Sony BDV-T20W manual

© 2009 Sony Co rporation Sony Cor poration Printed in Malaysia (1) The software of this system may be updated in the future. To f ind out details on any available updates, please vis it: http://esupport.sony.com 4-147-228- 12 (1) Oper atin g Inst ruct ions BDV -T20W / E500W BD/DVD Home Theatr e System[...]

2 US To red uce th e risk of fire or elec tric shock, do not expose thi s apparatus to rain or moistu re. Do not install the a ppliance in a co nfined space, such as a bookcase or buil t-in cabinet. To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the ven tilation opening o f the appara tus with newspa pers, tabl ecloths, curtain s, etc. Do not plac e the [...]

3 US particular installa tion. If this equi pment d oes cause harmful int erference to rad io or television r eception, which can be dete rmined by turni ng the equipme nt off and o n, the us er is e ncou raged to try to corr ect th e interferenc e by one or more of the followin g measures: – Reorie nt or reloc ate the re ceiving a ntenna (ae ria[...]

4 US This equipm ent complie s with IC radiat ion exposure limits se t forth for unc ontrolled eq uipment and me ets RSS-102 of the IC radio frequency (RF) Expos ure rules. This equipm ent should be inst alled and operat ed with at least 20cm and more between the radiator and persons body ( excluding extr emities: hands , wrists, feet and ankles). [...]

5 US About The se Operating Instructions • The in structi ons in thes e Oper ating Instr uction s descri be the co ntrol s on the remot e. You ca n also use the cont rols on the unit if they h ave the s ame or similar names as those on the remo te. • I cons, such as , li sted at the t op of eac h explan ation ind icate wh at kind of di sc can b[...]

6 US Table of Cont ents About T hese O perating Instruc tions ....... 5 About t he S-A IR functio n . ........... ....... .... 5 Unpac king ... ........... ....... ........... ....... ........ 7 Index to Parts an d Contro l .............. ...... 10 Getting Started Step 1: Installing th e System ....... 16 Step 2: Connecting the System ... 22 Step 3[...]

7 US Unpacking BDV-T20W • Fron t speake rs (2) • Surro und spe akers (2 ) • Cen ter spea ker (1) • Subwo ofer (1 ) • AM lo op antenn a (aerial) (1) • FM wir e antenn a (aeria l) (1) • Spea ker co rds (5, white /red/ blue/gr ay/green) • Video co rd (1) • Remo te com mander (remo te) (1) • R6 ( size AA ) batte ries (2 ) • Calibr[...]

8 US BDV-E500W • Fro nt speak ers (2) • Surro und sp eakers (2) • Cent er spea ker (1 ) • Sub woofe r (1) • AM loop antenn a (aerial) (1 ) • FM wire antenna ( aerial) ( 1) • Spe aker cor ds (4, blue /gray / green/ purpl e) •V i d e o c o r d ( 1 ) • Remot e comma nder (rem ote) (1 ) • R6 (si ze AA) batteri es (2) • Calibrat io[...]

9 US Inserting batteries into the remote Inse rt two R6 (s ize AA ) batteri es (sup plied) by m atching the 3 an d # ends on th e batteri es to the markings inside th e compartment. Note • Do not le ave the r emot e in an extreme ly ho t or hu mid pl ace. • Do not use a new batt ery with an old one . • D o not drop any fore ign object into th[...]

10 US Index to Parts and Control For more in forma tion, refe r to the pages indi cate d in pare nthe ses. Number 5, FAVORITES/AUDIO, CH +, a nd N buttons ha ve a tactile dot. Us e the tactile dot as a ref erence wh en oper ating th e remot e. • : For sys tem op erat ions • : Fo r TV operat ions (For detail s, see “ Controlling Your TV with t[...]

11 US ANGLE (page 43) Switche s to other vi ewing an gles whe n multi- angles are recorde d on a BD -ROM/ DVD VIDEO. SYSTEM M ENU (pages 38, 47, 54, 58, 61, 75, 75) Enters th e system me nu. FAVORITES (page 73) Displa ys the favorite channel lis t. CC (page 73) Disp lays clos ed c apti onin g (w hen availabl e). WIDE (page 73) Chan ges t he as pect[...]

12 US A " / 1 (on/standby) (page 41) Turn s on the un it, or sets to st andby m ode. B Play operation buttons (page 41) N (play) Starts or re-st arts play back. Plays a slid eshow w hen a disc conta ining JPEG image f iles is i nserted. x (sto p) Stop s pl aybac k an d reme mbers the stop point (resume point). The resume poin t for a ti tle/tr[...]

13 US About the indications in the front panel display A Current surroun d format B Lights up when a station is received. (Radio only) (pag e 56) C Lights up when stereo sound is received. (Radio only) (page 56) D Lights up when th e external memory is recognized. (page 29) E Lights up when the HDMI OUT jack is correctly connected to an HDCP (High-[...]

14 US A LAN (100) terminal (page 3 0) B COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (page 24) C VIDEO OU T jack (page 24) D EZW-RT10 slot (page 28) E AM terminal (p age 27) F COAXIAL 75 Ω FM jack (p age 27) G A.CAL MIC jack (pages 34, 70) H AUDIO (AUDIO IN L/R) jacks (page 26) I TV (AUDIO I N L/R) jacks (pa ge 25) J S-AIR ID switch (pages 32, 61) K EXT slot (page 2[...]

