Sony XAV-63 manual

©2012 Sony Corporation Operating Instructio ns 4-410-680- 61 (1) XA V -64BT XA V -63 GB AV Center[...]

2 Wa r n i n g T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expo se t he un it to r ain or mo is ture . T o av oid electric al shock, do not ope n the cabinet . Refer ser vicing to qualified personnel only . CA UTIO N The use of optical instru ments with thi s product will increa se eye hazar d. A s the laser bea m us ed in th is C D/DVD pla yer is h a[...]

3 T able of Contents Notes on sa fety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Notes on in stallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Note s on Blue toot h func tion (XAV-64BT only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Playab le disc s and sy mb[...]

4 Useful Functions Listing up tracks /image s/vide o files — List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Selecting a t rack/image/v ideo file . . . . . . . . 30 Selecting a f ile type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using Gest ure Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Handsfree Calling and Audio Streamin[...]

5 Additional Information Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Notes on LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Playback o rder of MP3/WMA/AAC/JPE G/ Xvid/MPEG-4 fil es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 About MP3 f iles . . . . . . . . . .[...]

6 Notes on safety • Comply w ith you r loca l traf f ic ru les, l aws an d regulatio ns. • While d riving – Do not w atch o r opera te the u nit, as it may lead to distract ion and ca use an acci dent. Park you r car in a saf e place t o watch or opera te the unit. – Do not use the setup fe ature or any other function w hich cou ld divert y[...]

7 Copyrights Manufact ured under licens e from Dolby L aborat ories. Do lby an d the do uble-D sy mbol a re tradem arks o f Dolb y Labora tories. Microsoft , Windo ws, Windows V i sta and Windows Medi a and log os are tra demar ks or regist ered trad emarks o f Mi crosof t Cor porat ion i n the Un ited States and/o r other coun tries. This produc t[...]

8 Notes on Bluetooth functi on (XA V -64BT only) Caution IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY B E LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENT AL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL D AM A GES OR O T HER D AMA GES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMIT A T ION, LOSS OF PR OFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF DA T A, LOSS OF USE OF THE PR ODUCT OR ANY ASSOCIA TED EQUIPMENT , DOWNTIME, AND PURCHASER’S TIME REL[...]

9 Playable discs and symbols used in these Operating Instructions This unit ca n play v ari ous video /au dio dis cs. The f ollo win g cha rt he lps yo u to check if a disc is supp orte d by t his u nit, as wel l as w hat fu nct ions are available for a given disc type . *1 Audio files can also be stored . *2 Video/ image f iles can a lso be st ore[...]

10 Location and function of controls/terminals Main unit Fo r details, see the pages lis ted belo w . A Z (Eje ct) but ton page 17 B Reset bu tton pag e 14 C Recepto r fo r the re mote co mmander D Disc slot page 17 E T OP bu tton Fo r X A V-6 4 BT Press to o pen the top me nu. Fo r X A V-6 3 Press to open the source list. F Front A UX te rminal pa[...]

11 Screen displays A “Sour ce Li st” ke y T ouch to op en t he sou rce l ist . B “T op” key XA V -6 4BT T ouch to op en t he top menu. XA V -6 3 T ouch to op en t he sou rce l ist . C Cloc k page 14, 48 D (Close) key T ouch t o close t he menu . E “A TT” (Attenuate) key * 1 T ou ch to atte nuat e the soun d. T o cancel, touc h agai n. F[...]

12 RM-X170 Remote Commander • The remote command er can be used to operate the audi o contr ols. For men u oper ations, use the touch panel. • For detail s, see the pag es list ed bel ow . • Re move the in su latio n film bef or e use (pag e 14 ). A OFF button Press t o exit the so urce/s top the source. Press an d hold to turn off. B MONIT O[...]

13 J .m / M> butto n s Radio: Press to tu ne to sta tions automatic ally . Press and hold to f ind a st ation manual ly . Disc * 2 /USB: Press to skip a c hapter/trac k/scene/f ile. Press and hold momenta rily to re v erse/ fast-f orwa rd v ideo . Pres s and h old to reverse/fast -for ward a track. Bluetoot h A udio * 3 * 4 : Press to skip a tr [...]

14 Getti ng Started Resetting the unit Before o perating the u nit for t he fir st time, o r after r eplacin g the car battery o r chan ging the connection s, you must reset the unit. Press th e reset b utton ( page 10) with a pointed object, s uch as a bal lpoin t pen. Note Pressing the reset button will erase t he clock setting and some stored co[...]

