Sony DVP-NS700V manual

3-070-605- 31 (1) SACD/DVD Player Operat ing In struct io ns DVP-NS700V © 2001 Sony Co rporation[...]

2 WAR N I N G To p revent fi re or shock hazard, do not ex pose the u nit to rain or moistur e. To av oi d el ect r ical shoc k, do not open the cab in et. Ref er servi cing to q ualif ied pe rsonne l only . Power co rd (ma ins lead ) must only be changed at a qua lified service shop. CAUTION The use of op tical instruments with this product will i[...]

3 Precau tio ns On safety • Caution – The use of optica l instru men ts with this pr od u ct wil l in cr ease ey e hazar d . • Shoul d any solid object or liqui d fall int o the cabine t, unplug the pla yer and have i t checke d by qualified personnel be fo re operati ng it any further. On power sources • The pla yer is n ot disconn ecte d [...]

4 T able of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precaution s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

5 Viewing Information About t he Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Viewin g the Play ing Tim e and R emaining Time on the Front Pane l Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Checking th e Play ing Time and Remain ing Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Checkin[...]

6 About th is Ma nu al • Instructions in this manu al describe the contro ls on t he remo te. You c an also use the contro ls on th e player i f they have the same or simil ar na m e s as tho s e on the re mo te . • Displays on the screen are slightly differe nt depe nd ing o n t he player mo del. Illustrations of th e on-screen displa y in thi[...]

7 Also, the play er cannot pla y t he fol l o wing discs: • A DVD with a different region code (page 89). • A disc that h as a no n-standar d shape (e. g. , card, heart). • A disc with pa per or stick ers on it. • A disc that has the ad hesive of cell op hane tape or a sticke r still left on it. Note Some DVD-Rs, DVD-R Ws, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs [...]

8 Index to Parts and Cont rols For more information, refer to the pages indicated in parentheses. Fron t Pane l A POWER switch/ indicator (33) 2 DVD indicator Lights up when the disc is a DVD 3 SACD i ndi cator Lights up when the disc i s an SACD 4 MULTI CHANNEL indicator Lights up when: — playing a d isc that con tains more than 3 audio sign al [...]

9 ∗ When play in g the SACD la ye r of SAC D discs, the dis c type is not dis p la ye d. Front panel d isplay When playing back a DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW When playing back a VIDEO CD (PBC) When play ing back a n SACD, CD, or VIDEO CD (without PBC) Digital TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR MIN SEC MULTI REPEAT 1 MPEG SHUFFLE PGM A – B Playing ti m[...]

10 Rear Pa nel 1 DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack (23) (25) (26) 2 DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) jack (23) (25) (26) 3 5.1CH OUTPUT jacks (23) 4 LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) 1/2 jacks (2 2) (25) (26) 5 LINE OUT (VIDEO) 1/2 j acks (19) 6 S VIDEO OUT 1/2 jacks (19) 7 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (19) 5.1CH OUTPUT DIGITAL OUT WOOFER L R FRONT REAR CENTER LINE OUT R – AUDIO [...]

11 1 TV/DVD switch (71) 2 Z OPEN/CLOSE button (3 4) 3 Numb er bu tto ns (35) The nu mber 5 bu tton has a tac tile do t. 4 CLEAR/ - (ten ’ s digit)* butt on (39) (71) 5 SACD MULTI/2CH b utton (37) 6 SACD/CD button (3 7) 7 AUDIO button (54) 8 ANGLE b utton (60) 9 SHUFFLE button ( 41) J PROGRAM button (3 9) K . / > PREV (pre vious)/NEXT buttons ([...]

12 Guide to the Co ntrol Menu Dis play Use the Control Menu to sel ect a function that you would like to use. The Control Menu display appears when the DISPLAY button is pressed. F or details, please refer to the page in parentheses. List of Control M enu Items Contr ol Menu OFF 1: ENGLISH 2: FRENCH 3: SPANISH OFF 1 8 ( 3 4 ) 1 2 ( 2 7 ) T 1 : 3 2 [...]

13 SUBTITLE ( page 61 ) Displays the subtitle s. Changes the subt itle language . AN G L E ( pag e 60) Changes t he ang le. SURROUND (page 56) Selects the surround functions. ADVANCED (pa ge 53) Checks the informa tio n (bit ra te or layer) on the disc while playing a DVD. PARENTAL CONTROL (page 65) Sets the disc to proh ibit pla ying. SETU P (p ag[...]

