Sony DAV-FX100W manual

©2005 Sony Corporation 2-590-764- 11 (1) DVD Home Theatr e System Oper a t ing Inst r uctions D A V -FX100W[...]

2 US 3 To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to rain o r moi st u r e. Caution – The use of o ptical instrument s with this product will increase e ye hazard. For the customers in the U.S.A This sy mbol is int ended to al ert the us er to the presen ce of unin s u lat ed “d an ge ro u s voltag e” wit hin the product ’ [...]

3 US • Keep the uni t and d iscs away fro m equipmen t with strong magne t s, such as microwave ove ns, or large loudspeak ers. • Do not place he av y obje c ts on th e unit. • If the unit is brought di rectly from a cold to a war m location, moi sture may conde nse insi de the DVD Home The atre System and cause damage to the lenses. W he n y[...]

4 US Welcom e ! ........... ............... .................. .... 3 About T his Manual ........... .............. ........ 6 This Syste m Can Pla y the Fo llowing Discs . .................. ............... ............... 6 Guide to the Control Menu Dis play ...... 10 Getting Started Unpac king .............. .............. ........... ...... 13 [...]

5 US Settin gs and Adj ustmen ts Using th e Setup Display............ ............ 81 Setting the Display or Sound Tr ack Languag e .............. ........... .............. . 82 [LANGUAGE SETUP] Setting s for the Displa y .......... .............. . 83 [SCREEN SETUP] Custom Setting s .......... .............. ............ 85 [CUSTOM SETUP] Setting[...]

6 US • The instructions in this manua l desc ribe the contr ol s on the remo te. You ca n also use th e controls on the system if they have the same or similar n ames as th ose on the remote. • T he Cont rol Me nu item s may be diff erent depe ndin g on the area. • “DVD” may be used as a g eneral term f o r DVD VIDEOs, DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs, and[...]

7 US Exampl e of discs th at the system cannot play The sys tem ca nnot p lay the follow ing di scs: • CD-ROMs/ CD-Rs/CD -RWs other than thos e recorded in the format s lis ted on page 6 • CD-ROMs recorded in PHOT O CD format • Data pa rt of CD-Ex tras • DVD Audios • DVD-RAMs Also, th e s ys tem canno t play the f ol lowing discs: • A D[...]

8 US frequ enc y 64 times hi gh er than tha t of a conven tional CD, and with 1-bit qua ntization , achie ves both a w ide freq uency r ange and a wide dynam ic rang e ac ross th e au dible fre quency range, an d so pro vi de s music r eproduc tion extremely fait hf ul to the orig inal so und. Types of Super Audio CDs There ar e t w o t yp es of di[...]

9 US Copy rights This pr oduct in co rporates cop yr ight prot ection technol ogy that is protecte d by U.S. p atents an d other in tellectu al property rights. Us e of this copyri ght pr otectio n te ch nology m u st be authori zed by Macrovis ion, and is intended for home and other li mited viewing uses only unless otherw i s e au thoriz ed by Ma[...]

10 US Use the Contro l Menu to select a functio n and to v iew rela ted infor mation. Press DISPLAY repeatedly to turn on or cha nge the Con trol Menu display a s follows: Control Menu displ ay The C ontr ol Menu d ispla y 1 and 2 wil l sh ow diffe rent ite ms depend ing on th e disc ty pe. For details about each it em, se e the pa ges i n pare nth[...]

11 US *1 Displ ays the scene number for VIDEO CDs (PBC is on), track numb er for VIDEO C Ds/Super Audi o CDs/CDs, album numbe r fo r DATA CDs. *2 Displ ay s the index num ber for VIDEO CDs/Su pe r Aud io CDs , MP3 a udi o tr ack num be r , or JPEG image file number for DATA C Ds. *3 Displ ays Super VCD as “S VCD.” Displays “M P3” in the Con[...]

12 US • The Co ntrol Menu icon indicator l ights up in green when you se lect any ite m except [OFF ] ([PROGRAM], [SHUFFLE], [REPEAT] only). The [ORI GINAL/PLAY LIST] indicator lights up in green when you select [PLAY LIS T] (def au lt se tt ing) . The [M ULTI/2C H] indicator li ghts up in green when you select the multi-cha nne l pl ayback area [...]

Getting Started 13 US Chec k that yo u have t he follow ing item s: •S p e a k e r s ( 5 ) • Su bwoof er (1) • Posts (long × 4, short × 4) • Bases (4) • Termin al co vers (4) • Screws (20) • Surround amplif ier (1) • IR transmitter* (1 ) • IR recei v er* (1) • IR recei v er stan d (1) • Sp eaker ba se (1) • AM loop ante nn[...]

14 US Perform a ll connecti ons and setting s by following St eps 1 to 8 . “Step 1: Speaker System Hookup” (page 15) “Step 2: Antenna (Aerial) Hookup” (page 25) “Step 3: TV Hookup” (page 26) “Step 4: Other Component Hookup” (page 31) “Step 5: Connecting the AC Power Cord (Mains Lead)” (page 33) “Step 6: Turning off the Demonst[...]

