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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... pop. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can also find Super Audio CD playback in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. As you'd expect, 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 can find the capability in dedicated audio players. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an ...
... pop. You haven't enjoyed the ultimate in home audio reproduction until you can also find Super Audio CD playback in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to name just a few. As you'd expect, 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 can find the capability in dedicated audio players. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you can automatically switch your recorder on, put it into your local TV channels, brought to your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in many satellite receivers can ...right subscription, you'll have access to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service...
...sure your DIRECTV receiver works seamlessly with many cities, you can automatically switch your recorder on, put it into your local TV channels, brought to your videocassette recorder or personal video recorder. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. And in many satellite receivers can ...right subscription, you'll have access to choose from pay-per-view movies and events, college and professional sports packages, plus CD-quality digital sound including Dolby Digital surround sound on -screen guide. With over 200 channels of entertainment, the DIRECTV® service...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... stands for cable or a local TV antenna. NTSC officially stands for National Television Standards Committee, although frustrated engineers will tell you record a show from a source component to display JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of hiss or ...pictures. Local channels. No need for "Never The Same Color." MID™ circuitry. Sony processing that portion. Super Audio CD supports up to turn pixels on and off. One Button Record. This feature of DIRECTV receivers lets you it preserves the director's original vision. The ...
... stands for cable or a local TV antenna. NTSC officially stands for National Television Standards Committee, although frustrated engineers will tell you record a show from a source component to display JPEG images (DCF format).* Simply slide the Memory Stick media out of hiss or ...pictures. Local channels. No need for "Never The Same Color." MID™ circuitry. Sony processing that portion. Super Audio CD supports up to turn pixels on and off. One Button Record. This feature of DIRECTV receivers lets you it preserves the director's original vision. The ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... that fills their own power amplifier. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. Super Audio CD playback. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Enables you to connect video equipment...Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. Others appreciate a picture that they include their 4:3 screen. System that projects the image as light onto a screen. PVRs offer many brands of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in sequence, for a more seamless, more film-like and record...
... that fills their own power amplifier. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. Super Audio CD playback. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction. Enables you to connect video equipment...Sony Guide to maintain picture quality. Others appreciate a picture that they include their 4:3 screen. System that projects the image as light onto a screen. PVRs offer many brands of TVs, VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be measured in pixels or in sequence, for a more seamless, more film-like and record...
Dimensions Diagram
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... Features and specifications subject to change without notice. • Non-metric weights and measurements are approximate. SONY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INACCURACIES IN THE DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE OF ENCLOSURES . RCD-W50C RM-R51 Remote Control DESCRIPTION: CD DIMENSIONS Recorder/Player (WHD): 17 " x 4 1/4 " x 15 3/4" WEIGHT: 15 lbs 8 oz POWER REQUIREMENTS:120V AC POWER 60Hz CONSUMPTION: 25...
... Features and specifications subject to change without notice. • Non-metric weights and measurements are approximate. SONY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INACCURACIES IN THE DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE OF ENCLOSURES . RCD-W50C RM-R51 Remote Control DESCRIPTION: CD DIMENSIONS Recorder/Player (WHD): 17 " x 4 1/4 " x 15 3/4" WEIGHT: 15 lbs 8 oz POWER REQUIREMENTS:120V AC POWER 60Hz CONSUMPTION: 25...
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...
Operating Instructions
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... • If you are for about an hour until the moisture evaporates. Conventions • Instructions in this Sony Compact Disc Recorder. The operating voltage is the model used for future reference. RCD-W50C is indicated on the nameplate at the qualified service shop. On handling discs • To keep the disc... as it completely before operating it with your local power supply. Before operating the unit, please read this case, remove the CD, CD-R, or CD-RW and leave the unit turned on for 2 models: RCD-W50C and RCD-W10. On condensation in temperature inside the unit.
... • If you are for about an hour until the moisture evaporates. Conventions • Instructions in this Sony Compact Disc Recorder. The operating voltage is the model used for future reference. RCD-W50C is indicated on the nameplate at the qualified service shop. On handling discs • To keep the disc... as it completely before operating it with your local power supply. Before operating the unit, please read this case, remove the CD, CD-R, or CD-RW and leave the unit turned on for 2 models: RCD-W50C and RCD-W10. On condensation in temperature inside the unit.
Operating Instructions
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... create unwanted tracks on the CD-R or CD-RW. After finalizing a CD-RW, you can play it in a CD-RW compatible player only. 5 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 any conventional CD player. However, depending on the state of the recording, there may be able to...
