Sony DVP-NS900V manual

3-070-853- 51 (1) SACD/DVD Player Operat ing In struct io ns DVP-NS900V © 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 . Power co rd (ma ins lead ) must only be changed at a qua lified service shop. CAUTION The use of op tical instruments with this product will i[...]

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Viewin g the Play ing Tim e and R emaining Time on the Fro nt Panel Dis play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Checking th e Play ing Time and Remain ing Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Checking th e Play[...]

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 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 take tim e to pl ay back due to the recordi ng conditio n. Furthermor e , th e dis c wil l not pla y if it has not been [...]

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 (37) 2 (remote sensor) (16) 3 Disc tray (37) 4 MULTI CHANNEL indicator Lights up when: — playing a disc th at contai ns multiple audio signal channels — the disc is not inserted 5 Front pan el disp lay (9) 6 [...]

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. z You can turn off th e fr ont pa ne l dis play by: — pressing FL OF F on th e player — using the scro ll ke y an d LCD sc r een on th e remote (page 12) — setting “ DIMMER ” of “ CUSTO M SET UP ” to “ OFF ” or “ AUTO OFF ” in the Setup [...]

10 Rear Pa nel 1 DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack (25) (27) (29) 2 DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) jack (25) (27) (29) 3 AUDIO OUT L/R 1/2 jacks (24) (27) (29) 4 5.1CH OUTPUT jacks (25) 5 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT/SCAN SELECT switc h (87) 6 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P B /C B , P R /C R ) jacks (20) 7 S VIDEO OUT 1/2 jacks (20) 8 VIDEO OUT 1/2 ja cks (20)[...]

11 1 TV/DVD switch (80) 2 Z OPEN/CLOSE button (3 8) 3 LCD (Liq uid Crys tal Displ ay) screen (12) 4 PROGRAM button (4 3) 5 VIDEO EQ (equalizer) button (69) 6 / SEARCH buttons (49 ) 7 . / > PREV (pre vious)/NEXT buttons (38) 8 H PLAY butt o n (37) The H bu tton has a tactile d ot. 9 VIDEO ON/OFF button (37) J Click shuttle (49) K DISPLAY button ([...]

12 Guide to the Re mote Co ntrol LCD Sc reen The suppli ed remote ha s an LCD (Liqu id Crystal Di splay) screen and scroll key for controlling the pl aye r without using the C o ntrol Me nu Displ ay. By pushi ng the scro ll key up or down, yo u can call up various di splays and functio ns such as “ TIME/TEXT ” and “ SUBTITLE. ” The followin[...]

13 Guide to t he Cont rol Me nu Dis play Use the Control Menu to sel ect a function that y ou would like to use. The Control Menu display appears when the DISPLAY button is pr essed. For details, pl ease refer t o t he page in parentheses. List of Control Menu I tems Control M enu OFF 1: ENGLISH 2: FRENCH 3: SPANISH OFF 1 8 ( 3 4 ) 1 2 ( 2 7 ) T 1 [...]

14 SUBT ITLE (pag e 67) Displays the subtitles. Changes th e subtitl e lang uage. ANG LE (p age 66) Changes the an gle. SURROUND (page 62) Selects the surroun d func tio ns. ADVANCED ( page 58) Checks the information (bit rate or layer) on the disc while playing a DVD. PARENTAL CONTROL (page 74) Set t o prohib it play back on this play er. SETUP (p[...]

15 z Each time you press DISPLAY, the Contr ol Me nu dis play change s as foll ows: When playin g an SACD/C D disc, only the Control Me nu display 1 will appear. The Control M enu items are different depending on the disc. z The Control Men u icon indicat or light s up in gr e en when you selec t any ite m except “ OFF. ” ( “ SURROUND, ” ?[...]

16 Getting Started Quick Ov erview A quick o verview pre sented in this chapt er will give you eno ugh inform ation to star t using th e player for your enj oyment. To us e the surround sound featu res of this playe r, refer to “ Hook ups ” on pa ge 20. Notes • You ca nnot con nect this player to a TV that d oes not have a video in put jac k.[...]

Getting Sta rte d 17 Step 3: TV Ho okup s Connect th e supplied audio/v ideo cord an d power cord (mai ns lead) in the order ( 1 ~ 3 ) shown below. Be sure to connect the power cord (mai ns lead) last. When connect ing to a stand ard 4 :3 scree n TV Depend in g on th e di sc, the i mage ma y not fit your TV scr e en. If you want to change the aspec[...]

18 To ch ange the col our syste m The colour sys tem of the player is set to NTSC or PAL. If the on-screen d isplay of the play er does not appea r on the TV, cha nge the col o ur system of th e pl ayer to the sam e col our syste m (PAL or NTSC) of your T V . To change the co lour syst em, hold POW ER down whi le pres si ng X on the player. The pow[...]

Getting Sta rte d 19 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 playbac k side fa cing dow n. 6 Press H . The disc tra y closes and the player beg i ns playing the disc. Af[...]

20 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 16). Notes • Plug cords secu rel y to prev en t unwa n ted noi s e. • Refer to the instruc[...]

