Sony DVP-FX850 manual

3-100-247- 11 (2) © 2007 Sony Corporation D VP-FX850 Oper ating I nstruct ions z To find out useful hints, tips and informati on about Sony products and services please visit: www.sony-europe.com/mypr oduct Portable CD/DVD Player[...]

2 WARNIN G To redu ce the ri sk of fi re or electric shock, d o not e xpose this ap para tus to r ain or moistur e. To avoid elect rical shock , do not op en the c abin et. Ref er servicin g to qual ified perso nnel onl y. The ma ins lead must be change d on ly at a quali fied service shop. Batterie s or ba tteri es installe d appar atus sh all not[...]

3 Notes Abou t the Discs • To keep the disc clean, handle the disc b y its edge. Do not touch the surface. • Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts, or leave it in a car parked in dire ct sunlight as the temperature may rise considerably inside the car. • After pl aying, store the disc in its case. •[...]

4 • Do not connect the AC adaptor to a traveler ’s electri c transformer, which may generate heat and cause a malfunction. On batt ery pack • Certain count ries may regulate disposal of the battery used to power this product. Please consult with your local authority. • Because of the battery’s li mited life, its capacity gr adually deteri[...]

5 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Notes About th e Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

6 About Th is Manu al • Inst ructions in this manual de scribe th e contro ls on the remote. You can also use the controls o n the pla yer if th ey have the s ame or simil ar names as t hose on th e remote. • “DVD” may be used as a general term for DVD VIDEOs, DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs (+VR mode) and DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs (VR mode, video mode). • The meani[...]

7 This P layer Can Play t he Fol lowing Di scs “DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” “DVD-R,” “DVD VIDEO,” and “CD” logos are trad emarks . Note about CDs/DVDs The pla yer ca n play CD-R OMs/CD-R s/C D- RWs r eco rded in the foll ow ing fo rma ts: – music CD format – video CD fo rmat – MP3 audi o t racks , JPE G ima ge fi les, [...]

8 • Music d iscs enco ded with copyrigh t protect ion technol ogies This product is designed to play back discs that confo rm to the Co mpact D isc (CD) st anda rd. Recentl y, various mus ic discs encode d with copyright pr otection tec hnologies are mar keted by some r ecord c ompanie s. Plea se be a ware th at among thos e discs, there are some[...]

9 Preparati ons Preparatio ns Check ing th e Access orie s Chec k that you have the fol lowi ng ite ms: • Au dio/vid eo cord (mini plug × 2 y phono plug × 3) (1) • Mains le ad (1) •A C a d a p t o r ( 1 ) • C ar batter y adap tor (1) • Battery p ack (NP-F X110) (1) • R emote (w ith ba ttery) (1 ) •C a r r y c a s e ( 1 ) Using th e [...]

10 Using the LCD Pan el The LCD pa nel of the play er can rot ate a maxim um of 180 deg rees cl ockwise and still be used . After rotat ion of the L CD pan el, i t can be folde d dow n on the mai n bo dy of the play er a nd stil l func tion. Rotating the LCD panel 1 Place the player on a ta ble o r ot her fl at st able surface . 2 Push the LCD p an[...]

11 Preparati ons Conne cting the AC Adapter Conne ct the A C adap tor (suppl ied) i n the orde r of 1 to 3 belo w. To disco nnect, follow the steps in revers e order. See also “On AC adapt or” in “P recau tions” (p age 3) . Note Stop playb ack before disc onnecting the mains lead. Failure to do so may cause a malfu nction. DC IN 9.5V LINE S[...]

12 Using w ith Ba ttery Pa ck When a mains c onnection is not avai lable, the p layer can b e enjoyed with the batt ery pack (suppl ied) in stalled . Please charge the batter y pack bef ore using i t. See als o “On bat tery pack” in “Prec aution s” (page 4). Installi ng the battery pack 1 Alig ning th e batter y pack wi th the li nes on th [...]

13 Preparati ons Charging the battery pack 1 Attach the ba ttery pa ck to the play er (pag e 12) . 2 Conn ect the AC adapt or to the play er, and t hen con nect th e mains l ead int o a mains (page 11). When ch arging begins, th e CHARG E indica tor turns on. When charging ends, th e CHAR GE indi cator t urns off. 3 After c hargi ng is f inished , [...]

14 Using W ith th e Car Batt ery Ad aptor Use the c ar batt ery adaptor ( suppli ed) to su pply power f rom the ciga rette li ghter soc ket to th e player . The ada ptor is for a 12V car ba ttery . Do not use it with a 24 V car batter y. The ad aptor i s also fo r use wit h negati vely gr ounded ca rs. Do n ot use it wi th cars grounded positive ly[...]

