Sony DVP-NS500V manual

3-070-605- 11 (1) SACD/DVD Player Operat ing In struct io ns DVP-NS500V © 2001 Sony Co rporation[...]

2 WAR N I N G To p revent fi re or shock hazard, do not ex pose the u nit to rain or moistur e. To av oi d el ect r ical shoc k, do not open the cab in et. Ref er servi cing to q ualif ied pe rsonne l only . CAUTION The u se of o ptical instrum ents with this product wi ll inc rease eye hazard. As the lase r beam us ed in this CD/DVD player is harm[...]

3 Precau tio ns On safety • Caution – The use of optica l instru men ts with this pr od u ct wil l in cr ease ey e hazar d . • Shoul d any solid object or liqui d fall int o the cabine t, unplug the pla yer and have i t checke d by qualified personnel be fo re operati ng it any further. On power sources • The pla yer is n ot disconn ecte d [...]

4 T able of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precaution s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

5 Viewing Information About t he Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Viewin g the Play ing Tim e and R emaining Time on the Front Pane l Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Checking th e Play ing Time and Remain ing Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Checkin[...]

6 About th is Ma nu al • Instructions in this manu al describe the contro ls on t he remo te. You c an also use the contro ls on th e player i f they have the same or simil ar na m e s as tho s e on the re mo te . • The meaning of th e icons u sed in this manu al is descri bed be l ow: “ DVD ” may be used as a general term for DVD VIDEOs, D[...]

7 • A disc that has the ad hesive of cell op hane tape or a sticke r still left on it. Note Some DVD-Rs, DVD-R Ws, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs cannot be pla yed on this player due to the rec or din g quality or physi cal conditio n o f th e disc , or the characterist ics of the re cording device. DVD-RWs in VR mode may also ta ke time to pl ay back due to t[...]

8 Index to Parts and Cont rols For more information, refer to the pages indicated in parentheses. Fron t Pane l A POWER switch/ indicator (32) 2 DVD indicator Lights up when the disc is a DVD 3 SACD i ndi cator Lights up when the disc i s an SACD 4 MULTI CHANNEL indicator Lights up when: — playing a d isc that con tains more than 3 audio sign al [...]

9 ∗ When play in g the SACD la ye r of SAC D discs, the dis c type is not dis p la ye d. Front pa nel d isplay When playing back a DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW When playing back a VIDEO CD (PBC) When play ing back a n SACD, CD, or VIDEO CD (without PBC) Digital TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE HOUR MIN SEC MULTI REPEAT 1 MPEG MPEG SHUFFLE PGM A – B[...]

10 Rear Pa nel 1 DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack (22) (24) (25) 2 DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) jack (22) (24) (25) 3 5.1CH OUTPUT jacks (22) 4 LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) 1/2 jacks (2 1) (24) (25) 5 LINE OUT (VIDEO) 1/2 j acks (18) 6 S VIDEO OUT 1/2 jacks (18) 7 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (18) 5.1CH OUTPUT DIGITAL OUT WOOFER L R FRONT REAR CENTER LINE OUT R – AUDIO [...]

11 1 TV/DVD switch (69) 2 Z OPEN/CLOSE button (3 3) 3 Numb er bu tto ns (34) The nu mber 5 bu tton has a tac tile do t. 4 CLEA R button ( 38) (69) 5 SACD MULTI/2CH b utton (36) 6 SACD/CD button (3 6) 7 AUDIO button (53) 8 ANGLE b utton (59) 9 SHUFFLE button ( 40) J PROGRAM button (3 8) K . / > PREV/ NEXT ( previ ous/ne xt) buttons (33) L c / C S[...]

12 Guide to the Co ntrol Menu Dis play Use the Control Menu to sel ect a function that you would like to use. The Control Menu display appears when the DISPLAY button is pressed. F or details, please refer to the page in parentheses. List of Control M enu Items Contr ol Menu OFF 1: ENGLISH 2: FRENCH 3: SPANISH OFF 1 8 ( 3 4 ) 1 2 ( 2 7 ) T 1 : 3 2 [...]

13 SUBTITLE ( page 60 ) Displays the subtitle s. Changes the subt itle language . AN G L E ( pag e 59) Changes t he ang le. SURROUND (page 55) Selects the surround functions. ADVANCED (pa ge 52) Checks the informa tio n (bit ra te or layer) on the disc while playing a DVD. PARENTAL CONTROL (page 64) Sets the disc to proh ibit pla ying. SETU P (p ag[...]