Hookups 21 INPUT S VIDEO B P R/ C R P B/ C B Y COMPONENT VIDEO IN C VIDEO L AUDIO R INPUT A SACD/DVD player TV, project or, or A V amplifier (receiver) l : Signal flo w Componen t video cord (not supplied) Audio/v ideo cor d (sup plied) S VIDEO cord ( supplied) (yellow) (yellow) TV, pr ojec tor, or AV amplifier (receiver) TV, proje ctor, or A V amp[...]

22 Connect th e yello w plug of the a udio/vi deo co rd (supplie d) to t he yell ow (video ) jacks. You wi ll enjoy stan dard qual i ty images. Use the red an d white plu gs t o co nnect to the au dio input j acks (page 24). Connect the S VIDEO co rd (supp lied). You will enjoy high q uality i mages. Connect th e com ponent via th e COMP ONENT VIDE[...]

Hookups 23 Step 2: Conne cting the Au dio Co rds Refer to t he chart belo w to select the connecti on that best suits your system. The surround effects you will en joy d e pe nd on the co nnecti ons and comp onents y ou use. Select on e of the follo win g conn e ction s, through . z To enjoy SAC D Mul ti or 96kHz/24bit sound, use the con ne ct ion [...]

24 This connectio n will u se your TV speakers for sound. x Recommend ed surround sou nd effect s for this c onnection • TVS DYNAMIC (page 62) • TVS WIDE (page 62) ∗ The ye llow plug is use d for vid eo signals (page 20). Conne ctin g to your TV A A TV l : Signal flow SACD/DVD player (whit e) (red) Audio / v ide o c o rd (sup plied) to audio [...]

Hookups 25 If your AV ampl ifier (receive r) has 5.1 ch an nel inpu ts, use . If yo u wan t to u se th e Dolb y D igital , MPEG a udio , or DTS dec oder f uncti on o n your A V ampl ifier (re c eive r), co nn e ct to its d igit al ja ck u s ing . With th e fo llowi ng c onnec tio ns, yo u can enjoy a mor e realist ic audio p resen ce i n the comfor[...]

26 z To enhance the surr ound sound effects: • Use high- performance speakers . • Use front, rea r , an d cent re spea kers havi ng the same size and performan c e. • Place a subwoof e r betw een the right and le ft f ro nt spe a ke r s. B-2 B-1 Front (R) Front (L) Rear (R) AV amp lifier ( receiver) having 5.1ch inputs or/an d a decod er Subw[...]

Hookups 27 This connectio n will use your 2 fron t speak ers connect ed t o your stereo ampl ifi er (rece iver) for sound. If the stereo ampl i f i er (receiver) has audio i np ut jacks L and R only , use . If the amplifier (receiv er) has a digital input jack, use . When conne cting to an MD deck or a DAT deck, use . In this case, yo u can also co[...]

28 C-2 C-1 SACD/DVD player or Ste reo am pli fie r (r ecei ver ) MD deck/DA T deck Front (L) Front (R) [Spe ake rs] (white) (red) (red) (white) Coaxial digital cord (not s upplied) Stereo audio cord (not s upp lie d) to audi o input to coaxia l or opti cal digita l input Optical digita l cord (not s upplied) Remove jack cap before co nnecting or l [...]

Hookups 29 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 Dolby Dig ital, M PEG audi o, or DTS d ecod er, r ef er to pag e 25. You can e njoy the D olby Su rrou nd eff ect s only when play ing Do [...]

30 ∗ When conn ecting 6 speake rs, rep lace th e monau ral rear speake r with a c entre s peaker , 2 rear speakers and a subwoofer. D-1 D-2 SACD/DVD player or Front (R) Front (L) Rear (R) Subwoofer l : Signa l flow Rear (L) Amplifi er (receive r) with Dolby S urround d ecoder Centre Rear * (mono) Stereo audio c ord (not supp lied) [Speak ers] Coa[...]

Hookups 31 Step 3: Conne cting the Po wer Cord Plug the player an d TV power cord (mains le ad) i nto an AC outlet (main s). Do not connect t he AC pow er cord (mains lead ) of your player to the “ switched ” powe r sour ce o f an amplifier (receiver). Wh en you turn off th e power of your amplifier (receiver), the menu set ti ng fo r the pl a [...]

32 5 Press X / x to sel ect a l anguage. The player uses the lang uage selecte d here to display the menu and su btitles a s well. 6 Press ENTE R. The Setu p Di splay for selec ting the aspect rat io of the TV to be conn ected app ears. 7 Press X / x to sele ct the i tem. 8 Press ENTE R. The Se tup Displa y for selec ting the t ype of vid eo signal[...]

Hookups 33 qa Press X / x to sele ct th e ite m, th en pre ss EN TER. • When “ NO ” or “ AUDIO OUTPUT L/R ” is se lected, Qu ick Se tup is fini shed 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. qs Press X / x to se[...]