Getting Started 15 US Connect the supplie d speaker syste m using the supplie d speaker cords b y matching the c olors of the jacks t o th ose of the co rds. D o no t connec t any spe ake rs othe r t h a n those su pp lied wit h this syst em . To obtain t he best possible s u rround sound, s pecify the speaker parameters ( distance, level, etc.) on[...]

16 US When usi ng the IR rec eiver st and, at tach the st and so th at both de lta mar ks on the I R receiver and stan d are al igned. Surround amplifier Receiv e the sou nd f ro m the IR rec ei ver and s end to the su rr ou nd speake rs. Conn ect the sur ro un d spea ker s and the IR r eceiver to th e su rround amplifi er . Attachi ng the spea ker[...]

Getting Started 17 US The long pos t is f or floo r use, the sh ort p ost is f or ta bletop u se. 2 Secure the ba se to the post by screws. 3 Draw the speaker cord through the hole on the base, then stand it up. Post (long) Post (sho rt) Screw holes Base or Screws (3) Bottom o f the base Speaker cord Bottom of the base , conti nued[...]

18 US 4 Draw the speaker co rd through the hole o n the speaker. 5 Mount the sp eaker on the post. • Do not ca tch the s peaker co rd between the s peaker and th e post. • Do not drop the spe a ke r when m ount ing. Note Speaker cord Speak er , Hole Speaker ,[...]

Getting Started 19 US 6 Connect the sp eaker cord to the speaker, then adjust the length of the speaker co rd. 7 Attach the terminal cover to the speaker by screws. Adjust t he length o f the spea ker cord. Screw s (2) Terminal co ver[...]

20 US Conn ectin g the sp eake r s COAXIAL IN (DVD ONLY) AUDIO IN RL RL AUDIO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO IN SPEAKER VIDEO 2 DIR-T1 VIDEO 2 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT OUT HDMI MO N VIDEO 1 DIGITAL IN OPTICAL (DVD ONLY) YP B /C B P R /C R FRONT R FRONT L CENTER WOOFER SURROUND L SURROUND R SPEAKER DIR-R2 Front spe aker (R) Center spe aker Front sp eaker (L) Surrou n[...]

Getting Started 21 US • D o not set the speakers in an inc li ned position. • Do not place the speake rs in locatio ns th at are: – Extrem el y hot or co ld – Dusty or dir ty – Ver y humid – Subjec t to vi br ations – Subject to dir ect sunlight • Use caution when pl aci n g th e sp e akers and/or speaker s ta n ds (n o t supp l ied[...]

22 US Examples of poor conditions of the speaker cord After connectin g all the com ponent s, sp eakers , an d AC pow er cor d (mains lead), out put a test tone to check that al l the speakers are conn ected co rrec tly. For detai ls on out putting a te st tone, see page 87. If no sound is heard from a speake r while output ting a te st ton e, or a[...]

Getting Started 23 US 4 Attach the wa ll-mount pads on th e rear side of th e speaker. 5 Hang the speakers on the screws. • Use screws that are suitable for the wall m aterial an d strength. As a plaster boar d wal l is e speciall y frag ile, at tach the screws se cu rel y to a beam and fast en them to the wa ll . In st al l the speak ers on a ve[...]

24 US About the wireless system This wireless syste m adopts the Digita l Infrared Audio Transmiss ion system (pag e 96). The following diagr am indic ates the in frared tr an smissi on area ( th e ra nge that t he i nf rared r ays can reac h). • Do not ins ta ll th e IR receiver in a pla ce ex pose d to di rect sunligh t or str ong li ght such a[...]

Getting Started 25 US Connect th e supplied AM/FM antenn as (aerials ) for listenin g to the r adio. • To prevent noi se pickup, keep th e AM lo op an te nna (ae ri a l) away from the syst em and other compone nt s. • Be su re to f ully exten d the FM wi re an tenna (ae rial). • After con nec t ing th e FM wire antenn a (a eria l), keep it as[...]

26 US Firs t, pe rform th e video c onnectio n, and t hen audi o conn ection . With your TV’s audio o utput con nected t o this sy stem, y ou can lis ten to TV s ound th rough th e system spe akers. Conn ectin g t he vide o/HDMI * cords Sends a p layed ba ck D V D image to a TV . Check t he jacks of your TV, and c hoose t he A , B , C , or D conn[...]

Getting Started 27 US The system incorp o ra tes High-Definition Mul t imedi a In te rface (HDMI TM ) tech nology . HDMI, the HDMI logo a nd High-Definition Multimedia Interface tradem arks or regist ered trademarks of HDMI Lice nsing L LC. A To connect to a TV with the VIDEO IN jacks Connect the video co rd. B To connect to a TV with the S VIDEO I[...]

28 US Does your TV accept pr ogress ive signal s? Progre ssive is the meth od for disp laying TV images w hich red uces flic kering, a nd sharp ens the ima ge. To disp lay using t hi s m e th od, you ne ed to connec t to a TV that acc ept s progressi ve signals. “P AU TO ” or “P VID EO” appe ar s in the fro nt panel disp lay when the system[...]

