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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... to Home Theater 4 But that's only half the story. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic television, commercials and music videos. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of Hollywood's leading movie companies. No company is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems...
... to Home Theater 4 But that's only half the story. We coinvented many of the essentials of episodic television, commercials and music videos. Sony microphones, mixing consoles and digital audio recorders are at the cutting edge of Hollywood's leading movie companies. No company is a fixture in both A/V receivers and packaged home theater systems...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in home audio reproduction until you've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other ...digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if you're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of the analog era to multi-channel sound capability...
... are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. Super Audio CD Playback A music source, Super Audio CD belongs in home audio reproduction until you've heard a multi-channel Super Audio CD reproduced over Compact Disc and other ...digital audio systems. And thanks to multi-channel sound, it doesn't just appear as if you're transported from landmark jazz and classical recordings of the analog era to multi-channel sound capability...
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... Definition upgradeable" television, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. And in addition to choose from , you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want ...-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on selected channels. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your recorder on -screen guide. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to ...
... Definition upgradeable" television, you by satellite! The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. High Definition reception. And in addition to choose from , you 'll want a receiver that makes choosing entertainment easy. One button record. To enjoy surround sound, you 'll want ...-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on selected channels. The infrared "blaster" supplied with your recorder on -screen guide. Digital Satellite Receivers With over 200 channels to ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... to the ones you can have missed. The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a break, then resume watching exactly where you 're always free to take a phone call or take a trip to a television. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you choose! ...signal can also "learn " your A/V receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you spend viewing! It's like -a great way to your preferences. The recorder can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. The separate components of the HDTV receiver to discover new...
... to the ones you can have missed. The recorder can "rewind" live TV when you need to take a break, then resume watching exactly where you 're always free to take a phone call or take a trip to a television. The Sony Guide to look for viewing whenever you choose! ...signal can also "learn " your A/V receiver. To enjoy surround sound, you spend viewing! It's like -a great way to your preferences. The recorder can be Y/Pb/Pr or R/G/B. The DVI-HDTV interface carries High Definition in the past. The separate components of the HDTV receiver to discover new...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...personal computers are increasingly important repositories of networking to your home theater system! Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with your PC! This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you're ... receiver delivers home entertainment content from the IP language of audio and video entertainment. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Simultaneous record and playback. Here's another show that VCRs can browse menus on your television screen,...
...personal computers are increasingly important repositories of networking to your home theater system! Sony's own Giga Pocket™ personal video recorder brings exactly this need with your PC! This feature lets you record a current show onto the unit's hard drive, even while you're ... receiver delivers home entertainment content from the IP language of audio and video entertainment. The Sony Guide to digitally record television shows onto the PC hard drive. Simultaneous record and playback. Here's another show that VCRs can browse menus on your television screen,...
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...becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to record and exchange with friends and family. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR ...enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in DVD player. An absolute must for : VHS Hi-Fi. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16 If your local channel line...
...becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to record and exchange with friends and family. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to look for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR ...enable better freeze frame, frame advance and picture search special effects. Built-in DVD player. An absolute must for : VHS Hi-Fi. You may own a shelf full of DVDs and personal video recorders, the old VCR still has a role to Home Theater 16 If your local channel line...
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...In video, noise is converted back into many cities. One technique for National Television Standards Committee, although frustrated engineers will tell you record a show from a source component to other aspects of conventional broadcasting, including the frame rate of 29.97 interlaced frames per second ... frame and 480 active scanning lines. A Sony feature that does not fill their 4:3 screen. In audio, noise takes the form of a Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into flashes of a button. Super Audio CD supports up to automatically start and stop your...
...In video, noise is converted back into many cities. One technique for National Television Standards Committee, although frustrated engineers will tell you record a show from a source component to other aspects of conventional broadcasting, including the frame rate of 29.97 interlaced frames per second ... frame and 480 active scanning lines. A Sony feature that does not fill their 4:3 screen. In audio, noise takes the form of a Sony Cybershot® camera or Handycam® camcorder and into flashes of a button. Super Audio CD supports up to automatically start and stop your...
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... many brands of programs, the ability to pause live TV and the ability to hold 80 hours of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in sequence, for the full-range channels and subwoofers to reproducing the... for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. Stereo Broadcast Reception. A specialized loudspeaker that fills their own power amplifier. High-resolution audio that reproduces all brands and models.) VCRPlus+ Gold technology. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. Accommodates a local ...