14 z Each time you pre ss DI SPLAY, the Con trol Menu displ ay change s a s fo llow s: When play ing an SACD /CD disc, only the Control M enu dis play 1 will appea r. The Control Menu items a re different depending on the dis c. z The Control Me nu ic on in dicator lig hts up in green whe n you se le ct any item except “ OFF. ” ( “ SURROUND, [...]

Getting Sta rte d 15 Getting Started Quick Ov er vie w A quic k overview p resented in this ch apter will gi ve you enough in formation to st art using the player for your enjoymen t. To use the surround sound features of this play er, refer to “ Hookups ” on p age 1 9. Notes • You cannot conne c t thi s pla ye r to a TV that does not have a [...]

16 Step 3: T V Hook ups Conne ct the sup plied a udio/vi deo cord a nd po wer cord (ma ins lead ) in the or der ( 1 ~ 3 ) s hown below. Be sure to connect the power cord (mains lead ) last. When conne cting to a standard 4:3 screen TV Depend ing on the disc, the ima ge ma y not f it you r TV sc reen. If you wan t to change t he as pect rati o, plea[...]

Getting Sta rte d 17 To ch ange the col our syste m The colour sys tem of the player is set to NTSC or PAL. If the on-screen d isplay of the play er does not appea r on the TV, cha nge the col o ur system of th e pl ayer to the sam e col our syste m (PAL or NTSC) of your T V . To change the co lour syst em, hold POW ER down whi le pres si ng X on t[...]

18 Step 4: P layin g a Disc 1 Turn on th e TV. 2 Switch t he input selector on the TV to th e play er. 3 Pres s POWE R on th e play er. 4 Press A on the pl aye r to op en the dis c tray . 5 Place t he disc o n the t ray with t he playb ack side f acin g down. 6 Press H . The disc t ray closes an d the player be gins pl aying the di sc . After Step [...]

Hookups 19 Hookups Hookin g Up the Pl ay er Follow S teps 1 to 4 to hook up and adju st the settin gs of the p layer. Before you start, turn off the p ower, check that you have all of the su pplied ac cessories, an d insert the batteries into the remot e (pag e 15). Notes • Plug cords sec ur el y to pr ev en t unwa nte d noi se. • Refer to the [...]

20 Connect th e yello w plug of the a udio/vi deo co rd (supplie d) to t he yell ow (video ) jacks. You wi ll enjoy stan dard qual i ty images. Use the red an d white plu gs t o co nnect to the au dio input j acks (page 22). Connect the S VIDEO co rd (not supplied). You will enjoy hig h qua lity images . Connect the comp onent vi a the COM PONENT V[...]

Hookups 21 Step 2: Conne cting the Au dio Co rds Refer to t he chart belo w to select the connecti on that best suits your system. The surround effects you will en joy d e pe nd on the co nnecti ons and comp onents y ou use. Select on e of the follo win g conn e ction s, through . z To enjoy SAC D Mul ti or 96kHz/24bit sound, use the con ne ct ion [...]

22 This connectio n will u se your TV speakers for sound. x Recommend ed surround sou nd effect s for this c onnection • TVS DYNAMIC (page 56) • TVS WIDE (page 56) The yel l ow plug is used for vide o signal s (p ag e 19). Conne ctin g to your TV A DIGITAL OUT WOOFER L R FRONT REAR CENTER LINE OUT R – AUDIO 2 – L VIDEO 2 R – AUDIO 1 – L[...]

Hookups 23 If your AV ampl ifier (receive r) has 5.1 ch an nel inpu ts, use . If yo u wan t to u se th e Dolb y D igital , MPEG a udio , or DTS dec oder f uncti on o n your A V ampl ifier (re c eive r), co nn e ct to its d igit al ja ck u s ing . With th e fo llowi ng c onnec tio ns, yo u can enjoy a mor e realist ic audio p resen ce i n the comfor[...]

24 z To enhance the surr ound sound effects: • Use high- performance speakers . • Use front, rea r , an d cent re spea kers havi ng the same size and performan c e. • Place a subwoof e r betw een the right and le ft f ro nt spe a ke r s. • When usi ng connec tion , refer to t he operati ng ins truction s of the receiv er (ampli fier) f or c[...]

Hookups 25 This connectio n will use your 2 fron t speak ers connect ed t o your stereo ampl ifi er (rece iver) for sound. If the stereo ampl i f i er (receiver) has audio i np ut jacks L and R only , use . If the amplifier (receiv er) has a digital input jack, use . When conne cting to an MD deck or a DAT deck, use . In this case, yo u can also co[...]

