Sony BDV-N590 manual

BDV -N590 4-418-144- 12 (2) Blu-r ay Disc™/ DVD Home Theatr e Syst em Operating Instructi ons[...]

2 GB Do not inst all the ap pliance in a confine d space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover t he ven tilation o pening of the apparatus wit h newspapers, tablecl oths, curtains, etc. Do not place the naked flame s ources such as lighted candles on the apparatus. To reduce the risk of fire or el ectric [...]

3 GB disposal service or the s hop where you purchased the product. Notice f or cus tomers: th e fol lowing inform ation is only appli cable to equipme nt sold in countries applying EU dire ctives. The manufa cturer of this pro duct is Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Toky o, 108-0075 Japan. The Auth orized Re presentati ve for EMC and produ[...]

4 GB ** Manufa ctured under l icense under U. S. Patent Nos: 5,956,67 4; 5,974,380; 6,226,61 6; 6,487,535; 7,212,87 2; 7,333,929; 7,392,19 5; 7,272,567 & other U.S. and worldwid e patent s issued & pending . DTS-HD, the Symbol, & DTS-HD and t he Symbol together are regi stered trademark s of DTS, Inc. Product in cludes software. © DTS,[...]

5 GB should not affect un protected content o r content p rotected by other co ntent ac cess te chnolo gies. Content o wners may re quire you to upgra de Play Ready to acces s their cont ent. If you decline an upgrade, you will n ot be able to access content t hat requi res th e upgrade. •D L N A ® , the DLNA Logo and DLNA CERTIFIED ™ are trad[...]

6 GB damages , including but not limite d to lost profits or replace ment sy stems. About These Opera ting Instruct ions • The instructi ons in these Oper ating In structio ns descri be the co ntro ls on the rem ote. You can also use the controls on the unit if they have the sa me or si milar names as those on the r emote. • In this ma nual, ?[...]

7 GB Tabl e of Cont ents About T hese Operatin g Instructi ons ....... 6 Unpackin g ............ ....... ....... ........... ....... ... 8 Index to Parts and Controls ............... ...... 9 Getting Started Step 1: Insta lling the System....... 13 Step 2: Co nnecting the Sy stem... 13 Connecting the speake r s ........ .. 13 Connecting the TV ....[...]

8 GB Unpacking • Fro nt speaker s (2) • Surro und spea kers (2) • Cente r speake r (1) • Sub woofer (1 ) • FM wir e antenna (aerial) (1) • Remote c ommande r (rem ote) (1) • R6 (si ze AA) batteri es (2) • Calibr ation mic (1) • Hi gh Sp eed HD MI cabl e ( 1) (Singapor e models onl y) • Dock for iPod/ i Pho ne (TDM -iP30) (1) (Eu[...]

9 GB Index to Parts and Controls For more informatio n, ref er to th e pages in dicate d in parent heses. A Disc slot (page 21) B Front pa nel displ ay C (remote sensor) D USB 2 port (page 22) Open th e cover using a f ingernail i n the slot. E Soft-touch buttons/indica tors N (play) x (stop) . / > (p revious/next) Z (eject) FUNCTION (page 19) S[...]

10 GB About the indications in the front panel display A Lights up when repeat play is activated. B Lights up whe n stere o sound is received. (Radio only) C Lights up when the system is playin g via the PARTY S TREAMING function. D Lights up whe n muting is on. E Lights up when th e HDMI (OUT) jack is correctly connected to an HDCP (High- bandwid [...]

11 GB Number 5, AUDIO, 2 +, and N button s ha ve a t actil e do t. Us e th e tac til e do t as a ref eren ce when op erating the remo te. • : For TV ope rations (For details , see “Controlling Yo ur TV with the Suppl ied Remote” (page 35).) A Z (eject) SPEAKERS TV y AUDIO Selects w hether TV so und is output from the syst em’s spe akers or [...]

12 GB F Playback operati on buttons See “P layback” (pa ge 21). . / > (previous/next) Skip to the pr evious/nex t chapter, t rack, or file. m / M (fast/slow/freeze frame) Fast re verse/f ast forwar d the disc duri ng playback. Eac h time you p ress the bu tton, the search spe ed cha nges. Activa tes slow-m otion play whe n pressed for mor e [...]

