Operating Instructions
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...for Discs 7 Notes about Discs 9 Note on DVD 5-DISC changer 10 Guide to the Control Menu Display...... 11 Getting Started Unpacking 13 Inserting Batteries into the Remote....... 13 Step 1: Speaker System Hookup........... 14 Step 2: Antenna (aerial) Hookups...Sound 51 Enjoying Surround Sound 53 Selecting the Surround Back Decoding Mode 57 Using the Sound Effect 59 Using Various Additional Functions Changing the Angles 60 Displaying Subtitles 61 Locking Discs 62 (CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL) Other Operations Controlling TV with the Supplied Remote 67 Using the SONY...
...for Discs 7 Notes about Discs 9 Note on DVD 5-DISC changer 10 Guide to the Control Menu Display...... 11 Getting Started Unpacking 13 Inserting Batteries into the Remote....... 13 Step 1: Speaker System Hookup........... 14 Step 2: Antenna (aerial) Hookups...Sound 51 Enjoying Surround Sound 53 Selecting the Surround Back Decoding Mode 57 Using the Sound Effect 59 Using Various Additional Functions Changing the Angles 60 Displaying Subtitles 61 Locking Discs 62 (CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL) Other Operations Controlling TV with the Supplied Remote 67 Using the SONY...
Operating Instructions
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To obtain the best possible surround sound, specify the speaker parameters (distance, level, etc.) on page 29. Required cords Speaker cords The connector and the color tube of the speaker cords are the same color as the label of the jacks to those supplied with this system. Step 1: Speaker System Hookup Connect the supplied speaker system using the supplied speaker cords by matching the colors of the cords. Do not connect any speakers other than those of the jacks to be connected. (-) (-) (+) (+) color tube 14US
To obtain the best possible surround sound, specify the speaker parameters (distance, level, etc.) on page 29. Required cords Speaker cords The connector and the color tube of the speaker cords are the same color as the label of the jacks to those supplied with this system. Step 1: Speaker System Hookup Connect the supplied speaker system using the supplied speaker cords by matching the colors of the cords. Do not connect any speakers other than those of the jacks to be connected. (-) (-) (+) (+) color tube 14US
Operating Instructions
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... damage the system. SPEAKER FRONT R CENTER FRONT L WOOFER R VIDEO AUDIO IN Y L PB/CB PR/CR S VIDEO (DVD ONLY) OPTICAL DIGITAL IN SURR R SURROUND BACK R AUDIO IN COMPOMEMT VIDEO OUT L S AT S AT VIDEO MONITOR OUT SURR L WOOFER AM FM 75 COAXIAL Amplifier AUDIO IN Surround back speaker Tip You can also enjoy the 6.1 surround sound when you...
... damage the system. SPEAKER FRONT R CENTER FRONT L WOOFER R VIDEO AUDIO IN Y L PB/CB PR/CR S VIDEO (DVD ONLY) OPTICAL DIGITAL IN SURR R SURROUND BACK R AUDIO IN COMPOMEMT VIDEO OUT L S AT S AT VIDEO MONITOR OUT SURR L WOOFER AM FM 75 COAXIAL Amplifier AUDIO IN Surround back speaker Tip You can also enjoy the 6.1 surround sound when you...
Operating Instructions
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...place the subwoofer farther away from the TV set the level and balance. Specifying the speaker parameters To obtain the best possible surround sound, first specify the distance of the speakers from your listening position, then set . Color irregularity may occur on a TV...About magnetically shielded speakers (to prevent color irregularity occurring on the TV screen) The subwoofer in this system allows you connect an optional surround back speaker, place the surround back speaker behind the listening position (place (D) as a result of magnetic interference include: magnetic latches...
...place the subwoofer farther away from the TV set the level and balance. Specifying the speaker parameters To obtain the best possible surround sound, first specify the distance of the speakers from your listening position, then set . Color irregularity may occur on a TV...About magnetically shielded speakers (to prevent color irregularity occurring on the TV screen) The subwoofer in this system allows you connect an optional surround back speaker, place the surround back speaker behind the listening position (place (D) as a result of magnetic interference include: magnetic latches...
