Sony DAV-FC8 manual

©2003 Sony Cor poration 4-248-451- 11 (1) Compact A V System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions DA V - F C 8[...]

2 US 3 To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or m oi st ur e. Cautio n – The use of op ti cal in str u m ents wit h this produc t wil l increas e ey e haz ard . For the customers in the U.S.A This s ymbo l is inte nded to al ert the use r to the pre sence of uninsulat ed “dange rous voltag e” wit h in th e pr od[...]

3 US For the customers in Canada CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSE RT . Precautions Safety • If anythi ng falls into t he cabinet, u nplug the uni t and have it che cked by qua l if ied pe rs onne l be f or e operatin g it a ny fu rthe r. • Unplug th e uni t from the wal l outl e t if you do no[...]

4 US On placement • Place th e sy s t em in a location wit h ad eq u at e venti l atio n to pr event heat bu il d -u p i n the s ys t em. • At high volume, over lo ng periods of tim e, the cabine t becomes hot to the touch. Thi s is not a malf un ction. However, touc hing the c abinet shoul d be avoid ed. Do not place th e u ni t in a conf in e[...]

5 US Welcome ! ......... .............. ........... ........... ... 3 Precautions ....... ........... .............. ........... ... 4 About th is Manual....... .................. .......... 7 This System Can Play the Fol l owing Discs ... ........... .................. .............. ... 7 Terms for discs ........ ........... ........... .........[...]

6 US Additi onal Infor mation Trou bleshootin g ........ ........... ........... ...... 74 Specific ations ......... .................. ............. 77 Gloss ary ...... ........... ........... .................. .. 78 Index to Parts and Controls ...... ........... .. 81 Langua ge code list ............ .............. ...... 86 DVD Setup M enu List[...]

7 US • The instru ctions in t h is manual descri be the controls o n the remote. Yo u can also use the contro ls on the sys tem if they hav e the sam e or similar names as those on the remote . • In this manual , the European model is used for illust ra tion and on-sc r een di sp lay (O SD) purp ose. • The fol lowing symbol s are used in this[...]

8 US Note on PBC (Playback Control) (VIDEO CDs) This sy stem c onform s to Ve r. 1.1 an d Ver. 2.0 of VIDEO CD stan dards. Yo u can enjoy t wo kinds of play ba ck depe ndin g on the disc type . About Multi Session CD • Thi s system can pl ay Multi Se ssion CDs whe n an MP3 audio track is containe d in the fir st session . An y su bseq uen t MP 3 [...]

9 US • Progr essive JP EG fil e * A logica l format of files and folders on CD-R OMs, defined b y ISO (Internat ional Sta ndard Orga nizati on) Do not lo ad the foll owing discs: • A DVD with a dif f erent region code (page 8, 80). • A disc that is nei the r st an dard nor ci rcul ar (e.g., card, hear t, or st ar shape). • A disc with p ape[...]

10 US On handling discs • To ke ep the di sc clean , h and le the di s c by its edge. Do not touch th e surf ace. • Do no t stick paper or tape o n the dis c. • Do no t expose the di sc t o dire ct sunli ght or heat sour ces suc h as h ot a ir duct s, or leav e it in a car p arked in d irect sun light as t he tem per at ure ma y r ise co ns i[...]

11 US Use the Co ntro l Menu to select a func tion that you wou ld like to use. The Control Men u display appea rs when the DVD DIS PLAY button is pre ssed. For details, ref er to the page in pare ntheses. List of Control Menu Items Guide to the Control Menu Displ ay DISC Displ ays the di sc name or the disc type inser ted into the system. TITLE ( [...]

12 US Tips • Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the Cont rol Menu di splay changes as follows: The Control Menu it ems vary, depe ndi ng on the dis c. • The Cont ro l Me nu ic on in dica tor lig hts up in gree n t unless you set the REP E A T se tting to “OFF. ” • The “ANGLE” i nd icator li ghts up i n green only when m ultiple a ngles [...]

Getting Started 13 US Chec k th at you have the foll owing it ems: •S p e a k e r s ( 5 ) • Subw oofer (1) • AM loop an t e nna (1) • FM wire an tenna (1) • Sp ea ker co rd s (3 .5m × 3, 10 m × 2, 5m × 1) (12ft . × 3, 34ft. × 2, 17ft. × 1) •V i d e o c o r d ( 1 ) • Re m ot e C o mm an der (r em ot e) R M -SP90 0 (1 ) • R6 (si[...]

