of settings,

1_ _6t'_fi F _Efi ...........

Selects the SOUlld Beld

{_ DISPLAY

Switches the item displayed on the front panel display

ENTER

[]

COMMAND

MODE DVD/TV switch

Switches the TV's input source between the and DVD

[]

_1/1_1_, _ I/_ I_" SLOW, TURIN G +/-

_l/11,_ (SCAN} : Locate a point while monitoring the picture while playing disc.

_1|/| _- SLOW : Play a disc in slow motion in the pause mode

TUNING +/ : Scan all available radio stations

•

STOP

Stops playing a disc

II PAUSE

Pauses playing a disc

1_ DVBMENU

Displays the DVD menu on the TV screen d_. RETURN

Press to return to the previously selected screen, e_

AMP MENU

Displays the speaker set up paralnetet_ on the front panel display.

* Depending lhttows: on {he TV set, you call also enter

Press >10.

then the numbei: (Fol example,

2 mad 5 lh_ entenng 25) tile number press >10, then as

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