15 US A PHONES jack (page 32) B POWER (ON/OFF) (pages 32, 61) C POWER / ON LINE indicator (pages 32, 61) D PAIRING indicator (page 64) E PAIRING (page 64) F Wireless transceiver (EZW-RT10) slot (page 28) G S-AIR ID swi tch (pages 32, 61) H SPEAKER L jack (page 22) I SPEAKER R jack (page 22) J SURROUND SELECTOR switch (pages 32, 61) Surround amplifi[...]

16 US Getting Started Step 1: Installing the System For the best po ssibl e surrou nd sound , place all speak ers at t he sam e distanc e from the list ening po sition ( A ). The di stance can be bet ween 0 to 23 f eet (0.0 t o 7.0 mete rs). If you cannot place the ce nter spea ker an d surro und spe akers a t the same di stance as ( A ), p lace th[...]

17 US Getting Started To add the optional surround back speakers You can enjoy 7. 1 surrou nd sound by purchas ing the Wireles s Surrou nd Speake r Kit (W AHT-SB P1, option al). The option al produ ct lineup differs depe nding on the area. For the po sition of the surr ound bac k spea kers, ref er the illu stration below ( C ). 45 45 30 30 CC F ron[...]

18 US Getting Started Caution • Contact a screw sho p or install er regardi ng the wall ma terial or sc rews to be used. • Use sc rews that are su itable f or t he wall ma teria l and s trength. As a pl aster b oard wall is es peciall y fragile , att ach the screws secure ly to a beam an d fasten them to the wall. Ins tall the spea kers on a ve[...]

19 US Getting Started 3 Disassemble the speaker by lifting the upper p art of the speaker. 4 Pull out the speaker cord from the bottom of the lower p art of the speaker. The rem oved spea ker cord is used w hen ins talling th e speake r on a wal l. Upper part Lowe r part Rear of the spea ker Low er pa rt of t he sp eaker , Speaker cord[...]

20 US Getting Started Fully-disassembled illustration To install the speakers on a wall Befo re inst alling t he speake rs on a w all, conn ect the spea ker c ord to the sp eaker . Be sure to match the speak er cords to the appr opriate ter minals on the speakers : the speaker co rd with the color tube to 3 , a nd the spea ker cord wit hout the col[...]

21 US Getting Started 2 Fasten the screws to the wall. 3 Hang the speakers on the screws. 8 to 10 mm ( 11 / 32 to 13 / 32 inch ) 160 mm ( 6 3 / 8 inches) For the center speaker 217 mm ( 8 5 / 8 inches ) For the f ront spe akers 8 to 10 mm ( 11 / 32 to 13 / 32 inch ) For the surround spe akers 8 to 10 mm ( 11 / 32 to 13 / 32 inch ) BDV-T20W 8 to 10 [...]

22 US Getting Started Step 2 : Conne cting t he System For conn ectin g the syst em, rea d the infor mation o n the follo wing p ages. Do not connec t the AC power c ord (mains l ead) of t he unit to a wall outle t (mains) u ntil al l the other connec tions a re made. Note • When you conne ct another component with a volume c ontrol, turn d own t[...]

23 US Getting Started To connect speaker cords to the unit When connect ing to the un it, inse rt the co nnecto r until it cl icks. To connect speaker cords to the speaker R S U R R O U N D S E L E C T O R S -A IR ID E Z W -R T 10 S P E A K E R S U R R O U N D PAI RING C B A S U R R O U N D B A C K L A N T E N N A A U D I O D IG IT A L IN D M PO R [...]

24 US Getting Started This connec tion se nds a vid eo sig nal to t he TV. Depe nding on the jacks on y our TV, sele ct the conne ction me thod. Method 1: Video cord ( A ) connection This is th e ba sic co nnec tio n. Method 2: HDMI * ca ble ( B ) and video cord ( A ) connection If your TV has an HD MI jack, connect to the TV both w ith an HD MI ca[...]

25 US Getting Started This connection sends an audio signal to the unit from the TV. To listen to TV sound via the system, perfo rm this conn ecti on. Method 1: Audio cord ( D ) connection This is the b asic co nnecti on and sends an an alog au dio si gnal. Method 2: Digital optical cord ( E ) connection When the TV has a digita l optical outp ut j[...]

26 US Getting Started You ca n enjoy co nnecte d compo nents via t he system ’s spea kers. • DIGITAL MEDIA P ORT adapter : F (TDM -iP20 i s su ppli ed. You ca n als o us e oth er DI GITAL MEDIA PORT adapters.) • VCR, digit al sate llite re ceiver, Pla yStation, o r portab le audio source, etc . (not supplied): G • VCR or di gital sate llite[...]

27 US Getting Started To assemble the AM loop antenna (aerial) To connect the antenna (aerial) Note • K eep the AM loop antenn a (aerial) an d cord away from the syste m or other AV compo nents, as noise ma y result. • Be sure to fully exten d the FM wire ante nna (aeria l). • A fter connect ing the FM wire antenna (aerial ), keep it as horiz[...]

28 US Getting Started You ca n transm it sound fr om the uni t to an S-AIR p roduct, s uch as the sur round am plifier or S-AIR recei ver. To transmit sound fr om the unit, y ou need to i nsert the wireless tr ansceive rs into th e unit a nd S-AIR prod uct . For det ails of S- AIR produc ts, see “Us ing an S- AIR Produc t” (pag e 61). Inserting[...]

29 US Getting Started Inse rt the ex tern al mem ory d evice (1 GB or larg er USB flash memor y, su ch as So ny US M2GL , USM4GL, or USM1GH, not supplie d) into the EXT slot. Check that “EXT” lights up in th e front panel displa y when tur ning the system o n. By co nnecting an extern al mem ory, y ou can enjoy a dditi onal content s (Bonus Vie[...]

