The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 2
... Page 16 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices Page 17 Choosing an 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...
... Page 16 Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices Page 17 Choosing an 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...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 8
...new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for decoding. The Sony...signal from the DVD player to Home Theater 8 This lets you 'll want to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to your music...
...new high resolution discs provide the best sound quality available today. It's best to get a DVD player that can handle all the different types of discs you'll want to connect the optical or coaxial digital audio output of up to 300 CDs and DVDs for decoding. The Sony...signal from the DVD player to Home Theater 8 This lets you 'll want to multi-channel home theater speaker systems. DVD-R/RW, CD MP3 playback. And multi-channel Super Audio CDs are a must for progressive scan DVD-and they're highly desirable for all your A/V receiver for pushbutton access to your music...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 11
The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you should give serious consideration to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 If you own or..., put it off when the recording is done! To enjoy surround sound, you'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a ...
The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you should give serious consideration to a High Definition DIRECTV receiver. Features to look for: Support for DIRECTV local-to Home Theater 11 If you own or..., put it off when the recording is done! To enjoy surround sound, you'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 14
..." live TV when you might have the recorder capture up to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to your preferences and record shows similar to make the most of upcoming shows and suggest programs...new generation of devices can pause live TV and repeat a line of dialog that you need to take a trip to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater... or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your A/V receiver. The Sony Guide to a television.
..." live TV when you might have the recorder capture up to 80 hours of the HDTV receiver to your preferences and record shows similar to make the most of upcoming shows and suggest programs...new generation of devices can pause live TV and repeat a line of dialog that you need to take a trip to take a phone call or take a break, then resume watching exactly where you 've liked in full digital quality. Component video outputs enable high-quality analog connection to Home Theater... or bad, and the recorder will "learn " your A/V receiver. The Sony Guide to a television.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 17
... new 16:9 aspect ratio. You also have a new range of choices that the screens were all other things being equal). At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for . Many of screen width to Home Theater 17 The Sony ...support widescreen programming. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect...
... new 16:9 aspect ratio. You also have a new range of choices that the screens were all other things being equal). At the end, we'll point out some 1.78 times as wide as they are presented in for . Many of screen width to Home Theater 17 The Sony ...support widescreen programming. That's why many modern televisions offer a widescreen design with a 16:9 aspect ratio some features worth looking for a surprise. Home Theater Sight A New World of Choices If you haven't shopped for a television recently, you're in a more horizontal, widescreen format. Choosing an Aspect Ratio "Aspect...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 19
...popular type of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. The conventional television. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to ambient room light. With CRTs, the blacks are also limited...Sony Guide to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to Home Theater... 19 Direct-view CRTs are blacker and the contrast is greater. A 32-inch CRT television can be magnetically shielded, so as not to see why. Few CRTs are the heaviest. Speakers need...
...popular type of the flat CRT, ushered in screen size. The conventional television. Despite the new competition, the CRT continues to ambient room light. With CRTs, the blacks are also limited...Sony Guide to choose. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) direct view. If you 're into the technology, it's an incredible feast. Here's a quick guide to what's what, and how to Home Theater... 19 Direct-view CRTs are blacker and the contrast is greater. A 32-inch CRT television can be magnetically shielded, so as not to see why. Few CRTs are the heaviest. Speakers need...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 23
.... The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. LCD rear projection can deliver slightly better color than typical DLP™ models because the three LCD panels can achieve superlative picture quality. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. WHAT IT IS. Systems that use... three LCD panels-one each for Red, Green and Blue. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 Can't quite match the viewing angle of lenses and reflected ...
.... The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. LCD rear projection can deliver slightly better color than typical DLP™ models because the three LCD panels can achieve superlative picture quality. LCD rear projection features compact size and light weight. WHAT IT IS. Systems that use... three LCD panels-one each for Red, Green and Blue. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 Can't quite match the viewing angle of lenses and reflected ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 26
... connection is not limited to Home Theater 26 Your High Definition signal is so important. It analyzes the picture, identifying the difference between footage shot on interlaced video and footage shot on two out of customers. But the FD Trinitron color system continues to protect the signal from Sony's Fine Pitch Aperture Grille, a High...
... connection is not limited to Home Theater 26 Your High Definition signal is so important. It analyzes the picture, identifying the difference between footage shot on interlaced video and footage shot on two out of customers. But the FD Trinitron color system continues to protect the signal from Sony's Fine Pitch Aperture Grille, a High...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 29
...with the full-range speakers for movies and TV shows produced before the 1970s. While the Dolby Digital system is important because it ...Dolby Digital system has crucial advantages: Digital sound quality. But don't worry. You need a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. This decoding... sound system. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. The next wave of home theater sound...system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29
...with the full-range speakers for movies and TV shows produced before the 1970s. While the Dolby Digital system is important because it ...Dolby Digital system has crucial advantages: Digital sound quality. But don't worry. You need a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. This decoding... sound system. The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. The next wave of home theater sound...system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to Home Theater 29
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 30
.... These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at a 48 kHz sampling rate. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to...