15 Radio Listening to the radio 1 T ouch “Source List, ” then “T uner . ” (For XA V -64BT only: Fro m the top menu, touc h “ A V Sour ce, ” then “T un er . ”) The r adio rec eptio n displa y appe ars, an d the preset lis t is display ed automatica lly . 2 T ouc h “Ba nd. ” The b and lis t appear s. 3 T ou ch the desired band ( ?[...]

16 Reception indications A C urr en t sou rce icon * 1 B Band nam e, pr eset number * 2 , frequenc y/ stat us C V o lume le vel* 3 D EQ 7 setti ng status *1 Appea rs only wh en the contro ls are d isplayed. *2 Appea rs only wh en a p reset stati on is r eceived. *3 When A T T is ac tivated, appea rs. Storing and receiving stations Caution When tu n[...]

17 Selecting PTY 1 During FM rece ption, touch “PTY List. ” The P TY lis t appear s if the station i s transmitt ing PTY data. T o scroll the list, touch v / V . 2 T ouch the de sired program type . The u nit sea rches fo r a sta tion br oadcast ing the selec ted program ty pe. T o clos e the PTY list, touc h “PTY Li st. ” T ype o f pr ogr [...]

18 Pla yback cont rols T ouch the di splay if the playba ck con trols are not displa yed. AT T To p Play Menu DVD Control Source List 1 45 2 3 6 Common to al l discs/ form ats AT T To p Play Menu DVD Control Source List 7 AT T To p Play Menu PBC Panel Source List 8 1 “Source List” T ouch to open the source lis t. (page 11) 2 “A TT” T ouch t[...]

19 *1 The spe ed depe nds on th e format or th e recor ding method . *2 Av ailability depends on the disc. *3 When the 4- digit inpu t prom pt appea rs, inpu t the languag e code (p age 62 ) for the de sired lan guage. Note If the di sc contai ns multiple file types, on ly the selected file type (audio /video/im age) c an be pl a yed. For details o[...]

20 Using PBC (playback control) functions The PBC menu inte racti vely assi sts with oper ation s whil e a P BC-com pati ble VCD is played. 1 Star t playing a PBC-com patible VCD. The PB C menu app ears. 2 T ouch “P BC P anel. ” The me nu c ontrol pane l appe ars. 3 T ouch the num ber keys to select the desired item, then t ouch “ENTER. ” 4[...]

21 Changing the audio channel Whe n pl ay ing a VCD /C D/M P 3/W MA /A AC/ Xvid/MPEG-4, you can listen to both the right and lef t channe l, only the righ t channe l, or only the left channel vi a both the right and left spea kers. The opti ons are i ndicat ed below . “Ster eo” : Stan dard st ereo sound (def ault ) “1/Lef t” : Le ft chann e[...]

22 The sh uff le opti ons an d switch ing orde r of each disc/fo rmat are indi cated belo w . *1 Av ailable only wh en playing a version 1.0/1.1 VCD , or a version 2 .0 VCD without P BC functi ons. *2 Excluding a D VD-R/D VD-R DL/D VD-RW in VR mode . Direct search play Y ou can directly locate a desired point by specifyi ng the title number , cha p[...]

23 USB Devi ce Opera tions • MSC (Ma ss St orage Class) and MTP (Me dia Transfer Prot ocol) type US B devices co mpli ant with the U SB stan dard can b e used . • Compat ibl e code cs ar e MP3 (.mp3) , WMA (.wma), AA C (.m4 a), JPEG (.jpg), Xv id (.a vi), and MP EG-4 (.m p4). • Back up of data in a USB device is recomm ende d. For d etails on[...]

24 Enjoying music according to your mood — SensMe™ Sony’ s unique “Se nsM e™ cha nnels” and “SensM e™ mo od” fe ature s automat ically group tracks by channe l or moo d, and al low you to enjoy music intuit iv ely . Bef ore using the SensMe™ function The follo w ing is t he basic procedu re required to enjoy the SensMe ™ funct[...]

25 T ransferring tra cks to the USB devi ce using “Content T ransf er” T o enable th e SensMe™ functio n on this unit , trac ks nee d to b e anal yzed and tr ansf erred to th e re gist ered U SB de vice usin g “Co nten t T ran sfer. ” 1 Connec t the re gist ered USB devi ce to your computer . For “W A LKM AN, ” connect via MTP mode. F[...]

26 Channel list x Recommend ed, Shuffl e All x Bas ic chann els Plays tra cks ac cordin g to the m usic type . x In-c ar chan nels Plays tra cks th at are su itabl e while dr iving. “SensMe™ channels” playbac k controls and indications A T o displa y the cont rol keys: “S ource Li st, ” “A T T, ” “T op. ” (page 18) B T o scroll th[...]

