Sony DAV-FR8 manual

©2004 Sony Cor poration 4-255-434- 13 (2) DVD Home Theatr e System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions D A V -FR1/FR8/FR9[...]

2 US 3 To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or m oi st ur e. Cautio n – The use of op ti cal in str u m ents wit h this produc t wil l increase eye hazard. For the customers in the U.S.A This s ymbo l is inte nded to al ert the use r to the pre sence of uninsulat ed “dange rous voltag e” wit h in th e pr odu ct[...]

3 US Precautions Safety • If anythi ng falls into t he cabinet, u nplug the uni t and have it che cked by qua l if ied pe rs onne l be f or e operatin g it a ny fu rthe r. • The unit is not disconne c te d f rom the AC power sourc e (mai ns) as l ong a s it i s co nnect ed t o t he ma ins outlet, eve n if the unit itself ha s been tur ned off. [...]

4 US On cleaning Clean th e cabi net, panel, and contro ls with a soft clot h slightly mois tene d with a mil d det ergent solut ion. Do not u se any ty pe of abras ive pad, scourin g powder or solvent su ch as alcohol or benz ine . If you ha ve any question s or probl ems co ncerning your system , please con sult your neare st Sony deale r. On cle[...]

5 US Welcome ! ......... .............. ............... .......... 3 Precautions ....... ........... .............. .............. 3 About Th is Manual ........ ................... ...... 7 This System Can Play the Fol l owing Discs ... .................. .............. .............. 7 Terms for Discs ....... .................. .............. 7 No[...]

6 US Setti ngs an d Adjust ments Using the Setup Disp la y....... .... ............. 77 Setting t he Display or Sound Track Langua ge ............ ........... ............... .. 78 (LANGUAGE SETUP) Settings fo r the Display ........ ........... ...... 78 (SCREEN SETUP ) Custom Settin gs ............ ............... ... .... .. 80 (CUSTOM SETUP) Set[...]

7 US • The instru ctions in this ma nual descri be the controls o n the remote . You can also u se the contro ls on the sys tem if they hav e the sam e or similar n ames as those on the remote. • The instru ctions in this manu al are fo r DAV- FR1, DAV-FR8, and DAV-FR9. DAV-FR1 i s the mode l used fo r illust ration purposes o n ly. Any di ffer[...]

8 US Note on PBC (Playback Control) (VIDEO CDs) This sy stem c onform s to Ve r. 1.1 an d Ver. 2.0 of VIDEO CD stan dards. Yo u can enjoy t wo kinds of play ba ck depe ndin g on the disc type . About Multi Session CD • Thi s syst em can pl ay Mult i Sessio n CDs w hen an MP3 aud io tr ac k is cont aine d in th e fi rst sessio n. Any s ubseq ue nt[...]

9 US Notes about CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (Video mode)/DVD+R/DVD+RW In some c ases, CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (Video mode)/DVD+R/DVD+RW cannot be played on this player due to th e recor di ng quali ty or physi cal condi tion of the d isc, or the characteris tics of the recording dev ic e and a utho ring software . The disc w ill not play if it ha s no[...]

10 US Disc changer system The dis c chan ger cons ists o f a playi ng unit and a stocker whic h transpor ts the discs to the disc slot and the pl a ying unit. For e xam ple, if you pres s D IS C 3, th e st ocke r moves until th e DISC 3 comes to the p osition of the playing unit and then mo ves the DISC 3 over the playing unit. Note s • Do n ot i[...]

11 US Use the Co ntro l Menu to select a func tion that you wou ld like to use. The Control Men u display appea rs when the DVD DIS PLAY button is p ressed. For details , refer to the page i n parentheses. List of Control Menu Items Guide to the Control Menu Displ ay DISC Displ ays the di sc name or the disc type inser ted into the system. TITLE ( [...]

12 US Tips • Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the Cont rol Menu di splay changes as follows: The Control Menu it ems vary, depe ndi ng on the dis c. • The Cont ro l Me nu ic on in dica tor lig hts up in gree n t unles s you set the [R E P E A T ] se tting to [OFF]. • The [ANGLE] indicator li ghts up in green only when multiple a ngles ar e r [...]

Getting Started 13 US Chec k that yo u have t he foll owing items: •S p e a k e r s ( 5 ) • Subw oofer (1) • AM loop an t e nna (aeria l ) (1 ) • FM wire an tenna (aeri al) (1) • Sp eaker cord s (3.5 m × 3, 10 m × 2) (12f t. × 3, 34ft. × 2) •V i d e o c o r d ( 1 ) • Re m ot e C o mm an der (r em ot e) R M -SP35 0 (1 ) • Size AA[...]

14 US Conn ect the s uppl ied sp ea ker sy ste m u si ng the su pplied speak er cor d s by matc hi ng the co lors of the jacks to those of the cord s. Do not c o nnect any speake rs other than those supplie d with this syste m . To obtain the best possib le surr ound sound, spec ify the speaker par ame te rs (d ist ance, level, etc.) on page 29. Re[...]