30 US Getting Started Conn ect the LA N (100 ) terminal of the un it to your Internet source using a ne twork ca ble to upda te the syste m’s so ftware using th e network . You can al so enjo y BD-Live (page 48) . Make t he appro priate se tting s in [Inter net Settin gs] under [Net work Sett ings] (pa ge 88). To update the system’s software us[...]

31 US Getting Started Before co nnec ting the AC power cor ds (ma ins leads ) of the uni t and the sur round am plifie r to a wall outlet (m ains), connect the fron t, center speaker s and subw oofer to the unit an d surrou nd speak ers to the surr ound a mplifier . To turn off the demonstration mode (Except for U .S. mo dels) After c onnecting th [...]

32 US Getting Started Step 3 : Set ting up the Wireless System To use th e wire less syst em, you ne ed to set up the surrou nd a mplifi er. Befor e se tting , make sure th at the wi reles s transcei vers ar e inserte d into the unit an d the surround amplif ier corr ectly (page 2 8). This wireless sys tem is called “ S-AIR.” For details o f th[...]

33 US Getting Started When you use multip le S-AIR products See “ Estab lishi ng sound tran smissi on bet ween the un it and S-AIR sub u nit (I D setti ng)” (page 61). To attach the cover to the surround amplifier After c onnectin g and set ting, you can att ach the cover to the surr ound am plifier fo r orga nizing and stor ing exce ss speak e[...]

34 US Getting Started Step 4 : Perf orming t he Easy Se tup Follow the Ste ps below to make the basic adjus tments for using th e syste m. Disp layed ite ms vary dependi ng on the cou ntry model. 1 Turn o n the TV . 2 Press [ / 1 on t he unit, and P OWER on the surroun d amplifi er. 3 Switch the i nput selector on yo ur TV so that the si gnal from [...]

35 US Getting Started Note • W hen you do not connect the unit and TV with an HDMI cable, you c annot select [HDMI] . • When connecting t he HDMI OUT jack and other vide o output j acks at t he same time, sele ct [Compone nt Video]. • F or details about vide o output resolut ion, see “Video Ou tput Re solutio n” (page 104). 8 Press or c .[...]

36 US Getting Started 12 Press X / x to select the setting fo r the Control for HDMI f unction . Select [ On] to use th e [Control for HDMI] funct ion (pag e 67) when c onnec ting Sony components th at are compati ble with th e Contro l for HDM I function. If you do not use th e [Control for HDM I] functi on, sel ect [Off ]. 13 Press o r c . The Se[...]

37 US Getting Started 20 Press . [Aut o Cal ibra tion ] start s. The syst em adjust s the sp eaker se tting automati cally. Be quiet during the mea surement. Note • L oud test sound is output whe n [Auto Calibratio n] starts . You cannot t urn the volu me down. Give consi deration to chil dren and neighbors. • Before [Auto Calibr ation], ins ta[...]

38 US Getting Started Step 6 : Enjoying Surr ound Sound You ca n enjoy su rround sound si mply by sel ecting on e of the sy stem’s pre-pr ogramm ed decodi ng modes . They br ing the exc iting and p owerful sound of mo vie thea ters into yo ur home . 1 Press SY STEM MENU. 2 Press X / x repeate dly until “AUDIO MEN U” appears in th e front pane[...]

39 US Getting Started About speaker output The table b elow describ es the opti o ns whe n you connect a ll the sp eakers to t h e unit . The default sett ing is “A.F.D. 7.1CH” (when connecting the he adphones to the surr ound amplifier, th e defa ult sett ing i s “HP 2CH”). Soun d from Surro und effe ct Effec t Depending on the source. “[...]

40 US Getting Started To turn the sound effect off Select “A.F.D. S TD” for “DEC. MODE.” Note • When you select “A.F.D. 7.1 CH,” depending on the disc or source, the beg inning of the sound ma y be cut off while the opti mum mod e is a utomati cally sele cted. To avoid cu tting t he sound, select “A .F.D. S TD.” • When th e inpu[...]

Pl ayb a ck 41 US Playing a BD/DVD Depending o n the dis c, some ope rations ma y be differ ent or re strict ed. Refer t o the oper ating instr uctions sup plied with your d isc. 1 Turn on your TV. 2 Switch the input selector on the TV to this system. 3 Press " / 1 . The syste m turns on . 4 Press FUNCTION repeated ly until “BD/ DVD” appea[...]

42 US Note • When you s et the [C ontrol fo r HDMI] func tion to [On], t he TV that i s connect ed to t he system with an HDMI cable can be sync- operated with the system. For detai ls, see “Using the C ontrol for HDM I Function for “BRAVIA” Sync” (page 67). Ti p • You can change the speed at which th e volume is turned up and down. To [...]

Pl ayb a ck 43 US One-Touch Play (for HDMI connection only) Press ONE-TOUCH PLAY. The system and the c onnected TV t urn on and the i npu t sel ecto r on th e TV is s witc hed to the system ; then you can e njoy t he co ntents of a disc. Note • When usin g the HD MI conne ction, ther e may be a delay befo re the playback pic ture appears on th e [...]

44 US Whe n you sto p the disc, the syst em reme mbers the po int wher e you presse d x . As long a s you do not remove the disc, Res ume Play will work even if the system is set to standby mode by pres sing " / 1 . 1 While playing a disc, press x to s top playback. 2 Press X / x to select , then press N or . The sy stem star ts playbac k from[...]

