Sony HDX266/HDX267W manual

©2007 Sony Cor poration 2-895-959- 12 (1) DVD Home Theatr e System Oper ating Instructions D A V -HDX26 5/HDX266/HDX267W * DAV-HDX265 /HDX267W only *[...]

2 GB To red uce t he r isk of fire or el ectri c shock, do not expo se this appar atus to rain or moisture. Caution – The use of optical in struments with this product will increase e ye hazard. Do not install the applian ce in a confi ned space, su ch as a bookcase or buil t-in cabinet. To prevent fir e, do not cover the ventilation of the appar[...]

3 GB 11) Only use attachm ents/ac cessories specified b y the manu fa ctur er. 12) Use only with th e cart, stand, tripo d, bracke t, or table specif ied by the m anufactu rer, or sold with the app aratus . When a c art is used, u se caution when mov ing th e car t/apparat us combinat ion to avoid i njury fr om tip-ove r. 13) Unplug this a pparatus[...]

4 GB Welcom e ! ........... ............... .................. .... 3 About T his Manual ....... ........... ............... 6 This Syste m Can Pla y the Fo llowing Discs . .................. ............... ............... 7 Getting Started – BASIC – Step 1: Connect ing the Sy stem and TV ............... ........... ................. ... 10 St[...]

5 GB Advance d Settings and Adjustm ents Locking Di scs ......... .................. ............ 63 (CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL) Getting Optima l Surround Soun d for a Room ..... ............... ........... .............. . 66 (SPEAKER FORMATION) Calibrating the Appr opriate S ettings Automat ically ... ........... ............... .[...]

6 GB • The instructi o ns in this manual describ e the contr ols on th e remo te. Yo u can als o use the controls o n the unit if they have the same or similar n ames as th o se on the remote. • The instructi ons in this manual a r e for DAV- HDX265, DAV-HDX266, and D AV- HDX267W. DAV-HDX265 is the model used for illu stration pu rposes. Any di[...]

7 GB “DVD-RW,” “DVD+RW,” “ DVD+R,” “DVD VIDEO,” and t h e “CD” logos a re trademarks. Note about CD s/DVDs The syst em can pl ay CD -ROM s/CD -Rs /CD- RWs r ecord ed in the follow in g form at s: – aud io C D form at – VID E O C D form at – MP3 audi o tr acks, JPE G image files , and Div X video fi les* of forma t confor m[...]

8 GB view the disc b y normal playback . Also som e DATA CDs/DATA DVDs created in Pac k et Write f ormat canno t be play ed. Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies This produ ct is des igned to play back discs th at conform to t h e Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recen tly, vari ous musi c dis cs encode d with copyright prot ection[...]

9 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – See Unp acking i n Spec ificati ons, pag e 85. Inserting batteries into the remote You can co ntrol the syste m using the suppli e d remote. I nsert two R6 (si z e AA) batte ries by matching the 3 and # ends on the batterie s to the markings i n side the compartment. To use th e remote, poin t it at the r emote s[...]

10 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – The fol lowing is the b asic co nnec tion of the u nit to th e spe akers an d TV . For othe r TV conne ctions , see page 20. For ot her com pone nt conne ction, see pa ge 24. To ac cept prog ressive signals, s ee page 22. To cha nge the co lor system (P AL or NTSC ), se e page 1 3. Refe r to the c onnec tion di [...]

11 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – Ti p • When you install the wireless kit WAHT-SD1 (supplied with DAV-HDX267W only ) in the DIR-TC1 slot, you can enjoy wi reless perform ance. For deta ils, se e “Conne cting O ther C omponent s” (pa ge 24) and th e oper ating instructi ons of the WAHT-SD1 . 1 Conn ectin g the Speaker s Required cords The [...]

12 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – 2 Connect ing the TV Required cords A Video cord . B Audio cord (not supplied) Ti p • When you want to output the TV sound or stereo soun d of a 2 channel source from the 6 speak ers, select the “Dolby Pro Logic,” “Dolby Pro Logic II MOVIE,” or “Dolby Pro Logic II MUSIC” sound field (page 30). 3 Co[...]

13 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – To connect the FM wire antenna (aerial) Connect the FM wire antenna (aerial) to the FM 75 Ω COAX IAL jack. Note • Be sure to full y exten d the FM wire an tenna (ae rial) . • A fter con necting th e FM wire antenn a (aerial ), keep it as hori zontal as p ossible. Ti p • I f you have poor FM r eception, us[...]

14 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – Position ing the spea kers For t he be st possib le surrou nd sound, al l the speake rs ot her than the su bwo ofer sh ould b e plac ed at the same dist ance fr om th e listen ing posit ion ( A ). However, th is syst em allows you to plac e the cente r sp eake r up to 1.6 me te rs (5 ft) clo ser ( B ) and the su[...]