13 GB Getting Started Step 1: In stalling the System Insta ll the system by re ferring to the illustra tion below . A Front speaker (L ( left)) B Fro nt speaker (R (righ t)) C C enter spea ker D Surrou nd spe aker ( L (left )) E Surrou nd spe aker ( R (r ight)) F Su bwoofe r G Unit • Use caution whe n placing t he speakers and/or spea ker sta nds[...]

14 GB Getting Started Select one o f the f ollowing connect ion methods according to the in put jacks o n your TV. Video connections 1) High Speed HDMI cable 2) If the HDMI IN jack of your TV is compati ble with the ARC (Audio Re turn Channel) function , an HDMI cable connect ion can also send a digita l audio signal from th e TV. For setting the A[...]

15 GB Getting Started Conn ect the s yste m, o ther comp onen ts, a nd T V as f oll ows. * This c onnection is unnecessa ry for connection A (HDMI c onnection). Select one of the following co nnection methods according t o the jac k type of th e component. * Use a High Speed HDMI cable. Connecting the other components (Set-top box, etc.) A High qua[...]

16 GB Getting Started When you make connection A Thi s conn ect ion can se nd b oth vide o an d audi o s igna ls. • Video si gnals fr om the HDMI (I N 1/2) ja cks are sent to the HDMI (OUT) jack only when t he “HDMI1” or “HDMI2” funct ion is selected. • To send a n audio signal from the HDM I (IN 1/2) jacks to the HDMI (OUT) ja ck, you [...]

17 GB Getting Started • Be su re to fully exten d the FM wire antenna (ae rial). • Afte r connec ting th e FM wir e antenn a (aeria l), keep it as hori zontal as possi ble. • If you have poor FM reception, use a 75-ohm coaxial cable (not s upplied) to con nect the unit to an outdoor FM ante nna (aerial). Step 3: Prepa ring for Network Conn ec[...]

18 GB Getting Started * SSID (Serv ice Set Id entifie r) is a name t hat identi fies a partic ular wirel ess network . ** You need to check th e settings of your wirele ss LAN router to get the information about SSID and security key. For detail s: – visit the foll owing web site: For cus tomers in Europe and Russia : http://s upport.sony-eur ope[...]

19 GB Getting Started Depend ing on the conn ection met hod (page 14), perf orm the following setting. • HD MI cabl e connec ti on: Fol low th e ins truct ions that ar e di spla yed on the TV scre en. • Video cor d connectio n: Select [16 :9] or [4:3] so that t he pict ure is dis played correc tly. For det ails abo ut [Auto C alibration] settin[...]

20 GB Getting Started Step 6: Enjo ying Surrou nd Soun d After performin g the previ ous Steps and starting playba ck, you can ea sily enjoy pr e-progra mmed sound m odes that ar e tailored t o different kinds of soun d sources. They bring the exciting and powerful sound of movie theaters into your home . Press SOUND MODE +/– repeatedly during pl[...]

Pl ayb ack 21 GB Playing a Disc For play able discs, see “Pl ayable Di scs” (page 51) . 1 Switch the input select or on your TV so that the signal from the system appears on your TV screen. 2 Load a disc. Pla yback st arts . If playback does not start automat ically, select in the [Video], [Music], or [Photo ] category , and press . Some BD-ROM[...]

22 GB You ca n check the play back infor mation, etc ., by pres sing DISPLA Y. The di splayed inf ormation differs depe nding on the dis c type and sy stem stat us. Examp le: when playing a BD-RO M A Outpu t resolution/Vid eo frequency B Title numbe r or name C The curre ntly sele cted audio setting D Avail able fu ncti ons ( angle, audi o, subtitl[...]

Pl ayb ack 23 GB To enjoy an iPod/iPhone via the system 1 (For E urope an d Austral ia mo dels) Connect the Dock for iPod /iPhone to the USB 1 port (pag e 10) or USB 2 port (page 9), then place the iPod/ iPhone ont o the Dock for iP od/iPhon e. When yo u play a vide o/ph oto fil e, connect the vide o out jack of th e Dock for i Pod/ iPhone t o the [...]

