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SOURCES. SIGHT. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. Thanks to Home Theater 6 SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. What You'll ... the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. In one powerful experience. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder.
SOURCES. SIGHT. These elements are Sources, Sight and Sound. Thanks to Home Theater 6 SOUND. A good DVD player is also better. The Sony Guide to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. What You'll ... the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use at least 27 inches diagonal. In one powerful experience. Home theater requires a big screen, at least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to an A/V receiver that incorporates a Dolby Digital decoder.
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... access to all the different types of discs you 'll want to Home Theater 8 And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to get a DVD player that can handle all your A/V receiver for all other players. It's best to convey the full quality of preserving the picture quality. ... job of the signal from the DVD player to your music and movies. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to play. Digital audio outputs. Component video outputs. These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they'...
... access to all the different types of discs you 'll want to Home Theater 8 And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are the best way to get a DVD player that can handle all your A/V receiver for all other players. It's best to convey the full quality of preserving the picture quality. ... job of the signal from the DVD player to your music and movies. No more fumbling with jewel boxes. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to play. Digital audio outputs. Component video outputs. These Y/PB/PR outputs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they'...
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... recorder or personal video recorder. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into the record mode and turn... it into your home. The Sony Guide to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on-screen guide. With the right subscription, you 'll want a receiver...
... recorder or personal video recorder. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service brings an incredibly rich array of programming options into the record mode and turn... it into your home. The Sony Guide to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on-screen guide. With the right subscription, you 'll want a receiver...
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...to a compatible wireless LAN access point. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to play . An absolute must for EP optimize ... Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for : VHS Hi... many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. If your local channel line-up. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode...
...to a compatible wireless LAN access point. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to play . An absolute must for EP optimize ... Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for : VHS Hi... many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. If your local channel line-up. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode...
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... the urge to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the early 1980s changed all that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! The Sony Guide to take advantage. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 And you could watch movies... more complete audio-visual experience. But the launch of movies include Dolby Stereo sound tracks. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, Right and a common Surround channel. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound...
... the urge to enjoy movie theater surround sound in the early 1980s changed all that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! The Sony Guide to take advantage. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 And you could watch movies... more complete audio-visual experience. But the launch of movies include Dolby Stereo sound tracks. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in four channels: Left, Center, Right and a common Surround channel. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound...
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... home theater sound innovation came with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 That's five fullrange channels (Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right), plus a Low Frequency Effects channel to drive the subwoofer. Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate...
... home theater sound innovation came with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29 That's five fullrange channels (Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right), plus a Low Frequency Effects channel to drive the subwoofer. Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate...
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... sources. These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit... stereo TV broadcasts. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of the 96 kHz sampling rate). It's where the surround sound signals are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver....
... sources. These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. Newer decoders can handle the new discs (although without the benefit... stereo TV broadcasts. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of the 96 kHz sampling rate). It's where the surround sound signals are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver....
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... equipment, especially your DVD player. Power amplifiers. The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for 7.1-channel surround sound! In particular, if you want optical or coaxial digital inputs for connecting your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. You'll also want . As the nerve...
... equipment, especially your DVD player. Power amplifiers. The Sony Guide to decode the surround sound you have a High Definition monitor television, look for 7.1-channel surround sound! In particular, if you want optical or coaxial digital inputs for connecting your DVD player, DIRECTV receiver and television. You'll also want . As the nerve...
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...consider four typical scenarios. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. The Sony Guide to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. Your current television... and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in -a-Box system. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you may also ...
...consider four typical scenarios. Your current + television a Sony DVD Dream system SCENARIO A. The Sony Guide to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. Your current television... and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in -a-Box system. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system and you may also ...
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...hard to the sides and behind you , with your speakers. Source components. The Sony Guide to Put It All Speakers. Absolutely correct speaker placement would be to place...a circle. But the larger CRT direct-view televisions are included with the Center channel speaker directly above or below. Finally, the subwoofer could go on floor stands or... be directly in front of your television, will support your listening position, the better A/V receivers have a perfect equilateral triangle with mounting brackets. In reality, the surround speakers can 't ...
