Sony Bravia Theater DAVHDZ273 manual

©2008 Sony Corporation 3-875-153- 11 (1) DVD Home Theatr e System Operating Instructions DA V -HDZ273[...]

2 US To red uce t he risk of fi re or electri c shock, do not expose t his apparatu s to rain or moisture . Caution – The use of o ptical instru ments with this product will increase e ye hazard. Do not install the appl iance in a con fined s pace, su ch as a bookcase or buil t-in cabinet. Batter ies or b atterie s installe d appa ratus sh all no[...]

3 US 11) Only use attachmen ts/acces sories spec ified by the manu fac tur er. 12) Use only with th e cart, stand, tripo d, bracket, or table specif ied by the man ufacturer, or sol d with the app aratus. When a c art is u sed, use caution when mov ing the cart/ apparatu s combi nation to avoid i njury from tip-over. 13) Unplug this a pparatus duri[...]

4 US Table of Cont ents About T his Oper ating Instru ctions...... .... 3 Playab le Discs . .......... ........ ........... ........... 5 Getting Started Step 1: Positioning th e System ... 10 Step 2: Connecting the System ... 13 Step 3: Performing the Quick Setup ......... ........... ................. ... 21 Step 4: Enj oying So und from all the [...]

5 US Playable Disc s 1) MP 3 (MPEG1 A udio Laye r 3) is a standa rd forma t defined b y ISO/M PEG which compresses audio d ata. MP 3 files must be in MPEG1 Audi o Layer 3 format. Type Disc lo go Charac teris tics Icon DVD VIDEO • DVD VIDEO • DVD-R /DVD-RW in DVD VIDEO format o r video mode • DVD+R/DVD+RW in DVD VIDEO format VR (Video Recordin[...]

6 US 2) JPE G imag e fil es mu st co nfor m to th e DCF image file f orma t. (DC F “De sign rule fo r Ca mera F ile sy ste m”: Imag e standar ds for di gital came ras regul ated by Japan El ectronics and Info rmation T echnology Industri es Associa tion (JEI TA).) 3) A logical format of files and folde rs on CD-ROMs , defined by ISO (Inter nati[...]

7 US • Thi s sy stem can p lay a Mu lti Ses sion C D when an MP3 fil e is contain ed in the fir st se ssion. Any subseq uent MP 3 files recorde d in later sessio ns can als o be play ed back. • Thi s sy stem can p lay a Multi S ession C D when a JPEG im age fil e is co ntaine d in the fir st sessi on. Any s ubseq uent JPEG i mage f ile s reco r[...]

8 US Getting Started Getting St arted Unpacking • Front speak ers (2) and surrou nd s peaker s (2) • Cente r spea ker (1 ) • Sub woofe r (1) • AM loop ante nna (aerial) (1 ) • FM wir e antenna (aerial) (1) • S peaker cords (6, red/wh ite/ green/gr ay/bl ue/purpl e) •V i d e o c o r d ( 1 ) • Remote c omma nder (rem ote) (1 ) • R6 [...]

9 US Getting Started Inserting batteries into the remote Inse rt two R6 (s ize AA ) batte ries (s upplie d) by ma tching the 3 and # ends on the batteri es to the markings inside the compartment. To use the remote, poin t it at the remote se nsor on the uni t. Note • Do not le ave the r emote i n an extreme ly hot or humi d place. • Do not use [...]

10 US Getting Started Step 1 : Positi oning t he System For the best poss ible sur round so und, all the speak ers oth er than th e subwo ofer sho uld be pla ced at the same dista nce fr om the list ening posit ion ( A ). However, thi s system allo ws you to place the cente r speaker up to 1.5 meters (5 f t) closer ( B ) and the surrou nd spea kers[...]

11 US Getting Started To install the speakers on a w all Before instal ling the sp eaker s on a wa ll, connec t the sp eaker cord to th e speak er. Be sure to match t he speake r cords to the app ropriate terminals on the s peakers: th e speaker cord with the c olo r tub e to 3 , and the speaker c ord without the color tube to # . 1 Prepare screws [...]