24 GB Playing via a Network Sony E ntertainm ent Net work ser ves as a gate way del iver ing s elec ted In terne t cont ent an d a vari ety of on -dema nd ente rtai nment straig ht t o your uni t. • Some Interne t content requires re gistration v ia a PC before i t can be played . For furt her deta ils, vis it the following websi te: For custome [...]

Pl ayb ack 25 GB To play files stored on a DLNA server via the system (DLNA Player) Select the DLNA server ic on from [ Video], [Music] , or [Photo] in t he home me nu, then selec t the fi le tha t you w ant to play. To play remote files by operating the system (Renderer) v ia a DLNA controller You can operat e t he s yste m with a DL NA- certifi e[...]

26 GB • If content that is not compatibl e with the PAR TY STREAMING function is played , the s ystem cl oses PARTY automatica lly. To use the system as a PARTY guest Select [PARTY] in [Music], th en sele ct the P ARTY hos t devi ce icon. To leave the PARTY, press OPTIONS, then select [Lea ve PARTY]. To clos e the PARTY, pr ess OPTION S, then sel[...]

Pl ayb ack 27 GB [Video] only [Leave P ARTY] Leaves from a party which the s ystem is par ticipating in. The PARTY STREAMING function continues amo ng other p articipating devices. [Close PARTY] For PARTY host: Close s a par ty. For PARTY gue st: Clo ses a part y which the system is part icipating in. Th e PARTY STREAMING f unction ends for all ot [...]

28 GB [Music] only [Photo] only When th e sound does no t match the pict ures on the TV s creen, y ou can adju st the de lay between the pictur e and so und. The sett ing method diff ers depend ing on the func tion. When playing via other than the “FM” or “TV” function 1 Press OPTIONS. The opt ion menu ap pears on t he TV scre en. 2 Press X[...]

Sound Adjustm ent 29 GB Selectin g the Audio Format, Multilingual Tracks, or Channel When the syst em is playing a BD/DVD VIDEO record ed in mult iple audio fo rmats (P CM, Dolby D igital, MPEG audi o, or DTS) or multili ngual tracks , you can change the audio forma t or langua ge. With a CD , you can sel ect the sou nd from the rig ht or l eft ch [...]

30 GB Listenin g to the Ra dio 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “FM” appears in the f ront panel display. 2 Select the radio station. Auto ma tic tuni ng Press an d hold TUNING +/– unt il the au to scanni ng starts. [Auto Tu ning] appe ars on the TV screen. Scanni ng stops whe n the system tunes in a statio n. To cance l automati c tuning, [...]

T uner 31 GB Using th e Radio Da ta System (RDS) (Europe mode ls only) The R adi o Data Syst em ( RDS) i s a br oadca sti ng service that allo ws radio s tations to send add itiona l info rmatio n alon g with the reg ular program signal. This tuner offers convenien t RDS fe atur es, such as s tat ion n ame di spl ay. The stati on name appear s on t[...]

32 GB Using the Control for HDMI Function f or “BRAVIA” Sync This fu nction is ava ilable on TV s with the “BRAVIA” Sync function. By conn ecti ng Son y compone nts that ar e compatibl e with the Control for HDMI fu nction via an HDMI cabl e, oper ati on is sim plif ied. • To use the “BRAVIA” Sy nc function, turn on the syste m and al[...]

Other Operations 33 GB 2 Press C / c to select [Setup]. 3 Press X / x to select [Audio Sett ings], then press . 4 Press X / x to select [Auto Calibr ation], then press . The co nfirm ati on disp lay fo r [Auto Calibrati on] appe ars. 5 Connect the calibration mic to the A.CAL MIC jack on the rear panel. Set up t he calibrat ion mic at ear level usi[...]

34 GB x [Relocation] You ca n correc t th e speak er pos iti on vir tual ly to impro ve th e surr ound effec t. [On]: You ca n hear sound from a virtual ly relo cate d speake r posi tion determi ned by [Auto Cal ibrat ion] . [Off] : You can he ar sound from the actual speake r positi on. • This sett ing is r eflected a fter pe rforming [Aut o Cal[...]

Other Operations 35 GB Deactivat ing the Buttons on the Un it (Child Lock) You can deactivate the buttons on the unit (exce pt for " / 1 ) for pr eventing m isoperat ion, such as c hild misc hief (child lock fu nction). Press x on the unit for more than 5 seconds. “LOCK ED” app ears in t he fron t panel di splay. The child lock function is[...]