34 qf Press X / x to sele ct the i tem. Choose the item that matche s the au dio co nnecti on you selected in page s 25 to 29 ( through ). qg Press ENTE R. • When “ DIGITAL OUTPUT ” is selected in St ep qa , Qu ick Se tup is fini shed. All connect io ns an d setup op erat ions are compl ete. If your AV amplifier (re cei ve r) has an MPEG audi[...]

Hookups 35 ql Press ENTER. The Set up Display for select ing whethe r or not you have co nnected a subwoofe r appears. w; Press X / x to sel ect the i tem. wa Press ENTER. Quick Se tup is f inishe d. All co nn ection s and set up opera tions are co mple te . Note You can directl y sta r t Quic k Setup only when you run it for the first ti me . To r[...]

36 • Set “ 48kHz/96kHz PCM ” to “ 96kHz/24bit , ” only if you connect an amplifier (receiver) that conforms t o 96 kHz digi tal audio in put (page 92 ) . • If the sound distorts even when the volume is turne d down, set “ AUDIO ATT ” to “ ON ” (page 91). Item You sel ect Pag e DOWNMIX DOLBY SURROUND 91 DIGITAL OUT ON 91 Item You[...]

Playin g Discs 37 Play ing Discs Playi ng Dis cs Depending o n the DVD or VIDEO CD, som e operations may be different or restricted. Refer to t he operatin g instruc tions supp lied wit h yo ur di s c . 1 Turn on your TV. 2 Switch the inp ut selector on the TV to the pl ayer. When using an amplifier (receiver) Turn on the am plifier (receiver) and [...]

38 To use headphones Connect head ph ones to the PHONES jack and adjust the headp ho nes ’ volum e by turning PHONES LEVEL. To use the VIDEO ON/OFF button You ca n swit ch th e v ideo ou tput on o r off . Press VIDEO ON/OFF (or VIDEO OFF on the pl aye r) to switc h the vide o output of f. When n o video signal output from t he play er, the VIDEO [...]

Playin g Discs 39 Resuming Playback from the Point Where Y ou Stopped the Disc (Resume Play) When you stop the di sc, the pla yer remembers the poin t where you pres sed x and “ RESUME ” appears on the front p ane l displa y. A s long as y ou do not open the d isc tray, Resum e Play works even if the p layer enters stan dby mode b y pressing [ [...]

40 Using the D VD’ s Menu A DVD is divided into long sections o f a picture or a mu sic feature calle d “ titles. ” When you pl ay a D VD which contain s several titles, y ou can select the titl e you want using t he TOP ME NU bu tton. When you play DVDs that allow you to select items such as the languag e for the subtitles and the languag e [...]

Playin g Discs 41 3 Press X / x to select the setting. • PLAY LIST: pl ays the titles c reated from “ ORIGINAL ” for editing. • ORIGINAL: plays the titles o riginally recorded. 4 Press ENTER. To turn off the Control Menu Press DISPLAY repeat edly until the Control Menu is turn ed off. Note Repeat P lay an d A-B Re peat Pl ay work o nly wit [...]

42 To select a playback area usin g the Control Menu 1 Press DISPLAY. The Co ntrol Menu a ppears. 2 Press X / x to select (MULTI/ 2CH), then pre ss ENTER. 3 Press X / x to selec t the playback area, “ MULTI ” or “ 2CH, ” then press ENTER. To turn off the Co ntrol Menu Press DISPLAY repeatedly u ntil the Con trol Menu is turned off. Some SAC[...]

Playin g Discs 43 To go bac k to the m enu Pres s O RETURN. z To play without u sing PBC, p ress . / > or the number button s while the playe r is stopped to se lect a track, the n press H o r ENTER. “ Play without PB C ” appears on the TV s creen and the player s tarts conti nuous p lay. You c annot pla y still pictu res such as a m enu. To[...]

44 1 Press DISPL AY twic e (when pl ayi ng an SACD/CD, pre ss once). The Co ntrol Menu a ppears. 2 Press X / x to select (PROG RAM), then press ENTER . The optio ns for “ PROGRAM ” appear. 3 Press X / x to select “ SET t , ” then pres s EN TE R. The di spl ay for pr ogramm ing appea rs. 4 Press c . The cursor moves to the title or track (in[...]

Playin g Discs 45 6 To program me other title s, chapters, o r tracks , repeat St eps 4 to 5 . The progra mmed title s, cha pters, and tracks are displayed in the select ed order. 7 Press H to start Progr amme P lay. Program me Pla y be gins. When th e programm e ends , you c an restart the same prog ramme again by pressing H . To return to normal [...]

46 2 Press X / x to sele ct (SHUF FLE), t hen pres s ENTER . The optio ns for “ SHUFFLE ” appear. 3 Press X / x to select the item . x When playing a DVD VIDEO (Programme Play is set to “OF F”) • TITLE : shuffles titl es and plays them in r andom order . • CHAPTER : shuffles chapters and plays the m in rand om o rder. x When playi ng a [...]

