Sony DAV-DX250 manual

©2005 Sony Corporation 2-635-101- 12 (1) DVD Home Theatr e System Oper a t ing Inst r uctions D A V -D X170/DX250[...]

2 US 3 To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to rain o r moi st u r e. Caution – The use of o ptical instrument s with this product will increase e ye hazard. For the customers in the U.S.A This sy mbol is int ended to al ert the us er to the presen ce of unin s u lat ed “d an ge ro u s voltag e” wit hin the product ’ [...]

3 US • Keep the uni t and di s cs away fro m equipment with strong magne t s, such as microwave ove ns, or large loudspeak ers. • Do not place he av y obje c ts on th e unit. • If the unit is brought di rectly from a cold to a war m location, moi sture may conde nse insi de the DVD Home The atre System and cause damage to the lenses. W he n y[...]

4 US Welcom e ! ........... ............... .................. .... 3 About T his Manual ........... .............. ........ 6 This Syste m Can Play the Following Discs . .................. ............... ............... 6 Guide to the Control Menu Dis play ........ 9 Getting Started Unpac king .............. ........... .............. ...... 12 I[...]

5 US Addi tional Informatio n Precautions ....... ....... ............... ........... .... 78 Notes ab out the Discs......... ............... .... 79 Troubles hooting ............. ............... ........ 79 Self-diagn os is Fu nc tio n ......... ... .... .... .... 82 (Whe n l etters/ nu mbers appe ar in the display) Specifica tions .......... ...[...]

6 US • The instructi on s in this manua l desc ribe the contr ol s on the remo te. You ca n also use th e controls on the system if they have the same or similar n ames as th ose on the remote. • The instructi ons in this manual a r e for DAV- DX170 and DAV-DX250. DAV-DX170 is the model used fo r illustra tion purposes o nly. Any differ ence in[...]

7 US • Data part of CD -Extra s • DVD Audios • Sup er Au dio CD • DVD-RAMs Also, th e s ys tem canno t play the f ol lowing discs: • A DVD VIDEO with a dif ferent region c o de (pag e 7, 86 ). • A disc that has a no n-stan da rd shap e (e.g., card , h ear t). • A disc with p ape r or stick ers on it . • A d isc that ha s the ad hesi[...]

8 US Depending on the DVD VIDEO, no region code indi cation may be giv en even th ough playi ng the DVD VIDEO is prohibit ed by area restric tions. Note on playback o peratio ns of DVDs a n d VIDEO CDs Some playback opera tions of DVDs and VIDEO CDs may be inte ntionally s e t by software producers . Since this system plays DVDs an d VIDE O CD s ac[...]

9 US Use the Co ntrol Menu to select a function an d to view related informatio n. Press DISPLAY repeat edly to tur n on or chan ge the Con trol M en u displ ay a s follow s: Cont rol Menu disp lay The Con tr ol M enu disp la y 1 an d 2 will show differ ent i te m s de pendin g on the disc type. For de tails about ea ch item, se e the page s in par[...]

10 US Examp le: Cont rol Me nu displ ay 1 when pla ying a DVD V IDEO. *1 Displays the scene num ber for VIDEO C Ds (PBC is on) , track numbe r for VIDEO CD s/CDs, albu m number for DATA CDs. *2 Displays th e index numb er for VIDEO CD s, MP3 audio tr ack num ber, or JPEG image file numb er for DATA CDs. *3 Displays S uper VCD as “SVCD. ” Displa[...]

11 US • The Cont rol Menu icon indicator lights up in gr een when you s elect any it em except [O FF] ([PROGRAM], [SHUFF LE], [R EPEAT], [A/V SYNC] only). The [ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST] indicator lig h ts up in green when you se le ct [PLAY LI ST ] (de faul t se tt ing) . [PROGRAM] (page 33) Selects the tr ack to pl ay in the order you wa nt. [SHUF F L[...]

12 US Check th at yo u have the foll ow i ng items: • Spe akers (5 ) • Sub woofe r (1) • AM l oo p antenn a (aeri al ) (1) • FM wire ant enn a (aerial ) ( 1) • Speak er cord s (5 m × 4, 15 m × 2) (16.5 ft. × 4, 49 .5 ft. × 2) • Vi d eo Cord (1) • Remot e Co m m an der (remote) (1) • Size AA (R6) b atteries (2) • Foo t pads* ?[...]

Getting Started 13 US Perfor m al l co nnection s and set ti ng s by follow ing Step s 1 to 7. “Step 1: Speaker System Hookup” (page 14) “Step 2: Antenna (Aerial) Hookup” (page 20) “Step 3: TV Hookup” (page 21) “Step 4: Other Component Hookup” (page 25) “Step 5: Connecting the AC Power Cord (Mains Lead)” (page 27) “Step 6: Tur[...]

