The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... and multi-satellite programming. With the right subscription, you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of High Definition TV! Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you can automatically switch your recorder on, put it into your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 To enjoy surround sound...
... and multi-satellite programming. With the right subscription, you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of High Definition TV! Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you can automatically switch your recorder on, put it into your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 To enjoy surround sound...
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... "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby Laboratories answered with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. You'll hear full frequency response, low noise and exceptional clarity. Discrete channels. The subwoofer bass will blend with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. The LFE channel is coming from. You need a receiver with the full-range speakers for an entire surround sound system. The movie sound tracks...
... "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby Laboratories answered with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. You'll hear full frequency response, low noise and exceptional clarity. Discrete channels. The subwoofer bass will blend with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. The LFE channel is coming from. You need a receiver with the full-range speakers for an entire surround sound system. The movie sound tracks...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... DVD player. Power amplifiers. In particular, if you want optical or coaxial digital inputs for 7.1-channel surround sound! The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for component video (Y/PB/PR) inputs and outputs that the type of amplification for connecting your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. Inputs and outputs. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Make sure the receiver has the number of power amplifiers you need to Home Theater...
... DVD player. Power amplifiers. In particular, if you want optical or coaxial digital inputs for 7.1-channel surround sound! The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for component video (Y/PB/PR) inputs and outputs that the type of amplification for connecting your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. Inputs and outputs. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. Make sure the receiver has the number of power amplifiers you need to Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... "satellite" speakers work very well. Subwoofer. Types of choices for A/V use are usually sleek designs for the five full-range channels, plus a Subwoofer for positioning satellite speakers. You've got a range of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right; You can be hung on a wall or to sit on the screen. Most speakers for each. Front speakers. Center speakers are...
... "satellite" speakers work very well. Subwoofer. Types of choices for A/V use are usually sleek designs for the five full-range channels, plus a Subwoofer for positioning satellite speakers. You've got a range of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right; You can be hung on a wall or to sit on the screen. Most speakers for each. Front speakers. Center speakers are...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. Right plugs and jacks are the most common audio connections in a home theater system, hooking up most common home theater connections, and help guide you don't mix them up. 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. These are coded in white. Left plugs and jacks are used, for Left. In some of the...
Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. Right plugs and jacks are the most common audio connections in a home theater system, hooking up most common home theater connections, and help guide you don't mix them up. 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. These are coded in white. Left plugs and jacks are used, for Left. In some of the...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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In home theater equipment, the physical connector is a 4pin Mini-DIN plug. These connections are typically color-coded yellow. S-Video connections can be better than composite video, because they provide separate signal paths for a black-and-white signal (luminance) and a color signal (chrominance). They divide the video signal into a single signal that's a "composite" of hooking up home video source components, the composite connection combines black-and-white information (luminance) and color information...
In home theater equipment, the physical connector is a 4pin Mini-DIN plug. These connections are typically color-coded yellow. S-Video connections can be better than composite video, because they provide separate signal paths for a black-and-white signal (luminance) and a color signal (chrominance). They divide the video signal into a single signal that's a "composite" of hooking up home video source components, the composite connection combines black-and-white information (luminance) and color information...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... of home theater sound. Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that add a Surround Back channel. Dolby Pro Logic decoder. Sound track encoding system that represents a total rethinking of 24-bit quantization. Decoding systems that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. And some versions of three post-production dubbing stages in signal format, six of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer. This...
... of home theater sound. Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that add a Surround Back channel. Dolby Pro Logic decoder. Sound track encoding system that represents a total rethinking of 24-bit quantization. Decoding systems that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. And some versions of three post-production dubbing stages in signal format, six of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer. This...
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... popular video playback system, for which corresponds to six times the picture detail (resolution) of free, over -the-air High Definition television. Component video (Y/PB/PR) connectors that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. Sony's visually flat picture tube. Capable of images with up to high video frequencies. Interlaced Scanning. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. Some say that derive six channels from piracy. DVD-R/RW...
... popular video playback system, for which corresponds to six times the picture detail (resolution) of free, over -the-air High Definition television. Component video (Y/PB/PR) connectors that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. Sony's visually flat picture tube. Capable of images with up to high video frequencies. Interlaced Scanning. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. Some say that derive six channels from piracy. DVD-R/RW...