12 US Getting Started Note • Use screws th at are su itable f or the wall ma terial and stre ngth. As a plas ter board wall i s especi ally frag ile, attach the screws secure ly to a beam an d fasten them t o the wal l. Instal l the speakers on a ve rtical and flat wall where rein fo rcem ent is ap plie d. • Contact a screw sho p or insta ller [...]

13 US Getting Started Step 2: Conn ecting th e System See the co nnection diag ram below, and rea d the additi onal informat ion from 1 to 5 on th e follow ing pages. Note • B e sure to make co nnections se curely to avo id hum and noise. • Whe n you conn ect anothe r compone nt with a volume cont rol, turn up the vol ume of the other compon en[...]

14 US Getting Started The co nnecto r and co lor tub e of the sp eaker co rds ar e the sam e colo r as the l abel of t he jacks to be conn ected. B e sur e to m atch the sp eaker cords to th e app ropriat e term inal s on th e sp eakers: the s peake r cord with the color tub e to 3 , and th e spea ker cord wi thout the color t ube to # . Do not cat[...]

15 US Getting Started Use the p arts as f ollow s: •V i d e o c o r d ( 1 ) To listen t o TV sou nd from th e six spea kers of the system , conne ct the TV a nd the sys tem wi th the audio co rd (no t supplie d) ( A ). For vid eo out put to yo ur TV, check the vide o inpu t jack s of t he TV, a nd sel ect con nectio n metho d A , B , or C . P ict[...]

16 US Getting Started ** HDMI (High- Definition M ultimed ia Interf ace) If your TV has the HDMI ja ck, use this co nnection and sele ct the type of outp ut signa l (page 23). Note • During the “DMPORT” f unction, vi deo signal is not outp ut from th e HDMI OUT a nd COMPONE NT VIDEO OUT jacks. • The system can acce pt both digital and anal [...]

17 US Getting Started You c an e njoy t he co nnected comp onen t usi ng the six speake rs o f the system . • Porta ble a udio sou rce: A • DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter: B To connect the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter Connect a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter ( TDM-iP10 is supplied) to the DMPORT jac k. For de tails, see “Usin g the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT A[...]

18 US Getting Started If your TV has multiple audio/video inputs You ca n enjoy t he sound wi th the spea kers of the system throug h the con nected TV . Connect the comp onent s as f oll ows. Select the component on th e TV. For deta ils, refer to the ope rating instr uctions of the TV. If the TV d oes not ha ve multi ple audio/ video inpu ts, a s[...]

19 US Getting Started Note • K eep the AM loop ante nna (aerial) and cord away from the system or othe r AV components, as noise may res ult. • Be sure to f ully ext end the FM wire an tenna (aer ial). • A fter connec ting the FM wir e antenna (aeria l), keep it as hori zontal as possible. Ti p • Adjust the di rection of t he AM l oop anten[...]

20 US Getting Started Before conne cting the AC po wer cord ( mains le ad) of t he unit to a wall ou tlet (mai ns), conn ect all the speake rs to the unit. After connec ting the A C power cord (ma ins lea d), the dem onstr ation ap pears in the front pa nel disp lay. Setting the demonstration mode to on/off 1 Press [ / 1 on the unit. The sy stem tu[...]

21 US Getting Started Step 3 : Perf orming the Quick Setu p Follow the Steps belo w to make the basic adjustme nts for u sing the system. Displa yed item s var y depe nding o n the coun try model. Note • W hen you connect the system and the TV with the component video cord (no t suppli ed) or HDMI ca ble (not supplie d), you need to set the type [...]

22 US Getting Started 10 Press . 11 Connect the calibration mic to th e A.CAL MIC jack on the front panel. Set up t he calibration mic at the e ar level using a trip od, etc . (not su pplie d). T he fron t of each s peake r should face th e calibrat ion mic, an d there s hould be n o obst ruction betw een the s peakers and the ca libra tion mic. 12[...]

23 US Getting Started 4 Press X / x to select [QUI CK], then press . The Qui ck Set up disp lay ap pear s. Depe ndin g on the conne ct ion of th e TV (page 15) , sel ect the type of vi deo out put o f the system . To select the type of video signal output from the HDMI OUT jack When yo u conn ect the un it and t he TV w ith the HDMI c able, s elect[...]