Getting Started 15 US Termi na ls for conne cting the speaker s DAV-FR1 Conn ect the To th e Front spe akers SPEAK E R FR ONT L (w hite) an d R (re d) ja cks Surround spea kers SPEAKER SURR L (blue) a nd R (gr ay ) jacks Center s peaker SPEAKER C ENTER (gree n) jack Subwoofer SPEAKER WOOFER (purple ) ja ck s AUDIO IN VIDEO COMPOMEMT VIDEO OUT MONIT[...]

16 US DAV-FR8 AUDIO IN VIDEO COMPOMEMT VIDEO OUT MONITOR SAT SURROUND BACK SPEAKER AUDIO IN S VIDEO (DVD ONLY) VIDEO RL YP B /C B P R /C R RL CENTER FRONT L FRONT R SURR L WOOFER WOOFER SURR R Front sp eaker (R) Center spe aker Front sp eaker ( L) Surround speake r (R) Subwoofe r Surrou nd spea ker (L) Bottom of the front speaker Bottom of the fron[...]

Getting Started 17 US DAV-FR9 AUDIO IN VIDEO COMPOMEMT VIDEO OUT MONITOR SAT SURROUND BACK SPEAKER AUDIO IN S VIDEO (DVD ONLY) VIDEO RL YP B /C B P R /C R RL CENTER FRONT L FRONT R SURR L WOOFER WOOFER SURR R Front sp eaker (R) Center spe aker Front sp eaker ( L) Surro und spea ker (R) Subwoo fer Surroun d speaker (L ) Bottom of the front speaker B[...]

18 US Note on p lacing speakers • Do not se t the spe akers in an in clined pos ition. • Do not place the s peakers i n locations that are: – Extre mely hot or cold – Dusty or dir ty – Very humid – Subject to vibrations – Subje ct to direct s unlight • Use c aution whe n placing t he spea kers and/o r speaker s tands (not suppl ied)[...]

Getting Started 19 US To connect the surround back speaker This sy stem is compa tible with the 6.1 surround s y stem. When you enjoy a DVD that is compatibl e with th e 6.1 sur round s yste m such as a DT S-E S disc, connect the sur roun d back spea ker (not suppl ied) and set i ts par a meter s ( see “S et ti n gs for th e Speak ers” on page [...]

20 US To ch an ge t he spea ker ca ble s If you w a nt to use a differ ent sp ea ke r cabl e, yo u can de tach th e plug for at ta ch men t t o an othe r ca ble. Detaching With the cat cher f acin g down , press and h old th e plu g down agai nst a f lat surf ace an d rem ove t he cords from plu g. Attaching Whil e pr es sin g th e pl ug dow n ag a[...]

Getting Started 21 US Connect th e supplied AM/FM antenn as (aerials ) for listenin g to the radio. Termi nals for con necting the antennas (a erials) Notes • To prevent noi se pickup, keep th e AM loop ante nna (ae ria l) awa y from the syst em and othe r com pone nt s. • Be su re to f ull y exten d the FM wi re an tenna (a e r ia l). • Afte[...]

22 US Tip If you have poo r FM recepti on, use a 75- ohms co axial cable ( not suppl ied) t o conne ct the sy stem to an outdoor FM antenna (ae ria l) as shown be low. COAXIAL AM FM 75 Outd oor FM antenna (aeri al) System[...]

Getting Started 23 US Requir ed cord s Video cord for connecting a TV Audio cords (not supplied) When con nect in g a cor d, be s ur e to mat c h the colo r-co ded sl ee ves to th e appr op riat e j ac ks on t he compon ents. Termi nals for connect i ng video compon ent s Notes • The video si gna l is ou tput as below : – When [ COM PONENT OUT][...]

24 US Note s • Make co nnection s securely t o prevent unwanted n oise. • Ref er to th e ins tr uc tions sup pli ed wi th the TV . • The syst em cannot ou tput an audi o signal to the conne cted TV. Only the audio sig nal of the TV is ou tput f rom the system spea kers . If you connect a digital satellite receiver with an OPTICAL OUT jack The[...]

Getting Started 25 US When connecting to a sta ndard 4:3 sc reen TV Depend i ng on th e di s c, the ima ge m ay n ot fit yo ur TV sc reen . If you want t o cha nge the aspect r atio, pl ease r efer to p age 78. Does y o ur TV acce pt pr ogres siv e sign als? Progres sive i s the m ethod f or displ aying TV im ages wh ich r educ es flicke ring , and[...]

26 US Output t he TV or VCR so und from th e speak ers 1 Connect audio cords. Connect the AUDIO OUT (L/R) jacks of TV or VCR to the VIDEO jacks (AUDIO IN L/R) of this system with audio co rds. * AUDIO OUT (L/R) jacks If your TV does not have AUDIO OUT (L/ R) jacks, you cann ot output the TV so und from the speaker s of this system. 2 Change the mo [...]

Getting Started 27 US Before conn ecting th e AC power c ord (mains lead) o f this system to a wall outlet ( mains), c onnect th e speak er s to t he syste m (see page 15 ). After c ompleting th e first 4 steps, m ake initia l settings using th e Quick Setup. You can set the initial setting of [ LANGUAGE SETUP], [ROOM SIZE], [LISTENING POSITION], a[...]

