The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... Home Theater Page 3 Why Sony Page 4 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Page 6 Home Theater Sources DVD Players Page 7 About Progressive Scan Page 9 Super Audio CD Playback Page 10 Digital Satellite Receivers Page 11 About High Definition Page 12 High Definition TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network Media Receiver... Finishing Touches Page 39 Home Theater Connections Audio Connections Page 40 Video Connections Page 42 Home Theater Glossary Page 45 A Final Word Page 51 The Sony Guide to Home Theater 2
... Home Theater Page 3 Why Sony Page 4 What You'll Need: Sources, Sight & Sound Page 6 Home Theater Sources DVD Players Page 7 About Progressive Scan Page 9 Super Audio CD Playback Page 10 Digital Satellite Receivers Page 11 About High Definition Page 12 High Definition TV Receivers Page 13 Personal Video Recorders Page 14 Network Media Receiver... Finishing Touches Page 39 Home Theater Connections Audio Connections Page 40 Video Connections Page 42 Home Theater Glossary Page 45 A Final Word Page 51 The Sony Guide to Home Theater 2
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is created, edited and distributed. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of Hollywood's leading movie companies. Our knowledge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. We coinvented many of...
...-winning FD Trinitron® WEGA® television is created, edited and distributed. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of Hollywood's leading movie companies. Our knowledge of home theater, including Compact Disc and DVD. Sony's CineAlta™ cameras are acclaimed by studio professionals. We coinvented many of...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Thanks to Home Theater 10 The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. It sounds...
Thanks to Home Theater 10 The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. It sounds...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into the record mode and turn it off when the recording is done! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your home. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. If you own or you're thinking.... Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you...
...the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into the record mode and turn it off when the recording is done! The infrared "blaster" supplied with your home. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. If you own or you're thinking.... Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you choose! You can "rewind" live TV when you might have the recorder capture up to 80 hours of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. This subscription service brings you spend viewing! You can pause live ...for viewing whenever you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to a television. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the optical...
... shows and suggest programs with the actors, genres and subject matter you choose! You can "rewind" live TV when you might have the recorder capture up to 80 hours of television onto a builtin hard disk drive. This subscription service brings you spend viewing! You can pause live ...for viewing whenever you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater 14 The Sony Guide to a television. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the optical...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...networking to your television screen, giving you access to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Simultaneous record and playback. Now Sony meets this need with your PC! Here's another show ...media receiver. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of audio and video entertainment. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video ...
...networking to your television screen, giving you access to selected Sony VAIO® PCs. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Simultaneous record and playback. Now Sony meets this need with your PC! Here's another show ...media receiver. Using the RoomLink receiver remote control, you 've previously recorded! Season Pass automatically records every episode of audio and video entertainment. Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this entertainment from a compatible PC to the audio/video ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to a compatible wireless LAN access point. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal...system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to record and exchange with friends and family. Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. The...
... advance and picture search special effects. Built-in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to a compatible wireless LAN access point. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal...system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to record and exchange with friends and family. Two heads for SP speed and two for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. The...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...5.1 channels of a video signal, abbreviated Y. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). No need for "Never The Same Color." Super Audio CD supports up to other aspects of conventional broadcasting, including the frame rate of 29.97 interlaced frames per second and the television raster ... stands for National Television Standards Committee, although frustrated engineers will tell you record a show from a source component to display JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of a Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into flashes of DIRECTV...
...5.1 channels of a video signal, abbreviated Y. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). No need for "Never The Same Color." Super Audio CD supports up to other aspects of conventional broadcasting, including the frame rate of 29.97 interlaced frames per second and the television raster ... stands for National Television Standards Committee, although frustrated engineers will tell you record a show from a source component to display JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of a Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into flashes of DIRECTV...
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...) to Home Theater 50 The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. PVRs offer many brands of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in sequence, for a more seamless, more film-like and record them for the full-range channels...include dbx® noise reduction for the deepest octaves of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Super Audio CD playback. Refinement of music. Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Stereo Broadcast Reception. A specialized loudspeaker that fills their own power amplifier. Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or...
...) to Home Theater 50 The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. PVRs offer many brands of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in sequence, for a more seamless, more film-like and record them for the full-range channels...include dbx® noise reduction for the deepest octaves of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Super Audio CD playback. Refinement of music. Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Stereo Broadcast Reception. A specialized loudspeaker that fills their own power amplifier. Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or...
