Sony DAV-SB500W User Manual

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2-108-851-11(2)

DVD Home Theatre System

Operating Instructions

DAV-SB500W

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WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or mo ist u r e.

Do not install the appliance in a confined space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.

To prevent fire, do not cover the ventil at ion of the apparatus with news papers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t place lighted candle s on the apparatus.

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place obje c ts filled with liquids, such as vases , on the ap pa ratus.

Don’t throw away the battery with general house waste, dispose of it correctly as chemical was te.

This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product. The label is located on the rear of the unit.

Precautions

Safety

• If anything falls into the cabinet, unplug the unit and have it checked by qualified person nel before operating it any further.

• The unit is not disconnected from the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet (mains), even if the u nit itself has been turned off.

• Unplug the unit from the wall outle t if you do not intend to use it for an extended period of time. To disconnect the cord, pull it out by the plug, never by the cord.

Installing

• Allow adequate air circulation to prevent internal heat buildup.

• Do not place the unit on surfaces (rugs, blankets, etc.) or near materials (curtains, draperies) that may block the ventilation slots.

• Do not install the unit near heat sour c es suc h as radiators, or air ducts, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust, mechanical vibration, or shock.

• Do not install the unit in a n inclined position. I t is designed to be operated in a horizontal position only.

• Keep the unit and discs away from equipme nt with strong magnets, such as microwave ovens, or large loudspeakers.

• Do not place heavy object s on the un i t.

• If the unit is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, moisture may condense inside the DVD Home Theatre System and cause d amage to the lenses. When you first install the unit, or when you move it from a cold to a warm location, wait for about 30 minutes before operating th e unit.

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Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing Sony DVD Home Theatre System. Before operating this system, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future re ference.

Precautions

On power sources

AC power cord (mains lead) must be changed only at the qualified service shop.

On placement

• Place the system in a location with adequate ventilation to prevent heat b uil d- up in the system.

• At high volume, over long periods of time, the cabinet becomes hot to the touch. This is not a malfunction. However, touching the cabinet should be avoided. Do not place the unit in a confined space where ventilation is poor as this may cause overheating.

• Do not block the ventilation slots by putting anything on the system. The system is equipped with a high power amplifier. If the ventila ti on slots on the top surface are blocked, the unit can over heat and malfunction.

• Do not place the system on a soft surface such as a rug that might block the ventilati on hole s on the bottom.

• Do not place the system in a location near heat sources, or in a place subject to dire ct sunlight, excessive dust, or mechanical shock.

On operation

• If the system is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, or is placed in a very damp room, moisture may condense on the lenses inside the system. Should this occur, the system may not opera te pr ope r ly. In this case, remove the dis c and leave the syst em turned on for about half an hour until the moisture evaporates.

• When you move the system, take out any disc. If you don’t, the disc may be damaged.

On adjusting volume

Do not turn up the volume while listening to a section with very low level inputs or no audio signa ls. If you do, the speakers may be damaged when a peak level section is suddenly played.

On cleaning

Clean the cabinet, pa nel, and c ontro ls wi th a so ft clo th slightly moistened with a mild detergent solution. Do not use any type of abrasive pad, scouring powder or solvent such as alcohol or benzine. If you have any questions or problems concerning your system, please consult your ne are st S ony de a le r .

On cleaning discs

Do not use a commercially available CD/DVD cleaning disc. It may cause a malfunc ti o n .

On your TV’s color

If the speakers should cause the TV screen to have color irregularity, turn off the TV at once then turn it on after 15 to 30 minutes. If color irregularity should persist, place the speakers farther away from the set.

The nameplate is located on th e rear of the unit.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Caution: This system is capable of holdi ng a st ill video image or on-screen display ima ge on your television screen indefinitely. If you leave the still video image or on-screen display ima ge displayed on your TV for an extended period of time you risk permanent damage to your television screen. Projection televisions are especially susceptible to this.

On moving the system

When you carry the system, use the following procedure to protect the inner mechanism

1 Remove the disc from the system. 2 Turn off the system. 3 The STANDBY indicator on the system

lights up, and “SEE YOU” appears on the front panel display.

4 “STANDBY” flashes on the front panel

display.

5 Nothing appears on the front panel display

after “STANDBY” flashes (STANDBY indicator remains lit).

6 Remove the AC power cord (mains lead)

from the wall outlet (mains).

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Table of Contents

Welcome!................................................3

Precautions..............................................3

About This Manual.................................6

This System Can Play the Following

Discs .................................................6

Terms for Discs....................................... 6

Notes about the Discs..............................8

Guide to the Control Menu Display........9

Getting Started

Unpacking.............................................11

Inserting Batteries into the Remote.......11

Step 1: Speaker System Hook up...........12

Step 2: Antenna (Aerial) Hookup s........20

Step 3: TV and Video Component

Hookups..........................................21

Step 4: Connecting the AC Power Cords

(Mains Leads).................................23

Step 5: Adjusting the Wireless

System ............................................23

Step 6: Performing the Quick Setup.....27

Speaker Setup........................................29

Playing Discs

Playing Discs........................................30

Resuming Playback from the Point Where

You Stopped the Disc..................... 32

(Resume Play)

Using the DVD’s Menu........................33

Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Functions

(Ver.2.0)..........................................33

(PBC Playback)

Playing an MP3 Audio Track ...............34

Playing JPEG Image Files ....................36

Creating Your Own Program................38

(Program Play)

Playing in Random Order .....................40

(Shuffle Play)

Playing Repeatedly...............................41

(Repeat Play) Searching for a Particular Point on

a Disc..............................................42

(Scan, Slow-motion Play) Searching for a Title/Chapter/Track/

Index/Album/File............................43

Viewing Information about the Disc....45

Sound Adjustments

Changing the Sound .......................... ...50

Enjoying Surround Sound ....................52

Using the Sound Effect.........................54

Using Various Additional Functions

Changing the Angles.............. .... .......... 55

Displaying the Subtitles........................56

Locking Discs....................................... 57

(CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL)

Other Operations

Controlling the TV with the Supplied

Remote ...........................................62

Using the SONY TV DIRECT

Function.......................................... 64

Using the Video or Other Unit .............66

Enjoying the Radio...............................66

Using the Radio Data System (RDS)... 69

Using the Sleep Timer..........................69

Returning to the Default Settings.........70

Settings and Adjustments

Using the Setup Display.......................71

Setting the Display or Sound Track

Language........................................72

(LANGUAGE SETUP)

Settings for the Display.............. ... ....... 72

(SCREEN SETUP)

Custom Settings....................................74

(CUSTOM SETUP)

Settings for the Speakers...................... 75

(SPEAKER SETUP) Quick Setup and Resetting

the System...................................... 77

(SETUP)

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Additional Information

Troubleshooting....................................78

Specifications........................................81

Glossary ................................................82

Index to Parts and Controls...................86

Language Code List..............................91

DVD Setup Menu List..........................92

Index .....................................................94

Quick Reference for Remote

Commander ......................Back cover

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About This Manual

• The instructions in this manual describe the controls on the rem ote. You can also use th e controls on the system if they have the same or similar names as those on the remote.

• The following symbols are used in this manual.

Format of discs

CD-R/CD-RW (audio data) (MP3 files) (JPEG files)

Disc logo

Symbol Meaning

Functions available for DVD VIDEOs, DVD-Rs/DVD-RWs in video mode, and DVD+Rs/ DVD+RWs

Functions available in VIDEO CD mode

Functions available in CD mode

Functions available in Super Audio CD and Audio CD mode

Functions available for MP3* audio tracks

Functions available for JPEG files

* MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) is a standard format

defined by ISO/MPEG which compresses audio data.

This System Can Play the Following Discs

Format of discs

DVD VIDEO

Super Audio CD

VIDEO CD

Audio CD

Disc logo

The “DVD VIDEO” logo is a trademark.

Terms fo r D is c s

• Title

The longest section of a pi ct ure or music feature on a DVD, movie, etc., in video software, or the entire album in audio software.

• Chapter

Section of a picture or a music piece that is smaller than titles. A title is composed of several chapters. Depending on the disc, no chapters may be r ecorded.

• Album

Section of a music piece or an image on a data CD containing MP3 audio tracks or JPEG files.

• Track

Section of a picture or a music piece on a VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD, CD, or MP3.

• Index (Super Audio CD, CD) / Video

Index (VIDEO CD)

A number that divides a track into sectio ns to easily locate the point you want on a VIDEO CD or Super Audio CD. Depe nding on the disc, no indexes ma y be recorded.

• Scene

On a VIDEO CD with PBC functions (page 33), the menu screens , moving pictures and still pictures are divided into sections called “scenes. ”

• File

Section of a picture on a data CD containing JPEG image files.

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Disc

DVD structure

VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD or CD structure

MP3 structure

JPEG structure

Title

Chapter

Track

Index

Album

Track

Album

File

Disc

Note on PBC (Playback Control) (VIDEO CDs)

This system confo rms to Ver. 1.1 an d Ver. 2.0 of VIDEO CD standards. You can enjoy two kinds of playback depending on the di sc type.

Disc type You can

VIDEO CDs without PBC functions (Ver. 1.1 discs)

VIDEO CDs with PBC functions (Ver. 2.0 discs)

Enjoy video playback (moving pictures) as well as music.

Play interactive software using menu screens displayed on the TV screen (PBC Playback), in addition to the video playback functions of Ver. 1.1 discs. Moreover, you can play highresolution still pictures, if they are included on the disc.

About Multi Session CD

• This system can p lay Multi Ses sion CDs when an MP3 audio trac k i s contained in the fi rst session. Any subsequent MP3 audio tracks recorded in lat er sessions can also be played back.

• This system can p lay Multi Ses sion CDs when a JPEG image file is contained in the first session. Any subsequent JPEG image files recorded in lat er sessions can also be played back.

• If audio tracks and images in music CD format or video CD format are recorded in the first session, only th e fi rst session will be p l ayed back.

Region code

Your system ha s a region code printe d on the back of the unit and will only play DVDs labeled with the same region code.

DVDs labeled will also play on this system.

ALL

If you try to play any ot her DVD, the message [Playback prohibited by area limitations.] will appear on the TV screen. Depending on the DVD, no region code indication may be given even though playing the DVD is prohibited by area restrictions.

Examples of discs that the system cannot play

The system cannot play the following discs:

• CD-ROMs (except for extension “. MP3,” “.JPG,” or “.JPEG”)

• CD-Rs/CD-RWs other than those record ed in the following forma t s:

– audio CD format – video CD format – MP3/JPEG format that conforms to

ISO9660* Level 1/Level 2, or its extended format, Joliet

• Data part of CD -Extras

• DVD-ROMs

• DVD Audio discs

• DVD-RAMs

• DVD-RWs in VR (Video Recording) mode

• Progressi ve JPEG file

* A logical format of files and folders on CD-ROMs,

defined by ISO (International Organiz a tion for Standardization)

Do not load the fo llowing discs:

• A DVD with a different region code (page 7,

84).

• A disc that is neither standard nor circular (e.g., card, heart, or star shape).

• A disc with pa per or stickers on it.

• A disc that has adhesive or cellophane tape still left on it.

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Notes about CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (Video mode)/DVD+R/DVD+RW

In some cases, CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW (Video mode)/DVD+R/DVD+RW cannot be played on this player due to the recording quality or physical condition of the disc, or the characteristics of the recording device and authoring sof tware.

The disc will not play if it has not been correctl y finalized. For more information, see the operating instructions for the recording device.

Note that discs created in the Packet Write format cannot be played.

Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies

This product is designed to play back dis cs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are m arke ted by some record companies. Please be aware that among those discs, there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this product .

* Manufactured under license from Dolby

Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

**Manufactured under license from Digital Theater

Systems, Inc. “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are trade marks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

Notes about the Discs

On handling discs

• To keep the disc cl ean, handle the disc by i ts edge. Do not touch th e surface.

• Do not stick paper or tape on the disc.

Note on playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs

Some playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs may be intentionally set by software producers. Since this system plays DVDs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc con t ent s the software producers designed, som e playback features may not be availa bl e. Also, refer to the instructions supplied with the DVDs or VIDEO CDs.

Copyrights

This product incorporates copyright pr ot ection technology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision, and is intend ed for home and other limited v iewing uses only u nless otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Re ver se engineering or dis as sembly is prohibited.