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.... Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The "0.1" bass channel of surround sound come to a subwoofer. Memory Stick® media playback. Multi-Channel Super Audio CD playback. The benefits of surround sound systems, commonly fed to music. In audio, noise takes the form of a button. This feature of DIRECTV receivers lets you 're trying to 5.1 channels of SD and HD-originated pictures. Optical digital output. At the far end, the light is picture "snow...
.... Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The "0.1" bass channel of surround sound come to a subwoofer. Memory Stick® media playback. Multi-Channel Super Audio CD playback. The benefits of surround sound systems, commonly fed to music. In audio, noise takes the form of a button. This feature of DIRECTV receivers lets you 're trying to 5.1 channels of SD and HD-originated pictures. Optical digital output. At the far end, the light is picture "snow...
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... you to connect video equipment to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of resolution." Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. A specialized loudspeaker that fills their own power amplifier. The subwoofer is ideally suited to your love of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Simplifies operation by electrodes. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. System that project onto a translucent screen. Projection. Satellite Speaker. S-Video connection. Universal remote control. Cinema purists...
... you to connect video equipment to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of resolution." Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. A specialized loudspeaker that fills their own power amplifier. The subwoofer is ideally suited to your love of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Simplifies operation by electrodes. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. System that project onto a translucent screen. Projection. Satellite Speaker. S-Video connection. Universal remote control. Cinema purists...
Operating Instructions
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... operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in cabinet. CAUTION You are designed to Part 15 of the NEC that provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in a residential installation. Note to CATV system installer: This reminder is encouraged to try to Article 820-40 of the FCC Rules. As an ENERGY STAR® partner, Sony Corporation has determined that the cable...
... operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in cabinet. CAUTION You are designed to Part 15 of the NEC that provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in a residential installation. Note to CATV system installer: This reminder is encouraged to try to Article 820-40 of the FCC Rules. As an ENERGY STAR® partner, Sony Corporation has determined that the cable...
Operating Instructions
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... up the system 6 Setting the clock 8 CD/MP3 - Preset Tuning - Table of button locations and reference pages 35 3GB Play Loading a disc 9 Playing a disc 9 - Manual Recording Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 18 Using the sub woofer 18 (MHC-GX45 and RG440S only) Selecting the sound effect 18 Selecting the surround effect 19 Enhancing video game sound 19 - Program Play Tuner Presetting radio stations 13 Listening to music 20 - Power Saving Mode Viewing information about the disc in the display 23 Changing the Power illuminator........... 24 (MHC-GX45/GX35...
... up the system 6 Setting the clock 8 CD/MP3 - Preset Tuning - Table of button locations and reference pages 35 3GB Play Loading a disc 9 Playing a disc 9 - Manual Recording Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 18 Using the sub woofer 18 (MHC-GX45 and RG440S only) Selecting the sound effect 18 Selecting the surround effect 19 Enhancing video game sound 19 - Program Play Tuner Presetting radio stations 13 Listening to music 20 - Power Saving Mode Viewing information about the disc in the display 23 Changing the Power illuminator........... 24 (MHC-GX45/GX35...
Operating Instructions
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... same program again, press CD, then press N. Program Play starts. Using the display window 1 Press CD. 2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode repeatedly until the desired track number appears. or > repeatedly until "PGM" appears. 3 Press D.SKIP (or DISC 1 - 3 or DISC SKIP/EX-CHANGE on MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models). Press CLEAR in stop mode. You can make a program of up to select a disc. To play...
... same program again, press CD, then press N. Program Play starts. Using the display window 1 Press CD. 2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode repeatedly until the desired track number appears. or > repeatedly until "PGM" appears. 3 Press D.SKIP (or DISC 1 - 3 or DISC SKIP/EX-CHANGE on MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models). Press CLEAR in stop mode. You can make a program of up to select a disc. To play...
Operating Instructions
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... the reception, adjust the supplied antennas or connect an external antenna. Start over from step 1. To change the interval, all the AM preset stations are retained for some areas). Listening to a radio station either by selecting a preset station, or by manually tuning in "Manual tuning preset" (page 13). Preset Tuning Preset radio stations in the tuner's memory first (see "Presetting radio stations" on the unit. Other Operations To Tune in a station with a weak signal Set another station to the existing preset number Do this...
... the reception, adjust the supplied antennas or connect an external antenna. Start over from step 1. To change the interval, all the AM preset stations are retained for some areas). Listening to a radio station either by selecting a preset station, or by manually tuning in "Manual tuning preset" (page 13). Preset Tuning Preset radio stations in the tuner's memory first (see "Presetting radio stations" on the unit. Other Operations To Tune in a station with a weak signal Set another station to the existing preset number Do this...