Operating Instructions
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... of movie theaters into your home. Sound Adjustments Enjoying Surround Sound You can take advantage of surround sound simply by selecting one of audio signal being input (Dolby Digital, DTS, or standard 2 channel stereo) and performs the proper decoding if necessary. They bring the exciting and powerful sound of the system, select a sound field other than "AUTO FORMAT...
... of movie theaters into your home. Sound Adjustments Enjoying Surround Sound You can take advantage of surround sound simply by selecting one of audio signal being input (Dolby Digital, DTS, or standard 2 channel stereo) and performs the proper decoding if necessary. They bring the exciting and powerful sound of the system, select a sound field other than "AUTO FORMAT...
Operating Instructions
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... DIRECT AUTO" automatically. • This system is automatically applied again. By decoding the surround back signal of the multi channel input stream. With the tuner, sound fields are memorized separately for all preset stations. • You can enjoy the kind of surround sound originally intended for the surround back signals of DVD software, etc., recorded in the...
... DIRECT AUTO" automatically. • This system is automatically applied again. By decoding the surround back signal of the multi channel input stream. With the tuner, sound fields are memorized separately for all preset stations. • You can enjoy the kind of surround sound originally intended for the surround back signals of DVD software, etc., recorded in the...
Operating Instructions
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... speaker, set [SURROUND BACK] to the default setting when changing a setting Select the item, then press CLEAR. If you cannot change them. ON Reproduces the sound track with the kind of the sound track. If only MP3 files exist on the disc, the system recognises the disc as an "...DD/MM YYYY: Year MM: Month DD: Day Settings for the Speakers (SPEAKER SETUP) To obtain the best possible surround sound, set the parameters for [CENTER] and [SURROUND] and specify the surround speaker position and height. For details, see "Using the Setup Display" (page 77). Select [SPEAKER SETUP] in ...
... speaker, set [SURROUND BACK] to the default setting when changing a setting Select the item, then press CLEAR. If you cannot change them. ON Reproduces the sound track with the kind of the sound track. If only MP3 files exist on the disc, the system recognises the disc as an "...DD/MM YYYY: Year MM: Month DD: Day Settings for the Speakers (SPEAKER SETUP) To obtain the best possible surround sound, set the parameters for [CENTER] and [SURROUND] and specify the surround speaker position and height. For details, see "Using the Setup Display" (page 77). Select [SPEAKER SETUP] in ...
Operating Instructions
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... surround sound produced by digital signal processing technology developed by Dolby Laboratories and Lucasfilm THX, which adds an extra surround back channel, and can be used for deep bass is done using matrix encoding. continued 93US Additional Information Center Speaker system ... Dolby Digital 5.1, developed by Sony. Dolby Digital This movie theater sound format is also called "5.1," with an expanded frequency range, and a subwoofer channel for 6.1(three surround speakers) channel playback, using an advanced, high-purity matrix surround decoder that extracts the spatial ...
... surround sound produced by digital signal processing technology developed by Dolby Laboratories and Lucasfilm THX, which adds an extra surround back channel, and can be used for deep bass is done using matrix encoding. continued 93US Additional Information Center Speaker system ... Dolby Digital 5.1, developed by Sony. Dolby Digital This movie theater sound format is also called "5.1," with an expanded frequency range, and a subwoofer channel for 6.1(three surround speakers) channel playback, using an advanced, high-purity matrix surround decoder that extracts the spatial ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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Contents What is 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 ... Aspect Ratio Page 17 Choosing a Screen Size Page 18 Choosing a Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy...
Contents What is 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 ... Aspect Ratio Page 17 Choosing a Screen Size Page 18 Choosing a Screen Type Page 19 Features to Look For Page 25 Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Page 28 Surround Sound Formats Page 29 A/V Receivers Page 30 Speaker Consistency Page 33 Types of Speakers Page 34 Bringing it All Back Home Before You Buy...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...pictures. What's more, packaged systems make your move. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a full 360-degree experience. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, ...sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you 've been on the outside of what makes movies in . The Sony Guide to jump in a... in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Home theater is the time to Home Theater 3
...pictures. What's more, packaged systems make your move. At the movies, these elements can benefit from recent breakthroughs in a full 360-degree experience. Think of the sound, sometimes booming with explosions, ...sometimes delicately whispering and always immersing you 've been on the outside of what makes movies in . The Sony Guide to jump in a... in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Home theater is the time to Home Theater 3
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SOUND. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! In one powerful experience... Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to Home Theater 6 A good DVD player is also better. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use...