Getting Started 29 US either of the above condit ions is not met. x INTERLACE Select this se tting when: – your TV do es not ac ce pt progr es si ve signal s, or , – your TV is connect e d to jacks other than th e COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (MONITOR OUT (VIDEO /S VIDEO )). About DVD software types and the conversion method DVD software c an be d[...]

30 US • Be sure to ma ke conn ecti ons securely to a void hum and noise. • If your TV does not have AUDIO OUT jacks, you cannot output the TV sound from the speakers of this system. • To liste n to the TV sound , select the function by pressi ng FUNCTION. For detail s, see page 66. • When you want to out put the TV sound or stereo sound of [...]

Getting Started 31 US You can enjoy other compo nent by connectin g the VIDEO/AUDIO OUT jacks of anot her component. Connec ting the s ystem and the ot her compon ent Outpu ts th e other c om p onent th ro ugh the sp eakers of this sys tem. To connect the VIDEO/AUDIO OUT jacks of other component to the VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 (VIDEO/AUDIO IN) jacks of t[...]

32 US If you connect a digital satellite receiver without an DIGITAL OUT jack Connect the di gital sa telli te re ceiver to the VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 AUDIO IN j acks o nly of the syste m. • Be sure to ma ke conn ecti ons securely to a void hum and noise. • When yo u connect a nother com ponent to t he system, you can enjoy the co mponent by pressi[...]

Getting Started 33 US Before connectin g the AC power cord (mains lead ) of th is sy st em to a w all o u tlet (m ain s ), conne ct the speake rs to the s ystem (page 15 ). To turn on the system Press " / 1 . To turn off the system Press " / 1 . The syste m ente rs st andby m ode . While playing a di sc, do not turn of f the syst em by pr[...]

34 US After connecti ng the sp eaker s, surrou nd amplifie r, IR transmi tter, IR rece iver, a n d the AC p ow e r cord s ( mains le ad s), adj u s t the wireless system for good transmis sion. 1 Press " / 1 on the system and POWER on the surround amplifier. The sy st em an d surrou nd ampl i fi er tur n on and the POWER/ON LINE ind icator tu [...]

Getting Started 35 US To hang the IR receiver on a wall 1 Install a commercially available screw in the wall so that it protrudes 4 m m. 2 Detach the IR receiver st and and hang it via hole on t he rear side of the IR receiver on the screw. Make sure that the IR receive r does not move afte r ins ta lla tio n. • W hen reattachi ng the IR r ece iv[...]

36 US • Use scre ws sui table for the mat erial and strengt h of the wal l. • Do not ins tall the I R tr a n sm itter or IR r ec e ive r to a wall of low strength. • Sony is n ot liable f or any damage or accident incur red by inco rrect in stallation (i.e. lo w strengt h wall, et c.), incorrect us e of this product, or natur a l dis aster. ?[...]

Getting Started 37 US The Setup Display for sel ec tin g the languag e used in the on- s creen di sp lay appears . 5 Press X / x to select a language. The system disp lays the menu and su btitles in the select ed la nguage. • The se lectable l anguage is different d epending on the area. 6 Press ENTER. The Setup Display for sel ec tin g the aspe [...]

38 US • If you want to change eac h se tti ng, see “Using the Set up Disp la y” (page 81). To recall the Quick S etup display 1 Press DISPLAY when the syste m is in stop mode. The Co nt rol Men u ap pears. 2 Press X / x to sel ect [SETUP] , then press ENTER. The op tion s for [SE TUP] ap pear. 3 Press X / x to select [QUICK], then press ENTE [...]

Getting Started 39 US If color irregularity is observed again... Place th e s peaker f urther aw ay from t he TV set. If howling occurs Repositio n the spea kers or turn down the volum e on the syst em .[...]

40 US Depending on the DVD VIDEO or VIDEO CD, some operat ions may be di fferent or r estr icted. Refer t o the op eration d etails supp lied with your disc . 1 Turn o n your TV. 2 Switch the input selector on the TV to this system. 3 Press " / 1 . The sy stem tur n s on. Unless the s ystem is set to “ DVD,” press FUNCTION to select “DVD[...]

Play ing Di scs 41 US Additional operations *1 DVD VIDEOs/DVD-RW s/DVD-Rs only. *2 DVD VIDEOs/DVD-RW s/DVD-Rs/DVD+RWs onl y. *3 DATA C Ds only. • If there is no disc i n the s ystem, “ No Disc” ap pears in the front pa ne l dis play. • T he Instant R eplay function i s useful when you want to review a sce n e or dial ogue tha t you missed. [...]

42 US If “Resu me” doe s not appear , Resum e Play is n ot availa ble. 2 Press H . The sy st e m starts pl ay back fro m the poin t wher e yo u stoppe d th e di sc in Step 1. • If [MULTI-DISC RESUME] in [CUSTOM SETUP] is set to [O FF] (pag e 8 5), the r esume poi nt is clea red when you change th e func ti on by pr es sin g FUNCTION. • The [...]

Play ing Di scs 43 US 5 Select the track you want to program. For e xample, se lect tr ack [02]. Press X / x to select [ 02] under [T ], then pre ss E NTER. The track n umbe r may be displaye d in 3 digi ts for a S uper Aud io CD. 6 To program other tracks, repeat steps 4 to 5. The pr ogrammed t rack s are di splayed in the select ed ord er. 7 Pres[...]