15 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – Follow the steps bel ow to make the minimum number of bas ic adju stmen ts fo r usin g the system . 1 Turn on the TV . 2 Press [ / 1 . Note • D isconnec t the headphones whe n you perform the Quick Setup. You cannot ope rate steps a fter 11 with the headp hones connec ted. • Make sure that t he func tion is [...]

16 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – Note • When t he wireless kit WAHT-SD1 ( supplie d with DAV-HDX267W only) is installed, [STANDARD (WIRELESS)] appears instead. 10 Press . 11 Connect the calibration mic to the A.CAL MIC jack on the front panel an d press X / x to select [YES]. Set up t he calibrat ion mic at th e ear lev e l using a trip od, e[...]

17 GB Getting Started – B ASIC – Ti p • If you chang e the positi on of t he spea kers, re set the speaker settin gs. Se e “Ge tting Optimal Surround Sound for a Room ” (page 66) and “Cali brating the Appropriat e Settings Automati cally” (page 68). • If you want to cha nge any of the s ettings, s ee “Us ing the Setup Dis play” [...]

18 GB After connecti ng the A C power cord (mai ns lead), the demonst ration appears in the front panel disp lay. When you press " / 1 on the remote, the demonstr ation turns off. Note • W hen you pre ss " / 1 on the unit , the demon stra tion does not turn off. • When you s et the de monstr ation m ode in the syst em menu to on, the [...]

Getting Started – AD V ANCED – 19 GB You ca n use the speak ers by inst alli ng on t he wall. Inst alling the sp eakers on a wall 1 Prepare screws (not supplied) that are suitable for the hole on the back of each speaker. See the illustrations belo w. 2 Fasten the screws to the wall. For the center speaker For the other speakers 3 Hang the sp e[...]

20 GB Sends the pl ayed back DVD image to the connected TV . Check t he jack s of your TV , and c hoos e connec tion m ethod A , B , C , or D . Picture qu ality improve s in orde r fro m A (st anda rd) to D (HD MI) . * HDMI (hi gh-defini tion multim edia interf ace) The sys tem incorp orates Hi gh-Definit i on Multim e dia Interfa ce (HDMI TM ) te [...]

Getting Started – AD V ANCED – 21 GB A To connect to a TV with the VIDEO IN jack Connect the vide o cord . . B To connect to a TV with the S VIDEO IN jack Connect an S video c ord (n ot suppl ied). To us e the S video ja ck instead of the vi deo jack , your TV moni tor must a lso be co nnect ed via a n S video jack . S vi deo signa ls are o n a[...]

22 GB 2 Press VI DEO FOR MAT. The cu rrent ty pe of vi deo sign als a ppear s in the fro nt pan el disp lay. Each time you p ress VIDEO FORMAT, the disp lay changes as follows: • “720 × 480p*” : Sends 720 × 480p vi deo sig nals. ** • “1280 × 720p *”: Sends 1280 × 720p vid eo signa ls. • “1920 × 1080i * ”: Sends 19 20 × 1080i[...]

Getting Started – AD V ANCED – 23 GB 2 Press VIDEO FORMAT. The current s ignal ap pears in the f ront pan el di splay. Each time y ou press VI D EO FORMAT, the displ a y changes a s follows: x NORMAL (INTERLACE) Select this se tting when: – your TV does not acce pt progr essive sign als, or , – your TV is c onnected to jacks o t her than th[...]

24 GB You c an enjoy soun d usi ng the s peake rs of t his sys tem b y conn ecting the AU DIO OUT jacks of an other comp onent . For vi deo conn ecti on of oth er comp onent s, c onnect d irectly to the T V. * CAUTION Please do n ot remov e the scr ews before in stalling the WAHT- SD1. To connect the AUDIO OUT jacks of other components to the TV/VI[...]

Getting Started – AD V ANCED – 25 GB To listen to the portable audio source sound through the sys tem Conne ct the au dio ou tput jacks of th e portab le aud io sour ce to the AUD IO IN ja ck on the f ront panel of the unit with the stereo min i-plug cord (not suppl ied). Ti p • W hen liste ning to MP3 fo rmat recordi ngs using a port able au[...]

26 GB Basi c Oper ati ons Depending on the DVD VIDEO or VIDEO CD, some operat ions may be diffe rent or r estr icted. Refer to t h e operatin g instructions supplied with your di sc. 1 Turn o n your TV. 2 Switch the input selecto r on the TV to this system. 3 Press " / 1 . The sy ste m turns on. Unless the s ystem is set to “ DVD,” press F[...]

27 GB Basi c Oper ati ons Ti p • W hen you co nnect the sys tem and TV w ith the HDMI cord, you can ope rate them sim ply, using the HDMI CONTR OL fu nction . F or deta ils, see the H DMI CONTROL Guide (supplied se parately) . • The DISC 1-5 indicato rs change color as follows: – green : the disc is selec ted, or the dis c is being played bac[...]

