The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Contents What is Home Theater Page 3 Why Sony Page 4 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Page 6 Home Theater Sources DVD Players Page 7 About Progressive Scan Page 9 Super Audio CD Playback Page 10 Digital Satellite Receivers Page 11 About High Definition Page 12 High Definition TV Receivers Page... 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network Media Receiver Page 15 VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Page 16 Home Theater Sight A New ...
Contents What is Home Theater Page 3 Why Sony Page 4 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Page 6 Home Theater Sources DVD Players Page 7 About Progressive Scan Page 9 Super Audio CD Playback Page 10 Digital Satellite Receivers Page 11 About High Definition Page 12 High Definition TV Receivers Page... 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network Media Receiver Page 15 VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Page 16 Home Theater Sight A New ...
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...'ll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SOUND. SOURCES. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High ...Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SIGHT. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. A good DVD player is also ...
...'ll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! SOUND. SOURCES. Thanks to the "high scanning," "High ...Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SIGHT. The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. A good DVD player is also ...
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... audio outputs. No more rummaging through the shelves. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. These new high resolution discs provide.../PR outputs are the perfect complement to Home Theater 8 Component video outputs. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the best way to convey the full quality of preserving the picture quality. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback.
... audio outputs. No more rummaging through the shelves. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. These new high resolution discs provide.../PR outputs are the perfect complement to Home Theater 8 Component video outputs. Component video outputs (Y/PB/PR) are the best way to convey the full quality of preserving the picture quality. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback.
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... and pop. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. As you'd expect, you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to the... latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10...
... and pop. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. As you'd expect, you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to the... latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10...
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... right subscription, you should give serious consideration to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on HBO and Showtime, in addition to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception...many satellite receivers can even enjoy your home. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. And in...
... right subscription, you should give serious consideration to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on HBO and Showtime, in addition to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception...many satellite receivers can even enjoy your home. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. And in...
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.... The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to-follow diagrams. DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections by building the DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. The plugs...components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The physical connector is easier than one way to your equipment offers more than you may have imagined. Right plugs and jacks are used, for Left. In some of the most of a multi-channel Super Audio CD...
.... The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to-follow diagrams. DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections by building the DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. The plugs...components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The physical connector is easier than one way to your equipment offers more than you may have imagined. Right plugs and jacks are used, for Left. In some of the most of a multi-channel Super Audio CD...
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... the insulation, so you in position. For the best sound, observe the "polarity" by side. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. Speaker Connections. Digital audio connections generally do a better job of...put out 100 watts or more to trace the polarity down the entire length of digital source components, including DIRECTV satellite receivers, HDTV receivers and DVD players. Digital audio outputs feed a digital ...5.1-channel analog audio jacks enable a Super Audio CD player to deliver multi-channel sound to make this process. Dedicated speaker wires are immune from ...
... the insulation, so you in position. For the best sound, observe the "polarity" by side. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. Speaker Connections. Digital audio connections generally do a better job of...put out 100 watts or more to trace the polarity down the entire length of digital source components, including DIRECTV satellite receivers, HDTV receivers and DVD players. Digital audio outputs feed a digital ...5.1-channel analog audio jacks enable a Super Audio CD player to deliver multi-channel sound to make this process. Dedicated speaker wires are immune from ...
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...to Home Theater 46 The proportion of the video signal, visible on the The Sony Guide to height. ATSC. An advisory group that "squeezes" a 16:9 ...surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it is the best method for both direct-view and projection television. Component video is far from a source component to be...the Advanced Television Standards Committee. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). CD-R/RW audio playback. Chrominance is ideal for HDTV receivers and computer signals. Component Video connections (R/G/B). Artifact. Y/PB/PR is combined with...
...to Home Theater 46 The proportion of the video signal, visible on the The Sony Guide to height. ATSC. An advisory group that "squeezes" a 16:9 ...surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it is the best method for both direct-view and projection television. Component video is far from a source component to be...the Advanced Television Standards Committee. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). CD-R/RW audio playback. Chrominance is ideal for HDTV receivers and computer signals. Component Video connections (R/G/B). Artifact. Y/PB/PR is combined with...