14 z Each time you pre ss DI SPLAY, the Con trol Menu displ ay change s a s fo llow s: When play ing an SACD /CD disc, only the Control M enu dis play 1 will appea r. The Control Menu items a re different depending on the dis c. z The Control Me nu ic on in dicator lig hts up in green whe n you se le ct any item except “ OFF. ” ( “ SURROUND, [...]

Getting Sta rte d 15 Getting Started Quick Ov er vie w A quic k overview p resented in this ch apter will gi ve you enough in formation to st art using the player for your enjoymen t. To use the surround sound features of this play er, refer to “ Hookups ” on p age 1 8. Notes • You cannot conne c t thi s pla ye r to a TV that does not have a [...]

16 Step 3: T V Hook ups Conne ct th e suppl ied a udio/vi deo cor d and the power cord i n th e orde r ( 1 ~ 3 ) show n belo w. Be sure to connec t the power code last. When conne cting to a wide scre en TV Depend ing on the disc, the ima ge ma y not f it you r TV sc reen. If you wan t to change t he as pect rati o, please r e f er to page 74. DIGI[...]

Getting Sta rte d 17 Step 4: Play ing a Disc 1 Turn on the TV. 2 Switch the inp ut select or on the T V to t he player . 3 Press PO WER on t he player . 4 Press A on the pl ayer to op en the disc tray. 5 Place the disc on the tra y with th e play back side facing down. 6 Press H . The disc tra y closes and the player beg i ns playing the disc. Afte[...]

18 Hookups Hookin g Up th e Play er Follow Ste ps 1 to 4 to hook u p and adjust th e sett ings of the play er. Before you st art, turn o ff the power, ch eck that you hav e all of the supplied accessories , and in sert the batte ries into the remote (page 15). Notes • Plug cords secu rel y to prev en t unwa n ted noi s e. • Refer to the instruc[...]

Hookups 19 Connect th e yello w plug of th e audi o/vid eo cord (sup plied) to the yellow (vid eo) jack s. You will enjoy sta ndard quality images . Use the red and white plugs to conn ect to the audio inp ut jacks (page 21). Connect th e S VIDEO cord (not supplied). Yo u will en joy high quali ty images. Connect t he co mponent via the COM P ONENT[...]

20 Step 2: C onne cting the Au dio Co rds Refer to the chart be low to select the conn ection that best suits your syst em. The surround effect s you will enjoy d epend o n the conne ctions and comp onents yo u use. Select on e of the followin g connecti ons, through . z To enjoy SACD M ulti or 96kHz/24b it sou nd, use the connec ti on . * Manufact[...]

Hookups 21 This connec tio n will use your TV speak ers for sound. x Recommended surround s ound effects for this con nection • TVS DYNAMIC (page 55) • TVS W IDE ( pag e 55) The ye ll ow plug is used for video si g nals (pa ge 18). Connec ting to yo ur TV A DIGITAL OUT WOOFER L R FRONT REAR CENTER LINE OUT R – AUDIO 2 – L VIDEO 2 R – AUDI[...]

22 If your AV amp lifier ( r eceiver ) has 5.1 cha nnel in put s, use . If you wan t to use th e Dol by Digi t al or DTS de coder fun ction o n your AV amp lif ier (rece iver) , connect to its digita l jack u sing . With t he following connectio ns, you can enj oy a more realist ic audi o p resence i n the comfor t of your ow n home. : Connecting t[...]

Hookups 23 z To enhanc e the su rround soun d effect s: • Use high-per fo rma nc e speake r s. • Use front, r ear, and cente r speakers havin g the same size and performance. • Place a s ubwoofer betwee n the right and left front speakers. • When usin g connect ion , ref er to th e operati ng in struction s of the rece iver (a mplifier) for[...]

24 This connectio n will use your 2 front speakers c onnecte d to your stereo amp lifier (receiv e r) for sound. If th e stereo a mplifier (receiver) has au dio input jacks L an d R only, use . If the amplif ier (receiver) has a digi tal inpu t jack, use . When c onnectin g to an M D deck o r a DAT deck, us e . In this case , you can al so connect [...]

Hookups 25 This connec tio n will allo w you to enjo y the surro u nd effec ts of the Dolb y Su rro un d (Pro Logic ) decoder on your amplifi er (receiver). If you have an AV amplifier (receiver) equipped with a Dolb y Di gita l or DT S decoder, re fer to pa g e 22 . You can enjoy the D olby Surrou nd effect s only when playing Dolby Sur round audi[...]

