Sony CMT-SE9 manuale d’uso

©2004 Sony Cor poration 4-247-824- 11 (1) Micr o Hi-Fi Component System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions CMT -SE9[...]

2 GB To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or m oi st ur e. To prevent fir e , do not cover the ven til ation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc. And don’t pla c e li ghte d c an dle s on the appa r at us. To prevent fire or sho ck haz ard, do not place objects filled wit h liq u ids [...]

3 GB How to use this manu al ............. ........ ... ... 5 Playable discs ....... .......... ........... ........ ...... 5 Getting Started Hooking up the sy stem........... ....... .......... 8 Positionin g the spe akers ............ ............ 1 1 Setting the cloc k ............. ........ ........... .... 1 2 Selectin g a langu age ..........[...]

4 GB Tuner Presett ing radio stati o ns ........... ........... .. 62 Liste nin g to the r adio ........ ... ........ ... .... .. 63 — Preset Tuning — Manua l Tuni ng Labellin g the pre set station s. .... .... ....... .. 6 4 — Station Name Using the Radio Data System (RDS) .... 65 Tape – Play Loadi ng a tape ........... ........... .......[...]

5 GB • This manual main ly explains oper ations using the remote, b ut the sa me operation s can also be perf orme d usin g t he b uttons on the uni t havi ng the same or si milar n ames. • The foll owing sym bols a re used in t his manu al. You can play ba ck th e fo llow ing disc s on th i s system . O t her disc s cann ot be pla yed ba ck. L[...]

6 GB • A dis c that ha s the adhesi ve, cel lophan e tape , or a stic ker sti ll left on it • A disc t hat has commerc ially ava ilable stick er s, ring s or ot he r acce ssor i e s at tach ed • An 8 cm dis c conver ted to a standa rd disc using a n ad apto r *1 ISO9660 F ormat The mo st comm on in tern at ional standar d for the logical form[...]

7 GB Note on play back operati ons of DVDs and VIDEO CDs Some playbac k operations o f DVDs and VIDEO CDs ma y be intent ionally set by sof tware produce rs. Since thi s sys tem play s DV Ds and VIDEO CDs accord ing to the disc contents the softw ar e pro ducer s d esig n e d, some play bac k feature s may not b e a va ila b le. Also, refe r to th [...]

8 GB Perform th e following procedures 1 to 8 to hook up your s yste m us ing the s upplie d cord s and access ori es. Preparation Plac e th e compo ne nts as sh own bel ow. – Whe n placed side-by -side – When stac ked Getting St ar ted Hooking u p the system AM loop a ntenn a To cente r speak er To front speake r (left) FM le ad an tenn a To f[...]

Getting Started 9 GB 1 Connect the speakers. Be s ure t o matc h th e appr opriate s peaker cords f rom the speaker terminals t o the correspon ding SP EAK ER term inal s on t he DVD player. Spea ke rs Notes • When inser ti ng the spe a ker c o rd plugs into the SPEAKER terminals on the DVD player, press in the plugs all the wa y until they click[...]

10 GB 6 Connect the t INPUT jack of your T V to the T L INE-T V jack on the DVD player with the S CART cord (no t supplied). When yo u conne ct us ing th e SCART co rd, che ck that th e TV confor ms to S video or RGB signals. I f the TV conforms to S video, change the input mode of th e TV to RGB signa ls. Ref er to the ope ra ting instru ctions su[...]

Getting Started 11 GB Using the remote control • Select the item with v/V/b/B and pre ss the center to enter the selectio n . In this o peration manual, the operat ion “pre ss the ce nter to ente r the se lect ion” is expres sed as “pre ss ENTER ”. • Normally opera te the re mote with th e cover close d. Op en th e cove r onl y when ope[...]

12 GB 4 Place the subwoofer. To obta in a bette r bass rep roduct ion, we recom m e nd you t o plac e t he subw oo fer on a sol id fl oor w here re sona nc e is unli kel y to occu r. Note s • Do not plac e th e surround spe ak ers on top of a TV. This m ay c a u se dist ortio n o f th e c o lor s in the TV screen. • Always place t he subwo ofer[...]

Getting Started 13 GB You ca n cha nge t he on -scre en di splay langu age. 1 Turn on your TV and s elect the vi deo input . 2 Press ?/1 to turn on the system. 3 Press FUNCTION to switch the functi on to DVD. 4 Press DVD SE TUP in sto p mode. 5 Press v or V repeatedly to select “LANGUAGE SETUP”, th en press ENTER. 6 Press v or V repeatedly to s[...]

14 GB Insert a disc in the disc sl ot with the label side up. Note s • When you turn on the system, the dis c is not pulled into the d isc slot until “No Disc” appear s in the displa y . Do not attempt to push in the disc un t i l “No Disc” appear s. • When pressi ng the Z DVD (eject) on the DVD player an d then re-insert ing th e disc [...]

D VD/VIDEO CD/CD/Super A udio CD/MP3/JPEG – Pla y 15 GB 2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode repea t edly unti l the mode you want appears in the display. * You ca nnot perform Shuff le Play a nd Prog ram Play with DVDs. 3 Press SA-CD/DVD N . Tip You can change the play mode usi ng the on- sc r een display as follows : 1 Press DVD DISPLAY in s top mode[...]