14 US Conn ect the sup plied sp eaker sy stem usi ng the supp lied sp eak er cords by matc hi ng the colo rs of the jacks to those of the cord s. Do not c onnect any s p eakers other th an those supplie d with t his system. To obtain the best possib le surr ound sound, sp e cify the speak er parame te rs (distance, level, etc.) on page 75. Requi re[...]

Getting Started 15 US Conn ectin g the speake rs DAV-DX170 FRONT R FRONT L SURR R SURR L CENTER WOOFER SPEAKER Y P B /C B P R /C R AUDIO IN DVD ONLY VIDEO VIDEO S (DVD ONLY) R L VIDEO/SA T COMPONENT VIDEO OUT MONITOR OUT COAXIAL AM FM 75 Front spea ker (R) Cente r speaker Front sp eaker (L) Color label Surrou nd speaker (R ) Subwoo fer Surro und sp[...]

16 US DAV-DX250 • Do not se t the spe akers in an in clined pos iti on. Note FRONT R FRONT L SURR R SURR L CENTER WOOFER SPEAKER Y P B /C B P R /C R AUDIO IN DVD ONLY VIDEO VIDEO S (DVD ONLY) R L VIDEO/SA T COMPONENT VIDEO OUT MONITOR OUT COAXIAL AM FM 75 Front speaker (R) Cente r speaker Front spe aker (L) Surrou nd speaker (R ) Su bwoofer Su rr[...]

Getting Started 17 US • Do not place the speake rs in locatio ns th at are: – Extrem el y hot or co ld – Dusty or dir ty – Ver y humid – Subjec t to vi br ations – Subject to dir ect sunlight • Use caution when pl aci n g th e sp e akers and/or speaker s ta n ds (n o t supp l ied) that are attach ed wit h the speakers on a specia ll y[...]

18 US After connectin g all the com ponent s, sp eakers , an d AC pow er cor d (mains lead), out put a test tone to check that al l the speakers are conn ecte d corr ectly. For detai ls on out putting a test to ne, see pa ge 76. If no sound is heard from a speake r while output ting a te st ton e, or a test to ne is ou tput fro m a spe aker other t[...]

Getting Started 19 US • Use screws that are suitable for the wall m aterial an d stren gth. As a p laster boar d wal l is espe cially fragil e, attach the screws se cu rel y to a beam and fast en them to the wa ll . In st al l the speak ers on a verti cal and fla t wall wh ere reinfor c em ent is appl ie d. • C ontact a screw shop or insta ller[...]

20 US Connect the supplied AM/F M antennas (aeria ls) for listeni n g to the radio. • To prev ent noise pick up, keep the AM loop an tenna (a erial) awa y from the s ystem and other com p onents. • Be sur e to fully exte nd th e FM wir e ant enna (a er ia l). • After co nnecti ng the FM wire antenn a (aerial), k eep it as horizo ntal as possi[...]

Getting Started 21 US First, pe rf orm the vi d eo connec tion, and then audio c onnecti on . With y our TV’s aud io outp ut connect ed to this s ystem, you can list en to TV so und throu gh the sy stem speak ers. Conn ectin g the vide o cord s Sends a p layed back DVD imag e to a TV. Check th e jacks of yo ur TV, a nd choose the A , B or C c onn[...]

22 US C To connect to a TV with the COMPONENT VIDEO IN jacks Conne ct a c ompone nt vi deo c ord (n ot su ppli ed). To us e the COMPON ENT VIDE O OUT j acks (Y, P B / C B , P R /C R ) inst ead of t he vide o jacks, your TV m onitor m ust be e quipped with v ia COM PONENT VIDEO IN jacks (Y, P B /C B , P R /C R ). If your TV accepts progres sive for [...]

Getting Started 23 US Note tha t the pictur e will not be clear o r no picture will a ppear if you select t hese settings when either of the above condit ions is not met. x P V IDEO (P ROGRES SIVE VI DEO) Select this se tting when: – your TV a ccepts pro gressive signals, and , – the TV is conn ected to the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks, a nd, – [...]

24 US To connect the AUDIO OUT jacks of a TV to the VIDEO/SAT (AUDIO IN) jacks of this system Connect a TV to th e VIDEO/SAT (AUDIO IN) jack s using an au dio cord ( not supplied). Whe n conn ecting a cord, b e sure to matc h the colo r-code d sleev es to the approp riate ja cks on t he comp onents. • Be sure to ma ke conn ecti ons securely to a [...]

