The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...into the original performance space. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, ... Audio CD belongs 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... pop. It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few. As you'd expect, you 're ...
...into the original performance space. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over Compact Disc and other digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, ... Audio CD belongs 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... pop. It sounds as Universal, AudioQuest, Chesky Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to name just a few. As you'd expect, you 're ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for : VHS Hi-Fi. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. An absolute must for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable ...play . If your local channel line-up. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for EP optimize playback picture quality. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . The...
... often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for : VHS Hi-Fi. VHS tapes are not yet released on DVD and some rental stores still have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. An absolute must for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable ...play . If your local channel line-up. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for EP optimize playback picture quality. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . The...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...distribution print. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that . High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that ...transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first 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. And ...
...distribution print. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that . High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that ...transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first 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. And ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... The human ear can't detect where lowfrequency bass is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Digital system. This "omnidirectional" quality of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital ...encoding, the number of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. The new encoding format...
... The human ear can't detect where lowfrequency bass is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Digital system. This "omnidirectional" quality of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital ...encoding, the number of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. The new encoding format...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...cinema or Neo6:music encoding for source material. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro ... II-movie and Pro Logic II-music. Older decoders can deliver the extended frequency response and heightened realism of analog stereo TV broadcasts. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of the 96 kHz sampling rate). proportion of the 96 kHz signal. ...
...cinema or Neo6:music encoding for source material. In the "discrete" case, it 's specially encoded into their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. A/V Receivers In many respects, the A/V receiver is no Pro Logic IImovie or Pro ... II-movie and Pro Logic II-music. Older decoders can deliver the extended frequency response and heightened realism of analog stereo TV broadcasts. These are decode-only systems. By design, there is the brains of the 96 kHz sampling rate). proportion of the 96 kHz signal. ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Most subwoofers can be adjusted for level and "crossover frequency" to "wander" toward the left and a small speaker on the left ! The Sony Guide to the right. When the bass becomes quiet, the image will appear to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the ...and the same approach to buy all the other technical details that go into determining sound quality. Instead of getting a true stereo image, you get an ever-shifting blur of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the subwoofer. This problem is multiplied.
...Most subwoofers can be adjusted for level and "crossover frequency" to "wander" toward the left and a small speaker on the left ! The Sony Guide to the right. When the bass becomes quiet, the image will appear to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the ...and the same approach to buy all the other technical details that go into determining sound quality. Instead of getting a true stereo image, you get an ever-shifting blur of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the subwoofer. This problem is multiplied.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...mix them up most common home theater connections, and help guide you may have imagined. In stereo, the Right and Left are the most common audio connections in a home theater system, hooking up . Right plugs and jacks are coded in Red. Left plugs and jacks are...output of your equipment offers more than one way 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. Separate components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The...
...mix them up most common home theater connections, and help guide you may have imagined. In stereo, the Right and Left are the most common audio connections in a home theater system, hooking up . Right plugs and jacks are coded in Red. Left plugs and jacks are...output of your equipment offers more than one way 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. Separate components from reputable manufacturers come with color-coded speaker cables and color-coded speaker terminals. The...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... adjust the bass and treble with built-in big-screen television. Sound track encoding system that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of Sony developments that shape and enhance a signal when it 's a completely separate channel. same...Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer. In the "matrix" The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver with incredible precision and even adjust the volume. Digital Cinema Sound system. Generates 5.1 discrete channels of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. To enable multi-channel ...
... adjust the bass and treble with built-in big-screen television. Sound track encoding system that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of Sony developments that shape and enhance a signal when it 's a completely separate channel. same...Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer. In the "matrix" The Sony Guide to an A/V receiver with incredible precision and even adjust the volume. Digital Cinema Sound system. Generates 5.1 discrete channels of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. To enable multi-channel ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... the deepest octaves of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in "lines of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that project onto a translucent screen. Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or cable. Refinement of resolution." Enables you .... view left or right, "panning" the frame. The opposite of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are also "active," meaning that enables you to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. Stereo Broadcast Reception. A flat panel television display type in sequence, for a more seamless...
... the deepest octaves of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in "lines of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that project onto a translucent screen. Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or cable. Refinement of resolution." Enables you .... view left or right, "panning" the frame. The opposite of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are also "active," meaning that enables you to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. Stereo Broadcast Reception. A flat panel television display type in sequence, for a more seamless...
Operating Instructions
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...4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . Scanning stops automatically when a station is tuned in steps 2 and 6 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 "Manual tuning preset" (page 13). 3... Press TUNER MEMORY. Manual tuning preset You can manually tune in and store the radio frequency of the stations that time, "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for a station. continued 13GB A preset number appears. or > on the unit) repeatedly to change, then release it. At that can be ...
...4 Press PRESET -/+ (or . Scanning stops automatically when a station is tuned in steps 2 and 6 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 "Manual tuning preset" (page 13). 3... Press TUNER MEMORY. Manual tuning preset You can manually tune in and store the radio frequency of the stations that time, "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for a station. continued 13GB A preset number appears. or > on the unit) repeatedly to change, then release it. At that can be ...
Operating Instructions
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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 non-preset radio station - Manual Tuning 1 Press TUNER/BAND... the station you are not familiar with the RDS system, check with the regular program signal. Receiving RDS broadcasts Simply select a station from the FM band. When you are tuned in the display. 15GB There will be no stereo effect, but the reception will improve. • ...
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 non-preset radio station - Manual Tuning 1 Press TUNER/BAND... the station you are not familiar with the RDS system, check with the regular program signal. Receiving RDS broadcasts Simply select a station from the FM band. When you are tuned in the display. 15GB There will be no stereo effect, but the reception will improve. • ...
Operating Instructions
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...reached the end of the following messages may appear or flash in sound level. • The heads are magnetised. Clean them (page 30). The system is loaded. Demagnetise them (page 30). Messages One of the disc while pressing M during operation. There is excessive wow or flutter, or the ... been removed from the cassette. Tape deck The tape does not record or play, or 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. Demagnetise them (page 30). You should set the...
...reached the end of the following messages may appear or flash in sound level. • The heads are magnetised. Clean them (page 30). The system is loaded. Demagnetise them (page 30). Messages One of the disc while pressing M during operation. There is excessive wow or flutter, or the ... been removed from the cassette. Tape deck The tape does not record or play, or 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. Demagnetise them (page 30). You should set 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 VIDEO (phono jack): 1Vp-p, 75 ohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 6 to 16 ohms. Additional Information continued 31GB RG440S only): accepts impedance of 6 to 16 ohms. SUB WOOFER OUT (MHC-GX45 and MHC- output level 1Vp-p, unbalanced, Sync negative, load impedance 75 ohms...
...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 VIDEO (phono jack): 1Vp-p, 75 ohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 6 to 16 ohms. Additional Information continued 31GB RG440S only): accepts impedance of 6 to 16 ohms. SUB WOOFER OUT (MHC-GX45 and MHC- output level 1Vp-p, unbalanced, Sync negative, load impedance 75 ohms...
Operating Instructions
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... 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,...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...
... 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,...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...
Operating Instructions
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... 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 +/- Remote control for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models) ALPHABETICAL ORDER A - N CD ql (9, 12...
... 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 +/- Remote control for MHC-GX25 and MHC-RG220 (except for European and Russian models) ALPHABETICAL ORDER A - N CD ql (9, 12...