28 GB Basi c Oper ati ons Selecti ng the conn ected compon ent You ca n use a VCR or oth er comp onent s connected to the TV/VIDEO jacks o n the re ar panel. Refer to the ope rating instr u ctions supplied wit h the components f o r furt her informatio n . Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “TV/ VIDEO” appears i n the front panel display. Each ti[...]

29 GB Basi c Oper ati ons You can enjoy TV or VC R sound from all the speake rs in this system. For deta ils, see “S tep 1: Connec ting th e Syst em and TV” (pa ge 10) , “Con nectin g the TV (Adva nced) ” (pa ge 2 0), and “ Connec ting O ther Comp onents ” (pag e 24). 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “TV/ VIDEO” appears in t he fr[...]

30 GB You ca n take adv anta ge of sur round sound simply by selecting one of the system’s pr e - progr amme d soun d fields . The y bring ex cit ing and po werf ul soun d of m ovie th eaters into your home . Pres s SOUND FIELD. Press SOUND FIELD re peatedly u ntil the so u nd field yo u w ant app ears in the front panel display . All sound field[...]

Sound Adjustme nts 31 GB • W hen the bil ingual broadca st sound is input , Dolby Pro Logic and Do lby P ro Logic II MOV IE/MUSIC are not effective. Using only the fron t speaker and sub woo fer x 2 CHANNEL S TEREO This mode output s the sound from the front lef t and righ t spe akers an d su bwoof er. Sta ndard 2 channel ( stereo) sourc es compl[...]

32 GB You ca n quickl y locat e a parti cular p oint on a disc by monito ring the pictur e or play ing back slowly. Note • De p ending on the DVD/DivX video*/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to do som e of the operat ions described. * Except for Unite d Kin gdom and North A meric an models. Locat ing a po int quickly b y playing a disc in fast forwa[...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 33 GB You can se a rch a DVD by t itle or chapter, and you can se arch a VIDEO CD/C D/DA TA CD/ DATA D VD by trac k, inde x, or sc ene. A s titles and trac ks are as sign ed uniqu e num bers o n the disc, you c an sel ect the des ired one by ent ering its n umber. Or, yo u can search fo r a scene usin g the ti [...]

34 GB You c an divi de t he TV scre en int o 9 s ubscre ens and fi nd the de sired sc ene quic kly. 1 Press PICTURE NAVI during playback. The f ollowing display appears. 2 Press PICTURE NAVI repeatedly to select an item. • [TITLE VIEWER] (DVD VIDEO only) • [CHAPTER VIEWER ] (DVD VIDEO only ) • [TRACK VIEWER] (VIDEO CD/ Super VCD only) 3 Press[...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 35 GB Ti p • T o play fro m the begi nning of the disc, press x twice, then pr ess H . To enjoy a disc that is played before by resume playback (Multi-disc Resume) (DVD VIDEO, VIDEO CD on ly) Thi s sys tem stores the po int where you st opped the disc for up to 40 di scs an d resu mes pl aybac k the next time[...]

36 GB 4 Press c . The cursor moves to the track row [T] (in this case , [01]). 5 Select the t rack you w ant to p rogram. For e xam ple, s ele ct trac k [0 2]. Press X / x to sel ect [02] under [T], then press . 6 To program other tracks, repeat ste ps 4 to 5. The progr amm ed track s are disp layed in the sele cted order . 7 Press H to st art Prog[...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 37 GB You ca n have the syst em “shuffle” tra cks. Subs equent “sh uffl ing” may produc e a diffe rent playin g order. Note • S ame song may be pla yed repeate dly during MP 3 playback. • You can shuffle the tr acks on the curren t disc only. 1 Press DISPLAY duri ng playback. The C ontrol Menu di sp[...]

38 GB You can play all the tit les, tracks or albums on a disc or a single t itle, chapter, track, or album repeat edly . You ca n use a co mbin ation of Shu ffle or Progra m Play modes. 1 Press DISPLAY during playback. The Con trol Menu displa y appears. 2 Press X / x to select [REPEAT], then press . The option s for [REPEAT ] appe ar. 3 Press X /[...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 39 GB A DVD is divid ed into a l o t of sec tions, which make up a pictu re or music fe ature. Thes e sectio ns are ca lled “t itles .” When you p lay a DVD which conta ins severa l titles, you can select t h e title y ou want using DVD TOP MENU. When you play DVDs that allo w you to sel ect items s uch as [...]

40 GB x When playing a DVD-VR The typ es of sound tracks reco rded o n a disc are disp layed. The d efault se tting is underl ine d. Example: • [1: MAIN ] (ma in so und) • [1: SU B] (sub sound ) • [1: MAIN+SUB] (m ain an d sub soun d) • [2: MAIN ] •[ 2 : S U B ] • [2: MAIN +S UB] Note • [2: MAIN], [2: SUB], and [2: M AIN+SUB] do not a[...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 41 GB x When playing a DATA CD (DivX vide o) or DATA DVD (DivX vi deo) (except for United Kingdom a nd North American models) Example: MP3 audi o About audio signals Audi o signals recor ded in a disc con tain t he sound eleme nts (cha nnels) shown below. Each chann el is outpu t fro m a sepa rate speak er. •[...]

