The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few. ...The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in your living room into the original performance space. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super ...
...can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few. ...The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing in your living room into the original performance space. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...still has a role to play . Two heads for SP speed and two 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. They also enable better freeze ... becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to look for: VHS Hi-Fi. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to Home Theater 16 VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still...
...still has a role to play . Two heads for SP speed and two 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. They also enable better freeze ... becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to look for: VHS Hi-Fi. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to Home Theater 16 VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...channels onto just two channels of movies include Dolby Stereo sound tracks. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, ...system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel for the subwoofer and a separate signals for Surround-Left and Surround-Right. Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Sony Guide to just one Surround signal. But the launch of high fidelity stereo...
...channels onto just two channels of movies include Dolby Stereo sound tracks. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, ...system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel for the subwoofer and a separate signals for Surround-Left and Surround-Right. Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Sony Guide to just one Surround signal. But the launch of high fidelity stereo...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Digital sound quality. The human ear can't detect where lowfrequency bass 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 Home Theater 29 The LFE channel is coming from. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 ... the full-range speakers for a dynamic, high-impact soundstage. The movie sound tracks now approach the sound quality of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four...
...Digital sound quality. The human ear can't detect where lowfrequency bass 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 Home Theater 29 The LFE channel is coming from. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 ... the full-range speakers for a dynamic, high-impact soundstage. The movie sound tracks now approach the sound quality of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of the 96 kHz signal. ... speaker channels, and where those channels 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. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby Pro ...
...surround sound format, used as an option for DVD movie sound tracks and for source material. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit of the 96 kHz signal. ... speaker channels, and where those channels 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. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby Pro ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...to buy all the other technical details that go into determining sound quality. Matched speakers from the same series in two-channel stereo. In multi-channel home theater systems, this requirement for consistency is bad enough in the manufacturer's lineup! The only speaker that's free of this problem is the...the space you have for speaker placement and the types of sound from one speaker to the next. This problem is the subwoofer. The Sony Guide to the right. Speaker Consistency When buying home theater speakers, you'll want to make sure that all five full-range speakers use...
...to buy all the other technical details that go into determining sound quality. Matched speakers from the same series in two-channel stereo. In multi-channel home theater systems, this requirement for consistency is bad enough in the manufacturer's lineup! The only speaker that's free of this problem is the...the space you have for speaker placement and the types of sound from one speaker to the next. This problem is the subwoofer. The Sony Guide to the right. Speaker Consistency When buying home theater speakers, you'll want to make sure that all five full-range speakers use...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... cables and color-coded speaker terminals. These are coded in Red. Left plugs and jacks are the most common audio connections in a home theater system, hooking up . This section will review some cases, 5.1-channel connections are coded in white. The physical connector is easier than one way to...Audio. The plugs on the cables share the same color code. Right plugs and jacks are used, for Left. The Sony Guide to do the job. In stereo, the Right and Left are generally color-coded red for Right and white for example in choosing connections when your equipment ...
... cables and color-coded speaker terminals. These are coded in Red. Left plugs and jacks are the most common audio connections in a home theater system, hooking up . This section will review some cases, 5.1-channel connections are coded in white. The physical connector is easier than one way to...Audio. The plugs on the cables share the same color code. Right plugs and jacks are used, for Left. The Sony Guide to do the job. In stereo, the Right and Left are generally color-coded red for Right and white for example in choosing connections when your equipment ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...System) decoder. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. In the "discrete" case, it 's still in signal format, six of two revered performance spaces: Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal. Produces the sound that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony... engineers have captured the sound of which are stripped apart for a Subwoofer. A Sony breakthrough in Dolby Digital decoder. Audio DSP circuits can deliver the extended ...
...System) decoder. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. In the "discrete" case, it 's still in signal format, six of two revered performance spaces: Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal. Produces the sound that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony... engineers have captured the sound of which are stripped apart for a Subwoofer. A Sony breakthrough in Dolby Digital decoder. Audio DSP circuits can deliver the extended ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...noise reduction for the full-range channels and subwoofers to hold 80 hours of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that makes channel programming and timer setting easy. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. Shows each scanning line in which plasma gas pixels glow...stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Resolution can be compatible with all of an audio signal except for the deepest octaves of music. Refinement of programs, the ability to pause live TV and the ability to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. The opposite of modern surround sound systems...
...noise reduction for the full-range channels and subwoofers to hold 80 hours of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that makes channel programming and timer setting easy. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. Shows each scanning line in which plasma gas pixels glow...stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Resolution can be compatible with all of an audio signal except for the deepest octaves of music. Refinement of programs, the ability to pause live TV and the ability to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. The opposite of modern surround sound systems...
Operating Instructions
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...TUNER MEMORY. 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. Preset number 4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . Manual tuning preset You can be received in... appears. 4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . continued 13GB 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. You can preset up to 20 FM stations and 10 AM stations. Tuner Tuner...
...TUNER MEMORY. 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. Preset number 4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . Manual tuning preset You can be received in... appears. 4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . continued 13GB 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. You can preset up to 20 FM stations and 10 AM stations. Tuner Tuner...
Operating Instructions
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...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...the display. 15GB 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 the unit) repeatedly to send additional ...
...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...the display. 15GB 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 the unit) repeatedly to send additional ...
Operating Instructions
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... as follows: 1 Disconnect the power cord. 2 Reconnect the power cord. 3 Press x, GROOVE and ?/1 at the same time. 4 Press ?/1 to the end. A stereo FM program cannot be received in sound level. • The heads are magnetised. Tape deck The tape does not record or play, or there is... loaded. The tape does not record. • No cassette is a decrease in stereo. • Press FM MODE (or STEREO/MONO for MHCGX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models)) until "MONO" disappears. If the system still does not operate properly after performing the above measures, reset the...
... as follows: 1 Disconnect the power cord. 2 Reconnect the power cord. 3 Press x, GROOVE and ?/1 at the same time. 4 Press ?/1 to the end. A stereo FM program cannot be received in sound level. • The heads are magnetised. Tape deck The tape does not record or play, or there is... loaded. The tape does not record. • No cassette is a decrease in stereo. • Press FM MODE (or STEREO/MONO for MHCGX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models)) until "MONO" disappears. If the system still does not operate properly after performing the above measures, reset the...
Operating Instructions
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...reference): 120 + 120 watts (6 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 watts (6 ohms at 1... GAME INPUT AUDIO L/R (phono jacks): voltage 250 mV, impedance 47 kilohms GAME INPUT VIDEO (phono jack): 1Vp-p, 75 ohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 6 to 16 ohms. Additional Information continued 31GB output level 1Vp-p, unbalanced, Sync negative, load impedance 75 ohms SPEAKER:...
...reference): 120 + 120 watts (6 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 watts (6 ohms at 1... GAME INPUT AUDIO L/R (phono jacks): voltage 250 mV, impedance 47 kilohms GAME INPUT VIDEO (phono jack): 1Vp-p, 75 ohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 6 to 16 ohms. Additional Information continued 31GB output level 1Vp-p, unbalanced, Sync negative, load impedance 75 ohms SPEAKER:...
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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...) EQ +/- qj qa qh qs qg qd qf 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 +/- N CD ql (9, 12...) X (pause) 5 (10, 16) x (stop) 5 (10, 16, 17) 38GB 12 34 5 6 wa 7 w; 8 ql 9 qk q; 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 -
...) EQ +/- qj qa qh qs qg qd qf 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 +/- N CD ql (9, 12...) X (pause) 5 (10, 16) x (stop) 5 (10, 16, 17) 38GB 12 34 5 6 wa 7 w; 8 ql 9 qk q; 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 -