24 US Getting Started Whe n you sel ect [ON ], the co nfirma tion disp lay ap pear s. F ollow t he S teps below . 8 Press C / c to select [START], then press . The sy stem outpu ts the pr ogre ssive s igna l for 5 sec onds. Ch eck that the scr een is displaye d correctly. 9 Press C / c to select [YES], then press . The sy stem outpu ts the pr ogre [...]

25 US Getting Started Note • W hen you use both the TV/VID EO (AUDIO IN) jacks (analog c onnection) and TV/VIDEO (COAXIAL or OPTICAL DIGITAL IN) jack (digita l con nection ) at the same time, the digit al connectio n takes prior ity. 2 Press SYSTEM MENU. 3 Press X / x repeatedly u ntil “DEC. MODE” app ears in the front panel display, then pre[...]

26 US Enjoying Sur round Soun d by Using Decoding Mode You ca n enjoy su rrou nd sound simpl y by sele cting one of the syst em’s pre-pr ogramm ed deco ding modes . They br ing exci ting an d power ful sound o f mov ie theate rs into you r hom e. 1 Press SY STEM MENU. 2 Press X / x repeatedly until “DE C. MODE” appears in the front panel disp[...]

Sound Adjustm ent 27 US 4 Press . The setti ng is made. 5 Press SYSTEM MENU. The system me nu turns off. To turn the surround effect off Select “A.F.D. STD” or “2CH STEREO” for “DEC. MODE.” Note • When the inp ut signa l is mu lti chan nel so urce, “PR O LOGIC,” “ PLII MOVIE,” an d “PLII MUSIC” are canceled and the mu lti [...]

28 US Selecting the S ound Mode You can select a sui table sou nd mod e for movi es 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 th e sound effec t depend ing on th e disc. • “ MOV [...]

Disc 29 US Playing a Disc Depending on the DVD VIDEO or VIDEO CD, some opera tions may be differ ent or rest ricted. Refer t o the operat ing instr uctions suppl ied 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. Unless the syste m is set to “DVD,” p ress FUNC[...]

30 US Other operations 1) Exc ep t for JP EG imag e fil es . 2) Scan speed s may diffe r with some discs. 3) DVD VIDEO, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VIDEO CD only. 4) Except for VIDEO CDs. 5) You cannot search for a still picture on a DVD-VR. 6) DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/DVD-R on ly. 7) DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/DVD-R/DVD+RW/ DVD+R only. Note • Y ou may not be able to use th e [...]

Disc 31 US When the sys tem is playing a DVD VIDEO record ed in mu ltipl e audio fo rm ats (PCM , Dolb y Di gita l, MPE G aud io, o r DTS ), yo u can change t he au dio form at. If the D VD V IDEO is recorded with multilin gual tra cks, you can also chan ge th e la ngua ge. With a VIDEO CD, CD, DATA CD, or DATA DVD, you can s elect the sound from t[...]

32 US Example: Dolby Digita l 3 c hannel You can play the Supe r Audio CD (page 7 8) by selec ting the pl ayback area. To select a play back area on a 2 channel + Multi-channel Super Audio CD Some S uper Au dio CDs con sist of a 2 ch anne l play back are a and a mul ti- channe l play back area. You c an sele ct the pl ayback area yo u w ant to list[...]

Disc 33 US PBC playback allows you to play a VIDEO CD interac tively by following the menu on the TV scre en. 1 Start playin g a VIDEO CD with P BC functions. The me nu for your selec tion ap pear s. 2 Select the item number you want using the number buttons. 3 Press . 4 Follow the instructions in the menu for interactive operations. Refer to th e [...]

34 US • I f [MULTI-DISC R ESUME] in [SYSTEM SETUP] is set to [O FF] (pa ge 5 0), the r esume poi nt is cl eared when you change th e function by pressin g FUNCTION +/–. Ti p • To play from the beginn ing of the disc , press x twic e, then pres s H . Using Play Mode You can pl ay t he co nten ts of a di sc in the o rder you wa nt by ar rangin [...]