14 US Connect the supp lie d spe aker sys tem usin g th e supp lie d spea k er cor ds by matchi ng the colou rs of the jacks t o th ose of th e co rds. D o not c onn ect a ny s peake rs ot he r tha n th ose su pp lie d w ith this sys t em. To obtain t h e best possible s u rround sound, s pecify the sp eaker para meters (dista nce, level, e tc.) on[...]

Getting Started 15 US Termin als for c onnecting th e speake rs Note on placing speakers Use ca ut i on wh en placing the su bwo of er or a spe ak er st and (not sup plied) that is at ta ched with the front /s ur r ound s peake rs on a spe ciall y tr ea ted (w ax ed, oi l ed , pol ish e d, etc. ) f lo or, as s tainin g or disc olor ation may re sul[...]

16 US Note Do not catch th e spea ker cab le ins ulati on in the S PEAK E R ja c k . Tip Connec t the sp eaker cable after be nding the s peaker wire at the e nd of th e insulat ion. Thi s prevents the spea ker cable from being caught in the SPEAKER jack. To avo i d sh or t -cir c uit i ng the spea kers Short-ci rcuiting o f the speaker s may damag[...]

Getting Started 17 US To ch an ge t he spea ker ca ble s If you w a nt to use a differ ent sp ea ke r cabl e, yo u can de tach th e plug for at ta ch men t t o an othe r ca ble. Detaching With the cat cher f acin g down , press and h old th e plu g down agai nst a f lat surf ace an d rem ove t he cords from plu g. Attaching Whil e pr es sin g th e [...]

18 US Connect th e supplied AM/FM antennas for listening t o the radio. Termi na ls for conne cting the anten na s Notes • To prevent noi se pickup, kee p th e AM loop ante nna awa y f ro m the syst e m an d othe r com pon ents. • Be su re to fu lly ext end t he F M w ire antenna . • After connecti ng the FM wire an tenna, k eep it as horizon[...]

Getting Started 19 US Tip If you have poo r FM recepti on, use a 75- ohms co axial cable ( not suppl ied) t o conne ct the sy stem to an outdoor FM antenna as shown be low . AM COAXIAL FM 75 Outdoo r FM antenn a System[...]

20 US Requir ed cord s Video cord for connecting a TV Audio/video cords (not supplied) When connecti ng a co rd, be sure to ma tch t he co lour- coded sleeve s to the appropri ate j acks o n th e compon ents. Termi nals for connecti ng video compon ent s Notes • When you select VIDEO 1 using t he FUNCTION b utton, the si gnal is no t output via V[...]

Getting Started 21 US To li s ten t o t he TV or game mac hi ne (e x: Pl ay Sta tion 2) so un d by using the system Connect the aud io output jacks o f the TV or game machine to the VIDEO 2 AUDIO I N jacks of th e syst em with the audi o cord s (opti onal). S VIDEO IN INPUT VIDEO IN INPUT Y P B /C B P R /C R COMPONENT VIDEO IN VIDEO IN R VIDEO OUT [...]

22 US Before connec ting the AC po wer cords of this sys tem to a wall ou tlet, connec t the speakers to the syst em (see page 15). Step 4: Connecti ng the AC Power Cords[...]

Getting Started 23 US For the be st poss ib le su rr ou nd sou nd, all the speak ers oth er than the s ubwoof er sh ould be the same di s ta nce fr om t he list en ing po si t ion ( A ). Howe ve r, this sy stem a llow s yo u to pl ac e the cent r e speaker up to 1.6 metre s a) cl oser ( B ) and the su rrou nd spe ak ers up to 4.6 m etres b) closer [...]

24 US Depe ndi ng on the D V D or VID EO CD, som e opera tions ma y be di fferent o r re stric ted. Refer t o the op erat ion det ails supp lied w ith yo ur disc . 1 Turn o n your TV. 2 Switch the input selecto r on the TV to this system. 3 Press " / 1 on the system. The sy ste m turns on . Un le ss th e m o d e of th e sy st e m is set to “[...]