Operating Instructions
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RCD-W50C/W10 ©2002 Sony Corporation Model No. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Serial No. 4-242-051-11(1) Compact Disc Recorder Operating Instructions Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear panel.
RCD-W50C/W10 ©2002 Sony Corporation Model No. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Serial No. 4-242-051-11(1) Compact Disc Recorder Operating Instructions Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear panel.
Operating Instructions
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... Creating Your Own Program (Program Play 15 Notes on Recording 16 Useful Tips for Recording 16 Synchro-Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW 18 Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW Manually 20 Adjusting the Recording Level 21 Marking Track Numbers While Recording 22 Recording the Original Sound of the Program Source (Direct Recording Function) ......... 23 Fading In and Out (Fader 23 Finalizing...
... Creating Your Own Program (Program Play 15 Notes on Recording 16 Useful Tips for Recording 16 Synchro-Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW 18 Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW Manually 20 Adjusting the Recording Level 21 Marking Track Numbers While Recording 22 Recording the Original Sound of the Program Source (Direct Recording Function) ......... 23 Fading In and Out (Fader 23 Finalizing...
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... to complete the recording.) After finalizing a CD-R, you can play it in a CD-RW compatible player only. 5 Note on High-Speed Synchro-Recording Certain CD conditions may cause sound dropout or noise in the recording results, or even create unwanted tracks on CD-R or CD-RW playback When you playback a CD-R or CD-RW recorded by a CD-R or CD-RW recorder, you may be able...
... to complete the recording.) After finalizing a CD-R, you can play it in a CD-RW compatible player only. 5 Note on High-Speed Synchro-Recording Certain CD conditions may cause sound dropout or noise in the recording results, or even create unwanted tracks on CD-R or CD-RW playback When you playback a CD-R or CD-RW recorded by a CD-R or CD-RW recorder, you may be able...
Operating Instructions
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...models only) Check that the voltage selector on the rear panel of the unit. Audio CD-RW Discs with Audio CD-R and Audio CD-RW (both DECK A (the CD player section) and DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section) of the unit is set the selector to the correct position using a screwdriver .... When you finalize the disc (page 24), you can be played only in either DECK A (the CD player section) or DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section), or any conventional CD player (you must buy a CD-R, please note that you may not be able to a wall outlet. This logo means that you buy ...
...models only) Check that the voltage selector on the rear panel of the unit. Audio CD-RW Discs with Audio CD-R and Audio CD-RW (both DECK A (the CD player section) and DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section) of the unit is set the selector to the correct position using a screwdriver .... When you finalize the disc (page 24), you can be played only in either DECK A (the CD player section) or DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section), or any conventional CD player (you must buy a CD-R, please note that you may not be able to a wall outlet. This logo means that you buy ...
Operating Instructions
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...RCD-W10) H H X AMS x PLAY MODE AMS x X 1 Turn on the amplifier and adjust the volume to the minimum. 2 Set the function of the disc number. Adjust the volume on the remote). on the amplifier. This is called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW recording section is not a malfunction. In this manual, the CD player... (or press > on the remote) to remove after stopping play using the remote, set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A (the CD player section), or to CDR for DECK A of RCD-W50C) Press one of the deck that is not currently playing to open when the unit is in ...
...RCD-W10) H H X AMS x PLAY MODE AMS x X 1 Turn on the amplifier and adjust the volume to the minimum. 2 Set the function of the disc number. Adjust the volume on the remote). on the amplifier. This is called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW recording section is not a malfunction. In this manual, the CD player... (or press > on the remote) to remove after stopping play using the remote, set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A (the CD player section), or to CDR for DECK A of RCD-W50C) Press one of the deck that is not currently playing to open when the unit is in ...
Operating Instructions
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... A m Detailed display for DECK B DECK A/DECK B divided display CD TEXT DECK A TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - Press SCROLL again to pause scrolling, and again to CDR for operations on DECK B. RW DISC Tip When you placed an unfinalized CD-R or CDRW in the display. When using the front panel display. ...When either of the title. Display while the unit is playing. RW DISC DISC Detailed display for DECK B CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW DISC The remaining recordable time of the current track appears when a track is stopped The information appears as follows: The total track...