Playin g Discs 47 2 Sele ct ( REPE AT) usi ng X / x , then pr es s ENTER . The options for “ REPE AT ” app ear. 3 Press X / x to select t he item . x When play ing a DV D VIDEO (Programm e Play and Shuffle Play are se t to “ OFF ” ) • DISC : repeats a ll of the titl es. • TITLE : repeats the current title on a disc. • CHAPTER : repeat[...]

48 2 Press X / x to select (A-B REPEAT) , th en pr ess EN TER. The optio ns for “ A-B REPEAT ” appear. 3 Press X / x to select “ SET t , ” then pres s EN TE R. The “ A-B REPEAT ” setting displa y appears. 4 During playb ack, w hen y ou find the star ting po int ( poi nt A) of the p orti on t o be pla yed repe atedl y, pres s EN TER. The[...]

Searchi ng for a S cene 49 Searchi n g for a S c ene Search ing f or a Part icu lar Point on a Disc (Search, Sca n, Slow -mot i on Pl ay, Freeze Fr ame ) You can qu ickly l ocate a p articular poi nt on a disc by mon itor i ng the pi ct ure or pl aying back slowly. Note Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to d o som e of the o perati[...]

50 During pause mo de (VIDE O CD only) SLOW1 y (play ba ck dire c tion) Y SLOW2 y (play ba ck dire c tion – slower than SLOW 1 y ) Y PAUSE X To return to Contin uous Pla y Press H . 1 Pre s s JO G. “ JOG ” appears in the LC D screen on the remote. The pict ure on the scr e en pause s if you press JOG on the pl ayer. 2 Turn th e click s huttle[...]

Searchi ng for a S cene 51 x When playing a DVD VIDEO/ DVD-RW (TITLE), (CHAPTER), (TIME/TEXT), o r (TIME/ MEMO) Select “ TIME/TEXT ” or “ TIME/ MEMO ” fo r “ Time search ” (see belo w). x When playing a VIDEO CD (TRACK) or (INDEX) x When playing a VID EO CD with PBC Playback (SCENE) x When playing a n SACD/CD (TRACK) or (INDEX) Example:[...]

52 Notes • The title, cha pt er or tr ack num be r displ ayed is the same num ber record ed on t he dis c. • You cannot search for a still picture on a DVD-RW in VR mode. Search ing b y Scene (VIE WER) You can div i de the screen into 9 subscreens and find th e des ired scen e quic kly. 1 Press DIS PLAY tw ice during playback. The Cont rol Menu[...]

Searchi ng for a S cene 53 • BOOKMARK • TRACK VIEWER (for VIDEO CD only) • STROBE PLAYBACK • ANGLE VIEWER (for DVD VIDEO only) 4 Press ENTER. To star t playback from the se lected scene or angl e Select the scen e using C / X / x / c and pres s ENTER. The pl ay back starts fro m the selected scen e or angle. To return to normal pla y Pres s[...]

54 Notes • The player can st ore the bookma rks of up to 200 discs i n memo ry. When you ha ve the p layer store over 200 discs in me m ory, bookm arks of the oldest disc are erased. • Do not turn off the play er by pr essi ng POWER during play back. Doing so may erase the bookmarks previousl y stored in m em or y. You can di spl ay 9 consec ut[...]

Viewing Information About the Disc 55 Viewing In formation About the Disc Viewin g the Pl ay i ng Time and Rem ainin g Time on the Fro nt Pa nel Displ ay You can check informatio n abo ut the dis c, such as th e remaining time, c urrent title number, or track u sing the f ront pa nel dis play (page 9). 1 Toggle the scroll key up or down so that “[...]

56 z When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, the scene n umbe r and the play i ng time ar e disp l a y ed . z The p laying time and rema ining t ime of the current chapter, title, tra ck , sc en e, or disc wil l als o 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 [...]

Viewing Information About the Disc 57 3 Press down o n the scroll key repeat edly to chan ge t he time informatio n. The disp lay an d the kin ds of t im e tha t you ca n change depen d on the di sc you are playing. x When playing a DVD VIDEO or DVD-RW • T ** : ** : ** Playing ti me of th e current ti tle • T – ** : ** : ** Remaining t ime of[...]

58 Checki ng t he Play Informat ion (ADV ANCED) You can check informati on such a s the bit rate or the disc la yer that is being pl ayed. While play ing a disc, an appr oximate bit rate of the pla yback pictu re is alw ays disp layed a s 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 [...]

Viewing Information About the Disc 59 For details on the layers , see pag e 101 (DVD VIDEO).[...]

60 Sound Adjustme nts Changi ng the Soun d If the DVD VIDEO is recorded with multilin gual tracks, yo u can select the language y ou want whil e playing t he DVD VIDEO. When the DVD VIDEO is recorded in multiple a udio formats (PCM, Dol by Digital, MPEG au di o, or DTS), you can sel ect the audio fo r mat while play ing the DVD VIDEO. With CDs or V[...]

Sound Adjustment s 61 x When play ing a Supe r VCD The defa ult settin g is und erlined. • 1:STER EO : The stereo sou nd of the audio track 1 • 1:1/L : The so und o f the le ft chann el of th e au dio t rack 1 (m onau ral) • 1:2/R : The sound of t he right channel of the audio track 1 (monaural) • 2:STER EO: The stereo soun d of the audio t[...]