26 ∗ When conn ecting 6 speake rs, replace th e monaural re ar speake r with a cente r speaker , 2 rear speak ers and a subwoofer. WOOFER L R FRONT REAR CENTER LINE OUT R – AUDIO 2 – L VIDEO 2 R – AUDIO 1 – L VIDEO 1 1 2 PCM/DTS/ DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL S VIDEO OUT 5.1CH OUTPUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y P B P R DIGITAL OUT D-2 D-1 PCM/D[...]

Hookups 27 Step 3: Conne cting the Po wer Cord Plug th e player a n d TV power cords in to an AC outlet. Do not conn ect the power co rd of your p layer to t he “ switch ed ” power socket of an am plifier (receiver). When you tu rn off the power of your amplifier (receiver), th e menu setting for th e player such as Pl ay back Memory may be los[...]

28 4 Press ENTE R without inser ting a disc. The Setup Disp la y for selecting the language used in the on-screen display appears. 5 Press X / x to sel ect a l anguage. The player uses the language selecte d here to displa y the me nu and subtitle s as well. 6 Press ENTE R. The Setu p Di splay for selec ting the aspect rat io of the TV to be conn e[...]

Hookups 29 • When “ NO ” or “ LINE OUTPUT L/R (AUDIO) ” is selected, Quic k Setup is finis hed and connect i ons are complet e. • When “ DIGITAL OUTPUT ” or “ DIGITAL & 5.1CH OUTPUT ” is sele cted, the Se tup Display for “ DOLBY DIGITAL ” appears. q; Press X / x to sel ect the item. Choose the ite m that match es the aud[...]

30 qf Press X / x to sele ct the size of t he center spea ker. If no cen ter speaker i s conne cted, select “ NONE. ” Refer to page 80 for ea ch selection item. qg Press ENTE R. The Setup Di splay for selec ting the size of th e rear spe aker appears. qh Press X / x to sele ct the size. If no rear speake r is co nn ected, sele ct “ NONE. ” [...]

Hookups 31 To enjoy the surround sou nd effects of this p layer or y our amplifier (receiver), the followi ng items must be set as desc ribed below for the audio con nectio n you selec ted in pa ges 22 to 25 ( through ). Each of t hese are th e defa ult settin gs a nd do not ne ed to be ad justed wh en you firs t conn ect the pla yer. R efer to pag[...]

32 Playin g Discs Play ing Discs Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD , some operati o ns may be diff erent or r estricted. Refer to th e operati ng instructions sup plied with your di sc. 1 Turn on you r TV. 2 Switch the in put selector on the TV to the pl ayer. When using an amplifier (receiver) Turn on the amp lifier (receiver) and select t he ap pr[...]

Playin g Discs 33 Note SACD audio si gna ls are not outpu t from the digi ta l jack . z The Repl ay function is useful when y ou want to review a scene or dia log th at you misse d. Note You may not be able to use the Re pla y f unc ti on with some scenes. Resuming Playback from the Point Where Y ou Stopped the Disc (Resume P lay) When yo u stop th[...]

34 Notes • Depending on where you stopp ed the disc, the player may not resume p layback from ex actly the sam e poin t. • The poi nt where yo u stopped playing is cleared when: — you turn the powe r off by pr essin g POWER on the play er. — you chang e the pla y m ode. — you cha nge the settings on the Setup Display. Using the DVD ’ s [...]

Playin g Discs 35 Sele cting “ ORIGI N AL ” or “ PLA Y LIST ” o n a DVD- RW Disc Some DVD-RW discs in VR (Video Recording) m ode h ave two t ypes of titles fo r playback: o riginally recorded titles (ORIGINAL) and titles th at can be created on recordable DVD players for editing (PLAY LIST). You can selec t the typ e of title s to b e playe[...]

36 Selec ting a Play back Area for an SA CD Disc Some S ACDs consi st of a 2 c hannel pla yback area and a multi-c hannel pl ayback a rea. You can select t he playb ack area you wan t to listen to. Press SA CD MULTI /2 CH in stop mod e. Each time you press the bu tton, the “ MULTI ” indicat or turn s on and off in the front pan el display. When[...]

Playin g Discs 37 Playi ng VID EO CD s with PBC Fun ction s ( PBC P layba ck) With P BC (P layback Control ) fun ctions, you can enjoy simp le intera cti ve opera tio ns, search func tions, an d other such operat io ns. PBC playback allows you to play VIDEO CDs interactiv ely by fol lowin g the men u on the TV screen. 1 Start pl aying a VI DEO CD w[...]