Play ing Di scs 25 US After following Step 6 Depe ndin g on t he disc, a menu may appear o n the TV scr een . You ca n pla y th e di s c inter actively by fo llowing the in structions o n the menu. (DVD: p age 27), (VIDEO CD: page 28). To remove the disc Press DI SC 1-5 A on the system, or Z on the remot e. W hen you pres s Z on the remote, the dis[...]

26 US Additi onal ope rations * You cannot paus e duri ng JP EG playba c k. Notes • If th ere is n o disc in the s ystem, “RE ADY!” appea rs on the front pa nel di splay. • If DVD pl ayback is pau sed for approxima tely on e hour, t he system automat ically turns off. To Press Stop x Pause* X Resum e play f r om pa use X or H Go to the next[...]

Play ing Di scs 27 US When you stop the disc, the syst e m remembers the poi nt whe re you presse d x and “RE SUM E” appe ars in t he fro n t panel disp lay. As l ong as you do no t remo ve th e di sc , Resu m e P lay wi ll work even if the syste m enters sta ndby mode by pressi ng " / 1 . 1 While playing a disc, p ress x to stop playback.[...]

28 US With P BC ( Pl ay back Co ntro l) fu nction s, yo u can en joy simple interact ive oper ation s, se arch funct io ns , and oth er such op erati ons. PBC play back a llow s yo u to play V I D E O CD s interacti vely by follo wing the menu o n the TV screen . 1 Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functi ons. The me nu for you r sel ectio n appe a[...]

Play ing Di scs 29 US You ca n pl ay MP3 audio tr a cks on CD-R OMs, CD-Rs, or C D-R Ws. How ever , th e disc s m ust b e recorded acco rd ing to ISO9660 lev el 1 , leve l 2, or Jolie t format for th e system to r e cognize the tracks . You can also play di scs reco rd ed in Mul ti Sessi on. See the i nstructions of the CD-R/RW device o r reco rd i[...]

30 US 4 Select (TRACK) using X / x and press ENTER. The list o f tracks co ntaine d in the cu rren t album ap pear s. When t he li st of all t racks or a lbum s cann ot be disp laye d on the win do w, the jump ba r appear s. Pres s c to select the j ump bar icon, and then s croll t he jump bar t o display t h e rest o f the list us ing X / x . P re[...]

Play ing Di scs 31 US Sele ct i ng an al bum a nd fi le 1 Press DVD DISPLAY. The C ontrol Menu and name of t he JPEG data d isc ap pear s. 2 Press X / x to select (ALBUM) then press ENTER or c . The list of album s co nt ai ne d in the di s c appears . 3 Select an album you want to play u sing X / x and press ENTER. 4 Select (FIL E) us ing X / x an[...]

32 US Enjoying Sl ide show on a JPEG da ta disc 1 Press M while d isplaying a JPE G image. Slid e show s tarts f rom th e curre nt i mage. 2 Press H when yo u want t o exit S lide show. Retu rn to nor mal pl ay fr om th e curr ent image. To change the interval time of Slide show Each t ime you p ress M duri ng Slide show, the interval time change s[...]

Play ing Di scs 33 US You ca n sele ct the play mode that p lays all dis cs contin uo usly , on e di s c, or alb u m . 1 In stop mode, press DVD DISPLAY . 2 Press X / x to select (PLAY MODE), then press ENTER or c . ALL/ONE/ALBU M • A LL: T he syst em pl ays a ll d isc s in the syst em consecu tive l y in th e orde r of th e disc sl ot num be r, [...]

34 US You ca n pl ay th e co nten ts of a disc in t he order you w ant by arran ging th e ord er of th e track s on the disc t o crea t e yo ur own pr ogra m. Yo u ca n prog ram up to 25 tra cks. 1 In stop mode, press P LAY MODE repeatedly until “PROG” app ears in the front pane l displa y . The P rogr am Men u appe ars on th e TV screen . 2 Pr[...]

Play ing Di scs 35 US 5 Press X / x or th e number buttons to select “7” then p ress ENTER. 6 To program other tracks, repeat Steps 2 to 5. The pr ogrammed t racks ar e displaye d in the select ed o rder . 7 Press H to start Program Play. Program P lay be gi ns . When th e progra m ends, you ca n restar t the same pr og ram again by p ress in g[...]