Getting Started 25 US You can enjoy sound using the s peakers of thi s system by c onnecti n g the AUDIO OUT jacks of another compon ent. For vi de o connec tion of oth er compon en ts, connec t directly to the TV. • I f you con nect a TV t o the VIDE O/SAT jack s in Step 3 (page 21) , you cannot connect ot her comp onents to t he system. Connec [...]

26 US • When you con nect a VCR o r digi tal s atell ite receiv er to t he VIDEO/SAT ja cks o f this system , chang e the functi on by pressing FU NCTION repeatedly to select “VIDEO” or “SAT.” (When yo u select “ATT ON,” “SAT ” appears in the front p anel displ ay instead of “VIDEO.” (page 66)) Tip[...]

Getting Started 27 US Before connectin g the AC power c ord (mains lead ) of th is sy st em to a w all o u tlet (m ain s ), conne ct the speake rs to the s ystem (page 14 ). To turn on the system Press " / 1 . To turn off the system Press " / 1 . The syste m ente rs st andby m ode . While playing a di sc, do not turn of f the syst em by p[...]

28 US Follow the s teps below to ma k e the minimum numbe r of basic a djustme nt s for usin g th e system. To skip an adjustment, press > . To retu rn t o the previous adjust ment, press . . 1 Turn o n the TV . 2 Press [ / 1 . • D isc onn ect the headphon e when you pe r f or m the Qu ick Setu p. You cannot operate steps afte r 8 with the hea[...]

Getting Started 29 US 10 Press X / x to select the center speaker distance from th e listening position, then press ENTER. You ca n set from 0 . 0 to 7.0 me t e rs (0 to 23 ft). • The setting r an g e cha nge s de pe ndin g on the front s peaker se tting. 11 Press X / x to select the surround speaker distance from the listening positi on. You ca [...]

30 US Position ing the spea kers For t he be st possib le surrou nd sound, all the spea kers othe r than t he subw oofer sho uld b e the same dista n ce from the li stening posit ion ( A ). However, th is syst em allows you to place the cente r spea ker up to 1.6 me ters (5 ft) clo ser ( B ) and the surroun d spea ke rs up to 5. 0 m e ters (1 6 ft)[...]

Play ing Di scs 31 US Depending on the DVD VIDEO or VIDEO CD, some opera tions may be diff erent or re stricted. Refe r to the operat ion det ails su pplied with you r disc. 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,” press FUNCTION to [...]

32 US To save the power in standby mode Press " / 1 while th e syste m turns on. To cancel stand by m o de, press " / 1 once . Additional operations *1 DVD VIDEOs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs only. *2 DVD VIDEOs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/DVD+RWs only. *3 DATA CDs only. • If there i s no d isc in the system, “NO DISC” appears in the front pa nel display. •[...]

Play ing Di scs 33 US The syste m starts playback fro m the point wher e you stoppe d the disc in St ep 1. • If [MULTI-DISC RESUME] in [CUSTOM SETUP] is set to [OFF ] (pa ge 74), the res ume po int is clea red when you change the function by pressing FUNCTION. • T he point where you s topped pla ying may b e cleared when: – you change the pla[...]

34 US 5 Select the t rack you want t o program. For e xampl e, sele ct trac k [02] . Press X / x to sel ec t [02] un der [T], th en press ENTE R. 6 To program other tracks, repeat ste ps 4 to 5. The progr ammed tracks are disp layed in the sele cted o rder. 7 Press H to st art Program Play. Progra m Pl ay starts. Whe n the progra m ends, yo u can r[...]

Play ing Di scs 35 US 3 Press X / x to selec t the item to be shuffled. x When pl aying a VIDEO CD or CD • [TR A CK ] : shuffl es tracks o n th e di sc. x When Pr ogram Play is activat ed • [ON] : shuf fles tracks se lect ed in P rogram Play. 4 Press ENTER. Shuffle Pl ay starts. To return to normal play Press CLE A R, or s elec t [OFF] in Step [...]

36 US • You can set Repe at Play while the system is stopped. After selec ting the [ REPEAT] opti on, press H . Repeat Play starts . • You can quick ly dis play the [REPEAT] sta t us by pressing R EPEAT. Each time y ou press REP EAT, the [REPEAT] option ch an ge s. • You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs and Super VCDs wit h PBC playbac[...]

