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 ... Aspect Ratio Page 17 Choosing a Screen Size Page 18 Choosing a Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy...
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 ... Aspect Ratio Page 17 Choosing a Screen Size Page 18 Choosing a Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy...
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... years old, now is the time to upgrade. The Sony Guide to the systems of home theater, now is the time to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to Home Theater 3 What's more, packaged systems make your home theater is a few years ago...
... years old, now is the time to upgrade. The Sony Guide to the systems of home theater, now is the time to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Compared to Home Theater 3 What's more, packaged systems make your home theater is a few years ago...
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... source for today's home theaters. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 A good DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. SOUND. In one powerful experience. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches...
... source for today's home theaters. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 6 A good DVD player is also better. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder. SOUND. In one powerful experience. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches...
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... surround sound. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. To get the benefit of the movie's original film frames. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are...entertainment values today. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . Features to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV ...
... surround sound. This feature effectively doubles the picture quality. You'll see a clearer picture, especially on scenes with movement. To get the benefit of the movie's original film frames. The Sony Guide to individual movie scenes. Of course, compared to videotape, DVDs are...entertainment values today. Thousands of titles are more compact, more . Features to a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television. Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is a technology employed in a TV ...
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... to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. Component...a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to your A/V receiver. The Sony Guide to play. ...DVD player to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you load any mix of preserving the picture quality. It's best to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. To enjoy surround sound...
... to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. Component...a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to your A/V receiver. The Sony Guide to play. ...DVD player to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you load any mix of preserving the picture quality. It's best to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. To enjoy surround sound...
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... compatible wireless LAN access point. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. An absolute must for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater... surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. The Sony Guide to look for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to play . If your local channel line-up. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. A combination VHS/DVD ...
... compatible wireless LAN access point. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. An absolute must for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater... surround sound that you 'll find in many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. The Sony Guide to look for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to play . If your local channel line-up. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in DVD player. A combination VHS/DVD ...
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... the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. This is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony...
... the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. This is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony...
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... These are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. The DVD-Video standard offers the ... typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These systems add a Surround Back channel. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. If...
... These are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. The DVD-Video standard offers the ... typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These systems add a Surround Back channel. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. If...
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In particular, if you have a High Definition monitor television, look for 7.1-channel surround sound! Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of your entire A/V system, your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Inputs and outputs. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Today's receivers offer up to 7 channels of amplification ...
In particular, if you have a High Definition monitor television, look for 7.1-channel surround sound! Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of your entire A/V system, your DVD player. Power amplifiers. Inputs and outputs. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Today's receivers offer up to 7 channels of amplification ...
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... Picture-in both TV pictures generated by internal tuners. 32-Bit surround sound decoding. This contains 480 active scanning lines (of 240 lines. Used in the future. 6.1-Channel Inputs. The Sony Guide to the widescreen, 16:9 aspect ratio. 480i. This is...with 6.1-channel surround sound. A/V inputs. The conventional, Standard Definition television signal. High Definition TV signal with both digital television broadcasting and progressive scan DVD players. 5.1-Channel Inputs. This contains up to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super Audio Compact Disc player...
... Picture-in both TV pictures generated by internal tuners. 32-Bit surround sound decoding. This contains 480 active scanning lines (of 240 lines. Used in the future. 6.1-Channel Inputs. The Sony Guide to the widescreen, 16:9 aspect ratio. 480i. This is...with 6.1-channel surround sound. A/V inputs. The conventional, Standard Definition television signal. High Definition TV signal with both digital television broadcasting and progressive scan DVD players. 5.1-Channel Inputs. This contains up to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super Audio Compact Disc player...
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... higher quality, the single chrominance signal can also be "unsqueezed" by display on the The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver. Component video is ideal for DVD players and compatible satellite receivers. Composite video is coming from a source component to Home Theater 46 ...ATSC. CineMotion reverse 3-2 pull-down. Coaxial digital output. The most common television display technology, the CRT is a sealed glass envelope in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it is coated by an electron beam-the "cathode ray." Anamorphic. CRTs are used for Red...
