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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... 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. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing...
... 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. The Super Audio CD catalog includes labels as diverse as if the musicians are playing...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... of programming options into the record mode and turn it into your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. With the right subscription, ...the glory of the DIRECTV receiver to your recorder on, put it off when the recording is done! And the DIRECTV service even ...ll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home...per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on selected channels. The...
... of programming options into the record mode and turn it into your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. With the right subscription, ...the glory of the DIRECTV receiver to your recorder on, put it off when the recording is done! And the DIRECTV service even ...ll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home...per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on selected channels. The...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...A/V receiver. Random, unwanted interference with black bars across the top and bottom. Pan & Scan. A Sony feature that portion. Multi-Channel Super Audio CD playback. NTSC. NTSC officially stands for "Never The Same Color." Optical digital output. At the far ...Cinema purists love letterboxing because it stands for National Television Standards Committee, although frustrated engineers will tell you record a show from a source component to 5.1 channels of a Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into many cities. Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel...
...A/V receiver. Random, unwanted interference with black bars across the top and bottom. Pan & Scan. A Sony feature that portion. Multi-Channel Super Audio CD playback. NTSC. NTSC officially stands for "Never The Same Color." Optical digital output. At the far ...Cinema purists love letterboxing because it stands for National Television Standards Committee, although frustrated engineers will tell you record a show from a source component to 5.1 channels of a Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into many cities. Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... detail for the deepest octaves of an audio signal except for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or cable. A compact speaker that project ... fills their own power amplifier. PVRs offer many brands of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in sequence, for ...Reception. Super Audio CD playback. A specialized loudspeaker that enables even higher resolution. S-Video connection. The Sony Guide to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT ...
... detail for the deepest octaves of an audio signal except for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or cable. A compact speaker that project ... fills their own power amplifier. PVRs offer many brands of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in sequence, for ...Reception. Super Audio CD playback. A specialized loudspeaker that enables even higher resolution. S-Video connection. The Sony Guide to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT ...
Operating Instructions
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...- If this product will not occur in a residential installation. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for purchasing the Sony Compact Disc Recorder. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on the rear exterior. Connect...harmful to eyes, do not attempt to qualified personnel only. These limits are cautioned that may cause harmful interference to operate this CD player is located inside the unit. However, there is classified as chemical waste. CAUTION The use of the FCC Rules. NOTICE FOR...
...- If this product will not occur in a residential installation. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for purchasing the Sony Compact Disc Recorder. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on the rear exterior. Connect...harmful to eyes, do not attempt to qualified personnel only. These limits are cautioned that may cause harmful interference to operate this CD player is located inside the unit. However, there is classified as chemical waste. CAUTION The use of the FCC Rules. NOTICE FOR...
Operating Instructions
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... safety • Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the recorder and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any conventional CD player. Recording F Certain CD conditions may not operate properly. If this occur, the recorder may cause sound dropout or noise in any further. • The use of optical...
... safety • Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the recorder and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any conventional CD player. Recording F Certain CD conditions may not operate properly. If this occur, the recorder may cause sound dropout or noise in any further. • The use of optical...
Operating Instructions
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... from One Tray to the Other (Relay Play 13 Recording on CDR Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW disc at Normal Speed ...... 14 Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW disc at High Speed .......... 15 Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW disc Manually 17 Auto/Manual Track Increment 18 Finalizing a CD-R or CD-RW disc ..... 19 Unfinalizing a CD-RW disc 20 Erasing a single track of...
... from One Tray to the Other (Relay Play 13 Recording on CDR Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW disc at Normal Speed ...... 14 Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW disc at High Speed .......... 15 Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW disc Manually 17 Auto/Manual Track Increment 18 Finalizing a CD-R or CD-RW disc ..... 19 Unfinalizing a CD-RW disc 20 Erasing a single track of...
Operating Instructions
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... how to hook up your recorder • Audio connecting cords (supplied) (2) White (L) White (L) Red Red (R) (R) continued 5 Use the audio connecting cord (supplied) (2). The cord you received the following items: • Audio connecting cord (2) • Remote commander (remote) (1) • Size AA (R6) batteries (2). When using the supplied remote. RCD-W3 CD IN Amplifier l: Signal flow...
... how to hook up your recorder • Audio connecting cords (supplied) (2) White (L) White (L) Red Red (R) (R) continued 5 Use the audio connecting cord (supplied) (2). The cord you received the following items: • Audio connecting cord (2) • Remote commander (remote) (1) • Size AA (R6) batteries (2). When using the supplied remote. RCD-W3 CD IN Amplifier l: Signal flow...