Disc 35 US 6 To program other tracks, repeat Steps 4 to 5. The pr ogra mmed tra cks ar e disp laye d in the select ed o rder. 7 Press H to start Program Play. Prog ram Pl ay s tart s. When th e prog ram ends , you can restar t the same pr ogram again by p ress ing H . To return to normal play Pres s CL EAR whil e the disp la y for the p rog ram set[...]

36 US Shuff le Pl ay star ts. To return to normal play Press CLEAR, or sel ect [OFF] in Step 3. To turn off the Control Menu display Press DISPLAY repeatedly until the Contr ol Menu displa y is turned off. Note • You c annot use Shuffle Play with a VIDEO CD or Super VCD with PBC playback. • W hen you pr ess CLEAR to return to norm al play, Prog[...]

Disc 37 US Search ing/Sele cting a Disc A DVD is divid ed into a l ot of sectio ns, which make up a pictu re or musi c featu re. Th ese sectio ns are ca lled “tit les.” Wh en you play a DVD which conta ins severa l titles , you can select t he title you wa nt using DVD TOP MENU. When you pl ay a DV D tha t allows you to s elect items s uch as t[...]

38 US The nu mber in pa renthe ses indi cates the total nu mber of titl es, chapters, tracks, indexes, scenes, fo lders, or files. 3 Press . [** (* *)] ch anges to [– – (**)]. 4 Press X / x or the number butt ons to select the d esired number of the title, chapter, track, index, scene, etc. If you make a mistake, press CLEAR to cancel the num b[...]

Disc 39 US Playing MP3 Files/JPE G Image Files You can play th e MP3 f iles or JP EG im age file s: • which have the extension “.MP 3” (MP3 file ) or “.JPG”/“ .JPEG” (JPEG ima ge file) • which conform to the DCF* image file format * “Design r ule for C amera File system”: Image standar ds for digita l cameras regu lated by Japan[...]

40 US 1 Load a DATA CD o r DATA DVD. The f olders record ed on the DAT A CD or DATA DVD appear. When a folder is bei ng played, its title is shaded. 2 Press X / x to select a folder. x To play JPEG image files in a folder Press H to st art pla ying the se lected folder . x To select a JPEG imag e file by displaying the subscreens Press PICTURE NAVI[...]

Disc 41 US You can pl ay a slid e show with sound by fi rst placin g both MP 3 files and JPEG ima ge files i n the same fo lder on a DATA CD or DATA DVD. 1 Load a DATA CD or DATA DVD. 2 Press DISPLAY while the system is in st op m ode . The Contr ol Menu displa y appear s on the TV screen. 3 Press X / x to select [MODE (MUSIC, IMA GE)], then press [...]

42 US • [OFF]: Off. 4 Press . Note • The [EFFECT] sett ing is not effect ive when you set [JPEG RES OLU TIO N] i n [H DM I SET UP] to [ (19 20 × 1080i) HD ] or [(1920 × 1080i) HD] (page 48). Adjusting the Delay Between th e Picture and Sound [A/V SYNC] When th e sound does not ma tch the pict ures on the TV s creen, you ca n adju st the delay[...]

Disc 43 US Restr icting Playback of the Disc [PARENTAL C ONTROL] Playback o f some DVD VI DEOs can be limited accordi ng to a pr edeterm ined le vel such as the age of the users. Sce nes ma y be block ed or repl aced wit h differ ent sc enes . You ca n set the playbac k restr icti on by regist ering a pas swor d. Wh en y ou set the [PAR ENTA L CON [...]

44 US To turn off the [PARENTAL CONTROL] function Set [LEV EL] to [OFF ] in Step 11. To play a disc for which [PARENTAL CONTROL] is set 1 Load the d isc and press H . The dis play for ent ering you r passw ord appe ars. 2 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, th en press . The sy stem st arts play back. Note • W hen y ou pl ay di [...]

Disc 45 US Using the Set up Display You can make vari ous ad justm ents o f it ems su ch as pict ure and so und. Displa yed item s var y depe nding o n the coun try model. Note • Playbac k settings st ored in the disc take pri ority ov er the Setup Dis play settings a nd not all the functi ons described ma y work. 1 Press FUNCTION +/– rep eated[...]