27 Playing tracks in mood maps — SensMe™ mood “Sen sMe™ mood” distri butes tra cks as dots on a two-axi s mood m ap, bas ed on th e charac teris tics of t he in di vidu al tr acks . By touching th e point on the map according to your m ood, a c ircle a ppears aro und th e tou ched poi nt, a nd the trac ks insi de th e ci rcle are pl ayed.[...]

28 Searching for a track by listening to track passages — ZAPPIN™ Whil e play ing shor t trac k pass ages fro m a USB device in seq uence , you can s earch for a tr ack you wa nt to liste n to. This fu nction is con venient, fo r examp le, when search ing fo r a track in shu ffle or shuffle repea t mode. 1 During audio playback, touch “ZAP. ?[...]

29 Abou t pla ybac k con tr ols and indications Y o u can co ntrol i Pod play back in the same way as disc playbac k. For deta ils, se e “P laybac k contro ls” o n pa ge 1 8. For detai ls on pla yback in dicati ons, se e “Playb ack indi catio ns” on pag e 19. T o stop playback Press a nd hold (S OU RCE/ OFF) for 1 se cond. T o disconnect th[...]

30 Operating an iPod directly — Passenger App Control Y ou can di rectly opera te an iPo d conn ected to this uni t. 1 During playback, t ouch “Play Menu, ” then t he “Passeng er Ap p Control” b ox to set to “ON. ” Deactivating P assenger App Cont rol T ouch the “Pass enger Ap p Cont rol” b ox to se t to “OFF . ” The play m od[...]

31 2 T ouch , then “A udio, ” “Im age, ” or “Video” to select the file type. 3 T ouch the desired file . Playb ack of the sele cted file starts. Using Gesture Command Y o u can pe rform frequen tly -used op erat ions by draw ing the followin g command stroke on the recept ion/p layback di splay. Handsfr ee Call ing and Au dio Str eaming[...]

32 3 Handsfree c alling/audio str eaming Y ou can make/ receive a handsf ree cal l, or listen to audio throug h this unit. Fo r det ails on the comp atibi lity o f yo ur de vi ce, visit the support s ite on the back cov er . Bluetooth status indications Installing the microphone (XA V -64BT only) T o ca pture yo ur voice dur ing hand sfre e calli n[...]

33 4 Oper ate the Bluet ooth device to search for this uni t. A de vi ce li st appe ars on the disp lay of the de vice . This un it is di splay ed as “Son y Automoti ve. ” 5 If p asskey * input is required on the display of the device , input “00 00. ” This unit a nd the Bluetooth devi ce memorize each ot her’ s inf ormat ion, a nd whe n [...]

34 Connecting to t he audio device last- connected from this unit 1 Make sur e th e Blu eto oth sign al o f th is unit and the audio device is turned on. 2 T ouch “Source List, ” then “BT Audio. ” 3 T ouch “Co nnect. ” “ ” flas hes while t he connectio n is bein g made, then s tays lit while connected. Note If connecti on is m ade d[...]

35 The B lueto oth Phone disp lay appear s. 2 T ou ch “Call Menu, ” then “Recen t Call Browsing. ” The c all hist ory list ap pears. T o scroll the list, touch v / V . 3 T ou ch the desire d item in the list . The c ontact confirmatio n disp lay appe ars. 4 To u c h “ C a l l .” The call is made and the calling disp lay appear s until t[...]

36 Operations during a call The followin g displ ay appear s dur ing a cal l. T o adjust the talker’ s v oice v olume T urn th e vo lume control dial during a call. The le vel o f the talke r’ s vo ice vol ume will be stored int o memory , indepe ndently from the regu lar vo lume le vel. T o send DTMF (Dual T one Multiple Frequency) tones T ouc[...]

37 Audio streaming Listening to a Bluetooth device v ia this unit If t he ot her de vice sup ports A2DP ( Adv ance d Audi o Distri bution Pro file), you ca n listen t o the playba ck so und v ia th is uni t. 1 Connect this unit and the Bluetooth device ( page 33). 2 Reduce the volume on this unit. 3 T ouch “Source List, ” then “BT Audio. ” [...]

38 Sound A djustment Selecting the sound quality — EQ7 Y ou can sel ect an equ alize r curv e from 7 music types (“ Xplo d, ” “V ocal, ” “Edg e, ” “ Cru ise, ” “Spa ce, ” “G ra vity , ” “ Custom, ” or “OF F”). 1 During rece ption/playback, touch “Source List, ” then . 2 T ouch “S ound. ” The so und set ting[...]