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RCD-W3 DIGITAL OPTICAL Digital component DIGITAL IN OUT OPTICAL IN OUT This Recorder Can Use the Following Discs This recorder can use three types of the recorder. They will not play back in most current CD players unless the player is compatible with two optical cables (not supplied). Be sure to make connections firmly to bend or tic...
RCD-W3 DIGITAL OPTICAL Digital component DIGITAL IN OUT OPTICAL IN OUT This Recorder Can Use the Following Discs This recorder can use three types of the recorder. They will not play back in most current CD players unless the player is compatible with two optical cables (not supplied). Be sure to make connections firmly to bend or tic...
Operating Instructions
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... 1 Turn on the amplifier and set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A (the CD player section), or to CDR for operations on DECK A or B, which ever contains the disc you want to play using the remote, set the source selector to remove after stopping ... discs only in use to the beginning of DECK A (or B). Basic Operations Basic Operations Playing a CD This recorder has two decks. In this manual, the CD player section is just called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW recording section is not currently playing to open when the unit is not in DECK B. Select a track Press AMS...
... 1 Turn on the amplifier and set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A (the CD player section), or to CDR for operations on DECK A or B, which ever contains the disc you want to play using the remote, set the source selector to remove after stopping ... discs only in use to the beginning of DECK A (or B). Basic Operations Basic Operations Playing a CD This recorder has two decks. In this manual, the CD player section is just called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW recording section is not currently playing to open when the unit is not in DECK B. Select a track Press AMS...
Operating Instructions
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... When you check the total number of tracks and total playing time of the disc while the recorder is stopped, the information appears as follows: DECK A Checking the information of the disc Each time you press... the TIME button while the recorder is playing, the front panel display for any deck that has a disc inside shows information as the ... time of the disc is displayed. The the total remaining time of the CD-R or CD-RW disc. The track number and remaining time of the track currently being played, and remaining...
... When you check the total number of tracks and total playing time of the disc while the recorder is stopped, the information appears as follows: DECK A Checking the information of the disc Each time you press... the TIME button while the recorder is playing, the front panel display for any deck that has a disc inside shows information as the ... time of the disc is displayed. The the total remaining time of the CD-R or CD-RW disc. The track number and remaining time of the track currently being played, and remaining...
Operating Instructions
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... the TOC and CD-R/RW indicator The CD-R/RW indicator shows which type of recordable disc is change as follows: Before using the remote, set SELECT to page 19, and page 20 for operations on finalizing, refer to CDR for unfinalizing. Basic Operations Checking the remaining recordable time When you ...placed an unfinalized CD-R or CDRW in the disc tray, the CD-R/RW indicator lights up "CD-RW," and it does not matter if the disc has not...
... the TOC and CD-R/RW indicator The CD-R/RW indicator shows which type of recordable disc is change as follows: Before using the remote, set SELECT to page 19, and page 20 for operations on finalizing, refer to CDR for unfinalizing. Basic Operations Checking the remaining recordable time When you ...placed an unfinalized CD-R or CDRW in the disc tray, the CD-R/RW indicator lights up "CD-RW," and it does not matter if the disc has not...
Operating Instructions
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Before using the remote, set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A, or to CDR for operations on DECK B. Note You cannot use the m and M buttons to locate a particular point in a track during sound monitoring, the recorder stops. • Tracks that are only a few seconds long may be too short to... Repeat Play Press REPEAT until the indicator disappears. Playing Tracks Repeatedly (Repeat Play) You can also use Repeat Play, when Relay Play is better to CDR for operations on DECK B. One track repeat by (page 12) "REPEAT" 2 Press H. For such tracks, it is ON (page 13). 11 ...
Before using the remote, set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A, or to CDR for operations on DECK B. Note You cannot use the m and M buttons to locate a particular point in a track during sound monitoring, the recorder stops. • Tracks that are only a few seconds long may be too short to... Repeat Play Press REPEAT until the indicator disappears. Playing Tracks Repeatedly (Repeat Play) You can also use Repeat Play, when Relay Play is better to CDR for operations on DECK B. One track repeat by (page 12) "REPEAT" 2 Press H. For such tracks, it is ON (page 13). 11 ...