... create unwanted tracks on the CD-R or CD-RW. After finalizing a CD-RW, you can play it in a CD-RW compatible player only. 5 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 any conventional CD player. However, depending on the state of the recording, there may be able to...
Operating Instructions
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...types of discs as follows: Audio CD Discs with this logo are recordable, and also re-writable. They 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. Audio CD-RW Discs with these logos can be... played only in most current CD players unless the player is CD-RW compatible. (An unfinalized disc can be able to...
...types of discs as follows: Audio CD Discs with this logo are recordable, and also re-writable. They 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. Audio CD-RW Discs with these logos can be... played only in most current CD players unless the player is CD-RW compatible. (An unfinalized disc can be able to...
Operating Instructions
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... Press H. *See "Using the Display" on the inner circle of RCD-W50C. When you have selected. 6 Press H. 8 The unit starts playing. Select the disc (for DECK A of RCD-W50C) Press one of the DISC 1-5 buttons.* Go to CDR for DECK A of the disc number. DISC 1-5 A OPEN/CLOSE ... for RCD-W10) H H X AMS x PLAY MODE AMS x X 1 Turn on the front panel. Adjust the volume on the remote. SKIP on the amplifier. Press OPEN/ CLOSE (or A) again to resume playing. In this manual, the CD player section is just called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW recording section is...
... Press H. *See "Using the Display" on the inner circle of RCD-W50C. When you have selected. 6 Press H. 8 The unit starts playing. Select the disc (for DECK A of RCD-W50C) Press one of the DISC 1-5 buttons.* Go to CDR for DECK A of the disc number. DISC 1-5 A OPEN/CLOSE ... for RCD-W10) H H X AMS x PLAY MODE AMS x X 1 Turn on the front panel. Adjust the volume on the remote. SKIP on the amplifier. Press OPEN/ CLOSE (or A) again to resume playing. In this manual, the CD player section is just called DECK A, and the CD-R and CD-RW recording section is...
Operating Instructions
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... DECK A m Detailed display for operations on the remote to CDR for DECK B DECK A/DECK B divided display CD TEXT DECK A TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - Press SCROLL again to pause scrolling, and again to continue scrolling. RW DISC The remaining recordable time of the current track appears when a track is stopped.... titles and track titles are displayed as follows: The total track number and total playing time CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - Using the Display You can also check the remaining recordable time by pressing TIME. To label a disc and its tracks, see the rest of the...
... DECK A m Detailed display for operations on the remote to CDR for DECK B DECK A/DECK B divided display CD TEXT DECK A TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - Press SCROLL again to pause scrolling, and again to continue scrolling. RW DISC The remaining recordable time of the current track appears when a track is stopped.... titles and track titles are displayed as follows: The total track number and total playing time CD TEXT TOC DECK B CD TEXT CD - Using the Display You can also check the remaining recordable time by pressing TIME. To label a disc and its tracks, see the rest of the...
Operating Instructions
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... of the disc (in Continuous play mode) CD TEXT DECK A TOC TRACK CD TEXT CD - RW The total remaining time of the track currently being recorded CD TEXT TOC REC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW TRACK Display while recording Press TIME repeatedly while recording. RW DISC CD TEXT CD-R/RW indicator indicator The CD-R/RW indicator When you press the button, the...
... of the disc (in Continuous play mode) CD TEXT DECK A TOC TRACK CD TEXT CD - RW The total remaining time of the track currently being recorded CD TEXT TOC REC DECK B CD TEXT CD - RW TRACK Display while recording Press TIME repeatedly while recording. RW DISC CD TEXT CD-R/RW indicator indicator The CD-R/RW indicator When you press the button, the...
Operating Instructions
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...on DECK B. Basic Operations The CD TEXT indicator When you put a CD or finalized CD-R in the disc tray, "CD" lights up . When using the AMS (Automatic Music Sensor) dial on the deck, . In this case, finalize the disc to CDR for operations on DECK A, or to record the information. 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 the remote. When "CD TEXT" is framed in red in the ...
...on DECK B. Basic Operations The CD TEXT indicator When you put a CD or finalized CD-R in the disc tray, "CD" lights up . When using the AMS (Automatic Music Sensor) dial on the deck, . In this case, finalize the disc to CDR for operations on DECK A, or to record the information. 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 the remote. When "CD TEXT" is framed in red in the ...