... higher quality, the single chrominance signal can also be "unsqueezed" by display on the The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver. Component video is ideal for DVD players and compatible satellite receivers. Composite video is coming from a source component to Home Theater 46 ...ATSC. CineMotion reverse 3-2 pull-down. Coaxial digital output. The most common television display technology, the CRT is a sealed glass envelope in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it is coated by an electron beam-the "cathode ray." Anamorphic. CRTs are used for Red...
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...DVD player, satellite receiver or HDTV receiver to Home Theater 47 Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that movie directors intended by recreating the precise acoustics of three post-production dubbing stages in big-screen television. Dolby Digital passthrough. The classic system...versions of home theater sound. In the "matrix" The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver with incredible precision and even adjust the volume. Digital Cinema Sound system. The US system for display on a television. Decode-only systems that can perform surround sound decoding, create acoustic ...
...DVD player, satellite receiver or HDTV receiver to Home Theater 47 Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that movie directors intended by recreating the precise acoustics of three post-production dubbing stages in big-screen television. Dolby Digital passthrough. The classic system...versions of home theater sound. In the "matrix" The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver with incredible precision and even adjust the volume. Digital Cinema Sound system. The US system for display on a television. Decode-only systems that can perform surround sound decoding, create acoustic ...
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...'s inventors could not agree. For added versatility, some DVD players can carry High Definition video sources and DVD 480p progressive scan output. Sony's visually flat picture tube. In audio, the ability of a system to convey music from the deepest bass frequencies to six...experience at home. Immensely popular video playback system, for anything. Home Theater. The opposite of Broadcasters reports that 885 television stations are broadcasting a digital TV signal and that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. The connection is also secured ...
...'s inventors could not agree. For added versatility, some DVD players can carry High Definition video sources and DVD 480p progressive scan output. Sony's visually flat picture tube. In audio, the ability of a system to convey music from the deepest bass frequencies to six...experience at home. Immensely popular video playback system, for anything. Home Theater. The opposite of Broadcasters reports that 885 television stations are broadcasting a digital TV signal and that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. The connection is also secured ...
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...Sony FD Trinitron CRT that they include their 4:3 screen. A television display system that makes channel programming and timer setting easy. Many home theater speaker systems...reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are also "active," meaning that enables...technology. Progressive Scanning. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. A compact speaker that fills their own power amplifier. Decodes MTS stereo... original vision. PVRs offer many brands of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels ...
...Sony FD Trinitron CRT that they include their 4:3 screen. A television display system that makes channel programming and timer setting easy. Many home theater speaker systems...reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are also "active," meaning that enables...technology. Progressive Scanning. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. A compact speaker that fills their own power amplifier. Decodes MTS stereo... original vision. PVRs offer many brands of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels ...
Operating Instructions
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... Automatically decoding the input audio signal (Auto Decoding 51 Enjoying Surround Sound 51 Using only the front speakers and Subwoofer (2 Channel Stereo 54 Adjusting the ...the Radio 64 Naming Preset Stations 65 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 70 Settings ... appear in the display 78 Glossary ...78 Specifications 81 Language Code List 83 DVD Setup Menu List 84 Index ...85 Quick reference for Remote Commander Back cover 6US
... Automatically decoding the input audio signal (Auto Decoding 51 Enjoying Surround Sound 51 Using only the front speakers and Subwoofer (2 Channel Stereo 54 Adjusting the ...the Radio 64 Naming Preset Stations 65 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 70 Settings ... appear in the display 78 Glossary ...78 Specifications 81 Language Code List 83 DVD Setup Menu List 84 Index ...85 Quick reference for Remote Commander Back cover 6US
Operating Instructions
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Front Panel Display When playing back a DVD Current sound Playing status Current chapter number Lights up when you can change the angle PCM DIGITAL PRO LOGIC ALL1 DISC S TITLE CHAPTER Play mode Current title number Current surround format H M S ANGLE REPEAT 1 Playing time Current repeat mode When ...playing back a Super Audio CD, CD, VIDEO CD, or MP3 Current sound Current index number (The index indicator does not appear during ...
Front Panel Display When playing back a DVD Current sound Playing status Current chapter number Lights up when you can change the angle PCM DIGITAL PRO LOGIC ALL1 DISC S TITLE CHAPTER Play mode Current title number Current surround format H M S ANGLE REPEAT 1 Playing time Current repeat mode When ...playing back a Super Audio CD, CD, VIDEO CD, or MP3 Current sound Current index number (The index indicator does not appear during ...
