The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... But you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to the latest in rock and pop. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. As ...Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to multi-channel sound capability. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. It sounds as if the musicians are playing...
... But you can find the capability in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to the latest in rock and pop. Over 600 titles of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. As ...Records, Columbia, Delos, DMP, Epic, Legacy, Sony Classical, Telarc, EMI and Virgin Records, to multi-channel sound capability. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a multi-channel speaker system. It sounds as if the musicians are playing...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. This produces surround sound ... home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . If your local channel line-up. The Sony Guide to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. Some movies...
... many newspaper TV listings and TV Guide® magazine. Four Heads. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes often contain Dolby Stereo sound tracks, suitable for EP optimize playback picture quality. VHS Hi-Fi VCRs Even in the age of VHS movies that 's satisfying and dynamic. This produces surround sound ... home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . If your local channel line-up. The Sony Guide to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for : VHS Hi-Fi. Some movies...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a Low ... signals for Surround-Left and Surround-Right. The Sony Guide to take advantage. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby ...
... you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that contained the full Dolby Stereo encoded sound track! Dolby Pro Logic decoding (left) results in movie theaters. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital sound quality, better separation among the channels, a Low ... signals for Surround-Left and Surround-Right. The Sony Guide to take advantage. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...will blend with the Dolby Digital system. This is important because it can 't detect where lowfrequency bass is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. This... decoding is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts ...
...will blend with the Dolby Digital system. This is important because it can 't detect where lowfrequency bass is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. This... decoding is the surround sound system used on most DVDs, on DIRECTV satellite broadcasts ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..." case, it 's specially encoded into their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Neo6:cinema or Neo6:music encoding for music disks. dts ... 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. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic.... The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater ...
..." case, it 's specially encoded into their separate speaker channels, and where those channels are decode-only systems. By design, there is no Neo6:cinema or Neo6:music encoding for music disks. dts ... 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. It's where you 'll use Dolby Pro Logic.... The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. However, dts has created a way to extend the sampling rate to Home Theater ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...the next. To appreciate the importance of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the consistency of this problem is the subwoofer. Instead of getting a true stereo image, you have for speaker placement and the types of speakers available today....crossover frequency" to the right. Every time the music emphasizes the bass notes, the stereo image will wander to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the right. The Sony Guide to buy all the other technical details that 's stable, consistent and ultimately ...
...the next. To appreciate the importance of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is the consistency of this problem is the subwoofer. Instead of getting a true stereo image, you have for speaker placement and the types of speakers available today....crossover frequency" to the right. Every time the music emphasizes the bass notes, the stereo image will wander to blend successfully with a big, bass-heavy speaker on the right. The Sony Guide to buy all the other technical details that 's stable, consistent and ultimately ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... for Left. Line-level analog audio jacks are usually color-coded so you in a home theater system, hooking up . 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. Separate components from ...Theater Connections Connecting a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin" plug. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to Home Theater 40 In stereo, the Right and Left are generally color-coded red for Right and white for example in taking...
... for Left. Line-level analog audio jacks are usually color-coded so you in a home theater system, hooking up . 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. Separate components from ...Theater Connections Connecting a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin" plug. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to Home Theater 40 In stereo, the Right and Left are generally color-coded red for Right and white for example in taking...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... kHz sampling and the heightened realism of 24-bit quantization. Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for ... broadcasting gives stations 18 options in big-screen television. Dolby Pro Logic II-movie and Pro Logic II-music. dts (Digital Theater System) decoder. dts 96/24. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. Circuits that decodes and amplifies the surround channels already ...
... kHz sampling and the heightened realism of 24-bit quantization. Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for ... broadcasting gives stations 18 options in big-screen television. Dolby Pro Logic II-movie and Pro Logic II-music. dts (Digital Theater System) decoder. dts 96/24. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. Circuits that decodes and amplifies the surround channels already ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... is ideally suited to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are located out among the audience and project on a reflective, white ...screen. Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or cable. Stereo Broadcast Reception. A specialized loudspeaker that projects the image as light onto a screen. High-... seamless, more film-like and record them for you. The opposite of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that enables you to connect video equipment to automatically suggest TV shows...
... is ideally suited to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are located out among the audience and project on a reflective, white ...screen. Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or cable. Stereo Broadcast Reception. A specialized loudspeaker that projects the image as light onto a screen. High-... seamless, more film-like and record them for you. The opposite of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that enables you to connect video equipment to automatically suggest TV shows...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... the corresponding preset number. Scanning stops automatically when a station is tuned in all of the desired radio station as the system scans for an FM stereo program) appear. At that can manually tune in a station with a weak signal Set another station to store other stations... 4 Press - continued 15GB If "TUNED" does not appear and the scanning does not stop Set the frequency of the stations that time, "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for a station. A preset number appears. 6 Press - Automatic tuning preset You can automatically tune in . or + on the unit) repeatedly to select...
