Limited Warranty (US Only)
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...OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ON THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THIS WARRANTY. PARTS: In addition, Sony will repair or replace the Product, at no charge, or pay for all labor charges. 2. has established telephone numbers for frequently ...lasts does not apply to any Sony authorized service facility. LABOR: For a period of one (1) year from the Product. 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 ...
...OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ON THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THIS WARRANTY. PARTS: In addition, Sony will repair or replace the Product, at no charge, or pay for all labor charges. 2. has established telephone numbers for frequently ...lasts does not apply to any Sony authorized service facility. LABOR: For a period of one (1) year from the Product. 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 ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can find ...the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. As you'd expect...
.... Over 600 Super Audio CD titles range from your living room. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can find ...the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. As you'd expect...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 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. ...The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family....
... . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 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. ...The Sony Guide to record and exchange with friends and family....
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Dolby Surround and then the more complete audio-visual experience. The Sony Guide to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the comfort of your home. Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, Right and ...a common Surround channel. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. But the launch of movies include Dolby Stereo sound tracks. And the movie studios were quick to just one Surround signal. Home Theater Sound About Surround...
...Dolby Surround and then the more complete audio-visual experience. The Sony Guide to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the comfort of your home. Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, Right and ...a common Surround channel. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. But the launch of movies include Dolby Stereo sound tracks. And the movie studios were quick to just one Surround signal. Home Theater Sound About Surround...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...can provide bass 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. All told, there are good at automatically detecting ... of the full-range channels. Scalability. 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....
...can provide bass 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. All told, there are good at automatically detecting ... of the full-range channels. Scalability. 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 Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... and heightened realism of the 96 kHz sampling rate). These systems add a Surround Back channel. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi ...in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby Pro Logic II-movie and Pro Logic II-music. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 ...
... and heightened realism of the 96 kHz sampling rate). These systems add a Surround Back channel. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of analog stereo TV broadcasts. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi ...in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Dolby Pro Logic II-movie and Pro Logic II-music. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... 's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. Most subwoofers can be adjusted for speaker placement and the types of speakers available today. The Sony Guide to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the left ! Matched speakers from a single manufacturer are essential for ...get an ever-shifting blur of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the consistency of sound from the same series in two-channel stereo. Instead of getting a true stereo image, you have for level and "crossover frequency" to Home Theater...
... 's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. Most subwoofers can be adjusted for speaker placement and the types of speakers available today. The Sony Guide to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the left ! Matched speakers from a single manufacturer are essential for ...get an ever-shifting blur of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the consistency of sound from the same series in two-channel stereo. Instead of getting a true stereo image, you have for level and "crossover frequency" to Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...and help guide you in taking the output of your source components to your equipment offers more than you don't mix them up. In stereo, the Right and Left are used, for Left. In some of the most of a multi-channel Super Audio CD player to an ...components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. 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. Home Theater...
...and help guide you in taking the output of your source components to your equipment offers more than you don't mix them up. In stereo, the Right and Left are used, for Left. In some of the most of a multi-channel Super Audio CD player to an ...components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. 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. Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...24-bit quantization. Audio DSP circuits can deliver the extended frequency response of 96 kHz sampling and the heightened realism of the system enable you to convert a conventional TV image into its high definition equivalent. Digital Television (DTV). Dolby Digital passthrough. Dolby ... television. same wire. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Picture quality is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for ...
...24-bit quantization. Audio DSP circuits can deliver the extended frequency response of 96 kHz sampling and the heightened realism of the system enable you to convert a conventional TV image into its high definition equivalent. Digital Television (DTV). Dolby Digital passthrough. Dolby ... television. same wire. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Picture quality is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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System that handles only bass frequencies (typically 200 Hz and below). Progressive Scanning. A measure of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. the point of video signal ... bass. A compact speaker that enables even higher resolution. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. Others appreciate a picture that project onto a translucent screen. Accommodates...
System that handles only bass frequencies (typically 200 Hz and below). Progressive Scanning. A measure of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. the point of video signal ... bass. A compact speaker that enables even higher resolution. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. Others appreciate a picture that project onto a translucent screen. Accommodates...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... AM stations. 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. 6 Press - After step 5, press - or + (or TUNING - Automatic tuning preset You can automatically ...tune in all of the stations that time, "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for a station. or + (or TUNING - Start over from the display. 4 Press - or + on the unit) repeatedly to select the preset number you want...
