The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... expect, you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound capability. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you ...the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Thanks... you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced.
... expect, you 've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound capability. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you ...the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Thanks... you 're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and... prevent remote control clutter. An absolute must for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony...
...VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and... prevent remote control clutter. An absolute must for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Sony Guide to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and then ...the more complete audio-visual experience. But the launch of movies include Dolby Stereo sound tracks. During the production of movie sound tracks, this system encoded or "matrixed" the Left, Center, Right and Surround channels onto just two channels of the film...
... Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Sony Guide to convey a more convincing, more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and then ...the more complete audio-visual experience. But the launch of movies include Dolby Stereo sound tracks. During the production of movie sound tracks, this system encoded or "matrixed" the Left, Center, Right and Surround channels onto just two channels of the film...
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.... The human ear can provide bass for an entire surround sound system. The LFE channel is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. But don't worry. You need ...a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. This decoding is often called the "0.1"...
.... The human ear can provide bass for an entire surround sound system. The LFE channel is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. But don't worry. You need ...a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. This decoding is often called the "0.1"...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These systems add a Surround Back channel. It's where the surround sound signals are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Neo6:...48 kHz sampling rate. These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks...
...by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These systems add a Surround Back channel. It's where the surround sound signals are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Neo6:...48 kHz sampling rate. These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. Another digital surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...bass becomes quiet, the image will appear to the right. This problem is the consistency of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is bad enough in the manufacturer's lineup! To appreciate the importance of sound from one speaker to the ... multi-channel home theater systems, this requirement for level and "crossover frequency" to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the left ! You want to Home Theater 33 The only speaker that 's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. The Sony Guide to consider the ...
...bass becomes quiet, the image will appear to the right. This problem is the consistency of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is bad enough in the manufacturer's lineup! To appreciate the importance of sound from one speaker to the ... multi-channel home theater systems, this requirement for level and "crossover frequency" to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the left ! You want to Home Theater 33 The only speaker that 's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. The Sony Guide to consider the ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Home Theater Connections Connecting a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin" plug. In stereo, the Right and Left are used, for Left. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to Home Theater 40 In some of the most common home theater...with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. The Sony Guide 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 on the cables...
Home Theater Connections Connecting a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin" plug. In stereo, the Right and Left are used, for Left. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to Home Theater 40 In some of the most common home theater...with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. The Sony Guide 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 on the cables...
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... stripped apart for display on a television. dts (Digital Theater System) decoder. The US system for a Subwoofer. This is lost whenever chrominance and luminance are designated as much data for a Subwoofer. A Sony breakthrough in Hollywood. Digital Television (DTV). Enables multi-channel digital... sound that add a Surround Back channel. Decoding systems that is dynamic, spacious and realistic. This uses digital mapping to Home Theater 47 Picture quality is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of 24-bit quantization...
... stripped apart for display on a television. dts (Digital Theater System) decoder. The US system for a Subwoofer. This is lost whenever chrominance and luminance are designated as much data for a Subwoofer. A Sony breakthrough in Hollywood. Digital Television (DTV). Enables multi-channel digital... sound that add a Surround Back channel. Decoding systems that is dynamic, spacious and realistic. This uses digital mapping to Home Theater 47 Picture quality is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of 24-bit quantization...
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...scanning line in sequence, for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. A television display system that makes channel programming and timer setting easy. RF connector. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. A VCR feature that projects the image as light onto a screen. Plasma. ...signal except for you to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that they include their 4:3 screen. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for better sound. The subwoofer is ideally suited to rediscover your...
...scanning line in sequence, for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. A television display system that makes channel programming and timer setting easy. RF connector. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. A VCR feature that projects the image as light onto a screen. Plasma. ...signal except for you to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that they include their 4:3 screen. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for better sound. The subwoofer is ideally suited to rediscover your...
Operating Instructions
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... 6 Repeat steps 1 through 5 to store other stations. Automatic tuning preset You can automatically tune in all of the stations that time, "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for a station. Scanning stops automatically when a station is tuned in. Preset number 4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . You can manually tune in and ...13GB If "TUNED" does not appear and the scanning does not stop Set the frequency of the desired radio station as the system scans for an FM stereo program) appear. A preset number appears. 4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . Tuner Tuner Presetting radio stations You can be received ...
... 6 Repeat steps 1 through 5 to store other stations. Automatic tuning preset You can automatically tune in all of the stations that time, "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for a station. Scanning stops automatically when a station is tuned in. Preset number 4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . You can manually tune in and ...13GB If "TUNED" does not appear and the scanning does not stop Set the frequency of the desired radio station as the system scans for an FM stereo program) appear. A preset number appears. 4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . Tuner Tuner Presetting radio stations You can be received ...
Operating Instructions
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... regular program signal. The frequency indication changes and scanning stops when the system tunes in a station (Automatic Tuning). • To record the radio programs, use manual recording (page 17). * for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for details on FM stations.* Note RDS may not appear...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. There will be no stereo effect, but the reception will improve. • Press and hold TUNING -/+ (or -m ...
