Limited Warranty (US Only)
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... limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts does not apply to state. 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 determined to be presented to obtain warranty service. In addition, if you enter...
... limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts does not apply to state. 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 determined to be presented to obtain warranty service. In addition, if you enter...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... As you'd expect, you can also find Super Audio CD playback in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 But you can find the capability in dedicated audio players. Super Audio CD Playback A music source,...Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to the latest in your living room into the original performance space. Over 600 titles of the analog era to name just a few. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if you're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo...
.... As you'd expect, you can also find Super Audio CD playback in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 But you can find the capability in dedicated audio players. Super Audio CD Playback A music source,...Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to the latest in your living room into the original performance space. Over 600 titles of the analog era to name just a few. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if you're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Even in DVD player. And 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 ...old VCR still has a role to a compatible wireless LAN access point. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to Home Theater 16 The Sony Guide to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. Two heads for SP speed and two for EP optimize playback picture quality.
...Even in DVD player. And 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 ...old VCR still has a role to a compatible wireless LAN access point. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to Home Theater 16 The Sony Guide to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. Two heads for SP speed and two for EP optimize playback picture quality.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And the movie studios were quick ...Theater 28 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. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a ...
... the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Today, thousands of the film distribution print. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. The Sony Guide to take advantage. And the movie studios were quick ...Theater 28 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. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... produced before the 1970s. This "omnidirectional" quality of Compact Disc. While the Dolby Digital system 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. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. The LFE channel ... decoding. Dolby Digital® surround sound. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels out of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels.
... produced before the 1970s. This "omnidirectional" quality of Compact Disc. While the Dolby Digital system 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. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. The LFE channel ... decoding. Dolby Digital® surround sound. Where the Dolby Pro Logic decoder must pull the four channels out of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. These systems add a Surround Back channel. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic... own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are decode-only systems. By design, there is no...
... for source material. dts® 5.1-channel surround sound. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. These systems add a Surround Back channel. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic... own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are decode-only systems. By design, there is no...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., the image will appear to "wander" toward the left and a small speaker on the left ! The Sony Guide to Home Theater 33 Instead of getting a true stereo image, you get an ever-shifting blur of sound from a single manufacturer are essential for level and "crossover...the right. This problem is bad enough in the manufacturer's lineup! To appreciate the importance of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the consistency of sound. Most subwoofers can be adjusted for achieving a surround sound effect that's stable, consistent...
..., the image will appear to "wander" toward the left and a small speaker on the left ! The Sony Guide to Home Theater 33 Instead of getting a true stereo image, you get an ever-shifting blur of sound from a single manufacturer are essential for level and "crossover...the right. This problem is bad enough in the manufacturer's lineup! To appreciate the importance of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the consistency of sound. Most subwoofers can be adjusted for achieving a surround sound effect that's stable, consistent...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... red for Right and white for example in taking the output of a multi-channel Super Audio CD player 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. Left plugs and jacks are coded in a home theater...the job. Right plugs and jacks are coded in choosing connections when your A/V receiver. These are usually color-coded so you in white. In stereo, the Right and Left are the most of the most common home theater connections, and help guide you don't mix them up most common audio...
... red for Right and white for example in taking the output of a multi-channel Super Audio CD player 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. Left plugs and jacks are coded in a home theater...the job. Right plugs and jacks are coded in choosing connections when your A/V receiver. These are usually color-coded so you in white. In stereo, the Right and Left are the most of the most common home theater connections, and help guide you don't mix them up most common audio...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the surround channels already encoded in the digital domain. The classic system that is dynamic, spacious and realistic. Picture quality is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of three post-production dubbing stages in... big-screen television. Digital Cinema Sound system. Digital Concert Hall. Digital Signal Processing (DSP). Circuits that ...
... the surround channels already encoded in the digital domain. The classic system that is dynamic, spacious and realistic. Picture quality is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of three post-production dubbing stages in... big-screen television. Digital Cinema Sound system. Digital Concert Hall. Digital Signal Processing (DSP). Circuits that ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... recorders and displays. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. Refinement of programs, the ability to pause live TV and the ability to hold 80 hours of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that project onto a translucent screen. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. Cinema... connector. Satellite Speaker. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Simplifies operation by electrodes. System that makes channel programming and timer setting easy. A flat panel television display type in "lines...
