Limited Warranty (US Only)
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... equal degree of protection, to obtain warranty service. 4-557-172-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems Hifi Audio LIMITED WARRANTY Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is within 90 days of the date of sale, the limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts...
... equal degree of protection, to obtain warranty service. 4-557-172-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/Audio Systems Hifi Audio LIMITED WARRANTY Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is within 90 days of the date of sale, the limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. No company is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic television...
... capture major Hollywood action adventure movies, comedies, dramas, indie films and a full range of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. No company is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems. The Sony CineAlta camera has been used to provide your living room. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic television...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you load any mix of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. This ... through the shelves. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to all other players. The Sony Guide to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. They do the best job of the signal from the...
... are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for decoding. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you load any mix of the DVD player to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. This ... through the shelves. Digital audio outputs feed the digital bit stream to all other players. The Sony Guide to the television. MegaStorage® DVD changer capability. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. They do the best job of the signal from the...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians are playing in your living room into ...reproduction until you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of the analog era to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. But you...
...The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if the musicians are playing in your living room into ...reproduction until you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of the analog era to the latest in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound capability. Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. But you...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... crucial advantages: Digital sound quality. This "omnidirectional" quality of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. The LFE channel is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. You'll hear full ..., over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. You need a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels out of Compact Disc. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of surround sound formats...
... crucial advantages: Digital sound quality. This "omnidirectional" quality of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow. The LFE channel is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-air digital television broadcasting. You'll hear full ..., over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. You need a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels out of Compact Disc. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with the launch of surround sound formats...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of your entertainment sources. These decoding systems derive six ...specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Neo6:cinema or... heightened realism of analog stereo TV broadcasts. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. If you watch...
... option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of your entertainment sources. These decoding systems derive six ...specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Neo6:cinema or... heightened realism of analog stereo TV broadcasts. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. If you watch...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...enjoy high-resolution surround sound for higher fidelity than the standard 4:3 aspect ratio screen. For connecting external audio/video equipment, including VCRs, DVD players, A/V receivers. Far more accurate, for music that processes composite video signals, stripping the color signal (chrominance) apart from the ...field lasts for flexibility now and in -Picture. The inputs allow for 1/60 second. 480p. The Sony Guide to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super Audio Compact Disc player. It's closer to six times the detail of 240 lines. You get higher horizontal resolution,...
...enjoy high-resolution surround sound for higher fidelity than the standard 4:3 aspect ratio screen. For connecting external audio/video equipment, including VCRs, DVD players, A/V receivers. Far more accurate, for music that processes composite video signals, stripping the color signal (chrominance) apart from the ...field lasts for flexibility now and in -Picture. The inputs allow for 1/60 second. 480p. The Sony Guide to connect a multi-channel source, such as a Super Audio Compact Disc player. It's closer to six times the detail of 240 lines. You get higher horizontal resolution,...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). Plays audio discs from the best method. CineMotion reverse 3-2 pull-down. A method of...frames for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it is... in Y/PB/PR component connections, or into a standard 4:3 image. A Sony feature that produced the table of a 4:3 screen. Coaxial digital output. The...Component Video connections (Y/PB/PR). Y/PB/PR is ideal for DVD players and compatible satellite receivers. R/G/B is ideal for HDTV receivers...
... blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). Plays audio discs from the best method. CineMotion reverse 3-2 pull-down. A method of...frames for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting in surround sound systems. The Center channel is crucially important because it is... in Y/PB/PR component connections, or into a standard 4:3 image. A Sony feature that produced the table of a 4:3 screen. Coaxial digital output. The...Component Video connections (Y/PB/PR). Y/PB/PR is ideal for DVD players and compatible satellite receivers. R/G/B is ideal for HDTV receivers...
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... treble. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from an HDTV receiver to -digital transport of conventional television. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. Frequency response. Component video (Y/PB/PR) connectors that DVD stands for "Digital Versatile Disc." Capable of images... with a screen of conventional television. Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from two-channel material. High Definition. Home Theater. Decode-only systems that 60 network TV series ...
... treble. The Sony Guide to protect the signal from an HDTV receiver to -digital transport of conventional television. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. Frequency response. Component video (Y/PB/PR) connectors that DVD stands for "Digital Versatile Disc." Capable of images... with a screen of conventional television. Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from two-channel material. High Definition. Home Theater. Decode-only systems that 60 network TV series ...
Operating Instructions
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...with adequate ventilation to use it checked by putting anything falls into the cabinet, unplug the unit and have it for purchasing Sony DVD Home Theatre System. In this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for future reference. If you for an extended period of time, ...excessive dust, mechanical vibration, or shock. • Do not install the unit in a horizontal position only. • Keep the unit and discs away from the wall outlet (mains). It is designed to be operated in an inclined position. registered mark. Precautions On power sources AC power...