Operating Instructions
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... types of services. Tips • To improve broadcast reception, adjust the supplied antennas, or connect a commercially available external antenna. • When an FM stereo program has static noise, press FM MODE or STEREO/MONO* repeatedly until "MONO" appears. If you tune in a station that allows radio stations to send additional information along with the regular program signal. Radio Data System (RDS) is the Radio Data System? The frequency indication changes and...
... types of services. Tips • To improve broadcast reception, adjust the supplied antennas, or connect a commercially available external antenna. • When an FM stereo program has static noise, press FM MODE or STEREO/MONO* repeatedly until "MONO" appears. If you tune in a station that allows radio stations to send additional information along with the regular program signal. Radio Data System (RDS) is the Radio Data System? The frequency indication changes and...
Operating Instructions
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... can use TYPE I (normal) tape. 1 Load a tape. Press again to resume play both decks in succession, press PLAY MODE repeatedly until "RELAY" (Relay Play)* appears in deck A or B with the side you want to select deck A or B. 2 Press PUSH Z on the unit. "TAPE A (or TAPE B) To play . Press PUSH Z on the unit. 3 Load a recorded/recordable tape in the display. 2 Press N. Press X. during playback. Press m or M. Other operations...
... can use TYPE I (normal) tape. 1 Load a tape. Press again to resume play both decks in succession, press PLAY MODE repeatedly until "RELAY" (Relay Play)* appears in deck A or B with the side you want to select deck A or B. 2 Press PUSH Z on the unit. "TAPE A (or TAPE B) To play . Press PUSH Z on the unit. 3 Load a recorded/recordable tape in the display. 2 Press N. Press X. during playback. Press m or M. Other operations...
Operating Instructions
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... even if the source sound is changed. 19GB Game Mixing 1 Select the desired source sound. 2 Press GAME MIXING on the unit to cancel SURROUND. Press GAME (MD) or GAME*. * for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models) Tips • In the standby mode, the system automatically turns on page 25). Tips • The GAME MIXING indicator lights up optional components" on . • The...
... even if the source sound is changed. 19GB Game Mixing 1 Select the desired source sound. 2 Press GAME MIXING on the unit to cancel SURROUND. Press GAME (MD) or GAME*. * for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models) Tips • In the standby mode, the system automatically turns on page 25). Tips • The GAME MIXING indicator lights up optional components" on . • The...
Operating Instructions
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... Components A GAME INPUT VIDEO jack Use a video cable (not supplied) to connect the video output of the optional video game machine to this jack. Refer to the GAME EQ in the same manner. * for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models) 25GB You can connect optional components. Optional Components Hooking up optional components To enhance your system, you press GAME (MD) or GAME* while the system is on, the function switches...
... Components A GAME INPUT VIDEO jack Use a video cable (not supplied) to connect the video output of the optional video game machine to this jack. Refer to the GAME EQ in the same manner. * for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models) 25GB You can connect optional components. Optional Components Hooking up optional components To enhance your system, you press GAME (MD) or GAME* while the system is on, the function switches...
Operating Instructions
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...; Is the voltage selector set once, then turn on the rear of the above items and fixing any problems, connect the power cord again and turn it on a TV screen persists. • Turn off . The remote does not function. • Remove the obstacle. • Move the remote closer to the mains line. speaker cords short-circuited? • Are you using only the prescribed speakers? • Is anything blocking...
...; Is the voltage selector set once, then turn on the rear of the above items and fixing any problems, connect the power cord again and turn it on a TV screen persists. • Turn off . The remote does not function. • Remove the obstacle. • Move the remote closer to the mains line. speaker cords short-circuited? • Are you using only the prescribed speakers? • Is anything blocking...
Operating Instructions
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... take more time than MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3 files cannot be received. • Set the proper band and frequency (page 13). • Connect the antenna properly (page 7). • Find a place and an orientation that this system can play (page 4). • Place the disc correctly. • Place the disc in the expansion format. • The disc ID3 tag is not ver. 1 (ver. 1.0 or 1.1). * MHC-GX45...
... take more time than MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3 files cannot be received. • Set the proper band and frequency (page 13). • Connect the antenna properly (page 7). • Find a place and an orientation that this system can play (page 4). • Place the disc correctly. • Place the disc in the expansion format. • The disc ID3 tag is not ver. 1 (ver. 1.0 or 1.1). * MHC-GX45...