16 GB Note s • If DVD playback is paus ed for approximately one hour, t he system automat ically turns off. • 2 channel sou nd is he a rd when us ing he a dpho nes. • You canno t cha ng e the play m ode dur ing pl ay. • When you change the function, DVD i ndicator may appear even if you do not load the disc. • Some time ma y be nee de d t[...]

D VD/VIDEO CD/CD/Super A udio CD/MP3/JPEG – Pla y 17 GB Some DVDs have menus to help you enjoy th e DVDs. You can p lay DVDs using th ese menus on TV scree n. • Using the DVD top menu A DVD is divided into long secti ons of a picture or a music featur e called “titl es”. When y ou play a DVD which c ontains se veral title s, you c an select[...]

18 GB You ca n pl ay JPE G ima ge file s on CD- RO M s, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs. However, the discs must be recor ded ac cord ing to I SO9 660 leve l 1/le vel 2 o r Jolie t format for t h e syst em t o reco gniz e th e files. You ca n a lso pla y disc s r ecor ded in Mu lti Session. S ee the instr uctions of the CD-R/RW device or re cording software (not [...]

D VD/VIDEO CD/CD/Super A udio CD/MP3/JPEG – Pla y 19 GB Enjoy ing the Slide show 1 Press M while displaying a JPEG image. Slide sh ow s tarts from th e cu rren t ima ge. 2 Press SA-CD/DVD N when you want to return to Normal Play. To change the interval time of Slide show Each tim e you p ress M during Slide sh ow, the inte rva l ti me cha nge s a[...]

20 GB Using th e on-scr een disp lay 1 Press DVD DISPLAY during play. The Co nt rol Men u ap pe ars. 2 Press v or V repeatedly to select “REPEAT”, th en press ENT ER. If you do not se le ct “O F F”, t he “ ” indicat or lights up in green. 3 Press v or V repeatedly to select the Repeat Play setting. The default setti ngs ar e underli ned[...]

D VD/VIDEO CD/CD/Super A udio CD/MP3/JPEG – Pla y 21 GB You c an ma ke a pr ogram of up to 25 ste ps. You can sy nchr o recor d the prog ram med tr acks ont o an MD or a casset te t ape (pag es 43 an d 67) . Using t he fr o nt pan el display 1 Press FUNCTION to switch the functi on to DVD. 2 Press PLAY MODE in stop mode repeatedly until “PGM”[...]

22 GB 3 Select the album, or track you want to program. x When progr amming a VI DEO CD/CD/ Super Audi o CD For e xam ple, s elect trac k “2 ”. Press v/V or the nu m be r butto ns to s el ec t “2”, then press ENTE R. * “– –:– –” appears when a n MP 3 aud io tra ck is select ed. x When pr ogramming an MP3 For ex ampl e, s elec t [...]

D VD/VIDEO CD/CD/Super A udio CD/MP3/JPEG – Pla y 23 GB You can se arch a ti tle (DVD), cha pter (DVD), track (CD, VI DEO CD, Super Audio CD, MP3), index (VI DEO C D , Su pe r Audi o CD ) , album (MP3, JP EG) and file (JPEG). As titles, t racks, album s an d files ar e as sign ed uniqu e num be rs on the d isc , you ca n sel ect t he de sired one[...]

24 GB 3 Press EN TER . “** (**) ” chan ges t o “– – (**) ”. 4 Press v or V repeatedly, or press the number buttons to select the chapter or index number you want to search. If you make a mistake, press CLEAR to cancel th e num be r, then sel ec t ano th er numbe r. 5 Press EN TER . The play back st ar ts fr om t he s electe d numbe r. T[...]

D VD – V arious functions 25 GB Changi ng the sound ( except for JPEG) You can s elect the au dio lang uage and the audi o recording format while playing a DVD. In add iti on, yo u ca n outp ut th e soun d for e ither the rig ht or l ef t channe l from both the ri gh t and left sp eakers whil e playi ng a CD, VIDEO CD or an MP3 fi l e. You c an a[...]

26 GB Displaying the aud io informat io n of the dis c (DVD only) When y ou se lect “AUDIO”, the c hannels being playe d are di sp laye d on the sc reen . For example, i n Dolby Digita l format, multi p le sign als r anging fro m mona ural to 5. 1 ch annel signa ls can be rec or ded on a DV D. De pe ndin g on the DVD, the number of recorde d ch[...]

D VD – V arious functions 27 GB Displayin g the sub titles (DVD only) With DVDs on which multilingual su bt itl es are record ed, yo u ca n chang e the sub title la ng uage while playin g a DVD, or tu rn the s ubtitle s on or off whe ne ver yo u wan t . For exam p le, you ca n selec t the lan gu age yo u want to master an d turn the subtit les on[...]

28 GB x OSD (on-screen d isplay) Switch es the di spl ay l an guage on t he scree n. Select the language fro m the displa yed list. x DVD ME NU (DVD only) Switch es the lang uage of the D VD men u. S elect the lang uage f rom t he dis played l ist . x AUDIO (DV D only) Switch es the lang uage of the s ound tr ack. S elec t the lang uage f rom t he [...]