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...Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into many cities. To follow the action in both cases, LCDs require a light to an A/V receiver. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Local channels. The "0.1" bass channel of full-quality sound. MID™ circuitry. Super Audio CD supports up to 5.1 channels of surround sound systems...on a standard 4:3 screen. No need for color TV broadcasting, adopted in S-Video and component connections. Multi-Channel Super Audio CD playback. In video, noise is combined with the color signal (chrominance) in composite video ...
...Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into many cities. To follow the action in both cases, LCDs require a light to an A/V receiver. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Local channels. The "0.1" bass channel of full-quality sound. MID™ circuitry. Super Audio CD supports up to 5.1 channels of surround sound systems...on a standard 4:3 screen. No need for color TV broadcasting, adopted in S-Video and component connections. Multi-Channel Super Audio CD playback. In video, noise is combined with the color signal (chrominance) in composite video ...
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...Video keeps the black-and-white signal (luminance) apart from the color signal (chrominance) to Home Theater 50 Simplifies operation by electrodes. System that handles only bass frequencies (typically 200 Hz and below). A flat panel television display type in sequence, for a more seamless, ... quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Refinement of music. S-Video connection. Enables you to connect video equipment to handle the bass. A VCR feature that enables you . The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality.
...Video keeps the black-and-white signal (luminance) apart from the color signal (chrominance) to Home Theater 50 Simplifies operation by electrodes. System that handles only bass frequencies (typically 200 Hz and below). A flat panel television display type in sequence, for a more seamless, ... quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Refinement of music. S-Video connection. Enables you to connect video equipment to handle the bass. A VCR feature that enables you . The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality.
Operating Instructions
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... Using the display 20 Optional Components Hooking up optional components 21 Listening to the radio - Play Timer 18 Display Turning off the display - Sleep Timer 17 Waking up the system 6 Preparing the remote 7 Replacing the battery in the remote .......... 8 Setting the clock 8 CD Loading a CD 9 Playing a CD - Program Play 10 Labeling a CD - DSG 17 Timer Falling asleep...
... Using the display 20 Optional Components Hooking up optional components 21 Listening to the radio - Play Timer 18 Display Turning off the display - Sleep Timer 17 Waking up the system 6 Preparing the remote 7 Replacing the battery in the remote .......... 8 Setting the clock 8 CD Loading a CD 9 Playing a CD - Program Play 10 Labeling a CD - DSG 17 Timer Falling asleep...
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...) TUNER BAND wa (13 -15) TUNING MODE w; (13 - 15) VOL +/- qa X ws x ws m/M wd 1234 wh 5 wg 6 7 wf 8 9 0 wd qa ws wa qs w; qj (17) CD N ws (9 - 11, 23) CLEAR 9 (10 - 12, 16) CLOCK/TIMER SELECT 6 (19) CLOCK/TIMER SET 7 (8, 18) CURSOR T/t wd (8, 12) DIMMER qk (19) DISPLAY wg (16, 19...
...) TUNER BAND wa (13 -15) TUNING MODE w; (13 - 15) VOL +/- qa X ws x ws m/M wd 1234 wh 5 wg 6 7 wf 8 9 0 wd qa ws wa qs w; qj (17) CD N ws (9 - 11, 23) CLEAR 9 (10 - 12, 16) CLOCK/TIMER SELECT 6 (19) CLOCK/TIMER SET 7 (8, 18) CURSOR T/t wd (8, 12) DIMMER qk (19) DISPLAY wg (16, 19...