44 US 3 Press X / x to select the item to be shuffled. x When playing a V IDEO CD, Super Audio CD, o r CD • [ TRA CK]: sh uffle s t ra cks on the di sc . x When Program Play is activated • [ ON]: shuffles track s sele cted in P rogr am Play . 4 Press EN TER. Shuff le Play st ar ts. To return to normal play Press CLEAR, or sel e ct [OFF] in Step[...]

Play ing Di scs 45 US • You can set Rep eat Play w hile the system i s stopped. After select ing th e [REPEAT] option , press H . Repeat Play st arts. • Y ou can q uickly displa y the [REPEAT] status by pressing RE PEAT . Each time you press R EP E AT, the [REPEAT ] opt ion changes. • Y ou cannot use this functi on with VIDEO CDs and Super VC[...]

46 US Some DVD-RWs in VR (Vid eo Recording) mode h ave two ty pe s of titles f or playb ac k: orig inal ly recorded titles ([ORIGINAL] ) and titles that can be c reated on record able D VD player s for editin g ([PLAY LIST]). You can select th e type of titl e to be p layed. 1 Press DI SPLAY when the syste m is in stop mode. The Co nt rol Men u ap [...]

Play ing Di scs 47 US • Y ou cannot change a playback a rea dur ing playback. Sele ct ing a p layba ck layer when pl ayin g a hybrid Super Audi o CD Some Supe r Audio CDs cons ist o f an HD l ayer and a CD l ayer. You can sele ct the play back layer yo u want to l is t en to. Press SA-CD/CD when the system is in stop mod e. Each tim e you press t[...]

48 US • Dep end in g o n the VI D E O CD, [ Pr e ss ENT E R] in Step 3 may appear as [Press SELECT] in the instruct ions supplie d with the disc . In this case , press H . • To play with out using PBC, press . / > or the number button s while the syst em is stopped to select a trac k , then pres s H or ENTER. [Play without PBC ] appears on t[...]

Play ing Di scs 49 US * “Design r u le fo r Camera F ile syst em ”: Image standar ds f or digit al cameras regu lated by Japa n Electr onics and Informati on Technology Indus tries Associati on (JEIT A). • The system will p lay any data w ith th e extens ion “.MP3 ,” “.JPG ,” or “.JPE G” even if they ar e no t in MP3 or JP EG f or[...]

50 US MP3 aud io tracks and JPE G ima ge files recorde d on DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/ CD-Rs/ CD-R W s) can be played o n th is sy stem. • You can vie w the dis c informa tio n while playi ng MP3 audio tra c ks an d JPE G image files (p ag e 59). • You can select Rep eat Play whi le playin g MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files (page 44) and [AUDIO] w[...]

Play ing Di scs 51 US 3 Press X / x to select an album and p ress ENTER. The list of tracks contained in the album appears . 4 Press X / x to select a track and press ENTER. The sele ct ed track star ts playin g. Y ou can turn the tr ac k list off by pr essin g M E N U . Pressi ng MENU aga in will di sp lay the album list. To stop playback Press x [...]

52 US Press CLEAR to retu rn to normal view. • Nothing h appens when you press C while p laying the first im age file of th e album. • If you press C / c t o go to the next or prev ious image, the “Rotatin g a JPEG image” function is ca n celed. • The s lide show stops when you press X / x . To stop playback Press x . • A scroll box is [...]

Play ing Di scs 53 US The de fault set t i n g i s un de rlined . •[ A U T O ] : plays bo th the JPEG image files and MP3 audio trac ks in the same albu m as a sli de s how. • [AUDI O (MP3) ]: plays on l y MP3 audi o tracks con tinuousl y . • [IMAGE (JPEG)]: pla y s only JPEG imag e files as a slide s how. 6 Press MENU. The list of al bums re[...]

54 US Selecti ng an effect for image files in the slide show (JPEG o nly) When y ou play a JPEG ima ge f ile, you can sele ct th e effect to be use d whe n vi ewing the slide sh ow. 1 Press DISPLAY twice. The Con trol Menu for JP EG appears. 2 Press X / x to select [EFFECT] , then press ENTER. The option s for [EF FEC T] appe ar . 3 Press X / x to [...]

Play ing Di scs 55 US You ca n qu ickly loc ate a parti cu lar point on a disc by m on itoring the pictur e o r playi ng ba ck slowly . • Dependi ng on the DVD/VIDEO CD, yo u may not be able to do some o f th e oper a tion s described. Locat ing a po i nt quic k ly by playi n g a disc in fa s t forwar d or fast rever se (Sca n) (excep t fo r JPE [...]

56 US • You canno t search for a still picture on a DVD-R W in VR mode. You ca n se arch a DVD by title or ch ap ter, and you can se arch a V IDE O CD/ Sup er Audio CD/ CD/DATA CD by track, inde x, or sce ne . As titles and tracks a re assigned unique numbe rs on the dis c, you can sele ct the desire d one by enteri ng its num b er. Or, y ou c an[...]