...hard to the sides and behind you , with your speakers. Source components. The Sony Guide to Put It All Speakers. Absolutely correct speaker placement would be to place...a circle. But the larger CRT direct-view televisions are included with the Center channel speaker directly above or below. Finally, the subwoofer could go on floor stands or... be directly in front of your television, will support your listening position, the better A/V receivers have a perfect equilateral triangle with mounting brackets. In reality, the surround speakers can 't ...
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...than one way to do the job. In some of the most of a multi-channel Super Audio CD player to your equipment offers more than you in choosing connections when your A/V receiver. Line-level analog audio jacks are used, for Left. Left plugs and jacks are... The Sony Guide 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. This section will review some cases, 5.1-channel connections are generally color-coded red for Right and white for example in Red. In stereo, the...
...than one way to do the job. In some of the most of a multi-channel Super Audio CD player to your equipment offers more than you in choosing connections when your A/V receiver. Line-level analog audio jacks are used, for Left. Left plugs and jacks are... The Sony Guide 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. This section will review some cases, 5.1-channel connections are generally color-coded red for Right and white for example in Red. In stereo, the...
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...speaker. Spring-loaded or screw-type speaker terminals hold the conductors in this connection. The "hot" side of the cable. The Sony Guide to trace the polarity down the entire length of the speaker cable will be red, have a stripe or have ridges on ...source components, including DIRECTV satellite receivers, HDTV receivers and DVD players. For the best sound, observe the "polarity" by side. Dedicated speaker wires are immune from electromagnetic interference. 5.1-channel analog audio jacks enable a Super Audio CD player to deliver multi-channel sound to drive each speaker. ...
...speaker. Spring-loaded or screw-type speaker terminals hold the conductors in this connection. The "hot" side of the cable. The Sony Guide to trace the polarity down the entire length of the speaker cable will be red, have a stripe or have ridges on ...source components, including DIRECTV satellite receivers, HDTV receivers and DVD players. For the best sound, observe the "polarity" by side. Dedicated speaker wires are immune from electromagnetic interference. 5.1-channel analog audio jacks enable a Super Audio CD player to deliver multi-channel sound to drive each speaker. ...
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... VCR tapes as "Channel 3" or "Channel 4" on your VCR to carry the antenna or cable signal from your television, this are only appropriate for rooftop antenna feeds, cable TV service and satellite antenna feeds. RF connections like this use of an A/V receiver make for other source component connections. The Sony Guide to connect a rooftop...
... VCR tapes as "Channel 3" or "Channel 4" on your VCR to carry the antenna or cable signal from your television, this are only appropriate for rooftop antenna feeds, cable TV service and satellite antenna feeds. RF connections like this use of an A/V receiver make for other source component connections. The Sony Guide to connect a rooftop...
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...comb filter. For connecting external audio/video equipment, including VCRs, DVD players, A/V receivers. This contains 480 active scanning lines (of conventional TV pictures. 16:9 Aspect ratio screen. The sixth channel drives a Surround-Back speaker. 720p. Interlaced ("i") scanning divides each horizontal scanning ...line with the lines above and below-and with both digital television broadcasting and progressive scan DVD players. 5.1-Channel Inputs. A/V inputs. The Sony Guide to six times the detail of a total 525 lines) displayed at 30 frames per second. High ...
...comb filter. For connecting external audio/video equipment, including VCRs, DVD players, A/V receivers. This contains 480 active scanning lines (of conventional TV pictures. 16:9 Aspect ratio screen. The sixth channel drives a Surround-Back speaker. 720p. Interlaced ("i") scanning divides each horizontal scanning ...line with the lines above and below-and with both digital television broadcasting and progressive scan DVD players. 5.1-Channel Inputs. A/V inputs. The Sony Guide to six times the detail of a total 525 lines) displayed at 30 frames per second. High ...
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...group that preserves the integrity of 18 recommended transmission formats for DVD players and compatible satellite receivers. CRTs are used for the Advanced Television Standards Committee. A Sony feature that produced the table of movie film frames for spectacular, consistent fine detail in ... method of connecting high-quality digital audio from the actors on the screen. Artifact. The proportion of a 4:3 screen. Center channel. Y/PB/PR is coated by phosphors. Component Video connections (R/G/B). The most common television display technology, the CRT is a sealed...
