Sony DAV-SC6 manual

©2003 Sony Cor poration 4-248-413- 12 (2) Compact A V System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions DA V - S C 6[...]

2 GB 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. Do not install the a pplian ce in a confi ned space, such as a bookcase or buil t- in ca bine t. To prevent fir e , do not cover the ven til ation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc. And don’t pla c e li ghte d c an dle s o[...]

3 GB On power sources AC power cord must be chan ge d only a t the qua lif i ed service sh op. On placement • Pl ace th e system in a locati on with adequa te ventilati on to preve nt he at buil d-up in the sys tem. • At high volume, over long period s of time, t he ca binet becomes hot to the touc h. T his is not a malf unc tio n. However, tou[...]

4 GB Welcom e! ............... ....... ........... ............... 2 Precau tions ......... ............... ........... ........... 3 About t his Manual..... ........ ........... ........... 6 This Syste m Can Pla y the Fo llowing Discs . ........ .......... ............... ........... .... 6 Terms fo r discs.............. .................. ......[...]

5 GB Addi tional Informatio n Troubles hooting ............. ........ ........... .... 70 Specifica tions .......... ........... ............... .... 73 Glossary .... ....... ........... .............. ........... . 74 Index to Parts and Cont rols ............... ... . 77 Languag e code list ............. .................. . 82 DVD Setup Menu Li s[...]

6 GB • The instructi on s in this manua l desc ribe the contr ol s on the r em o te. Yo u ca n als o us e th e controls on the system if they have the same or similar n ames as th ose on the remote. • The followin g symbols are used in this manu al. * MP3 (MP EG1 A udio L ayer 3) is a standard form at defined by ISO/MPEG which com presses audio[...]

7 GB Note on PBC (Playback Control) (VIDEO CDs) This sy stem conform s to Ver. 1.1 an d Ver. 2.0 of VIDEO CD stan dards. You can en joy tw o kinds of pl ayba ck depe nd ing on the disc type. About Multi Session CD • This system ca n play Mul ti Session CDs whe n an MP3 aud io track is co nt ained in th e fir st ses sion . Any subs equent MP 3 aud[...]

8 GB Notes about CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (Vide o mo de) In some cases , CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (Video m ode ) cannot be played on th is player due to the rec ording qu ality or p hysical condition of t he disc, or the c h aracterist ics of the re cording d evice and authoring so ftware. The disc will not play if it has not be en co rr ectl y final[...]

9 GB 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 p ressed. For d etails, refer to the page i n parentheses. 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 ( D[...]

10 GB Tips • Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the Control Menu di splay changes as follows : The Control Menu it ems vary, depe ndi ng on the dis c. • The Control Me nu ic on in dica tor lig hts up in gree n t unle ss you s et t he REP EAT setti ng to “OFF. ” • The “ANGLE” indi cator lights u p in g reen onl y when mul tiple a ngles a[...]

Getting Started 11 GB Chec k th at yo u have t he f ollow ing items: •S p e a k e r s ( 5 ) • Subw oofer (1) • AM loop aeri al (1) • FM wire aerial (1 ) • Sp ea ker co rd s (3 .5m × 3, 10 m × 2, 5m × 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 -SP80 0 (1 ) • R6 (size AA) batteries (2) • Operating Instr[...]

12 GB 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 speaker parameters ( d istance, level, etc.) on p[...]

Getting Started 13 GB Termin als for connec ting t he spea kers 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 resu l[...]

14 GB 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 s peakers may damag[...]

Getting Started 15 GB 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 [...]

16 GB Connect th e supplied AM/FM aerials for li stening to t h e radio. Termi nals for connecti ng the aerials Notes • To prevent noise pickup, k eep th e AM loop aeria l aw ay from the syste m and other comp onents. • B e sure to fully ex te nd the FM wire aeri al. • Aft er conne cting the FM wi re aerial , keep it as horizo ntal as possi b[...]

Getting Started 17 GB 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 aeria l as shown below. COAXIAL FM 75 AM Out door F M aeria l System[...]