Play ing Di scs 57 US [INDEX] x When playing a VIDEO CD/Super VCD with PBC Playb a ck [SCENE] x When playing a Super Audi o CD [TRACK] [INDEX] x When playing a CD [TRACK] x When playing a DATA CD (M P3 audio) [ALBUM] [TRACK] x When playing a DATA CD (JP EG f ile) [ALBUM] [FILE] Exampl e: w he n you sele ct [CHA PTE R] [** (* *)] is se lected (** re[...]

58 US You ca n divi de the scree n into 9 subs cree ns and find the desi red sc ene quic kly. 1 Press PICTURE NAVI during playback. The f ollowing display appears. 2 Press PICTURE NAVI repeatedly to select an item. • [TITLE VIEWER ] (DVD VIDEO only): displays the first sc en e of each tit le. • [CHAP TER VIEWER ] (DVD VIDEO only ): di splays th[...]

Play ing Di scs 59 US View ing the Pl aying Time a nd Remaining Time in the Front Panel Di splay You can ch eck disc informati on, such as the remainin g time, tot al number of titles i n a DVD, tracks in a VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD, CD, or MP3, us in g t he front panel display ( pa ge 101). Press DISPLAY. Each time you press DIS PL AY whi le pl ayi[...]

60 US • When playing VIDEO CDs w ith PBC functio ns, the play ing time is di splaye d. • When pla ying VIDEO CDs w ith out PBC func tion s, the track number and the index nu mber are displayed after the D isc nam e. • You can als o check th e ti me informatio n and tex t using the Control Menu. • If the disc doe s not contain text, the Disc[...]

Play ing Di scs 61 US x When playing a DATA CD (M P3 audio) • T ** :** Playing time of the c urrent tr ack • Only alphabe tic a l letters and num be rs can be displayed. • D e pe ndi ng on the type of disc being pla ye d, the system ca n only di splay a limited num ber of charact ers . Also, dependin g on the d is c, not all te xt charact ers[...]

62 US When pla ying a DVD VIDEO reco rd ed in multiple a udio forma ts (PCM, Dolb y Digital o r DTS), yo u can ch an ge the aud io form at. If th e DVD VIDEO is recorde d with multilingual track s, you can also cha nge the l an guage. With VIDEO CDs, CDs, or DATA CDs, y ou can se lect th e soun d from the right or left chann el and li sten to t he [...]

Sound Adjustm ents 63 US Checki ng the audi o signal format (DVD onl y) If you press AUDIO repeated ly duri ng playbac k, the format of the c urrent a udio sign al (PCM , D o lby Digi t al , DTS, et c. ) ap pears as sho w n be low. x When pl aying a DVD VIDEO Example: Dolby Digita l 5.1 ch Example: Dolby Digita l 3 ch About audio signals Audi o sig[...]

64 US You ca n ta ke advanta ge of surro und sound simpl y by s electin g on e of system ’ s pre- progr ammed so und fiel ds . They br in g the exci ting and powerfu l sound of mov ie t heaters into your home. Pres s SOUND FIELD. Each time you press SOUND FIELD repeat edly until th e sound fi e ld you w ant ap pears in th e fron t pa nel displ ay[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 65 US x Dolby Pr o Logic I I MOVIE/MU SIC Dolb y Pro Logic II produ ces f ive fu ll-b andwidth output channels fr om 2 chan nel source s. This is done usi ng a n advance d, high -p urity ma tri x surround decoder th at extrac ts the sp a tial propert i es of the orig in al recordi ng with out adding a ny n ew soun ds or tonal col[...]

66 US [SURROUND] in [SPEAKER S ETUP] to [NONE] (page 86).) • When you selec t “MULTI ST.” or “REAR ST.,” “LINK” lig hts up in the fr ont panel di splay. Selecti ng a sound field for movies, music, news, sports, or other s x HALL, JAZZ CLUB, LIVE CONCER T, GAME, SPORTS, MONO MOVI E The each mode pro vi de d sound t o su it the sourc e.[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 67 US Reinfo rcing bass freq uen ci es You can re in force bass freq ue ncies. Press DSGX. Bass freq uencies are ef fectively rein fo rced. To turn off the sound effect Press DSGX again. Enjoy ing the sound a t low vol ume Narr ows the dy namic ra nge of the sou nd track. Useful fo r watching movies at lo w volume late at ni ght.[...]

68 US If var ious ang les (mult i-angles) for a sc ene ar e recorded on a DVD VIDEO, you can change the view in g an gle. For ex ample, wh ile play i n g a scen e o f a trai n in motion , you can di splay th e view from ei ther th e front of the t rain, the le ft window of the t rain, or from t he right w indo w with out havi ng the tra in’s move[...]

Using V arious Additional Functions 69 US You ca n set 2 ki nds of playb ack restric tions for the desi r ed d isc. • Custom Parental Control You can set play ba ck rest ri ct ions so th at the system will not play inappropri ate discs . • Parental Contro l Playback of s o me DVD VIDEOs can be limited accord in g to a predeter min ed level suc [...]

70 US To turn off the Custom Parental Control function 1 Follow steps 1 through 3 of “Preventing playback of specific discs [CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL].” 2 Press X / x to select [OFF t ], then press ENTE R. 3 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, th en press ENTER. To play a disc for which Custom Parental Control is set 1 Insert t[...]