39 Optimizing sound for the listening position — Intelligent T ime Alignment The u nit can ch ang e the l ocal izat ion o f so und by delaying the so und outp ut from each spe aker to suit y our positio n, and si mulate a natu ral sound field with th e feeli ng of bei ng in the c enter of it wher ev er you si t in t he car . The o ptio ns for “[...]

40 Speaker configuration and volume setup Creating a vir tual cen ter spea ker — CSO T o fully enjoy su rround sound, it is pref erable to have 5 speake rs (fro nt le ft/ right, rear left/ righ t, center ) and 1 subwoo fer . CSO (Center Speaker Organizer) allows you to create a vi rtual center speake r ev en th ough a rea l center spea ker is not[...]

41 Moni to r Adju st ment T ouch panel calibration T ouc h panel ca librati on is re quired if the touching pos ition d oes not c orresp ond w ith the proper item. 1 T ouch “Source List, ” then . 2 T ouc h “Ge neral . ” The general setting menu appears. 3 To u c h v / V to scroll, t hen touch “T ouch Panel Adjust. ” The s etting di spla[...]

42 Customizi ng the picture The options “Custo m 1” and “C usto m 2” of Picture EQ allow you to ma ke your own pic ture setting by adjusting the picture to nes. 1 During video/imag e playback , touch “Source List, ” then . 2 T ouch “S creen , ” th en “Pictu re EQ . ” 3 T ouch “C ustom 1” or “C ustom 2 , ” the n “Custom[...]

43 Setting s The setting menu includes the follo wing categori es. • “Gener al” : Gene ral s etti ngs (pa ge 4 4) • “Soun d” : Soun d se tting s (pag e 46) • “Scr een” : Screen sett ings (page 48) • “Visua l” : D VD and othe r play back s ett ings (page 49) Basic setting operation Y ou can set it ems in the me nu via the f o[...]

44 General settings T ouch c “Gene ral” c the desi red ite m c th e desire d optio n. For detail s on this pr ocedu re, see “Basic set ting op eration” on page 4 3. Fo r details, see the pages lis ted belo w . “ z ” indicates the def ault setti ng. Item Opti on Purpose Unit status Name Ch aracter Chin ese ( z ), Chin ese , Lati n Ch ara[...]

45 Item Opti on Purp ose Unit status Front A UX Input (page 51) Sets whethe r or no t an audi o device’ s input signal s are dete cted via t he fr ont A UX input. OFF T o dea ct iv ate the A UX input. No source select ed Au di o ( z ) T o activ ate the A UX input. Rear A UX Input (page 51) Sets the type o f device connec ted to the rear A UX term[...]

46 Sound settings T ouch c “Sou nd” c the desi red i tem c the desi red optio n. For details on th is procedure , see “Basic set ting op erat ion” on page 4 3. Fo r details, see the pages lis ted belo w . “ z ” indicates the def ault setti ng. Item Opti on Purpose Unit status EQ7 (page 38) OFF ( z ) T o ca ncel th e equa lizer curv e. D[...]

47 Item Opti on Purp ose Unit status Rear/Sub Out Switches the audio output betwee n the rear sp eake rs and subw oofer . Rear T o outp ut a udio si gnal s to the re ar spe akers (amplif ier). No source select ed Sub ( z ) T o outp ut a udio si gnal s to the su bwoofer. RBE (Rear Bas s Enhanc er) (pag e 40 ) Use s rear spea kers like subw oofers . [...]

48 Screen settings To u c h c “S creen” c the desired ite m c the de sire d opti on. F or deta ils on this proc edure, see “ Basic set ting op erat ion” on page 4 3. Fo r details, see the pages lis ted belo w . “ z ” indicates the def ault setti ng. * This setting is available only when the parking brake is set. Item Opti on Purpose Uni[...]

49 DVD and other playback settings T ouc h c “ V isua l” c the desi red i tem c the desi red op tion. For d etai ls on this proced ure , see “B asic sett ing oper ation ” on p age 43. For detai ls, see the pages listed be low . “ z ” indica tes the def ault set ting. Item Opti on Purp ose Unit status D VD Me nu Language – T o c hange [...]

50 Item Opti on Purpose Unit status Monitor T yp e Selec ts an aspect ratio suitab le for th e connect ed mon itor . (The screen as pect ratio of this unit a lso chan ges. ) Depe nding on the disc , “4:3 Lette r Box” may be sele cted automaticall y instead of “ 4:3 Pan Scan, ” and vice versa. 16:9 ( z ) T o displ ay a wide pictur e. Suitabl[...]