15 Playin g Discs Playing Disc s Playi ng Dis cs Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operat ions may b e differ ent or r estricted . Refer to th e operat ing instruc tions sup plied with t he disc. Connect th e AC adaptor or inst all the b attery pack. 1 Open th e player’ s LCD pa nel. Set the LINE SELE CT switch on the player ’s righ t side[...]

16 • The disc ma y be still s pinning when the disc lid is opened. W ait until the spinnin g stops before removing th e disc. • During oper ation, “ ” may appe ar on the scre en. This symbo l indica tes that a f unction expla ined in this oper ating inst ruction is not avai lable on the current DVD VIDEO. • Some DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs (VR mode) m[...]

17 Playin g Discs Resuming playb ack from the point wher e you stopped the disc (Resume Play) When you stop playbac k, the play er remembers th e stop po int and displays a mess age on th e scre en. You can resu me from the same point by pressing H agai n. Resum e Play w orks ev en aft er the p layer i s turn ed off, as long as t he di sc li d is k[...]

18 Changing the sound When playing a DVD VIDEO recorded i n multiple a udio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, or DTS ), you c an ch ange th e audio forma t. If the DVD VIDEO is re corded wi th mult ili ngual trac ks, yo u can als o chan ge the langua ge. With C Ds or VIDEO CDs , yo u can selec t the soun d from ei ther th e righ t or left channel and li[...]

19 Playin g Discs Displayin g the subtitl es If s ubti tle s ar e rec orded on t he d isc, you can chang e the sub titles or t urn them on and of f whenever you want while playing a DVD. 1 Pres s SUBTIT LE re peated ly to s elec t a settin g. Depe ndin g on the disc , the cho ice o f langua ge var ies. To turn off the s ubtitles Select “Subtitl e[...]

20 Selecting “Origi nal” or “Play List” on a DVD-RW/DVD-R Some DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs in VR (Vid eo Recordi ng) mo de have tw o types of title fo r playback: original ly recorde d titles (Original) , and titl es that c an be created o n reco rdab le DV D play ers for e diting (Pla y List). You c an select t he type of title to be played . 1 Press T[...]

21 Playin g Discs Using th e Play back Setti ngs D ispla y While playi ng a DVD, you can che ck the curren t playba ck setti ngs on the scr een. The Playba ck Sett ings Di splay a lso allo ws yo u to chang e sound, su btitle, and angl e or search for a tit le or t rack by input ting numbers. 1 Press DI SPLAY wh ile play ing a DVD. The Play back Set[...]

22 • See page 23 for de tails about usi ng direct sear ch for a CD or VIDEO CD. Notes • The displa yed titl e/chap ter numbe r is the same as the number record ed on the disc. • Chapter times are not displayed when a DVD- RW/DVD-R (VR mode) is played. C hapter time will be displaye d as “--: --:--.” • Depending on th e disc, you ma y no[...]

23 Playin g Discs Search ing for a Parti cular Point on a Disc (Search, Scan , Slow Pl ay, Repeat Pl ay, Rando m Play) You can quickly loca te a particular poin t on a disc by m onitori ng the pi cture or pl aying ba ck slow ly. Notes • Depending on the disc, you may not be ab le to perform som e of the operations des cribed. • For DATA CDs/DAT[...]

24 Watching frame by frame (Slo w Pl ay) Press m or M wh en the play er is i n pau se mode. To retu rn to nor mal speed, p ress H . Each tim e you pres s m or M during Sl ow Play, the playbac k spee d change s. Wit h each press the indica tion changes as foll ows: ◆ Playba ck dire ction ◆ Oppo site dir ectio n (DVD on ly) The “3 ”/“3 ” [...]

25 Playin g Discs Checking the play information o f the disc When playin g a DV D Press DISP LAY while playing a DVD, and then use the Playba ck Setting s Dis play (pag e 21). When play ing a C D Press DI SPLAY . The playing track number/th e total number of tracks and the elap sed time of the cur rent track ap pear. Pre ss DISPLA Y repea tedly to [...]

26 Compatib le So ny USB device s JPEG a nd MP3 f ile play back vi a USB po rt is confirmed wi th Sony’s USB Memory Stic k Read er/Wri te r and U SB Fl ash driv e “P ocket Bit. ” (Confi rmed d evice : MSAC-US4 0, USM-EX seri es, US M-J seri es, USM-J X series, US M-H serie s) Notes • Do not disconn ect the USB device whil e its access i ndi[...]

27 Playin g Discs Playing a JPEG imag e file 1 Press X / x to select a n alb um on the list, an d pres s ENTER . The list of files in the albu m appears. • To go to the nex t or prev io us pag e, pres s > or . . • To re turn to the list of albums, press X / x to select and press ENTER . 2 Press X / x to se lect t he image you want to vi ew, [...]