Play ing Di scs 37 US Some DVD-RWs in VR (Vi deo Recording) mode have two types o f titles fo r playback : origina lly recorded titles ([ORIGINAL]) and titles that can be created o n recordable DVD player s for ed i ti n g ([PLA Y LIS T ] ). You can select th e t ype of title to be pl aye d. 1 Press D ISPLAY when the system i s in st op m ode. The [...]

38 US • Dep end in g o n the VI D E O CD, [ Pr e ss ENT E R] in Step 3 may appear as [Press SELECT] in the instruct ions supplie d with the disc . In this case , press H . • To play with out using PBC, press . / > or the number button s while the syst em is stopped to select a trac k , then pres s H or ENTER. [Play without PBC ] appears on t[...]

Play ing Di scs 39 US * “Design r u le fo r Camera F ile syst em”: Image standar ds f or digit al cameras regu lated by Japa n Electr onics and Informati on Technology Indus tries Associati on (JEITA ). • The system will play any data with th e extens ion “.MP3 ,” “.JPG ,” or “.JPE G” even if they ar e no t in MP3 or JP EG f ormat[...]

40 US MP3 aud io tracks and JPE G ima ge files recorde d on DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/ CD-Rs/ CD-R W s) can be played o n th is sy stem. • You can vie w the dis c informa tio n while playi ng MP3 audio tra c ks an d JPE G image files (p ag e 49) . • You can select Rep eat Play whi le playin g MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files (page 35) and [AUDIO] [...]

Play ing Di scs 41 US The list of tracks contained in the album appears . 3 Press X / x to select a track and press ENTER. The sele ct ed track star ts playin g. Y ou can turn the tr ac k list off by pr essin g M E N U . Pressi ng MENU aga in will di sp lay the album list. To stop playback Press x . To play the next or previous MP3 audio track Pres[...]

42 US Press CLEAR to retu rn to normal view. • Nothing h appens when you press C while p laying the first im age file of th e album. • If you press C / c t o go to the next or prev ious image, the “Rotatin g a JPE G image” fu nction is ca nceled. • The s lide show stops when you press X / x . To stop playback Press x . • A scroll box is[...]

Play ing Di scs 43 US •[ A U T O ] : play s both the JPEG image file s and MP3 audio trac ks in the same albu m as a sli de s how. • [AUDI O (MP3)]: play s only MP3 audi o tracks con tinuousl y . • [IMAGE (JPEG)] : plays onl y JPEG imag e files as a slide s how. 5 Press MENU. The list of al bums re co rded on th e DAT A CD appears. 6 Press X [...]

44 US Selecti ng an effect for image files in the slide show (JPEG o nly) When y ou play a JPEG ima ge fi le, you can sele ct th e effect to be use d when viewing the slide sh ow. 1 Press DISPL AY twice. The Con trol Menu for JP EG appe ars. 2 Press X / x to select [EFFE CT], then press ENTER. The option s for [EF FEC T] appe ar . 3 Press X / x to [...]

Play ing Di scs 45 US You ca n qu ickly loc ate a parti cu lar point on a disc by m on itoring the pictur e o r playi ng ba ck slowly . • Dependi ng on the DVD/VIDEO CD, yo u may not be able to do some o f th e oper a tion s described. Locat ing a po i nt quic k ly by playi n g a disc in fa s t forwar d or fast rever se (Scan) (excep t fo r JPE G[...]

46 US • You canno t search for a still picture on a DVD-R W in VR mode. You ca n se arch a DVD by title or ch ap ter, and you can search a VIDEO CD/CD/DATA CD by track, in de x, or scene . As title s an d tracks ar e assign ed unique nu mbers on t he disc, you ca n select the des ired one b y ente ring its numbe r. Or, you can s e arch for a sce [...]

Play ing Di scs 47 US x When playing a VIDEO CD/Super VCD with PBC Playb a ck [SCENE] x When playing a CD [TRACK] x When playing a DATA CD (M P3 audio) [ALBUM] [TRACK] x When playing a DATA CD (JP EG f ile) [ALBUM] [FILE] Exampl e: w he n you sele ct [CHA PTE R] [** (* *)] is se lected (** refe rs to a n umber ). The nu m be r in parenthe ses indic[...]

48 US You ca n divi de the scree n into 9 subs cree ns and find 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): displays the first sc en e of each tit le. • [CHAPTER VIEWER ] (DVD VIDEO only ): di spla ys the[...]

Play ing Di scs 49 US View ing the Pl aying Time a nd Remaining Time in the Front Panel Di splay You can ch eck disc informatio n, such as the remainin g time, tot al number of titles i n a DVD, trac ks i n a VID EO CD , CD , or MP 3 u sing the front pa ne l display (page 90) . Press DISPLAY. Each time you press DIS PL AY whi le pl aying the dis c,[...]