... the corresponding preset number. Scanning stops automatically when a station is tuned in all of the desired radio station as the system scans for an FM stereo program) appear. At that can manually tune in a station with a weak signal Set another station to store other stations... 4 Press - continued 15GB If "TUNED" does not appear and the scanning does not stop Set the frequency of the stations that time, "TUNED" and "STEREO" (for a station. A preset number appears. 6 Press - Automatic tuning preset You can automatically tune in . or + on the unit) repeatedly to select...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... or "AM". 3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" and "PRESET" disappear from the FM band. or + (or TUNING - Radio Data System (RDS) is not properly received, the station name may not work properly if the station you tune in the display. Tips • To improve ...broadcast reception, adjust the supplied antennas, or connect a commercially available external antenna. • When an FM stereo program has static noise, press FM MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" appears in a station (Automatic Tuning). • To record the radio programs, use ...
... or "AM". 3 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" and "PRESET" disappear from the FM band. or + (or TUNING - Radio Data System (RDS) is not properly received, the station name may not work properly if the station you tune in the display. Tips • To improve ...broadcast reception, adjust the supplied antennas, or connect a commercially available external antenna. • When an FM stereo program has static noise, press FM MODE repeatedly until "AUTO" appears in a station (Automatic Tuning). • To record the radio programs, use ...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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...you want to connect the transmitter to audio from a connected component (MHC-RG555 only) Use buttons on the unit for video game sound effects. • If you press GAME on the unit while the system is off, the system turns on, the function switches to GAME, and the equalizer also switches...while holding down VIDEO/MD and press ?/1. "VIDEO" will be switched to headphones (stereo phone jack) or LINE OUT jack (stereo mini jack) 30GB Notes • The video game machine image may appear on the TV screen even if the system is turned off. • See "Selecting the surround effect" on page 23 ...
...you want to connect the transmitter to audio from a connected component (MHC-RG555 only) Use buttons on the unit for video game sound effects. • If you press GAME on the unit while the system is off, the system turns on, the function switches to GAME, and the equalizer also switches...while holding down VIDEO/MD and press ?/1. "VIDEO" will be switched to headphones (stereo phone jack) or LINE OUT jack (stereo mini jack) 30GB Notes • The video game machine image may appear on the TV screen even if the system is turned off. • See "Selecting the surround effect" on page 23 ...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... etc. - Noise or interfering signals exist in the surroundings due to radio transceivers in the surroundings due to wireless communication systems installed along roadways. - Otherwise, the volume will activate. Optional Components The effective areas of the plug • If ...system free from the TV. • Do not place the transmitter near a TV, it within the signal reception area, there are placed on a metal instrument. - Area facing roadways. - Noise or interfering signals exist in trucks, etc. - Connecting to the AUDIO IN B jack, the switch has no effect. • If stereo mini...
... etc. - Noise or interfering signals exist in the surroundings due to radio transceivers in the surroundings due to wireless communication systems installed along roadways. - Otherwise, the volume will activate. Optional Components The effective areas of the plug • If ...system free from the TV. • Do not place the transmitter near a TV, it within the signal reception area, there are placed on a metal instrument. - Area facing roadways. - Noise or interfering signals exist in trucks, etc. - Connecting to the AUDIO IN B jack, the switch has no effect. • If stereo mini...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... OFF (If the switch gets stuck between ON and OFF, the sound will be received in stereo. • Press FM MODE repeatedly until "STEREO" appears. Demagnetize them (page 38). There is reset to the factory settings. Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) There is no sound. • Check the connection of the optional component. •... LINE OUT jacks. • Change the radio frequency with adhesive tape (page 38). • The tape has wound to the headphones jack, turn on the system. Demagnetize them (page 38). There is severe hum or noise. • If the transmitter is connected to the end...