42 GB Viewing the playing ti me and remaining time in the front panel d isplay You ca n chec k disc inform atio n, suc h as the remaining ti me, total number o f title s in a DVD, tracks in a VIDEO CD, CD, MP3, or file name of a DivX video* usin g the fro nt panel displa y (page 9 4). * Except for Unite d Kin gdom and North A meric an models. Pres [...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 43 GB 2 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to change the time information. The displa y and th e kinds o f time that you ca n check de pend on the di sc yo u are playin g. x When playing a DVD VIDEO or DVD- RW • T **: **:** Playing time of the c urrent tit le • T–**: **:** Remaining time o f the curr e nt titl e ?[...]

44 GB Checkin g the date informat ion (JPEG o nly) You ca n chec k the da te info rmat ion du ring playba ck when the Ex if* tag is rec orde d in the JPEG image data. Press DISPLAY twice during p layback. The Cont rol Me nu displ ay appea rs. * “Exchan geable Image File Format” i s a digita l camera im age format def ined by the Japa n Electron[...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 45 GB If subt itles are recor ded on a disc , you can t urn the subtit les on or off while playin g. If multil ingual subt itles ar e reco rded o n the di sc, you can change t he sub title langu age w hile playin g, or t urn the subtit les on or off whe never you wan t. Press SUBTITLE during playback. Each time[...]

46 GB What is MP3/ JPEG? MP3 i s audi o compre ssio n techno logy tha t satisfi es the ISO/MP EG regulat ions. JPEG i s imag e compr essio n technol ogy. Discs that t he system can play You can play back DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/ C D- Rs/CD-RWs) or DATA DVDs (DVD-Rs/DVD- RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+RWs/DVD-ROMs) recor ded in MP 3 (MP EG1 Audio La yer 3) or JPEG form a[...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 47 GB Playb ack order of MP3 audi o track s or JPEG image f iles The playb ack or der of M P3 audi o track s or JPEG i mage fil es reco rded on a DA TA CD o r DATA DVD is as fol lows: x Structure of disc contents When you insert a DATA CD or DATA DVD and pres s H , the numbered trac ks (or file s) are played s [...]

48 GB Selecti ng an MP3 audi o track or album 1 Load a DATA CD o r DATA DVD. The albu ms recor ded on the D ATA CD or DATA DVD appear. When an al b um is being played, its title is s haded. 2 Press X / x to select an a lbum. x When selecting an album Press H to start p laying th e sele cted album . x When selecting a track Press . The list o f trac[...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 49 GB 2 Press X / x to select an album. x When selecting an album Press H to start play ing the sele cted album . x When selecting an image Press PICTURE NAVI. Imag es of fil es in th e al bum appear in 16 su bscr eens. Press C / X / x / c to select the ima ge you want to view an d pres s . To play the next or [...]

50 GB You ca n play a slide sh ow wit h soun d by firs t plac ing both MP3 an d JPEG fil es in the same album on a DATA CD or DATA DVD. When you play back the D ATA CD or DATA DVD, select [AUTO] mo d e as expl ained below. 1 Load a DATA CD o r DATA DVD. 2 Press DISPLAY when the syste m is in stop mode. The Con trol Menu displa y appears. 3 Press X [...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 51 GB 3 Press X / x to selec t a setting. The de fault set ting is unde rlin ed. • [NORMAL] : sets the duration to about 6 to 9 seco nds. • [FA ST ]: se ts the du ra tion shorte r than [NO RM AL] . • [SLOW1]: sets the dura tion lo nger than [NO RM AL] . • [SLOW2]: sets the dura tion lo nger than [SLO W1[...]

52 GB About DivX Video Files DivX ® is a vide o fil e compr essio n techno logy, devel oped by DivX, Inc . This prod uct is an offi cial DivX ® Certified prod uct. You can play DATA CDs and DATA DVDs that cont ain D ivX ® vid eo fil es. DATA CDs and DATA DVD s that the system can play Playback of DAT A CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/ CD-RWs) and DATA DVDs ([...]

V arious Functions for Pla ying Discs 53 GB 3 Press H . The system st arts playing the selec ted album . To select DivX vi deo fil es, see “Select ing a DivX vi deo fil e” (page 5 3). To go to the next or previous page Press C / c . To turn off the display Press DVD MENU repeat e dly. To stop playback Press x . Selectin g a DivX video file 1 Af[...]