Using V arious Additional Functions 71 US 5 Press X / x to select [STANDARD], then press ENTER. The selecti on items for [STANDARD] are displa yed. 6 Press X / x to select a geographic area as the playback l imitation level, then press ENTER. The area is se lected. When yo u sele ct [OTHE RS t ], s elec t an d enter a s tandard cod e in the tab le [...]

72 US Area Code Changin g the password 1 Press DISPLAY wh ile the system i s in stop mode. The Co nt rol Men u ap pears. 2 Press X / x to select [PARENTAL C ONTROL], then press ENTE R. The options for [PARENT AL CONTROL] appear . 3 Press X / x to select [PASSWORD t ], then press ENTER. The dis pl ay f or ent er i ng the pass w or d appe ars. 4 Ente[...]

Other Operations 73 US By adjust i ng the remo te si gn al, you ca n co ntrol your TV with th e supplied remote. • I f you ente r a new c ode number, t he code number previous l y ente red wil l be eras ed . • When you re pla c e the ba tte r ie s of the rem ote, the code number may reset itse lf t o the defaul t (SONY) setting . Rese t the app[...]

74 US * To use t hese buttons, set the remot e to the TV mo de by pressing the TV button. To cancel the TV mode, press the TV butt on a gain. You ca n se lect the TV c hannels by using th e numb er bu tton s. To sele ct th e TV ch annels, p re ss the num ber butt ons, then ENTER. • Depend ing on the TV, you ma y not be able to contr ol your TV or[...]

Other Operations 75 US * Except for North American models . Operating for the THEATRE SYNC fu nction Poin t the re mote to the directio n of TV and this system, then press THEATRE SYNC once. While transmi tting the code from the remote , the TV button flashes. If thi s function does not work, change the transmit time. The transmit time varies depe [...]

76 US Selecti ng the conn ected compon ent You ca n us e a VCR or o ther comp onents connec ted to t he VID EO 1 or V IDEO 2 jacks o n the rear panel. Refer to the ope ration manual supplied wit h the components f o r further informatio n on the operation. Press FUNCTION repeat edly until “VI DEO 1” or “V IDEO 2” app ears in the front panel[...]

Other Operations 77 US • M A IN /SUB: mai n so und is ou tp ut from the left s pe aker and S ub sound i s ou tp ut from t he right sp ea ker. 4 Press ENTER or AMP MENU. The AMP menu t urns off. Presett ing radio stations You can pr eset 20 FM s tations, and 1 0 AM stat ions. Bef ore tuning , make sure to turn down the volume t o minimum. 1 Press [...]

78 US 6 Press X / x to select the preset number you want. 7 Press EN TER. The station is stored. 8 Repeat 1 to 7 to store o ther stations. To change the preset number Restart fro m Step 1. To change the AM tuning interval (except for Middle Eastern model) Th e A M tu n i ng in terv al ca n be s et to ei ther 10 kHz or 9 kHz. To change the AM tu nin[...]

Other Operations 79 US Press X / x to sel ect a c haracter , then pr ess c to move the cursor to the next positio n . Letters, nu mbers, a nd other symb ols can be input fo r a radio st ation n am e . If you make a mistake Press C / c repeat edl y unti l th e charac ter t o be chan ged flashe s, then press X / x to select the desi re d charac ter. [...]

80 US The bri ghtness of the front panel disp lay can be set to either of 2 levels. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x repeatedly until “DIMMER” appears in the fron t panel display, then press ENTER or c . 3 Press X / x to select the brightness of the front panel display. 4 Press ENTER or AMP MENU. The AM P m e nu turns of f. You can ret u rn the [...]

Settings an d Adjustments 81 US By usi ng the S etup D isplay, y ou can make vari ous adju stment s to items such as pi cture an d sound . Yo u can als o se t a langu age fo r t he subtitl es and the Se tu p D i splay, am on g other thin gs. F or de t ail s o n eac h S e tup D isp la y ite m, see page s from 82 t o 88. For an over all list of Setup[...]

82 US To reset all of the [SETUP] settings 1 Select [RESET ] in Step 3 and press ENTE R. 2 Select [YES] using X / x . You can also quit the process and ret urn to the Control Menu by selecting [NO] he re. 3 Press ENTE R. All the settings explained on pages 82 to 88 return to the default settings. Do not press [/ 1 while resetting the system as it t[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 83 US Choose set tings accordi n g to the TV to be conn ected. Select [SCREEN SETUP] in the Setup Display. To use th e display, see “Usi ng the Setup Displa y” ( p a ge 8 1). The defaul t settings are underlin ed. x [TV TY PE ] Selects th e aspect rati o of the connected TV (4:3 standa rd o r wide ). The defau lt setti[...]