D VD – V arious functions 29 GB x JPEG DATE Chang e th e da te info rma t ion orde r of a JP EG imag e i n th e Contro l Menu. The de faul t set t ing is underl ined. YYYY: Year MM: Mont h DD: Day Chan gin g the an gle s (DVD only) When p layi ng a DVD on w h ich va ri o us angl es (mul t i- an gles ) for a sc en e are r eco rded , the “ANGLE?[...]

30 GB Adju stin g th e TV s cre en — SCREEN SETUP 1 Press DVD SETUP in stop mode. The Setu p Disp lay ap pe ar s. 2 Press v or V repeatedly to select “SCREEN SETUP”, then press ENTER. •T V T Y P E • SCREEN SAVER • BACKGROUND •L I N E 3 Press v or V repeatedly to select an item, then press ENTER. 4 Press v or V repeatedly to select a s[...]

D VD – V arious functions 31 GB Tip You can reset all the DVD settings except for Parental Control by pe rformi ng the oper ations desc ribed unde r “To return the DVD setup to t he default settings*, perform re set a s follows:” (page 92). * Exc ept f or Pa rental C ontr ol sett ings Preventi ng pla yback of specific discs — CUSTOM PARENTA[...]

32 GB x When you have already registered a password The dis pl ay f or ent er i ng the pas swor d appe ars. 5 Enter or re-ent er your 4- digit pa ssword using the number buttons, then press ENTE R. “Cus to m paren t al c on trol i s se t.” app ears and th e scr ee n re tu rn s to th e C on tr o l Me nu . If you make a mistake entering your pass[...]

D VD – V arious functions 33 GB 2 Press v or V repeatedly to select “CUSTOM SE TUP”, t hen press ENTER . The “C U ST O M SE TU P ” disp l a y appe ar s. 3 Press v or V repeatedly to select “PARENTAL CONTROL t ”, then press ENTER. x If you have n ot entered a p assword The disp lay for regi stering a new passw ord appears . Enter a 4-d[...]

34 GB 8 Press v or V repeatedly to select the level you want, then press ENTER. The Parental Co ntrol settin g is completed . The lower the value, the mor e strict the limitatio n. If you make a mistake Press b or RETURN O to go back to the prev i ous scre en. To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD SETU P. To turn off the Parental Control function [...]

D VD – V arious functions 35 GB Area code To ob ta in the be st pos sib le sur roun d so und, se t the s peake rs yo u h ave co nnect ed an d th eir dista nce fr om your li stening p ositi on. Then us e the tes t tone to adj us t the vo lume an d the balanc e of the spea kers to the same level. Setting the speakers 1 Press DVD SET UP in stop mode[...]

36 GB The defa ult set t in g s ar e under l in ed . Note s • When adjus ting spe akers, the sound m ay cut off for a moment. • Depending on the sett ing s of other spea ke r s, the subwoofer may out put exces siv e sound. Specifying the surround speaker position and height When setting the surro und speakers, re fer to the diagr am an d se lec[...]

D VD – V arious functions 37 GB Notes • Whe n adjusti ng speak ers, the sound may cut off for a moment . • If each of the f ro nt an d sur r ound sp eakers are not placed at an e qua l dis tance from you r listeni ng position, set t he dist ance of the closest speake r. • Do not place the surround speakers farther away from your listeni ng [...]

38 GB Insert an MD. This sys t em l et s yo u play th e M D in di fferen t play m ode s. 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly to switch the function to MD . 2 Press PLAY MODE i n stop m ode repeatedly until th e mode you w ant appears. 3 Press MD N . Note You cannot change the p lay mode durin g playbac k. MD – P lay Loadi ng an MD With the label side up[...]

MD – Pla y 39 GB Other operations * Whil e the Net M D functio n is on, you cannot switch the functio n. To play a track by entering the track number You ca n also s elect th e tra ck you w ant us ing the remote d uring Normal Play. Press the number button (s). To enter a track number over 10 1 Press >10. 2 Enter the corresponding digits for t[...]

40 GB Other operations Tips • The pr ogram yo u ma de rema ins after Program P lay finishes. To play the sam e program ag ain, pr ess MD N . However, the program is cle ared when you remo ve the M D o r pre ss MD G R O U P . • “– – –.– –” appea rs when th e to tal progra m tim e exceed s 1,0 00 mi nutes. This funct i on a llow s y[...]

MD – Reco rding 41 GB MDs (Mini Disc) let you digita lly record and play mu si c w i t h hi gh qua lity soun d. Ano ther featur e of MDs i s track mark in g. The tr ac k marking featur e lets yo u qu ickly l oca te a specifi c point or easily edit the recorded tra cks. Howev er, depe ndin g on th e so urce y o u recor d, the reco rdin g m e thod [...]

42 GB About recording errors • Wi th the follow ing ki nds of di sc s, yo u m ay expe ri en ce a re adin g failu re or no ise wh en record ed o n an MD : – Di sc s wi th a dh esiv e la be ls at ta che d to th em – Irreg ularly shaped dis cs (for example , heart- or star-s hape d) – Discs with prin te d text conce ntrated on one side onl y ?[...]