Pl ayb a ck 45 US You ca n move qu ickl y bet ween sc enes withi n the titl e curren tly being played ba ck. 1 Press SCENE SEARCH during playback or in pause mo de. Pla yback paus es an d a bar wit h a scen e indica tor (squ are-shap ed – in dicates t he current po int) ap pears at th e bottom of the scre en. 2 Press and hold C / c or m / M to mo[...]

46 US You ca n check th e title inf ormation, includin g the video transmis sion rate, etc. Press DISP LAY during playback. The di splaye d informat ion dif fers depe nding o n the dis c type an d system status . Exam ple: Whe n play ing a BD- R OM A The cu rrent s elect ed angle B Title numbe r or name C The curre ntly sele cted audio setting D Av[...]

Pl ayb a ck 47 US 1 Press OPTIONS during playback. The opti ons menu ap pears. 2 Press X / x to select [Vid eo Settings], then press . The [Video Settin gs] scre en appears . 3 Press X / x to select an item, then press . [Picture Qua lity Mode] Optim izes the pi cture set tings for differen t lightin g enviro nment s. •[ S t a n d a r d ] • [B [...]

48 US Enjoying BonusView/BD- Live Some B D-RO Ms wit h “BD-L IVE Logo*” have bonu s content s and othe r data that can be downloaded to the extern al memory ( local stor age) for en joyme nt. * 1 If a disc is i nserted, remove the disc from the unit. 2 Turn the system off. 3 Insert the external memory (not supplied) into the EXT slot on the rea[...]

Pl ayb a ck 49 US Playing a CD 1 Press FUNCTION repeated ly until “BD/ DVD” appears in the front panel display. 2 Insert a CD. The Music Player s creen appe ars. 3 Press N . Pla yback starts . 4 Adjust the volume by pressing VOLUME +/–. The volum e level app ears on the TV scree n and in the front pane l display . To select a track 1 Press HO[...]

50 US Available OPTIONS 1 Press O PTION S. The opti ons menu appears . 2 Press X / x to select an item, then press . The av aila ble items d iffer depe nding on the disc type or system situation . Note • The point where y ou stopped playing ( resume point ) is cleared from me mory when: – Yo u open the disc tray . – Yo u turn the system off. [...]

Pl ayb a ck 51 US Other operations Available OPTIONS 1 Press OPTIONS. The opti ons menu ap pears. 2 Press X / x to select an item, then press . The avai lable it ems di ffer de pendin g on the situatio n. 1) Appears whe n you press OPTIONS during playb ack of photo files. 2) Appears when you press OPTIONS while t he file/ folder lis t is displaye d[...]

52 US Selec ting the Ef fect to Suit the So urce You can select a suit able sou nd mode fo r movies or mu sic. Press SOUND M ODE repeatedly during playback until the desired mode appears in the front panel display. • “AUTO” : The syst em selec ts “MOVIE” o r “MU SIC” aut omatica lly to prod uce the sound effec t depend ing on th e dis[...]

Sound Adjustm e nt 53 US Selectin g the Audio Format, Multilingual Tracks, or Channel When the syst em is playing a BD/DVD VIDEO record ed in mul tiple au dio fo rmats (P CM, Dolb y Digita l, MPEG a udio, or DT S), you can change the audio forma t. If the BD/DVD VIDEO is reco rded with multi lingual t racks, you can also chang e the lang uage. With[...]

54 US Enjoying Multiplex Broadc ast Soun d (DUAL MONO) You c an enj oy mu ltiplex br oadcas t soun d when the sys tem re ceives or plays a D olby Dig ital multiplex broadc ast signal. Note • To receive the Dolby Digital si gnal, you need to connec t a TV or other compone nt to th e unit with an optical or coax ial digital c ord (pages 25, 26) and[...]

Sound Adjustm e nt 55 US You ca n enjo y sound ef fects or dia log, as you would in a movie thea ter, even at low volume. It is u sefu l for w atc hing movie s at nigh t. Press NIGHT. “NIGH T ON” ap pear s in the fr ont pane l displa y and the so und effe ct is ac tivated. Dur ing th e nig ht mo de is on, “N IGH T” lig hts u p in the fr ont[...]

56 US Listenin g to the Radio You ca n enjoy ra dio sou nd with th e system ’s spe akers. Ti p • You can operate the tuner functi on using the tuner menu on the fro nt panel displa y. See “Operating th e tuner function using the system m enu” (page 58) 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly u ntil “TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears in the front [...]

T uner 57 US To view the station name or frequency in the front panel display When the system is set to “TUNE R FM” or “TUNER A M,” you ca n check th e freque ncy using th e front pan el displa y. Press DISPLAY. Each time yo u press DISPLAY on the remote, the dis play change s as sh own. 1 Statio n nam e* 2 Frequ ency** * Thi s is disp laye[...]

58 US To operate by using D.TUNING 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly u ntil “TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears in the front panel display . 2 Press D.TUNING. 3 Press the num ber buttons to sel ect the frequencies. 4 Press . If an FM program is noisy, you c an select mona ural rece ptio n. Th ere will be n o st ereo effect, b ut recep tion will imp [...]

T uner 59 US To change the preset number Select the desire d preset nu mber by pressing PRES ET +/ –, t hen pe rform th e pr ocedur e from Step 3 . If an FM program is noisy If an FM p rogram is noisy, you can se lect monaur al rece ption. The re will be n o stereo eff ect, bu t recepti on will improv e. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU. 2 Press X / x repeate[...]