84 US display device from becom ing dam aged (gho sting) . Press H to turn off the screen saver. x [BACKGROUND] Selec ts th e backgro un d color or pi cture on th e TV scre en in sto p mod e or whil e play ing a Su per Audio CD , CD, or DA T A CD (MP 3 au dio). x [BLACK LEVEL] Selec ts the blac k level ( setup leve l) for t he video sign als o utpu[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 85 US Use this to set up playbac k related a nd other settings . Select [ CUSTOM SETUP] in the Setup Display . To use th e display, see “Usi ng the Setup Displa y” ( p a ge 8 1). The defaul t settings are underlin ed. x [PAUS E MODE] (D VD VI DEO / D VD -R W only ) Sel ec ts the pict ure in paus e m od e. x [TRACK SELE[...]

86 US To obtain the best possib le surr o und sound, se t for t he si ze of the spea kers you h ave connec ted and the ir di st an ce from yo ur listeni ng po sition. Then use the te st to ne to a djust the leve l and th e balance of the spe akers to the same level. Select [SPE AKER SE TUP] in the Setup Display. F or detail s, see “Using the Setu[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 87 US Be sure to change the val ue in the Setup Display when yo u move th e s p ea kers. * When yo u perform the Quick S etup (page 3 6), the defaul t set ti ngs a re ch an ge d. • When you set th e distance, the soun d cuts off for a moment . • If all front and sur round s peake rs ar e no t pl aced at a n equal dis t[...]

88 US The Co nt rol Men u ap pears. 2 Press X / x to sel ect [SETUP] , then press ENTER. The op tion s for [SE TUP] ap pear. 3 Press X / x to select [CUSTOM], then press ENTER. The Setu p Displa y ap pears. 4 Press X / x repeatedly to select [SPEAKER SETUP], then press ENTER or c . 5 Press X / x repeatedly to select [TEST TONE], then press ENTER or[...]

Additiona l Information 89 US On placement • Place the s ystem i n a locatio n with adequa te ventilati on to prevent he at b uil d- up in the sys tem. • At hi gh volume, over long periods o f time, t he cabinet becomes hot to the touch. T his is not a malfunc tio n. However, touc hing the cabin et should be avoi ded. Do not plac e the unit in [...]

90 US On handling discs • T o keep the di sc clean, h and le the dis c by its edge. Do n ot to uch t he su rface. • Do not stic k paper or tape o n the dis c. • Do not e xpose th e disc t o di rect sunlight or heat sources such a s hot air ducts, or leave i t in a car p arked in direct sunlig ht a s the tem per at ure may r ise cons i der abl[...]

Additiona l Information 91 US this ca se, return the sett ing to interlace format (the default setti ng) (page 28). • Eve n if your TV is compatible with prog ressive format (525p/ 625p ) signals, the im age may be affected whe n you set progre ssi ve format . In this case, retur n th e setting to interla c e format (the default setti ng) (page 2[...]

92 US • Depending on the so urce, t he effect of the cent er speaker may be less noti ceable. No sound or only a very low-le vel sound is heard from the surround speakers. • Check the speak er co nn ec tions and setti n gs. • M ake sure the sound field function is on (page 64) . • Depending on the so urce, t he effect of th e surround speak[...]

Additiona l Information 93 US A disc does not start playing from the beginning. • Program play , Shuffle Pla y, or Repeat Play has been se le cted. Press CLEAR to can cel th ese funct ions befor e playing a disc . • Resume Play has been se lected. During stop, press x on th e sys tem or the remo te and then star t pla yba c k ( pag e 41) . • [...]

94 US When the s el f-diagnosis func tio n is activated to prevent the syste m from malfun c tio ni n g, a 5- chara cter se rvice number ( e .g., C 13 50) with a combinati on of a lett er and 4 digits a ppears on the scre e n and the fron t panel dis play. In this case, ch eck the foll o wing table . AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTA[...]

Additiona l Information 95 US Tuner section Sys t em PLL qu artz- l ocked d ig ital synthesize r system FM tuner s ection Tuning range 87.5 – 108.0 MHz (100 kHz step) Antenna ( ae r ia l) FM wir e a nte nn a (aeria l) Antenna (aer ia l) te rmin als 75 ohms, unbalanced Intermedia te frequency 10.7 MHz AM tuner se ction Tuning range 530 – 1,710 k[...]

96 US Album Secti on of a music pi e ce or an ima ge on a dat a CD con taining MP3 audio tracks or JPE G files. Chapte r Subdivision of a title on a DVD. A title is compo sed of se veral ch apters . Digit al Infra red Audi o Transmiss ion Recent time s have been wi tness to the rapid sprea d of D VD s, D i gi tal Broa dc asting Sa te lli te Recei v[...]

Additiona l Information 97 US DVD A di sc that contain s up to 8 hou rs of moving pictures even tho ugh its dia meter is th e same as a CD. The data c apa city of a si ng le-laye r and sing l e- sided DVD, at 4.7 GB (G iga Byte), is 7 times tha t of a CD. Fu rthermor e, the data cap acity o f a dual-lay er and si ng le-sided DVD is 8. 5 G B, a sing[...]

98 US simple intera c tiv e progra ms, pr ogra ms wi th searc h func tion s, and so on. Prog re ss ive f or ma t (seq ue ntial sc an nin g) In contr ast to the I nterlac e format, the progr essive format can re produc e 60 fr ames per second by reprod uc ing all sc anning l in es (525 lines f or the NTSC s ystem) . The ov erall p icture quality i n[...]