50 US • When playing VIDEO CDs w ith PBC functio ns, the play ing time is di splaye d. • When pla ying VIDEO CDs w ith out PBC func tion s, the track number and the index nu mber are displayed after the D isc nam e. • You can als o check th e ti me informatio n and tex t using the Control Menu. • If the disc doe s not contain text, the Disc[...]

Play ing Di scs 51 US x When playing a DATA CD (M P3 audio) • T **: ** Playing time of the cur rent track • Only alphabe tic a l letters and num be rs can be displayed. • D e pe ndi ng on the type of disc being pla ye d, the system ca n only di splay a limited num ber of charact ers . Also, dependin g on the d is c, not all te xt charact ers [...]

52 US When pla ying a DVD VIDEO reco rd ed in multiple a udio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital o r DTS), yo u can ch an ge the aud io form at. If th e DVD VIDEO is recorde d with multilingual track s, you can also cha nge the l an guage. With VIDEO CDs, CDs, or DATA CDs, y ou can se lect th e soun d from the right or left chann el and li sten to t he so[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 53 US • W hile playi ng a Super V CD on which t he audio tra ck 2 is not recorde d, no sound will come out when you select [2: STEREO], [2:1/L], or [2: 2/R]. Checki ng the audi o signal format (DVD onl y) If you press AUDIO repeated ly duri ng playbac k, the format of the c urrent a udio sign al (PCM , D o lby Digi t al , DTS, [...]

54 US You ca n ta ke advanta ge of surro und sound simpl y by s electin g on e of system ’ s pre- progr ammed so und fiel ds . They br in g the exci ting and p o werful so und of mov ie theat ers into your home. Pres s SOUND FIELD. Each time you press SOUND FIELD repeat edly until th e sound fi e ld you w ant ap pears in th e fron t pa nel displ [...]

Sound Adjustm ents 55 US • When the input signa l is multi c hannel source, Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Pro Logic II MOV IE/MUSIC are ca nceled and the multi ch annel source is output direct ly. • W he n the bil ingual broadcast sound is input, Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Pro Logic II MOV IE/MUSIC are not effective. Enjoy ing virtual sur round spea[...]

56 US To turn the surround effect off Press SOUND FIELD repeat e dly until “A.F.D. AUT O” or “2CH STERE O” appear s in the fr ont panel di splay. You can enj oy TV or VCR so un d from all speaker s of this system. For det ails, see “Step 3: TV Hookup ” (page 2 1) and “S tep 4: Other Comp onent Hoo kup” (pag e 25). 1 Press FUNCTION r[...]

Sound Adjustm ents 57 US Reinfo rcing bass freq uen ci es You can re in force bass freq ue ncies. Press DSGX. Bass freq uencies are ef fectively rein fo rced. To turn off the sound effect Press DSGX again. • W he n you c onne c t he ad phon es to the system, the DSGX function does not work. • D e pe ndi ng on the input stream , the DSGX functio[...]

58 US If var ious ang les (mult i-angles) for a sc ene ar e recorded on a DVD VIDEO, you can change the view in g an gle. For ex ample, wh ile play i n g a scen e o f a trai n in motion , you can di splay th e view from ei ther th e front of the t rain, the le ft window of the t rain, or from t he right w indow witho ut having the tra in’s moveme[...]

Using V arious Additional Functions 59 US You ca n set 2 ki nds of playb ack restric tions for the desi r ed d isc. • Custom Parental Co ntrol You can set play ba ck rest ri ct ions so th at the system will not play inappropri ate discs . • Parental Co ntrol Playback of s o me DVD VIDEOs can be limited accord in g to a predeter min ed level suc[...]

60 US To turn off the Custom Parental Control function 1 Follow steps 1 through 3 of “Preventing playback of specific discs [CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL].” 2 Press X / x to select [OFF t ], then press ENTE R. 3 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, th en press ENTER. To play a disc for which Custom Parental Control is set 1 Insert t[...]

Using V arious Additional Functions 61 US 5 Press X / x to select [STANDARD], then press ENTER. The selecti on items for [STANDARD] are displa yed. 6 Press X / x to select a geographic area as the playback l imitation level, then press ENTER. The area is se lected. When yo u sele ct [OTHE RS t ], s elec t an d enter a s tandard cod e in the tab le [...]

62 US Area Code Changin g the password 1 Press DISPLAY while the system is in stop mode. The Co nt rol Men u ap pears. 2 Press X / x to select [PARENTAL C ONTROL], then press ENTE R. The options for [PARENT AL CONTROL] appear . 3 Press X / x to select [PASSWORD t ], then press ENTER. The dis pl ay f or ent er i ng the pass w or d appe ars. 4 Enter [...]