38 V arious P lay Mode Functi ons (Program Play , Shuffle Play , Rep eat Play , A- B Re peat Play) You can set the follo wing play modes: • Program Pl ay (page 38) • Shuffle Play (pag e 40) • Repe at Play (page 41) • A-B Repeat Play (pag e 42) Note The play mode is cancel ed when: — you o pen the d isc tr ay. — the pl ayer ente rs stand[...]

Playin g Discs 39 5 Select th e title, chap ter, or track you want to program . x When play ing a DVD VIDEO For example, sel ect chapter “ 03 ” of title “ 02. ” Press X / x or the numbe r buttons to se lect “ 02 ” under “ T, ” then press ENTER. Next, press X / x or the nu mber butto ns to select “ 03 ” under “ C, ” then pres[...]

40 z You can sele ct “ PROGRAM ” directly by pr essing PROGRAM. Note The numb er of ti tl es , c ha pte r s, or trac ks di s pla ye d a re the sam e as the n umb er of titl es, ch a p te r s , o r tra cks reco rd ed on a d isc . You can hav e th e player “ shuffle ” titles, chapte rs, o r tr ack s and play th em i n random orde r. Subseq ue[...]

Playin g Discs 41 You can play all of the titles or tra cks on a disc or a single title, chapter, o r track repeatedly . You can us e a combinati o n of Shuff le or Progr am Pl ay mode s. 1 Press DISPLA Y twi ce d uring playba ck (when playing an SA CD/CD, pres s once). The C ontro l Menu appears. 2 Sele ct ( REPE AT) usi ng X / x , then pr es s EN[...]

42 You can play a specific portion of a title, chapter or track repeatedly. (This function is useful whe n you want to memori ze lyrics, etc.) 1 Press DISPLAY twi c e during playback (wh en playin g an SACD/ CD, pres s once) . The Co ntrol Menu a ppears. 2 Press X / x to select (A-B REPEAT) , th en pr ess EN TER. The optio ns for “ A-B REPEAT ”[...]

Playin g Discs 43 To turn off the Control Menu Press DISPLAY repeat edly until the Control Menu is turn e d off. z You can select “ A-B RE PE A T ” directly by pressing A- B. Press the butto n once to se t the p oint A, and press it ag ain to se t the point B. Notes • You can set A-B Repea t Pl ay for only one speci fic sectio n. • When you[...]

44 Sear ching for a Scene Search ing for a Part icular Point on a Disc (Search, Sc an, Slow-mot ion Play , F reeze Fra me) You can qu ickly locate a pa rticular poin t on a disc by monitor ing the pi cture or playing back slo wly. Note Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to do some o f th e oper a tion s describe d. During pl a yback[...]

Searchi ng for a S cene 45 Turn the click shuttle on th e pl ayer. The playbac k speed chang es depen ding on th e turnin g directi on and deg ree of rot a t ion as follows: During playback FF2 M Fast fo rward (faster than FF1 M ) Y FF1 M Fast fo rward Y × 2 B (DVD VIDEO/SACD/CD only) Y PLAY N (normal spee d) Y × 2 b (DVD VIDEO only) Y FR1 m Fast[...]

46 Search ing for a T itle/ Chapte r/T rac k/Index/ Scene You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and you can sea rch a VIDEO CD/SACD/CD by track, inde x, or sce ne. As titles and track s are assi gned uniq ue number s on the disc, you can se lect the de sired one by entering its numbe r. Or, you ca n sear ch for a scen e usin g the time code (T [...]

Searchi ng for a S cene 47 5 Press ENTER. The player start s pl ayback from the selected nu mber. To turn off the Control Menu Press DISPLAY repeat edly until the Control Menu is turn e d off. To sear ch for a scene u sing the time code (Tim e search) (DVD VIDEO/D VD- RW only) 1 In Step 2, select (TIME/ TEXT ). “ T ** : ** : ** ” (playing time [...]

48 4 Press ENTER. To return to norm al play Press O RETURN. To turn off the Co ntrol Menu Press DISPLAY repeatedly u ntil the Con trol Menu is turned off. Notes • Depend ing on the disc, you may not be able to select all fu nc tions. • The sound is m ute d when using this function. You can di vi de the scree n into 9 subsc reens and displ ay th[...]

Viewing Information About the Disc 49 Viewing In formation About the Disc Viewin g the Pl ay i ng Time and Rem ainin g Time on the Fro nt Panel Dis pl ay You can check informatio n abo ut the dis c, such as th e remaining time, current numb er of title (DVD), or track (VIDEO CD, SACD, CD) using the front panel d isplay (page 9). Press TIME /TEXT. E[...]