26 This co nnec tion w ill a llow you to enj oy t he sur round eff ects of the Dolby Surr ound (Pro Logic) decoder on you r ampl i fier (receiver). If you ha ve an AV amplifier (recei v er) equipped with a Dolby Di gital , MPEG aud io, or DTS decode r , refer t o p age 23. You can enjoy t he Dolby S urround effects o nly when p laying Dolby Su rrou[...]

Hookups 27 ∗ When co nnectin g 6 sp eakers, rep lace t he monaur al rea r speaker with a centr e speak er, 2 rea r speak ers an d a subwoofe r. WOOFER L R FRONT REAR CENTER LINE OUT R – AUDIO 2 – L VIDEO 2 R – AUDIO 1 – L VIDEO 1 1 2 PCM/DTS/MPEG/ DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL S VIDEO OUT 5.1CH OUTPUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y C B C R DIGITAL[...]

28 Step 3: C onne cting the Po wer Co rd Plug the player and TV power cor d (mains l ead) int o an AC outl et (mains). Do not co nnect the AC power cord (mains le ad) of you r player t o the “ switched ” power source o f an amplifier (recei v er). When you turn off the po wer of yo ur amplifier (receiv er), th e men u setting for t he player su[...]

Hookups 29 4 Press ENTER withou t insertin g a disc. The Setup Dis play for selecting the languag e used in the on-scree n display ap pears. The a vailab le lang uages diffe r de pendin g upon the play er mod el. 5 Press X / x to sel ect a la nguage . The pl ayer uses th e langu age selected here to d isplay th e menu a nd subtitl es as well. 6 Pre[...]

30 • When “ NO ” or “ LINE OUTPUT L/R (AUDIO) ” is sele cted, Qu ick S e tup is fin ished a nd conn ect ion s a re co mpl ete . • When “ DIGITAL OUTPUT ” or “ DIGIT AL & 5.1CH OUTPUT ” is selected, the Setup Display for “ DOLBY DIGITAL ” appea r s. q; Press X / x to sele ct the i tem. Choose the item that matche s the au[...]

Hookups 31 qf Press X / x to sel ect the si ze of the centre speake r. If no centre speake r is connected, select “ NONE. ” Refer to page 82 for each selection item. qg Press ENTER. The Setup Display for select ing the size of the rear speak er appears. qh Press X / x to sel ect the si ze. If no rear speaker i s con nected, select “ NONE. ”[...]

32 To enj oy the s urround s ound effec ts of this playe r or y our ampli fier (receiv er), the following items mu st be set as descri bed belo w for the au dio conn ect ion you s el ected in pag es 23 to 26 ( throug h ). Each of these are the default settings and do not n eed to be adjusted when you f irst co nne ct the play er. Re fer to pag e 74[...]

Playin g Discs 33 Play ing Discs Playi ng Dis cs Depending o n the DVD or VIDEO CD, som e operations may be different or restricted. Refer to t he operatin g instruc tions supp lied wit h yo ur di s c . 1 Turn on your TV. 2 Switch the inp ut selector on the TV to the pl ayer. When using an amplifier (receiver) Turn on the am plifier (receiver) and [...]

34 Notes • If you don ’ t operat e the player o r the r emot e for more tha n 30 minutes whe n a disc is not playing, the player autom aticall y ent e rs sta ndby m ode (Aut o Power O ff functio n). • SACD a udio sig nals a re not ou tput from the digit al jack. z The Replay func tio n is useful when you want to review a sce ne or dialo g tha[...]

Playin g Discs 35 Notes • Depending on whe re you stoppe d the disc, th e player may not resume playback from e xactly t he sam e point. • The point where you st oppe d pla yi ng is cleared when: — you turn the power off by pressi ng P O W ER on the pl ayer. — you change the pla y mode. — you change the set tin gs on the Setu p Displ a y.[...]

36 Select ing “ ORIGIN AL ” or “ PLA Y LIST ” on a DV D-RW Disc Some DVD-RW discs in VR (Video Recording) m ode ha ve two ty pes of title s for playbac k: origin ally record ed titles (ORIGINAL) and titles th at can be create d on recordable DVD players for ed iting (PLAY LIST). You can se lect the type of title s to be play ed. 1 Press DIS[...]

Playin g Discs 37 Sel ecting a P layba ck Are a for an SACD Disc Some SACDs con sist of a 2 chan nel playba ck area and a multi-ch annel pl ayback area . You can select the pl ayback area you want to list en to . Press SACD MU LTI/2 CH in sto p mode. Each tim e you p ress the bu tton, th e “ MULT I ” indi c ato r tur ns o n a nd of f in th e fr[...]