18 GB Requir ed cord s Video cord for connecting a TV Audio/video cords (not supplied) When connecti ng a co rd, be su re t o matc h the col our- coded sleeves to th e appr opriat e jac ks on the compon ents. Termi nals for connecti ng video compon ent s Notes • When you selec t VIDEO 1 u sing the FUNC TION button, t he signal is not output via V[...]

Getting Started 19 GB Setup for the system Setup i s n ece ssar y f or the sy stem , de pendi n g on the TV to be co nn ecte d. The initial settin g for Asian mo dels is NTSC. If the colour system of the TV is PAL * To set th e system to PAL, turn on the sy stem by pressing " / 1 while pres si ng th e X button on the system. You need to hold t[...]

20 GB Before connecti n g the mains lead of this system to a wall outl e t, connect the speakers t o the system (see page 13). Step 4 : Connecting th e Mains Le ad[...]

Getting Started 21 GB 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 centre speak er u p t o 1.6 metr es cl oser ( B ) and the sur round speakers up t o 4. 6 metr es closer ( C ) [...]

22 GB Depe ndi ng on the D V D or VID EO CD, som e opera tions ma y be di fferent or re stricted . 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 “D[...]

Play ing Di scs 23 GB To turn off the system Press " / 1 on the remote. The sy stem enter s standby mode a nd the STANDBY indi cator lights u p in red. To turn of f the sys tem completely , remove the mains lead f rom a wall outlet. While playin g a disc, do not turn of f the system by pr essing " / 1 o n the sy stem. Doing so may cancel [...]

24 GB Whe n yo u sto p th e di s c, th e sy stem r eme m be rs the p oint where you pr esse d x and “RESUM E” appears in the front p anel dis play. As long as you do not r e move the disc, Resu me Play will work even i f the s yste m ente rs sta ndby m ode by pres sing " / 1 . 1 While playing a disc, press x to stop playback. “RESU ME”[...]

Play ing Di scs 25 GB With PBC (Play back Cont ro l) func tions, yo u can enjoy simple in teractive operations, search functi on s, an d othe r su ch op e ratio ns. PBC playback all ows you to p lay VIDEO CDs interac tiv el y by foll owing the menu on the TV scre en. 1 Start playin g a VIDEO CD wi th PBC functions. The me nu fo r yo ur s electio n [...]

26 GB You ca n pl ay MP 3 audi o t ra ck s on C D -R OM s, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs. However, the discs must be recor ded a ccordi ng to I SO966 0 le vel 1, level 2, or J oliet format for the syst em to recogn ize the trac ks. Yo u can al so pla y discs recorded i n Multi Session. S ee the instr u ctions of the CD-R/RW device or re cording softwa re (not s[...]

Play ing Di scs 27 GB 4 Select (TRACK) using X / x and press ENTER. The list of tracks containe d in the current album app ears. When th e list of all tr acks or album s cann ot be di splayed on the wi ndow , the jump bar appears . Pres s c to select the jump bar icon, and then scroll the jump b ar to dis play the rest of the list using X / x . Pre[...]

28 GB Selecti ng an albu m and f ile 1 Press DVD DISPLAY. The Cont ro l Menu an d nam e o f the JPEG data di sc appea rs. 2 Press X / x to select (ALBUM) then press ENTER or c . The l ist of a lbums cont ained i n th e dis c appe ars. 3 Select an albu m you want to play using X / x and press ENTER. 4 Sele ct ( FILE ) u sing X / x and press ENTER. T[...]

Play ing Di scs 29 GB Enjoying Slide show on a JPEG da ta di s c 1 Press M while displaying a JPEG image. Slide sh ow s tarts from th e cu rren t ima ge. 2 Press H when you want to exit Slid e show. Return t o no rma l pla y from the cur r ent imag e. To change the interval time of Slide show Each tim e you p ress M during Slide sh ow, the int erva[...]

30 GB 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 u p to 25 t racks . 1 In stop mode, press P LAY MODE repeatedly until “PROG” app ears in the front pane l displa y . The P rogr am Menu ap pears on the TV screen . 2 Pr[...]

Play ing Di scs 31 GB 6 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 H . Other Operations Notes • Program Play function is not available for DVDs and JPEG. • When you remove the disc, Program Play is cancell ed and the progra m you created is clea red.[...]