MD – Reco rding 43 GB Recording for long times This system has two long time recording modes: LP2 an d LP4 (MDLP recordin g). Press RE C MO DE o n t he MD d eck t o se le ct t he reco rding mo de. Refe r to th e page s abou t record ing (p ages 4 3, 45 a nd 46). MDs rec orde d in MD LP Ster eo mode are p layed back on l y on the sys t em w i th t[...]

44 GB To record using the Group Function Press MD GROUP on the remote re peatedly unti l “GROU P ON” appear s after s tep 2. Pr ess GROUP SKIP on the r emote repeat edly until “New G rou p” or th e desir ed gro up app ears af ter step 5 . To record only your favorite CD tracks You ca n re cord only yo ur fa vor ite CD tr ac ks usin g the Pr[...]

MD – Reco rding 45 GB To record using the Group Function Press M D GROU P on the r emo te repea t edly until “GROUP ON” appears after step 2. Press GROUP SKIP on the remote repeate dly until “New G roup ” or the d esi red grou p appe ars a fter step 5 . You ca n record just the por tions you like fr om a disc , t ap e, tune r or othe r co[...]

46 GB To record using the Group Function Press MD GROUP r epeatedly until “GROUP ON” appears a fter st ep 2. Press GROUP SK IP repeat edly until “New Gr oup” o r t he d esired group ap pear s after step 4. Note When you man ually r ecord a CD, t he MD deck performs ana log recording onl y. Tips • If you want to record m an ual ly in the m[...]

MD – Reco rding 47 GB 5 Start playing the desired source to rec or d. 6 Press ENTER at the desired point to start recording. To stop Time Machine Recording Press x . To record using the Group Function Press MD GROUP re peatedly unti l “GROUP ON” ap pe ars a fter st ep 2. P ress G R O U P S KIP repeat edly unt i l “New G r oup ” or th e de[...]

48 GB 6 Press MENU/NO. To co ntin ue reco rdin g, fol low t he proced ures des cri bed for ea ch typ e of record ing. Other operations * Whe n th e recording sou rce is tape or radio pr ogr a m and the tra c k nu mb ers are not ma rk ed prop erly because of no ise, se t t his leve l highe r so t hat track numb ers are ma rked ea si ly. The fa ct or[...]

MD – Reco rding 49 GB 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly to switch the function to MD. 2 Press MENU/NO. 3 Press . or > repeatedly until “Setup?” appears, then press ENTER. 4 Press . or > repeatedly until “S.Space Off” (or “S.Spa ce On”) appears, then press ENTER. 5 Press . or > repeatedly until “S.Space On” appears, then press [...]

50 GB Before you start edi ting You ca n ed it an MD o nly w he n: • The MD is r ecordable. • The MD play mo de is No rmal Pla y. Check th e follo wing, be fore edi ting. 1 Check the tab of the MD to be edited. Slide th e tab to clo se the sl ot. If the MD i s pr ot ec ted, yo u cann ot edit the MD. 2 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until both “SH[...]

MD – Editin g 51 GB Operations using the Group Function • Pl ayi n g only the tr ac ks in the desire d grou p (page 40 ) • Rec ording a C D ( page 43) • Rec ording a t ape (page 44) • Rec ordi ng on an MD m a nual ly (p age 45) • Starting r ecording with 6 seconds of prestored audi o data (page 46) • Lab ellin g a grou p (pag e 52 ) ?[...]

52 GB You ca n crea te title s f or your re cord ed MD s , track s, an d gr oup s as fo llo w s. After recording Use Name Functio n. Yo u c a n in pu t a to t a l o f app ro x i ma te ly 1,700 c haracters for the disc tit le, track title s and group ti tles on a single MD. When labelling an MD recorded using the Group F unction, be s ure to label t[...]

MD – Editin g 53 GB Note If you enter the symb ol “//” be twe en the characte r s in disc titles suc h as “abc// def”, you ma y be unable to us e the Group Function . Tip You can label a track tit le du ring playback . The playback repeats until you fi nish l abellin g. Chec king t he titl es To che ck the di sc titles, pr ess SCROLL in s[...]

54 GB To regi ster tra cks into a group In step 6, press . or > repeatedly to select the number of the first track you want to reg ister, then press ENTER. When reg ister ing only one tr ack, press EN T ER agai n. Whe n regi ste ring t wo or mo re tr acks, press . or > repeatedl y to sel e ct the nu mbe r of th e last tr ack you want to regis[...]

MD – Editin g 55 GB Releasi ng all groups on an MD — All Release Funct ion You can re leas e all grou ps on an MD a t once . 1 Press MD GROUP repeatedly in stop mode until “GROUP ON” appears. 2 Press MENU/NO. 3 Press . or > repeat edl y unti l “ Gp All REL?” appears, th en press ENTER. “All RE L?? ” appe ars. 4 Press ENTER. The M[...]

56 GB 4 Press . or > repeatedly until t he desired track numb er appears. 5 Press EN TER . “Comp lete! ” appe ars . The t rack select ed in step 4 is er as ed and playb ac k of th e foll owing track st a rts. Whe n you er as e the last trac k, the playba ck of the previ ous trac k star ts. Note If you erase all the t racks wit hin a group, t[...]