38 Play ing VIDEO CDs wi th PBC Fun cti on s (PBC Playba ck) With PBC (Playbac k Control) functions, you can en joy simpl e interac tive ope rations , searc h fu nctions , an d ot her su ch o peratio ns. PBC playback al lows yo u to play VIDEO CDs interacti vely by follo wing the menu on the T V sc r e en . 1 Start playi ng a VIDEO C D with PBC fun[...]

Playin g Discs 39 Va rious Pl ay Mode Functi ons (Programme P lay , Shuf fle Play , Repeat Play , A- B Re peat Play) You can set t he f ollo w i ng play mo des: • Programme Play (page 39) • Shuffle Play (pa ge 41) • Repeat Play (pag e 42) • A-B Repeat Play (page 43) Note The play mod e is canc el led whe n: — you open the dis c tra y. —[...]

40 5 Select the title, chapte r, or track you want to prog ramme. x When playing a DVD VIDEO For example, se le ct chap t er “ 03 ” of title “ 02. ” Press X / x or the nu mber bu ttons to select “ 02 ” un de r “ T, ” the n pr ess ENTE R. Next, pr ess X / x or the nu mber but tons to select “ 03 ” under “ C, ” then press ENTE[...]

Playin g Discs 41 z You can select “ PROGRAM ” directly by pre ssing PROGRAM. Notes • When pla y in g Super V CD s, the to tal tim e of the programme d tr acks does not appear on the sc ree n. • The number of tit les, chapte r s, or tra c ks displaye d are the sa me as the num be r of title s, chap ters, or tracks r ecorded o n a d isc. You[...]

42 You can play all o f the titl es or tr acks on a disc or a single title, cha pter, or track repeatedl y. You can use a co mbi nation of Shu ffl e or Programme Play modes. 1 Press DISPLA Y twi ce duri ng pl ayba ck (wh en playin g an SACD/ CD, pres s once) . The Co ntrol Menu a ppears. 2 Select ( REPEAT ) using X / x , then pr ess ENTE R. The opt[...]

Playin g Discs 43 You can play a specific portion of a title, chapter or track repeatedly. (This function is useful when you wa nt to mem orize lyrics , etc. ) 1 Press DISPLA Y twi ce d uring playba ck (when playing an SA CD/CD, pres s once). The C ontro l Menu appe ars. 2 Press X / x to select (A-B REPEA T), then press EN TER. The options for “ [...]

44 To turn off the Co ntrol Menu Press DISPLAY repeatedly u ntil the Con trol Menu is turned off. z You can select “ A-B R E PEA T ” directly by pressing A-B. Press the button once to set the point A, and press it a ga in to set the point B . Notes • You can set A-B R epeat Play for on ly one specif ic section. • When you set A- B Repe at P[...]

Searchi ng for a S cene 45 Searchi n g for a S c ene Search ing f or a Part icu lar Point on a Disc (Search, Sca n, Slow -mot i on Pl ay, Freeze Fr ame ) You can qu ickly l ocate a p articular poi nt on a disc by mon itor i ng the pi ct ure or pl aying back slowly. Note Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to d o som e of the o perati[...]

46 Turn the click shu ttle on the pla yer. Th e playb ack sp eed change s dependi ng on the turni ng direct ion and d egree of ro tation as follows: During playback FF2 M Fast forward (faster than “ FF1 M ” ) Y FF1 M Fast forward Y × 2 B (DVD VIDEO/SACD/CD only) Y PLAY N (normal speed) Y × 2 b (DVD VIDEO on ly) Y FR1 m Fast rewi nd Y FR2 m Fa[...]

Searchi ng for a S cene 47 Search ing fo r a Title/ Chap ter/T rac k/Ind ex/ Scene You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and you ca n search a VIDEO CD/SACD/CD by track, ind ex, or scene. As title s and trac ks are assigned unique numbe rs on the disc, you can sele ct the de sired on e by ente r ing its number. Or , you c an search f or a scene[...]

48 5 Press ENTER. The play er starts playback from the selected number. To turn off the Co ntrol Menu Press DISPLAY repeatedly u ntil the Con trol Menu is turned off. To searc h for a sc ene using th e time code (Time search) (DVD VIDEO/DVD- RW only) 1 In Step 2, select (TIME/ TEXT). “ T ** : ** : ** ” (playing ti me of t he current title) is s[...]