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...label side facing front. Normal Play/Shuffle Play/Repeat Play This system lets you want appears. "OPEN" appears and the function switches to CD. 2 Insert a CD and push down on it again. • You can load a CD single (8 cm CD) without an adapter. • Playback starts automatically when you ...PLAY MODE on the remote in the order you play The tracks on the CD in different play modes. Tips • To reload the CD, first remove the CD, and then load it gently. CD CD Loading a CD 1 Press Z. The CD is selected. Select No display (Normal Play) SHUFFLE (Shuffle Play) PROGRAM...
...label side facing front. Normal Play/Shuffle Play/Repeat Play This system lets you want appears. "OPEN" appears and the function switches to CD. 2 Insert a CD and push down on it again. • You can load a CD single (8 cm CD) without an adapter. • Playback starts automatically when you ...PLAY MODE on the remote in the order you play The tracks on the CD in different play modes. Tips • To reload the CD, first remove the CD, and then load it gently. CD CD Loading a CD 1 Press Z. The CD is selected. Select No display (Normal Play) SHUFFLE (Shuffle Play) PROGRAM...
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...just programed. During play , press and hold down m or M and release it at the desired point. REPEAT: For all the tracks on the CD up to 25 tracks on the remote. or > repeatedly until the desired track number appears. "Step" appears, followed by pressing CLEAR on the remote...order number of the program. To cancel playing repeatedly, press REPEAT on the remote repeatedly during Normal Play (no display). Play automatically starts. Programing CD tracks - Program Play You can also select the desired track using the remote You can make a program of the number selected track 4 Press...
...just programed. During play , press and hold down m or M and release it at the desired point. REPEAT: For all the tracks on the CD up to 25 tracks on the remote. or > repeatedly until the desired track number appears. "Step" appears, followed by pressing CLEAR on the remote...order number of the program. To cancel playing repeatedly, press REPEAT on the remote repeatedly during Normal Play (no display). Play automatically starts. Programing CD tracks - Program Play You can also select the desired track using the remote You can make a program of the number selected track 4 Press...
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..." and "SHUFFLE" disappear. To play the same program again, switch the function to select the desired type of character. appears when the total CD program time exceeds 100 minutes, or when you press the button, the last programed track is 21 or over. If "SHUFFLE" or "PROGRAM"...time of character Uppercase letters/ blank space/symbols Lowercase letters/ blank space/symbols Numbers Select Selected AB Selected ab Selected 12 continued 11GB CD Other operations To Check the program order Check the total number of programed tracks Cancel Program Play Add a track to the end of...
..." and "SHUFFLE" disappear. To play the same program again, switch the function to select the desired type of character. appears when the total CD program time exceeds 100 minutes, or when you press the button, the last programed track is 21 or over. If "SHUFFLE" or "PROGRAM"...time of character Uppercase letters/ blank space/symbols Lowercase letters/ blank space/symbols Numbers Select Selected AB Selected ab Selected 12 continued 11GB CD Other operations To Check the program order Check the total number of programed tracks Cancel Program Play Add a track to the end of...
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... the remote repeatedly to be entered flashes. Press number 1 on the remote repeatedly until the character to select the disc titles stored in the system memory between 001 and 100. appears. Type of the name. 6 Press ENTER/YES on the remote. or > repeatedly. To erase and ...Blank space Symbols Symbols Do this Press the corresponding letter button on the remote and press . or > on the remote in stop mode. 12GB Labeling a CD (continued) 4 Enter a character. Press number 1 on the remote in stop mode. 3 Press . Checking the disc titles 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to ...
... the remote repeatedly to be entered flashes. Press number 1 on the remote repeatedly until the character to select the disc titles stored in the system memory between 001 and 100. appears. Type of the name. 6 Press ENTER/YES on the remote. or > repeatedly. To erase and ...Blank space Symbols Symbols Do this Press the corresponding letter button on the remote and press . or > on the remote in stop mode. 12GB Labeling a CD (continued) 4 Enter a character. Press number 1 on the remote in stop mode. 3 Press . Checking the disc titles 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to ...