This system incorporates with Dolby* Digital and Dolby Pro Logic (I I) adaptive matrix surround decoder and the DTS** Digital Surround System.

• Do not expose t he disc to direct sunli ght or heat sources such as hot air ducts, or leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight as the temperature ma y rise considerably ins i de the car.

• After playing, store the disc in its case.

On cleaning

• Before play i ng, clean the disc with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc fro m the centre out.

• Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner, commerciall y avai labl e clea ners, or anti -stat ic spray intended for vinyl LPs.

This system can only play back a standard circular dis c. Using ne ither stan dard nor cir cular discs (e.g . , card, hear t, or star shape) may cause a malfunction.

Do not use a disc that has a commercially available accessory attached, such as a label or ring.

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Guide to the Control Menu Display

Use the Control Menu to select a function that you would like to use. The Control Menu display appears when the DVD DISPLAY button is pressed. For details, refer to the page in parentheses.

Currently playing title number (VIDEO CD/Super Audio CD/CD: track number)

Currently playing chapter number (VIDEO CD/Super Audio CD/CD: index number)

Playing time

Icon of selected Control Menu item

Control Menu items

Total number of titles or tracks recorded

Disc name or disc type

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE 12 1 8 ( 3 4 T

1: ENGLISH

2: FRENCH 3: SPANISH

Currently playing title name

)

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

Total number of chapters or indexes recorded

Playback status (NPlayback, XPause, xStop, etc.)

DVD

Type of disc being played back

Current setting Options

Function name of selected Control Menu item

Operation message

SUBTITLE Select:

List of Control Menu Items

DISC Displays the di sc name or the disc type inser ted into the system.

TITLE (DVD only) (page 43)/ SCENE (only VIDEO CD in PBC playback) / TRACK (VIDEO CD only) (page 43)

CHAPTER (DVD only) (page 44)/ INDEX (VIDEO CD only) (page 44)

ALBUM (MP3 only) (page 35, 43) Selects the album (MP3) to be pla ye d.

TRACK (Super Audio CD/CD/ MP3 only) (page 35, 43)

INDEX (Super Audio CD/CD only) (page 44)

TIME (page 44) Checks the elapsed time and the remaining playback time.

AUDIO (DVD/VIDEO CD/Super Audio CD/CD/MP3 only) (page50)

SUBTITLE (DVD only) (page 56) Displays the subtitles.

ENTER

Selects the title (DVD), or the track (VIDEO CD) to be played. Displays the scene (VIDEO CD in PBC play b ack).

Selects the chapter (DVD) or the index (VIDEO CD) to be played.

Selects the track (Super Audio CD/CD/MP3) to be played.

Displays the index and selects the index (Super Audio CD) to be played.

Inputs the time code for picture and music searching.

Changes the audio setting .

Changes the subtitle langua ge .

ALBUM (JPEG only) (page 36) Selects the album (JPEG) to be played.

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FILE (JPEG only) (page 36) Selects the file (JPEG) to be played. DATE (JPEG only) (page 49) Displays the date information. ANGLE (DVD onl y) (p a ge 55) Changes the angle. PLAYMODE (VIDEO CD/Super

Audio CD/CD/MP3/JPEG only) (page40)

REPEAT (page 41) Plays the entire disc (all titles/all tracks), one title/chapter/

CUSTOM PARENTAL

CONTROL (page 57)

Tips

• Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the Control Menu display changes as follows: Control Menu display

Selects the play mode.

track/album, or contents of program repeatedly.

Sets the disc to prohibit playing.

Control Menu display off

The Control Menu items vary depending on the disc.

• The Control Menu icon indicator lights up in green t unless you set the [ RE P E A T] setting to

[OFF].

• The [ANGLE] indicator lights up in green only when multiple angles are recorded on the disc.

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Getting Started

Unpacking

Check that you have the following items:

•Speakers (5)

• Subwoofer (1)

• Surround amplifier (1)

• Speaker cord cover (1)

• Speaker cord holder (1)

• Screw (1)

• IR transmitter* (1)

• IR receiver* ( 1)

• IR receiver stand (1)

• AM loop antenna (aerial) (1)

• FM wire antenna (a erial) (1)

• Speaker co rds (3.5m × 3, 5m × 2)

• Remote Com m ander (remote) R M -SP240 (1)

• Size AA (R6) batteries (2)

• Foot pads (4)

• Operating Instructions

• Speakers-connection and Installation (card) (1)

Inserting Batteries into

Getting Started

the Remote

You can control the system using the supplied remote. Insert two size AA (R6) batteries by matching the 3 and # ends on the batteries to the markings inside the compartment. When using the remote, point it at the remote s ensor on the system.

* The cords of the IR transmitter and IR rece iver are

for this system only. You cannot use a commercial ly available extension cord.

Notes

• Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place.

• Do not use a new battery with an old one.

• Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing, particularly when replac ing th e ba tteries.

• Do not expose the remote sensor to dir ect li ght from the sun or lighting apparatus. Doi ng so ma y c au se a malfunction.

• If you do not use the remote for an extended period of time, remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corros ion.

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Step 1: Speaker System Hookup

Connect the supplied speaker sy st em using the supp lied speaker cords by matching the colo rs of the jacks to those of the cords. For the surround speakers, connect them to the surround amplifier that receives the sound by wireless. Do not conn ect any speakers other than those supplied with this system. To obtain the best possible surround sound, specify the speak er par ameters (distance, level, etc.) on page 29.

Required cords

Speaker cords

The connector and the color tube of the speaker cords are the same color as the label of the jacks to be connected.

(–) (+)

color tube

Required equipments for the wireless system

IR transmitter

Transmits the sound by the infrared ray. Connect it to the system.

IR receiver

Receive the sound by the infrared ray. Connect it to the surround amplifier.

(–)

(+)

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When using the IR receiver stand, attach the stand so that both delta marks on the IR receiver and stand are aligned.

IR receiver

Delta marks

IR receiver stand

Surround amplifier

Receive the sound from the IR receiver and send to the surround speakers . Connect the surround speakers and the IR receiver to the surround amplifier.

POWER

POWER ON-LINE

To attach the foot pads

To prevent speaker vibration or movement while listening, attach the supplied foot pads to the center speaker, as shown.

Getting Started

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Terminals for connecting the speakers

Connect the To the

Front speakers SPEAKER FRONT L (white) and R (red) jacks of the system Center speaker SPEAKER CENTER (green) jack of the system Subwoofer SPEAKER WOOFER (purple) jacks of the system Surround speakers SPEAKER SURR L (blue) and R (gray) jacks of the surround amplifier IR transmitter DIR-T1 (pink) jack of the system IR receiver DIR-R1 (light blue) jack of the surround amplifier

Subwoofer

Front speaker (R)

Color label

SPEAKER

FRONT L

CENTER

FRONT R

WOOFER

Center speaker

AUDIO IN

VIDEO

SAT

DIR-T1

AUDIO IN

Surround amplifier

Front speaker (L)

EURO AV

OUTPUT(TO TV)

COAXIAL

IR transmitter

IR receiver

DIR-R1

SPEAKER

SURROUND

Surround speaker (R)

Surround speaker (L)

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Notes on placing speakers

• Do not set the speakers in an inclined position .

• Do not place the speakers in locations that are: – Extremely hot or cold – Dusty or dirty – Very humid – Subject to vibrations – Subject to direct sunlight

• Use caution when placing the subwoofer or a speaker stand that is attached with the front/surround speakers on a

specially treated (waxe d, oi le d, polished, etc.) floor, as staining or disc olor a ti on ma y r es ult.

• Do not lean or hang on the speaker, as the speaker may fall down.

Notes on placing IR transmitter and IR receiver

• Do not install the IR receiver in a place exposed to direct sunlight or strong light such as an incandescent lamp.

• The cords of the IR trans mi t ter and IR receiver are for this syst em o nly . Yo u ca nno t use a commercially available

extension cord.

Note

Do not catch the speaker cab le insulation in the SPEAKER ja ck.

Tip

Connect the speaker cable aft er bendi ng the speak er wire at the en d of the in sulation . This pre vents the speaker ca ble from being caught in the SPEAKER jack.

Getting Started

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About the surround ampli fier

After connecting, you can attach the cover to the surround amplifier for organizing and storing excess speaker cords.

Attaching the cover

1 Attach the speaker cord cover by

sliding it down alo ng the grooves at the edges of the surround amplifier.

Speaker cord cover

Surround amplifier

Grooves

Push the speaker cord cover down until you hear a click. Turn the surround amplifier upside down, th en store the cords in th e speaker cord cover.

2 Insert the tabs of the speaker cord

holder in the slots of the speaker cord cover, and press it into place.

Speaker cord holder

3 Secure the speaker cord holder with

the supplied screw.

Screw

Notes

• Do not use the speaker cord cover and hold er without the supplied screw.

• Before detachin g the speaker cord cov er, first remove the screw, then the speaker cord holder. Forcing the speaker cord cover off with the screw in place may cause damage.

• Gently pull apart the side of the speaker cord cover when detaching.

Surround amplifier

Tabs

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To avoid short -circuiting th e speakers

Short-circuiting of the speakers may damage the system. To prevent this, be sure to follow these precautions when connecting the speakers. Make sure the bare wire of each speaker cord does not touch another speaker jack or the bare wire of another speaker cord.

Examples of poor conditions of the speaker cord

Stripped speaker cord is touching another speaker terminal.

After connecting all the components, speakers , and AC power cord (mains lead) , outpu t a test to ne to check that all the speakers are connecte d correctly. For det ai ls on outputting a test tone, see page 76. If no sound is heard from a speak er while out p utting a te st tone, or a test tone is output from a speak er other than the one curren tly disp laye d in the f ront pa nel disp lay, the spe aker may be shor t-cir cuited. If this happens, check t he speaker connectio n again.

Notes

• Be sure to match the speaker cord to the appropriate terminal on the components: 3 to 3, and # to #. If the cords are reversed, the sound and will lack bas s ma y be distorted.

• If you connect the speaker cord to the system incorrectly, or turn up the volume in a state of a short circuit, the system enters standby mode and the STANDBY indicator flashes in red. In this case, dis connect the AC power cord (mains lead) of the system from the wall outlet (mains), reconnect, and then turn the system on.

• If you connect the speaker cord to the surround amplifier incorrectly, or tur n up the volume in a state of a short circuit, the POWER/ON LINE indicator turns off. In this case, disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead) of the surround amplifier from th e wall outlet (mains), reconnect, and the n tur n the surr ound amplifier on.

Stripped cords are touching each other due to excessive removal of insulation.

Getting Started

To change the speaker cables

If you want to use a different speaker cable, you can detach the plug for attachment to another cable.

Detaching

Catcher

With the catcher facing down, press and hold the plug down against a flat surface and remove the cords from plug.

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Attaching

While pressing th e plug down against a fla t sur face, insert the new speaker cords. Note that the cord marked with a line should be attached to the minus (-) side of the plug.

Notes

• Be careful not to damage the surface you use (d es k, etc. ) when a tta c hing/detaching the speaker cords.

• When using the subwoofer cord, note that the two outside black cords or the cords marked with letters are negative.

(–)

• If you connect the subwoofer cord with the polarity incorrect, the STANDBY indicator flashes, and the system enters standby mode.

Tips

• You can use any commercially sold speaker cable of gau ge cord AWG #18 - AWG #22.

• Before attaching a new cable, strip off 10 mm of its insulation and twist the bare wires of both cords.

(–) (+)

(+)

(–)

10 mm

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About the wireless system

This wireless system adopts t he Dig ital Infr ared Au dio Tran smissi on s ystem (p age 82). The following diagram indicates the infrared transmission area (the range that the infrared rays can reach).

Getting Started

Top view

IR transmitter

Notes

Infrared signal

10 10

Approx. 10m

IR receiver

Side view

IR transmitter

Infrared signal

10 10

Approx. 10m

IR receiver

• Do not install the IR receiver in a place exposed to direct sunlight or strong light such as an incandescent lamp.

• Do not use the IR transmitter or IR receive r tha t is not supplied with the system.

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Step 2: Antenna (Aerial) Hookups

Connect the supplied AM/FM antennas (aerials) for listening to the radio.