Searchi ng for a S cene 49 4 Press ENTER. To return to normal pla y Pres s O RETURN. To turn off the Control Menu Press DISPLAY repeat edly until the Control Menu is turn ed off. Notes • The “ VIEWER ” is not ava ilable when playing Super VCDs. • Dependin g on the disc, you m ay not be a ble to select all functi ons. • The sound is mut ed[...]

50 Viewing Inf ormation About the Disc Viewin g the Pl aying T ime and Rem ainin g T ime on the Fr ont Pa nel Displ ay You can check infor matio n abo ut the disc, such as the remai nin g time, curren t number of title (DVD), or track (VIDEO CD, SACD, CD) us ing the front panel displa y (pa ge 9). Pres s TIME / T EXT. Each tim e you pre ss TIME/TEX[...]

Viewing Information About the Disc 51 z When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, the sce ne nu mber and the pl aying t ime are displa yed. z The playing ti me and rema ining time of the current chapt e r, tit le, tra c k, scen e , or disc will al so ap pear on your TV scree n. See the fol lowing sectio n “ Checking the Playing Tim e and Rem a i[...]

52 x When playing a DVD VIDEO or DVD- RW • T ** : ** : ** Playing time of the curre nt title • T – ** : ** : ** Remaini ng time o f the curre nt title • C ** : ** : ** Playing time of the curre nt chapter • C – ** : ** : ** Rema ining time of the cur rent chapte r x When playing a VIDEO CD (with PBC functions) • ** : ** Playing time o[...]

Viewing Information About the Disc 53 Checki ng the Play Info rmati on (ADVANCED) You can check information suc h as the bit rate or th e disc la yer that is b eing pla yed. While play ing a d isc, an app roximat e bit rate of the p layback picture i s always displ ayed as Mbps (Mega bit per seco nd) and the audio as kbps (kil o bi t per se con d).[...]

54 Sound Adjustme nts Changi ng the Soun d If the DVD VIDEO is recorded with multilin gual tracks, yo u can select the language y ou want whil e playing t he DVD VIDEO. If the DVD VIDEO is recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, MPEG audio , or DTS), yo u can select t he audio format you want while playing the DVD VIDEO. With stereo[...]

Sound Adjustment s 55 x When play ing a Supe r VCD The defa ult settin g is und erlined. • 1:STER EO : The stereo sou nd of the audio track 1 • 1:1/L : The so und o f the le ft chann el of th e au dio t rack 1 (m onau ral) • 1:2/R : The sound of t he right channel of the audio track 1 (monaural) • 2:STER EO: The stereo soun d of the audio t[...]

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

Sound Adjustment s 57 3 Press X / x to sele ct one of t he surround mode s. Refer to th e followin g explana tions given fo r each ite m. For 2 speaker setups • TVS DYNAMIC • TVS WIDE • TVS NIGHT • TVS STANDARD For 4 (or more) speaker setups (If you select “ NONE ” in the setting of “ REAR ” in “ SPEAKER SETUP ” (page 82), you c[...]

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

Sound Adjustment s 59 VIRTUAL MULTI DIMENSION Uses sound im aging to create an arr ay of vi rtual rear speaker positions high er than the listener from a sing le pair of actua l rear spea kers. This m ode creates five sets of virtual speakers surro unding th e listener at approx im ately a 30 ° a ngle o f elevat ion. T he effect differs according [...]

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

Enjoying Movies 61 Displa ying the Su btitle s If sub t it les are re co rd ed on th e di sc s, you can turn the subt itle s on and o ff wh enever you w ant while play ing. If mu ltili ngual subt itles a re recor ded o n the disc , you c an ch ange the subt itle lang uage whi le pla ying, an d turn it on or off whenev er y ou wan t. F or exa mpl e,[...]

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

Enjoying Movies 63 Adj us ting th e Play back Pictur e (VIDEO EQUALIZER) You can adjust the vid eo sign al of the DVD or VIDEO CD from the player, not from the TV, to obtain th e pict ure qualit y you wan t. Choose the setting that b est suits the programm e you are wat c h ing. 1 Press DISPL AY tw ice dur ing playback. The Cont rol Menu appears. 2[...]

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

Using Various Additional Functions 65 Using V a rious Additional Fun ctions Lockin g Disc s (C USTOM P ARENT AL CONTROL, PARENT AL CONTRO L) You can set tw o ki nds of pla yback restrictions for the desired disc. • Custom Parental Cont rol You can set the playback restricti ons so that the player will no t play inapprop ri ate discs. • Parental[...]