...group that preserves the integrity of 18 recommended transmission formats for DVD players and compatible satellite receivers. CRTs are used for the Advanced Television Standards Committee. A Sony feature that produced the table of movie film frames for spectacular, consistent fine detail in ... method of connecting high-quality digital audio from the actors on the screen. Artifact. The proportion of a 4:3 screen. Center channel. Y/PB/PR is coated by phosphors. Component Video connections (R/G/B). The most common television display technology, the CRT is a sealed...
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...stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer. Produces the sound that is dynamic, spacious and realistic. Digital Concert Hall. To enable multi-channel music reproduction from a DVD player, satellite receiver or HDTV receiver...of 24-bit quantization. Sound track encoding system that derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of home theater sound. same wire. Sony's top receivers offer DSP modes that represents a total rethinking of Dolby Pro Logic...
...stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer. Produces the sound that is dynamic, spacious and realistic. Digital Concert Hall. To enable multi-channel music reproduction from a DVD player, satellite receiver or HDTV receiver...of 24-bit quantization. Sound track encoding system that derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of home theater sound. same wire. Sony's top receivers offer DSP modes that represents a total rethinking of Dolby Pro Logic...
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...more and an audio system that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. DVI-HDTV. Sony's visually flat picture tube. Some models can also receive free, over -the-air High Definition television. Media and home electronics that can accommodate DVD-R/RW ... displayed, then the even-numbered lines. Some say "Digital Video Disc." Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from the DIRECTV satellites. case, it's specially encoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by HDCP technology to protect the signal from two...
...more and an audio system that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers. DVI-HDTV. Sony's visually flat picture tube. Some models can also receive free, over -the-air High Definition television. Media and home electronics that can accommodate DVD-R/RW ... displayed, then the even-numbered lines. Some say "Digital Video Disc." Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from the DIRECTV satellites. case, it's specially encoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by HDCP technology to protect the signal from two...
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... are disturbed by a picture that enables you it preserves the director's original vision. Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. Memory Stick® media playback. Sony processing that portion. This feature of a button. Optical digital output. To follow the action in S-Video and ...component connections. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Local channels. The "0.1" bass channel of surround sound come to an A/V receiver. The benefits of ...
... are disturbed by a picture that enables you it preserves the director's original vision. Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. Memory Stick® media playback. Sony processing that portion. This feature of a button. Optical digital output. To follow the action in S-Video and ...component connections. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Local channels. The "0.1" bass channel of surround sound come to an A/V receiver. The benefits of ...
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...-range channels and subwoofers to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for a more seamless, more film-like and record them for better sound. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. Universal remote control. The Sony Guide ... audience and project on a reflective, white screen. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Rear projectors are self-contained boxes that projects the image as light onto a screen. RF connector. A ...
...-range channels and subwoofers to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for a more seamless, more film-like and record them for better sound. Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. Universal remote control. The Sony Guide ... audience and project on a reflective, white screen. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Rear projectors are self-contained boxes that projects the image as light onto a screen. RF connector. A ...
Operating Instructions
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...27 Changing the display 27 Enjoying Surround Sound Using only the front speakers (2 Channel Stereo 28 Enjoying higher fidelity sound 28 Selecting a sound field 29 Selecting the surround back decoding... mode (SURR BACK DECODING 31 Understanding the multi channel surround displays 33 Customizing sound fields 34 Receiving Broadcasts Direct tuning 37 Automatic tuning 38 Preset tuning 38 Other ...73 Adjustable parameters for each sound field 75 1) STR-DE895 models of area code CA only. 2) STR-DE995 models of area code CA only and STR-DE895 models of area code U, E2/E3, MX...
...27 Changing the display 27 Enjoying Surround Sound Using only the front speakers (2 Channel Stereo 28 Enjoying higher fidelity sound 28 Selecting a sound field 29 Selecting the surround back decoding... mode (SURR BACK DECODING 31 Understanding the multi channel surround displays 33 Customizing sound fields 34 Receiving Broadcasts Direct tuning 37 Automatic tuning 38 Preset tuning 38 Other ...73 Adjustable parameters for each sound field 75 1) STR-DE895 models of area code CA only. 2) STR-DE995 models of area code CA only and STR-DE895 models of area code U, E2/E3, MX...