28 US 7 Select a suitable room size from [SMALL], [MEDIUM], o r [LARGE] using X / x , then press ENTER. Setting is selecte d and [LISTENING POSI TIO N] appe ars. The [LIST E NING POSITION] nu mber you can sel ect vari es, depend ing on the [R OOM SIZE] setting. [SMALL]: Thr ee pos itions [MEDIUM]: F our positio ns [LARGE]: Five posi tions 8 Select [...]

Getting Started 29 US Posit ion ing t he spea ker s For the be st poss ib le su rr ou nd sou nd, all the speak ers oth er than the s ubwoof er sh ould be the same di s ta nce fr om t he list en ing po si t ion ( A ). Howe ve r, this sy stem a llow s yo u to pl ac e the cente r spea ker up to 1. 6 meter s (5 ft) a) closer ( B ) and the s urround spe[...]

30 US Depe ndi ng on the D V D or VID EO CD, som e opera tions ma y be diff erent or restrict ed. Refer t o the op erat ion det ails supp lied w ith yo ur disc . 1 Turn o n your TV. 2 Switch the input selecto r on the TV to this system. 3 Press " / 1 on the system. The sy ste m turns on . Un le ss th e m o d e of th e sy st e m is set to “DV[...]

Play ing Di scs 31 US After following Step 6 Depe nding on the disc , a menu m ay ap pear on the TV scr een . You ca n pla y th e di s c inter actively by following t he instructi ons on the menu. (DVD: p age 3 3), (VIDEO CD: page 33). To remove the disc Press DI SC1-5 Z on th e syst em . Re mov e th e disc af te r it is ejecte d from the s y stem.[...]

32 US Whe n yo u sto p th e di s c, th e sy stem r eme m be rs the p oint where you pr esse d x and “RESUM E” appears in the front p anel display. As lo ng as you do not r e move the disc, Resu me Play will work even i f the s yste m ente rs sta ndby m ode by pres sing " / 1 . 1 While playing a disc, press x to stop playback. “RESU ME”[...]

Play ing Di scs 33 US A DVD is divid ed into a l o t of sections, wh ich make up a pi c ture or musi c feature. Th ese sectio ns are ca ll ed “titles .” Wh en you pl ay a DVD which conta ins severa l titles, you can select t h e title you want usin g DVD TOP MENU/ALBUM–. When you play DVDs that allo w you to sel ect items s uch as the languag[...]

34 US Note s • Depend ing on the VIDEO CD , the me nu doe s no t appear i n Step 1. • D ep end ing o n the V I DEO CD , “ Pre s s E N T ER ” in Step 3 may appear as “Press SELECT” in the instruct ions supp lied wit h the disc . In this ca se, press H . Tip To play withou t usin g PBC, press . / > or the number button s while the syst[...]

Play ing Di scs 35 US Select i ng an al bum a nd track 1 Press DVD DISPLAY. The C ontrol Menu and n ame of t he M P3 data d isc ap pear s. 2 Press X / x to select (ALBUM) then press ENTER or c . The list of album s co nt ai ne d in the di s c appears . 3 Select an album you want to play u sing X / x and press ENTER. 4 Select (TRACK) using X / x and[...]

36 US You ca n pl ay JPE G ima ge file s on CD- RO M s, CD-Rs, or CD-R Ws. Howev er, the di scs must be recor ded accor di ng to ISO9 660 l eve l 1, lev el 2 or J oliet format for the syst em to reco gnize th e files. You ca n a lso pla y disc s r ecor ded in Mu lti Session. S ee the in structions o f the CD-R/RW device or record ing so ftware (n o[...]

Play ing Di scs 37 US When the lis t of all file s or albu ms ca nn ot be di splaye d on t he w indow, t h e jump ba r appears . Pres s c to select the jump bar icon, and then scroll the jump b a r to display th e rest of the list using X / x . Press C or O RETURN to return t o the file o r the album list. 5 Select a file using X / x and press ENTE[...]

38 US To rotate the current image Rotate the cu rrent image using C / c . Each time you p ress c , the ima g e turns clock w ise by 90º. Each time you p ress C , the ima g e turns anti clockwis e by 90º. Note You cannot rot at e th e ima g e during S lide show. Press H to return to nor m al pla y bef o re this ope rati on. You ca n se lect t he p[...]

Play ing Di scs 39 US ALL/ONE/ALBUM • ALL : T he sy ste m pl ays all di scs in t he sy ste m conse cutivel y in the orde r of the disc slot numbe r, and you can se t Shuf fl e Play or Repe at Play f or all t he discs. • ONE: The system plays onl y the on e dis c you have se lected , and you ca n set Shu ffle Pla y or Repe at Play f or 1 di sc o[...]

40 US To chec k the track s or al bums that yo u hav e alre ady cr eated on ce, pres s C to sele ct th e jump bar icon, and then sc roll th e jump bar to displa y the re st of the list using X / x . Press c or O RETUR N to return to the track list. You can sel ect the jump b ar icon only i f there are more than 9 programmed tracks o r album s. 2 Pr[...]