Terminals for connecting the antennas (aerials)

Connect the To the

AM loop antenna (aerial) AM terminal FM wire antenna (aerial) FM 75Ω COAXIAL jack

AM loop antenna (aerial)

FRONT R

WOOFER

SPEAKER

CENTER

FRONT L

WOOFER

AUDIO IN

VIDEO

SAT

DIR-T1

AUDIO IN

EURO AV

OUTPUT(TO TV)

COAXIAL

FM wire antenna (aerial)

Notes

• To prevent noise pickup, keep the AM loop antenna (aerial) away from the system and other components.

• Be sure to fully extend the FM wire antenna (aerial).

• After connecting the FM wire antenna (aerial), keep it as horizontal as possible.

• When you connect the supplied AM loop antenna (aerial), cord (A) or cord (B) can be connected to either terminal.

Tip

If you have poor FM reception, use a 75-ohms coaxial cable (not supplied) to connect the system to an outdoor FM antenna (aerial) as shown belo w.

System

Outdoor FM antenna (aerial)

COAXIAL

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Step 3: TV and Video Component Hookups

(

)

Required cords

SCART (EURO AV) cord for connecting a TV (not supplied)

Audio cords (not supplied)

When connectin g a cord, be sure to mat ch the color-coded sl eeves to the approp ri at e jacks on the components.

White (L/audio)

R/audio

Red

Terminals for conne ct ing video and audio compone nt s

Connect the To the

TV (VIDEO IN) T EURO AV OUTPUT (TO TV) jack VCR (AUDIO OUT) VIDEO (AUDIO IN) jacks Digital satellite rec ei ver

(AUDIO OUT)

Connecting the system to a TV

Connect the system t o your TV using the SCA RT (EURO AV) cord. Be sure to connect the S C A RT (EURO AV) cord to the T EURO AV OUTPUT (TO TV) jack on the system. When you connect using the SCART (EURO AV) cord, check that the TV conforms to S video or RGB signals. If the TV conforms to S vid eo, change the input mode of the TV to RGB signals. Refe r to th e operating instructions supplied with the TV to be connected.

SAT (AUDIO IN) jacks

Getting Started

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FRONT R

WOOFER

SPEAKER

CENTER

FRONT L

WOOFER

AUDIO IN

VIDEO

SAT

DIR-T1

AUDIO IN

EURO AV

OUTPUT(TO TV)

COAXIAL

OUT

OUTPUT

AUDIO

OUT

OUTPUT

AUDIO

OUT

VCR

TV Digital satellite

receiver

Notes

• Make connections securely to prevent unwanted noise.

• Refer to the instruc tions supplied with the TV.

• The system cannot output component output signals.

• The system cannot output an audio signal to the connected TV. Only the audio signal of the TV is output from the system speakers.

Tips

• When you want to output the TV sound or stereo sound of a two channel source from the 6 speake rs, se le c t an y sound field other than “AUTO FORMAT DIRECT AUTO” or “2CHANNEL STEREO” (page 52).

• If a distortion occurs during playback of the component that is connected to the VIDEO AUDIO IN jacks, connect the component to the SAT AUDIO IN jacks.

To listen to the game machine (e.g., PlayStation 2) sound by using the system

Connect the audio output ja cks of the game machine to the SAT AUDIO IN (L/R) jacks of th e s ys tem with the audio cord s (not supplied).

Notes

• The system does not output S video signals.

• When you select VIDEO or SAT by pressing FUNCTION (page 66), the audio signal from the AUDIO L/R jack is output to the connected speakers. The audio signal is not output from the T EURO AV OUTPUT (TO TV) jack.

When connecti ng to a standard 4:3 s creen TV

Depending on the di sc, the image may not fit your TV screen. If you want to change the aspect ratio, please refer to page 72.

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Step 4: Connecting the AC Power Cords (Mains Leads)

Before connecting the AC power cords (mains leads) of this system and the surround amplifier to a wall outlet (mains), connect the front and center speakers to the system and surround speakers to the surround amplifier (page 14).

Step 5: Adjusting the Wireless System

Getting Started

After connecting the speakers, surround amplifier, IR transmitter, IR receiver, and the AC power cords (mains leads), adjust the wireless system for good transmission.

"/1

POWER

POWER/ON LINE indicator

POWER

POWER ON-LINE

1 Press "/1 on the system and POWER

on the surround amplifier.

The system and surround amplifier turn on and the POWER/ON LINE indicator turns red.

2 Orient the IR transmitter and IR

receiver to face each other.

Adjust the position until the POWER/ON LINE indicator turns green.

Tip

The IR transmitter is movable for easy reorientation.

Notes

• Make sure that there is no obstruction such as a person or object between the IR transmitter and the IR receiver. Otherwise, the sound from the surround speakers may be interrupted.

• If the POWER/ON LINE indicator turns red, the transmission is incomplete. Adjust the position of the IR transmitter and IR receiv er until th e P OWE R/ ON LINE indicator turns green.

• If the POWER/ON LINE indicator flashes in red, the IR receiver is receiving an infrared ray from another Sony’s wireless product. Move the IR transmitter and/or the IR receiver so that the POWER/ON LINE indicator turns green.

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Example for installation

Position the IR transmitter and IR receiver as illustrated. Install the IR transmitter a nd IR receiver in direct line with each othe r, and adjust the orientati on of the IR transmitter and IR receiver until the POWER/ON LINE indicator turns green.

Top view

IR transmitter

IR receiver

Front speaker (L)

Surround speaker (L)

Center speaker

Listening position

Surround amplifier

Front speaker (R)

Subwoofer

Surround speaker (R)

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Hanging the IR transmitter and IR receiver on a wall

You can hang the IR transmitter and IR receiver on a wall when: – there is an obstruction betw een the IR transmitter and the IR receiver. – people often pass between the IR transmitter and the IR receiver.

When hanging both the IR transmitter and IR receiver, adjust the position of the IR transmit ter after deciding the position of the IR receiver.

To hang the IR receiver on a wall

1 Install a commercially available screw

in the wall so that it protrudes 4 mm.

4 mm

To hang the IR transmitter on a wall

1 Rotate the stand of the IR transmitter.

IR transmitter

Stand

2 Detach the IR receiver stand and hang

it via hole on the rear side of the IR receiver on the screw.

Make sure that the IR receiver does not move afte r installation.

IR receiver

2 Install 2 commercially available screws

in the wall so that it protrudes 4 mm.

Install the screws 30 mm apart.

30 mm

Getting Started

IR receiver stand

Tip

When reattaching the IR rece iv er stand to the IR receiver, attach the stand so that both delta marks on the IR receiver and stand are aligned (page 13).

4 mm

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3 Hang the IR transmitter via hole on the

bottom of the stand on the screw.

Make sure that the IR transmitter does not move after installation.

IR transmitter

Stand

Tip

You can store the cords in the troughs in the bottom of the stand.

Stand

Notes

• Use screws suitable for the material and strength of the wall.

• Do not install the IR transmitter or IR receiver to a wall of low strength.

• Sony is not liable for any damage or accident incurred by incorrect installation (i.e. low strength wall, etc.), incorrect use of this product, or na tural disaster.

• When connecting/disconnecting cords, detach the IR transmitter or I R r e ceiver from the wall fi r s t.

Troughs

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Step 6: Performing the Quick Setup

123

After completing the first 5 steps, make initial settings using the Quick Setup. You can set the initial setting of [LANGUAGE SETUP], [ROOM SIZE], [LISTENING POSITION], and [TV TYPE] step by step. After performing the Quick Set up, t he syst em is r eady fo r play ing back of movie s, music CDs, etc. To perform further speak ers settings, see “Settin gs for the Speakers” on page75.

Getting Started

How to use the Quick Setup

"/1

FUNCTION

C/X/x/c ENTER

O RETURN CLEAR

DVD SETUP

1 Turn on your TV. 2 Switch the input selector on the TV to

this system.

3 Press "/1. 4 Press FUNCTION to select “DVD.”

The guide message appears on the TV screen.

Note

When a disc is in the system, the guide message does not appears on the TV screen.

5 Press ENTER.

[LANGUAGE SETUP] appears.

LANGUAGE SETUP

Notes

• The selectable language is different depending

on the area.

• The language you select in [LANGUAGE

SETUP] is also used for [OSD], [DVD MENU], and [SUBTITLE] (page 72).

ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH ITALIANO ESPAÑOL NEDERLANDS DANSK SVENSKA SUOMI PORTUGUÉS

6 Select a language usi ng X/x, then press

ENTER.

Setting is selected and [ROOM SIZE] appears.

ROOM SIZE

FRONT:

SMALL

1 . 6

SURROUND:

1 . 6

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7 Select a suitable room size from

[SMALL], [MEDIUM], or [LARGE] using

X/x, then press ENTER.

Setting is selected and [LISTENING POSITION] appears.

LISTENING POSITION

FRONT:

1 . 6

SURROUND:

1 . 6

The [LISTENING POSITION] numbe r you can select va ries, depe nding on th e [ROOM SIZE] setting.

[SMALL]: Three positions [MEDIUM]: Four positions [LARGE]: Five positions

8 Select a suitable listening position

X/x, then press ENTER.

using

Setting is selected and [TV TYPE] appears.

TV TYPE

4 : 316 : 9

Notes

• When you press CLEAR in guide message, the message disappears. When you nee d to ch an ge settings, select [QUICK] from [SETUP] in Setup Display (page 77).

• When you select [4:3] in [TV TYPE], [4:3 LETTER BOX] is selected (page 72).

• The distance and level of each speaker will be set automatically ac cording to the selection of [ROOM SIZE] and [LISTENING POSITION] (page 75).

• If you want to change each setting, see “Using the Setup Display” (page 71) .

• The illustrations displayed for [ROOM SIZE] and [LISTENING POSITION] are only examples and may differ from the actual room siz e and layout. The settings for [SPEAKER SETUP] (page75) do not appear on these displays.

9 Select the TV type connected to the

system using

The Quick Setup is complete. When the Quick Setup is completed, the

settings are saved and the guide me ssage will not appear the next time you turn on the system.

If you make a mistake

Press O RETURN, then select the item aga i n.

To quit the Quick Setup

Press DVD SETUP in an y Step.

C/c, then press ENTER.

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Speaker Setup

Positioning the speakers

For the best possib le surround sound, all the speakers other than the subwoofer should be the same distance from the listening posi t i on (A). However, this system allows you to pl ace the center speaker up to 1.6 meters closer (B) and the surround speakers up to 4.6 meters closer (C) to the listening position. The front speakers can be placed from 1. 0 to

7.0 meters (A) from the listening position.

Place speakers as i ll us trated below

About magnetically shielded speakers (to prevent color irregularity occurring on the TV screen)

The subwoofer in this system is magnetically shielded to prevent magnetic leak age. However, some leakage m ay occur, as a high-strength magnet is employed. If the subwoo fer is used with a CRT-based TV or projector, install the subwoofer at least 0.3 met er from the TV set. If it is installed too close, color irregularity may occur on the screen. If color irr egul arity occu rs, turn off the TV set once, the n turn it on after 15 to 30 minutes. If color irregulari ty occurs again, place the subwoofer farther away from the TV set. If color irregularity still occurs after performing th e above, make sure tha t n o magnetic object is pl aced near the subwoofer. Color irregularity may occur as a result of interaction be tween the subwoofer and the magnetic object . Examples of possible sources of m agnetic interference include: magnetic latches on a TV stand, etc., healt hcare devices, toys, et c.

Specifying the speaker parameters

Getting Started

Note

Do not place the center and surround speakers farther away from the listening posi tion than the front speakers.

To obtain the be st possib le surrou nd sound, first specify the dist ance of the speaker s from your listening position, then set the leve l and balance. Use the test tone to adjust the speaker level a nd balance to the same level. Select [SPEAKER SETUP] in the setup display. For details, see “Setting for the Speakers” (page 75).

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Playing Discs

Depending on the DV D or VID E O CD, some operations may be different or restricted. Refer to the operation details supplied with your disc.

Adjust the volume

FUNCTION

Connect headphone

"/1

FUNCTION

"/1

STANDBY indicator

Disc tray

123

1 Turn on your TV. 2 Switch the input selector on the TV to

this system.

3 Press "/1.

The system tur n s on. Unless the system is set to “DVD,” press FUNCTION to select “DVD.”

4 Press A on the system or Z on the

remote.

“OPEN” appears in the front panel display and the system is ready for loading the disc.

5 Place a disc with the label side up on

the disc tray. Press A on the system or Z on the remote again to close the disc tray.

When you play an 8 cm disc, place it on the inner circle of the tray. Be careful that the disc is not skewed on the inner circle of the tray.