60 US Using the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT Adapter The DIGITAL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) adapt er is for enjoy ing soun d from a port able audio s ource or com puter. By connect ing a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter, you can enjoy s ound fro m the conne cted com ponent on the syste m. Available DIGITAL MEDIA PORT ad apters vary i n each a rea. For details on connecti[...]

External A udio Device 61 US Using an S-AIR Product The unit is compatible with the S-AIR function (page 12 2), which a llows soun d transmis sion between S-AIR products . About S-AIR products There are tw o types of S-AIR produc t. • S-AIR main unit ( this unit) : This is for tran smit ting sound. Yo u can us e up t o t hree S-AIR m ain units. ([...]

62 US To set the ID of the surround amplifier 1 Make sure that th e SURROUND SELECTOR switc h of the surround amplifier is set to SURROUND. 2 Set the S -AIR ID switch of the surrou nd amplifier to match the ID (A , B, or C) of the unit. 3 Press POWER on t he surroun d amplifier. When sound tra nsmis sion is es tablishe d, the POWER / ON LINE indica[...]

External A udio Device 63 US To enjoy th e same functio n as the un it, select “MAI N UNIT .” When “TUNER FM” or “T UNER AM ” is select ed on th e unit, yo u can only se lect the same ba nd on the S- AIR re ceiver. W hen other than “TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” is select ed on the u nit, you ca n select an y band for th e tune r on t[...]

64 US It is e asy to se t the same ID for th e unit and an S-AIR s ub uni t, such as a su rround amplif ier or S-AIR receiver , to establish s ound transmissio n. How ever, nei ghbors ma y also re ceive yo ur syste m’s sou nd if I Ds are t he same , or yo u may recei ve sound f rom neig hbors. T o prevent t his, you can iden tify the unit with a [...]

External A udio Device 65 US 6 Press X / x repeatedly u ntil “START” appears in the front panel display, then press . The unit star ts pairing an d “SEARC H” fla shes in t h e fr ont pane l dis play. To cancel pairing, pr ess SYSTEM MENU . 7 Start pairin g of the S- AIR sub unit. x For the surroun d amplifier Press PO WER on the surr ound a[...]

66 US 4 Press X / x to select th e desired setting. • “AUTO” : Normally select this. The system changes “RF CHANGE” to “ON” or “OFF” auto matically. • “ON”: The system transmit s sound by search ing for a bett er cha nnel f or transmit ting. • “OFF”: The system transmi ts sound by fixing the channel fo r transmitti ng.[...]

Other Operati ons 67 US Using th e Contr ol for HDMI F unctio n for “BRAVIA” Sy nc This func tion is a vailable on TVs wi th the “BRAV IA” Sync func tion only . By conn ecting S ony com ponent s that are compatible with the Control for HDMI f unction with an HDMI cable, operatio n is simplified as below : – The ater M ode ( page 6 8) – [...]

68 US To set the [Control for HDMI] function of the system to on/off manually 1 Press HOM E. The hom e menu ap pears on th e TV screen . 2 Press C / c to select [Setup]. 3 Press X / x to select [HDMI Settings], then press . The opti ons for [HD MI Sett ings] appe ar. 4 Press X / x to select [Control for HDMI], then press . 5 Press X / x to select t[...]

Other Operati ons 69 US (System Audio Control) You can e njoy TV sou nd in this sy stem by eas y opera tion. To use this functio n, connect the syste m and the TV with an audio cord and an HD MI cabl e (page 24). You can use the Syst em Audio C ontro l functi on as follows: • You ca n enjoy TV s ound from the speak ers of the sys te m by me ans o[...]

70 US Calibratin g the Approp riat e Sett ings Automatic ally [Auto Calibration] D. C. A. C. (Dig ital Cinema Auto Cal ibration) can set the appropr iate sur round so und automaticall y. Note • The system outputs a lo ud test sound when [A uto Calibration] starts. You can not turn the volum e down. Give considera tion to children and neighb ors. [...]

Other Operati ons 71 US 8 Confirm the conclusi ons of [Auto Cali brat ion]. The concl usions app ear on the TV screen . Press C / c to ch ange th e page. The first p age show s the dista nce of speakers. The se cond page show s the lev el of spe akers. Note • If meas ureme n t f ails, fo llow t he message then retry [Au to Cali bration]. Ti p •[...]

72 US [Subwoofer] [Yes] x [Distance] When yo u move the sp eakers , be sure to s et the parameter s of the distance ( A ) from the listen ing posi tion to th e speake rs. Yo u can set the p aram ete rs fro m 0 to 23 feet (0.0 to 7.0 me ters) . The speakers in the ill ustration corre spond to the following: 1 Center sp eaker 2 Front left speaker (L)[...]

Other Operati ons 73 US 9 Press X / x to selec t [Off], then press . Note • T he test tone signals are not outp ut from the HDMI OUT jack. Ti p • To adjust t he volume of all th e spe akers a t one ti me, press VOLUME +/–. Controlling Your TV wit h the Supplied Remote By adjusti n g the remote si g nal, y ou can control you r TV w ith the su [...]

74 US You ca n contro l the TV us ing the fol lowing butt ons. To us e these b utton s (other than THEATER , TV [ / 1 , TV I NPUT), set the remote to the TV mode by pres sing TV, so tha t TV ligh ts up for 1 se cond. To exit the TV mode, press TV so that TV flashe s four times. Note • While in the TV mod e, if you pres s any of th e following but[...]