36 GB Browsing Websit es 1 Prepare for Internet browsing. Connect the system to a networ k (page 1 7). 2 Press HOM E. The hom e menu appe ars on the TV scr een. 3 Press C / c to select [Netw ork]. 4 Press X / x to select [Internet Browser], then press . The [Int ernet Bro wser] disp lay appear s. • Some websites may not disp lay correctly, or not[...]

Other Operations 37 GB Various settings and opera tions ar e availabl e by pressing OPTION S. The availa ble items dif fer depend ing on the situatio n. Available options Items Deta ils [Browse r Setu p] D isplays the Inte rnet Browse r setti ngs. • [Zoom]: Increase s or decreas es the s ize of the displayed c ontents. • [JavaScript Se tup]: Se[...]

38 GB Using the Setu p Display You can make various a djustments to items such as pictur e and sound. The defa ult settings are underl ined. • Playback se ttings stored in th e disc take priority over the Setup Display settings and not all the functions described ma y work. 1 Press HOM E. The hom e menu appe ars on the TV scr een. 2 Press C / c t[...]

Settings an d Adjustme nts 39 GB [Screen Se ttings ] x [3D Outpu t Setting] [Aut o] : Normal ly select this. [Off]: Sele ct this to displa y all contents in 2D. • 3D video from the HDMI (IN 1) or HDMI (IN 2 ) jack is o utput regard less of thi s setting. x [TV Sc reen Size Setti ng for 3D] Sets the screen si ze of your 3D compatible TV. • This [...]

40 GB [16bit], [12bit], [ 10bit] : Outputs 1 6bit/12bit/ 10bi t vide o sig nals when the co nnec ted T V is compatible with Deep Colour. [Off] : Select this when th e picture is unst able or colors a ppear unnatu ral. x [SBM] (Super Bit Mappin g) [On] : Sm oot hs th e gr adat ion of vi deo sign als output fro m the HDMI (OUT) jac k. [Off]: S elect [...]

Settings an d Adjustme nts 41 GB x [Speaker Settings] To obtai n the best po ssible surr ound sound, set the spea kers. For details, se e “Setting the Spea kers ” (page 33 ). x [Aut o Calib ration] You can calibrate the appropriate se ttings automatic ally. Fo r details, see “Ca libratin g the Appr opri ate Sp eaker Se tti ngs Aut omat icall [...]

42 GB [Music Sett ings] x [Super Audio CD Playback Layer] [Supe r Au dio CD] : Plays the Supe r Audio CD layer. [CD]: Plays the C D lay er. x [Super Audio CD Playback Channels] [DSD 2c h]: Plays th e 2-channel ar ea. [DSD Multi ] : Plays t he multi- channel ar ea. [System Settings] x [OS D Language] You c an selec t your lang uage for t he syste m [...]

Settings an d Adjustme nts 43 GB x [Gracenote Sett ings] [Aut o] : Auto matically down loads disc inf ormat ion w hen you stop play back of th e disc . To down load, t he syst em must be conn ected to the netw ork. [Manua l]: Down loads dis c informa tion whe n [Vide o Search] or [Music Se arch] is s elected. x [System Informa ti on] You ca n displ[...]

44 GB x [PARTY A uto Start] [On] : Starts a PARTY or joins an existing PARTY at the request of a netw orked device compatible with the PARTY STRE AMI NG funct ion . [Off]: Off . x [Media Remote Device Registration] Registers your “Media Remote” de vice. x [Registered Media R emote Devices] Disp lays a list of yo ur register ed “Media Remote?[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 45 GB Precaut ions On safety • To prevent fire or sho ck hazard, do not plac e objects filled w ith liquids, such as va ses, on the system, or place the sys tem near wate r, such as near a bathtub or shower room . Should any solid object or liqui d fall into the cabinet, un plug the sy stem and have it checked by qualifie[...]

46 GB On moving the system • Before movi ng the syst em, make sure that there is no disc ins erted, and rem ove the AC powe r cord (mains lead) f rom the wall out let (mains) . Notes about Discs On handling discs • To keep t he disc clean, handle the di sc by its edge. Do not touch th e surface. • Do not st ick paper or tape on the dis c. •[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 47 GB Trou bleshoot ing If you ex peri ence any of t he f ollowi ng difficu lties while using the syste m, use this troubles hooting gu ide to help re medy the proble m before requ esting repa irs. Shou ld any proble m persist, cons ult your neare st Sony dealer . Note that if servic e person nel chang es some parts du ring[...]