Other Operations 63 US You can contr ol your TV (SONY only) with the supplie d remote . Controlling TVs w ith the remote To control the TV You can co ntrol t he TV by us ing f ollowi ng buttons. You ca n s elect the TV cha nnels by using the numbe r bu ttons. To se lect the T V chan nels , pre ss th e num ber butt ons, then ENTE R. • Depen ding o[...]

64 US THEATRE SYNC all ows you to turn on your SONY TV an d t h is system, ch anges the sy st em mode t o “D VD, ” an d then swi tches the TV’s input sou rce you s et wit h on e butto n pu sh. Prepar ing fo r the THEA TRE SYNC fu nction Regist er the T V’s in put sou rce conne cted t o this system. Press and hol d TV/VIDEO while ent ering t[...]

Other Operations 65 US • T hi s fu nc tio n is only for SONY TVs. (This function may not work on some SONY T Vs.) • If dista nce between TV and this system is t oo far, this function may not work. Insta ll the s ystem near the TV. • Keep the remot e pointed in the direct io n of the TV and this syst e m whil e ente r ing the code. Selectin g [...]

66 US Using a digital satellite rece iver or other comp onent s with a high au dio output le vel Connect the sa tellite receiver to the VIDEO/ SAT jack s on the re ar panel . Yo u ca n also connec t the comp onents w ith a h igh audio output lev e l (including 2V r.m.s compone n ts, such a s MD, etc. ) to t he VIDE O/SAT jack s, an d perform th e f[...]

Other Operations 67 US 6 Press X / x to select th e preset numb er you w ant. 7 Press ENTER. The station i s s tored . 8 Repeat 1 to 7 to store other stations. To change the preset number Restart from Step 1. To change the AM tuning interval (except for Middle Eastern model) The AM tuning in terval can be set to e ither 10 kHz or 9 kHz. To change t[...]

68 US 5 Press EN TER. 6 Create a name by using the cu rsor button s. Press X / x to se lect a cha racte r, then p ress c to move the c ursor to the nex t position. Lette rs, numb ers, and ot her symbo ls can be input for a ra dio stati o n name. If you make a mistake Press C / c rep ea tedly un til the char ac ter to be chan ged flashe s, then pres[...]

Other Operations 69 US The bri ghtness of the front panel display c an be set to eit he r of 2 levels . 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x rep eated ly u ntil “DIM MER” appears in the front panel display, then press ENTER or c . 3 Press X / x to select the brightness of the f ront panel di splay. 4 Press ENTER or AMP MENU. The AMP menu t u rns off[...]

70 US By usin g th e Se tup Disp la y, yo u can mak e various a djustments to ite ms such as picture and sound. Y ou can also set a langua ge for the subtitl es and the Setup Displa y , among other things. F or detai ls on eac h Setup Disp lay item, see pages from 71 to 77. For an overall list of Setup Displa y items, see pa ge 93. • Play back se[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 71 US To reset all of the [SETUP] settings 1 Select [RESE T] in Step 3 and press ENTER. 2 Select [YE S] using X / x . You can also quit the process and return t o the Control Menu by selecting [NO] here. 3 Pres s EN TER. All the settings explained on p ages 71 to 77 return to the default settings. Do not press [/ 1 while r[...]

72 US Choose settings ac cord in g to the TV to be connec ted. Select [S CREEN SETUP] in the Setup Disp lay. To use th e di s play, see “ Using th e Se tup Disp l a y ” (page 70). The defa ult settin gs are un der l ined. x [TV TYPE ] Selec ts the aspe ct ratio of th e connected TV (4:3 stan dard o r wide ). The d efault setti ng vari es, d epe[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 73 US x [BLACK LEVEL] Sel ects the blac k lev el (setup level) for the video signal s ou tput from the ja cks ot her tha n COMPONENT VIDEO OUT. x [BLACK LEVEL (COMPO NENT OUT)] Sel ects the blac k lev el (setup level) for the video signals outp ut fr om the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks. You can not select th i s and the set t[...]

74 US Use this to set up playback re lated and oth e r settings. Select [CUSTOM SETUP] in the Setup Displa y. To use th e di s play, see “ Using th e Se tup Disp l a y ” (page 70). The defa ult settin gs are un der l ined. x [PAUSE MO DE] (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW only) Selec ts th e pi ct ur e in pause m ode. x [TRACK SELECTION] (DVD VIDEO onl y) Give[...]