Other Operati ons 75 US Using the Slee p Timer You ca n set the system to tu rn off at a preset time, so you can f all aslee p listening to music. You can preset the time in 10-minute increme nts. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU. 2 Press X / x repeat edly unti l “SLEEP MENU” appears in the front panel display, then press o r c . 3 Press X / x to select a s[...]

76 US Deactivatin g the Button s on the Un it (Ch ild Lo ck) You ca n deactiva te the bu ttons on th e unit (exce pt for " / 1 ) for preven ting mis oper atio n, such as child mischief (c h ild lock fun ction). Press x on the u nit for more than 5 seconds. “ CHILD LOCK” and “ ON” a ppear in the fron t panel disp lay. The child lock fun[...]

Other Operati ons 77 US Saving Pow er in Standb y Mode Check that the following settin gs are made: – [C ontro l for HDMI] is se t to [O ff] (pag e 67 ). – “S-AIR STBY” is set to “STBY OFF” (page 6 3). – “ DEM O” is set t o “DE MO O FF” (page 76) . – [Standby Mo de] is se t to [Normal] (pa ge 87).[...]

78 US Using the Setu p Display You ca n make various ad justme nts of i tems su ch as pictur e and sou nd. Selec t (Setup ) on the ho me me nu when y ou need to change th e setting s of the s ystem. Note • Playback se ttings store d in the disc take prior ity over the Setup Displ ay sett ings and not all the functio ns described ma y work. 1 Pres[...]

Settings and Adjustments 79 US 5 Press X / x to select a setting, then press . The setti n g is s elected and s etup is complete. The optio ns for th e selecte d it em appear . Exampl e: [4:3] [Network Update] You ca n updat e and impr ove the func tions of the system. For informatio n about update functi ons, refer to the following website: http:/[...]

80 US 3 Press " / 1 to tu rn the system on. The sy stem star ts up with th e update d softwar e. You ca n update and impro ve the fu nctio ns of the syst em usin g an update disc pr ovided by a Sony deale r or local au thorized Sony ser vice facili ty. 1 Insert the update disc. The d ispla y as ks for confirmat ion . 2 Select [OK], and press .[...]

Settings and Adjustments 81 US x [Cinema Conversion Mode] You can set the vide o conv ersion m ethod fo r 480p, 72 0p, 1080i, or 1080p* signals from the HDMI OUT jack or the COMP ONENT VIDEO OUT jacks. * HDMI only [Aut o] : Normally select this. The un it automatica lly detects whe ther the material is video- based or fi lm-base d, and swit ches to[...]

82 US [Off] : Select this w hen your TV is not compa tible w ith 1080/ 24p video signals. Note • Video signals may not be out put when [BD-ROM 1080/24p Output] is set to [On]. x [YCbCr/RGB (HDMI) ] You ca n set the color sett ing for vi deo sign als output fro m the HDMI OUT jack. S elect the setting t h at matc hes the con nected TV type. [Auto][...]

Settings and Adjustments 83 US x [Attenuate - AUDIO] Dist ort ion may oc cur whe n you lis ten to a component con nected to the AUDIO ( A UDIO IN L/R) ja cks. You c an prevent distortion by reduci ng the input leve l on the unit. D istortion is not a malf unction an d will depe nd on the compon ent conn ected. [On] : Attenu ates the inpu t level. T[...]

84 US [BD/DVD Viewing Setting s ] You can make d etailed sett ings for BD/DVD playba ck. x [BD/DVD Menu] You ca n select th e defaul t menu la nguage f or BD-ROMs or DVD VIDEOs. Whe n you select [Selec t Langua ge Code ], the displ ay for ente ring the la nguage c ode appea rs. Enter the code for your languag e by refe rring to “Lan guage Cod e L[...]

Settings and Adjustments 85 US x [Parental Control Region Cod e] Playback of some BD-ROMs or DVD VIDEOs can be l imited accord ing to the geo graphic a rea. Scenes m ay be blo cked or re placed w ith differ ent sce nes. 1 Enter your fo ur-digit passwo rd using the number buttons. 2 Press X / x to select [OK], then press . 3 Press X / x to select th[...]

86 US [Photo S ettings] You ca n make the p hoto-r elated se ttings. x [Slideshow S peed] You ca n change t he slides how speed . [Fast ]: Photos cha nge rapi dly. [Normal] : Photos chan ge at norm al speed. [Slow]: Photos change slowly. [HDMI Settings] You ca n make the HDMI setti ngs. x [Contr ol for HDMI] You can s et the [Control for HDMI] func[...]

Settings and Adjustments 87 US [System Settings ] You can make the system-rela ted setting s. x [OSD ] You ca n sele ct your langu age fo r the s ystem on- scr een di spla ys. x [Standb y Mode] You can sh orten the s tartup time when turnin g the sy stem on. [Quick Star t]: Short ens the sta rtup time f rom standb y mode. You can o perate the syste[...]

88 US [Network Se ttings] You can make detail ed setti ngs for Intern et and networ k. x [Internet Se ttings] These ite m s ar e nece ssar y when you connect to the Inte rnet vi a a network c able. Ente r the respec tive (a lphanumeric) values for your broadb and ro uter or Wire less LAN router. The items that n eed to b e set may d iffer, dependin[...]

Settings and Adjustments 89 US You can use the fo llowin g buttons t o enter char acters. [Easy Setup ] You can recall the Easy Setu p to make the basic setting s. 1 Press C / c to select [S tart], then pr ess . 2 Follo w the instru ctions f or “Step 4: Performing the Easy Setup” (page 34) from step 4. Buttons Details RED [Let ter T ype] Switch[...]