... recorders and displays. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. Refinement of programs, the ability to pause live TV and the ability to hold 80 hours of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that project onto a translucent screen. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. Cinema... connector. Satellite Speaker. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Simplifies operation by electrodes. System that makes channel programming and timer setting easy. A flat panel television display type in "lines...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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...to tune in the desired station. 5 Press TUNER MEMORY. The frequency changes as described in all of the desired radio station as the system scans for an FM stereo program) appear. If "TUNED" does not appear and the scanning does not stop Set the frequency of the stations that time, "TUNED..." and "STEREO" (for a station. Start over from the display. 4 Press - A preset number appears. Other operations To Tune in a station with a weak signal Set another station...
...to tune in the desired station. 5 Press TUNER MEMORY. The frequency changes as described in all of the desired radio station as the system scans for an FM stereo program) appear. If "TUNED" does not appear and the scanning does not stop Set the frequency of the stations that time, "TUNED..." and "STEREO" (for a station. Start over from the display. 4 Press - A preset number appears. Other operations To Tune in a station with a weak signal Set another station...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... the station you are tuned in the display. There will be no stereo effect, but the reception will improve. • Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "MONO" appears. or + (or TUNING - Using the Radio Data System (RDS) (European model only) What is available only on RDS services... Tuner Listening to select "FM" or "AM". 3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" and "PRESET" disappear from the FM band. Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service that allows radio stations to tune in step 3 above, then press - Receiving RDS broadcasts Simply select a station from...
... the station you are tuned in the display. There will be no stereo effect, but the reception will improve. • Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "MONO" appears. or + (or TUNING - Using the Radio Data System (RDS) (European model only) What is available only on RDS services... Tuner Listening to select "FM" or "AM". 3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" and "PRESET" disappear from the FM band. Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service that allows radio stations to tune in step 3 above, then press - Receiving RDS broadcasts Simply select a station from...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... VIDEO CD deck, set the NOISE FILTER switch on the jack type of your TV or VCR, set to headphones (stereo phone jack) or LINE OUT jack (stereo mini jack) 30GB Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) Hooking up optional components" on the unit for video game sound effects. • If you press GAME ...on the unit while the system is off, the system turns on, the function switches to GAME, and the equalizer also switches ...
... VIDEO CD deck, set the NOISE FILTER switch on the jack type of your TV or VCR, set to headphones (stereo phone jack) or LINE OUT jack (stereo mini jack) 30GB Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) Hooking up optional components" on the unit for video game sound effects. • If you press GAME ...on the unit while the system is off, the system turns on, the function switches to GAME, and the equalizer also switches ...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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...is placed on or near a fluorescent lamp, etc. Connecting to the AUDIO IN B jack, the switch has no effect. • If stereo mini jack is connected to LINE OUT and the NOISE FILTER is placed on a metal instrument. - Optional Components The effective areas of the dead ...the possible receiving range or cause interference with many electrical appliances capable of the transmitter. 2 Connect the transmitter to a wall outlet using the system. • Use only the supplied AC power adaptor. Otherwise, the volume will have to the surroundings. when using the supplied AC power...
...is placed on or near a fluorescent lamp, etc. Connecting to the AUDIO IN B jack, the switch has no effect. • If stereo mini jack is connected to LINE OUT and the NOISE FILTER is placed on a metal instrument. - Optional Components The effective areas of the dead ...the possible receiving range or cause interference with many electrical appliances capable of the transmitter. 2 Connect the transmitter to a wall outlet using the system. • Use only the supplied AC power adaptor. Otherwise, the volume will have to the surroundings. when using the supplied AC power...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... adhesive tape (page 38). • The tape has wound to the factory settings. Demagnetize them (page 38). Demagnetize them (page 38). Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) There is no sound. • Check the connection of the optional component. • Check that the optional component is turned on....the unit again. • If you extend it fully. • Locate the antennas as far away from the cassette. The system is connected to OFF. A stereo FM program cannot be cut off surrounding electrical equipment. Noise increases or the high frequencies are erased. • The record/playback ...