MD – Editin g 57 GB 6 Press ENTER if point A is correct. “Point B set” a ppear s a nd pla yba ck for setting t he end ing poi nt of th e porti on to be erased ( po int B) start s. If the point A i s incorrect, pres s . or > repe at edly to find t he star tin g po in t of the port i on t o be eras ed ( poin t A) while monitorin g the sound,[...]

58 GB You ca n us e this f unc tio n to com bine 2 track s into a si ngle track. The total nu mber of track s decrea ses b y one an d all tra ck s fol lo w i ng the combi n ed on es ar e renu mbe re d. Example: Comb ining track 3 to track 1 Example: Comb ining track 1 to track 4 1 Press FUNCTION repeat edly to switch the functi on to M D. 2 Press M[...]

MD – Editin g 59 GB You can use this function to mark track n umbers after r ec ordi ng. You can also use th is fu ncti on when recor ding from tapes o r ra dio progra ms and trac k nu mbe rs ar e not mar ke d automatica lly, and want to mark tracks . The total n um b er of tra cks i ncr ease s by on e and al l the trac ks f ollow ing t he di vid[...]

60 GB You can use th is function to cancel th e last edit and res to re the co nten ts of the MD to the condition befo re the edit. Note, howeve r, that yo u cann ot undo th e ed it if you do any of the fo llowi n g afte r t he edit : • Do anot her edit. • Do th e rec ordi n g proced ure. • Act ivate t he Net MD f uncti on. • Up date th e T[...]

MD – Editin g 61 GB 8 Press ENTER. “S.F Edi t OK ? ” appe ars. 9 Press ENTER again. The system start s reco rding over t he exis tin g tr a c k. “S.F Edi t: ** % ” appe ars wh ile the t rack is being rec orded. An amount of time that i s roughly e qual to or longe r than the play back time of the trac k is required when reco rding over th[...]

62 GB You c an pres et up to 20 FM stat ions an d 10 AM statio ns . You ca n then tun e i n an y of thos e statio ns simpl y by select in g t he c orre sp ond ing pres et n umber. Automatic tuning preset You can automat icall y tune in all o f the st ati ons that ca n be rece ived in yo ur area and then manua lly s tore the r adio frequ ency of the[...]

Tu n e r 63 GB Other operations Tips • The preset st ations are retained fo r about a day e ven if you di sconnect t he mains l ead or if a powe r failure occurs. • You can la be l th e preset st ati o ns “Label li n g th e preset stati ons ” (page 64). • To improve the rec ep tion, a dju st the supp lied antenn as or co nnect an external[...]

64 GB Listen ing to no n-prese t radio station — Manual Tunin g 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly (or move TUNER lever on the DVD player to FM o r AM) to select “FM” o r “AM”. 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedl y until both “AUTO” and “PRESET” disappear. 3 Press + or – on the remote repeatedl y to tune in the desired st ation. Tips • T[...]

Tu n e r 65 GB What i s the Radio Data System? Radio D at a Sy stem (RDS ) i s a broadc astin g service that allows radio sta tions to s end add i ti on al in fo rm a t io n al on g wi th th e re gu lar program signa l. Th is tu ne r offe rs co nveni en t RDS featu re s like st at i on na m e di s play. RDS is availabl e on ly on F M stat io ns .* [...]

66 GB Load a recorded/reco rdable tape into t he tape slot with the side you want to play/ record facing up. You ca n us e TYPE I (nor m a l) tape . 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly to switch the function to TA PE . 2 Press DIRECTION on the MD deck repeatedly to select “ g ” to play one side. Select “ h ” (or “ j ” * ) to play both sides. *[...]

T ape – Play/T ape – Re cording 67 GB You can re cord a whole CD or MD on a tape . You ca n us e TYPE I (normal ) tape. Use butto ns on the MD deck for the operat ion. 1 Load a recordable tap e. 2 Load a CD or MD you want to reco rd. 3 Press MODE repeatedly until “CD t TA PE SY N C ” o r “MD t TA PE SYNC” a ppears. 4 Press ENTER/START. [...]

68 GB You can r ecord just t he p ortio ns yo u like from a disc , MD or radi o prog ram o n a t ape. You ca n also re cord f ro m con ne cted comp onents (see “Hoo king up op tion al compo ne nts” on page 84). Use bu tto ns on th e M D de ck for the op erati on. 1 Load a recordable tape. 2 Press FUNCTION on the remote repeatedly to select the [...]

Sound Adjustme nt 69 GB You ca n se lect fr om thr ee di ff eren t spe aker output mo des: th e f ront L/R speak ers, th e fr ont L/R speaker s and the s ubwoof er, and the fron t L/ R speak er s, ce nt er speak er, sur roun d L/R speak er s and t he subw oofe r. When usin g only the fron t L/R sp eake rs or the front L/R sp eaker s and the subw oo[...]

70 GB You ca n ta ke advan tage of s ur round so und simpl y by s elec tin g one of sys t em’s pr e- progr amme d soun d fields . The y br in g the exci ting and p owerful soun d of movie t heatres into your home . The so un d fie ld s t ha t can be sele cted d iff er accord ing to the spe aker output se lectio n and t he sound s ource to be pl a[...]