90 US [Resetting] You c an re set the system sett ings to their factor y defaul t. Settin gs can be reset by fu nction gr oup. All the settings w ithin th e group wi ll be reset. 1 Press to sel ect [Reset to F actory Default Setti ngs], then press . 2 Press X / x to select the settings yo u want to reset to defau lt, then p ress . You ca n reset t [...]

Additio nal Info rmation 91 US Precaut ions On safety • To prevent fire or sho ck hazard, do not place objects filled w ith liqui ds, suc h as vase s, on the system, or place the sys tem near water, such as near a bathtub or shower room . Should any solid obje ct or liquid fall into the cabine t, unplug the sy stem and have it checked by qualif i[...]

92 US On moving the system Before moving the sys tem, ma ke sure that there is no disc inserte d, and remove the AC power co rd (mains lead) fr om the wall outle t (mains ). About S-AIR function • As the S-AIR function tra nsmits sound by radio waves, heed t he following: – Sou nd may skip when radi o waves are obstruc ted. This is a characteri[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 93 US Trou blesho oting If you exp erienc e any of th e follow ing difficu lties whi le using t he system , use this troubles hooting guide to help reme dy the probl em befo re request ing rep airs. Sho uld any prob lem per sist, cons ult your near est Sony deal er. Note that if serv ice pers onnel chang es some parts durin[...]

94 US Sound The pict u re i s not out pu t correct ly. • Check the [Output Vide o Format] setti ngs (page 81). Picture nois e appears. • The disc is dirty or flawed. • I f the pictu re output from you r system goes thr ough your VCR to get to your TV, the copy-pr otection signa l applied to some BD/D VD programs could a ffect picture quali ty[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 95 US Operation The surround effect is dif ficult to hear when you are playin g a sound tr ack of Dolby Digital, DTS, or MP EG audio. • Check the de coding mo de sett ing (page 38) . • Check the s peaker con nections and setting s (pages 22, 71). • D epending on the BD/DVD , the output s ignal may no t be the entire 5[...]

96 US The disc does not play. • The disc is dirt y. • There is no disc i nserted. • The disc is upside down. Insert the disc with the pl ayback side facing down . • The dis c is sk ewed on t he disc t ray. • You are attemptin g to play a disc with a format that cannot be played back by this system (p age 101). • The regio n code on the [...]

Additio nal Info rmation 97 US The Control for HDMI function does not work. • W hen “HDMI” doe s not light up in the front panel display, check the HDMI connecti on (page 24). • Set [Control for HDMI] in [HDMI Set tings] to [On] (page 8 6). • Make sure that the connected c omponen t is comp atible wit h the [Contro l for HDMI] function. ?[...]

98 US The S-AIR function Sympt om Remedy S-AIR connec tion is not establish ed (sou nd transm ission is n ot establi shed), e. g., the indica tor of the S-AIR sub unit does t he followin g: • Turns off. •F l a s h e s . • Turns red. • I f you use anot her S-AIR main unit, place it more than 26 1 / 4 feet (8 m eters) away f rom th e unit. ?[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 99 US Surround amplifier operation If no so und is output from th e surro und spe akers, ch eck the statu s of the PO WER / ON L INE indi cator on the s urround am plifier . For deta ils of the P OWER / ON LINE indica tor, see “S tep 3: S etting up t he Wirel ess Syst em” (p age 32 ). Symptom R emedy The power is not tu[...]

100 US Self-dia gnosis Funct ion When the s elf-diag nosis func tion is a ctivated to prevent the syste m from malfunctioni ng, an error code a ppears i n the fr ont pan el displ ay, or just appea rs with out any mes sages o n the enti re screen . In thes e cases, check the following. When an error code appears in the front panel display When just [...]

Additio nal Info rmation 101 US Playable Disc s * JPEG format conformin g to UDF (Universal Disk Format). ** Some AVCHD format di scs may not play, dependin g on the recording cond ition. The AVCHD format disc wil l not play if it has not been corr ectly finalized . Notes about BD-ROM compatibility Since t he Blu-ra y Disc sp ecifi cations a re new[...]

102 US • A di sc recor ded in a color system other than N TSC, su ch as P AL (t his syst em con forms to the N TSC colo r syst em). Note on playback operations of a BD/DVD Some p layback operatio ns of a BD/DV D may be intention ally set by software pr oducer s. Since thi s system pla ys a BD/DVD acc ording to the d isc c o ntents t h e soft wa r[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 103 US Suppor ted Audio Formats Audi o form ats suppor ted b y thi s syst em are as follows. a : Sup ported fo rmat. –: Unsupported f ormat. * BD only. Note • The table above is valid only when you set [BD Audio S etting] to [Direct] (page 82) and [Sound Effect] to [Off] (page 83). If anoth er setting is used, depending[...]

104 US Video Outp ut Resolut ion Outp ut reso lution di ffers depe nding on the [Ou tput Vi deo Forma t] setti ng in [Vid eo Sett ings] (page 8 0). * Protected contents on DVDs are ou tput at 480p resolution. When [Output Video Format] is set to [Video] 480i video s ignals are output from the VIDEO OUT or COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jack, and 480p video s [...]

Additio nal Info rmation 105 US Specific ations Amplifi er Section (BDV-T20W) POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: (FTC Output Power) for th e US mode l Front L/Fr ont R: With 3 ohms loa ds, both channels driven, from 180 - 20,000 Hz; ra ted 56 watts per channel mi nimum RMS power, wi th no m ore than 0.7% tota l harmonic distorti on from 25[...]