66 5 Enter or re-ent er your 4 -digi t password by usin g the numb er butt ons, then pres s ENTE R. “ Custo m parental cont rol is set. ” appears and then the screen ret urns to t he Control Menu di spla y. To turn off the Cu stom Pare ntal Control function 1 Follow Step s 1 thro ug h 3 of “ Custo m Parental Control. ” 2 Press X / x to sele[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 67 3 Press X / x to sel e ct “ PLAYER t ,” then press ENTE R. x If yo u ha ve not ente re d a pass word The disp lay for reg ister ing a new password appe ars. Enter a 4- digi t p assword usi ng the number butto ns, the n press ENTER. The d ispla y f or co nf irmi ng th e pa ssw ord appears. x When you have a [...]

68 To turn off the P arental Con trol function Set “ LEVEL ” to “ OFF ” in St ep 8 . To play a d isc for whic h Parental Control is set 1 Insert the disc and press H . The “ PARENTAL CONTROL ” di spla y appears. 2 Enter yo ur 4-d igit p asswo rd usin g the number button s, the n pre ss ENTE R. The pla yer s t ar ts play bac k. z If you [...]

Using Various Additional Functions 69 1 Press D ISPLA Y while th e pla y er is in stop m ode. The C ontro l Menu appe ars. 2 Press X / x to select (PAREN TAL C ONTR OL), then press ENTER . The options for “ PA RENTAL CONTROL ” appear. 3 Press X / x to select “ PASSWORD t ,” then pr es s ENTER . The disp lay for en t ering th e password appe[...]

70 To turn off the Sound Feedback function When th ere i s n o dis c i n t h e pla yer, pr es s and hold X on the pl aye r for m or e t han tw o seconds . You wi ll hea r t w o bee ps and the Soun d Fee dba ck f unct ion i s turn ed of f. Contro llin g Y ou r TV o r A V Ampli fier (R ec eiver ) with the Su pplie d Remote By adjusting t he remote si[...]

Using Various Additional Functions 71 1 Slide t he TV /DVD switc h to TV . 2 Hold do wn [ / 1 , and en ter you r TV ’ s manu factu rer ’ s c ode ( see th e tab le belo w ) using th e numb er but tons. 3 Rele ase [ / 1 . Code num b ers o f co ntr ol la ble TV s If more t han one c od e number i s lis te d, try entering them one a t a time until [...]

72 RMT-D131A Controlling the TV When you set the TV/DVD swit ch to TV, you can control the following items with th e supplied remote. ∗ If you use num be r bu tton s to select the TV ’ s prog r a mme posi t ion , pr ess - / -- f oll owe d b y the numb er but tons for two-digit numbe r s. 1 Slide t he TV/DV D switc h to DVD . 2 Hold do wn [ / 1 [...]

Using Various Additional Functions 73 Code num b ers o f co ntr ol la ble A V amplifiers (receiver s) If more t han one c od e number i s lis te d, try entering them one a t a time until yo u find the one that works with your AV amplifier (receiver). If you do not co nn ec t an AV am p lifier (receiv er), you can c ontro l your TV ’ s volum e by [...]

74 Settings and Ad justments Using th e Setu p D ispla y By using the Se tup Dis p la y, yo u ca n mak e various adjustments to items such as pi cture and sound . You can al so se t a langua ge for the subtitle s and t he Setup Display, a mong other things . For detail s on each Se tup Display item , see page 75. For an overall list of Se tup Di sp[...]

Settings and Adjustments 75 6 Select a settin g usin g X / x , then pres s ENTER . The se t ting is s elected and setup is complete. Example: “ 4:3 PAN SCAN ” To turn off the Setup Dis play Press DISPLAY repeat edly until the Setup Display is turned of f. z If you se lect “ QUICK ” in S tep 3, y ou will enter the Quick Setup mod e (pa ge 28[...]

76 z If you select “ OTHERS t ” in “ MENU, ” “ SUBTITLE, ” and “ AUDIO, ” select and enter a language code from “ Language Code List ” (page 93) using the num be r butto ns. Note When you select a langua ge that is not re corded on the DVD VIDEO, one of the recorded languages will be auto ma ticall y select ed (e xc ep t for th [...]

Settings and Adjustments 77 Note De pend ing o n t he D VD, “ 4:3 LETTER BO X ” may be select ed autom atica lly in stead of “ 4:3 PAN SCAN ” or vice versa. x COLOR SYSTEM (VIDEO CD only) Selects the col our syste m when you pl ay a VIDEO CD. Notes • You cannot change the colour system for DVDs. • You can change the co lour sys tem of t[...]