28 Enjoying JPEG Image s as a Slid e Show You can play JPEG image file s on a DATA CD or DATA DVD successi vely as a s lide show. 1 While displayin g the file you want to start a slideshow, press MENU. The li st of th umbn ails appe ars. 2 Press C / X / x / c to select “Slide Show” a t the bot tom of the scree n, and press E NTER. A slideshow s[...]

29 Playin g Discs sides. In “Ful l,” a 16:9 picture w ill be adjusted to fill the entire s creen. To turn off the Option Menu Press OPTIONS or O RETURN. z Hints • The scr een tur ns off a utomati cally w hen th e LCD panel is clos ed. • You can see t he sett ings fo r the display in “General Setup” (page 34 ). Notes • The screen size [...]

30 Enjoying D ivX ® Videos Playin g Di vX V ideo F iles You ca n play D ivX vi deo fi les on DATA C Ds (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs) and DATA DVDs (DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/ DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs). When you insert DATA CDs and DATA DVDs, the list of albu ms appears. Notes • When the select ed fil e is n ot su pported, “Data Error (DivX)” displays on the sc[...]

31 Enjoyi ng Div X ® Videos To chan ge t he subtitl es Press SUBT ITLE during play back. Press X / x , and EN TER du ring disp layin g the subtitle informa tion. To st op play back Press x . z Hint If the number of viewing times is pr eset, you can play the DivX vide o files as many tim es as the preset n umber. T he followin g occurr ences ar e c[...]

32 About playback orde r of DivX video files Note that the playb ack or der may no t be appl ica ble, depe nding on t he so ftwar e us ed for creati ng the D ivX vi deo fil e, or if there ar e more tha n 299 albu ms and 64 8 DivX v ideo file s in each album . See “Ab out pla yba ck order of album s, tracks , and file s” (page 4 5).[...]

33 Settings and Adjus tments Settings and Adjustmen ts Usin g the Setu p Disp lay By usi ng th e Setu p Displ ay, yo u can mak e various a djustments to items su ch as pi cture and so und. You ca n also set a languag e fo r the subtitl es and t he Setu p Disp lay, am ong othe r things. For de tails on ea ch Setup Displ ay item , see pages fr om 34 [...]

34 To turn off the Setup D isplay Press OP TIONS or O RETURN twice. Setti ngs for th e Disp lay (Gener al Setup ) Choo se playb ack disp lay opti ons and se tting s accord ing t o the TV t o be conne cted . Select “Genera l Setup” in the Setup Display. To us e the displ ay, see “Usi ng the Se tup Dis play” (pag e 33). The d efault se ttings[...]

35 Settings and Adjus tments Note Depe ndi ng on the DVD, “4: 3 L ett er B ox” may be select ed au tomati call y inst ead of “4:3 P an Scan ” or vice versa. ◆ Angle Ma rk Displays the angle mark whe n you can change the viewing angles during playback of DVDs recorded with multi -angle s. ◆ Scre en Sa ver The scre en sav er image a ppear[...]

36 Setting th e digital output s ignal Swit ches t he meth od of ou tput tin g audi o signal s wh en you con nect a n audi o equi pment such as an AV am plifi er (r ecei ver) wit h the OPTICAL OUT jack. For co nnection detail s, see page 39. After se tting “Dig ital Output ” to “On,” select “Dolby D igital” an d “DTS. ” If you co nn[...]

37 Settings and Adjus tments Pare ntal C ontro l Setti ngs (Parent al Cont rol) Playback of s ome DVD VIDEOs can be limited , by the par ental cont rol funct ion. Select “Parenta l Control” in the Setup Displ ay. To use the disp lay, se e “Usi ng the Setu p D isp lay” (pa ge 33) . ◆ Password Enter or change a passwo rd. By setting a passw[...]

38 2 Press X / x to select the l imitation level (1-8) , and pre ss ENTER . The low er the va lue, the s tricter th e limitatio n. The disp lay for ent ering the passwor d appe ars. 3 Enter o r re-e nter your 6-d igit pa ssword usin g the num ber but tons, then pr ess ENTER . Parental Contr ol setting i s complete. To p lay a d isc fo r wh ich Pa r[...]

39 Hookup s Hookups Connec tin g to anothe r device To switc h LINE SELEC T (IN/OUT) swit ch LINE SELECT IN: Inpu t images or audio fro m an exter ior device . The “Lin e in” mess age will be displ ayed on t he LCD screen until the s ignal f rom the ex terior device is re ceiv ed . LINE SEL ECT OUT : Se nds the play back si gnal from th is play[...]