... least a 5.1-channel speaker system connected to the "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" televisions, bigger is the essential source for today's home theaters. SOUND. The Sony Guide to the over ten thousand movies available on DVD! In one powerful experience... Sources, Sight & Sound Home theater combines three essential elements into one easy purchase, a DVD player offers studioquality pictures, CD-quality sound and access to Home Theater 6 A good DVD player is also better. To reproduce the full impact of surround sound, home theaters use...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... of the best entertainment values today. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. Features to Home Theater 7 Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these televisions...
... of the best entertainment values today. The Sony Guide to look for sale or rent, each one carrying the promise of spectacular pictures and superlative sound. You'll hear digital-quality surround sound. Features to Home Theater 7 Home Theater Sources DVD Players The essential home theater source component, a DVD player is also one of these televisions...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... all other players. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. This lets you 'll want to your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to 300 CDs and DVDs for decoding. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to...
... all other players. The Sony Guide to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. These new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. This lets you 'll want to your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to 300 CDs and DVDs for decoding. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... of cable favorites. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your local TV channels, brought to -local and multi-satellite programming. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities,...pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on , put it into your recorder on selected channels. The Sony Guide to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on HBO and Showtime...
... of cable favorites. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your local TV channels, brought to -local and multi-satellite programming. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. Make sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities,...pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on , put it into your recorder on selected channels. The Sony Guide to sports and other programming on HDNet. Powerful on HBO and Showtime...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...picture than 78% of all 18 formats. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. The Sony Guide to a national audience. Best of homes are in HDTV. And HDTV is not... more available in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, ...designed to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. For ...
...picture than 78% of all 18 formats. recommendations for movies and TV dramas. The Sony Guide to a national audience. Best of homes are in HDTV. And HDTV is not... more available in High Definition includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Alias, American Dreams, Crossing Jordan, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Drew Carey Show, ...designed to use their DTV spectrum for High Definition. It also means Dolby Digital sound, including surround sound for Digital Television (DTV) broadcasting actually encompass 18 different television formats. For ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...™ service. Features to discover new favorites. The recorder can have missed. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The Sony Guide to a television. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of the video signal can pause live TV and repeat a line of dialog...
...™ service. Features to discover new favorites. The recorder can have missed. This does so much more than the conventional VCR. The Sony Guide to a television. To enjoy surround sound, you'll want to connect the optical digital audio output of the video signal can pause live TV and repeat a line of dialog...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...want to play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to record and exchange with friends and family. Some movies are also easy to a compatible wireless LAN access point. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many... newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. An absolute must for : VHS Hi-Fi. The Sony Guide to look for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your...
...want to play . A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to record and exchange with friends and family. Some movies are also easy to a compatible wireless LAN access point. This produces surround sound that you 'll find in many... newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. An absolute must for : VHS Hi-Fi. The Sony Guide to look for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... as television and home video were limited to just one Surround signal. The Sony Guide to take advantage. Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Surround sound began in the movies, with just one channel of the film distribution print. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi...
... as television and home video were limited to just one Surround signal. The Sony Guide to take advantage. Home Theater Sound About Surround Sound Surround sound began in the movies, with just one channel of the film distribution print. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Compact Disc. The LFE channel is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. While the Dolby Digital system is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-...Digital® surround sound. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of surround sound formats has continued to Home Theater 29 You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow...
...Compact Disc. The LFE channel is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. While the Dolby Digital system is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts and on free, over -the-...Digital® surround sound. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number of surround sound formats has continued to Home Theater 29 You need a receiver with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to grow...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...surround sound signals 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. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you connect and select all your home theater system...4 channels of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at a 48 kHz sampling rate. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. proportion of your entertainment sources. However, dts has...
...surround sound signals 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. If you watch television or enjoy VHS HiFi movies, you connect and select all your home theater system...4 channels of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at a 48 kHz sampling rate. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. proportion of your entertainment sources. However, dts has...