78 Custom Sett ings (CUSTOM SETUP) Use this to set up playback relate d and oth e r settings. Select “ CUSTOM SETUP ” in th e Setu p Displa y. For details o n using t he disp lay, see “ Using the Se tup Displa y ” (page 74). The defa ult settings a re unde rlined. x AUTO PLAY Select th e Auto Pl ay settin g when yo u turn on the pl a y er .[...]

Settings and Adjustments 79 x TRACK SELECTION (DVD VIDEO only ) Gives the soun d track whi ch contain s the highest nu mber of channels p rior ity when you play a DVD VIDEO on which multiple audio formats (PCM, M PEG audio, DTS, or Dolby Digital format) are reco rded. Notes • When you set the item to “ AUTO, ” the langua ge may change. The ?[...]

80 x AUDIO FILTER (except SACD) Selects the digital filter to red uce noises above th e 22.05 k Hz (Sampl ing fre quency (Fs) of the audi o sour ces is 44.1 kHz ), 24 kHz (Fs is 48 kHz ), or 4 8 kHz (Fs is abo ve 96 kHz). Notes • There ma y be litt le eff ect by c ha nging the digi ta l filter depend ing on discs or playba ck environment. • The[...]

Settings and Adjustments 81 For con nection det ails, see page 21. Select “ D O LBY DI GI TAL , ” “ MPEG, ” “ DT S, ” and “ 48kH z/96kHz PCM ” after s etting “ DI GI TAL O UT ” to “ ON. ” x DOLBY DIGITAL (DVD VIDEO/DVD- RW only) Selects t he Dolby Digital signa ls to be output via the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICA L or COAXIAL) jack. [...]

82 x 48kHz/96k Hz P CM (DVD VID EO only) Selects the sampling frequ ency of the audi o signal to be output via the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jack. Notes • Even if you se t “ 48kHz/96kHz PCM ” in “ AUDIO SETUP ” to “ 96kHz/24 bit, ” the sampling f requ en cy is conver ted to 48kHz/16bi t when a “ SURROUND ” mode (pag e 56) i[...]

Settings and Adjustments 83 • CENTER • REAR ∗ Rear sp eaker p osition Correc tly spec ify the lo cation of the rear sp eakers to enjoy the surroun d effect. • Set t o the “ SIDE, ” if the locatio n of the rea r speakers co rresponds to secti on A belo w . • Set t o the “ REAR, ” if th e loca tion of th e rear speakers co rresponds[...]

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

Settings and Adjustments 85 To adjust the volum e of all the speaker s at o ne time Use t he am pli fier ’ s (re ceiver ’ s) volume control. x TEST TONE The speakers will e mit a test tone. Use this when you use t he 5.1CH OUTPUT jacks and adjust the “ BALANCE ” an d “ LEVEL. ” 1 Sele ct “ SPEAKER SETUP ” in the Setu p Disp la y. 2 [...]

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

Additional Information 87 , Depending o n the DVD, the outp ut signal may not be the entire 5. 1 cha nnels. It may be monaura l or stere o e ven if the sound tra c k is recorded in Dolby Digital, DT S, or MPEG audio f orma t. The sound comes from the centre speaker only. , Dependin g on the disc, th e soun d may com e from the c entre speaker onl y[...]

88 The subtitle languag e canno t be changed. , Try using the DVD ’ s menu instea d of the direct sel ec tion bu ttons on the rem ot e (p age 35). , Mult ilin gual s u b titl es are n o t reco r ded o n th e DVD being played . , The DVD prohibits the ch anging of t he subt itles. The subtitle cannot b e turned off. , Try using the DVD ’ s menu [...]

Additional Information 89 Self- diag nosis Functi on (When letters/nu mbers app ear in th e display) When the self-diagnosis functio n is activated to preve nt the player from m alfunct ioning, a five-character service number (e.g., C 13 00) with a combina tion of a lette r and four di gits appears on the scre en and the front pan el display. In th[...]

90 DTS (pag e 23, 80) Digital audio compression technolo gy that Digital The ater Syst ems, Inc. d evelope d. This tec hnol ogy conf orms to 5. 1-chan nel surroun d sound. Th e rear chann el is stere o and there is a discrete su bwoofer chann el in this format. DTS provi des the same 5 .1 discrete c hannels o f hig h quality digital audio . Good ch[...]

Additional Information 91 Super Audio CD (SACD) (page 6) An SACD disc c an repr oduce sou nds that are extremely faithful to the orig inal sound by use of DSD (Direct Stream Di gital) tech nology . This techno logy utiliz es a sam pling f requ ency o f 2.82 24 MHz, whi ch is 64 times that of a conv entional CD, and 1-bit quantiza tion that e nables[...]