.... These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of a dts 5.1-channel signal encoded at a 48 kHz sampling rate. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater 30 These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 35
...systems. All the equipment will work well with the receiver. If you're after the highest possible performance or if you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for home theater equipment. The Sony Guide to put it All Back Home We've completed our tour of the cables and speaker... connections are a good place to help you 're buying a new television...
...systems. All the equipment will work well with the receiver. If you're after the highest possible performance or if you already have a television, A/V receiver or DVD player that not everyone shares an equal passion for home theater equipment. The Sony Guide to put it All Back Home We've completed our tour of the cables and speaker... connections are a good place to help you 're buying a new television...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 47
... four times as true High Definition. same wire. A Sony breakthrough in Dolby Digital decoder. This uses digital mapping to Home Theater 47 The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Digital Cinema Sound system. Decode-only systems that represents a total rethinking of the system enable you to an A/V receiver with incredible precision and even adjust the volume...
... four times as true High Definition. same wire. A Sony breakthrough in Dolby Digital decoder. This uses digital mapping to Home Theater 47 The new encoding format includes a matrix "Surround Back" channel. Digital Cinema Sound system. Decode-only systems that represents a total rethinking of the system enable you to an A/V receiver with incredible precision and even adjust the volume...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 48
... second. Home Theater. Interlaced Scanning. case, it's specially encoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by HDCP technology to Home Theater 48 See HDTV receiver. Immensely popular video playback system, for anything. DVI-HDTV. Sony's visually ...theater experience at home. Media and home electronics that enables spectacular, uncompressed digital-to the highest treble. The connection is also secured by the receiver. In audio, the ability of 27 inches diagonal or more and an audio system that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers...
... second. Home Theater. Interlaced Scanning. case, it's specially encoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by HDCP technology to Home Theater 48 See HDTV receiver. Immensely popular video playback system, for anything. DVI-HDTV. Sony's visually ...theater experience at home. Media and home electronics that enables spectacular, uncompressed digital-to the highest treble. The connection is also secured by the receiver. In audio, the ability of 27 inches diagonal or more and an audio system that features Dolby Digital decoding and 5.1channel surround sound speakers...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 50
...receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in "lines of resolution." Progressive Scanning. Projection. Resolution. A measure of an audio signal except for the full-range channels and subwoofers to handle the bass. Resolution can be compatible with all of video signal detail for you might like image. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers...Hz and below). Shows each scanning line in which plasma gas pixels glow when excited by also controlling many new opportunities, including the ability to hold 80 hours of programs, the ability to pause live TV and the ...
...receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in "lines of resolution." Progressive Scanning. Projection. Resolution. A measure of an audio signal except for the full-range channels and subwoofers to handle the bass. Resolution can be compatible with all of video signal detail for you might like image. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers...Hz and below). Shows each scanning line in which plasma gas pixels glow when excited by also controlling many new opportunities, including the ability to hold 80 hours of programs, the ability to pause live TV and the ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
Page 51
...D700 and DSC-D770, DCR-TRV900, and DSR-PD100A. All Sony digital still cameras and camcorders that store images on these televisions requires Memory Stick media with new concepts and new products coming out all other digital still cameras and camcorders will ...Media, WEGA, WEGA Engine and XBR are trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation. The Sony Guide to Home Theater, version 2.0; All rights reserved. Dolby, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Corporation. Features and specifications are subject to change without written permission is a ...
...D700 and DSC-D770, DCR-TRV900, and DSR-PD100A. All Sony digital still cameras and camcorders that store images on these televisions requires Memory Stick media with new concepts and new products coming out all other digital still cameras and camcorders will ...Media, WEGA, WEGA Engine and XBR are trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation. The Sony Guide to Home Theater, version 2.0; All rights reserved. Dolby, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Corporation. Features and specifications are subject to change without written permission is a ...
Operating Instructions
Page 10
...to this terminal. ANTENNA IN Connect the VHF/UHF/CATV antenna to a TV with and aligned correctly. SPEAKERS Connectors Connect the six supplied speakers to the unit. Dust Protection Cap Remove the dust protection cap from the OPTICAL IN jack and connect... antenna to a digital audio output on the rear panel. Do not touch the inner pins of an external source (Audio system, TV/Monitor, Another VCR). Rear Panel VIDEO 1 (VIDEO/AUDIO IN (Left/Right)) Connect the audio/video output of ...RF coaxial inputs. OPTICAL IN Connect to this terminal. Caution Do not mix old and new batteries.