54 GB With P BC (Play back Co ntrol) fu nction s, yo u can en joy simpl e in tera ctiv e operat ions, sea rch funct ions, and o ther such oper ations . PBC play back a llows yo u to play VI DEO CD s interacti v ely by fo llowing the menu on the TV screen . 1 Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functi ons. The me nu for you r selecti on appea rs. 2 Se[...]

T uner Fu nctions 55 GB You can pres et 20 FM s tations , and 10 AM stations . Before tu n ing, make su re to t urn down the vol ume to minimum. 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “TUNER FM” or “ TUNER AM” appears in the front panel display. 2 Press and hold TUNING + or – u ntil the auto scanning starts. Scann ing st ops wh en the sy stem[...]

56 GB Preset radio st ations in the syste m’s memory first (see “Prese tting Ra dio Stati ons” ( page 55) ). 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly u ntil “TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears in the front panel display. The last re ceived sta tion is tuned in. 2 Press PR ESET + or – repeatedl y to select the pr eset station. Each time y ou pres s [...]

T uner Fu nctions 57 GB 6 Create a name by using the cursor butt ons. Press X / x to sel ect a c harac ter , then press c to move the cursor to the next positio n. Letters, nu mbers , and oth er symb ols can be input fo r a rad io stat ion. If you make a mistake Press C / c repeat edl y unt il th e charac ter to be chan ged flas hes, th en pre ss X[...]

58 GB You ca n cont rol your TV (Son y only ) with the supplied r emote. Controlling TVs wit h the remote You ca n contro l the TV by usi ng foll owing butt ons. * Use these butt ons while press ing the TV button. - is for se lecting a channel nu mber greater th an 10. (For exampl e, for chann el 25, pres s - , th en 2 and 5. ) Note • Depend ing [...]

Other Op erations 59 GB Operating the THEATRE SYNC funct ion Poin t the re mote to the d irection of TV and t his unit, then pr ess THEATRE SYNC once. If thi s function does not work, change the transmit time. The transmit time varies depe nding on th e TV. To change the transmit time Press and hold TV CH + while entering the code for transmit time[...]

60 GB You ca n set the syst em to tu rn off at a pres et time, so y ou can fa ll asleep liste ning to m usic. You ca n preset the time in 1 or 10 -minut es incr ements. 1 Press SY STEM MENU . 2 Press X / x repeatedly until “SLE EP” appears in the fron t panel display, then press or c . 3 Press X / x to select a setting. The minutes d isplay (th[...]

Other Op erations 61 GB The DIGITAL MEDIA PO RT (DMPORT) adapter is fo r enjoyi ng so und fr om a po rtabl e audi o sourc e or comp uter. B y conn ecting a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter, y o u can enjoy so und fr om the connec ted com pone nt on the sy ste m. Available DI GITAL MEDIA PORT adapters vary in ea ch are a. For deta ils on connecting the DI[...]

62 GB You ca n deac tivate th e butto ns on th e unit (exce pt for " / 1 ) for preventi ng misope ration, such as child mischief (c h ild lock functi o n). When the chil d lock fu nction is a c tivated, the buttons on th e unit are locked an d “ ” lights up in th e fron t panel display . (You can ope rat e the syste m by using the remo te.[...]

Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 63 GB You can set two ki nds of playbac k restr ictions for the desi red disc. • Custom Parental Co ntrol You can set pl ayba ck rest ricti ons so that th e system will not play inappropri ate discs. • Parental Co ntrol Playback of s o me DVD VIDEOs can be limited accord ing to a predetermined level suc h as [...]

64 GB To play a disc for which Custom Parental Control is set 1 Insert the disc for which C ustom Parent al Control is set. The [CUSTOM PARENTAL CONT ROL] displa y appears. 2 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, th en press . The sys tem is ready fo r playba ck. Ti p • If you forge t your pass word, enter the 6- digit numbe r “[...]

Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 65 GB 4 Enter or re-enter your 4-digit password using the nu mber butto ns, then press . The displ ay fo r setting the pl ayba ck limitati o n level appears. 5 Press X / x to select [STANDARD], then press . The selecti on items for [S TANDARD] are displa yed. 6 Press X / x to select a geographic a rea as the play[...]

66 GB Changin g the password 1 Press DISPLAY while the system is in stop mode. The Con trol Menu displa y appears. 2 Press X / x to select [PARENTAL C ONTROL], then press . The options for [PARENT AL CONTROL ] appear . 3 Press X / x to select [PASSWORD t ], then press . The dis play for ent ering the pass word appe ars. 4 Enter your 4-digit passwor[...]

Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 67 GB 5 Press C / c to selec t a setting. • [STANDARD]: when inst alling all the spea kers n orm ally . Note • W hen the wire less kit WAHT -SD1 (supplied with DAV-HDX267W only) is installed, [STANDARD (WIRELESS)] a ppears instea d . For deta ils, s ee the ope rating instruc tions of th e WAHT-SD1. • [NO CE[...]