Play ing Di scs 41 US You can have t he system “shuff le” t racks an d play t hem in ran dom order . Sub seque nt “shuff ling ” will pr oduc e a di f ferent playin g order. 1 In stop mode, press PL AY MODE repeatedly until “S HUF” appears in the front pa nel dis pl a y . You can play all tracks on all di scs in a random order, o r a ll [...]

42 US Note While s hufflin g all d iscs, you cann ot oper ate DISC SKIP on the remot e or DISC1-5 on the syst em. You ca n play all the titl es/tra cks/fil es or a sin gle title/c hapter/trac k on a dis c . In Shuf fle o r Pr ogram Play mode, t he s yste m repeat s tra ck s in sh uf fled or progr a m m e d orde r. You can no t perfor m Re peat Pla [...]

Play ing Di scs 43 US x When playing a DVD •O F F : d oe s not p la y re peat ed ly. • ALL: repeats all the title s (except SHUFFL E (ALL) ). • TITLE: repeats the current title on a disc. • CHA PTE R : rep eats th e curr en t chapt er. x When playing a VIDEO CD/Super Audio CD/CD/ MP3 , and wh en Progra m Play is s e t to OFF •O F F : d oe[...]

44 US To change the scan speed (DVD/ VIDEO CD only) Each ti m e you pr ess m or M duri ng scan, the play back speed ch anges. Two spe eds are avai labl e. With e ach press, the in dicatio n chan ge s as fo llow s: The 2 M /2 m playba ck s peed is f aster t han 1 M /1 m . Watch i ng fra me by fram e (Slo w-m otion Pl ay ) (DVD/VIDEO CD only) Press o[...]

Play ing Di scs 45 US x When playing a DVD (TITLE) x When pl aying a VIDEO CD (TRACK) x When playing a Super Audi o CD (TRACK) x When playing a CD (TRACK) x When playing an MP3 (ALBU M) or (TR ACK ) x When di splaying a JPEG file (ALBUM) or (FILE) Exampl e: w he n you se lect (TR ACK ) The list of tracks contained in the disc appears . When th e li[...]

46 US 5 Press EN TER . The sy st e m star ts pl ay back f rom the sele cted number . Note When you play a VIDEO CD with PBC functi ons, the index s earch function do es no t work. To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD DISPLAY re peatedly unt il the Contro l Menu i s t ur ned of f. To search for a particular point using the time code (TIME SEARCH) [...]

Play ing Di scs 47 US When playing back a DVD When playing back a VIDEO CD (without PBC functions), Super Aud io CD or CD TITLE CHAP CHAP CHAP TITLE CHAP Playing tim e and nu mber o f the curr ent title Remain i ng time and number of the curren t title Playin g time and nu mber of the cu rrent c hapter Remain ing tim e and n umber of the cu rrent c[...]

48 US When playing back an MP3 When playing back a JPEG Notes • Dependi ng on the typ e of disc being play ed and the playing mode , th e di sc info rma ti on ma y not be dis pla yed. • ID3 tag appli es only to version 1. • If the MP3 fil e you p lay back has an ID3 tag, the ID3 tag info rm a ti on is dis played as a track (file ) nam e . •[...]

Play ing Di scs 49 US Chec king t he Playing T ime and Remain ing Time You can check the playing time and remaining time o f the cu rrent title, chapter, o r track, and th e total pla ying time or re maining time of the d isc. You c an a lso c heck the D VD/C D/Sup er A udio CD text and MP3 folder name/fil e n ame/ID3 tag (only so ng ti tle ) re co[...]

50 US Checkin g the date informatio n (JPEG only) You ca n chec k the da te in form a tion du ring playba ck when th e Ex if* tag is rec orde d in th e JPEG image data. Press DVD DISP LAY during playback. The Cont rol Me nu appe ar s. * “Exch angeabl e Image File Format” i s a digita l camera im ag e for mat de f ine d by th e Japan Electroni c[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 51 US If a DVD i s recorded with multilingua l tracks, you can se le ct the l ang uage y ou w a nt whil e playing t he DVD. If the DVD is record e d in multiple au dio formats (PCM, Dolby Dig ital, MPEG au dio, or DTS), you ca n select th e au di o format you wa nt while playing t he DVD. With ste reo CDs , VIDEO CDs, or MP3, you[...]

52 US To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD DISPLAY re peatedly unt il the Contro l Menu i s t ur ned of f. Note s • For dis cs not in m ultiple au dio f or ma t , you c an not chang e th e s o u nd. • During DVD playback, t he sound may change auto maticall y. Tip You can select [AUDIO] directly by pressing AUDIO. Each time you pr es s th e b[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 53 US You can take ad va ntag e of su rrou nd soun d simply by s e lecting one of s ystem’s pre- program med sound fiel ds. Th ey b ring t he exciting and pow e rfu l so un d of m ovi e theater s into you r ho me. To se lect sou nd field, press AUT O FORMAT DIRECT or MODE on the r e mote repeatedly until the soun d field you wa[...]

54 US Using only t he fro nt speaker and sub woofer (2 C HANNEL STEREO) This mode outputs the so und fro m the front left and ri ght spe akers and sub woo fer. S tand ard tw o channe l (stereo ) sour c es comp le te l y by pass the sound f ie ld pr ocess i ng. M ul t i c han nel s ur ro und forma ts are dow nmi x ed to two chann els. Thi s all ows [...]