36 US Sett in g the s huf fle mo de in the Control Menu You ca n sele ct ei t h er no rma l s hu ffle or alb um shuff le (MP3 onl y). 1 Press DVD DISPLAY. The Co nt rol Men u ap pe ars. 2 Press X / x to sel ect (PL AY MODE), then press ENT ER or c . 3 Select SHUFFLE ( ALL), S HUFFLE (ONE), or SHUFFLE (ALBUM) using X / x and press ENTER. SHUFFL E (A[...]

Play ing Di scs 37 US x When playing a DVD •O F F : d oe s not p la y re peat ed ly. • ALL: repeats all the titles ( e xcept SHUFFL E (ALL) ). • TITLE: repeats th e current title on a disc. • CHA PTE R : rep eats th e curr en t chapt e r. x When playing a VIDEO CD/Super Audio CD/CD/ MP3 , and wh en Program Play is s e t to OFF •O F F : d [...]

38 US To change the scan speed (DVD/ VIDEO CD only) Each ti m e you pr ess m or M duri ng scan , the play back speed changes. Two spe eds are avai labl e. Wit h each pr ess, t he in dicatio n chan ge s as fo llow s: The FF2 M /F R2 m play back spe ed i s fas ter than FF1 M /FR1 m . Watch i ng fra me by fram e (Slo w-m otion pla y) (DVD/VIDEO CD onl[...]

Play ing Di scs 39 US x When playing a DVD (TITLE) x When pl aying a VIDEO CD (TRACK) x When playing a Super Audi o CD (TRACK) x When playing a CD (TRACK) x When playing an MP3 (ALBU M) or (TR ACK ) x When di splaying a JPEG file (ALBUM) or (FILE) Exampl e: w he n you se lect (TR ACK ) The list of tracks contained in the disc appears . When th e li[...]

40 US 5 Press EN TER . The sy st e m star ts pl ay back f rom the sele cted n u mber. To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD DISPLAY re peatedly until t h e Contro l Menu i s t ur ned of f. To search for a particular point using the time code (TIME SEARCH) Example: If you search f or the playin g time of the curren t tit le on a DVD 1 In Step 2, se[...]

Play ing Di scs 41 US When playing back a DVD When playing back a VIDEO CD (without PBC functions), Super Aud io CD o r CD TITLE H M S CHAP HM S CHAP HM S CHAP TITLE H M S CHAP Playing tim e and nu mber o f the curr ent title Remain i ng time and number of the curren t title Playin g time and nu mber of the cu rrent c hapter Remain ing tim e and n [...]

42 US When playing back an MP3 When playing back a JPEG Notes • Dependi ng on the typ e of disc being play ed and the playing mode , th e di sc info rma ti on ma y not be dis playe d. • ID3 tag appli es only to version 1. • If the MP3 fil e you p lay back has an ID3 tag, the ID3 tag info rm a ti on is dis played as a track (file ) nam e . •[...]

Play ing Di scs 43 US Chec king the Playing Tim e and Remain ing Time You can check the playing time and remaining time o f the curre n t titl e, chapter, or track, and the total pla ying time or re maining time of the d isc. You c an a lso c heck the D VD/C D/Sup er A udio CD text and MP3 folder name/fil e n ame/ID3 tag (only so ng ti tle ) re co [...]

44 US Checkin g the date informatio n (JPEG only) You ca n chec k the da te in form a tion du ring playba ck when th e Ex if* tag is rec orde d in th e JPEG image data. Press DVD DISP LAY during playback. The Cont rol Me nu appe ar s. * “Exchan geable I mage File Form at” is a digi tal camera im ag e for mat de f ine d by th e Japan Electroni c[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 45 US If a DVD i s recorded with mu ltilingual tr acks, you can se le ct the l ang uage y ou w a nt whil e playing t he DVD. If the DVD is record ed in multiple audi o formats (PCM, Dolby Dig ital, MPEG audio, o r DTS), you ca n sele ct th e audio format you want while playing t he DVD. With stereo CD s, VI DEO CDs or MP3, you c [...]