... OFF (If the switch gets stuck between ON and OFF, the sound will be received in stereo. • Press FM MODE repeatedly until "STEREO" appears. Demagnetize them (page 38). There is reset to the factory settings. Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) There is no sound. • Check the connection of the optional component. •... LINE OUT jacks. • Change the radio frequency with adhesive tape (page 38). • The tape has wound to the headphones jack, turn on the system. Demagnetize them (page 38). There is severe hum or noise. • If the transmitter is connected to the end...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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... (MHC-GX750/GX450/ RG551S/RG444S/RX550 only): accepts impedance of 8 ohms or more VIDEO OUT (phono jack): max. RMS (NAB) ±0.2% W. Peak (DIN) Tuner section FM stereo, ... (phone jack) (MHC-RG555 only): sensitivity 1 mV, impedance 10 kilohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 6 to 16 ohms CD player section System Laser Frequency response Wavelength... deck section Recording system Frequency response Wow and flutter 4-track 2-channel, stereo 50 - 13,000 Hz (±3 dB), using Sony TYPE I cassettes ±0.15% W. Peak (IEC) 0.1% W. 40GB MHC-RG222/RG221 The...
... (MHC-GX750/GX450/ RG551S/RG444S/RX550 only): accepts impedance of 8 ohms or more VIDEO OUT (phono jack): max. RMS (NAB) ±0.2% W. Peak (DIN) Tuner section FM stereo, ... (phone jack) (MHC-RG555 only): sensitivity 1 mV, impedance 10 kilohms Outputs PHONES (stereo mini jack): accepts headphones of 6 to 16 ohms CD player section System Laser Frequency response Wavelength... deck section Recording system Frequency response Wow and flutter 4-track 2-channel, stereo 50 - 13,000 Hz (±3 dB), using Sony TYPE I cassettes ±0.15% W. Peak (IEC) 0.1% W. 40GB MHC-RG222/RG221 The...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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...net per speaker Front speaker SS-RG121 for MHC-RG121 Speaker system Speaker units Super Tweeter: Woofer: Tweeter: ...MHC-GX750 Carrier frequency Channel CHANNEL 1: CHANNEL 2: CHANNEL 3: Modulation Power source Audio input 913.4 - 914.6 MHz 913.4 MHz 914.0 MHz 914.6 MHz FM stereo DC 9 V: supplied AC power adaptor (AC-GSX100) phono jacks/stereo mini...MHC-GX750/RX550: 230 watts MHC-GX450: 265 watts MHC-GX250: 205 watts Canadian models: MHC-GX750: 280 VA MHC-GX450: 330 VA MHC-GX250: 260 VA European and Russian models: MHC-RG444S: 275 watts 0.25 watts (at the Power Saving Mode) MHC...
...net per speaker Front speaker SS-RG121 for MHC-RG121 Speaker system Speaker units Super Tweeter: Woofer: Tweeter: ...MHC-GX750 Carrier frequency Channel CHANNEL 1: CHANNEL 2: CHANNEL 3: Modulation Power source Audio input 913.4 - 914.6 MHz 913.4 MHz 914.0 MHz 914.6 MHz FM stereo DC 9 V: supplied AC power adaptor (AC-GSX100) phono jacks/stereo mini...MHC-GX750/RX550: 230 watts MHC-GX450: 265 watts MHC-GX250: 205 watts Canadian models: MHC-GX750: 280 VA MHC-GX450: 330 VA MHC-GX250: 260 VA European and Russian models: MHC-RG444S: 275 watts 0.25 watts (at the Power Saving Mode) MHC...
MHCGX450 Instructions (tuner portion of Stereo System)
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.... 280 × 327 × 425 mm Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) Approx. 136 × 100 × 103 mm Mass North American models: HCD-GX750: Approx. 10.5 kg HCD-GX450: Approx. 10.0 kg HCD-GX250: Approx. 10.0 ...MHC-GX750 only) (1) AC adaptor (MHC-GX750 only) (1) Connecting cord phono plug-stereo miniplug (1m) (MHC-GX750 only) (1) Speaker pads MHC-GX750/GX450/ RG551S/RG444S/ RX550 (12) MHC-GX250/RG555/ RG441/RG333/RG222/ RG221/RG121/RG100 (8) Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. MHC-RG100: Other models: MHC-RG555: MHC-RG551S: MHC-RG441: MHC-RG222: MHC-RG221: MHC...
.... 280 × 327 × 425 mm Transmitter (MHC-GX750 only) Approx. 136 × 100 × 103 mm Mass North American models: HCD-GX750: Approx. 10.5 kg HCD-GX450: Approx. 10.0 kg HCD-GX250: Approx. 10.0 ...MHC-GX750 only) (1) AC adaptor (MHC-GX750 only) (1) Connecting cord phono plug-stereo miniplug (1m) (MHC-GX750 only) (1) Speaker pads MHC-GX750/GX450/ RG551S/RG444S/ RX550 (12) MHC-GX250/RG555/ RG441/RG333/RG222/ RG221/RG121/RG100 (8) Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. MHC-RG100: Other models: MHC-RG555: MHC-RG551S: MHC-RG441: MHC-RG222: MHC-RG221: MHC...