Sound Adjustm ents 55 US x AUTO FORMAT DIRECT P RO LOGICII MOVIE/MU SIC Dolb y Pro Log icII pr oduce s five fu ll-ban dwidth output c hannels from two-channe l sources. This is done us i ng a n advan ced, hi gh -pur it y m a trix surround d ecoder that ext r acts the spatia l propert i es of the or iginal re cordi n g with out adding a ny n ew so u[...]

56 US x C. ST. EX B (Cinema St udio EX B) Repro du ces the soun d ch aracteri s tics of the Sony P ictur es E ntertai nment “Ki m Nova k Theate r” cine m a pr od uction studio . Th is m od e is ideal for watching scie nce-ficti o n or action movies with lots of s o und effects. x C. ST. EX C (Cinema St udio EX C) Repro du ces the soun d ch arac[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 57 US To turn the surround effect off Press AUTO FORMAT DIRECT repeatedly until “A. F.D. AUTO” a ppears i n the front panel displa y. When co nnecting th e head phones t o the PHONES j ack Press AUTO FORMAT DIRECT or MODE repeat edly unt il “H P 2C H ” appea rs in the fron t panel di sp lay. Notes • This functio n is un[...]

58 US 4 Press X / x to select the surround back mode you want according to the input stream, then press ENTER or AMP MENU. The default se tting is “SB MATRIX.” When selecting “SB MATRIX” Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES is applie d to deco de the su rr ound b ack si gnal re gardl e ss of the 6.1 chan nel d ecode f lag a) in the i npu t s trea m .[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 59 US This sy stem prov ides yo u wit h 2 ty pes o f sound eff ect, simp ly b y pr essin g a bu tton. Ch oose the sound to s uit y ou r need s. Press NIGHT MO DE or DS GX on the remote. The so un d effect is ac t i v a ted. x NIGH T MODE In this mo de, y ou c an e njoy sound e ff ec ts or dialog ue, as you wo uld in a m ovie t he[...]

60 US If var ious ang les (mult i-angles) for a sc ene are recor ded on a DVD , you can ch ange the vie wing angle . For ex ample, w h i l e playing a scene o f a train i n motion , yo u ca n displ ay th e vi ew fr om either t he front of the t rain, the le ft window of the t rain, or from t he right w indow with out havi ng the tra in’s movement[...]

Using V arious Additional Functions 61 US If subt it l es are re cor ded on a disc , y ou can t ur n the subtit le s on or off while playing. If multil i ngu al su btitl es ar e reco rded o n the di s c, you can cha n g e the sub title la ngu age w hi l e playin g, or t urn the subtit les on or off whe never you w ant. Yo u can sele ct the langua g[...]

62 US You ca n set tw o k inds of pl a yback restri ct i o n s for a disc. • Cus tom P aren tal C ontrol You ca n s et the pl ay back r estri ct io ns so tha t the syste m will not play inapp ropriate discs. • Par en tal Co nt r ol Playback of some DVDs can be limited accor ding to a pr edet ermi ned lev el, suc h as the age of the vi ewer. The[...]

Using V arious Additional Functions 63 US 5 Enter you r 4- di git pas swor d b y us ing the number buttons, then press ENTER. [Custo m parent a l control is se t.] appears and the scre en returns to the Contro l Men u displa y. If you make a mistake entering your password Press C before you press ENTER and input the corr ect n u m be r. If you make[...]

64 US Limi ting play back for childr en (Parental Control) (DVD onl y) Playback of some DVDs can be limited accord ing t o a pr edet er m i ned l eve l, such as the age of t he vi e wer. The “ Paren ta l Contr ol ” function a llows you to set a pla yba c k limita tio n level. A scene that is limite d is not played, o r it is repl ac ed by a dif[...]

Using V arious Additional Functions 65 US 5 Press X / x to select [STANDARD], then press ENTER or c . The selecti on items for [S TANDARD] are displa yed. 6 Press X / x to select a geographic a rea as the playback l imitation level, then press ENTER. The area is se lected. If yo u se lect [OTHER S t ], sele ct an d enter th e standa rd code in the [...]

66 US Pla yi n g th e disc for w hich Parental Control is se t 1 Insert the di sc and press H . The [PAREN TAL CON TROL] display appe ars. 2 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, th en press ENTER. The sy st e m star ts pl ay back. Note s • If you play a DVD wh ich does n ot have the P arental Control functi on, playba ck ca nnot [...]

Other Operations 67 US By adjust i ng the remo te sign al, yo u ca n cont ro l your TV with th e supplied remote. Notes • If you e nter a ne w code numb er, the c ode num ber previous l y entered wil l be er as ed . • When you re pla c e the ba tte r ie s of the rem ote, the code number may reset itse lf t o the default (SONY) setting . Rese t [...]

68 US CATV Controlling the TV You ca n co ntrol you r TV us ing the but tons below. Using t he nu mber b uttons for contro lling t he TV When you set the remot e to the TV mode, y ou can use th e number buttons f or contr olling the TV. Press the TV button. The TV b utt on tur ns red a nd th e r emo te is se t to the TV mode. Y ou can s elect t he [...]