... AM stations. 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. 6 Press - After step 5, press - or + (or TUNING - Automatic tuning preset You can automatically ...tune in all of the stations that time, "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for a station. or + (or TUNING - Start over from the display. 4 Press - or + on the unit) repeatedly to select the preset number you want...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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...- 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 repeatedly until "AUTO" appears in is not transmitting the RDS signal properly or if the signal is... changes cyclically as follows: Station name1) t Preset number2) and frequency t Clock display t Effect status 1) If the RDS broadcast is the Radio Data System? or + on the unit). Tuner Listening to select "FM" or "AM". 3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" and "PRESET" disappear from...
...- 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 repeatedly until "AUTO" appears in is not transmitting the RDS signal properly or if the signal is... changes cyclically as follows: Station name1) t Preset number2) and frequency t Clock display t Effect status 1) If the RDS broadcast is the Radio Data System? or + on the unit). Tuner Listening to select "FM" or "AM". 3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" and "PRESET" disappear from...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... or REC OUT jack Optional Components (TV, VCR, Personal computer, etc.) to "MD". "VIDEO" will be switched to headphones (stereo phone jack) or LINE OUT jack (stereo mini jack) 30GB If noise occurs when the transmitter is connected to the headphones jack of the optional component you enable the MD...switches to GAME, and the equalizer also switches to GAME EQ. • If you press GAME on the unit while the system is on the transmitter to ON. Listening to a connected MD deck 1 Connect the audio cords. Listening to audio from a connected component (MHC-RG555 only) Use buttons on .
... or REC OUT jack Optional Components (TV, VCR, Personal computer, etc.) to "MD". "VIDEO" will be switched to headphones (stereo phone jack) or LINE OUT jack (stereo mini jack) 30GB If noise occurs when the transmitter is connected to the headphones jack of the optional component you enable the MD...switches to GAME, and the equalizer also switches to GAME EQ. • If you press GAME on the unit while the system is on the transmitter to ON. Listening to a connected MD deck 1 Connect the audio cords. Listening to audio from a connected component (MHC-RG555 only) Use buttons on .
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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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 set to radio transceivers in trucks, etc. - In this case, set the NOISE ... RF signals, and does not indicate a malfunction. continued 31GB 2 Connect the transmitter to the surroundings. Notes on a desk, is a characteristic inherent to wireless communication systems installed along roadways. - The transmitter automatically turns on . Area facing roadways. - Otherwise, the volume will have to use any direction from the restriction of the...
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 set to radio transceivers in trucks, etc. - In this case, set the NOISE ... RF signals, and does not indicate a malfunction. continued 31GB 2 Connect the transmitter to the surroundings. Notes on a desk, is a characteristic inherent to wireless communication systems installed along roadways. - The transmitter automatically turns on . Area facing roadways. - Otherwise, the volume will have to use any direction from the restriction of the...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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...8226; The capstans or pinch rollers are magnetized. The tape does not record. • No cassette is reset to the factory settings. Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) There is no sound. • Check the connection of an audio reproducer, make sure that provide good reception, then set up ...The tape does not record or play, or there is a decrease in stereo. • Press FM MODE repeatedly until "STEREO" appears. Noise increases or the high frequencies are erased. • The record/playback heads are magnetized. The system is loaded. The tape does not erase completely. • The record/...
...8226; The capstans or pinch rollers are magnetized. The tape does not record. • No cassette is reset to the factory settings. Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) There is no sound. • Check the connection of an audio reproducer, make sure that provide good reception, then set up ...The tape does not record or play, or there is a decrease in stereo. • Press FM MODE repeatedly until "STEREO" appears. Noise increases or the high frequencies are erased. • The record/playback heads are magnetized. The system is loaded. The tape does not erase completely. • The record/...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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...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 16 ohms SUB WOOFER OUT (MHC-GX750/GX450/ RG551S/RG444S/RX550 only): ...system Semiconductor laser (λ=780 nm) Emission duration: continuous 2 Hz - 20 kHz (±0.5 dB) 780 - 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...
...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 16 ohms SUB WOOFER OUT (MHC-GX750/GX450/ RG551S/RG444S/RX550 only): ...system Semiconductor laser (λ=780 nm) Emission duration: continuous 2 Hz - 20 kHz (±0.5 dB) 780 - 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...
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 ...