62 The display examp les are as follow s: • PCM (stereo) • Dolby Surround • Dolby Di gi tal 5.1ch When an LFE si gnal co mponent i s outpu t, “ LFE ” is enclosed in a so l id line. When an LFE signal componen t is not out put, “ LFE ” is enclose d in a broken lin e. • MPEG • DTS When an LFE si gnal co mponent i s outpu t, “ LFE [...]

Sound Adjustment s 63 3 Press X / x to sele ct one of t he surround mode s. Refer to th e followin g explana tions given fo r each ite m. For 2 speaker setups • TVS DYNAMIC • TVS WIDE • TVS NIGHT • TVS STANDARD For 4 to 6 speaker setups (If you select “ NONE ” in the setting of “ REAR ” in “ SPEAKER SETUP ” (page 94), you cannot[...]

64 TVS STANDARD Uses s ound imaging to c reate virtua l rea r speakers fro m the soun d of the fro nt speakers (L, R) withou t using a ctual rear sp eakers. The virtual speak ers are reproduce d as shown in the illustration below. Use this setting when you want to use TVS with 2 sep arate speake rs and retain the soun d qua lity . You can enjoy the[...]

Sound Adjustment s 65 VIRTUAL MULTI DIMENSION Uses sound im aging to create an arr ay of vi rtual rear speaker posi tions high er than the list ener from a single pa ir of actua l rear spea kers. This m ode creates five sets of virtual speakers surro unding th e listener at approx im ately a 30 ° a ngle o f elevat ion. T he effect differs accordin[...]

66 Enjoyin g Mo vies Changi ng t he Angle s If various angles (mu lti-angles) fo r a sc ene are recorded on the DVD VIDEO, “ ANGLE ” appears in the fron t panel displa y. This means that you can change t he viewing an gle. For exam ple, while playing a sc ene of a train in motio n, you can display th e view fro m either the front o f the train,[...]

Enjoying Movies 67 Displa ying the Su btitle s If sub ti tl es are re co rd ed on th e di sc s, you can turn the subt itle s on and o ff wh enever you wa nt while play ing. If mu ltiling ual subtit les a re record ed on the dis c, y ou can c hang e the s ubtitl e langua ge whi le playi ng, an d turn it on or off whenev er y ou wan t. F or exa mpl e[...]

68 Adjus ting t he P icture Qual ity (BNR) The Blo ck Noise Reductio n (BNR) f unctio n adjus ts the pict ure q ualit y by r educi ng th e “ block no is e ” o r mosaic l ike p atterns tha t appear on yo ur T V screen. 1 Pres s DISP LAY twi ce duri n g playback. The Control Men u app ears. 2 Press X / x to select (BNR), th en pres s ENTER. The o[...]

Enjoying Movies 69 Adj us ting th e Play back Pictur e (VIDEO EQUALIZER) You can adjust the vid eo sign al of the DVD or VIDEO CD from the player, not from the TV, to obtain th e pict ure qualit y you wan t. Choose the setting that b est suits the programm e you are wat c h ing. When you sel ect “ MEMOR Y, ” you can make further ad justments t [...]

70 2 Press C / c to adj ust the pict ure con trast, then pr ess ENTE R. The adj us tment i s saved an d “ BRIGHTNESS ” adjustm ent bar appears. Press X / x to go to anot her a djustm ent disp lay. 3 Repeat Ste p 2 to adjust “ BRIGHTNE SS, ” “ COLOR , ” and “ HUE. ” The Video E qualizer di splay ap pea rs. You can che ck each adju st[...]

Enjoying Movies 71 2 Press X / x to sele ct area s of an im age . The uppe r region adjusts the dark areas and the lo wer region adjusts the lig ht areas. 3 Press C / c to adjust th e brigh tnes s level of the a rea tha t you sel ec ted. C decreases the le vel (dark ens the area), and c increas es the level (ligh t ens the are a ). T h e le ve l ca[...]

72 Enhanc ing th e Play back Pict ure (DIGIT AL VI DE O ENHANCE R) The Dig ita l Vide o E nhancer functio n mak es the picture ap pear clear and crisp by enhancin g the outlines of images on your TV screen. Also, this function ca n soften the images on th e scree n. 1 Pres s DISP LAY twi ce duri n g playback. The Control Men u app ears. 2 Press X /[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 73 Using V a rious Additional Fun ctions Labell ing the Di sc You can label the disc if text is not recor ded on the disc (Disc Memo). You can p ut a person al tit le of up to 2 0 char ac ters on th e disc . The D isc Me mo ca n be anythin g yo u lik e, such as a title, m usicia n ’ s name, catego ry, or date of[...]