Other Operations 69 US SONY TV DIRECT allows you to turn on your SONY TV and this system, change the syst em mode to “DVD, ” and then switch the TV’s input source y ou set w it h o ne but to n push . Preparation Register the TV ’s i nput so urce conn ected to this system . Press and hold TV/VIDEO while entering the code f or th e TV’s inp[...]

70 US Note s • This function is only for SONY TV ser i es. • If distan ce between TV and this syste m is too far, this function may no t wo r k . Ins tall th e syste m ne a r the TV. • Kee p the r em o te poi nted in the dir e ctio n of th e TV and thi s s yst em while the TV button is flas h i ng. You ca n us e VCRs or othe r un its conne ct[...]

Other Operations 71 US You can en joy mul tiplex br oadca st sound when the syst em receive the AC-3 multip lex broadcast signal . Note To receive t he AC-3 signal, you need to connect a digital sa te ll ite tuner to the syst em wit h an OPTI CA L cable (page 24 ) and set the dig ital output mode of the digital sa te ll ite tuner to A A C . 1 Press[...]

72 US Presett ing Radio Sta tions You ca n pr eset 20 F M stat io ns, and 10 AM statio ns. Befo re tu ning, ma ke sur e to turn down the volume to minimum. 1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly un til the band you want appears in the front panel display. Each time you press TUNER/BAND, the band t oggles be tween AM and FM. 2 Press and hold TUNING + or – [...]

Other Operations 73 US Listen ing to the Radi o Preset radio stations in t h e system’s memory first (s ee “ Pres et ti n g Rad io St ations ” on page 72 ). 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “FM” or “AM” appears in the front panel display. The last rece ived stat ion is tun ed in. 2 Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to select the prese[...]

74 US Naming Pres et Sta tions You ca n ente r a name of up to 8 chara ct er s for pres et s tations. These names (fo r exam ple, “XYZ”) appear in the sy stem’s fr o nt panel display when a statio n is selected . Note that no more than one name can be entere d for eac h pres et st at ion . 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “FM” or “AM?[...]

Other Operations 75 US You ca n se t the sys tem to turn off at a preset time, so you can f a ll asleep lis tening to mu sic. You can preset the time in 10 minutes decr ements. Press SLEEP. Each time yo u press this but ton, the mi n utes displ ay (the remain ing time) changes as follows: When you choose AUTO The syst em t urns off w h e n the cu r[...]

76 US You can retu rn the s y stem parameters s u ch as speak er sett ings and pr eset st ations, t o t he default se ttin g s. Press . , , or DIS C1 Z on the syst em at the same time . “COLD RE SET ” ap pears in th e fron t p ane l display and the def ault settings ar e re tur ned . Returning to the Default Settings . DISC1 Z[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 77 US By usi ng the Setup Dis play, y ou c an ma ke variou s adjus tment s to i tems , such a s pict ure an d sound. You can also set the subtitle language and the Se tup Di sp lay, am o ng oth er things . For details on each Setup D ispla y item , see pa ge 78- 84. For an overa l l list of Se tup Di sp lay ite ms, see pag[...]

78 US [LANGUAGE SETUP] allows you to s et vari ous l angua ges for t h e on-sc reen d isplay or sound t ra ck . Select [LANGUAGE SETUP] in the S etup Disp l ay. Fo r det ai ls on u si ng the disp lay, se e “Usi ng the Se tu p D i sp lay” (pa ge 77). x OSD (On-Screen Display) Selec ts th e di sp lay lan guage on the scr ee n. Select the language[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 79 US Note Depending on the DVD, [ 4:3 LETTER BOX] may be select ed a utoma tica lly instead of [ 4:3 P AN SCAN ] or vice versa. x SCRE EN SA V ER Turns th e sc reen saver on a nd off so t ha t the screen sav er i mage appe ars wh en y ou l eave the system in paus e or stop m ode f or 15 min utes, or when yo u playba ck a [...]

80 US Note s • If your TV accepts progr e ss ive signal s, conne c t COMPONENT VIDEO OUT of the system to the TV using a compone nt video c ord (not suppl ied), and set progressiv e for mat. • Whe n [ P R OGRESSIVE] is se lected in [S C REEN SE TU P ], no sig nal is out put fro m the M O N I T OR OUT jacks. • If you set [COMPONENT OUT] in [SC[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 81 US x AUDIO DRC * Narrows the DYNAMIC range of the sound trac k. Useful fo r watching movies at lo w volume late at ni ght. * Dy n a mi c R an ge C om pr es sion Note AUDIO DRC only applie s to Dolby Digital s ources. x DATA CD PRI O R IT Y (M P3, JPEG on ly ) Set priori ty data you want to p lay, when you play a DATA CD[...]