6 Press H.

The system starts playback (continuous play).

Adjust the volume on the system.

After following Step 6

Depending on the disc, a menu may appear on the TV screen. You can play the disc interactively by follo wing the instructions on the menu. (DVD: page 33), (VIDEO CD: page 33).

To remove the disc

Press A on the system or Z on the remote. Remove the disc after it is ejected from the system. “OPEN” appears in the front panel display.

To turn on the system

Press "/1.

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To turn off the system

Press "/1. The system enters standby mode and the STANDBY indicator lights up in red. To turn off the system completely, remove the AC power cord (mains lead) from wall ou tl et (mains). While playing a disc, do not turn off the system by pressing "/1. Doing so may cancel the menu settings. When you turn off the system, first press x to stop pl ayback and then pres s "/1.

To save the power in standby mode

Press "/1 while the system turns on (the STANDB Y indicator on the sys tem lights u p).

To cancel standby mode

Press "/1 once.

Additional operations

MUTING

123

./>

To Press

Stop x Pause* X Resume play after pause X or H Go to the next chapter,

track, scene, or file in continuous play mode

Go back to the preceding

chapter, track, scene , o r f il e in continuous play mode

Mute the sound MUTING. To cancel

muting, press it again or VOLUME + to adjust the sound volume.

X x

VOLUME +/–

Playing Discs

* You cannot pause during JPEG playback.

Notes

• If there is no disc in the syst em, “NO DISC” appe ars in the front panel display.

• If DVD playback is paused for approximately one hour, the system automatically turns off.

Tip

If a DVD has more than two titles, yo u cannot go to the next title or go back to the preceding title by pressing . or >. These button s wo rk only within a single titl e. If you want to go to the next title or go back to preceding title, press DVD TOP MENU or DVD MENU and then select the title you want to go to from the control menu.

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Resuming Playback from

the Point Where You Stopped the Disc

(Resume Play)

When you stop th e disc, the system rem embers the point whe re yo u pr essed x and “RESUME” appears in the front panel display. As long as you do not remove the disc, Resume Play will work even if the system enters standby mode by pressing "/1.

• The point where you stopped playing is cleared if: – you change the play mode. – you change the setting on the Setup Menu.

Tip

To play from the beginning of the disc, press x twice, then press H.

1 While playing a disc, press x to stop

playback.

“RESUME” appe ars in the front panel display, so you can restart the disc from the point where you sto pped the disc. If “RESUME” does not appear, Resume Play is not available .

2 Press H.

The system starts pl ayback from the poin t where you stoppe d th e disc in Step 1.

Notes

• You cannot perform Resume Play durin g Shu ffl e Play or Program Play.

• Depending on where you stop the disc, the system may not resume playback from e xa ct ly the sa me point.

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Using the DVD’s Menu

Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Functions (Ver.2.0)

A DVD is divided into a lot of sections, which make up a picture or music feature. These sections are called “titles.” When you play a DVD which contains several titles, you can select the title you want using DVD TOP MENU/ALBUM–. When you play DVDs that allow you to select items such as the language for the subtitles and the language for th e sound, select these items using DVD MENU/ALBUM+.

Number buttons

DVD TOP MENU/ ALBUM–

C/X/x/c

123

DVD MENU/ ALBUM+

ENTER

1 Press DVD TOP MENU/ALBUM– or DVD

MENU/ALBUM+.

The disc’s menu ap pears on the TV screen . The contents of the menu vary from disc to

disc.

2 Press C/X/x/c or the number buttons to

select the item you want to play or change.

3 Press ENTER.

Note

If the DVD top menu or a DVD menu is displayed during DVD playback for approximately one hour, the system automatically turns off.

(PBC Playback)

With PBC (Playback Cont r ol ) f unc tions, you can enjoy simple interactive operations, search functions, an d other such opera t i o ns. PBC playback allow s you to play VIDEO CDs interactively by following the menu on the TV screen.

Number buttons

./>

X/x

123

ENTER

O RETURN

1 Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC

functions.

The menu for your selection appears.

2 Select the item number you want by

pressing X/x or the number buttons.

3 Press ENTER. 4 Follow the instructions in the menu for

interactive operations.

Refer to the operation details s upplied wit h the disc, as the operating procedure may differ depending on th e V I D EO CD .

To go back to the menu

Press O RETURN.

Playing Discs

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Notes

• Depending on the VIDEO CD, the menu does not appear in Step 1.

• Depending o n the VIDEO CD, “Press ENT E R” in Step 3 may appear as “Press SELECT” in the instructions supplied with the disc. In this case, press H.

Tip

To play without using PBC, press ./> or the number buttons while the system is stopped to select a track, then press H or ENTER. “Play without PBC” appears on the TV screen and the system starts continuous play. You cannot play still pictures such as a menu. To return to PBC playba ck , press x twice, then press H.

Playing an MP3 Audio Track

You can play MP3 audio tracks on CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs. However, the discs must be recorded according to ISO9660 Level 1, Level 2, or Joliet format for the system to recognize the tracks. You can also play discs recorded in Multi Session. See the instructions of the CD-R/R W device or reco rding software (not supplied) for details on the recording format.

1 Load a data disc recorded in MP3 into

the system.

2 Press H.

The system starts to play the first MP3 audio track in the first album on the disc.

Notes

• The system can play MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer3) audio. The system cannot play audio tracks in MP3PRO format.

• This system can play Multi Sess ion C D s wh e n an MP3 audio track is located in the first session. Any subsequent MP3 audio tracks, re corde d in the later sessions, can also be played back.

• Maximum number of albums on a disc: 99 (The maximum number of MP3 audio tracks that can be contained on an album is 250.)

• An album that does not include an MP3 audio track is skipped.

• If you put the extension “.MP3” to data not in MP3 format, the system cannot recognize the data properly and will generate a loud noise which could dama ge your speaker system.

• If the system cannot play MP3, set [DATA CD PRIORITY] to [MP3] in the [CUSTOM SETUP] setting (page 74).

• The system can play to a depth of 8 directories, including a ROOT directory.

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Selecting an album and track

DVD TOP MENU/ ALBUM–

ENTER

DVD DISPLAY

DVD MENU/ ALBUM+

O RETURN

C/X/x/c

1 Press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu and name of the MP3 data disc appear.

2 Press X/x to select (ALBUM)

then press ENTER or c.

The list of albums cont ai ned on the disc appears.

HOME TOWN

ROCK BEST HIT KARAOKE JAZZ R&B MY FAVORITE SONGS CLASSICAL SALSA OF CUBA BOSSANOVA

3 Select an album you want to play using

X/x and press ENTER.

4 Select (TRACK) using X/x

and press ENTER.

The list of tracks contained in the current album appears.

HOME TOWN

ROCK BEST HIT

HIGHWAY1.

VIEW POINT

MY CHILDREN

DANCING

GOOD TASTE

DESTINATION

MARATHON

PLACE-KICK

TAKE IT EASY

10.

PORT TOWER

11.

STANDARD

MP3

Playing Discs

When the list of all tr acks or al bums c annot be displayed on th e w indow, the jump bar appears. Pres s c to select the jump ba r icon, and then scroll the jump bar to display the rest of the list using X/x. Press C or O RETURN to return to the track or the a lbum list.

5 Select a track using X/x and press

ENTER.

The selected track starts playing.

To return to the previous display

Press O RETURN or C.

MP3

To turn off the display

Press DVD DISPLAY.

Notes

• Only alphabetical letters and numbers can be used for album or track names. Anything else is displayed as “ ”.

• If the MP3 file you play back has an ID3 tag, the ID3 tag information is displ ayed as a track name.

• ID3 tag applies only to version 1.

• If an MP3 file of VBR ( v a ri able bit rate) is played, indicated elapsed time may be different from th e actual time .

• Until playing the disc or selecting an album in step 2, album name is displayed as “**Album” (** refers to a number) in the Control Menu, after which the album name is displayed.

Tip

When an MP3 data disc is inserted, you c an sele c t a n album using the DVD MENU/ALBUM+ or DVD TOP MENU/ALBUM– on the remote.

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Playing JPEG Image Files

Selecting an album and file

You can play JPEG image files on CD-ROM s, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs. However, the disc s must be recorded according to ISO9660 Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet format for the system to recognize the files. You can als o pl ay discs recorded in Multi Session. See the instructions of the CD-R/RW device or recording software (not supplied) for details on the recording format.

1 Load a data disc recorded in JPEG into

the system.

2 Press H.

The system starts to play the first JPEG image file in the first album on the disc.

Notes

• The system can play the extensio n “.JP G” or “.JPEG.”

• The system can play Multi Session CDs.

• Maximum number of albums on a disc: 99 (The maximum number of JPEG image files that can be contained on an album is 250.)

• An album that does not include a JPEG file is skipped.

• If the system cannot play JPEG, set [DATA CD PRIORITY] to [JPEG] in the [CUSTOM SETUP] setting (page 74).

• A JPEG image file of a length or width of more than 4,720 dots cannot be played.

• A JPEG image file with a high width to length cannot be played.

• Some CD-Rs or CD-RWs cannot be playe d on this system depending on f ile format.

• The system can play to a depth of 8 directories, including a ROOT directory.

• Progressive JPEG image files cannot be played on this system.

Tip

When you go to the next file or to go back to the previous file, press .or >.

DVD TOP MENU/ ALBUM–

DVD MENU/ ALBUM+

ENTER

DVD DISPLAY

O RETURN

C/X/x/c

1 Press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu and name of the JPEG data disc appe ars.

2 Press X/x to select (ALBUM)

then press ENTER or c.

The list of albums contained in the disc appears.

MOUNTAIN

FAMILY FLOWER GARDEN TRAIN CAR

JPEG

3 Select an album you want to play using

X/x and press ENTER.

4 Select (FILE) using X/x and

press ENTER.

The list of files contained in the current album appear s.

MOUNTAIN

FAMILY

HAPPY1.

BIRTHDAY

CELEBRATION

CHRISTMAS

MOM

BASEBALL

PARTY

DAD

TRAVEL

10.

FRIEND

11.

DRIVE

JPEG

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When the list of all files or albums cannot

be displayed on the window, the jump bar appears. Press c to select the jump bar icon, and then scroll the jump bar to display the rest of the list using X/x. Press C or O RETURN to return to the file or the album list.

5 Select a file using X/x and press

ENTER.

The selected file starts playing.

To return to the previous display

Press O RETURN or C.

To turn off the display

Press DVD DISPLAY.

Notes

• Only alphabetical letters and numbers can be used for album or file names. Anything else is displayed as “ ”.

• Until playing the disc or selecting an album in step 2, album name is displayed as “**Album” (** refers to a number) in the Control Menu, after which the album name is displayed.

Tip

When a JPEG data disc is inserted, you can select an album using the DVD MENU/ALBUM+ or DVD TOP MENU/ALBUM– on the remote.

Enjoying the Slide show on JPEG data disc (JPEG only)

Playing Discs

1 Press M while displaying a JPEG

image.

Slide show starts from the current image.

2 Press H when you want to exit Slide

show.

Return to normal play from the current image.

To change the interval time of Slide show

Each time you press M during Slide show, the interval time changes. With each press, the indication changes as follows:

1M t 2M t 3M

The 3M interval time is faster than 2M.

Note

Slide show can play in only one direction .

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To rotate the current image

C/c

Rotate the current image using C/c

Each time you press c, the image turns clockwise by 90º. Each time you press C, the image turns anticlockw i se by 90º.

Note

You cannot rotate an image during Slide show. Press H to return to normal play before this operation.

Creating Your Own Program

(Program Play)

You can play the contents of a disc in the order you want by arranging the order of the tracks on the disc to create you r own program. You can program up to 25 tr acks.

PLAY MODE

REPEAT

C/X/x/c

123

Number buttons

ENTER

ORETURN

CLEAR

1 In stop mode, press PLAY MODE

repeatedly until “PGM” appears in the front panel display.

The Program Menu appears on the TV screen. For example, select a track on an MP3 disc.

Program Total Time - - : - -

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

To check the tracks or albums that you have already created once, press

C to select the

jump bar icon, and then scroll the jump ba r to display the rest of the list using X/x.

c or O RETURN to return to the

Press track list.

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You can select the jump bar icon only if there are more than 9 programmed tracks or albums.