... A m Detailed display for DECK B DECK A/DECK B divided display CD TEXT DECK A TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - Press SCROLL again to pause scrolling, and again to CDR for operations on DECK B. RW DISC Tip When you placed an unfinalized CD-R or CDRW in the display. When using the front panel display. ...When either of the title. Display while the unit is playing. RW DISC DISC Detailed display for DECK B CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW DISC The remaining recordable time of the current track appears when a track is stopped The information appears as follows: The total track...
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... TRACK CD TEXT CD - RW DISC CD TEXT CD-R/RW indicator indicator The CD-R/RW indicator When you put an unfinalized CD-R or CD-RW in Continuous play mode) CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW The total remaining time of the track currently being recorded CD TEXT TOC REC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW TRACK Display while recording Press TIME repeatedly while recording. TOC...
... TRACK CD TEXT CD - RW DISC CD TEXT CD-R/RW indicator indicator The CD-R/RW indicator When you put an unfinalized CD-R or CD-RW in Continuous play mode) CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW The total remaining time of the track currently being recorded CD TEXT TOC REC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW TRACK Display while recording Press TIME repeatedly while recording. TOC...
Operating Instructions
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..., or number buttons on DECK B. In this case, finalize the disc to CDR for operations on DECK A, or to record the information. Basic Operations The CD TEXT indicator When you put a CD or finalized CD-R in the display of DECK B, CD TEXT information is not recorded. Locating a Specific Track You can quickly locate any track while playing...
..., or number buttons on DECK B. In this case, finalize the disc to CDR for operations on DECK A, or to record the information. Basic Operations The CD TEXT indicator When you put a CD or finalized CD-R in the display of DECK B, CD TEXT information is not recorded. Locating a Specific Track You can quickly locate any track while playing...
Operating Instructions
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... a speaker, door, or other part of the current track and the remaining recordable time on a copy protection Some commercial CD may experience a reading failure or noise when recorded to CDR. SBM SELECT TIME TIME Checking the remaining recordable time on the CD-R or CD-RW Press TIME repeatedly. • Each time you press the button while the...
... a speaker, door, or other part of the current track and the remaining recordable time on a copy protection Some commercial CD may experience a reading failure or noise when recorded to CDR. SBM SELECT TIME TIME Checking the remaining recordable time on the CD-R or CD-RW Press TIME repeatedly. • Each time you press the button while the...
Operating Instructions
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...silence are replaced by incorporating a noise-shaping filter in the 24-bit A/D converter of this function does not activate if the unit has started recording from a CD on page 28. For details, see "To turn off the Smart Space Function and Auto Cut Function Set "Smart Space" in Setup Menu ...to "On" during recording. Note that new track numbers may not be marked for about 30 seconds during recording. Recording/Editing If "Auto Cut" appears in the display...
...silence are replaced by incorporating a noise-shaping filter in the 24-bit A/D converter of this function does not activate if the unit has started recording from a CD on page 28. For details, see "To turn off the Smart Space Function and Auto Cut Function Set "Smart Space" in Setup Menu ...to "On" during recording. Note that new track numbers may not be marked for about 30 seconds during recording. Recording/Editing If "Auto Cut" appears in the display...
Operating Instructions
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...-Speed SynchroRecording (page 19). You can easily make digital recordings from a CD to CDR. DISC 1-5 A POWER (OPEN/CLOSE for RCD-W10) OPEN/CLOSE CD SYNCHRO NORMAL x H SELECT CD SYNCHRO H NORMAL x 18 Tip When you must finalize the disc. Each recording type can perform Synchro-Recording in Setup Menu to normal speed recording. Normal speed SynchroRecording The disc is set, Shuffle...
...-Speed SynchroRecording (page 19). You can easily make digital recordings from a CD to CDR. DISC 1-5 A POWER (OPEN/CLOSE for RCD-W10) OPEN/CLOSE CD SYNCHRO NORMAL x H SELECT CD SYNCHRO H NORMAL x 18 Tip When you must finalize the disc. Each recording type can perform Synchro-Recording in Setup Menu to normal speed recording. Normal speed SynchroRecording The disc is set, Shuffle...