50 z When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, the scene n umbe r and the pl ay i ng time are display e d . z The p laying time and rema ining t ime of the current chapter, title, tra ck, scene, or disc will also app ear o n your TV scr een. See the following section “ Checking the Pla ying Time a nd Remai ning Time ” for instructi ons on how [...]

Viewing Information About the Disc 51 x When playing a DVD VIDEO or DVD-RW • T ** : ** : ** Playing ti me of the current ti tle • T – ** : ** : ** Remaining t ime of the current t itle • C ** : ** : ** Playin g time of the current chapter • C – ** : ** : ** Remain ing time of t he current chapter x When play ing a VI DEO CD (wit h PBC f[...]

52 Checki ng the Play Informat ion (ADVANCED) You can check informati on such a s the bit rate or the disc la yer that is being played. While play ing a disc, an appr oximate bit rate of the pla yback pictu re is always disp layed as Mbps (M ega bit per s econd ) and th e audio as kbps (kilo bit p er seco nd). 1 Pres s DISP LAY du r ing pl ay bac k[...]

Sound Adjustment s 53 Sound Adjustm ents Changi ng the Soun d If the DVD VIDEO is recorded with multili ngual tracks, y o u can select the language yo u want while pl ayin g the DVD VIDEO. If the DVD VIDEO is recorded in multiple audio forma ts (PCM, Dolby Digita l, or DTS), you can sel ect the audio form at you want while playing the DVD VIDEO. Wi[...]

54 To turn off the Co ntrol Menu Press DISPLAY repeatedly u ntil the Con trol Menu is turned off. z You can select “ AUDIO ” directly by pr e ssi ng AUDIO. Each time you p ress th e button, the item changes. Notes • While playin g a DVD, the sound m ay cha nge autom atica lly. • You canno t chang e the sound for SACD s. When you sel ect “[...]

Sound Adjustment s 55 The d isplay exa mples are as foll ows: • PCM (stereo) • Dolby Surround • Dolby Digita l 5.1ch When an L FE signal component is outp ut, “ LFE ” is enclosed in a solid lin e. When an LFE sig nal compone nt is n ot outpu t, “ LFE ” is encl osed i n a b roken l ine. • DTS When an L FE signal component is outp ut,[...]

56 3 Press X / x to sel ect one of the surround mo des. Refer to the following explanations given for each item. For 2 sp eaker setups • TVS DYNAMIC • TVS W IDE • TVS NIGHT • TVS STANDARD For 4 (o r more) speaker set ups (If you select “ NONE ” in the setting of “ REAR ” in “ SPEA KER SETUP ” (page 80), you can not select these [...]

Sound Adjustment s 57 TVS STANDARD Uses sound imagi n g to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of th e front speakers (L, R) without using actual rea r speakers. The virtual spea kers a re r eprodu ced a s show n in the illustra tion below. Use this se tting when you want to u se TVS wit h 2 separa te spea kers and retain t he so und qualit[...]

58 VIRTUAL MULTI DIMENSION Uses sound imagi ng to create an array of virtual rear spea ker positions hi gher than the listener from a single pair of act ual rear speaker s. This mode c re ates five sets of vi rtual speakers surro un ding the liste ner at appr ox im a t el y a 30 ° angle of el eva tion. Th e effe ct differ s ac c or d ing to “ RE[...]

Enjoying Movies 59 Enjoyi ng M ovies Changi ng the Angle s If vario us angles ( m ulti-angles) for a sce n e are recorded on the DVD VIDEO, “ ANGLE ” appears in the fron t panel displa y. This means that you can change th e viewing ang le. For example , while p laying a scene of a train in mo tion, you can di splay the view from either the fron[...]

60 Displ aying the Su btitl es If subt it le s ar e rec or de d on the dis cs , yo u ca n turn the su btitles on and o ff when ever yo u want whil e play in g. If mul ti li ng ua l su bt it le s a re reco rded on the disc, you can cha nge the sub title langua ge whi le pla yi ng , a nd t ur n it on or off when ev er you w ant. For example, you ca n[...]

Enjoying Movies 61 Adj us ting the Pict ure Quali ty (BNR) The Bloc k Noise Reductio n (BNR) functio n adjusts the pi cture qua lit y b y reducing th e “ block no ise ” or mosaic like patterns that appear on you r TV screen. 1 Press DISPL AY tw ice dur ing playback. The Cont rol Menu appears. 2 Press X / x to select (BNR), then press ENTER. The[...]