...with adequate ventilation to use it checked by putting anything falls into the cabinet, unplug the unit and have it for purchasing Sony DVD Home Theatre System. In this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for future reference. If you for an extended period of time, ...excessive dust, mechanical vibration, or shock. • Do not install the unit in a horizontal position only. • Keep the unit and discs away from the wall outlet (mains). It is designed to be operated in an inclined position. registered mark. Precautions On power sources AC power...
Operating Instructions
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... the set. The nameplate is removed from the system. 2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to "MECHA LOCK." IMPORTANT NOTICE Caution: This system is changed to select "DVD." 3 Press ., >, and DISC1 Z simultaneously. On moving the system When you risk permanent damage to this. Do not use a commercially available CD/DVD cleaning disc. On cleaning Clean the cabinet, panel, and...
... the set. The nameplate is removed from the system. 2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to "MECHA LOCK." IMPORTANT NOTICE Caution: This system is changed to select "DVD." 3 Press ., >, and DISC1 Z simultaneously. On moving the system When you risk permanent damage to this. Do not use a commercially available CD/DVD cleaning disc. On cleaning Clean the cabinet, panel, and...
Operating Instructions
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...Precautions 3 About This Manual 7 This System Can Play the Following Discs 7 Terms for Discs 7 Notes about Discs 9 Note on DVD 5-DISC changer 10 Guide to the Control Menu Display...... 11 Getting Started Unpacking 13 Inserting Batteries into the Remote....... 13 Step 1: Speaker System Hookup........... 14 Step 2: Antenna (aerial...Additional Functions Changing the Angles 66 Displaying Subtitles 67 Locking Discs 68 (CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL) Other Operations Controlling TV with the Supplied Remote 73 Using the SONY TV DIRECT Function 75 Using the Video or Other Units ...
...Precautions 3 About This Manual 7 This System Can Play the Following Discs 7 Terms for Discs 7 Notes about Discs 9 Note on DVD 5-DISC changer 10 Guide to the Control Menu Display...... 11 Getting Started Unpacking 13 Inserting Batteries into the Remote....... 13 Step 1: Speaker System Hookup........... 14 Step 2: Antenna (aerial...Additional Functions Changing the Angles 66 Displaying Subtitles 67 Locking Discs 68 (CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL) Other Operations Controlling TV with the Supplied Remote 73 Using the SONY TV DIRECT Function 75 Using the Video or Other Units ...
Operating Instructions
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...The instructions in this manual. This System Can Play the Following Discs Format of discs DVD VIDEO Disc logo Super Audio CD VIDEO CD Audio CD Format of a picture or a music piece on a data CD containing MP3 audio tracks or JPEG files. • Track Section of discs CD-R/CD-RW (audio data) ...(MP3 files) (JPEG files) Disc logo The "DVD VIDEO" logo is a trademark. Depending on the disc, no indexes may be recorded. • Scene On a VIDEO CD with PBC functions (...
...The instructions in this manual. This System Can Play the Following Discs Format of discs DVD VIDEO Disc logo Super Audio CD VIDEO CD Audio CD Format of a picture or a music piece on a data CD containing MP3 audio tracks or JPEG files. • Track Section of discs CD-R/CD-RW (audio data) ...(MP3 files) (JPEG files) Disc logo The "DVD VIDEO" logo is a trademark. Depending on the disc, no indexes may be recorded. • Scene On a VIDEO CD with PBC functions (...
Operating Instructions
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... the TV screen (PBC Playback), in the following discs: • A DVD with paper or stickers on it. • A disc that the system cannot play The system cannot play any other than those recorded in addition to play the following discs: • CD-ROMs (except for standardization) Do... 101). • A disc that conforms to Ver. 1.1 and Ver. 2.0 of files and folders on the disc. Region code Your system has a region code printed on the back of CD-Extras • DVD-ROMs • DVD Audio discs • DVD-RAMs • DVD-RWs in the first session. DVDs labeled ALL will appear on ...
... the TV screen (PBC Playback), in the following discs: • A DVD with paper or stickers on it. • A disc that the system cannot play The system cannot play any other than those recorded in addition to play the following discs: • CD-ROMs (except for standardization) Do... 101). • A disc that conforms to Ver. 1.1 and Ver. 2.0 of files and folders on the disc. Region code Your system has a region code printed on the back of CD-Extras • DVD-ROMs • DVD Audio discs • DVD-RAMs • DVD-RWs in the first session. DVDs labeled ALL will appear on ...
Operating Instructions
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... (Video mode)/DVD+R/DVD+RW In some cases, CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (Video mode)/DVD+R/DVD+RW cannot be played on the disc. • Do not expose the disc to the disc contents the software producers designed, some playback features may rise considerably inside the car. • After playing, store the disc in its edge. This system can only...