Sound Adjustme nt 71 GB x C.ST.E X B (C in ema Stu d io EX B) Repro du ces th e s ound ch arac te ri stics of the Sony Pict u res En te rt ai n ment “K i m N o vak Thea ter” cine ma pr oduct ion s tudio. Th is m ode is id e a l f or wa t chi n g sc ie nc e-fi cti on or ac tio n mov ie s w ith lo ts o f sou nd eff e c ts . x C.ST.E X C (C in ema[...]

72 GB You can set the sy stem to turn off after a cer tain time, so that you c an fall as leep to musi c. Pres s SLEE P. Each time you p ress the b utton, the minute disp lay (the turn -off tim e) c hange s cy clica lly as follows: AUTO* t 90MIN t 80MIN t 70M IN t … t 10MIN t SLEEP OFF * Th e system autom atically tur ns off in 240 minutes or aft[...]

Tim er 73 GB 9 Set the time to start playing. Press . or > repeatedly t o set the hour, then press ENTE R. The minute in dication f lashes. Press . or > repeatedly t o set the minute, t hen press ENTER. 10 Set the time to stop pla y i ng followi ng the same procedure as step 7 to 9. 11 Press . or > repeatedly until the desired sound source[...]

74 GB You ca n reco rd a pr es et rad i o st ation from a specifie d time . To timer rec ord, you must first pres et the ra dio statio n (see “Pr esett in g radio s tatio ns ” on page 62) an d se t t he clock (s ee “ Setti ng t he clock ” on p age 12). 1 Tune in the preset radio station (see “Listening to a p reset station ” on page 63)[...]

Displa y 75 GB Notes • If you use the recordin g timer and the Sle ep Timer at the same tim e, the S le ep Timer h as pri or ity . • The system tur ns on 30 seconds befor e the prese t time. Do not oper ate the s ystem fr om the ti me the system turns on u ntil the p lay sta rts. • If the sys tem is on 30 second s before the preset t ime, the[...]

76 GB You can check t he playing time and remaining time of the current tr ack or that of the d isc. When a D V D /CD -TE XT di s c or a disc wit h MP3 au di o tra ck s o r JP EG im age fi le is lo ade d, you ca n als o chec k th e i nformati on record ed on disc, s uch as the titles. Checkin g the re mainin g time and titles (DVD/ VI DEO CD/CD/ Su[...]

Displa y 77 GB Checki ng the total p laying time and titles (DVD/ VIDEO CD/CD/ Super A udio C D/MP3/ JPEG) Press DISPLAY on the DVD player in stop mode. Each time you pre ss th e bu tto n, th e di sp lay chan ges cycl ically as fol lo ws: x When a DVD/VIDEO CD/CD/Super Audi o CD is in stop mode Total number of tit les *1 or t otal number of tr acks[...]

78 GB To scroll a long name Press SCROL L. Note Depending on the DVD, the di sc info rmation may not be displaye d or the displ ay may not be change d. Tips • You can check t he curr ent tr ack titl e during playba ck. If you press SCROL L, a track title appears scrol lin g in the disp la y. • To labe l a disc, tr acks, a nd groups, see “Labe[...]

Displa y 79 GB x When playing a VIDEO CD (without PBC funct ion )/CD/Super Audi o CD •T * * : * * Elapsed playing time of the curren t tra ck • T–* *:** Remaining ti me of the curre nt track • D **: ** Elapsed playing time of the curren t disc • D–** :** Remaining ti me of the cur rent disc x When playing an MP3 •T * * : * * Elapsed p[...]

80 GB When you con nect a person al computer for the first t ime, use the suppl ied CD-ROM an d instal l the sof twar e in the comput er bef or e con necting t he supplied USB cable. Refer to the no tes on the CD-ROM case r egarding installati on. Next, remove the label affi xed ov er the U SB jack o n the sy stem, and conn ect t he co mputer t o t[...]

Optional P ersonal C omputer 81 GB M-cr ew is softwa re that allows yo u to operat e the sy ste m f r om a co m p u te r i nsta l le d wi th th e software and connected to the system through a USB cab le. The operat ions y ou ca n perfor m are disc (DVD, e tc.), MD a nd tuner play back, record ing an d ed iting, et c. For deta ils on t he insta l l[...]

82 GB 3 Press PC LIB repeatedly to select the foll o win g m o de s . • PC: Pe rson al com puter oper at io ns. In this mode y ou can liste n to music wit h genera l m usic pl ayba ck sof tware suc h as Windo w s M edi a Pl ay er. “U SB A u dio” appear s in th e M D de ck dis pl ay. • MUSIC LIBRARY: System remote operat ions. In thi s mode [...]

Optional P ersonal C omputer 83 GB SonicS tage fo r Sony Ne t MDs is a software applicatio n that u tilizes Sony Co rporation’s copyri ght pro tection tech nology, “Ope nMG” . It allows users to store an d play dig ital mu sic content on t he ha rd d isk dr ive of a c omput er, a nd to transfe r digital audio file s from the hard drive to an [...]

84 GB To enh an ce your sy stem , you ca n co nnec t optio nal com po nent s. Ref er to the ope rat in g i ns tructi on s provided with each component. A VIDEO/SAT IN jacks Use the audio/ vi deo cords (not su ppli ed) to conne ct an opt ional anal og co mpon ent ( VCR, etc. ) to these ja cks. You ca n then reco rd or listen to from th e component t[...]