46 US To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD DISPLAY re peatedly until t h e Contro l Menu i s t ur ned of f. Note s • For dis cs not in m ultiple au dio f or ma t , you c an not chang e th e s o u nd. • During DVD playback, t he sound may change auto mati cally . Tip You can select AUDIO di rectly by pressing AUDIO. Each time you pr es s th e [...]

Sound Adjustm ents 47 US You can take ad va ntag e of su rrou nd soun d simply by s electing one of system’s pre - program med sound fiel ds. Th ey b ring t he exciting and pow e rfu l so un d of m ovi e theatr es into you r ho me. *Us e DCS T ech nol ogy About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound) In collaborati on with Sony Picture s Entertai nm e nt, Son[...]

48 US Using only t he fro nt speaker and sub woofer (2 C HANNEL STEREO) This mode outputs the so und fro m the front left and ri ght spe akers and sub woo fer. S tand ard tw o channe l (stereo ) sour c es comp le te l y by pass the sound f ie ld pr ocess i ng. M ul t i c han nel s ur ro und forma ts are downm ix ed to two chann e ls. Thi s allo ws [...]

Sound Adjustm ents 49 US Select ing ot h er so und fi e lds Press SOUND FIELD +/– on the remote repeatedly until the so und field yo u want appears in the front panel d isplay. x AUTO FORMAT DIRECT P RO LOGIC Dolby P ro Lo gic pr oduc es fi ve ou tput channel s from tw o-chan nel s ources . This mo de per forms Pro Logic deco ding to the in put s[...]

50 US This s ystem p rovi des you wit h 2 type s of soun d effec t, si m ply by pr es sing a bu tton. Choo se th e sound t o su it yo ur nee ds. Press NIGHT MODE or BASS LEVEL on the remote. The so un d effe ct is ac tivat ed. x NIGHT MODE In thi s m od e, you ca n enjo y so und ef fect s o r dial og ue, as you w oul d in a mov ie the at re , ev en[...]

Using V arious Ad ditional Functions 51 US If va rious angle s (multi-an gles) fo r a scene are recorded on a DVD, you can change the v iewing angle. For exam ple, wh ile pl aying a s cene o f a trai n in motion, you can display the view fr om either the front o f the t rain, the le ft wi ndow o f the t rain, or from the righ t win dow w ithout hav[...]

52 US If subt i tle s are r eco rded on a d is c, yo u can tu rn the subt itles on or o ff while playing . If multilin gual subtitl e s are recorded o n the disc, you can c hange the su bt itl e langua ge wh i le play in g, or t urn t he subt i tl es on or of f whe nev er you w ant. Y ou ca n selec t the langua ge yo u w ant to prac tice, for exam [...]

Using V arious Ad ditional Functions 53 US You can set tw o kind s of play bac k res tri ct ions for a dis c. • Custom Parental Co ntrol You can set t h e p layb ack re stri c tion s s o that the syst e m will not play inappropri ate discs . • Par ental Cont rol Playback of s o me DVD s can be limited acco rding t o a p redete rmine d le vel, s[...]

54 US 5 Enter your 4-digit password by using the numbe r buttons, then press ENTE R. “Cus to m paren t al c on trol i s se t.” app ears and th e sc re en re turn s to the Cont ro l Me n u display . If you make a mistake entering your password Press C before you p ress EN TER a nd inpu t the corr ect number. If you make a mistake Press O RETURN,[...]

Using V arious Ad ditional Functions 55 US Limit ing pl ayback fo r childre n (Parental Contro l) (DVD on ly) Playback o f some DVDs can be limited accordi ng to a prede ter m in ed level, suc h as th e age o f the vie wer. The “ Parenta l Control ” functio n all o ws you to se t a playback l imit a tion leve l. A scene that is limited is not p[...]

56 US 5 Press X / x to select “STANDARD,” then press ENTER. The selectio n items fo r “STANDARD” are disp layed. 6 Press X / x to select a geographic area as the playback limitation level, then press ENTER. The area is sele ct ed . If you se l ect “O T HERS t ,” select a nd enter the stan da rd co d e in th e ta bl e o n page 57 us ing [...]