46 US x [OSD] (O n-Screen Display) You ca n swi tch t he dis play lang uage on the T V screen . x [MENU] (DVD VIDEO only) You ca n switch the lang uage f or the disc ’s menu. x [AUDIO] (DV D VIDEO only ) You c an swi tch the l angu age of t he soun d track . Whe n you sel ect [O RIGINAL ], th e langua ge given priorit y in the disc is selected . [...]

Disc 47 US The syst em outp uts the pro gressi ve sign al for 5 sec onds. Chec k that the scree n is displa yed corr ectly. 3 Press C / c to select [YES] , then press . The system o utputs the pr ogress ive si gnal. If you se lect [NO], the syste m will not output the progres sive sign al. Note • [PROGRESSIVE (COMPONENT OUT)] is effecti ve only w[...]

48 US ** Depe nding on the country m odel, [720 × 576p] may appear. x [CONTROL FOR HDMI] You can set the [CONTROL FOR HDMI] fun ctio n to on/o ff. This func tio n is a vai labl e when you connec t the syst em and TV w ith an HDM I cab le . For de tail s, se e “Us ing th e Con tro l for HD MI Func tion fo r “BRAV IA” Sync ” (page 5 6). [OFF[...]

Disc 49 US x [SPEAKER FORMATION] You can select the posit ion of the speakers for the bette r surr ound sou nd. Fo r details , see “Getting Optim al Surr ound Sou nd for a R oom” (page 60). x [AUTO CALIBRATION] You can calibrate the appropriate se ttings automatic ally. For d etails, see “Calib rating th e Appr opri ate Se tti ngs Au tomat ic[...]

50 US x [PARENTAL CONTROL] You c an set the play back r est ricti ons. For detai ls, see “Re stric ting Play back of th e Disc ” (page 4 3). x [MULTI-DISC RES UME] (DVD VIDEO / VIDEO CD only) You can s et the [MULTI-DISC RESUME] funct ion t o on/ off. [ON] : Th e syst em s tore s the resum e po ints in mem ory fo r up to 10 di scs. [OFF ]: The [...]

Disc 51 US 1) 0.9 to 6.9 meters for North Amer ican models. 2) 0.0 to 6.9 meters for North Amer ican models. 3) Wh en you perform the Qui ck Setup (page 21) , the default se ttings are cha nged. 4) This item ap pears when y ou set [C ENTER] to [ YES] in the [CON NECT ION] se tting. x [DISTANCE (SURROUND)] When yo u move the su rrou nd speak ers, be[...]

52 US Ti p • To a djust the vol ume of a ll th e speaker s at o ne time, turn the VOLUME contr ol on the unit, or press VOLUME +/– on the remote . • To return to the d efault s etting w hen cha nging a setting, select the item , then press CLE AR. N ote that only t he [CO NNEC TION] setting does not return to the de faul t sett ing.[...]

T une r 53 US Presetti ng Radio Stat ions You can pr eset 20 F M sta tio ns, a nd 10 AM stations . Before tu ning, make sure to turn down the vol ume to minimum. Ti p • You can operate the tuner funct ion by observi ng the followin g displa y on t he TV s creen. 1 Press FUNCTION +/– rep eatedly until “TUNER FM” or “ TUNER AM” appears in[...]

54 US Listenin g to th e Radio Preset rad io st ations in th e syst em’s m emory first (see “Prese tting Radi o Sta tions ” (page 53)). 1 Press FUNCTION +/– rep eatedly until “TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears in the front panel display. The last re ceived statio n is tuned in. 2 Press PRESET +/– repeatedly to select the preset stat[...]

T une r 55 US You can in put l ett ers, number s, an d oth er symbol s for a ra dio statio n. If you make a mistake Press C / c repeat edly until the char acte r to be chan ged flas hes, then press X / x to select the desi red char acter . To e rase the ch arac ter, pres s C / c repeat edly unt il the c haract er to be eras ed flashe s, then press [...]

56 US Using the Contro l for HDMI Function f or “BRAVIA” Sync This fu nction is availa ble on TV s with the “BRAVI A” Sync function only. By conn ecti ng Sony co mpone nts th at are compatibl e with the Control for HDMI fun ction with an HDMI c able (not supplied ), operatio n is simplifie d as below: – Theat er Mo de (pa ge 5 7) – On e[...]