Optional Compone nts 85 GB Listenin g to a di gital compon ent (suc h a s a satellite tuner) 1 Connect an optical cable. See “H ooking up option al com pone nts” on page 84. 2 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “VIDEO” ap pears. 3 Press MENU/NO repeatedly until “SAT?” appears, th en press ENTER. Sta rt playi n g the co nn ecte d compo ne [...]

86 GB Making an an alog reco r di ng from an analog co mponen t 1 Connect the audio cords. See “ Hooking u p o pt i onal comp one nt s ” o n page 84. 2 Start recording man ually. See “R ecor ding on an MD ma nu ally” (page 45) o r “R ecord ing o n a tape manually” ( page 68).[...]

T r oublesh ooting 87 GB Should yo u enco unte r a p robl em with you r system , do the fo llow ing: 1 Make sure the ma ins lead and speaker cords are corre ctly and firmly connected. 2 Find your problem in the troubleshooting checklist below and take the indicat ed corr ect ive act ion . If the p roblem persi sts aft er doing al l of the above, c [...]

88 GB Speakers The left and right sounds a re unbalanced or reverse d. • Check that th e speake rs and com ponents are connect ed corr ect ly an d secu rel y. • Selec t “CE N T ER” in th e BAL ANCE men u (page 37) . The sound com es fr om the center spea ker only. • Dependi ng on the disc, the so und may come from the ce nter s peaker onl[...]

T r oublesh ooting 89 GB Playback starts automati cally. • The DVD f eatures an auto playback function. Play b a c k st o p s au t o m ati cal ly . • Some discs m ay contain an auto pause signal. While playi ng suc h a disc, th e pl ayb ack st ops at the auto pause sign al. The system tu rned o ff d uring DVD playbac k. • If approximately one[...]

90 GB Picture There is no picture. • Press FUNCTION repeat edly until “DVD” or “VIDEO” appears. • Check that th e syste m is conn ected sec urely. • The SCART cord is dama ge d. Repla c e it with a new one. • Make sure you c onne c t the syst em to the inp ut jack of your TV (page 10). • Make sure you turn on the TV and operate th[...]

T r oublesh ooting 91 GB Synchro recordin g is not possible. • You cannot use the Sy nc hr o rec or ding function with DVDs. The sound from an MD you recorded is too low (or too high). • Adjust the r ec or di ng level (p ag e 49). Sound le aks when rec ording i n LP4 stereo mode. • Record in stereo or LP2 stereo mo de. When recording the s ou[...]

92 GB Optional components There is no sound. • Refer to Genera l it em “Th ere is no soun d.” (page 8 7) and chec k the co n di t io n of the sy s t em. • Connect t he comp onent p roperly ( page 84 ) whil e checkin g: – i f the cords are conn ected prop erly. – if the cord plugs are firml y inse rt ed al l the way. • Turn on the conn[...]

T r oublesh ooting 93 GB C14/TOC Error The MD de ck cannot re ad the disc inf ormation prop erly . c Repla ce th e MD. c Erase all the recorded contents of th e MD usi ng the All Erase Function (page 56). C41/Cannot Copy The sound sou rce is a copy of a com me r cial ly availabl e mu si c soft war e or CD-R. c The Serial Copy Ma na ge me nt System [...]

94 GB MD Analog REC The MD deck starts the ana log record ing. Assign None All th e track s on an MD are r egist ered int o groups . Auto Cut The MD deck is paus i ng th e reco rd i ng because silence conti nued for 30 second s or more duri ng digital record ing. Blank Disc The inser ted recordabl e MD is ne w, or all tracks on the MD have been e r[...]

T r oublesh ooting 95 GB Tr Pro t ect ed Tracks and o ther data that have been checked out on Net MD equipme nt are pr otected, so you cannot u se some of the MD ed iti ng functio ns. Tape Cannot SYNC! There is no ta pe in the tape deck, or the ta b has been remove d from the casse t te. Ejec t The tape de ck is ej ecti ng the cass et te . No Tab Y[...]

96 GB The namepl ate is l ocated on t he bo tto m ex terior. On sa fety • The unit is not disc onn ected fr om th e AC power source (m ains) as long as it is connected to th e wall outle t (mai ns), even if th e unit it self has been tur ned off . • Unpl ug the s ystem fr o m th e wall o ut let (m ain s ) if it is not to be used f or an ex te n[...]

97 GB Additional Inf ormation Note s on MDs • Do not open t he shut ter to exp ose the M D. Clo se the shutter imm ediate ly i f the shutte r o pens. • Affix the la be l supp lied wit h the disc only to the specifie d la be l ind enta tio n. Do not aff ix the la be l around the shutter or in other lo cations. Note that the shape of the inde nta[...]

98 GB The rec ording system i n your MD deck has th e limitatio ns described b elow. Note, howeve r, that these limitati ons are du e to the inhe rent nature of th e MD r ec o rd ing s ys te m itself, not to mec hanical caus es. “Disc Full!” appe ars befo re the MD has re ache d the maxim um rec ordin g time When 255 tra cks have been rec orded[...]