Using V arious Ad ditional Functions 57 US Playin g the disc for which Parental Control is set 1 Insert the disc and press H . The PARENTAL CONTROL d isplay appears . 2 Enter y our 4 -d igit password usin g th e number buttons, then press ENTER. The syst em st a rts pla yba ck. Notes • If you play a DVD whi ch does not have the Parental Control f[...]

58 US By adju sting t he remote signal , you can con t ro l your TV with the s u pplied remote. Note s • If you enter a new cod e num be r , the co de numbe r previously en te r ed will be era se d. • Whe n y ou re p la ce the batter ies of the remo te, the code number may reset itself to the de fault (SONY) setting . Reset t he appropriate cod[...]

Other Operations 59 US Controlling the TV You can co ntrol yo ur TV usin g the b uttons below . Using the number butt ons for controlling the TV When you set the remote to the TV mode, you can use th e num be r but to ns for co nt ro lling the TV. Press the TV button. The TV button t urns re d and the r emote is se t to the TV mode. You c an sele c[...]

60 US Presett ing Radi o Stations You ca n pr eset 20 F M stat io ns, and 10 AM statio ns. Befo re tu ning, ma ke sur e to turn down the volume to minimum. 1 Press BAND repeatedly un til the band you want ap pears in the front pa nel display. Each time you pre ss BAND, the band toggles between AM and F M. 2 Press and hold TUNING + or – until the [...]

Other Operations 61 US Listen ing to the Radi o Preset radio statio ns in the s y stem’s memory first (s ee “ Pres et ti n g Rad io St ations ” on page 60 ). 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until FM or AM appears in the front panel display. The last receiv ed station is t uned i n . 2 Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to select the preset station[...]

62 US Naming Preset Station s You ca n ente r a name of up to 6 chara ct er s for pres et st atio ns. The se name s (for exam ple, “XYZ”) appear in the syste m’s front p anel display when a statio n is selected. Note that no more than one name can be entere d for eac h pres et st at ion . 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly u ntil FM or AM app ears i[...]

Other Operations 63 US You ca n se t the sys t em to t u rn off at a pres et time, so you can fal l asleep listening to music. You can preset the time up to 180 minutes. 1 Press AMP MENU repeatedly until “CUSTOMIZE” appears in the front panel display. 2 Press x / X until “SLE EP OFF” appears in the front panel display. 3 Press C/c to select[...]

64 US You can retu rn the s ystem parameters such as speaker setti ngs an d prese t sta tion to the d efault settings. 1 Press AMP MENU repeated ly until “CUSTOMIZE ” appears in the front panel display. 2 Press x / X until “MEMO. CLR. N” appears in the f ront panel displ ay. 3 Press C/ c until “MEMO. CLR. Y” appears in the fro nt panel [...]

Settings an d Adjustments 65 US By usi ng the Setup Dis play, y ou c an ma ke variou s adjus tment s to i tems , such a s pict ure an d sound. You can also s et the su btitle lan guage and the Se tup Di sp lay, am o ng oth er things . For details on each Setup D ispla y item , see pa ge 66- 72. For an overa l l list of Se tup Di sp lay ite ms, see [...]

66 US To turn off the Setup Display Press DVD SETUP repeatedly until the Setup Display is turned off . * When you selec t “ R ES ET” in step 2, the followin g items ar e retur ne d to the de f au lt sett ings . • Setup Menu (excep t for the PARE NTAL CONTROL) (page 87) After you se lect “RESET” a nd press ENTER, sele ct “YES ” to rese[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 67 US Choose set tings according to the TV to be conn ected. Select “SCREEN SETUP” in the Setup Display. For deta ils on us ing the displa y, see “Usin g t he Setup Dis pl a y” (pa ge 6 5). The defaul t settings a re underlined. x TV TYPE (DV D only) Selects th e aspect rati o of the connected TV (4:3 standa rd o r[...]

68 US x COMPONENT OUT This wi ll ch ange t he type of si gnal out put from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks on t h e system. S ee page 79 for more in formation abo ut the diffe rent types. Note s • When “PROGRESSI V E” is sele ct ed in “SCRE E N SETUP, ” no signa l is outpu t from the MONI TOR OUT jacks. • When “PROGRESSI V E” is sele [...]