Contro l for HDMI/ External A udio Device 57 US To set the [CONTROL FOR HD MI] function to on/off 1 Press FUNCTION +/– rep eatedly until “DVD” app ears in the front panel display. 2 Press DISPLAY while the system is in st op m ode . The Contr ol Menu displa y appear s on the TV screen. 3 Press X / x to select [SETUP], then press . The options[...]

58 US (System Au dio Contro l) You ca n enjoy TV sound in this system by easy oper atio n. To use this fun ct ion, con nec t th e s yste m a nd th e TV wit h an audi o cord (not s uppl ied) and an HDMI cable (n ot su pplied ) (page 15 ). Depe nding o n the T V, whe n yo u set the system to the “TV/VIDEO” function, the S ystem Audio Contro l fun[...]

Contro l for HDMI/ External A udio Device 59 US Using the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT Adapter The DIGITAL MEDIA PO RT (DMPORT) adapter is for en joying sound from a p ortabl e audi o s ource or c omput er. By co nnect ing a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter, y ou can enjoy so und from the con nected c ompone nt on the sy stem . Available DI GITAL MEDIA PORT adapte[...]

60 US Getting Optimal Surrou nd Soun d for a Room [SPEAKER FORMATION] Depe nding on th e shape of th e room, you cannot insta ll some s peaker s. For th e bette r surrou nd sound, Sony rec omme nds that fi rst you dec ide the po sitio n of the sp eakers . 1 Press FUNCTION +/– rep eatedly until “DVD” appears in the front panel display. 2 Press[...]

Other Operati ons 61 US Calibrati ng the Appropr iate Setting s Auto matic ally [AUTO CALIBRATION] D. C. A. C. (Digital Cin ema Auto Calibrati on) can se t the app ropriate surrou nd soun d automatica lly. Note • The system outputs a loud test sound when [AUTO CALIBRATION] starts. You cannot turn the volume down. Give consi deration to children a[...]

62 US – front and su rround spe akers ar e not correctl y connect ed. 10 Press C / c to select [YES] or [NO], then press . x The measurement is OK. Disconnect the calibratio n mic, then s elect [YES]. The result is impleme nted. x The measurement is not OK. Follow the me ssage, th en select [ YES] to retry. Note • While the Auto Cal ibration fu[...]

Other Operati ons 63 US Using the Sou nd Effect You can re inforc e bass freq uencie s. Press DYNAMIC BASS. “D. BASS ON” ap pears i n the fro nt panel displa y and bass freq uencies are effect ively rein forc ed. To turn off the sound effect Press DYNAMIC BASS again . You c an enj oy sou nd ef fects or dial ogue , as yo u would in a movie thea [...]

64 US Changing th e Brightness of the Fr ont Panel Display The bri ghtnes s of the fron t panel display ca n be set to either of 2 levels. 1 Press SY STEM MENU. 2 Press X / x repeatedly until “DIMMER” appears in the fron t panel display, then press or c . 3 Press X / x to select the brightness o f the front panel display. • “DIMMER OFF” :[...]

Other Operati ons 65 US Note • T he system can onl y display the first level of the DVD/CD text, such as the disc nam e or title . • I f a file n ame of the MP3 f ile can not be dis played, “*” will appe ar in the f ront panel dis play ins tead. • T he disc name or track name may not be displayed depending on the text. • P laying tim e [...]

66 US * The bi t rate appears wh en the system is playing an MP3 file on a DATA CD/DATA DVD. ** If an MP 3 file has the ID3 ta g, the system will display a folder name /track ( file) name from th e ID3 tag inform ation. The system can sup port ID3 ver 1.0/1 .1/2.2/2.3. ID3 ver 2.2/2.3 t ag informa tion d isplay has priority when both ID3 ver 1.0 /1[...]

Other Operati ons 67 US 5 Press X / x to selec t [SYSTE M SET UP], then press . The options for [ SYSTEM SETUP] app ear. 6 Press X / x to [RESET] an d press c . 7 Press C / c to select [YES]. You can als o quit th e process and retu rn to the Cont rol Me nu disp lay by se lectin g [NO] here. 8 Press . Do not pr ess [/1 while resett ing the sy stem [...]