74 To erase a characte r 1 Press . or > to mov e the cursor to the charact er you want to eras e. 2 Press CLEAR. To inser t or overw rite a cha racter 1 Press . or > to mov e the cursor to the character y ou want to in sert or correct. 2 Select a co rrect cha racter by pressi ng C / X / x / c or turn ing the clic k shuttl e. 3 To insert the c[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 75 2 Press D ISPLA Y while th e pla y er is in stop m ode. The C ontro l Menu appe ars. 3 Press X / x to select (PAREN TAL C ONTR OL), then press ENTER . The options for “ PA RENTAL CONTROL ” appear. 4 Press X / x to select “ ON t , ” th en pr ess ENTER . x If yo u ha ve not ente re d a pass word The disp [...]

76 Playback of some DVD VIDEOs can be limited a ccording to a pr edeter mined lev el such as the age o f the users. The “ PARENTAL CONTROL ” functio n allows you to set a pl ayback limitation level. A scene that is li mited is no t played, o r it is replaced by a d iffe re nt scene. 1 Press DISPLA Y while the player i s in stop mo de . The Co n[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 77 5 Press X / x to select “ STANDARD , ” then press ENTE R. The selection items fo r “ STANDARD ” are displ ayed. 6 Press X / x to selec t a geo grap hic ar ea as the pla yback lim itati on le vel, t hen press ENTER . The area is selec t ed. When you select “ OTHERS t , ” select and enter a stan dard [...]

78 Area Code 1 Press D ISPLA Y while th e pla y er is in stop m ode. The C ontro l Menu appe ars. 2 Press X / x to select (PAREN TAL C ONTR OL), then press ENTER . The options for “ PA RENTAL CONTROL ” appear. 3 Press X / x to select “ PASSWOR D t , ” then pr es s ENTER . The disp lay for en t ering the password appears. 4 Enter your 4-di g[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 79 Operat ion So und Effect s (Soun d Feed back) The player bee ps when the follo w i ng operati ons a re perf ormed. The d efault setti ng of th e Soun d Feedba ck function is set to off. 1 Press P OW ER on th e pl ayer, t hen pre ss [ / 1 on the remo te. The power in dicator li ghts u p in green. When there is a[...]

80 Contro lling Y our TV or A V Amplifier (Re ceiver) with the Su pplie d Remot e By adjustin g the rem ote signal, y ou can control y our TV with the supplie d remote . If you conne ct the player with an AV amplifie r (receiver), you can control the volume wi th the su pplied re mote. Check the mo del name of your remote The supplied remote comman[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 81 RMT-D140E RMT-D140A Controlling the TV When you set the TV/DVD switch to TV, you can control the following items with the supplied remote . Manufacturer Code number Sony 1 (default), 3, 4 Aiwa 32 Akai 68 Blaupunk t 10, 21 Grundig 10, 11 Hitachi 2 4 JVC 33 Loewe 4 5 Mitsubishi 27, 28, 50 Mivar 9 NEC 66 Nokia 15,[...]

82 * If you use number butto ns to se lect the TV ’ s programme position, press -/ -- follo wed by t he number button s for two-digit numb ers. 1 Slid e the TV/D VD s w itch to DV D. 2 While h oldin g do wn [ / 1 , pr ess dow n on the scroll ke y. “ AV P- 9 0 ” appears in the LCD screen. 3 Releas e [ / 1 . 4 Toggle the scroll k ey up or down [...]

Settings and Adjustments 83 Settings and Adjustme nts Usin g the S etu p Disp lay By using the S etup Displ ay, you can mak e various adjustmen ts to items s uch as picture and sound. You can also set a la ng uage for the subtit les and the Setup Display, a mong other things. For deta i ls on e ach Setu p Display item , see page 84. Fo r an overall[...]

84 6 Select a se ttin g us in g X / x , then p ress ENTE R. The setting is selec ted and setup is co mplete. Example: “ 4:3 PAN SCAN ” To turn off the Setup Display Press DISPLAY repea tedly un til the Setup Display is turned off. z If you select “ QUICK ” in Step 3, you will e nter th e Quick Se tup mode ( page 31) . Follow from Ste p 5 of[...]

Settings and Adjustments 85 z If you select “ OTHE RS t ” in “ MENU, ” “ SUBTITLE, ” and “ AUDIO, ” select and enter a language code from “ La nguage Code Li st ” (page 106) using the numb er buttons . Note When you select a langu age that is not recor ded on the DVD VIDEO, one of the recorded languages will be automa tical ly s[...]

86 Note Depending on the DVD, “ 4:3 LET TER BOX ” may be select ed au tomati cally instea d of “ 4:3 PAN SCAN ” or vice versa. x COLOR SYSTEM (VIDEO CD only) Selects the colour system wh en y ou play a VIDEO CD. Notes • You cannot c hange the colour s ystem for DVDs. • You can c hange th e col our s ystem o f this player accordin g to t[...]

Settings and Adjustments 87 The player can store one scene i n memory for both th e backgr oun d and star t up screen . During p layback, when you find a sc ene to be stored in memo ry, press P ICTURE MEMO RY. The pictur e is sto red in memory . Note If you ope rate the player whi le the pi cture is b eing stor ed in me mory, the player will f ail [...]