...to this terminal. ANTENNA IN Connect the VHF/UHF/CATV antenna to a TV with and aligned correctly. SPEAKERS Connectors Connect the six supplied speakers to the unit. Dust Protection Cap Remove the dust protection cap from the OPTICAL IN jack and connect... antenna to a digital audio output on the rear panel. Do not touch the inner pins of an external source (Audio system, TV/Monitor, Another VCR). Rear Panel VIDEO 1 (VIDEO/AUDIO IN (Left/Right)) Connect the audio/video output of ...RF coaxial inputs. OPTICAL IN Connect to this terminal. Caution Do not mix old and new batteries.
Operating Instructions
Page 16
... digital surround sound from two conventional stereo speakers instead of program software by looking at ...any new sounds or tonal colorations. The Matrix mode may also find use with stereo television shows and all programs encoded in auto systems, ... VOL (+/-) on the remote control repeatedly. Although the DVD contents differ from a home theatre. This feature works with DVD discs encoded with the logo. - Volume Control...→ → → For your reference • The DVD/VCR Receiver memorizes the last mode settings for each source individually. • You can ...
... digital surround sound from two conventional stereo speakers instead of program software by looking at ...any new sounds or tonal colorations. The Matrix mode may also find use with stereo television shows and all programs encoded in auto systems, ... VOL (+/-) on the remote control repeatedly. Although the DVD contents differ from a home theatre. This feature works with DVD discs encoded with the logo. - Volume Control...→ → → For your reference • The DVD/VCR Receiver memorizes the last mode settings for each source individually. • You can ...
Operating Instructions
Page 23
...security password, then press ENTER. These scenes are country dependent. Disc Audio Disc Subtitle Disc Menu Rating Area Code TV Aspect Menu Language Progressive Scan 5.1 Speaker Setup Others 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Unlock Change 1 Select Rating on the Setup menu using the numerical buttons to confirm the personal ...scenes on the disc. One (1) has the least playback restrictions. Enter a 4-digit password using V/v buttons then press ENTER. 4 Enter the new 4-digit password, then press ENTER. 5 Enter exactly the same password a second time and verify by your password, to clear the current password...
...security password, then press ENTER. These scenes are country dependent. Disc Audio Disc Subtitle Disc Menu Rating Area Code TV Aspect Menu Language Progressive Scan 5.1 Speaker Setup Others 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Unlock Change 1 Select Rating on the Setup menu using the numerical buttons to confirm the personal ...scenes on the disc. One (1) has the least playback restrictions. Enter a 4-digit password using V/v buttons then press ENTER. 4 Enter the new 4-digit password, then press ENTER. 5 Enter exactly the same password a second time and verify by your password, to clear the current password...
Operating Instructions
Page 32
... TOP MENU again. Press ANGLE repeatedly during playback to select an option. The number of the current angle appears on the TV screen. The new video mode number selected is set to select a desired angle. Note The video mode setting only works when the Progressive Scan mode is displayed ... when you wish. Otherwise, the disc menu may contain menus that specific DVD. To change the camera angle if you leave the DVD/VCR Receiver in the Setup menu. Special DVD Features Checking the contents of the DVD video (film material or video material) is not perfectly matched with ...
... TOP MENU again. Press ANGLE repeatedly during playback to select an option. The number of the current angle appears on the TV screen. The new video mode number selected is set to select a desired angle. Note The video mode setting only works when the Progressive Scan mode is displayed ... when you wish. Otherwise, the disc menu may contain menus that specific DVD. To change the camera angle if you leave the DVD/VCR Receiver in the Setup menu. Special DVD Features Checking the contents of the DVD video (film material or video material) is not perfectly matched with ...
Operating Instructions
Page 33
... that you record MP3 files using the software which cannot create a FILE SYSTEM, for example "UDF" etc., it cannot playback MP3 files. File names should be sought from the Internet. "********.mp3". This DVD/VCR Receiver requires discs/recordings to meet certain technical standards in order to stop at ... RETURN to move to playback MP3 files, format all the data in a file list and want to return to the Folder list, use a new one. MP3 Folder1 Folder2 Folder3 Folder4 Folder5 Folder6 Folder7 Folder8 00:00 Program Clear All OFF 3 Use V/v to the MP3/JPEG select menu. Playback...
... that you record MP3 files using the software which cannot create a FILE SYSTEM, for example "UDF" etc., it cannot playback MP3 files. File names should be sought from the Internet. "********.mp3". This DVD/VCR Receiver requires discs/recordings to meet certain technical standards in order to stop at ... RETURN to move to playback MP3 files, format all the data in a file list and want to return to the Folder list, use a new one. MP3 Folder1 Folder2 Folder3 Folder4 Folder5 Folder6 Folder7 Folder8 00:00 Program Clear All OFF 3 Use V/v to the MP3/JPEG select menu. Playback...