Settings an d Adjustments 69 US x AUDIO DRC Narrows the DYNAMIC range of the sound trac k. Useful fo r watching mo vies at low v olume late at ni ght. Note DYNAMIC range compression only applies to Dolby Digital sourc e s. x DATA CD PRI O R IT Y (M P3, JPEG on ly ) Set priori ty data you want to p lay, when you play a DATA CD (CD-RO M/CD-R/CD-RW) c[...]

70 US To obtain the best possib le surr o und sound, set for t he siz e of the speake rs you have conn ected and the ir di st an ce fr om yo ur list en ing po si t i on. Then use the te st to ne to a djust the leve l and th e balance of the speaker s to the s ame level. Select “S PEA KER SE TUP” in the se tu p display. For details , see “Usin[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 71 US x DISTANCE The defaul t distance setting for the s peakers in relat ion to the list ening posit ion is shown below. Be sure to change th e value in the Setup Display when yo u mov e th e s peake rs. Notes • In SPEAKER SETUP, the Nort h American model’s OSD displa ys bot h me tr ic and imperial measu rem en ts. Th[...]

72 US Adjusti ng the sp eaker balance and level by usi ng the test tone 1 Press DVD SETUP in stop mode. The Setu p Disp lay ap pe ar s. 2 Press X or x repeatedly to select “SPEAKER SE T UP, ” then press ENTE R or c . 3 Press X or x repeatedly to select “ TEST TONE,” then press ENTER or c . 4 Press X or x repeat edly to select “ON,” then[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 73 US • LEVEL The am p menu is can celled whe n you do not oper ate the r emo te for se vera l s econd s. C.D. (centr e sp eak er distan ce) Up to 1. 6 me tr es closer t o the listen ing pos ition than the f ro n t speakers. ( Cannot be set to le ss than 1 metre .) S.D. (sur r ound sp eakers distan ce) Up to 4. 6 me tr e[...]

74 US If you ex peri en ce any of the foll owing dif fic ul ti es w hi l e us ing t he sys te m , use this trou bles hoot ing gu ide to he lp remedy the problem before requ es tin g re pair s. S hould any problem per sist, consult y our nearest S ony deale r. Power The power is not turne d on. • Check that the AC po wer cord i s connect ed secure[...]

Additiona l Information 75 US Severe hum or noise is heard. • Ch eck th a t th e s p eak e rs an d com pon ent s are connected se cu rel y. • Check th at the co nnecting cords are away f rom a transforme r or moto r, an d at least 3 met res ( 10 feet) awa y from your TV set or a flu orescent li ght. • Mov e your TV away f rom the audio com po[...]

76 US The title of the MP3 audio album or track is not corr ect ly d isp laye d. • Th e system can only dis play alpha be ti cal lette rs and number s. Other cha rac ter s are disp layed as “” . A JPEG image fi le cannot be played • The DATA CD is not recorded i n a JPEG forma t that conform s to IS O9660 Level1/Le ve l 2 or Joliet . • Th[...]

Additiona l Information 77 US AUDIO POWER SPECIFI CATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: With 4 ohm loads, both channels driven, from 20 – 20,000 Hz; r ated 75 watts pe r channe l min imum RM S power , wi th no more than 0 .7 % to tal ha rmonic distortion . (fro m 250 milli watts to rated output ) Amplifier section Stereo mo de 100 W[...]

78 US Centre Speaker s ystem Bass refl ex Spea ker un it 7 0 mm ( 2 7 / 8 in ches) dia. cone type × 2, 25 mm (1 inch) dia . balance dome Rated i mpedance 4 ohms Dimensions (appr ox.) 379 × 125 × 85 m m (15 × 5 × 3 3 / 8 inches ) (w/h /d, wi th th e st an d) Mass (approx .) 1.07 kg (2 lb 6 oz ) Surroun d Speaker s ystem Bass refl ex Spea ker un[...]

Additiona l Information 79 US Dolb y Sur round Pro L ogic As one me thod o f de co ding Do lb y Surr ou nd, Dolb y Surround Pro Logi c pro d uces fo ur chan nels from two- channel sound. Compared with the form er Dol by S urr ound syst em , Do lby Surroun d Pr o Logi c r epr od uces left-t o -right panning more natural ly and localiz es sounds more[...]