32 GB 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 (PLAY MODE), then press ENT ER or c . 3 Select SHUFFLE or SHUFFLE (ALBUM) using X / x and press ENTER. SHUFFL E: P lays tracks o n the disc[...]

Play ing Di scs 33 GB x When playing a DVD •O F F : d oe s not p la y re peat ed ly. • ALL: repeat s all th e title s. • TITLE: repeats th e current title on a disc. • CHA PTE R : r ep 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 oe s not p la y re peat[...]

34 GB To change the scan speed (DVD/ VIDEO CD only) Each ti m e you pr ess m or M duri ng sc an, the play back speed chan ges. Two s peeds ar e avai labl e. With e ach p ress, the indi cation 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 35 GB 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[...]

36 GB 5 Press EN TER . The sy st e m star ts pl ay back f rom the sele cted number . To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD DISPLAY re peatedly unt il the 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 pl aying time of the curren t title o n a DVD 1 In Step 2, sele[...]

Play ing Di scs 37 GB When playing back a DVD When playing back a VIDEO CD (without PBC functions), Super Aud io CD or C D 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 [...]

38 GB When playing back an MP3 When playing back a JPEG Notes • Depending 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 pla yed. • ID3 tag applies only to version 1. • If the MP 3 file you pla y back has a n ID3 ta g, the ID3 tag info rm a ti on is dis played as a track (file ) nam e . •[...]

Play ing Di scs 39 GB Chec king t he Pla ying Time and Remain ing Time You can check the playing time and remaining time o f the cu rrent title, ch apter, o r track, and th e 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 c[...]

40 GB 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. * “Exchang eable I m age File Fo rmat” i s a d igita l camera im ag e for mat de f ine d by th e Japan Electron[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 41 GB If a DVD i s recorded with multilingua l tracks, 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 au dio formats (PCM, Dolby Dig ital, MPEG au dio, or DTS), you ca n sele ct the audio fo rmat you want whi l e playing t he DVD. With ste reo CDs , VIDEO CDs, or MP3, you [...]

42 GB To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD DISPLAY re peatedly unt il the Contro l Menu i s t ur ned of f. Note s • For discs not in m ultiple au dio f or ma t , you c an not chang e th e s o u nd. • During DVD playb ack, the s ound may change auto mati call y. Tip You can select AUDIO di rectly by pressing AUDIO. Each time you pr es s th e b[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 43 GB 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 nology About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound) In collaborati on with Sony Picture s Entertai nm e nt, Son [...]

44 GB Using only t he fro nt speaker and sub woofer (2 C HANNEL STEREO) This mode outputs the so und fro m the front le ft 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 all ows[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 45 GB Select ing ot h er so und fi e lds Press SOUND FIELD +/– on the remote repeatedly unt il the sound field you want appears in the front pane l display. 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 input sig[...]

46 GB 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 47 GB If va rious angle s (multi- a ngles) for a scene a re recorded on a DVD, you can change th e viewing 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 ha[...]

48 GB If subt i tle s are r eco rded on a d is c, yo u can tu rn the subt itles on o r off while playing . If multilin gual subtitl es are recorded o n the dis c, 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 49 GB 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 a te discs. • Parenta l Cont rol Playback of s o me DVD s can be limited acco rding t o a p redete rmine d le vel, s[...]

50 GB 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 51 GB Limit ing pl ayback for chi ldren (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 imitation leve l. A scene that is limited is not play[...]

52 GB 5 Press X / x to select “STANDARD,” then press ENTER. The selectio n items fo r “STANDARD” are disp laye d. 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 53 using [...]

Using V arious Ad ditional Functions 53 GB Playin g the disc for whi ch 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 which does not have th e Parental Control [...]

54 GB By adju sti ng 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 code numbe r , the co de numbe r previously en te r ed will be era se d. • Whe n you replace th e b atteries of the remote , the code number may reset itself to the de fault (SONY) setting . Reset the a ppropriat e code n[...]

Other Operations 55 GB Controlling the TV You can cont rol y our TV us ing t h e butt ons 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[...]