92 Specif icatio ns System Laser Semicon ducto r laser Signal format system NTSC/PAL ( See page 76 to switch) Aud io ch arac teri sti cs Frequency response DVD (PCM 96 kHz): 2 Hz to 44 kHz ( – 2 dB ± 2 dB at 44 kHz) SACD: 2 Hz to 100 kH z ( – 3 dB ± 2 dB at 50 kHz ) CD: 2 Hz to 20 kH z (±0 .5 dB) Signal-to-noise rat io (S/N ratio) 115 dB (DV[...]

Additional Information 93 Langua ge Co de Lis t For deta ils , se e pa ge s 54, 61, 75. The lang uage spe l lings co nform to the ISO 639: 19 88 (E/F ) standa rd. Code La n g uage Code La n g uage Code La ngu a ge Code L a ng uage 1027 Afar 1028 Abkhazian 1032 Afrikaans 1039 Amharic 1044 Arabic 1045 Assamese 1051 Aymara 1052 Azerbaijani 1053 Bashki[...]

94 List of Se tup D ispla y Items The defa ult settings a re unde rlined. LANGUAGE SETUP (page 75) OSD (The ava i la bl e la ng uages diffe r depend ing upon the p layer model. ) ENGLI SH CHIN ESE1 CHIN ESE2 ENGLISH FRAN Ç AIS DEUTSCH ITALI ANO ESPA Ñ OL NEDERLANDS DANSK SVENS KA SUOM I NORSK PORTUGU Ê S PУССКИЙ OTHERS t MENU (The ava i la[...]

Additional Information 95 SCREEN S ETUP (pag e 76) CUSTOM SET UP (p age 78) TV TYPE 16:9 4:3 LETTER BOX 4:3 PAN SCAN COLOR SYSTE M AU TO PAL NTSC SCREEN SA VE R ON OFF BACKGR O U ND JACKET PI CTURE GRAPHICS BLUE BLACK AUTO PLAY OFF TIME R DEMO1 DEMO2 DIMMER BRIGHT DARK OFF PAUSE M ODE AUTO FRAM E PLAYBAC K ME MORY ON OFF TRACK SE LECTI O N OFF AUTO[...]

96 AUDIO SETUP (page 79 ) AUDIO ATT OFF ON AUDIO DRC STANDARD TV MODE WIDE RANGE AUDIO FI LT ER SH A R P SLOW DOWNMIX DOLBY S URROUND NORMAL DIGITAL OUT ON DOLBY DIGITAL D- PC M DOLBY DIG IT AL MPEG PC M MPEG DTS D-PCM DTS 48 kHz/96 kH z PCM 48 kHz /16 bit 96 kHz/24 bit OFF[...]

Additional Information 97 SPEAKE R SETUP (p age 82) SIZE FRONT LARGE SMALL CENTER NONE LARGE SMALL REAR NONE LARGE (REA R) LARGE (SI DE) SMALL ( REA R ) SMALL ( SID E) SUBW OOFER NO NE YES DISTANCE (The distan ce fr om the listening position.) FRONT 1.0m ~ 15.0m CENTER 0m ~ 15.6m (It chan ges ac cording t o the d istance from the front speake r.) R[...]

98 Inde x Numerics 16:9 76 4:3 LETT ER BO X 76 4:3 P AN SC AN 76 48kHz/96k Hz PC M 82 5.1 Channel Surrou nd 23 A A-B REPEA T 43 AD V ANCED 53 ANGLE 60 ANGLE VIEWER 48 A UDIO 54 , 75 A UDIO A TT 79 A UDIO DRC 79 A UDIO FIL TER 80 A UDIO SETUP 79 AU T O P L A Y 78 B B A CKGR OUND 77 B ALANCE 84 Batteri es 15 BNR 62 C CD 33 CD D IRE CT 79 CHAPTER 47 C[...]

99 T TEST T ONE 85 T ime sea rch 48 TIME/TEXT 47 , 50 , 51 TITLE 47 T itle 91 TITLE VI EWER 48 To p m e n u 35 TRA CK 47 Tr a c k 91 TRA CK SEL ECTI ON 79 TRA CK VIEWER 48 T roubleshoo ting 86 TV TYPE 76 TVS (TV V irtual Surround) 57 , 91 U Usable di scs 6 V VIDEO CD 33 VIDEO EQU ALIZER 63 VIEWER 48[...]

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