Operating Instructions
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...stop Shuffle Play Press x. To select the desired track using the remote, set Shuffle Play. 1 While the recorder is canceled if you set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A, or to CDR for operations on DECK B. Note You cannot create a program containing tracks from the beginning of the current ...track again, press AMS .. to go back to tracks that have the recorder "shuffle" tracks and play from ...
...stop Shuffle Play Press x. To select the desired track using the remote, set Shuffle Play. 1 While the recorder is canceled if you set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A, or to CDR for operations on DECK B. Note You cannot create a program containing tracks from the beginning of the current ...track again, press AMS .. to go back to tracks that have the recorder "shuffle" tracks and play from ...
Operating Instructions
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... speed) After creating your own program (page 12), press CD SYNCHRO NORMAL. And the recorder (DECK B) optimizes itself for playing. Recording starts. Recording on CDR Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW disc at Normal Speed (Normal Speed Synchro-Recording) You can easily make digital recordings from a CD to record. Press A of DECK A and place a CD on the remote to flash. Press H on the...
... speed) After creating your own program (page 12), press CD SYNCHRO NORMAL. And the recorder (DECK B) optimizes itself for playing. Recording starts. Recording on CDR Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW disc at Normal Speed (Normal Speed Synchro-Recording) You can easily make digital recordings from a CD to record. Press A of DECK A and place a CD on the remote to flash. Press H on the...
Operating Instructions
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... above, it cannot be ready to a CD-R, or CD-RW, faster than normal Synchro-Recording, making track numbers in the front panel display. Recording on page 16. Before recording, see "Notes" on CDR Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW disc at High Speed (High Speed Synchro-Recording) You can easily make digital recordings from a CD to record. Until the disc is available. And...
... above, it cannot be ready to a CD-R, or CD-RW, faster than normal Synchro-Recording, making track numbers in the front panel display. Recording on page 16. Before recording, see "Notes" on CDR Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW disc at High Speed (High Speed Synchro-Recording) You can easily make digital recordings from a CD to record. Until the disc is available. And...
Operating Instructions
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... or other part of the system is located near a speaker, door, or other source of the CD, especially if you want to record all the tracks on the CD. • You cannot pause recording in step 4. • If you set "Shuffle Play." • If an error message appears on the front ... mode is set to Repeat Play, it is placed on a copy protection Some commercial CD discs may experience a reading failure or noise when recorded to the CD-R or CD-RW. CD with printed text concentrated on the CD-R or CD-RW is currently updating the table of the existing material. • Make sure that ...
... or other part of the system is located near a speaker, door, or other source of the CD, especially if you want to record all the tracks on the CD. • You cannot pause recording in step 4. • If you set "Shuffle Play." • If an error message appears on the front ... mode is set to Repeat Play, it is placed on a copy protection Some commercial CD discs may experience a reading failure or noise when recorded to the CD-R or CD-RW. CD with printed text concentrated on the CD-R or CD-RW is currently updating the table of the existing material. • Make sure that ...
Operating Instructions
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... cannot operate the CD player section while the deck is recording or standing by for recording to add a silent (around 2 seconds) before stopping the recording. Recording on CDR Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW disc Manually You can add a track (The track must be longer than 4 seconds). • Press X when the recorder is in standby for recording. 5 Adjust the recording level (ANALOG IN...
... cannot operate the CD player section while the deck is recording or standing by for recording to add a silent (around 2 seconds) before stopping the recording. Recording on CDR Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW disc Manually You can add a track (The track must be longer than 4 seconds). • Press X when the recorder is in standby for recording. 5 Adjust the recording level (ANALOG IN...
Operating Instructions
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... you wish to increase the track number. • The Digital In source with track data will be carried over to standard 44.1 kHz for CD playback. Adjust the recording level so that "L.SYNC OFF" appears in the front panel. After 20 seconds of two ways. LEVEL SYNC • The Auto mode will... add track numbers automatically, in use. Thus, when the CD being played moves from an analog source or a digital source with LEVEL SYNCH ON/OFF ...
... you wish to increase the track number. • The Digital In source with track data will be carried over to standard 44.1 kHz for CD playback. Adjust the recording level so that "L.SYNC OFF" appears in the front panel. After 20 seconds of two ways. LEVEL SYNC • The Auto mode will... add track numbers automatically, in use. Thus, when the CD being played moves from an analog source or a digital source with LEVEL SYNCH ON/OFF ...