40 Connecting to an AV amplifier (receiv er) Examp le 1 To send the pla ybac k signal to an AV amplifier (rec eiver) 1 Set the LINE SELECT swi tch on the play er’s ri ght s ide to “OU T.” * The yello w plug is used for video si gnals (page 39). Examp le 2 To send the pla ybac k signal to an AV amplifier (rec eiver) 1 Set the LINE SELECT swi t[...]

41 Hookup s Connecting to Video Pla yer or Camcorder To r eceive the playba ck si gnal fro m a Vide o Pla yer or Cam cord er 1 Set the LINE SELECT switch on the player ’s right s ide to “IN.” Note Set the LINE SELE CT switch to “OUT” after use. You c annot play bac k on the player if the switch is set to “IN. ” DC IN 9.5V LINE SELECT [...]

42 Additional Info rmation Troubl eshoo ting If you ex perien ce any o f the follo wing difficu lties whi le using th e player, use this troublesh ooting guide to help reme dy the proble m before requestin g repairs . Should any prob lem pers ist, cons ult you r nearest Sony deal er. Power The po wer is no t turn ed on. , Check t hat th e mains lea[...]

43 Additi onal I nformat ion Nothi ng happens when but tons are presse d. , The pl ayer ’s / 1 /HOLD switch is set on “HOLD” (page 16). The disc does no t play . , The dis c is turned ov er. Insert the disc with the pla yback side facing down. , The dis c is not s et corre ctly . , The pla yer cannot pla y certain di scs (page 7). , The reg[...]

44 The JPEG image f ile canno t be play ed (page 44). , The DA TA CD is not record ed i n a JPE G format th at confo rms to ISO 9660 Lev el 1 or Joliet. , The DATA DVD is n ot recorded in JPEG format that conform s to UDF (Uni versal Disk Form at). , The JPEG i mage fil e does not ha ve the extension “.JPEG.” , The da ta i s not f orm atted i n[...]

45 Additi onal I nformat ion Notes • Change the exten sion to “.JPG, ” for files wit h “.JPE” or “.JPEG” exte nsion. • The player will pl ay any data with the extension “.MP3,” “. JPG,” or “. JPEG,” e ven if they are not in MP3 or JPEG form at. Playing thi s data may generate a loud noi se which could da mage your speake[...]

46 Spec ifica tions Syst em Laser: Semic ondu ctor la ser Signal format system : PAL (NTSC ) Audi o charac teris tics Freq uenc y re spons e: DVD VIDEO (PCM 48 kHz) : 20 Hz to 22 kHz/ CD: 20 Hz to 20 kHz Harm onic d ist ortion : 0.01 % Dynam ic rang e: DVD VIDEO: 90 dB/ CD: 90 dB Wow an d flutter: Less th an d etect ed v alue (±0.001% W PEAK) Inpu[...]

47 Additi onal I nformat ion Index to Part s and Con trols For more informatio n, see the page s indica ted in pa renthese s. Upper vie w t A . / > (previous/n ext) butt ons (16) B x (stop) b utton (16) C X (pause) button (16) D H (pla y) butto n (15) E Speaker (16) F LCD pane l (10) G DISPLAY button (21) H MENU butt on (17) I RETURN b utton (21[...]

48 Front view A OPEN kn ob (15) B (remote se nsor) (9) C CHARGE indicator (13) D / 1 (on/stand by)/HOLD swit ch (15) E Po wer in dica tor (15) Left vi ew A CD/DVD USB switch (15) B USB jack (25) Right view A VOLUME –/+ (sou nd volu me) button B PHONES (headpho ne) jack A, B C AUDIO (input/output) jack/OPTICAL OUT (optical output) jack (39, 40) [...]

49 Additi onal I nformat ion Remote A DISPLAY button (21) B Number bu ttons (1 7) * C TOP MEN U but ton (1 7) D C / X / x / c buttons , ENT ER but ton (17) E O RETU RN but ton (2 1) F . / > PREV (previ ous)/NEXT buttons (16) G m / M (scan /slo w) but tons (23 ) H ADVANCE button (16) I X PAUSE bu tton (16) J / 1 (on/stan dby) bu tton (15 ) K VO[...]

50 Index Numerics 16: 9 34 4:3 Lett er Bo x 34 4:3 Pan Scan 34 A Alb um 45 Angle 19 Audio 18 , 36 Audio D RC 35 Audio S etup 35 B Batt erie s 9 C CD 7 , 15 Connecting 39 D DAT A CD 6 , 31 , 44 DAT A DVD 6 , 31 , 44 Digital output 35 Dis c M enu 36 Dis pl ay Pla ybac k Se tting s D isplay 21 Setup Dis play 33 Div X ® 30 , 31 Dolb y D ig ital 18 , 3[...]

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