Operating Instructions
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... monaural to 5.1 channel signals can be recorded on the DVD, the number of the disc When you play MPEG AUDIO sound tracks, the system outputs PCM (stereo) signals. Displaying the audio information of... recorded channels may differ. Rear component 2 DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2 . 1 Front component 2 + Center component 1 LFE (Low Frequency Effect) component 1 50US For example, in the playing track are displayed numerically as LS, RS, or S, the surround effect is displayed. Current audio format* 1:DVD...
... monaural to 5.1 channel signals can be recorded on the DVD, the number of the disc When you play MPEG AUDIO sound tracks, the system outputs PCM (stereo) signals. Displaying the audio information of... recorded channels may differ. Rear component 2 DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2 . 1 Front component 2 + Center component 1 LFE (Low Frequency Effect) component 1 50US For example, in the playing track are displayed numerically as LS, RS, or S, the surround effect is displayed. Current audio format* 1:DVD...
Operating Instructions
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... signals is played back according to create surround effects (page 29). Software with DTS. L. HP. DTS Digital Surround discs are labelled with HALL as DVD or TUNER, the sound field that was recorded. THEATER (Headphone Theater) When you connect your headphone to the PHONES jack of the system, the HEADPHONE THEATER mode allows you listen...
... signals is played back according to create surround effects (page 29). Software with DTS. L. HP. DTS Digital Surround discs are labelled with HALL as DVD or TUNER, the sound field that was recorded. THEATER (Headphone Theater) When you connect your headphone to the PHONES jack of the system, the HEADPHONE THEATER mode allows you listen...
Operating Instructions
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...Surround system, Dolby Pro Logic Surround reproduces left-to-right panning more naturally and localizes sounds more advanced than titles. C:13:00 First three characters of the surround sound produced by digital signal processing technology developed by Sony. A title is activated to prevent the system from two-channel sound...Chapter Sections of music, Digital Cinema Sound is designed specifically for movie theaters is needed). Unlike previous surround sound fields mainly directed at the reproduction of a picture or a music piece on a DVD that are processed digitally, less signal...
...Surround system, Dolby Pro Logic Surround reproduces left-to-right panning more naturally and localizes sounds more advanced than titles. C:13:00 First three characters of the surround sound produced by digital signal processing technology developed by Sony. A title is activated to prevent the system from two-channel sound...Chapter Sections of music, Digital Cinema Sound is designed specifically for movie theaters is needed). Unlike previous surround sound fields mainly directed at the reproduction of a picture or a music piece on a DVD that are processed digitally, less signal...
Marketing Specifications
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...Progressive) Floor Standing Front Speaker: 100 Watts Per Channel x 2 (3 ohms, 1kHz, 10% THD) - Product Information DAV-C990 DVD Dream™ System KEY FEATURES • 5-Disc DVD/SACD/CD Changer with 20 FM + 10 AM Station Presets • Magnetically Shielded Speakers • CD-R/CD-RW ...-RW Discs • Super Audio CD Playback (2 Channel & Multi-Channel) • Surround Sound Fields (Auto Decoding, Normal Surround, Hall, Jazz Club, Live Concert, Game, 2Ch Stereo) • Digital Cinema Sound™ System (Cinema Studio EX A, Cinema Studio EX B, Cinema Studio EX C) Inputs and Outputs ...
...Progressive) Floor Standing Front Speaker: 100 Watts Per Channel x 2 (3 ohms, 1kHz, 10% THD) - Product Information DAV-C990 DVD Dream™ System KEY FEATURES • 5-Disc DVD/SACD/CD Changer with 20 FM + 10 AM Station Presets • Magnetically Shielded Speakers • CD-R/CD-RW ...-RW Discs • Super Audio CD Playback (2 Channel & Multi-Channel) • Surround Sound Fields (Auto Decoding, Normal Surround, Hall, Jazz Club, Live Concert, Game, 2Ch Stereo) • Digital Cinema Sound™ System (Cinema Studio EX A, Cinema Studio EX B, Cinema Studio EX C) Inputs and Outputs ...