68 GB Ti p • When t he wireless kit WAHT-SD1 ( supplie d with DAV-HDX267W only) is installed, [STANDARD (WIRED)] appears. For details, see the oper ating instruc tions of the WAHT- SD1. 6 Press . The setting is made. 7 Press X / x to select [YES] or [NO], then press . • [YES]: continue with [AUTO CALIBRATION] , see St ep 4 o f “Calibratin g t[...]

Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 69 GB Connect th e calibratio n mic to th e A.CAL MIC ja ck on the fr ont pa nel, a nd se t it u p at the ear leve l usin g a t ripod, et c. (not suppli ed). Th e front of each spea ker s hould fac e the calib ration mi c, and ther e should b e no obstr uctio n betwee n the s peaker s and th e calibra tion mic. B[...]

70 GB Note • While the Auto Cal ibration fu nctio n works: – do not turn off the power. – d o not press an y button. – d o not change the vo lume. – d o not change the func tion. – d o not change the di sc. – d o not insert or e ject a disc. – d o not connec t the headphone s. – do not disconn ect the cal ibrati on mic. • The me[...]

Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 71 GB 5 Press X / x to select the setup it em from the displayed list: [LANGUAGE SETUP], [SCREEN SETUP], [CUSTOM SETUP ], or [SPE AKER SE TU P]. Then press . The Setup item is selected. Exam ple: [ SCREEN S ETUP] 6 Select an item using X / x , then p ress . The options f or the se lected i tem appe ar. Exampl e: [...]

72 GB [LANGUAGE SETUP] allows you to s et vari ous l angua ges for t he on-scre en displa y or sound t rack. Select [LANGUAGE SETUP] in the S etup Display. F or detail s, see “Using the Setup Disp lay ” (p age 70). x [OSD] (O n-Screen Di splay) Switch es t he disp lay l angu age on the T V scre en. x [MENU] (DVD VIDEO only) You c an s elec t th[...]

Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 73 GB Note • Depending on t he DVD, [4:3 LETTER BOX] may be selec ted auto mati call y instea d of [4 :3 PAN SCA N] or vice versa. x [YC B C R /RGB (HDMI)] Select s the typ e of HD MI s ignal ou tput fr om HDMI OUT jack. Note • If the playba ck pict ure becom es disto rted, set [YC B C R ] to [RGB]. • If th[...]

74 GB x [BLACK LEVEL (COMPONENT OUT)] (North American, Mexi can, and Latin Amer ican mode ls only ) Selec ts the bl ack le vel (se tup le vel) f or the video signals output fr om the CO MPO NENT VI DEO OUT jacks. You cannot select this and the settin g is not effe ctiv e when the system ou tputs pr ogres sive sign al. x [4:3 OUTPUT] This sett ing i[...]

Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 75 GB x [TRACK SELECTION] (DVD VIDEO only) Gives th e sou nd trac k whic h contai ns the h ighe st number of chann els pri ority wh en you play a DVD VIDEO on which mul tiple audio formats (PCM, DT S, MP EG audio, or Dolby D igital forma t) ar e reco rded . Note • When you set the item to [AUTO], the language m[...]

76 GB To obtain the best possib le surround sound, se t connec tion of the sp eaker s and the ir dist ance from your listeni ng positi on. Then use the test tone to ad just the l e vel and th e balance of the speakers t o the same level. Select [SPE AKER SE TUP] in the Setup Display. F or detail s, see “Using the Setup Disp lay ” (p age 70). Th[...]

Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 77 GB Be sure to change the val u e in the Setup Displa y when yo u mov e the spea kers . 1) Wh en you perform th e Quick Setup (pa ge 15), the default se ttings are ch anged. 2) 0.0 to 6.9 meters for North Ame rican model s. Note • If all fr o nt and surround speake rs are n ot pl aced at an equal dis tance fr[...]

78 GB 5 Press X / x repeatedly to select [TEST TONE], t hen press or c . 6 Press X / x repeatedly to select [ON], then press . You w ill hear the test tone fro m each speake r in se quen ce. 7 From your listening position , adjust the valu e of [LEV EL (FRONT )] or [L EVEL (SURROUND)] using C / X / x / c . The test to ne is emitt e d from only th e[...]

Additional I nformation 79 GB On power sources • U nplug th e unit from the wall outl et if you do not intend to use it for an extende d period of time. To disconnec t the cord, pull it out by the plug, nev er by the c ord. On placement • Place the s ystem in a lo cation with adequat e ventilati on to preve nt heat buil d-up in the sys tem. •[...]

80 GB On handling discs • To ke ep the disc cle an, hand le the di sc by it s edge. Do n ot to uch the su rface. • Do not s tick paper or tape on the disc. • Do not exp ose the disc to dire ct su nlight or heat sour ces suc h as h ot a ir duct s, or leav e it in a car p arked in dire ct s unlig ht a s the tem peratu re may r ise cons ider abl[...]