56 GB 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 – unti l sca[...]

Other Operations 57 GB Listen ing to the Radi o Preset radio sta tions in t he system’s me mory first (s ee “Pr es ettin g Rad io St at io ns ” on pag e 56). 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until FM or AM appears in the front panel display. The last received st ation i s tuned in. 2 Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to select the preset station y[...]

58 GB Naming Pres et Sta tions You ca n ente r a name of up to 6 chara ct er s for pres et s tati ons. These name s (for example, “XYZ”) appear in the sy stem’s fr ont panel 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 59 GB You ca n se t the sys t em to t u rn off at a pr es et time, so you can f all asl eep liste ning to music . You can preset the time up to 180 minutes. Press SLEEP. Each time yo u press t his butto n, the minute s displ ay (the remain ing time) changes as follows: OFF t 0.10 .0 0 (10M IN) t 0. 20 .00 (20M IN) t 0.30. 0 0 (30MI[...]

60 GB You can retu rn the s ystem para meters suc h 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 un til “MEMO. CLR. Y” appears in the fro nt pane[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 61 GB 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 set the subtitle language 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 62- 68. For an overa l l list of Se tup Di sp lay ite ms, see pag[...]

62 GB To turn off the Setup Display Press DVD SETUP repeatedly until the Setup Display is turned off . * When you sele c t “ R ES ET” in step 2, the followin g items ar e retur ne d to the de f au lt sett ings . • Set up Menu (ex cep t for the PARE NTAL CONTROL) (page 83) After you se lect “RESET” a nd press ENTER, sele ct “YES ” to r[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 63 GB Choose set tings accordi ng 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 61). The defaul t settings a re underlin ed. x TV TYPE (DV D only) Selects th e aspect rati o of the connected TV (4:3 standa rd o [...]

64 GB 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 75 for more informatio n about the diffe rent types. Note s • Whe n “PROGRE SSI V E” is sele ct ed in “SCRE E N SETUP, ” no signa l is outpu t from the MONI TOR OUT jacks. • “PROGRESSIVE” does not work [...]

Settings an d Adjustments 65 GB x TRACK SELECTION (DVD only) Gives th e sou nd trac k having the hig hest num ber of chann els priority when you play a DVD on which multip le audi o fo rma ts (P CM, MPEG audio, D T S, or Do l by Digi t al fo rma t) ar e record ed. Notes • When you set the item to “AUTO,” t he language may change. The “T RAC[...]

66 GB To obtain the best possib le surr o und sound, set for t he si ze of the spea kers you h ave co nnected 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 spe akers to the same level. Select “S PEA KER SE TUP” in the se tu p display. For deta ils, see “ Usi[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 67 GB x DISTANCE The defa ult dist ance settin g for t he speaker s in relat ion to the list ening posit ion is shown below. Be sure to change the val ue in the Setup Display when yo u mov e th e spea ke rs. Notes • When you set the dis tan c e, the soun d cuts off for a moment . • If all front and sur round s peake rs[...]

68 GB 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 69 GB • LEVEL The AMP m en u is cance lled 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 [...]

70 GB 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 hooting guide to help remed y the problem before requ es tin g re pair s. S hould any problem per sist, consu lt your nea rest Sony deale r. Power The power is not turne d on. • Check th at th e main s lead is con nected secure ly.[...]

Additiona l Information 71 GB There is no s ound from the subwoofer. • Check th e speaker con necti ons and sett ings (page s 21, 66). • Set the sound field to “AUTO FO RMAT DIRECT AUTO” (page 43). Severe hum or noise is heard. • Ch ec k tha t the sp ea ke rs an d co m pon ent s ar e connected se cu rel y. • Check t hat t he conn ecting[...]

72 GB The title of the MP3 audio album or track is not corr ect ly d isp laye d. • The sys te m c an only dis play alpha be ti cal lette rs and number s. Other cha rac ter s are disp layed as “” . The JPEG image file cannot be played. • The DATA CD is not re co rd ed i n an M P3 forma t that conform s to IS O9660 Level 1/ Level 2 or Joliet [...]