80 US Regio n Code This sy stem i s u sed to pr ot ec t copy righ ts . A region numbe r is allocated on each DVD system or DVD disc a ccording to th e sales r egion. Each regi on code is shown on th e system as we ll as on the dis c p ackag ing. The syst em ca n pla y th e discs that mat ch its r egion co de. Th e system can also play d iscs w i th[...]

Additiona l Information 81 US For more informatio n, refer to the pa ges indi cated in pa rentheses. Front P ane l A Disc slot (24) B DISC 1-5 A (eject)/indicato rs (24) C H (play) (24) D X (pause) (26) E x (stop) (26) F . / > , PREV/NEXT (26, 28, 60, 61) G VOLUME +/ – (24, 71) H BASS LE VEL (50) I PHONES jack (on the side of th e system) (24)[...]

82 US Front Pane l Di spl ay When playing back a DVD When playing back a Super Audio CD, CD, VIDEO CD (without PBC functions), or MP3 When listening to the radio TITLE H M S CHAP ALL DISC 1S DOLBY PL DIGIT AL NIGHT REP 1 PROG BASS SHUF Curre nt soun d Playing status C u rr ent cha pter numb er Curr ent sound effect Curr ent title number P layin g t[...]

Additiona l Information 83 US When playing back a JPEG file ALL DISC 1S Current file numbe r Play ing stat us Pla y mo de[...]

84 US Rear Pa nel A SPEAKER jacks (15) B SCAN SELECT switch (68) C VIDEO 1 ANALOG OUT jacks (20) D VIDEO 2 ANALOG IN jacks (20) E MONI TO R OU T (V IDE O/S VID EO) jack s (20) F AM terminals (18) G FM 75 Ω COAX IAL jack (18) H VIDEO 2 OPTICAL DIGITAL IN jack (20) I COMPONENT V IDEO OUT jacks (20) J VIDEO 1 ANALOG IN jack (20) AM COAXIAL FM 75 VID[...]

Additiona l Information 85 US Remo te Note This remo te contr ol glow s in the da rk. How e ve r, before glo wing, th e remote must be expose d to light for awhile . A DISC SKIP ( 2 6) B Z (eject) (26) C DISPLAY (40, 43, 61) D FUNCTION (24, 59, 61) E STERE O /MON O (6 1) F BAND (60, 61) G PLAY MODE (33, 34, 35) H CLEAR (34, 35, 36, 38) I TV (59) J [...]

86 US The lang uage spe lling s conf or m to the IS O 639 : 1988 (E/ F) stan da rd. Langua ge code list 1245 Inupiak 1248 Indonesian 1253 Icelandic 1254 Italian 1257 Hebrew 1261 Japanese 1269 Yiddish 1283 Javanese 1287 Georgian 1297 Kazakh 1298 Greenlandic 1299 Cambodian 1300 Kannada 1301 Korean 1305 Kashmiri 1307 Kurdish 1311 Kirghiz 1313 Latin 13[...]

Additiona l Information 87 US Y ou c an set the follo wing items with the D VD Setup menu. The ord er of th e di splaye d ite ms may be differe nt from t he actual displa y . DVD Setup Me nu List LANGU A GE SETUP OSD DVD MENU AUDIO SUBTIT LE (Selects the langua ge you want to us e from the displayed language list.) (Selects the langua ge you want t[...]

88 US Numerics 16:9 6 7 4:3 LE TTER BO X 67 4:3 P AN SCAN 67 A ALBUM 29, 38 Album 7, 78 ANGLE 51 Antenna Hook ups 18 A UDIO 45, 66 A UDIO DRC 6 9 B B A CKGROUND 67 B A LANCE 71 B ASS LEVEL 50 Batt eries 1 3 C CHAPTER 39 Cha pter 7, 78 COMPONENT OUT 68 Contin uous pl ay CD/V IDEO C D/Supe r Audi o CD/DVD/MP3 24 Con t r ol Menu 11 CUST OM P ARENT AL [...]

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Sony Corporation Pr inted in Korea Quick reference for Remote Commander Note The remote control of the unit employs command signals in common with other Sony DVD products. Thus, depending on the button, other Sony DVD products may respond. A Selects a dis c for pla yba c k . B Ejects t he disc . C Swit che s th e item displa yed on the fro n t pane[...]