Additiona l Information 99 US The langua ge spelli ngs confor m to the IS O 639: 1988 (E/F ) standard. Language 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 Kir[...]

100 US For mo re info rmation , refer to the pages in dicate d i n pa renthe ses. Front pan el A Disc slot (40) B (remote senso r) (13) C Front panel display (101) D PHONES ja ck (40) E VOLUME +/– (40) F FUNCTION (40) G . / > (41) H x (stop) (41, 80) I X (pause) (41) J H (play) (40) K A (eject) (40, 80) L DISC 1-5 (40) M " / 1 (on/s tandb[...]

Additiona l Information 101 US Fron t panel d isplay About the indications in the front panel display A Lights up during PBC playback. (VIDEO CD o nly) (47) B Curre n t mode ( D V D func t i on only ) C Light s up when the t ime inf ormation of a title or chap ter appears in the front panel di splay. (DVD only) D Monaural/Stereo eff ect (Radio only[...]

102 US Rear pa nel A SPEAKER jacks (15) B DIR-T1 jack (15) C VIDE O 2 O PTIC AL DI GITAL IN ja ck (3 1) D VIDEO 1 COAXIAL IN jack (31) E VIDEO 1 VIDEO/AUDIO IN jacks (29, 31) F COMPONENT VI DEO OUT jacks (26) G MONITOR OUT (V IDEO / S VIDEO) jacks (26) H AM terminal (25) I FM 75 Ω COAXIAL jack (25) J VIDEO 2 V IDEO/AUDIO IN jacks (29, 31) K HDMI [...]

Additiona l Information 103 US Remo te A TV (73) B DISC SKIP (40) C SOUND FIELD (64) D . / > PRESET –/+, TV CH –/+ (36, 41, 78) E H (play) (40) The H button has a tact ile dot.* F TOP MENU (45) G C / X / x / c /ENTER (33, 42, 54, 64, 67, 69, 76, 81) C / X / x / c have t actile d ots.* H O RETURN (47) I ALBUM –/+ (4 1, 74) J ANGLE (68) K AU[...]

104 US eg TV CH –/+ (73) The TV CH + bu tton has a tacti le dot .* eh TV VOL +/– (73) ej MULTI/2CH (46) ek SA-CD/CD (46) el AMP MENU (33, 54, 67, 76) * Use the t actile dot as a re ference when operati ng the system.[...]

Additiona l Information 105 US Surr ound ampl ifier A POWER/ON LINE indi cator (34) B POWER (34) C DIR-R2 jack (15) D SPEAKER jacks (15) POWER/ON LINE POWER SURROUND L SURROUND R SPEAKER DIR-R2 Front panel Rear panel[...]

106 US Y ou ca n set th e follo wing item s with the D VD Setup Display . The orde r of the disp layed items may b e dif ferent from the a ctual disp lay . DVD Setup Displa y List LANGU A GE SETUP OSD MENU AUDIO SUBTIT LE (Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.) (Select the language you want to use from the displayed [...]

Additiona l Information 107 US SPEAKER SETUP SIZE DISTANCE FRONT CENTER SURROUND YES YES NONE BEHIND SUBWOO FER YES FRON T 1.0 m – 7.0 m/ 4 ft – 23 ft CENTER SURROUND LEVEL (FRONT) L CENTER –6 dB – +6 dB TEST TO N E OFF ON R –6 dB – 0 dB SIDE NONE SUBWOOFER –6 dB – +6 dB LEVEL (S URRO UND) L –6 dB – +6 dB R –6 dB – +6 dB –[...]

108 US Y ou can se t th e follo wing items with AMP MENU on the remote. AMP Menu List AMP menu AUDIO DRC DRC STD DRC MAX DIMMER DIMM E R ON DIMM ER OFF DRC OFF DUAL MONO MAIN SUB MAIN+SUB MAIN/SUB A/V SYNC SYNC OFF SYNC ON DEMO DEMO ON DEMO OFF[...]

109 US Numerics 16:9 83 4:3 LETTER BO X 83 4: 3 OUTP UT 84 4:3 P AN SCAN 83 5.1 Channel Surrou nd 63 A A/V SYNC 54 Acce ssories 13 ALBUM 56 Alb um 96 AMP m enu 33, 54, 67 , 76 AMP menu list 108 ANGLE 68 Antenn a (a er ial) Hoo kup 25 A UDIO 8 2 A UDIO DR C 67 B B A CKGROUND 84 Batteri es 13 BLA CK LEVEL 84 BLA CK LEVEL (COMPONENT OUT) 84 C CHAPTER [...]

110 US Repeat Play 44 RESET 82 Resu me P lay 41 S S VIDEO 27 Scan 55 SCENE 56 Scen e 98 SCREEN SA VER 8 3 SCREEN SE TUP 83 Sear ching 5 5 SETUP 81 Setup Display 8 1, 106 Shuffle Play 4 3 SIZE 86 SLEEP 7 9 Slide show 52 Slow-motion play 55 Sound Fiel d 64 SPEAKER SETUP 86 Speak er setup 38 Speaker System Hook up 15 SUBT ITLE 68 , 82 Supe r Audio CD [...]

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