Additiona l Information 73 GB Amplifier section Stereo mo de 100 W + 100 W (4 ohms at 1 kH z , THD 10 %) Surround mod e Front: 10 0 W + 100 W Centre*: 100 W Surround*: 100 W + 100 W (4 ohms at 1 kHz, THD 10 %) Subwoofer*: 100 W (4 ohms at 100 Hz, THD 10 %) * D epending on the sound f iel d settings and the s our ce, there may be no sound output. In[...]

74 GB Surroun d Speaker s ystem Bass reflex Speaker uni t 70 mm di a. con e ty pe Rated i mpedance 4 ohms Dimensions (appr ox.) 128 × 216 × 114 mm (w/h /d, wi th th e st an d) Mass (approx .) 0.53 kg Subwoo fer Speaker s ystem Bass reflex Speaker unit 160 mm dia. cone type Rated i mpedance 4 ohms Dimensions (appr ox.) 190 × 466 × 357 mm (w/h/d)[...]

Additiona l Information 75 GB 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 pr oduc es four chan nels from two- channel soun d. Com pared 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 lo calizes sound s mo[...]

76 GB Prog re ss ive f or ma t In contr a st to the I nterlac e forma t, the progr essiv e for mat c an re prod uce 6 0 fr ames per second by repr od ucin g al l sc annin g lines (525 lines f or the N TSC s ystem ). Th e ov erall p icture quality i ncreases a nd still ima ges, te xt and hori zontal lines ap pear shar per. This format is comp at i b[...]

Additiona l Information 77 GB For more informa tion, r efer to th e pages indicate d in pare ntheses. Front P ane l A Disc slot (22) B A (eject) (22) C H (play) (22) D X (pause) (23) E x (stop) (23) F . / > , PRE V/NEX T, P RESET –/+ (23, 25, 56, 57) G VOLUME +/ – (22, 67) H BASS LE VEL (46) I PHONES (on the side of the system) jack (22) J S[...]

78 GB 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 Playi ng statu s Curr ent cha pter numb er Curr ent sound effect Curr ent title number P layin g time Current so und Curre nt mod e TITLE H M S CHAP DOLBY PL DIGIT AL NIGHT REP 1 PROG BASS[...]

Additiona l Information 79 GB When playing back a JPEG file Current file number Play ing stat us[...]

80 GB Rear Pa nel A SPEAKER jacks (13) B VIDE O 2 OPT ICA L DI GIT AL IN ja ck (18) C VIDE O 1 AN A L OG O U T ja c k (18 ) D VIDE O 2 AN A L OG IN ja c k (18) E MONI TO R OU T (V IDE O/S VID EO) jack s (18) F AM terminals (16) G FM 75 Ω COAX IAL jack (16) H SCAN SELECT switch (64) I COMPONENT V IDEO OUT jacks (18) J VIDEO 1 ANALOG IN jack (18) C[...]

Additiona l Information 81 GB 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 SLEEP (59) B Z (eject) (22, 23) C DISPLAY (36, 39, 57) D FUNCTION (22, 55, 57) E STERE O /MON O (5 7) F BAND (56, 57) G PLAY MODE (30, 31) H CLEAR (30, 31, 32, 34) I TV (54) J AUDIO [...]

82 GB 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 83 GB Y ou c an set the fo llowi ng items with the D VD Setup me nu. 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[...]

84 GB Numerics 16:9 6 3 4:3 LE TTER BO X 63 4:3 P AN SCAN 63 A Aerial Hooku ps 16 ALBUM 26, 34 Album 6, 74 ANGLE 47 A UDIO 41, 62 A UDIO DRC 6 5 B B A CKGROUND 63 B A LANCE 67 B ASS LEVEL 46 Batt eries 11 C CHAPTER 35 Cha pter 6, 74 COMPONENT OUT 64 Contin uous pl ay CD/V IDEO C D/Supe r Audi o CD/DVD/MP3 22 Control Men u 9 CUST OM P ARENT AL CONTR[...]

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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 Sets the syst em to tur n of f at a pres et time . B Ejects t he disc . C Swit che s th e item displa yed on[...]