82 US Note s • Wh en yo u se le ct an it em , th e s o u nd cu ts of f for a moment. • Depend ing on the setting s of other speake r s, subwoofer may be exce ssi ve. x DISTANCE The default d istance setti n g for the speake rs in relation to the liste ning positio n is shown be low. When yo u set the dist ance usi ng the Q u ick Setup (page 27)[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 83 US x LEVEL You can vary t he l evel of each s peaker a s foll ow s. B e su re to set [T ES T TO N E] to [ON ] for eas y adjustment. * When yo u perf orm the Quick S etup (pa ge 27), the defaul t set ti ngs a re ch an ge d. x BALANCE You ca n vary th e bala nc e of the le f t and rig ht spe a k er s as foll ow s. Be su r[...]

84 US Adjusti ng the sp eaker balance and level by using the test tone 1 Press DVD SETUP in stop mode. The Setu p Disp lay ap pe ar s. 2 Press X / x repeatedly to select [SPEAKER SETUP], th en press E NTER or c . 3 Press X / x repeatedly to select [TEST TONE], then press ENTER or c . 4 Press X / x repeatedly to select [ON], then press ENTER. You w [...]

Settings an d Adjustments 85 US 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x repeate dly until the item you want to set ap pears in the f ront panel display. x SP SET UP Sets the sp eaker si ze, d is ta nc e, an d pl ac e. x LEVEL Sets the bal a nce and leve l of th e ea ch spea ker, and turn s on/of f t he t es t tone. 3 Press ENTER or c . 4 Press X / x to sel[...]

86 US x LEVEL a) When you perf orm the Quic k Setup (page 27), the default se tt ings are cha nge d. b) This setti ng ap pe ars whe n you se t th e correspondi ng speaker to “Y” in “SP SETUP” (page 85). x CUSTOMIZE TEST TONE (test to ne) T. TO NE OFF : The test t one is not em it ted from the spe ak ers. T. TONE ON: The test tone is emitt e[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 87 US Select [SE TUP] in th e set up di s play . For d e ta il s, s ee “ Usi n g th e S e tu p D isp la y” (page 77). x QUICK Normally, wh en you turn the system on for the first time or a fter resett ing the syste m, the guide message appear s on the TV screen an d you ca n perform th e Quick Setup. If you can c elled[...]

88 US If you ex peri en ce any of the foll owing dif fic ul ti es w hi l e us ing t he sys te m , use this trou bleshoot ing gui de to he lp re medy the problem before requ es tin g re pair s. S hould any problem per sist, consu lt your nearest Sony deale r. Power The power is not turne d on. • Check th at the AC power cord (mains lea d) is conne[...]

Additiona l Information 89 US The so u nd loses stereo effect whe n you play a VIDEO CD, a CD, or an MP3. • Set [AUDIO] to [STEREO] in the C o ntrol Menu display (p ag e 51) . • Make s ure th e syste m is connect ed appr opriately . The surround effect i s difficult to hear w hen you are playing a D olby Digital, DTS, or MPEG audio sound trac k[...]

90 US The JPEG image file cannot be played. • The DATA CD is no t recorded in an JPEG format that conform s to IS O9660 Level 1/ Level 2 or Joliet . • The JPEG ima ge file d oes no t have t he extensi on “.JPG” or “.JP EG . ” • The data is not formatte d in JP EG ev en though it has the exte nsi on “ .JPG” or “.JP EG.” • Ima[...]

Additiona l Information 91 US AUDIO POWER SPECIFI CATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: With 4 ohm loads, both channels driven, from 20 – 20,000 Hz; r ated 75 watts pe r channe l min imum RM S power , with no more than 0 .7 % to tal harmo nic distortion . (fro m 250 milli watts to rated output ) Amplifier section (DAV-FR1) Surround [...]

92 US Speakers (DAV-FR1) Fron t/Su rro und Speaker s ystem Bass re flex Spea ker un it 70 mm (2 7 / 8 inches ) dia. cone type Rated i mpedance 4 ohms Dimensions (appr ox.) 90 × 221 × 75 mm (3 5 / 8 × 8 3 / 4 × 3 inch es ) (w/h /d) Mass (approx .) 0.7 kg (1 lb 9 oz) Center Speaker s ystem Bass re flex Spea ker un it 70 mm (2 7 / 8 inches ) dia. [...]

Additiona l Information 93 US Center Speaker system Two-wa y Ba ss re flex Speaker u nit 70 mm (2 7 / 8 inch es ) di a. cone type , 25 mm (1 inch ) dia. balanced -dome-typ e tweeter Rated impe da nc e 4 ohms Dimension s (approx .) 356 × 92 × 76 mm (14 1 / 8 × 3 5 / 8 × 3 inches ) (w/h/d ) Mass (approx. ) 0.95 kg (2 lb 2 oz) Subwoof er Speaker s[...]

94 US x Movie mode The Mov ie mode is for us e with ster eo tel evision shows and all programs e ncoded in Dol by Surrou nd. Th e r es ult is enha nced s ou nd fiel d dire ctional ity t hat appr oaches t he qual ity o f discret e 5. 1 -cha nne l sound. x Music mode The Mu sic mod e is f or use with any s tereo musi c recor dings, and pro vide s a w[...]

Additiona l Information 95 US Multi-a ngle fu nctio n Various angl es of a sce ne, or vi ew poi nt s o f the video ca m er a are rec orded on some DVD s. Multilin gual func tion Several langua ges f or the so und or subt itles in a picture ar e rec or de d on som e DVD s. Neo:6 Deve loped by Digital Theater Systems , Inc., applie s a c onven tional[...]