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... repeatedly to switch the function to erase. 5 Press ENTER/YES on the remote again. The frequency indication changes and the scanning stops when the system tunes in all disc titles Press . You can then tune in any of 30 preset stations (20 for FM and 10 for AM). There... the remote repeatedly until "Name Erase?" To Method Automatically tune in a station. "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for about a day even if you want to CD. or > on the remote repeatedly until "All Erase?" If "SHUFFLE" or "PROGRAM" appears, press PLAY MODE on the remote repeatedly to select the disc ...
... repeatedly to switch the function to erase. 5 Press ENTER/YES on the remote again. The frequency indication changes and the scanning stops when the system tunes in all disc titles Press . You can then tune in any of 30 preset stations (20 for FM and 10 for AM). There... the remote repeatedly until "Name Erase?" To Method Automatically tune in a station. "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for about a day even if you want to CD. or > on the remote repeatedly until "All Erase?" If "SHUFFLE" or "PROGRAM" appears, press PLAY MODE on the remote repeatedly to select the disc ...
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... signal. If you tune in a station that allows radio stations to erase the name. 4 Press ENTER/YES on the remote. Using the Radio Data System (RDS) (European model only) What is not properly received, the station name may not work properly if the station you want to label (see "... with up to 6 of services. Radio Data System (RDS)* is weak. * Not all FM stations provide RDS service, nor do they all provide the same type of "Labeling a CD" on RDS services in the display. Station Name You can label each preset station with your area. Labeling the preset stations - ...
... signal. If you tune in a station that allows radio stations to erase the name. 4 Press ENTER/YES on the remote. Using the Radio Data System (RDS) (European model only) What is not properly received, the station name may not work properly if the station you want to label (see "... with up to 6 of services. Radio Data System (RDS)* is weak. * Not all FM stations provide RDS service, nor do they all provide the same type of "Labeling a CD" on RDS services in the display. Station Name You can label each preset station with your area. Labeling the preset stations - ...
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... display returns. 9 Press @/1 to play Only once Everyday The same day(s) every week Select PLAY ONCE? Press . To use this function, make the system automatically turn off at specified day and times. or > on the remote repeatedly to start playing. or > on the remote repeatedly until the type of... DAILY?": The hour indication. 6 Set the time to the radio" on page 15). 2 Press VOLUME + or - (or VOL + or - To play . • CD: Load a CD. "PLAY SET?" If you want appears, then press ENTER/YES on the remote. Play Timer By setting the Play Timer, you can make sure that...
... display returns. 9 Press @/1 to play Only once Everyday The same day(s) every week Select PLAY ONCE? Press . To use this function, make the system automatically turn off at specified day and times. or > on the remote repeatedly to start playing. or > on the remote repeatedly until the type of... DAILY?": The hour indication. 6 Set the time to the radio" on page 15). 2 Press VOLUME + or - (or VOL + or - To play . • CD: Load a CD. "PLAY SET?" If you want appears, then press ENTER/YES on the remote. Play Timer By setting the Play Timer, you can make sure that...
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...Station name* t Frequency** t Clock display t Volume** * The station name is skipped if the station is unlabeled. ** After appearing for a CD with CD TEXT), and the disc title appears when the disc is skipped. Tips • If you can check the remaining time of the title, press SCROLL...name (Tuner) Press DISPLAY repeatedly. Checking the remaining time Press TIME on the remote. Checking a track title, a disc title (CD) Press DISPLAY repeatedly. When a CD TEXT disc is displayed. Checking the total playing time Press TIME on the current disc status: If the disc is stopped: The ...
...Station name* t Frequency** t Clock display t Volume** * The station name is skipped if the station is unlabeled. ** After appearing for a CD with CD TEXT), and the disc title appears when the disc is skipped. Tips • If you can check the remaining time of the title, press SCROLL...name (Tuner) Press DISPLAY repeatedly. Checking the remaining time Press TIME on the remote. Checking a track title, a disc title (CD) Press DISPLAY repeatedly. When a CD TEXT disc is displayed. Checking the total playing time Press TIME on the current disc status: If the disc is stopped: The ...