62 Adjus ting t he P layba ck Pict ure (VIDEO EQ UALIZE R) You can adjus t the video signal of the DVD or VIDEO CD from the player, not from the TV, to obtain the pic tu re qua lity you want. Choose the setting th a t best suits the program you are watching . 1 Pres s DISP LAY twi ce duri n g playback. The Control Men u app ears. 2 Press X / x to s[...]

Enjoying Movies 63 Enhanc ing th e Pl ay back Pictur e (DIGIT AL VIDE O ENHANCER) The D igital Vide o Enhancer function ma kes the pictur e app ear clear and cris p by enhanc ing the out lines of images on your TV screen. Also , this fu nction can soften t he images on t he screen. 1 Press DISPL AY tw ice dur ing playback. The Cont rol Menu appears[...]

64 Using V arious Additional Functions Lockin g Discs (CU STOM P A RE NT AL CONTROL, PARENT AL CONTROL) You can set t wo ki nds of playbac k restrictions for the desired disc. • Custom Parental Control You can set the play back restr ictions so that the player will not pla y inappro p ria te di scs. • Parental Control Playback of some DVD VIDEO[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 65 5 Enter or re-en ter yo ur 4-dig it pass word by usin g the n umber b uttons, then pr ess ENTER . “ Custom pa rental co ntrol is set. ” appears and then the screen returns to the Contro l Menu display. To turn off the Custom Parental Control functio n 1 Follo w Steps 1 thr ough 3 of “ Custom Parental Cont[...]

66 3 Press X / x t o select “ PLAYER t , ” then pres s EN TE R. x If you have not entered a password The dis play for re giste ring a new password ap pears. Enter a 4-d igit password using the number buttons, th en pre ss ENTER. The di splay for confirmi ng the pa ssword appears. x When you ha ve already register ed a passwo rd The dis play for[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 67 To turn off the Parental Control function Set “ LEVEL ” to “ OFF ” in Step 8. To play a disc for which Pa rental Control is se t 1 Insert the disc and press H . The “ PARENTAL CONTROL ” displa y appears. 2 Enter yo ur 4-d igit p asswo rd usin g the number butto ns, the n press ENTER. The player star[...]

68 1 Press DISPLAY while the player i s in stop mo de . The Co ntrol Menu a ppears. 2 Press X / x to select (PAREN TAL CONTROL), then press ENTE R. The optio ns for “ PARENT AL CONTROL ” appear. 3 Press X / x to select “ PAS S WORD t , ” then pr ess ENTE R. The dis play for en tering the p a ssword appears. 4 Enter you r 4-dig it pa ssword [...]

Using Various Additional Functions 69 To turn off the Sound Feedback function When th ere i s no dis c in t he pla yer, pr ess a nd hold X on the play er for more tha n tw o second s. You will hear two beep s and the Soun d Fee dback function is tu rn ed off. Contro lling Y our TV or A V Amplifier (Receiver) with the Su pplie d Remot e By adjustin [...]

70 Controlling the TV When you set the TV/DVD switch to TV, you can control the following items with the supplied remote . 1 Slide t he TV/DVD switc h to DVD. 2 Hold do wn [ / 1 , and en ter you r AV amplif ier (rece iv er) ’ s manufact urer ’ s code (se e the ta ble bel ow) us in g the numb er bu ttons. 3 Rele ase [ / 1 . Code num b ers o f co[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 71 Controlling the AV amplifiers (recei vers) When you se t the TV/DVD switch to DVD, you can con trol the vol ume of the AV amplifier (receiver) using VOL +/ – .[...]

72 Settings and Ad justments Using th e Setup Disp la y By using the Se tup Dis p la y, yo u ca n mak e various adjustments to items such as pi c ture and sound . You can al so se t a langua ge for the subtitle s and the Setup Display, among other things . For detail s on each Se tup Display item , see page 73. For an overall list of Se tup Di spla[...]

Settings and Adjustments 73 6 Select a settin g usin g X / x , then pres s ENTER . The se t ting is s elected and setup is complete. Example: “ 16:9 ” To turn off the Setup Display Press DISPLAY repeat edly until the Setup Display is turned of f. z If you se lect “ QUICK ” in S tep 3, y ou will enter the Quick Setup mod e (pa ge 27). Fo llo[...]

74 z If you select “ OTHERS t ” in “ MENU, ” “ SUBTITLE, ” and “ AUDIO, ” select and enter a language code from “ Language Code List ” (page 90) using the num be r butto ns. Note When you select a langua ge that is not re corded on the DVD VIDEO, one of the recorded languages will be auto ma ticall y select ed (e xc ep t for th [...]