106 US Speakers (BDV-T20W) Front (SS-TSB94) Speaker s ystem Full ran ge Bass reflex Spea ker un it 6 5 mm (2 5 / 8 in) cone typ e Rated i mpedance 3 ohms Dimensions ( approx.) 113 mm × 830 mm × 83 mm (4 1 / 2 in × 32 3 / 4 in × 3 3 / 8 in) (w/h/d ) (without stand) 315 mm × 1,015 mm - 1,345 mm × 315 mm (12 1 / 2 in × 40 in - 53 in × 12 1 / 2[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 107 US Gene ral Power requirements 120 V AC, 60 Hz Power consumpt ion On: 120 W Standby: 0.3 W (at the Power Saving mo de) Output voltage/ current (DIGITAL MEDIA PORT) DC 5 V/700 mA LAN (100) 100BASE-TX Terminal EXT External memory slot (For connec ting the ext ernal memor y) DC output: 5 V 500 mA Max Dimension s (approx.) [...]

108 US Language Cod e List The lang uage spe llings co nform to the ISO 639: 1988 (E/F) stan dard. Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Langua ge 1027 Afar 1028 Abkhazian 1032 Afrikaans 1039 Amharic 1044 Arabic 1045 Assamese 1051 Aymara 1052 Azerbaijani 1053 Bashkir 1057 Byelorussian 1059 Bulgarian 1060 Bihari 1061 Bislama 1066 Bengali; B[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 109 US Terms an d Conditions of Use and End Use r License Agree ment The Sony Blu-ray Disc playe r (“Product”) and associated software (“Software”) are provided and maintained by S ony Electronics Inc. and its affiliates (“Sony”). S ony a lso provides and maintains associated service (the “S ervice”), includ[...]

110 US GNU General Public, Lesser General Public, & Other Licenses. Notwithstanding terms in this Agreeme nt, certain portions of the Software are governed by the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1 (LGPL), GNU General Publi c License Version 2 (GPL), and other open source code licenses (“Open Source Licenses”), copies of which a[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 111 US 11. General Provisions This Agreement, the limited warr anty accompanying the Product, plus any additional terms posted on the Service or Site, together constitute the entire agreement between Sony and you with respect to your use of the Pr oduct, Service, Site, Content, and Software. Any notice by Sony hereunder may[...]

112 US We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright th e software, and (2) offer you t his license wh ich gives you legal permissi on to copy, distribute and/or modify t he software. Also, for each author ’s protection and ours, we want to make certain that everyone understa nds that there is no warranty for this free software. If the sof[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 113 US 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient au tomatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distri bute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients’ exercise of the ri[...]

114 US You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your school, if any, to sign a “copyright disclaimer” for the program, if necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: Yoyodyne, Inc., here by disclaims all copyright interest in the program ‘Gnomovision’ (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. <[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 115 US Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running a program us ing the Library is not restricted, and output from such a program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Library (independent of the use of [...]

116 US c) Accompany the work with a written offer, va lid for at l e ast three years, to give the same user the materials specified in Subsection 6a, above, for a charge no more than the cost of performing this distribution. d) If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy from a designated plac e, offer equivalent access to copy t[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 117 US END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that everyone can redistribute and change. You can do so by permitting redistribution under these terms (or, a[...]

118 US THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDE D BY ERIC YOUNG “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMI TED TO, THE IMPL IED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FO R A PARTICULAR PU RPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVE NT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUT ORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, IN CIDENTAL, SPECI AL, EXEMPLARY, O R [...]

Additio nal Info rmation 119 US Permission is NOT granted for the use of any IJG a uthor’s name or company name in adverti sing or publicity relating to this software or products derived from it. Th is software may be referred to only a s “the Independent JPEG Gr oup’s software”. We specificall y permit and encourage the use of this soft wa[...]

120 US Glossary AVCHD The AVCHD format is a high-definition digita l vide o camera format used to re cord SD (sta ndar d defi nition) or HD (hi g h d efini tion) sign als of ei ther t he 10 80i s peci ficat ion* o r the 720p spe cificat ion** on D VDs, using ef ficient data compre ssion co ding technolo gy. The MPE G-4 AV C/H. 264 form at is adop t[...]

Additio nal Info rmation 121 US since al l the signal s are proc essed digi tally, les s signal degrada tion occur s. Dolby Dig ital Pl us Deve loped as a n extensi on to Dolb y Digital , the audio co ding tech nolog y support s 7.1 mult i- chann el surrou nd sound. Dolb y Pro Lo gic II Dolb y Pro Logic II cr eates five fu ll-band width output chan[...]

122 US Pare ntal Cont rol A function of th e BD/DVD to l imit playback o f the d isc by t he age o f the u sers accord ing to the limitation level in ea ch country. The l imitation var ies f rom disc to di sc; w hen it is a ctiv ate d, playback is completely prohibited, viole nt scenes are ski pped or replaced w ith oth er scene s and so on . Photo[...]

123 US Index Numerics 24p True Cinema 122 A A/V SYNC 47 ANGLE 43 Attenuate - A UDIO 83 Attenua te - TV 82 Audi o 84 Audio DRC 82 Audio Se ttings 82 Auto Cal ibratio n 70, 83 Auto Display 8 7 A VCHD 101 , 120 B BD Au dio Set ting 82 BD Data 48 BD In ternet C onnection 85 BD Pare ntal Cont rol 84 BD/D VD Menu 84 BD/DVD V iewing Settin gs 8 4 BDA V 10[...]