2 Press c.

The cursor moves to the track (in th is case, “1”). Before programming th e MP3 tracks, it is required to select the album.

Program

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Album

Track

Album2(CD)

ALL TRACKS

Album

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

TRACK1 TRACK2 TRACK3 TRACK4 TRACK5 TRACK6 TRACK7 TRACK8 TRACK9

Total Time - - : - -

To select a track that is not displayed on the window, p ress c to sele ct the jump bar icon, and then scroll the jump bar to display the rest of the list using X/x. Press C or O RETURN to return to the track list. You can select the jump bar icon only if there are more tha n 9 tracks.

3 Select the track you want to program.

For example, select track “7.”

Program

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Album

Track

Album2(CD)

ALL TRACKS

Album

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

TRACK1 TRACK2 TRACK3 TRACK4 TRACK5 TRACK6 TRACK7 TRACK8 TRACK9

Total Time - - : - -

4 Press X/x or the number buttons to

select “7” then press ENTER.

Total time of the programmed tracks (except MP3)

Program Total Time - - : - -

TRACK7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

5 To program other tracks, repeat Steps

2 to 4.

The programmed tracks are displayed in the selected order.

6 Press H to start Program Play.

Program Play begins. When the program ends, you can restart the same program aga i n by pr essing H.

To return to normal play

In stop mode, pr es s PLAY MODE repeatedly until “PGM display.

Other Operations

To Do this

Turn off the Program Menu

Cancel the programmed order

Notes

• This Program Play function is not available for DVDs and JPEG.

• When you remove the disc, Program Play is cancelled and the program you create is cleared.

• When you program MP3 tracks, “--:--” is displayed as the total time of th e pr ogr a mmed tracks.

Tip

You can perform Repeat Play of programmed tracks. Press REPEAT, or set [REPEAT] to [ALL] in the Control Menu display during Prog ram Play (page 41).

” disappears in the front panel

In stop mode, press PLAY MODE to turn off the Program Menu.

Press CLEAR in Step 5, and the last program is cancelled one by one.

Playing Discs

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Playing in Random Order

(Shuffle Play)

You can have the sys tem “shuffle” tracks and play them in random or der. Subsequent “shuffling ” will produce a different playing order.

Setting the shuffle mode in the Control Menu

You can select either normal shuffle or album shuffle (MP3 only).

PLAY MODE

123

1 In stop mode, press PLAY MODE

repeatedly until “SHUF” appears in the front panel display .

When you play an MP3 disc, you can play all tracks in albums in a random order. For details on album shuffle, see page40.

2 Press H.

To return to normal play

In stop mode, press PLAY MODE repeatedly until “SHUF display (SHUFFLE ca ncelled). The same applies to cancel SHUFFLE (ALBUM).

” disappears fro m the front panel

C/X/x/c

DVD DISPLAY

ENTER

1 Press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu appears.

2 Press X/x to select (PLAY

MODE), then press ENTER or c.

HOME TOWN

ROCK BEST HIT

(

)

1 5

CONTINUE CONTINUE(ALBUM) SHUFFLE SHUFFLE(ALBUM) PROGRAM

MP3

3 Select SHUFFLE or SHUFFL E (ALBUM)

using X/x and press ENTER.

SHUFFLE: Plays tracks on the disc in random order. SHUFFLE (ALBUM): Plays tracks from a selected album in r andom order.

4 Press H.

The selected Shuffle Play begins.

Note

Shuffle Play is cance ll ed wh en y ou eject the disc. The play mode changes in the following sequence:

SHUFFLE t CONTINUE SHUFFLE (ALBUM) t CONTINUE (ALBUM)

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Playing Repeatedly

(Repeat Play)

You can play all t he titles/ tracks /files o r a si ngle title/chapter/track on a disc. In Shuffle or Pro gr am Play mode, the sy st em repeats tracks in shuffled or progra m med order. You cannot perform Repeat Play during PBC playback of VIDEO CDs (page 33) .

REPEAT

C/X/x/c

DVD DISPLAY

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ENTER

1 Press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu ap pears.

2 Press X/x to select

(REPEAT), then press ENTER.

If you do not select [OFF], the [REPEAT] indicator lights in green.

3 Select the Repeat Play setting, then

press ENTER.

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

x When playing a DVD

•OFF: does not play re peatedly.

• ALL: repeats all the titles.

• TITLE: repeats the current title on a disc.

• CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter.

x When playing a VIDEO CD/Super Audio CD/CD/MP3, and when Program Play is set to OFF

•OFF: does not play re peatedly.

• ALL: repeats all the tracks on the disc, or repeats the current album (only when CONTINUE (ALBUM) or SHUFFLE (ALBUM) in the play mode is selected).

• TRACK: rep eats the current tra ck.

x When playing a JPEG

•OFF: does not play re peatedly.

• ALL: repeats all the files on the disc (when CONTINUE is selected in the play mode), or re peats the current album (when CONTINUE (ALBUM) is selected in the play mode).

x When Program Play is set to ON

•OFF: does not play re peatedly.

• ALL: repeats Pro g r am Pl ay.

Notes

• Depending on the DVD disc, Repeat Play does not work.

• Repeat Play is cancelled when you ejec t the disc .

• If [ALL] is selected, Repeat Play is limited to 5 times.

Tips

• You can set Repeat Play during stop mode . After selecting the [REPEA T] item, press H. The system starts Repeat Play.

• You can quickly display the [REPEAT] status. Press REPEAT on the remote.

• You can perform Repeat Play for DVD titles that contain chapters.

Playing Discs

OFF ALL TITLE CHAPTER

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Searching for a Particular

Point on a Disc

(Scan, Slow-motion Play)

To change the scan speed (DVD/ VIDEO CD only)

Each time you press m or M during scan, the playback speed changes. Two speeds are available. With each press, the indication changes as follows:

You can locate a pa rt i cul ar point on a disc quickly by m onitoring t he picture or by playing back slowly.

SLOW /

Notes

• Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to perform some of the operations described.

• During Scan or Slow-motion Play, no soun d is output.

m/M

Locating a point quickly by playing a disc in fast forward or fast reverse (Scan)

1 Press m or M while playing a disc. 2 When you find the point you want,

press H to return to normal speed.

Playback direction 1M t 2M

Opposite dire ction 1m t 2m

The 2M/2m playba ck s peed is faster than 1M/1m.

Watching frame by fram e (Slow-motion Play) (DVD/VIDEO CD only)

Press or when the system is in the pause mode .

To return to norma l s peed, press H.

To change the speed of Slowmotion Play

Each time you press or durin g Sl ow motion Play, t he playback speed changes. Two speeds are availa bl e. With each press, the indication chan ges as follows:

Playback direction 2 t 1

Opposite direction (DVD only) 2 t 1

The 2 /2 playback speed is slower than 1/1.

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Searching for a Title/ Chapter/Track/Index/ Album/File

You can search a title (DVD), chapter (DVD), track (CD, VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD, MP3), index (VIDEO CD, Su per Audio CD), album (MP3, JPEG), and file (JPEG). As titles, tracks, albums, and files are assigned unique names on the disc, you ca n select the desi red on e from the Control Menu. A ls o chapters and inde xes are assigned unique numbers on the disc, so you select the desired one by entering its number. Or you can search a particular point using the time code (TIME SE ARCH). You cannot sea r ch a scene of a VIDEO CD (when the PBC function is on).

Number buttons

C/X/x/c

DVD DISPLAY

123

ENTER

ORETURN CLEAR

Searching for a title/track/ album/file

1 Press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu ap pears.

2 Press X/x to select the search method,

then press ENTER or c.

x When playing a DVD

(TITLE)

x When playing a VIDEO CD

(TRACK)

x When playing a Super Audio CD

(TRACK)

x When playing a CD

(TRACK)

x When playing an MP3

(ALBUM) or

(TRACK)

x When displaying a JPEG file

(ALBUM) or (FILE)

Example: when you select (TRACK) The list of tracks contained in the disc appears.

HIGHWAY1. VIEW POINT

2. MY CHILDREN

3. DANCING

4. GOOD TASTE

5. DESTINATION

MARATHON PLACE-KICK

8. TAKE IT EASY

9. PORT TOWER

10. STANDARD

11. LADY

12.

13.

STAY

14.

BAD

15.

BEAUTIFUL

16.

HOLD.ME

17.

FIRST TIME

18.

BLUE SKY

19.

OUR EARTH

20.

NO NAME

21.

SWEETEST

22.KISS ME

23.

FIRE

24.

ANGEL

3 Press X/x to select the desired track,

then press ENTER.

The system starts playback from the selected track.

Playing Discs

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Searching for a chapter/index

1 Press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Men u appears.

2 Press X/x to select the search method.

x When playing a DVD

(CHAPTER)

x When playing a VIDEO CD (Without PBC functions)

(INDEX)

x When playing a Super Audio CD

(INDEX)

Example: when you select (CHAPTER) “** (**)” is selecte d ( ** refers to a number). The number in parentheses indicates the total number of cha pt ers or indexes.

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

3 Press ENTER or c.

“** (**)” change s t o “- - (**).”

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

– – ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD

5 Press ENTER.

The system starts playback from the selected number .

Note

When you play a VIDEO CD with PBC functions, th e index search function does not work.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is turned off.

To search for a particular point using the time code (TIME SEARCH)

Example: If you search for the playing time of the current title on a DVD

1 In Step 2, select (TIME).

“T **:**:**” (playing time of the current tit le) is selected.

2 Press ENTER or c.

“T--:--:--” appears above “T**:**:**.”

3 Input the time code using the number

buttons, then press ENTER. For example, to find a desired point at 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 20 seconds after the beginning, just enter “2:10:20.”

Notes

• The title, chapter or track number di spla ye d is the same number recorded on the disc.

• The time search function does not work on a VIDEO CD (when the PBC function is on).

• If you play a DVD, input the playing time of the current title using th e time code. If y ou play a CD, Super Audio CD, VIDEO CD, or MP3, input the playing time of the curre nt tr ac k using the time code.

Tip

You can change the display to show playing ti me or remaining ti me. For de tails, see “Check ing th e Play ing Time and Remaining Time” (page 48).

4 Press X/x or the number buttons to

select the chapter or index number you want to search.

If you make a mistake

Cancel the number by pre ss i ng CLEAR, then select anot her number.

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Viewing Information about

the Disc

Viewing the playing time and remaining time in the front panel display

You can check disc information, such as the remaining time, total n umber of tit les in a DVD, tracks in a CD, Super Audio CD, VIDEO CD, or MP3, or files in a JPEG using the front panel display (page 87).

DISPLAY

When playing a DVD

Playing time and number of the current title

Playing Discs

Remaining time of the current title

Playing time and number of the current chapter

Remaining time of the current chapter

Title name a)

Press DISPLAY.

Each time you press DIS PLAY while playing the disc, the displa y changes as shown in t he charts.

Current sound field b)

Volume b)

continued

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When playing a VIDEO CD (without PBC functions), Super Audio CD or CD

Playing time and current track number (when playing a CD)

Remaining time of the current track

Playing time of the disc

Remaining time of the disc

Track name a)

When playing an MP3

Playing time and current track number

Remaining time of the current track

Track (file) name

Album (folder) name c)

Current sound field b)

Volume b)

Current sound field b)

Volume b)

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When playing a JPEG When program play is activated

Current file number

Number of the programmed tracks and the total playing time

Playing Discs

File name

Album (folder) name c)

Current sound field b)

Volume b)

Remaining time of the current title

Track name a)

Current Sound Field b)

Volume b)

a) This info rmation is skipped if name

information does not exist.

b)Returns to the first information when

indication time completes.

c) Returns to the first information when the te xt

scrolling is finished.

Notes

• Depending on the type of disc being played and the playing mode, the disc information may not be displayed.

• ID3 tag applies only to version 1.

• If the MP3 file you play back has an ID3 tag, the ID3 tag information is displayed as a track (file) name.

• Only alphabetical letters and numbers can be used for album or file names. Anything else is displayed as “ ”.

• In the following cases, elapsed playing time and current track remaining time may not be displayed accurately.

– when an MP3 file of VBR (variable bit rate) is

played.

– during fast-forward/rev erse.

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Tips

• When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, only the playing time of the scene is displa yed.

• The playing time and remaining tim e of the curr e nt chapter, title, track , s cene, or di sc wil l al so appear on your TV screen. See the following section “Checking the Playing Time and Re maining Time” fo r details on how to read this information.

Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time

You can check th e pl aying time and rema ining time of the current title, chapter, or track, an d the total playing time or remainin g time of t he disc . You can also chec k the DVD/CD/Supe r Au dio CD text and MP3 folder name/file na me/ID3 tag (only song title) r ecorded on the disc.

DISPLAY

DVD DISPLAY

1 Press DVD DISPLAY during playback.

The Control Menu appears.

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

Time information

DVD

Disc type

2 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to change

the time information.

The display and the k in ds of time that you can check depend on the disc you are playing.

x When playing a DVD

• T **:**:** Playing time of the current title

• T–**:**:** Remaining time of the current title

• C **:**:** Playing time of the current chapter

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• C–**:**:**

Remaining time of the current chapter

• **:**:** Playing time of the menu or current title without a chapter

x When playing a VIDEO CD (with PBC functions)

•**:** Playing time of the current scene

x When playing a VIDEO CD (without PBC functions), Super Audio CD or CD

• T **:** Playing time of the current track

• T–**:** Remaining time of the current track

• D **:** Playing time of the current disc

• D–**:** Remaining time of the current disc

x When playing an MP3

• T **:** Playing time of the current track

• T–**:** Remaining time of the current track

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is turned off.

Notes

• Only alphabetical letters can be dis p la ye d.

• Depending on the type of disc being played, the system can only display a limite d number of characters. Also, depe ndi ng on the disc, not all text characters will be displayed.

Checking the date information (JPEG only)

You can check the date information du ri ng playback when the Exif* tag is recorded in the JPEG image data.

DVD DISPLAY

Press DVD DISPLAY during playback.

The Control Menu appears.

MOUNTAIN

FAMILY

) BIRTHDAY

1 ( 2 0 01 / 01/ 2004

Date information

* “Exchangeable Image File Format” is a digital

camera image format defined by the Jap an Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA).

Note

If there is no date information or data is da ma ge d on the disc, the system cannot di spla y the date information.

Tip

You can change the date information orde r in [J PE G DATE] of [CUSTOM SETUP] (page 74).

JPEG

Playing Discs

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Sound Adjustments

Changing the Sound

If a DVD is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can select the lan guage you want while playing the DVD. If the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, MPEG audio, or DTS), you can select the audio format you wa nt w h i le playing the DVD. With stereo CDs, VIDEO CDs, or MP3, you can select the sound from the right or left channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and left speakers (in this case, the sound loses its stereo effect). For example, when playing a disc containing a song with the vocals on the ri ght channel and the instruments on the l eft channel, you can se l ect the left channel and hear only the instruments from both speakers.

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AUDIO

X/x

DVD DISPLAY

ENTER

1 Press DVD DISPLAY during playback.

The Control Menu is displayed.

2 Press X/x to select (AUDIO),

then press ENTER.

The options for A UDIO appear.

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

1: ENGLISH 2: FRENCH 3: SPANISH

DVD

3 Press X/x to select the desired audio

signal. x When playing a DVD

Depending on the DVD, the choice of language varies.

When 4 digits are displayed, they represent the language code. Ref er to the la nguage code list on page 91 to see which language the code represents. When the same language is displayed two or more times, the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats.

x When playing a VIDEO CD, CD, or MP3

The default setting is underlined.

• STEREO

• 1/L: Th e sound of th e left channe l (monaural)

• 2/R: The sound of the right channel (monaural)

x When playing a Super Audi o CD

In stop mode, depending on the Super Audio CD, the choice of settings varies.

• MULTI: The disc has multi-channel playback area.

• 2CH: The disc has 2 channel playback area.

• CD: When you want to play the disc as a convention al CD.

Notes

• Not all discs give you the three choices above when in Super Audio CD playback. It all depends on the layer configuration of the Super Audio CD to be played.

• When playing a Super Audio CD in the 2 channel playback area, the POWER/ON LINE indicator of the surround amplifier turns red.

: The standard stereo sound

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4 Press ENTER.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is turned off.

Notes

• For discs not in multiple audio format, you cannot change the sound.

• During DVD playback, the sound may change automatically.

Tips

•You can select [AUDIO] directly by pressing AUDIO. Each time you press the button, the item changes.

•You can check the audio information, suc h as th e language or sound channel of a disc in the front panel display.

Displaying the audio information of th e disc (DVD only)

When you select [AUDIO], the channels being played are displayed on the screen. For example, in Dolby Digital format, multiple signals ranging from monaural to 5.1 ch annel signals can be recorded on a DVD. Depending on the DVD, the numbe r of recorded channels may differ.

Current audio format*

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

1: ENGLISH

PROGRAM FORMAT

DOLBY DIGITAL 3/2.1

DVD

*[PCM,] [MPEG], [DTS], or [DOLBY

DIGITAL] is displayed. For [DOLBY DIGITAL], the channels in the playing track are displayed numericall y as follows: For Dolby Digital 5.1 ch:

Surround component 2

DOLBY DIGITAL

Front component 2 + Centre component 1

3 / 2 . 1

LFE (Low Frequency Effect) component 1

The display examples are as follows:

•PCM (stereo)

PROGRAM FORMAT

PCM 48kHz 24bit

• Dolby Surround

PROGRAM FORMAT

DOLBY DIGITAL 2/0 DOLBY SURROUND

• Dolby Digital 5.1ch

PROGRAM FORMAT

DOLBY DIGITAL 3/2.1

•DTS

PROGRAM FORMAT

DTS 3/2.1

Tips

• When the signal contains surround signal components such as LS, RS, or S, the surround effect is enhanced.

• If you play MPEG AUDIO sound tracks, the system outputs PCM (stereo) signals.

Sound Adjustments

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Enjoying Surround Sound

Using only the front speaker and subwoofer (2 CHANNEL STEREO)

You can take advantage of surround so und simply by selectin g one of system’s preprogrammed so und fields. They brin g t he exciting and powerful sound of movie theaters into your home. To select sound field, press AUTO FORMAT DIRECT or MODE on t he remote repeatedly until the sound field you want appears in the front panel display.

Automatic decoding of the audio input signal (AUTO FORMAT DIRECT AUTO)

The auto decoding function automatically detects the t yp e of audio signal being input (Dolby Digital, D T S, or standard 2 channel stereo) and performs the proper decod ing if necessary. This m ode presents the sound as it was recorded/encoded, without adding any effects (e.g. reverberation). However, if there are no low frequency signals (Dolby Digital LFE, etc.), it will generate a low frequency signal for output to the subwoofer.

AUTO FORMAT DIRECT

123

This mode outputs the sound from the fro nt lef t and right speakers and subwoofer. Standard two channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. Multi channel surround formats are dow n mixed to two chan nels. This allows you to play any source using only the front left and ri ght speakers and subwoofer.

MODE

123

Press MODE on the remote repeatedly until “2CH ST” appears in the front panel display.

Sound field Display

2CHANNEL STEREO 2CH ST

Press AUTO FORMAT DIRECT on the remote repeatedly until “A.F.D. AUTO” appears in the front panel display.

Sound field Display

AUTO FORMAT DIRECT AUTO

A.F.D. AUTO

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Selecting a sound field (AUTO FORMAT DIRECT button)

AUTO FORMAT DIRECT

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Selecting a sound field (MODE button)

MODE

123

Sound Adjustments

Press AUTO FORMAT DIRECT on the remote repeatedly until the sound field you want appears in the front panel display.

Sound field Display

AUTO FORMAT DIRECT

A.F.D. AUTO

AUTO AUTO FORMAT DIRECT

DOLBY PL

PRO LOGIC AUTO FORMAT DIRECT

PLII MOVIE

PRO LOGICII MOVIE AUTO FORMAT DIRECT

PLII MUSIC

PRO LOGICII MUSIC

x AUTO FORMAT DIRECT PRO LOGIC

Dolby Pro Logic produces five output channels from two-channel sources. This mode performs Pro Logic decoding to the input signal and output to front, cen te r, and surround speake rs. Meanwhile, the surround channel becomes monaural.

x AUTO FORMAT DIRECT PRO LOGICII MOVIE/MUSIC

Dolby Pro Log icII pr oduce s five fu ll-ban dwidth output channels from two-channe l sources. This is done using an advan ced, high-purity ma tr i x surround decoder that extracts the spatial properties of the or ig inal recording with out adding any new sounds or tonal colorations.

Press MODE on the remote repeatedly until the sound field you want appears in the front panel display.

Sound field Display

2CHANNEL STEREO 2CH ST ROCK ROCK POP POP JAZZ JAZZ CLASSIC CLASSIC NEWS NEWS SPORTS SPORTS MOVIE MOVIE

x ROCK, POP, JAZZ, CLASSIC, NEWS, SPORTS, MOVIE

The each mode provided sound to suit the source.

When using the headphones

Sound field Display

HEADPHONE 2

HP 2CH

CHANNEL STEREO HEADPHONE

HP SURR

SURROUND

x HEADPHONE 2CHANNEL STEREO

This mode outputs the sound from the headphone L/R. St andard two channel (ster eo) sources comp le t ely bypass the sound fi eld processing . Mul ti channel surround formats are downmixed to tw o channels.

continued

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x HEADPHONE SURROUND

This mode outputs t he sound as surround from headphone L/R.

To turn the surround effect off

Press AUTO FORMAT DIRECT on the remote repeatedly until “A.F.D. AUTO” appears in the front panel display, or press MODE on the remote to display “2CH ST.”

Note

When the input signal is multi channel source, AUTO FORMAT DIRECT PRO LOGIC, AUTO FORMAT DIRECT PRO LOGICII MOVIE/MUSIC are cancelled and the multi channel source is outpu t directly.

Tip

When you want to output the TV sound or stereo sound of a two channel source from the 6 speakers, select any sound field other than “AUTO FORMAT DIRECT AUTO” or “2CHANNEL STEREO.”

Using the Sound Effect

This system provides you with 2 types of sound effect, simply by pressing a button. Choose the sound to suit your needs.

DSGX

123

Press NIGHT MODE or DSGX on the remote.

The sound effect is activated.

x NIGHT MODE

In this mode, yo u can enjoy sound effects or dialogue, as you would in a movie theater, even at low volume. It i s useful for watchi ng movies at night.

x DSGX

With DSGX on, bass frequencies are effectively reinforced.

To turn off the sound effect

Press NIGHT MODE or DSGX on the remote again.

Notes

• These two types of sound effect cannot be activ at ed at the same time.

• When playing a Super Audio CD, these functions are not effective.

NIGHT MODE

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Using Various Additional Functions

Changing the Angles

If various angles (multi-angles) for a scene are recorded on a DVD, you can change the viewin g angle. For example, while playing a scene of a train in motion, you can display the view from either the front of the train, the left window of the train, or from the right window without having the train’s movement interrupted.

Number buttons

ANGLE

123

3 Press ENTER or c.

The angle number changes to “-.”

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

)

– ( 9

DVD

4 Select the angle number using the

number buttons or X/x, then press ENTER.

The angle is change d t o the selected angle.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is turned off.

Note

Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the angles, even if multi-angles are recorded on the DVD.

Tip

You can select the angle directly by pressing ANGLE. Each time you press the button, the angle changes.

Using Various Additional Functions

C/X/x/c

ENTER

DVD DISPLAY

1 Press DVD DISPLAY during playback.

The Control Menu ap pears.

2 Press X/x to select (ANGLE).

The angle number appears. The number in parentheses indic ates the

total number of angles. The [ANGLE] indicator lights up in green when angles are recorded on the di sc.

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

)

( 9

DVD

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Displaying the Subtitles

If subtitles are r ecorded on a disc, yo u can turn the subtitles on or off while playing. If multilingual subtitles are recorded on the disc, you can change the subtitle language wh i le playing, or tur n t he subt it l es on or of f whe nev er you want. You can select the language you want to practice, for example, turn on the subtitles for better understanding.

123

SUBTITLE

3 Press X/x to select the language.

Depending on the DVD, the choice of language varies. When 4 digits are dis pl ayed, they indicate the language code. Ref er to the la nguage code list on page 91 to see which language the code represents.

4 Press ENTER.

To cancel the [SUBTITLE] setting

Select [OFF] in Step 3.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is turned off.

Note

Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the subtitles, even if multilingual subtitles are recorded on it.

Tip

You can select subtitles direc tly by pressing SUBTITLE. Each time you press the button , the language changes.