Settings and Adjustments 75 Note De pend ing o n t he D VD, “ 4:3 LETTER BO X ” may be select ed autom atica lly in stead of “ 4:3 PAN SCAN ” or vice versa. x SCREEN SAVER Turns on and off the screen saver so that the screen saver ima ge ap pears when you leave the player in pau se or stop mode for 15 minut es, or when you play bac k a n SA[...]

76 x DIMMER Adjusts the lighting of the front panel disp lay. x PAUSE MODE (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW only) Selects t he picture i n pa use mode . x PLAYBACK MEMORY (DVD VIDEO/ VIDEO CD only) The playe r can store the “ SUBTITLE ” and other settin g s of each disc for up to 50 dis cs (Playback Memory). Set th e Playba ck Memo ry fun c t ion “ ON ” o[...]

Settings and Adjustments 77 x CD DI R E C T Eliminate s the use o f unnecessary circuits when play in g CDs. This setting will be activated when you open / close th e disc tray. This fun c tion a ffects the output o f the following j a cks: — LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) 1/2 j a cks — 5.1CH OU T PUT jack s Note If you sele ct “ ON ” when playing CD[...]

78 — DIGITAL OUT (OP TICAL or COA XIA L ) jack only when “ DO LBY DIGITAL ” is set to “ D-PCM ” (page 78). x AUDIO FILTER (except SACD) Selects the digital filter to red u ce noise s above th e 22.05 k Hz (Sampl ing fre quency (Fs) of the audi o sour ces is 44.1 kHz ), 24 kHz (Fs is 48 kHz ), or 4 8 kHz (Fs is abo ve 96 kHz). Notes • Th[...]

Settings and Adjustments 79 For con nection det ails, see page 20. Select “ D O LBY DI GI TAL , ” “ DTS , ” and “ 48kH z/96kHz PCM ” after sett ing “ DIGITA L OUT ” to “ ON. ” x DOLBY DIGITAL (DVD VIDEO/DVD- RW only) Selects t he Dolby Digital signa ls to be output via the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICA L or COAXIAL) jack. x DTS (DVD VIDEO[...]

80 Setti ngs for th e Spea kers (SPEAKER S ETUP) To obtai n the best po ssible surro und sound , set th e size of t he speak ers you h ave connected and t heir di stance from your listening p osition. Then use the test to ne to adjust the volume and the b alance of the speakers to the sam e level. This setting is e ffective when connec ting the spe[...]

Settings and Adjustments 81 This s etting a ffect s only “ VIRTUAL REAR SHIF T, ” “ VIRTUAL M ULTI REAR, ” and “ VIRTUAL MULTI DIMENSION ” mode (page 55). These settings do no t affect the SA CD Mul ti audio signals. • SUBWOOFER Notes • The cut o ff freq u ency for t he subwoofer is fi xed at 120 Hz. • If your speak ers are too sm[...]

82 Notes • If each of t he fr ont or re ar sp eake rs are not pla ced a t an equal dis tance from you r listeni ng posi tion, set the dist an ce acco rd i n g to th e cl oses t speaker. • Do not place the rear spea k ers farther away from your listen ing posit ion th an th e front speake r s. • Thes e setting s do not affe c t the SACD Mul ti[...]

Additional Information 83 Additiona l Information T ro ubles hooti ng If you ex p erience an y of the follo wing difficulties wh ile using the player , use this trou bleshooting g uide to help remedy the probl e m be fore r e q uestin g repair s. Sho uld any prob lem pers ist, co nsult yo ur near est Sony deal er. The pow er is not turned on. , Che[...]

84 The sound c omes from the center spea ker o nly. , Dependi ng on the disc, t he sound may come from the cen ter speake r only. , Set “ SURROUND ” to “ OFF ” in th e C ontro l Menu d isplay (pa ge 55). The remote d oes not function. , There ar e ob s t acles betwe en the remo t e and the play er. , The dista nc e be twee n the remote and [...]

Additional Information 85 The subtit le language can not be changed. , Try using the D VD ’ s menu instead of the direct sele ct io n but tons on the re m ote (pa ge 34). , Mult il ingual subti tles are not r eco r d ed on the DVD being played. , The DVD prohibi ts the changin g of the subtit les. The subtit le cannot be turned off. , Try using t[...]

86 Self-di agnosis Func tion (When let ters/numbers appe ar in the display) When the self-diagn osis function is a ctivated to preve n t the playe r from ma lfunctioning, a five-character service number (e .g., C 13 00) with a combinatio n of a letter and fou r digits appears on t he screen and the fro nt pa nel display . In this case, c heck the f[...]