48 GB 3D imag es from the HDM I (IN 1) or HDMI (IN 2) jac k do not appe ar on the TV scr een. t Dependi ng on the TV or video com ponent, 3D images ma y not appear. No pic ture appear s when the vi deo output resol ution sele cted in [Outpu t Video Form at] is incorrect. t Pres s a nd ho ld N and VOL – on the uni t for more than 5 seconds to rese[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 49 GB The s ound com es from the c enter spea ker only . t Dependin g on the disc, the soun d may come from the c enter speaker only. No so und or on ly a ve ry low -leve l soun d is heard f rom the surro und speaker s. t Check the speake r connections an d settings (pag es 13, 33) . t Check the sound mo de setting (page 20[...]

50 GB The pic ture/soun d is poor/ certai n programs displa y with a loss of d etail, es pecially during fast-moti on or dark sce nes. t Picture/ s ound quality m ay be poor dependi ng on Inte rne t cont ent pr ovid ers. t Picture/ sound quality ma y be improved by changing the conn ection spee d. Sony recomme nds a conn ecti on s peed o f at l eas[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 51 GB Playable Disc s 1) Since Blu-r ay Disc specifications are new and evolving, som e discs may not be pla yable depending on the disc type and version . Also, the audio outpu t differs d epending on the source, c onnected out put jack, and sele cted audio settings . 2) BD-RE: Ver.2.1 BD-R: Ver.1.1, 1.2, 1.3 includi ng or[...]

52 GB Playable Types o f Files Video Music Photo 1) The system does not pl ay files encoded with DRM. 2) AVCHD Ver.2.0 (AVCHD 3D/ Progressive) compat ible. 3) The system pla ys AVCHD-f ormat files that are recorded via a di gital vi deo camera , etc . To watc h AVCHD-format files, th e disc with AVCHD-format files o n it must be finaliz ed. 4) The [...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 53 GB Suppor ted Aud io Formats Audi o fo rmats suppor ted b y th is sy stem a re a s follow s. a : Sup ported form at. –: Unsupported f ormat. • HDMI (IN 1) and HDMI (IN 2) do not input sound in the case of an audio forma t that contains copy protections such as Super Audio CD or DVD-Audio. • For LPCM 2c h format, th[...]

54 GB Speakers Front/Surro und (SS-TSB111) Dimensions (approx.) 98 mm × 255 mm × 91 mm (w/h /d) Mass (approx .) 0.6 kg Center (SS-CTB111) Dimensions (approx.) 331 mm × 59 mm × 57 mm (w/h /d) Mass (approx .) 0.5 kg Subwoofer (SS-W SB111) Dimensions (approx.) 191 mm × 326 mm × 376 mm (w/ h/d) Mass (approx .) 5.6 kg General Power requi r ements [...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 55 GB Language Code List The langua ge spelli ngs conform to the ISO 6 39: 1988 (E/F) standa rd. Parental Control/Area Code List[...]

56 GB Index Numerics 3D 21 3D Outp ut Sett ing 39 A A/V SYNC 28 Attenuate - A UDIO 40 Audio DRC 40 Audio Language 41 Audio O utput 40 Audio R eturn Cha nnel 42 Audio Se ttings 40 Auto Cal ibration 32, 4 1 Auto Display 4 2 Auto Sta ndb y 4 2 B BD Audi o MIX Setting 40 BD Hybrid D isc Playback Layer 41 BD In ternet Conn ection 41 BD Pare ntal Control[...]

57 GB W WEP 18 WP A2 -PSK (A ES) 18 WP A2-PSK (TKI P) 18 WP A-PSK (AES) 18 WP A-PSK (TKIP) 18[...]

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The software of this system may be updated in the future. To f ind out details on any available updates, please vis i t the following URL. For customers in Europe and Russia: http://support.sony-europe.com/hub/hub.html For customers in other countries/regions: http://www.sony-asia.com/sect i on/support ©2012 Sony Corporation P rinted in Malaysia ([...]