96 US only, yo u do no t hav e to tu rn the di sc over durin g pl a yback . You ca n pl ay th is CD la ye r using a co nvent i ona l CD pla ye r. • 2 channel + Mu lti-channel Super Audio CD This d isc con sists of a 2 c hanne l play back a rea and a m ulti-ch annel play back are a. Title The long est sect ion of a pict ure or m usic fea ture on a[...]

Additiona l Information 97 US For more information, r efer to th e pages indi cated in parenthese s. Front P ane l A [ / 1 (power) switch/S TANDBY indicator (30) B DISC1-5 Z (eject)/indicators (30) C (remote sensor) (13) D Front panel displ ay (98) E PHONES ( on the si de of the system) jack (30) F VOLUME +/– (30, 83) G . / > (31, 33) H x (sto[...]

98 US Front Pane l Di spl ay When playing back a DVD When playing back a Super Audio CD, CD, VIDEO CD (without PBC functions), or MP3 When listening to the radio Playi ng statu s Curr ent cha pter numb er Curr ent sou nd effe ct Curr ent title number P layin g time Current so und Play mode TITLE ALL REP 1 DISC S 1 NIGHT DSGX DTS –ES PL DE X CHAP [...]

Additiona l Information 99 US When playing back a JPEG file ALL JPEG DISC S 1 Current file numbe r Playing sta tus Play mode[...]

100 US Rear Pa nel A SPEAKER jacks (15) B SURROUND BACK jack (19) C VIDEO AUDIO IN (L/R) jacks (23) D COMPONENT VI DEO OUT jacks (23) E SAT OPTICAL DIGITAL IN jack (24) F AM terminals (21) G FM 75 Ω COAXIAL jack (21) H MONITOR OUT (VI DEO/S VIDEO) jacks (23) I SAT AUDIO IN (L/R) jacks ( 23) AUDIO IN VIDEO COMPOMEMT VIDEO OUT MONITOR OUT SAT SURRO[...]

Additiona l Information 101 US Remo te Note This remo te contr ol glow s in the da rk. How e ve r, before glo wing, th e remote must be expose d to light for awhile . A DISC SKIP (30, 31) B DISPLAY (46, 49, 73) C SLEE P (75) D . / > , PRESET –/+ (31, 33, 73, 74) E H (play) (30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 41, 41, 42, 43) F DVD TOP MENU/ALB UM– ([...]

102 US The lang uage spe lling s conf or m to the IS O 639 : 1988 (E/ F) stan da rd. Language Co de 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 Kurdish 1311 Kirghiz 1313 Latin 1[...]

Additiona l Information 103 US Y ou can set the following ite ms with th e D VD Setup menu. The ord er of th e di splaye d ite ms may be differe nt from t he actual displa y . DVD Setup Me nu List LANGU A GE SETUP OSD DVD MENU AUDIO SUBTIT LE (Selects the langua ge you want to us e from the displayed language list.) (Selects the langua ge you want [...]

104 US SPEAKER SETUP SIZE DISTANCE FRONT CENTER SURROUND YES YES NONE BEHIND SUBWOO FER YES FRONT 1.0 m – 7.0 m/3 ft – 23 ft CENTER 1.0 m – 7.0 m/3 ft – 23 ft * SURROUND 1.0 m – 7.0 m/3 ft – 23 ft * LEVEL CENTER SURROUND RIGHT –6 dB – +6 dB –6 dB – +6 dB SUBW OOF ER –6 dB – +6 dB BALANCE FRONT 6 steps l ef t or righ t TEST T[...]

Additiona l Information 105 US Y ou can set the follo wing ite ms with AMP MENU on th e remote. AMP Menu List SP SETUP CENTER SP SURR SP F DIST CEN DIST CENTER Y 1.0 m – 7. 0 m/3 ft – 23 f t SURR Y LEVEL TESTTO N E F BALANCE T.TONE ON T.TONE OF F 6 steps left or right CEN LEVEL –6 dB - +6 dB SL LEVEL –6 dB - +6 dB SR LEVEL –6 dB - +6 dB D[...]

106 US Numerics 16:9 7 8 4:3 LE TTER BO X 78 4:3 P A N SCA N 78 A ALBUM 35, 44 Album 7, 93 ANGLE 60 Antenna (ae r i al ) Hook ups 21 A UDIO 51, 78 A UDIO DRC 8 1 B B A CKGR OUND 79 B A LANCE 83 Batt eries 13 C CHAPTER 45 Cha pter 7, 93 COMPONENT OUT 79 Contin uous pl ay CD/V IDEO C D/Supe r Audi o CD/DVD/MP3 30 Con t r ol Menu 11 CUST OM P ARENT AL[...]

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Sony Corporation Pr inted in Korea Quick R eference f or Rem ote Co mmande r Note The remote control of the unit employs command signals in common with other Sony DVD products. Thus, depending on the button, other Sony DVD products may respond. A Selects a dis c for pla yba c k . B Swit che s th e item displa yed on the fro n t panel display. C Set[...]