Settings an d Adjustments 75 US To obtai n th e best po ss ible su rr ou nd sou nd, se t for the s ize of the s peakers you hav e co nnecte d and t heir di stance fr om your l ist ening po sitio n. The n use t he te st to ne to adjus t th e leve l and the balance o f the spea k ers to the same le vel. Select [SPEAKER SETUP] in the S etup Display. F[...]

76 US Be sure to change the value in the Setup Display when you m ove the speak ers. * When you perfo rm the Quic k Set up (page 28), the default settings a re change d. • When you set t he distan ce, the so und cuts off for a moment. • If all f ront and surround speake rs are not pl aced at a n equal dist an ce from your listenin g position , [...]

Settings an d Adjustments 77 US 2 Press X / x to select [SETUP], then press ENTER. The options for [SETU P] appear. 3 Press X / x to selec t [CUSTOM], t hen press ENTER. The Se tup Displa y appears. 4 Press X / x repeatedly to select [SPEAKER SET UP], then press ENT ER or c . 5 Press X / x repeatedly to select [TEST TONE], then p ress ENTER or c . [...]

78 US On placement • Place th e sy s t em in a lo cat io n wit h adequ at e venti lation to preven t h eat build -u p in the s yst em. • At high volume, over long peri ods of time, the cabi net becomes hot to the touch. This is not a malf un ction. However, touc hing the cabine t should be avoid ed. Do not place th e u ni t in a conf in ed spac[...]

Additiona l Information 79 US On handling discs • To ke ep the d isc clean , handl e th e dis c by i ts edge . Do not touch the surf ac e. • Do n ot st ic k pa per or tape on the disc. • Do n ot exp ose the di s c to direct su nlight or heat s ources such as hot air ducts, o r leave it in a car p ar ked in di re ct sunli g ht as the temperatu[...]

80 US could af fect picture qua lity. If you still expe rience problems even when you connec t your syst em directly to your TV, try conne cting your syst em to your TV’s S video inp ut (page 21, 25). Even though you set the aspect ratio in [TV TYPE] of [SCREEN SETUP], the picture does not fi ll the sc re en. • Th e aspe c t rati o on the disc [...]

Additiona l Information 81 US and lea v e the system turned on for about hal f an hour. The MP3 audio track cannot be played. • The DATA CD is not reco rded in the M P3 format that conform s to ISO 9660 Level 1/ Level 2 or Joliet. • The M P3 audio t rack does not have the extension “.MP3.” • The dat a is n ot fo r ma tt ed in MP3 even tho[...]

82 US The syst em d o es not work normall y. • Disconnect the AC power cor d (mains l ead) fr om the w all ou tlet (ma ins), then r econne ct afte r severa l mi nutes. When t he se lf- di agno si s fu ncti on is ac tiv at ed to preven t the syste m fr om malf un ctioning , a 5- charac ter ser vi ce number (e.g., C 13 5 0) with a combi na tion of [...]

Additiona l Information 83 US AUDIO POWER SPECIFI CATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: With 3 ohm loads, both chan nels d r iv e n, from 200 – 20,000 Hz; rated 55 watts per chann el minimum RMS powe r, wit h no more than 0. 7 % total h armonic dis tortion from 250 mill i wat ts to rated output. Amplifier section DAV-DX170 Surround [...]

84 US Dimensions (approx.) 200 × 92 × 107 m m (7 7 / 8 × 3 5 / 8 × 4 1 / 4 inche s) (w/h /d) Mass (approx .) 0.7 kg (1 lb 9 oz) Surroun d Speaker s ystem Bass reflex Spea ker un it 65 mm (2 5 / 8 i nches) di a. cone type Rated i mpedance 2.7 ohms Dimensions (approx.) 90 × 132 × 107 m m (3 5 / 8 × 5 1 / 4 × 4 1 / 4 inche s) (w/h /d) Mass (ap[...]

Additiona l Information 85 US Albu m Sectio n of a m us ic piece or an i m age on a data CD contai ning MP3 au dio track s or JPEG fi l es . Chap ter Subdivisi o n of a title on a DVD. A title is compos ed of several chapters . Dolb y Dig ital This movie theater sound format for is mo re adva nced tha n Dolby Su rround Pr o Lo gic. In thi s f ormat[...]

86 US DVD+RW A DVD+RW (plus RW) is a recordable and rewrit able disc. DVD+ R Ws use a rec o rding format tha t is compara ble to the DVD VIDEO format. File A JPEG imag e recorded on a DA TA CD. (“Fi le” is an ex clusive def inition fo r this system.) A single fi le consists of a single image. Film ba sed so ftware, Video b ased software DVDs ca[...]