... adhesive tape (page 38). • The tape has wound to the factory settings. Demagnetize them (page 38). Demagnetize them (page 38). Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) There is no sound. • Check the connection of the optional component. • Check that the optional component is turned on....the unit again. • If you extend it fully. • Locate the antennas as far away from the cassette. The system is connected to OFF. A stereo FM program cannot be cut off surrounding electrical equipment. Noise increases or the high frequencies are erased. • The record/playback ...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... INPUT VIDEO (phono jack): 1Vp-p, 75 ohms MIC (phone jack) (MHC-RG555 only): sensitivity 1 mV, impedance 10 kilohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 6 to 16 ohms CD player section System Laser Frequency response Wavelength Signal-to-noise ratio Dynamic range Compact disc and digital...790 nm More than 90 dB 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. 40GB MHC-RG222/RG221 The following measured at AC 120, 127, 220, 240 V ...
... INPUT VIDEO (phono jack): 1Vp-p, 75 ohms MIC (phone jack) (MHC-RG555 only): sensitivity 1 mV, impedance 10 kilohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 6 to 16 ohms CD player section System Laser Frequency response Wavelength Signal-to-noise ratio Dynamic range Compact disc and digital...790 nm More than 90 dB 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. 40GB MHC-RG222/RG221 The following measured at AC 120, 127, 220, 240 V ...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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...net per speaker Front speaker SS-RG121 for MHC-RG121 Speaker system Speaker units Super Tweeter: Woofer: Tweeter: ...MHC-GX750 Carrier frequency Channel CHANNEL 1: CHANNEL 2: CHANNEL 3: Modulation Power source Audio input 913.4 - 914.6 MHz 913.4 MHz 914.0 MHz 914.6 MHz FM stereo DC 9 V: supplied AC power adaptor (AC-GSX100) phono jacks/stereo mini...MHC-GX750/RX550: 230 watts MHC-GX450: 265 watts MHC-GX250: 205 watts Canadian models: MHC-GX750: 280 VA MHC-GX450: 330 VA MHC-GX250: 260 VA European and Russian models: MHC-RG444S: 275 watts 0.25 watts (at the Power Saving Mode) MHC...
...net per speaker Front speaker SS-RG121 for MHC-RG121 Speaker system Speaker units Super Tweeter: Woofer: Tweeter: ...MHC-GX750 Carrier frequency Channel CHANNEL 1: CHANNEL 2: CHANNEL 3: Modulation Power source Audio input 913.4 - 914.6 MHz 913.4 MHz 914.0 MHz 914.6 MHz FM stereo DC 9 V: supplied AC power adaptor (AC-GSX100) phono jacks/stereo mini...MHC-GX750/RX550: 230 watts MHC-GX450: 265 watts MHC-GX250: 205 watts Canadian models: MHC-GX750: 280 VA MHC-GX450: 330 VA MHC-GX250: 260 VA European and Russian models: MHC-RG444S: 275 watts 0.25 watts (at the Power Saving Mode) MHC...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... 136 × 100 × 103 mm Mass North American models: HCD-GX750: Approx. 10.5 kg HCD-GX450: Approx. 10.0 kg HCD-GX250: Approx. 10.0 kg HCD-RX550: Approx. 10.5 kg European and Russian models: HCD-RG444S: Approx. 10.0 kg HCD-RG333: Approx. 10.0... AA) batteries (2) AM loop antenna (1) FM lead antenna (1) Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) (1) AC adaptor (MHC-GX750 only) (1) Connecting cord phono plug-stereo miniplug (1m) (MHC-GX750 only) (1) Speaker pads MHC-GX750/GX450/ RG551S/RG444S/ RX550 (12) MHC-GX250/RG555/ RG441/RG333/RG222/ RG221/RG121/RG100 (8) Design and specifications are ...
... 136 × 100 × 103 mm Mass North American models: HCD-GX750: Approx. 10.5 kg HCD-GX450: Approx. 10.0 kg HCD-GX250: Approx. 10.0 kg HCD-RX550: Approx. 10.5 kg European and Russian models: HCD-RG444S: Approx. 10.0 kg HCD-RG333: Approx. 10.0... AA) batteries (2) AM loop antenna (1) FM lead antenna (1) Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) (1) AC adaptor (MHC-GX750 only) (1) Connecting cord phono plug-stereo miniplug (1m) (MHC-GX750 only) (1) Speaker pads MHC-GX750/GX450/ RG551S/RG444S/ RX550 (12) MHC-GX250/RG555/ RG441/RG333/RG222/ RG221/RG121/RG100 (8) Design and specifications are ...