88 Notes • Some DVD sof tware contains both Video and Film . For instance , DVDs of mov ie s may co ntai n the movie take n on f ilm , and a “ Making of ” seq uen ce taken on video. • When you play vide o ba se d softwa re with progres sive sig nals, sect ions of some t ypes of images ma y ap pe ar unna tur a l due to the conv ersi on proce[...]

Settings and Adjustments 89 This play er solves this problem by i ncreasing the speed at whi c h the frames are di splayed, consecut iv el y showing 3 i den tical frames followed b y 2 ide ntical fra mes in the ti me that i t normally takes to sh ow 2 conse cutive frames. The end resu l t is t hat t he 24 frames per second are increased to 60 frame[...]

90 x DIMMER Adjusts the lighting of the front panel disp lay. z By using t he FL OFF button on t he player o r scroll key on the remo te, you can tur n on/off the fron t panel display re ga rd le ss the “ DIMM ER ” setting (exce pt when it is set to “ OFF. ” ) x PAUSE MODE (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW only) Selects t he picture i n pa use mode . x PLA[...]

Settings and Adjustments 91 x CD DI R E C T Eliminate s the use o f unnecessary circuits when playi ng CDs. This setting will be activate d when you op en o r close the d isc tra y. This fun ction affe cts the ou tput of the following j acks: — AUDIO OUT L/R 1/2 jacks — 5.1CH OU T PUT jac k s — PHONES jack Note If you sele ct “ ON ” when [...]

92 — DIGITAL OUT (OP TICAL or COA XIA L ) jack only wh en “ DOLBY DIGITAL ” is set to “ D-PCM ” (page 92). x AUDIO FILTER (except SACD) Selects the digital filter to red uce noises 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 • Ther[...]

Settings and Adjustments 93 For con nection det ails, see page 23. Select “ D O LBY DIGI T AL, ” “ MPEG, ” “ DT S, ” and “ 48kH z/96kHz PCM ” after s etting “ DI GI TAL 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 [...]

94 x 48kHz/96k Hz P CM (DVD VID EO only) Selects the sampling frequ ency of the audi o signal to be output via the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jack. Notes • Even if you se t “ 48kHz/96kHz PCM ” in “ AUDIO SETUP ” to “ 96kHz/24 bit, ” the sampling f requ en cy is conver ted to 48kHz/16bi t when a “ SURROUND ” mode (pag e 62) i[...]

Settings and Adjustments 95 • CENTER • REAR ∗ Rear sp eaker p osition Correc tly spec ify the lo cation of the rear sp eakers to enjoy the surroun d effect. • Set t o the “ SIDE, ” if the locatio n of the rea r speakers co rresponds to secti on A belo w . • Set t o the “ REAR, ” if th e loca tion of th e rear speakers co rresponds[...]

96 x DISTANCE You can set distan ce from th e listening positio n to yo ur spe a ke r s. S et th e dis ta n ce t o your front speak ers in “ FRONT ” first. Values in “ CENTER ” (centre speaker) and “ REAR ” (rear speaker) will au to mat i cally change to the same valu e. Adjust these val ues to reflect the actual di stance to y our ce n[...]

Settings and Adjustments 97 x TEST TONE The speakers will e mit a test tone. Use this when you use t he 5.1CH OUTPUT jacks and adjust the “ BALANCE ” an d “ LEVEL. ” 1 Sele ct “ SPEAKER SETUP ” in the Setu p Disp la y. 2 Sele ct “ TEST TONE ” and set to “ ON. ” You will hear the test tone from each speake r in se quence . 3 From[...]

98 Additional I nfo rmation T roubles hoot ing If you experien ce any of the follo wing difficult ies while u sing the player, use this trou bl eshoot ing gui de to hel p r emedy the prob le m be for e reque stin g repa ir s. Sho uld any proble m persist, con sult yo ur ne a rest Sony deal er. The power is not turned on . , Check that t he main s l[...]

Additional Information 99 , SACD audio sig nal s are not output from the digital ja ck . , Whil e pl ayi ng a S upe r VCD on wh ich the audio t rack 2 is not recorded, no soun d will come ou t when you selec t “ 2:ST EREO , ” “ 2:1/ L, ” or “ 2:2/R. ” Sound is noisy. , The disc i s di rt y or fla w e d. Sound distort ion occu rs. , Set [...]

100 Playback s tops auto matical ly. , Some discs m ay contai n an auto p ause signal. While playin g such a d isc , the pl ay er st ops playb ack at the au to paus e signal . You cannot pe rform some functions such as Sto p, Search, Slow-motion Play, Repeat Play, Shuf fle Play, or Programme Play . , Dependi ng on the di sc, you may not be able to [...]

Additional Information 101 Self- diag nosis Functi on (When letters/nu mbers app ear in th e display) When the self-diagnosis functio n is activated to preve nt the player from m alfunct ioning, a five-character service number (e.g., C 13 00) with a combina tion of a lette r and four di gits appears on the scre en and the front pan el display. In t[...]