C/X/x/c

DVD DISPLAY

1 Press DVD DISPLAY during playback.

The Control Men u appears.

2 Press X/x to select

(SUBTITLE), then press ENTER or c.

The options for [SUBTI TLE] appear.

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

OFF 1: ENGLISH 2: FRENCH 3: SPANISH

ENTER

DVD

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Locking Discs

(CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL)

You can set two kind s of pl ayback restrictions for a disc.

• Custom Parental Control You can set the p layback restric ti o ns so that the system will not play inappropriate discs.

• Parental Control Playback of some DVDs can be limited according to a predetermined level, such as the age of the viewer.

The same password is used for both Parental Control and Custom Parental Control.

Custom Parental Control

You can set the same C ustom Parental Con t ro l password for up to 25 discs. If you set a 26 t h disc, the playback restriction of the disc for which you first set the password is cancelled.

3 Press X/x to select (CUSTOM

PARENTAL CONTROL), then press ENTER or c.

[CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL] is selected.

DVD

1 2 ( 2 7 ) TITLE12

)

1 8 ( 3 4 T

1 : 3 2 : 5 5

ON PASSWORD

DVD

4 Press X/x to select [ON t], then press

ENTER. x If you have not entered a password

yet

The display f or regi ste ri ng a ne w pa ss wor d appears.

CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL

Enter a new 4-digit password,

ENTER

then press .

Using Various Additional Functions

Number buttons

C/X/x/c

DVD DISPLAY

123

ENTER

O RETURN

1 Insert the disc you want to lock.

If the disc is playing, press x to stop playback.

2 In stop mode, press DVD DISPLAY.

The Control Menu ap pears.

Enter a 4-digit password by using the number buttons, then press ENTER.

The display for conf irm i ng t he password appears.

x If you have already registered a password

The display for en te ri ng the password appears.

CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL

Enter password, then press .

ENTER

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5 Enter your 4-digit password by using

the number buttons, then press ENTER.

[Custom parental control is set.] appears and the screen re turns to the Cont rol Menu display.

If you make a mistake entering your password

Press C before you press ENTER and input the correct numbe r.

If you make a mistake

Press O RETURN, then start from Step 3 again.

To turn off the Control Menu

Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is tur ned off.

To turn off the Custom Parental Control function

1 In Step 4, select [OFF t], then press

ENTER.

2 Enter your 4-digit password using the

number buttons, then press ENTER.

To change the password

1 In Step 4, press X/x to select [PASSWORD

t], then press ENTER. The display for entering the password appears.

2 Enter your 4-digit password using the

number buttons, then press ENTER.

3 Enter a new 4-digit password using the

number buttons, then press ENTER.

4 To confirm your password, re-enter it using

the number buttons, then press ENTER.

Playing the disc for which Custom Parental Control is set

1 Insert the disc for which Custom

Parental Con t r o l is s e t.

The [CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL] display appears.

CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL

Custom parental control is already set. To play, enter your password

ENTER

and press .

2 Enter your 4-digit password using the

number buttons, then press ENTER.

The system is ready for playback.

Notes

• When you change the layer or area in a Super Audio CD which has Custom Parental Co ntr ol set, the display for entering the password may appea r .

• When you set the Custom Parental Control password for a Hybrid Super Audio CD, the Custom Parental Control setting only works for th e cur rent layer.

Tip

If you forget your password, enter the 6-digi t nu m ber “199703” using the number buttons when the [CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL] display asks you for your password, then press ENTER. The display will ask you to enter a new 4-digit password.

Limiting playb ack for children (Parental Control) (DVD only)

Playback of some DVDs can be limited according to a predetermined leve l, such as the age of the viewer. Th e “Parental Control” function allows you to se t a pl ay back limitation level. A scene that is limited is not played, or it is replaced by a different scene.

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x When you have already registered a password

The display for en te ri ng the password appears.

Number buttons

C/X/x/c

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ENTER

O RETURN

DVD SETUP

1 In stop mode, press DVD SETUP.

The Setup Disp l ay appears.

2 Press X/x to select [CUSTOM SETUP],

then press ENTER or c.

[CUSTOM SETUP] is di sp la yed.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL TRACK SELECTION AUDIO DRC: DATA CD PRIORITY:

STANDARD

MM/DD/YYYYJPEG DATE:

OFF MP3

3 Press X/x to select [PARENTAL

CONTROL t], then press ENTER or c. x If you have not entered a password

The display for registering a new password appears.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

Enter password, then press

ENTER

4 Enter your password using the number

buttons, then press ENTER.

The display for setting the playback limitation level and changing the password appears.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

LEVEL: OFF STANDARD: CHANGE PASSWORD

USA

5 Press X/x to select [STANDARD], then

press ENTER or c.

The selection items for [STANDARD ] are displayed.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

LEVEL: STANDARD: CHANGE PASSWORD

OTHERS

OFF USA

Using Various Additional Functions

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

Enter a new 4-digit password,

ENTER

then press

Enter a 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press ENTER. The display for confirming the password appears.

6 Press X/x to select a geographic area

as the playback limitation level, then press ENTER.

The area is selected. If you select [OTHERS t], select and

enter the standard code in the tab le on page 61 using the number button s.

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7 Press X/x to select [LEVEL] then press

ENTER or c .

The selection items for [LEVEL] are displayed.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

STANDARD: CHANGE PASSWORD

OFFLEVEL:

NC17

6: 5:

PG13

3: 2:

8 Select the level you want using X/x,

then press ENTER.

The parental Control setting is complete.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

STANDARD: CHANGE PASSWORD

The lower the value, the more strict the limitation.

If you make a mistake

Press O RETURN or C to go back to the previous scre en.

To turn off the Setup Display

Press DVD SETUP repeatedly until the Setup Display is turned off.

To turn off the Parental Control function and play the DVD after entering your password

Set [LEVEL] to [OFF] in Step 8.

To change the password

1 In Step 5, select [CHANGE PASSWORD

t] using x, then press ENTER or c. The display for entering the password appears.

2 Follow Step 3 to enter a new password.

PG134:LEVEL:

USA

Playing the disc for which Parental Control is set

1 Insert the disc and press H.

The [PARENTAL CONTROL] display appears.

2 Enter your 4-digit password using the

number buttons, then press ENTER.

The system starts playback.

Notes

• If you play a DVD which does not have the Parental Control function, playb ack c annot be limited on this system.

• Depending on the DVD, you may be asked to change the Parental Control level while playing the disc. In this case, enter your password, then change the level. If the Resume Play mode is cancelled, the level returns to the original level.

Tip

If you forget your password, remove the disc and repeat Step 1 to 3 of “Limiting playback for children.” When you are asked to enter your password, enter “199703” using the number buttons, then press ENTER. The display will ask you to enter a new 4-digit password. After you enter a new 4-digit passw or d in Step 3, replace the disc in the system and press H. When the [PARENTAL CONTROL] display appears, enter your new password.

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Area Code

Standard Code number

Argentina 2044 Australia 2047 Austria 2046 Belgium 2057 Brazil 2070 Canada 2079 Chile 2090 China 2092 Denmark 2115 Finland 2165 France 2174 Germany 2109 Hong Kong 2219 India 2248 Indonesia 2238 Italy 2254 Japan 2276 Korea 2304 Malaysia 2363 Mexico 2362 Netherlands 2376 New Zealand 2390 Norway 2379 Pakistan 2427 Philippines 2424 Portugal 2436 Russia 2489 Singapore 2501 Spain 2149 Sweden 2499 Switzerland 2086 Taiwan 2543 Thailand 2528 United Kingdom 2184

Using Various Additional Functions

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Other Operations

Controlling the TV with the Supplied Remote

By adjusting t he r emote signal, you can control your TV with the supplied remote.

Notes

• If you enter a new code number, the code number previously entered will be erased.

• When you replace the batteries of the remote, the code number may be reset to the default (SONY) setting. Reset the appropriate code number.

Controlling TVs with the remote

TV ?/1

Number buttons

TV VOL +/–

Press and hold TV [/1 while entering your TV’s manufacturer’s code (see the table) using the number buttons. Then release TV [/1.

If you set successfully the ma nufact urer’s c ode, the TV button flashes twice sl owly. If the setting is unsuccessful, the TV button flashes five time s quickly.

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TV/VIDEO TV CH +/–

Code numbers of controllable TVs

If more than one code number is listed, try entering them one at a time until you find the one that works with your TV.

Manufacturer Code number

SONY 001 Admiral 012, 016, 039 AIWA 001, 007, 008 AKAI 002, 010, 027 AOC 002 Bell&Howell 016, 039 Bestar 027 Blaupunkt 052, 053 Blue sky 027 Brandt 045 Broksonic

(Brocsonic) Bush 006, 027 Clatronic 027 Croslex 034 CURTIS-MATHES 002, 046 DAEWOO 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 027 Daytron 020 Deccacolour 037 DUAL 027 EMERSON 002, 020 Ferguson 035, 042, 045 First line 010, 027 FISHER 009, 010 FUJITSU 055 FUNAI 054 Fraba 027 General Electric 002, 012, 049 Goodmans 006, 027, 045 GRUNDIG 038, 052, 053 HITACHI 002 , 013 , 014, 015, 020, 021,

Inno-Hit 027 Irradio 027 ITT/NOKIA 025, 026 JC Penny 002, 012 JVC 018, 019

002

027

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Manufacturer Code number

Kendo 027 Kiton 027 KTV 002, 020 LG/Goldstar 002, 020, 027, 028, 038 LOEWE 027, 028, 038 LXI(Sears) 002, 009, 012, 034, 046 MAGNAVOX 002, 020, 027, 034 MARANTZ 022 Mark 027 Matsui 010, 052, 053 Medion 027 Mitsubishi/MGA 002, 021, 022 NEC 002, 020, 023, 024, 048 NEI 027 NOKIA 025, 026 Nokia Oceanic 026 Nordmende 035, 042 Okano 027 ORION 007 PANASONIC 049, 050, 051 Philco 002, 004, 015, 020, 034 PHILIPS 013, 027, 034 Phoenix 027 PIONEER 029, 030, 031, 046, 049 Portland 002 Provision 027 PYE 027 QUASAR 039, 049 Radio 027 RADIO SHACK 002, 012, 022 Radiola 034 RCA/PROSCAN 002, 012, 032, 033 SABA 035, 041, 042, 043, 045 SAMSUNG 002, 013, 020, 027, 028, 036,

037, 038 SANYO 009, 010, 011 Schneider 027 SCOTT 002 SHARP 020, 039, 040 SIEMENS 052 Signature 016, 039, 040 Sinudyne 027 Supertech 027

Manufacturer Code number

Supervision 027 SYLVANIA 002, 034 TaTung 027 TEAC 027 Techimagen 027 TELEFUNKEN 035, 041, 042, 043, 044, 045 THOMSON 035, 041, 043, 045 Thorn 027 TOSHIBA 039, 046, 047, 048 Universum 027 Vestel 027 Videch 002, 015 W.W.House 027 WARDS 002, 020 Watson 027 ZENITH 016, 017

Controlling the TV

You can control your TV using the buttons below.

By pressing You can

TV [/1 Turn the TV on or off. TV/VIDEO Sw itc h the T V ’ s input source

between the TV and other input

sources. TV VOL +/– Adjust the TV volume. TV CH +/– Select the TV channel.

Using the number buttons for controlling the TV

When you set the remote to the TV mode, you can use the number buttons for controlling the TV.

Press the TV button.

The TV button turns red and the remo te is set t o the TV mode. You can select the TV channels by using the number buttons. >10 is for selecting the channel number greater than 10. To cancel the TV mode, press the TV button again.

Other Operations

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Notes

• The TV button turns off when you do not operate the remote for 10 seconds.

• Depending on the TV, you may not be able to control your TV or to use some of the buttons above.

Tip

Depending on the TV manufacture, the follo wing method works. For double-digit num be r , pre ss

-/-- first and then number. (For example, for channel

25, press -/--, then 2 and 5.)

Using the SONY TV DIRECT Function

SONY TV DIRECT allows you to turn on your SONY TV and this system, change the system mode to “DVD,” and then switch the TV’s input source you set with one button pus h.

SONY TV DIRECT

Number buttons

TV CH +

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TV/VIDEO

When you connect the T EURO AV OUTPUT (TO TV) jack of the system to the EURO AV INPUT jack of your TV using the SCART (EURO AV) cor d (not supplied), yo u do not need to perform the following preparation.