Additional Information 87 DTS (page 22, 78) Digital audio co m pression technol ogy that Digital Theat er Systems, Inc . developed . This tech nology conform s to 5.1-channe l surround sou nd . The rear channel i s stereo and there is a discret e subwoofer chan nel in this forma t. DTS provides the sa me 5.1 discrete c hannels of hi gh quality digi[...]

88 Super Audio CD (SACD) (page 6) An SACD disc can reproduce sound s that are extremel y faithful to th e ori ginal sou nd b y use of DSD (Direct St ream Di gital) technolo g y. Thi s techno lo gy utiliz es a sampli ng frequ ency o f 2.8224 MHz, w hich is 64 times th at of a c onventional CD, and 1-bit quantiza tion th a t enabl es the disc to ho l[...]

Additional Information 89 Spec ifica tions System Laser Semicon ductor laser Signal forma t system NTSC Audi o cha r acte rist i cs Frequency response DVD (PCM 96 kHz): 2 Hz to 44 kHz ( – 2 dB ± 2 dB at 44 kHz) SACD: 2 Hz to 1 00 kHz ( – 3 dB ± 2 dB a t 50 kH z) CD: 2 Hz to 20 kH z (± 0.5 dB) Signal-to-noise ratio 0 TD0 Tc0 Tw(–)T[...]

90 Langua ge Code Li s t For details, see pages 53, 60 , 7 3. The lang uage spellings c onform to the ISO 6 39: 1988 (E/F ) standard. Code Language Code Lang uage Code Language Code Lang uage 1027 Afar 1028 Abkhazian 1032 Afrikaans 1039 Amharic 1044 Arabic 1045 Assamese 1051 Aymara 1052 Azerbaijani 1053 Bashkir 1057 Byelorussian 1059 Bulgarian 1060[...]

Additional Information 91 List o f Se tup Di splay Ite ms The de fa ult setti ngs are un derlined. LANGUAGE SETUP (page 73) SCREEN S ETUP (pag e 74) OSD ENG LISH FRENCH SPANISH PORTUGUESE MENU ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH PORTUGUESE GERMAN ITA LIAN DUTCH CHINESE JAPAN ESE DANISH SWED ISH FINNISH NORWEGIAN RUSSI AN OTHERS t AUDIO ORIGINAL (All othe r sele[...]

92 CUSTO M SETUP (p age 75) AUDIO SETUP (page 77 ) AUTO P LAY OFF TIMER DEMO1 DEMO2 DIMMER BRIGHT DARK OFF PAUSE MODE AUTO FRAME PLAYB ACK M EMORY ON OFF TRACK SE LECTION OFF AUTO CD DIRECT OFF ON AUDIO ATT OFF ON AUDIO DRC STANDARD TV MODE WIDE RANGE AUDIO FI LT ER SH A R P SLOW DOWNMIX DOLBY SURROUND NORMAL DIGITAL OUT ON DOLBY DIGITAL D- PCM DOL[...]

Additional Information 93 SPEAKE R SETUP (p age 80) SIZE FRONT LARGE SMALL CENTER NONE LARGE SMALL REAR NONE LARGE (REA R) LARGE (SI DE) SMALL ( REAR) SMALL ( SIDE) SUBW OOFER NO NE YES DISTANCE (The distan ce from the listening position.) FRONT 4ft ~ 50ft (1.2m ~ 15.2m) CENTER 0ft ~ 52ft (0m ~ 15. 8m ) (It chan ges ac cording t o the d istance fro[...]

94 Index Numerics 16:9 74 4:3 LETT ER BOX 74 4:3 P AN SCAN 74 48kHz/9 6kH z PCM 79 5.1 Chan ne l Surround 22 A A-B REPE A T 42 AD V ANCED 52 ANGLE 59 ANGLE VIEWER 47 A UDIO 53 , 73 A UDIO A TT 77 A UDIO DRC 77 A UDIO FIL TER 78 A UDIO SETUP 77 AU TO P L A Y 75 B B ACKGR OUND 75 B ALANC E 82 Batt eries 15 BNR 61 C CD 32 CD DI RECT 77 CHAPTER 46 Cha [...]

95 T TEST TONE 82 Ti m e se a r c h 47 TIME/ TEX T 46 , 49 , 50 TITL E 46 Ti t l e 88 TITL E VI EWE R 47 To p m e n u 34 TRACK 46 Tr a c k 88 TRA CK SELECTION 76 TRACK V IEWE R 47 T rou blesho oting 83 TV TY P E 74 TVS (TV V irtual Surrou nd) 56 , 88 U Usable discs 6 V VIDEO CD 32[...]

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