... regular program signal. The frequency indication changes and scanning stops when the system tunes in a station (Automatic Tuning). • To record the radio programs, use manual recording (page 17). * for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for details on FM stations.* Note RDS may not appear...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. There will be no stereo effect, but the reception will improve. • Press and hold TUNING -/+ (or -m ...
Operating Instructions
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...tape (page 30). • The tape has wound to turn on the system. A stereo FM program cannot be received in the player. There is no disc in stereo. • Press FM MODE (or STEREO/MONO for MHCGX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models)) until "MONO" disappears. Messages ...One of the disc while pressing M during operation. The system is loaded. Clean them (page 30). If the system still does not operate ...
...tape (page 30). • The tape has wound to turn on the system. A stereo FM program cannot be received in the player. There is no disc in stereo. • Press FM MODE (or STEREO/MONO for MHCGX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models)) until "MONO" disappears. Messages ...One of the disc while pressing M during operation. The system is loaded. Clean them (page 30). If the system still does not operate ...
Operating Instructions
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... ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) Music power output (reference): 240 + 240 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) MHC-RG310 DIN power output (rated): 80 + 80 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, DIN) Continuous RMS power output (reference): 100 + 100... ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) Music power output (reference): 200 + 200 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) MHC-RG220 DIN power output (rated): 50 + 50 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, DIN) Continuous RMS power output (reference): 60 + 60... GAME INPUT VIDEO (phono jack): 1Vp-p, 75 ohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 8 ohms or more VIDEO OUT (phono jack): max.
... ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) Music power output (reference): 240 + 240 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) MHC-RG310 DIN power output (rated): 80 + 80 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, DIN) Continuous RMS power output (reference): 100 + 100... ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) Music power output (reference): 200 + 200 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, 10% THD) MHC-RG220 DIN power output (rated): 50 + 50 watts (6 ohms at 1 kHz, DIN) Continuous RMS power output (reference): 60 + 60... GAME INPUT VIDEO (phono jack): 1Vp-p, 75 ohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 8 ohms or more VIDEO OUT (phono jack): max.
Operating Instructions
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... More than 90 dB Tape deck section Recording system Frequency response Wow and flutter 4-track 2-channel, stereo 50 - 13,000 Hz (±3 dB), using Sony TYPE I cassettes ±0.15% W. Peak (DIN) Tuner section FM stereo, FM/AM superheterodyne tuner FM tuner section Tuning...Antenna AM loop antenna Antenna terminals External antenna terminal Intermediate frequency 450 kHz Speaker North American models: Front speaker SS-RG440 for MHC-GX45/ GX25 Speaker system Speaker units Woofer: Sub woofer: Tweeter: Nominal impedance Dimensions (w/h/d) Mass 3-way, 3-unit, bass-reflex type 13 cm, ...
... More than 90 dB Tape deck section Recording system Frequency response Wow and flutter 4-track 2-channel, stereo 50 - 13,000 Hz (±3 dB), using Sony TYPE I cassettes ±0.15% W. Peak (DIN) Tuner section FM stereo, FM/AM superheterodyne tuner FM tuner section Tuning...Antenna AM loop antenna Antenna terminals External antenna terminal Intermediate frequency 450 kHz Speaker North American models: Front speaker SS-RG440 for MHC-GX45/ GX25 Speaker system Speaker units Woofer: Sub woofer: Tweeter: Nominal impedance Dimensions (w/h/d) Mass 3-way, 3-unit, bass-reflex type 13 cm, ...
Operating Instructions
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.../TIMER SET 3 (8, 20, 21) DISPLAY 6 (15, 22, 23) D. Z ON/OFF qh (18) PLAY MODE wa (10, 12, 16) PRESET -/+ 5 (13, 14) REPEAT 8 (11) SLEEP 1 (20) STEREO/MONO 8 (15) SURROUND qa (19) TAPE A/B 9 (16, 17) TUNER/BAND qk (13, 14, 17) TUNER MEMORY qj (13) TUNING -/+ 5 (13, 15) VOL +/- qs (18, 20... 34 5 6 wa 7 w; 8 ql 9 qk q; SKIP 7 (10) ENTER qg (8, 12, 13, 20, 21) EQ +/- qf (18) GAME q; (19, 25) GROOVE qd (18, 28) O - Remote control for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models) ALPHABETICAL ORDER A - qj qa qh qs qg qd qf
.../TIMER SET 3 (8, 20, 21) DISPLAY 6 (15, 22, 23) D. Z ON/OFF qh (18) PLAY MODE wa (10, 12, 16) PRESET -/+ 5 (13, 14) REPEAT 8 (11) SLEEP 1 (20) STEREO/MONO 8 (15) SURROUND qa (19) TAPE A/B 9 (16, 17) TUNER/BAND qk (13, 14, 17) TUNER MEMORY qj (13) TUNING -/+ 5 (13, 15) VOL +/- qs (18, 20... 34 5 6 wa 7 w; 8 ql 9 qk q; SKIP 7 (10) ENTER qg (8, 12, 13, 20, 21) EQ +/- qf (18) GAME q; (19, 25) GROOVE qd (18, 28) O - Remote control for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models) ALPHABETICAL ORDER A - qj qa qh qs qg qd qf