68 US Precau tion s On power sources • Unplug the unit from the wa ll outlet ( mains) if you do not intend t o use it for an extended per iod of time. To disconnect the cord, pull it out by the plug, neve r by the cord. On placement • P lace the sys tem in a locat ion with adeq uate venti latio n to prevent h eat build-u p in the syst em. • A[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 69 US Notes a bout t he Discs On handling discs • To keep the disc clea n, ha ndle the disc by i ts edge . Do not to uch the su rfac e. • D o not stic k paper or tape on t he disc. • D o not exp ose the di sc to di rect su nlight or heat s ources such as hot air duc ts, o r leave it in a car p arked in dire ct sunlig [...]

70 US Troublesh ooting If you exp erience any of the follo wing difficu lties while using the sys tem, use this troubleshoo ting guide to h elp remedy t he probl em before re questing r epairs. Should any problem per sist, consul t your neares t Son y de aler. Note that if ser vice pe rsonnel chan ges som e parts during r epair, th ese pa rts may b[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 71 US Sound Picture noise appears. • The disc is dirty or fl awed. • I f the picture outpu t from your system goes through your VCR to get to your TV, the copy-pr otection sign al applied to som e DVD programs co uld affect picture quality. If you stil l experience pr oblems even when you connect you r unit direc tly to[...]

72 US Operation Severe hum or noise is heard. • Check tha t the speaker s and components are connected secure ly. • Check that t he connect ing c ords are away fro m a trans former o r motor, and a t least 3 meters (10 ft) away from you r TV set or a fluoresc ent ligh t. • Move your TV away fr om the a udio compon ents. • The plugs and jack[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 73 US The disc does not pl ay. • Th ere is no disc inse rted. • T he disc is up side down. Insert th e disc with the playba ck side facing d own. • The disc is skew ed on t he disc t ray. • The system canno t play CD-R OMs, etc. (page 5). • T he region code on the DVD does not matc h the system. • M oisture has [...]

74 US Messages do not ap pear on the TV screen in the lang uage you want. • In the Se tup Displa y, sele ct the de sired la nguage f or the o n-scree n displa y in [OSD] under [LANGUAGE SETUP] (page 45). The langua ge for th e sound tra ck cannot be changed. • Multi lingual tra cks are not recorded on the DVD being p layed. • The DVD proh ibi[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 75 US Self-dia gnosis Fu ncti on (When lette rs/numbers ap pear in th e displ ay) When the self -diagnosis fu nction is activ ated to preven t the syst em from ma lfuncti oning, a 5- character service numb er (e.g., C 13 50) with a combinatio n of a le tter and 4 d igits appears on the TV scree n or front panel d ispla y. I[...]

76 US Specifica tions AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS for the US model POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: With 3 oh ms loads , bot h channels driven, from 180 - 20,000 Hz; rate d 84 watts per c hanne l mi nimum RMS power, wit h no more than 0.7% to tal harmoni c distort ion from 250 mil li watts to rated output. Amplifier Sec tion Surrou nd mod[...]

Addit ional Inf ormation 77 US Dimension s (approx.) 205 mm × 325 mm × 325 mm (8 1 / 8 in × 12 7 / 8 in × 12 7 / 8 in) (w/h/d) Mass (a pprox.) 5.2 kg (12 lb 3 oz) General Power requirements 120 V AC, 60 Hz Power consumpt ion On: 155 W Standby: 0 .3 W (at the Power Saving mode ) Output voltage (DIGITAL MEDIA PORT ) DC 5 V Output current (DIGITAL[...]

78 US surrou nd s peake rs and a ce nter speak er. Th e surr ound s peake rs ou tput mona ural sound . DTS Digital au dio compress ion technolo gy devel oped by D TS, Inc. This techn ology confor ms to 5.1-c hannel surroun d. T his for mat comp rises of st ereo r ear chann el an d ther e is discrete subwoofer chann el in this format . DTS provi des[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 79 US 1) You can pla y the CD layer on a conve ntional CD player. 2) Sin ce both layers ar e on one side, it is not n ecessary to tu rn the disc o ver. 3) To select a laye r, see “To ch ange a playbac k layer when playing a hyb rid Super Audio CD” (page 32). 4) To select an area, see “To s elect a playback area on a 2[...]