Additional I nformation 81 GB protectio n) comp liant ( “HDMI” on the f ront pan el does not light up). See pag e 94. • If the HDMI OUT jack is used f or video output, changing the typ e of v ideo sign al ou tput from the HDMI OUT jack by pressing VIDEO FORMAT may sol ve the proble m (p age 21 ). Connect the TV and the unit usin g a video jac[...]

82 GB The sound loses s tereo effect when you play a VIDEO CD, a CD, or an MP3. • Set [AUDIO] to [STEREO] by pressing AUDIO (page 39) . • M ake su re the un it is con nect ed pr oper ly . The surround effect is difficult to hear whe n you are playing a Dolby Digital, D TS, or MPEG audio sound track. • Mak e sure the sound field functio n is o[...]

Additional I nformation 83 GB Progress ive JP EG whic h is mainly us ed on th e Internet W E B site. • It does not fi t the T V screen (those images a re reduced). • The [MO DE (MP3, JPEG )] setti ng has be en set to [AUDIO (MP3)] (page 50). • If you cannot change the [MODE (MP3, JPEG)] setting, re- load the dis c or turn the syste m off, the[...]

84 GB The unit do es not work and “CHILD LOCK” appears i n the front pan el displ ay when you press any button on the unit. • Set the chi ld lock functi on to off (page 62) . The HDMI CONTRO L function does not work. • When “HDMI ” does not light up in the front pan el display, check th e HDMI connecti on (page 20). • Set the [HDMI CO[...]

Additional I nformation 85 GB AUDIO POWER SPECIFI CATIONS for the U S model POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: With 3 ohms loads , both channels driven, fr om 120 - 20,000 Hz; ra ted 84 watt s per channel mi nimum RMS power, wi th no more than 0.7 % tota l harmonic distorti on from 250 mill i watts to rated outpu t. Amplifier section DAV-H[...]

86 GB Speakers Front (SS-TS72) Speaker s ystem Bass re flex, mag neticall y shielde d Spea ker un it 65 mm (2 5 / 8 inch es) d ia, cone type Rated i mpedance 3.0 ohm s Dimensions (appr ox.) 93 × 221 × 75 mm (3 3 / 4 × 8 3 / 4 × 3 in ches ) ( w/h/ d) Mass (approx .) 0.7 kg (1 lb 9 oz) Center (SS-CT71) Speaker s ystem Bass re flex, mag neticall y[...]

Additional I nformation 87 GB •Standby powe r consump tion 0.3 W (or less ). •Halogen ated flam e retardants a re not used in the pr inted wiring boa rds. •Over 85 % power efficiency of ampli fier block is achieved with the full dig ital ampl ifier , S-maste r. Album Sect ion of a music pi ece or an image on a data CD con taini ng MP3 aud io [...]

88 GB Dolby P ro Logi c II Dolby P ro Logic II creates five fu ll-bandwidth outp ut cha nnel s from 2 ch annel sour ces. This i s done using a n adva nced, hi gh-puri ty matr ix surro und decod er th at e xtract s th e sp atial properties of the original re c ording without adding any new sound s or to nal colo ratio ns. x Movie mode The Mov ie mod[...]

Additional I nformation 89 GB Fil m based so ftware, Vi deo bas ed softw a re DVDs can b e classifi e d as Fi lm based or Video based s oftware. F ilm based D VDs contain the same image s (24 frames per second) th at are show n at movie theate rs. V ide o ba sed DVD s, such as televisi on dramas or sit- coms, displays imag es at 30 fra mes (or 60 f[...]

90 GB VIDEO CD A com pact di sc that contain s movi ng pict ures. The pict ure data uses the MPE G 1 for mat, one of a worl dwid e sta ndard of digit al com pres sion technology. T he picture d ata is co mpressed to about 1/140 o f its origin al size . Cons eque ntly, a 12 cm VID EO CD can co ntain up to 74 minut es of mo ving pict ures. VIDE O CDs[...]

Additional I nformation 91 GB The langua ge spelli ngs confor m to the IS O 639: 1988 (E/F) st a ndard. Paren tal Control Area Code List Language Code List Code L anguage Code L anguage Code Langu age Code Language 1027 Afar 1028 Abkhazian 1032 Afrikaans 1039 Amharic 1044 Arabic 1045 Assamese 1051 Aymara 1052 Azerbaijani 1053 Bashkir 1057 Byeloruss[...]

92 GB For mo re in form ation , refer to th e pages indica ted in pa rent hese s. Front pan el A " / 1 (on/standby) (26) B A (open/close) (26) C Disc operat ion (26) D FUNCTION (26) E Front panel display (94) F (remote senso r) (9) G PHONES ja ck (26) H VOLUME control (26) I AUDIO IN/A.CAL MIC j ack (15, 24) J DISC 1-5 butto ns/indicators (26)[...]