99 GB Additional Inf ormation Guide to the Se rial Copy M ana geme nt System Digital audio c om ponents , such a s CDs , MDs, and DATs let you copy musi c easily with hig h qualit y by processing music as a digita l signal. To protec t the c opyright ed musi c prog rams, t his system uses the Serial Copy Ma nagement System that allows yo u to ma ke[...]

100 GB Outputs MD/TAPE OUT (phono jacks): Voltage 250 mV, impedance 1 ki lohm MD DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL: Samplin g fre quen ci es: 44.1 kHz (CD onl y) Wavelengt h: 660 nm PHONES (stereo phone jack): Accepts hea dphon es of 8 ohm s or more LINE-TV: Max. output le ve l 1 Vp-p, unbalanc e d, Sync negative , load im pe da nc e 75 oh ms Disc player section[...]

101 GB Additional Inf ormation Center speaker SS- CSE9 Speaker s ystem 1-way, 1-uni t, clos ed type, magnetic al ly shi elded type Speake r u nits Full-range : 7 cm, cone type Nominal im pe da nce 6 ohms Dimension s (w/h /d ) A pprox. 120 × 90 × 120 mm Mass Approx. 0.8 kg Sub woof er SS - WSE9 Speaker s ystem 1-way, 1- unit, b ass-reflex type, ma[...]

102 GB For d et ai l s, se e pages 25 and 27 . The language spellings c onform to the I SO639: 1988 ( E/F) standard . Langua ge code list 1245 Inupiak 1248 Indonesian 1253 Icelandic 1254 Italian 1257 Hebrew 1261 Japanese 1269 Yiddish 1283 Javanese 1287 Georgian 1297 Kazakh 1298 Greenlandic 1299 Cambodian 1300 Kannada 1301 Korean 1305 Kashmiri 1307 [...]

103 GB Additional Inf ormation When you pr ess DVD DISPLAY, th e following con trol menu it ems are dis played. * For JPEG fil es , Norma l Pla y mo de only is ava ila bl e. Tips • Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the C ontrol Menu display changes cyclically as follows: Control Menu displa y t Cont rol Menu di splay of f • The Con trol Me nu it[...]

104 GB When yo u pres s DV D SETUP , the foll ow i ng settin gs a re di splaye d. LANGUAGE SETUP (page 27) SCREEN SETUP (pa ge 30) CUSTOM S ETUP (pag es 27, 32) SPEAKER SETUP (page 35) RESET System se tup item list OSD Select th e language you want to use from t he displa yed language list. DVD MENU Select the langu age you want to use from t he di[...]

105 GB Additional Inf ormation Albu m Section of a music pi ec e on a data CD contai ni ng MP3 au di o tracks or JPEG ima ge files. Auto Paus e An au to mati c pa use m ay oc cu r acc or di ng t o the signal enc oded on the dis c whil e pl ay ing a VIDEO CD. If the DVD p layer does not res ume play fo r a long time , press SA-CD/DVD N to resume pla[...]

106 GB DVD A disc th at co ntai ns up t o 8 hour s of m ovin g pict ures ev en t ho ugh i t s diameter is the sa me as a CD. The da ta capaci ty of a s ingle-l ayer and s ingle - sided DVD, at 4.7 GB (Giga Byte), is 7 times that of a CD . Furt herm ore, t he da ta capa city o f a dual-layer and single-s ided DVD is 8.5 GB, a single-la yer and doubl[...]

107 GB Additional Inf ormation Playback Con trol ( PBC) Signal s en coded on VID E O CD s (Ve rsion 2.0) to co nt rol playbac k . By us ing men u scr eens recorded on VIDEO CDs with PB C functions, you can en joy playing s imple interac tive program s, pr ogr am s wi th search f unct io ns , and so o n. This sy stem con forms to Ver. 1. 1 and Ver. [...]

108 GB Title The lo nge st se ction s of a picture or a music piece on a DVD; a movie, etc., for a picture piec e on vi de o soft war e; o r an album , et c. , for a musi c pi e ce on au dio so ft w a re. Ea ch title is assigned a title number enabling yo u to locate the title you want. TOC The area whe re the M D trac k num ber s (track orde r) , [...]

109 GB Additio nal Inf ormation Main unit AM 9 (62, 63) Disc slot 3 ( 14) DIRECTION qk (44, 66, 67, 68) DISPLAY qswd (40, 46, 65, 75, 76, 78 , 82) Display w indow 4wg ENTER/START qj (43, 44, 6 7) FM 9 (62, 63) FUNCTION 2 (10, 13, 14, 21, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 66, 68, 81 , 83, 8 5) MD lever ws MD slot wa MODE qj[...]

110 GB Remote control ALBUM +/ –* qd (15, 18, 21) ANGLE* 8 (29) AUDIO* 8 (25) CLEAR w; (20, 21, 24, 35, 40, 52, 64) CLOCK/TIMER SELECT qs (73, 74) CLOCK/TIMER SET qs (12 , 72, 74) DDSG qf (71) DVD DISPLAY* 9 (15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 29, 31, 78, 79, 103) DVD MENU* qd (17) DVD SETUP* wf (13, 27, 30, 32 , 35, 92, 104) ENTER qh (11 , 12, 1 3, 15, 17, 18,[...]

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