102 DTS (pag e 25, 92) Digital audio compression technolo gy that Digital The ater Syst ems, Inc. d evelope d. This tec hnol ogy conf orms to 5. 1-chan nel surroun d sound. Th e rear chann el is stere o and there is a discrete su bwoofer chann el in this format. DTS provi des the same 5 .1 discrete c hannels o f hig h quality digital audio . Good c[...]

Additional Information 103 Progressive format (page 87) Compared to the Int erlace format that altern ate l y sh ow s ev e r y oth er line of an image (field ) to c reate on e frame, the Progressive form at shows the en tire image at once as a singl e frame. This mean s that while the Interlace format can show 30 frames (60 fields) in one second, t[...]

104 Track (page 9) Section s of a pictu re or a mus ic feature on an SACD/CD or VIDEO CD (the length of a song). TV Virtual Surroun d (TVS ) (page 62) Techno logy fro m Sony develope d to pro duce surroun d sound f or home us e using ju st a stereo TV. Designed to work with the sound characte ristics of y our TV, this technology brings t he excite [...]

Additional Information 105 Spec ifica tions System Laser Semicon ductor laser Signal forma t system NT SC/PAL (se e page 17 to swi tch) Audi o cha r acte rist i cs Frequency response DVD (PCM 96 kHz): 2 Hz to 44 k Hz ( – 2 dB ± 1 dB at 44 kH z) SACD: 2 Hz to 1 00 kHz ( – 3 dB ± 1 dB a t 50 kH z) CD: 2 Hz to 20 kH z (± 0.5 dB) Signal-to-noise[...]

106 Langua ge Co de Lis t For details, see pages 60, 67 , 8 4. The lang uage sp ellings conform to the ISO 6 39: 19 88 (E/F) stan dard. 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 10[...]

Additional Information 107 List o f Se tup Di splay Ite ms The de fault setting s are unde rlined. LANGUAGE SETUP (page 84) OSD ENG LISH CHINESE1 CHINESE2 MENU ENGLISH CHINESE JAPAN ESE FRENCH GERMAN ITA LIAN SPANISH DUTCH DANISH SWED ISH FINNISH NORWEGIAN PORTUGUESE RUSSI AN OTHERS t AUDIO ORIGINAL (All othe r selec ti ons a re the s a me as the ?[...]

108 SCREEN SE TU P (page 85) CUSTO M SETUP (p age 89) TV TYPE 16:9 4:3 LETTER B OX 4:3 PAN SCA N COLOR SYSTEM AUTO PAL NTSC SCRE EN SAVE R ON OFF BACKGROUND JACKET PICTURE PICTURE MEMORY GRAPHICS BLUE BLAC K STARTU P SC REEN STAND ARD PICTURE MEMORY COMPONENT OUT INTERLACE PROGRESSIVE M ODE AUTO VIDEO AUTO P LAY OFF TIMER DEMO1 DEMO2 DIMMER BRIGHT [...]

Additional Information 109 AUDIO SETUP (page 91) AUDIO ATT OFF ON AUDIO DRC STANDARD TV MODE WIDE RANGE AUDIO FI LTER SHA R P SLOW DOWNMIX DOLBY SURROUND NORMAL DIGITAL OUT ON DOLBY DIGITAL D-PCM DOLBY DIGITAL MPEG PCM MPEG DTS D-PCM DTS 48 kHz/96 kHz PCM 48 kHz/16 bit 96 kHz/24 bit OFF contin ued[...]

110 SPEAKER SETUP (p age 94) SIZE FRONT LARGE SMALL CENTER NONE LARGE SMALL REAR NONE LARGE (REAR) LARGE (SIDE) SMALL (REA R) SMALL (SIDE) SUBWOO FER NONE YES DISTAN CE (The dis t an ce from th e listen in g posi ti on.) FRONT 1. 0m ~ 15.0m CENTER 0m ~ 15.6m (It ch anges to matc h the f ront sp eaker se tting. ) REAR 0m ~ 15.0m (It ch anges to matc[...]

111 Inde x Numerics 16:9 85 4:3 LETT ER BO X 85 4:3 P AN SC AN 85 48kHz/96k Hz PC M 94 5.1 Channel Surrou nd 25 A A-B REPEA T 47 , 48 AD V ANCED 58 ANGLE 66 ANGLE VIEWER 54 A UDIO 60 , 84 A UDIO A TT 91 A UDIO DRC 91 A UDIO FIL TER 92 A UDIO SETUP 91 AU T O P L A Y 89 B B A CKGR OUND 86 B ALANCE 96 Batteri es 16 BNR 68 BOOKMARK 53 BOOKMARK RESET 90[...]

Sony Corporation Print ed in Malaysia SHUFFLE 45 Shuffle Play 45 Shuttle mode 49 SIZE 94 Slow-motion Play 49 SPEAKER SETUP 94 Speak ers Hooking 20 ST AR TUP SCR EEN 86 STROBE PLA Y BA CK 54 SUBTITLE 67 , 84 SURR OUND 62 T TEST T ONE 97 T ime sea rch 51 TIME/ME MO 51 TIME/TEXT 51 , 55 , 56 TITLE 50 T itle 103 TITLE VI EWER 53 To p m e n u 40 TRA CK [...]