Additiona l Information 87 US • Ver sion 1.1 : You can play only movi ng pictu re s an d sounds . • Ver sion 2. 0: You c an play high-r esolut ion st ill pictu re s an d en joy PBC fun ctions. This syste m co nforms t o bo th versio ns.[...]

88 US The lang uage spe ll i ng s confor m to the ISO 6 39 : 1988 (E/ F) st andard . Language Co de List 1245 Inupiak 1248 Indonesian 1253 Icelandic 1254 Italian 1257 Hebrew 1261 Japanese 1269 Yiddish 1283 Javanese 1287 Georgian 1297 Kazakh 1298 Greenlandic 1299 Cambodian 1300 Kannada 1301 Korean 1305 Kashmiri 1307 Kurdish 1311 Kirghiz 1313 Latin 1[...]

Additiona l Information 89 US For more information, r efer to th e pages indicate d in parent h eses. Fron t panel A " / 1 (on/standby) (27, 31, 69) B Disc tray (31) C DISC 1-5 (31) D A (open/close) (31, 69) E H (play) (31) F X (pause) (32) G x (stop) (32, 69) H . / > (32) I FUNCTION (31) J PHONES jack (31) K VOLUME (31) L (remote sensor) ([...]

90 US Front pan el displa y About the indications in the front panel display A Lights up dur i ng PBC playback. (VIDEO CD only) (37) B Lights up when the tim e information of a title or chapter appears in the front pane l disp la y . (DVD on l y ) C Monaural/Stereo effect (Rad io only) (67) D Lights up when 2 channel source is output fr om the surr[...]

Additiona l Information 91 US Rear panel A SPEAKER jacks ( 14) B VIDEO/SAT AUD IO IN jacks (23, 25) C COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (21) D MONITOR OUT (VIDE O / S VIDEO) j acks (21) E AM terminal (20) F FM 75 Ω COAXIAL jack (20) FRONT R FRONT L SURR R SURR L CENTER WOOFER SPEAKER Y P B /C B P R /C R AUDIO IN DVD ONLY VIDEO VIDEO S (DVD ONLY) R L VIDE[...]

92 US Remote A TV [ / 1 (on/ standby) ( 63) B TV/VIDEO ( 63) C TUNER MENU (66) D SLEE P ( 68) E DISC SKIP (31) F PROGR E SSIVE (22) G REPEAT/F M MO DE (35, 67) H TUNER/BAND (67) I Number button s (36, 59, 63) The num ber 5 butto n ha s a tactile do t.* J CLEAR, - (28, 33, 64) K TOP MENU (36) L C / X / x / c /ENTER (27, 33, 54, 59, 65, 69, 70) M O R[...]

Additiona l Information 93 US Y ou can set the fo llowi ng items with the D VD Setup Displa y . The ord er of the disp layed i te ms may be different from the act ual displa y . DVD Setup Display List LANGU A GE SETUP OSD MENU AUDIO SUBTIT LE (Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.) (Select the language you want to us[...]

94 US Y ou can set the follo wing ite ms with AMP M ENU on the rem ote. AMP Menu List AMP menu DIMMER ATTENUA TE DIMM ER ON DIMM ER OFF ATT O N ATT O FF DEMO DEMO ON DEMO OFF[...]

95 US Numerics 16:9 72 4:3 LETTER BO X 72 4: 3 OUTP UT 73 4:3 P AN SCAN 72 5.1 Channel Surrou nd 53 A A/V SYNC 44 Acce ssories 12 ALBUM 46 Alb um 85 AMP menu 27 AMP menu list 94 ANGLE 58 Antenn a (a er ial) Hoo kup 20 A TTENU A TE 6 6 A UDIO 7 1 A UDIO DR C 74 B B A C KGROUND 72 Batteri es 12 BLA CK LEVEL 73 BLA CK LEVEL (COMPONENT OUT) 73 C CHAPTE[...]

SCREEN SA VER 72 SCREEN SE TUP 72 Sear ching 4 5 SETUP 70 Setup Display 7 0, 93 Shuffle Play 3 4 SIZE 75 SLEEP 6 8 Slide show 42 Slow-motion play 45 Sound Fiel d 54 SPEAKER SETUP 75 Speak er setup 30 Speaker System Hook up 14 SUBT ITLE 58 , 71 T TEST T ONE 76 THEA TRE SYNC 64 TIME/ TEXT 47 TITLE 4 6 T itle 86 TRA CK 46 T rac k 86 TRA CK SELECTIO N [...]