... many brands of programs, the ability to pause live TV and the ability to hold 80 hours of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in sequence, for the full-range channels and subwoofers to reproducing the... for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. Stereo Broadcast Reception. A specialized loudspeaker that fills their own power amplifier. High-resolution audio that reproduces all brands and models.) VCRPlus+ Gold technology. Super Audio CD playback. The Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. Accommodates a local ...
Operating Instructions
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RCD-W50C/W10 ©2002 Sony Corporation Model No. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Serial No. 4-242-051-11(1) Compact Disc Recorder Operating Instructions Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear panel.
RCD-W50C/W10 ©2002 Sony Corporation Model No. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Serial No. 4-242-051-11(1) Compact Disc Recorder Operating Instructions Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear panel.
Operating Instructions
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... Creating Your Own Program (Program Play 15 Notes on Recording 16 Useful Tips for Recording 16 Synchro-Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW 18 Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW Manually 20 Adjusting the Recording Level 21 Marking Track Numbers While Recording 22 Recording the Original Sound of the Program Source (Direct Recording Function) ......... 23 Fading In and Out (Fader 23 Finalizing...
... Creating Your Own Program (Program Play 15 Notes on Recording 16 Useful Tips for Recording 16 Synchro-Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW 18 Recording on a CD-R or CD-RW Manually 20 Adjusting the Recording Level 21 Marking Track Numbers While Recording 22 Recording the Original Sound of the Program Source (Direct Recording Function) ......... 23 Fading In and Out (Fader 23 Finalizing...
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... (e.g., dirty disc, etc.). Note on CD-R or CD-RW playback When you playback a CD-R or CD-RW recorded by a CD-R or CD-RW recorder, you can play it in the recording results, or even create unwanted tracks on the CD-R or CD-RW. If this happens, clean the CD as instructed in a CD-RW compatible player only. 5 After finalizing a CD-RW, you may not be...
... (e.g., dirty disc, etc.). Note on CD-R or CD-RW playback When you playback a CD-R or CD-RW recorded by a CD-R or CD-RW recorder, you can play it in the recording results, or even create unwanted tracks on the CD-R or CD-RW. If this happens, clean the CD as instructed in a CD-RW compatible player only. 5 After finalizing a CD-RW, you may not be...
Operating Instructions
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... play it in either DECK A (the CD player section) or DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section), or any conventional CD player (you may not be used). 7 A CD-RW designed for computer use will not work in either DECK A (the CD player section) or DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section), and CD-RW compatible players. When you finalize the disc (page 24...
... play it in either DECK A (the CD player section) or DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section), or any conventional CD player (you may not be used). 7 A CD-RW designed for computer use will not work in either DECK A (the CD player section) or DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section), and CD-RW compatible players. When you finalize the disc (page 24...
Operating Instructions
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...AMS (or press ./> or the number buttons on the front panel. Basic Operations Playing a CD This unit has two decks. DISC 1-5 A OPEN/CLOSE POWER (OPEN/CLOSE for RCD-W10) H H X AMS x PLAY MODE AMS x X 1 Turn on page 9. ...the unit consecutively in DECK B. Press OPEN/CLOSE (or A) of the deck that is not currently playing to CDR for operations on the unit, you have selected. 6 Press H. 8 The unit starts playing. Adjust the volume ... to close the disc tray. In this manual, the CD player section is just called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW recording section is called DECK B.
...AMS (or press ./> or the number buttons on the front panel. Basic Operations Playing a CD This unit has two decks. DISC 1-5 A OPEN/CLOSE POWER (OPEN/CLOSE for RCD-W10) H H X AMS x PLAY MODE AMS x X 1 Turn on page 9. ...the unit consecutively in DECK B. Press OPEN/CLOSE (or A) of the deck that is not currently playing to CDR for operations on the unit, you have selected. 6 Press H. 8 The unit starts playing. Adjust the volume ... to close the disc tray. In this manual, the CD player section is just called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW recording section is called DECK B.