80 US Language Cod e List The lang uage spelling s confor m to the IS O 639 : 1988 (E/F ) standa rd. Code Language Code Langua ge Code Language Code Language 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;[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 81 US Index to Parts and Control For more informatio n, ref er to the pages indi cated in parenthese s. A " / 1 (on/standby) (21, 66) B A (open/close) (29) C Front panel displ ay (83) D Play oper ation but tons (29 ) E (remote sensor) (9) F FUNCTION (24) G VOLUME control (29) H PHONES jack (29) I AUDIO IN/A.CAL MIC jac[...]

82 US A SPEAKER jacks (14) B COAXIAL 75 Ω FM jack (19) C AM terminal (19) D TV/VIDEO (AUDIO IN R/L) jacks (15, 17) E VIDEO O UT jack (15) F COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (15) G DMPORT (DIG ITAL MEDIA PORT ) jack (17, 59) H HDMI OUT jack (15) I TV/V IDE O (DIG ITAL IN CO AXI AL/ OPTICAL) jacks (15) Rear panel CENTER SUBWOOFER DIGITAL IN P B /C B P R /C[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 83 US About the indications in the front panel display A Playing stat us B Flashes when the sleep timer is set. (63) C Displays system’s status such as chapter, title, or track number, time inform ation, r adio freq uency, pla ying status, decoding mode, etc. D Lights up when a station is received. (Radio only) (53) E Ste[...]

84 US Remote control ALPHABETICAL ORDER BUTTON DESCRIPTIONS A – O P – Z ANGLE 3 (30) AUDIO qh (31) CLEAR es (34, 45 , 54) D.TUNING ws (54 ) DISC SKIP 1) ed DISPLAY wa (55, 64) DVD MENU wg (37) DVD TOP MENU qd (37) DYNAMIC BASS 6 (63) ENTER 2) wf (20, 21, 32, 34, 53, 60) FUNCTION +/– 2 (24, 29) MENU wg (6 2) MUTING 7 (29) NIGHT wd (63) ONE-TOU[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 85 US Guide to th e Control Menu Disp lay You can us e the Contro l Menu display to select a function a nd to view re lated inf ormation. Press DISPLAY repeatedly. Each time you press D ISPLA Y, the Con trol Men u displa y change s: 1 t 2 t ... t 1 t ... 1 Control Menu di splay 1 2 Control Menu di splay 2 ( appears when av [...]

86 US Examp le: C ontrol M enu d ispla y 1 whe n pla ying a DV D VIDE O. To turn off the display Press D ISPLAY. List of Control Menu items Item Item Name, Func tion, Rele vant Disc Type [TITLE] (page 37)/[SCENE] (pag e 37)/[TRACK] (page 37) You can select t he titl e, scene, or tra ck to b e played. [CHAPTER] (page 37)/[INDEX] (page 37) You can se[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 87 US Ti p • The Control Menu ic on indicator lights up in yellow t when you select any item exc ept [OFF ] ([PROGRAM], [SHUFF LE], [R EPEAT], and [A /V SYNC] only ). The [ORIGINAL/ PLAY LIST] in dicator ligh ts up in yello w when you select [ PLAY LIST] (defaul t setting). The [MULTI/2CH] ind icator lig hts up in yello w[...]

88 US Index Numerics 4:3 OUTPUT 47 5.1 Chan nel Surround 31 A A/V SYNC 42 ANGLE 30 AT T E N U AT E 2 5 A UDIO 46 A UDIO (HDMI) 48 A UDIO DRC 49 A UDIO SETUP 49 A UTO CA LIBR A TION 49 , 61, 77 B B AC KGROUND 49 BLA CK LE VEL 47 BLA CK LE VEL (COMPONENT OUT) 47 C COLD RESET 66 CONTR OL FOR HDMI 48 Control for H DMI 56 Con tro l Menu Disp la y 85 CUS[...]

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