Additional I nformation 93 GB Rear panel A SPEAKER jacks ( 10) B DIR-TC1 slot for the W AHT-SD1 (24) C AM terminal (10) D FM 75 Ω COAXIAL jack (10) E TV/VIDEO (AUDIO IN R/L) jacks (24) F MONITOR OUT (S VI DEO/VIDEO) j acks (20) G DMPORT (DIGITAL MEDIA PORT) jack (24, 61) H COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (20) I HDMI OUT j ack (20) * CAUTION Plea se do n[...]

94 GB Front pan el display About the indications in the front panel display A Lights up wh en the HDMI OUT jack is correctly connected to HDCP (high- bandwid th digi tal content prot ection ) compliant device with HDMI or DVI (digital visual interface) input. (20) B Lights up when the tim e information of a title or chapter appears in the front pan[...]

Additional I nformation 95 GB Use the Control Menu display to selec t a function and to vi ew related info rma tion. Press DISPLAY repeat edly to turn on or chan ge th e Contro l Men u disp lay as fo llow s: Cont rol Menu d isplay The Con trol Menu disp lay 1 and 2 w ill show diff erent i tems depe ndin g on the di sc ty pe. For de tails about ea c[...]

96 GB 1) Displays the scene number for VIDEO CDs (PBC is on), track number for VIDEO CDs/CDs, album number for DATA CDs/DATA DVDs. DivX video album number for DATA C Ds/DATA DVDs (Except for United Ki ngdom and Nort h Amer ican mode ls). 2) Displays the index numbe r for VIDEO CDs, MP3 audio track number, or JP EG image file number for DATA CDs/ DA[...]

Additional I nformation 97 GB * Excep t for United Kingd om and North America n models. ** T hese i tems are not displ ayed wh en playing a DA TA CD/D ATA DVD with DivX vi deo file (exce pt for Uni ted Kingdom a nd North American mo dels). Ti p • The Control M enu icon indic ator lights up in gr een when you s elect a ny item exc ept [OF F] ([PRO[...]

98 GB Y ou can set th e follo wing item s with the D VD Se tup Display . The orde r of the disp layed items may b e dif ferent from the a ctual disp lay . DVD Setup Displa y List SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE SCREEN SAVER BACKGROUND 16:9 4:3 LETTE R BOX 4:3 PAN SCA N ON OFF BLUE BLACK JACKE T PICTURE CUST OM SETUP TRACK SELECTION AUTO MULTI -DISC RESUME ON [...]

Additional I nformation 99 GB Y ou can set the fo llowi ng items with SYSTEM MENU on th e remote. System Menu List System me nu DEMO DEMO ON DEMO OFF DIMM ER DI MMER O FF DIMMER ON ATTENUAT E 3) ATT ON ATT OFF MEMORY 1) MEMO RY 1-20 (FM), ME MORY 1-10 (AM) NAME IN 1) FM MODE 2) STEREO MONO SLEEP SLEEP OFF, SLEEP 90M-1M CHILD LOCK OFF ON 1) Appears [...]

100 GB Numerics 16:9 7 2 4:3 LE TTER BO X 72 4:3 OUTPUT 74 4:3 P AN SCAN 72 5.1 Chan nel Surround 40 A A/V SYNC 45 ALBUM 33 Albu m 87 ANGLE 44 AT T E N U AT E 2 8 A UDIO 72 A UDIO (HDMI ) 75 A UDIO DRC 7 5 Auto Cal ibrat ion 68, 8 7 B B ACKGR OUND 73 Batt eries 9 BLA CK LEVEL 73 BLA CK LEVEL (COMPONENT OUT) 74 C CHAPTER 33 Cha pter 87 Chi ld Loc k [...]

101 GB R Rad io 56 Radio Sta tions 55 Rear Panel 93 Region Code 8, 89 Remo te 9, 58 Repeat Play 3 8 RESET 71 Resume Play 34 S S VIDEO 21 Scan 32 SCENE 33 Scen e 89 SCREEN SA VE R 73 SCREEN SETUP 72 Search ing 32 Sele cting 29 SETUP 70 Setup Display 70 , 98 Shuffle Play 37 SLEEP 60 Slide Show 50 Slow-motion Play 32 Sound Field 30 SPEAKER FORMA T ION[...]

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Remote control ANGLE 5 (44 ) AUDIO 4 (39) CLEA R ef (33, 58 , 71) D.TUNING wf (56) DISC SKIP eg (27) DISPLAY 2 (42, 57) DVD MENU wh (39, 58 ) DVD TOP MENU qf (39) DYNAMIC BASS wd (59) ENTER wg (58) FUNCTION ws (22, 26, 28, 34, 55, 66 ) MOVIE/MUSIC qj (29) MUTING 7 (26 ) Number buttons * qg (33, 56, 58 , 63) PICTURE NAVI 6 (34, 58) PRESET +/– wk e[...]

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