51 Using O ptiona l Equipment Auxiliary audio/video equipment Y ou can connec t up t o 2 opt ional de vic es, s uch as a porta ble med ia play er, game co nsol e, etc., to the fro nt AUX termin al and rear AUX termin als on the uni t. (The fr ont A UX te rmin al is for au dio only .) Selecting an auxiliary device 1 T ouch “Source List, ” then ?[...]

52 Rear view camera s ettings Y ou can di splay s ettin g items o n the p ictur e from the rear vie w camer a to assis t oper ation . This se tting is a v ailable only wh en: – “Camera Input” is set to “ON” (page 45). – the p arking b rake is app lied. 1 T ouch “S ource List, ” then . The gene ral s etting m enu ap pears. If not, to[...]

53 Notes on discs • Do not expose di scs to direct sunl ight or heat sourc es su ch as h ot ai r duct s, nor l eav e it in a car parked i n dire ct sunli ght. • Before play ing, wi pe the discs with a cl eaning cl oth from t he center out. Do not use s olven ts such as benz ine, thinn er, commer cially a v ailable clea ners. • This unit is de[...]

54 About MP3 files • MP3, which stands for MPEG-1 A udio Layer-3, is a music file compressio n format standard . It comp resse s a udio CD dat a to appr oxi matel y 1/ 10 of its o rigina l size. • ID3 tag versi ons 1.0, 1. 1, 2.2, 2.3 a nd 2.4 a pply to MP3 only . ID3 tag is 15/30 chara cters (1.0 and 1.1), or 63/12 6 characte rs (2.2, 2.3 and [...]

55 About Bluetoot h function The follo wing applie s only to XA V -64BT . What is Bluetoot h technology? • Bluetoot h wireless tech nology is a short-rang e wireless techno logy that ena bles wireless data communi cation betwee n di gital devices, su ch a s a cellular pho ne and a headse t. Bluetooth wi reless techno logy opera tes withi n a rang[...]

56 Fuse replacement When r eplacing t he fuse, be sure to use one matchi ng the ampera ge rat ing state d on the original fuse . If the fuse blows, check t he power c onnec tion an d replace the fuse . If the fuse blo ws ag ain afte r repla cement, ther e may be an intern al malfunction . In such a case, consult you r nearest Sony dealer. Removing [...]

57 *3 Blueto oth sta ndard p rofiles i ndicat e the pu r pose of Bluetooth communic ation between devices. P o wer amplifier sec tion Outp uts: Speake r outputs Speak er impedance : 4 – 8 ohms Maximum po wer output : 52 W × 4 (at 4 oh ms) General Outp uts: V ideo o utput termin al (r ear) Audio output te rmina ls (rear/su b switchabl e) Po wer a[...]

58 T roubleshooting The following c hecklist will help you remedy problems you may encoun ter with you r unit. Before goi ng through th e chec klist below , check the connect ion and ope rating pro cedures. If the problem is not solved, visit the suppo rt site on the b ack co ver . General No power is being suppli ed to the unit. • Check th e con[...]

59 There is no pi cture/picture no ise occurs in the rear moni tor . • A source/mo de which is not connected is sele cted. If there is no in put, no picture ap pears in t he rear monit or . • The co lor system setting is in corre ct. t Se t the color system to “ P AL ” or “NTSC ” accordin g to the connect ed monitor (p age 44). • The [...]

60 Err or disp la ys/m essa ges Bluetooth functi on (XA V -64BT) The other Bl uetooth device cannot detect this unit. • Set “Sig nal” to “ON” (page 37). • While connectin g to a Bluetooth device, this unit cannot be detecte d from anoth er device. Disconnect the c urrent co nnection and se arch for t his uni t from the other device. The[...]

61 If these solutio ns do not help imp rov e the situ ation, consult your nearest Sony dealer . If you t ake the unit to be repaired becau se of disc playb ack troub le, bri ng the dis c that w as used at the time the pro blem be gan. Disc Err or • The disc is di rty or inserted upsi de down. t Clean or insert t he disc c orrectl y . • A blank [...]

62 Language code/area code list Language code list The lang uage spellin gs confor m to the ISO 639: 198 8 (E/F) stand ard. Code Lan gua ge Code Language Code Language Code Langua ge 1027 Af ar 1028 Abkha zian 1032 Afrikaans 1039 Amharic 1044 Arabic 1045 Assa mese 1051 A ymar a 1052 Az erbaijani 1053 Bashkir 1057 By elorussian 1059 Bulgarian 1060 B[...]

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