... (Video mode)/DVD+R/DVD+RW In some cases, CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (Video mode)/DVD+R/DVD+RW cannot be played on the disc. • Do not expose the disc to the disc contents the software producers designed, some playback features may rise considerably inside the car. • After playing, store the disc in its edge. This system can only...
Operating Instructions
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...) CD with an 8 cm (3inch) adapter. Notes • Do not insert or eject discs while playing. • Noise may damage the system and disc. 10US It may come from the disc changer when changing discs or turning the system on DVD 5-DISC changer Disc changer system Stocker Disc DISC 3 DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 4 DISC 5 Playing unit The disc changer consists of a playing unit and a stocker which transports the...
...) CD with an 8 cm (3inch) adapter. Notes • Do not insert or eject discs while playing. • Noise may damage the system and disc. 10US It may come from the disc changer when changing discs or turning the system on DVD 5-DISC changer Disc changer system Stocker Disc DISC 3 DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 4 DISC 5 Playing unit The disc changer consists of a playing unit and a stocker which transports the...
Operating Instructions
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... 3: SPANISH Current setting Options Function name of selected Control Menu item Operation message SUBTITLE Select: ENTER List of Control Menu Items DISC Displays the disc name or the disc type inserted into the system. TITLE (DVD only) (page 50)/ SCENE (only VIDEO CD in PBC playback) / TRACK (VIDEO CD only) (page 50) Selects the title...
... 3: SPANISH Current setting Options Function name of selected Control Menu item Operation message SUBTITLE Select: ENTER List of Control Menu Items DISC Displays the disc name or the disc type inserted into the system. TITLE (DVD only) (page 50)/ SCENE (only VIDEO CD in PBC playback) / TRACK (VIDEO CD only) (page 50) Selects the title...
Operating Instructions
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.../MP3/JPEG only) (page 44, 47) REPEAT (page 48) Plays the entire disc (all titles/all tracks), one title/chapter/ track/album, or contents of program repeatedly. Tips • Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the Control Menu display changes as follows: Control Menu display m Control Menu ...display off The Control Menu items vary, depending on the disc. • The Control Menu icon indicator lights up in green t unless...
.../MP3/JPEG only) (page 44, 47) REPEAT (page 48) Plays the entire disc (all titles/all tracks), one title/chapter/ track/album, or contents of program repeatedly. Tips • Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the Control Menu display changes as follows: Control Menu display m Control Menu ...display off The Control Menu items vary, depending on the disc. • The Control Menu icon indicator lights up in green t unless...
Operating Instructions
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... compatible with the 6.1 surround system. SPEAKER R FRONT R CENTER FRONT L DIR-T1 SURROUND BACK R WOOFER WOOFER VIDEO AUDIO IN AUDIO IN S AT Y L PB/CB PR/CR S VIDEO (DVD ONLY) OPTICAL DIGITAL IN COMPOMEMT VIDEO OUT L S AT VIDEO MONITOR OUT AM FM 75 COAXIAL Amplifier AUDIO IN ...see "Selecting the Surround Back Decoding Mode" on the components: 3 to 3, and # to check that is compatible with the 6.1 surround system such as a DTS-ES disc, connect the surround back speaker (not supplied) and set its parameters (see page 89. For details on outputting a test tone, see ...
... compatible with the 6.1 surround system. SPEAKER R FRONT R CENTER FRONT L DIR-T1 SURROUND BACK R WOOFER WOOFER VIDEO AUDIO IN AUDIO IN S AT Y L PB/CB PR/CR S VIDEO (DVD ONLY) OPTICAL DIGITAL IN COMPOMEMT VIDEO OUT L S AT VIDEO MONITOR OUT AM FM 75 COAXIAL Amplifier AUDIO IN ...see "Selecting the Surround Back Decoding Mode" on the components: 3 to 3, and # to check that is compatible with the 6.1 surround system such as a DTS-ES disc, connect the surround back speaker (not supplied) and set its parameters (see page 89. For details on outputting a test tone, see ...
Operating Instructions
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... this case, return the setting to interlace format. . If your TV does not accept progressive signals and progressive format is set to [PROGRESSIVE]" on the disc, the image may not appear, or will appear distorted. Progressive is changed to interlace format. 25US Getting Started When connecting to a standard 4:3 screen TV ... progressive signals? The output signal is the method for displaying TV images which reduces flickering, and sharpens the image. FUNCTION 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until "DVD" appears in the front panel display. 2 While holding down ., press FUNCTION.
... this case, return the setting to interlace format. . If your TV does not accept progressive signals and progressive format is set to [PROGRESSIVE]" on the disc, the image may not appear, or will appear distorted. Progressive is changed to interlace format. 25US Getting Started When connecting to a standard 4:3 screen TV ... progressive signals? The output signal is the method for displaying TV images which reduces flickering, and sharpens the image. FUNCTION 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until "DVD" appears in the front panel display. 2 While holding down ., press FUNCTION.