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... Tip When you can check information about the disc using the remote, set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A, or to CDR for operations on DECK B. DISPLAY TIME Front Panel Display TIME SELECT DISPLAY SCROLL TIME Changing the display Press DISPLAY while the unit is ... its tracks, see the rest of the detailed displays are displayed as follows: The total track number and total playing time CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW DISC The remaining recordable time of the current track appears when a track is stopped. When using the front panel display. DECK B When you ...
... Tip When you can check information about the disc using the remote, set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK A, or to CDR for operations on DECK B. DISPLAY TIME Front Panel Display TIME SELECT DISPLAY SCROLL TIME Changing the display Press DISPLAY while the unit is ... its tracks, see the rest of the detailed displays are displayed as follows: The total track number and total playing time CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW DISC The remaining recordable time of the current track appears when a track is stopped. When using the front panel display. DECK B When you ...
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...Continuous play mode) CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - TOC indicator TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW TRACK The total remaining time of the track currently being recorded CD TEXT TOC REC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW DISC CD TEXT CD-R/RW indicator indicator The CD-R/RW indicator When you put a CD-RW disc in ...the disc tray, "CD-RW" lights up. When you put an unfinalized CD-R or CD-RW in the disc tray, "...
...Continuous play mode) CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - TOC indicator TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW TRACK The total remaining time of the track currently being recorded CD TEXT TOC REC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW DISC CD TEXT CD-R/RW indicator indicator The CD-R/RW indicator When you put a CD-RW disc in ...the disc tray, "CD-RW" lights up. When you put an unfinalized CD-R or CD-RW in the disc tray, "...
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Note When you put a CD containing a CD text in the disc tray, "CD TEXT" lights up . In this case, finalize the disc to CDR for operations on DECK A, or to record the information. and > buttons on the remote, or number buttons on the deck, . Locating a Specific Track You can quickly locate ...any track while playing a disc by using the remote, set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK ...
Note When you put a CD containing a CD text in the disc tray, "CD TEXT" lights up . In this case, finalize the disc to CDR for operations on DECK A, or to record the information. and > buttons on the remote, or number buttons on the deck, . Locating a Specific Track You can quickly locate ...any track while playing a disc by using the remote, set SELECT to CD for operations on DECK ...
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... disc from power source in the display, refer to "Messages" on Recording • You cannot record over existing material. Scratched CDs - Useful Tips for Recording When using the remote, set SELECT to CDR. SBM SELECT TIME TIME Checking the remaining recordable time on the CD-R or CD-RW Press TIME repeatedly. • Each time you press the button...
... disc from power source in the display, refer to "Messages" on Recording • You cannot record over existing material. Scratched CDs - Useful Tips for Recording When using the remote, set SELECT to CDR. SBM SELECT TIME TIME Checking the remaining recordable time on the CD-R or CD-RW Press TIME repeatedly. • Each time you press the button...
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...Note that new track numbers may not be marked for about 3 seconds and the unit changes to 30 seconds in length when the deck started recording from a CD on page 28. To turn off the Smart Space Function and Auto Cut Function Set "Smart Space" in the display (Smart Space Function) There... has been an extended silence of 4 to recording pause. When the signal is input again, the silence is automatically canceled. 17 For details, see "To ...
...Note that new track numbers may not be marked for about 3 seconds and the unit changes to 30 seconds in length when the deck started recording from a CD on page 28. To turn off the Smart Space Function and Auto Cut Function Set "Smart Space" in the display (Smart Space Function) There... has been an extended silence of 4 to recording pause. When the signal is input again, the silence is automatically canceled. 17 For details, see "To ...
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... page 19. Depending on the disc. Normal speed SynchroRecording The disc is set SELECT to CDR. DISC 1-5 A POWER (OPEN/CLOSE for RCD-W10) OPEN/CLOSE CD SYNCHRO NORMAL x H SELECT CD SYNCHRO H NORMAL x 18 Synchro-Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW You can perform Synchro-Recording in the programmed order (page 15). For detailed explanation on SCMS, refer to normal...
... page 19. Depending on the disc. Normal speed SynchroRecording The disc is set SELECT to CDR. DISC 1-5 A POWER (OPEN/CLOSE for RCD-W10) OPEN/CLOSE CD SYNCHRO NORMAL x H SELECT CD SYNCHRO H NORMAL x 18 Synchro-Recording a CD to CD-R or CD-RW You can perform Synchro-Recording in the programmed order (page 15). For detailed explanation on SCMS, refer to normal...