Operating Instructions
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... the playing time of the current track and the remaining recordable time on a copy protection Some commercial CD may be produced in the recorded results: - Recording may experience a reading failure or noise when recorded to CDR. SBM SELECT TIME TIME Checking the remaining recordable time on the CD-R or CD-RW Press TIME repeatedly. • Each time you want...
... the playing time of the current track and the remaining recordable time on a copy protection Some commercial CD may be produced in the recorded results: - Recording may experience a reading failure or noise when recorded to CDR. SBM SELECT TIME TIME Checking the remaining recordable time on the CD-R or CD-RW Press TIME repeatedly. • Each time you want...
Operating Instructions
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...sound quality. When you to the next disc during recording. The unit changes to the following situations. • When recording is Synchro-Recording from a CD on page 28. If the unit continues pausing for about 30 seconds during Synchro-Recording. (RCDW50C only) To use the function of adding... Post Gap Set "Post Gap" of 2 seconds between the songs, when recording more than two tracks...
...sound quality. When you to the next disc during recording. The unit changes to the following situations. • When recording is Synchro-Recording from a CD on page 28. If the unit continues pausing for about 30 seconds during Synchro-Recording. (RCDW50C only) To use the function of adding... Post Gap Set "Post Gap" of 2 seconds between the songs, when recording more than two tracks...
Operating Instructions
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... automatically canceled. • If you must finalize the disc. See "Finalizing a CD-R or CD-RW" on the CDs, the CD text is automatically recorded even if "Text Save" in Setup Menu 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 Tip When you put the disc in DECK B.) •...
... automatically canceled. • If you must finalize the disc. See "Finalizing a CD-R or CD-RW" on the CDs, the CD text is automatically recorded even if "Text Save" in Setup Menu 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 Tip When you put the disc in DECK B.) •...
Operating Instructions
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..., press H (or X) of the DISC 1-5 A buttons for recording immediately by for RCD-W50C) and place a CD on page 18. 2 Press CD SYNCHRO HIGH repeatedly to select the recording type, "NORM SYNC" or "MAKE DISC." DECK A and DECK B will automatically stop after recording. You cannot monitor the recorded signal while recording. CD SYNCHRO HIGH x H SELECT CD SYNCHRO HIGH H x 1 Do Steps 1 to 3 of...
..., press H (or X) of the DISC 1-5 A buttons for recording immediately by for RCD-W50C) and place a CD on page 18. 2 Press CD SYNCHRO HIGH repeatedly to select the recording type, "NORM SYNC" or "MAKE DISC." DECK A and DECK B will automatically stop after recording. You cannot monitor the recorded signal while recording. CD SYNCHRO HIGH x H SELECT CD SYNCHRO HIGH H x 1 Do Steps 1 to 3 of...
Operating Instructions
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... it cannot be able to be longer than one and recording continues on page 16. To resume recording, press the button again or press H. Therefore you may become longer. In this , use Synchro-Recording. (RCD-W50C only) • This unit uses the Serial Copy Management...information of DECK B and place a recordable CD-R or CD-RW on any other units. Recording on page 24. For example, if you record from more than 4 seconds. • When recording from other machine. To pause recording Press X. Before recording, see "Adjusting the Recording Level" on the indicator DIGITAL OPTICAL...
... it cannot be able to be longer than one and recording continues on page 16. To resume recording, press the button again or press H. Therefore you may become longer. In this , use Synchro-Recording. (RCD-W50C only) • This unit uses the Serial Copy Management...information of DECK B and place a recordable CD-R or CD-RW on any other units. Recording on page 24. For example, if you record from more than 4 seconds. • When recording from other machine. To pause recording Press X. Before recording, see "Adjusting the Recording Level" on the indicator DIGITAL OPTICAL...
Operating Instructions
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... does not light up in DECK B. 21 Recording/Editing Note You cannot change the setting of "Recording on a CD- Note You can adjust the recording level using the Setup Menu. (For details of "Using the Setup Menu," see page 28.) When using the remote, set SELECT to CDR. MENU/NO SELECT MENU/NO AMS REC...
... does not light up in DECK B. 21 Recording/Editing Note You cannot change the setting of "Recording on a CD- Note You can adjust the recording level using the Setup Menu. (For details of "Using the Setup Menu," see page 28.) When using the remote, set SELECT to CDR. MENU/NO SELECT MENU/NO AMS REC...