Preparation

Press and hold TV/VIDEO while entering the code for the TV’s input source to connect this system (see table below) using the number buttons.

TV’s input source is selected. If you successf ul ly set the TV’s input source code, the TV button flashes twice slo wly . If the setting is unsuccessful, the TV button flashes five times quickl y.

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By pressing Number TV’s input source

TV/VIDEO 0 No input source

(Default) 1VIDEO1 2VIDEO2 3VIDEO3 4VIDEO4 5VIDEO5 6VIDEO6 7 COMPONENT 1

INPUT 8 COMPONENT 2

INPUT

Operation

Point the remote to the direct i on of TV and this system, then press SONY TV DIRECT once.

While transmitting the code fr om the remote, the TV button flashes. If this function does not work, change the transmit time. The transmit time varies depending on the TV.

To change the transmit time

Press and hold TV CH + while entering the code for transmit time (see table below) using the number buttons.

The transmit time from the remote is selected. If you successfully set the transmit time code, the TV button flashes twice slowly. If the setting is unsucces sful, the TV button flash es five times quickly.

By pressin g Number Transmit time

TV CH + 1 0.5 (Default)

31.5 42

52.5 63

73.5 84

Notes

• This function is only for SONY TV series.

• If distance between TV and this system is too far, this function may not work. Install the system near the TV.

• Keep the remote pointed in the directi on of the TV and this system while the TV button is flashing.

Other Operations

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Using the Video or Other Unit

You can use VCRs or ot her units connected to the VIDEO or SAT jacks. Refer to the operation manual supplied with the unit for further information on the operation.

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Press FUNCTION repeatedly un til “VIDEO” appears in the front panel display.

Each time you press FUNCTION, the mode of the system chan ges in the following sequence. TUNER FM t TUNER AM t VIDEO t SAT t TV* t DVD t TUNER FM t ...

* When selecting the TV, TV sound is output. When

connecting to TV only using the SCART jac k, no sound is output from TV.

To use a digital satellite receiver or other components with a high audio output level

Connect the satellite receiver to th e SAT jacks of this system. You ca n al so connect the components with a high audio output level (including 2V r.m.s components, such as MD, etc.) to the SAT jacks.

FUNCTION

Enjoying the Radio

Presetting Radio St at ions

You can preset 20 FM stations and 10 AM stations. Before tuning , ma ke su re to tu rn down the volume to minimum.

TUNER/ BAND

TUNER MENU

C/X/x/c

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TUNING –/+

ENTER

1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly until

the band you want appears in the front panel display.

Each time you press TUNER/BAND, the band toggles between FM and AM.

2 Press and hold TUNING + or – until the

auto scanning starts.

Scanning stops when the system tunes in a station. “TUNE D ” and “ST” (for ster eo program) appear in the front panel displ ay.

3 Press TUNER MENU. 4 Press C/X/x/c repeatedly until

“MEMORY” appears in the front panel display.

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5 Press ENTER.

A preset number appears in the front panel display.

Listening to the Radio

Preset radio stations in the system’s memory first (see “Pre setting Radio Stati ons” on page

66).

6 Press C/X/x/c to select the preset

number you want.

7 Press ENTER.

The station is stored.

8 Repeat 1 to 7 to store other stations.

To change the preset number

Restart from step 1.

TUNER/ BAND

FM MODE

PRESET –/+

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"/1

FUNCTION

TUNING –/+

DISPLAY

VOLUME +/–

1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until FM

or AM appears in the front panel display.

The last received station is tuned in.

2 Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to

select the preset station you want.

Each time you press the button, the system tunes in one pres et station. Every time you press TUNER/BAND, the band toggles between FM and AM.

3 Adjust the volume by pressing

VOLUME +/–.

To turn off the radio

Press "/1.

To listen to non-preset radio stations

Use manual or automatic tuning in Step 2. For manual tuni ng, pres s TUNIN G + or – on the remote repeatedly.

Other Operations

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For automatic tuning, press and hold TUNING + or – on the remote. Press x when yo u st op the automatic tuning.

Tips

• If an FM program is noisy, press FM MODE on the remote so that “MONO” appears in the front panel display. There will be no stereo effect , but the reception will improve. Pre ss the button again to restore the s tereo effect.

• To improve receptio n, reo rien t the s uppli ed ant ennas (aerials).

To check the frequency or sound field

Press DISPLAY repeatedly. Each time you press DISPLAY, the front panel display changes as follows: index name of the station* t frequency t sound field t volum e t index name of the station... *This is displayed if you have ent ered a name

for a preset stati on (page 6 8) .

Naming Preset Stations

You can enter a nam e of up to 9 characters for preset stations. These names (for example, “XYZ”) appear in the system’s front panel display when a station is selected. Note that no more than one n ame can be entered for each preset st at i on.

TUNER MENU

PRESET –/+

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FUNCTION

1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “FM”

or “AM” appears in the front panel display.

The last station you r eceived is tuned in. Each time you press FUNCTION, the mode

of the system changes in the following sequence: TUNER FM t TUNER AM t VIDEO

SAT t TV t DVD t TUNER FM…

2 Press PRESET+ or – repeatedly to

select the preset station you want to create an index name for.

3 Press TUNER MENU. 4 Press C or c repeatedly until “NAME

IN” appears.

5 Press ENTER. 6 Create an index name by using the

cursor buttons:

Press X/x to select a ch aracter, t hen press c to move the cursor to the next position.

If you make a mistake

Press C or c repeatedly until the character to be changed fla she s, then press X/x to select the desired character. Cap ita l le tte rs, numbers, an d 9 symbols (’ - / , + < > _ blan k space) can be inp ut for a radi o station name.

7 Press ENTER.

The station name is stored.

C/X/x/c

ENTER

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Using the Radio Data

Using the Sleep Timer

System (RDS)

What is the Radio Data System?

The Radio Da ta Syst em (RDS) i s a br oadcast ing service that allows radio stations to send addition a l informat ion along with the regular program signal. Th is tu ner offers convenient RDS features, such as station name display. RDS is available only for FM stations.*

Note

RDS may not work properly if the station you are tuned to is not transmitting the RDS signal properly, or if the signal strength is weak. * Not all FM stations provide RDS service, nor do

they provide the same type of services. If you are not familiar with the RD S system, check wi th your local radio stations for details on RD S ser vic e s in your area.

Receiving RDS broadca sts

Simply select a station from the FM band.

When you tune in a station that provides RDS services, the stat ion name* appears in the TUNER information.

* If an RDS broadcast is not received, the station

name may not appear in the displa y.

You can set the system to turn off at a pr eset time, so you can fall asleep listening to music. You can preset the t ime in 10 minutes decrements.

SLEEP

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DIMMER

Press SLEEP.

Each time you press this button, the minutes display (the remaining time) changes as follows:

SLP AUTO t SLP 90MIN t SLP 80MIN

SLP OFF T SLP 10MIN ..... SLP 70MIN

Other Operations

When you choose AUTO

The system tu rns off when the cu rr ent disc finishes playback (up to 240 minutes ) . Th e system turns off if you manually stop playing a disc.

To check the remaining time

Press SLEEP once. You cannot check the remaining time if you select “SLP AUTO.”

To change the remaining time

Press SLEEP repeatedly to select the desired time.

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To cancel the Sleep Timer function

Press SLEEP repeat edly until “SLP OFF” appears in the display.

To change the brightness of the front panel display

Press DIMMER.

You can chan ge the bright ness o f the fr ont pa nel display by two steps.

Returning to the Default Settings

You can return the system parameters, such as speaker settings and preset stations, to the default settings.

Press >, X and A on the system at the same time.

“ColdRESET” appears in the front panel display and the default set tings are returned.

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Settings and Adjustments

Using the Setup Display

2 Press X/x to select the setup item from

the displayed list: [LANGUAGE SETUP], [SCREEN SETUP], [CUSTOM SETUP], [SPEAKER SETUP], and [SETUP]. Then press ENTER or c.

The selected Setup item appears. Example: [SCREEN SETUP]

By using the Setup Display, you can make various adjustments to items, such as picture and sound. You can also set the subtitle language and the Setup Displa y, among other things. For details on each Setup Display item, see page 72-

76. For an overall lis t of Setup Display item s, see page 92.

How to use the Setup Display

C/X/x/c

ENTER

O RETURN

DVD SETUP

1 In stop mode, press DVD SETUP.

The Setup Disp l ay appears.

LANGUAGE SETUP

Main item

OSD : DVD MENU : AUDIO : SUBTITLE :

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

SCREEN SETUP

SCREEN SAVER: BACKGROUND: LINE:

16:9TV TYPE:

JACKET PICTURE

VIDEO

3 Select an item using X/x, then press

ENTER or c.

The options for the selected item appear. Example: [TV TYPE]

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE: SCREEN SAVER: BACKGROUND: LINE:

4:3 LETTER BOX

16:9

4:3 PAN SCAN

Options

Press C or

O RETURN to return to setup

items.

4 Select a setting using X/x, then press

ENTER.

The setting is select ed and setup is complete.

Example: [4:3 PAN SCAN]

Selected setting

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE: 4:3 PAN SCAN SCREEN SAVER: BACKGROUND: LINE:

JACKET PICTURE

VIDEO

Settings and Adjustments

To turn off the Setup Display

Press DVD SETUP repeatedly until the Setup Display is turned off.

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Setting the Display or

Settings for the Display

Sound Track Language

(LANGUAGE SETUP)

[LANGUAGE SETUP] allows you to set various languages for the on-screen display or sound track.

Select [LANGUAGE SETUP] in the Setup Display. For details on using the display, see “Using the Setup D i splay” (page 71).

LANGUAGE SETUP

OSD : DVD MENU : AUDIO : SUBTITLE :

x OSD (On-Screen Display)

Selects the display l anguage on the screen. Select the language from the displayed list.

x DVD MENU (DVD only)

Selects the desired language fo r the DVD menu. Select the language from the displayed list.

x AUDIO (DVD only)

Selects the langua ge of the sound track. Select the language from the displayed list.

x SUBTITLE (DVD only)

Selects the language of the subtitle. Select the language from the displayed list.

Note

If you select a language that is not rec or de d on the DVD, one of the recorded languages will be automaticall y selected (except for [OSD]).

Tip

If you select [OTHERS t] in [DVD MENU], [AUDIO] or [SUBTITLE] select and enter the language code from the list using the number buttons (page 91). After you have made a selection, the language code (4 digits) is displayed the next time you select [OTHERS t].

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

(SCREEN SETUP)

Choose settings according to the TV to be connected.

Select [SCREEN SETUP] in the Setup Display. For details on using the display, see “Us i ng t h e Setup Display” (pa ge 71). The default settings are underlined.

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE: 16:9 SCREEN SAVER: BACKGROUND: LINE:

JACKET PICTURE

VIDEO

x TV TYPE (DVD only)

Selects the as pect rati o of the connec ted TV (4:3 standard or wide).

16:9

4:3 LETTER BOX

4:3 PAN SCAN

Select this when you connect a wide-screen TV or a TV with a wide mode function.

Select this when you connect a 4:3 screen TV. Displays a wide picture with bands on the upper and lower portions of the screen.

Select this when you connect a 4:3 screen TV. Automatically displays the wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the portions that do not fit.

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16:9

x LINE

Selects the output method f or video signals fr om the T EURO AV OUTPUT (TO TV) jack on the rear panel of the system.

4:3 LETTER BOX

4:3 PAN SCAN

Note

Depending on the DVD, [4:3 LETTER BOX] may be selected automatically instead of [4:3 PAN SCAN] or vice versa.

x SCREEN SAVER

Turns the screen saver on and off so that the screen saver image appears when you leave the system in pause or stop mode for 15 minutes, or when you playback a CD, a Super Audio CD, an MP3, or JPEG fil e (except during the sl i d e show) for more than 15 minutes. The screen saver will help prevent your display device from becoming damage d ( afterimage). Press H to turn off the screen saver.

ON OFF

Turns on the screen saver. Turns off the screen saver.

x BACKGROUND

Selects the background color or picture on the TV screen in stop mode or while playing a CD.

VIDEO RGB

Note

If your TV does not accept RGB signals, no pic tur e appears on the TV screen even if you select [RGB ]. Refer to the instructio ns supplied with your TV.

Outputs video signals. Outputs RGB signa ls.

Settings and Adjustments

JACKET PICTURE

GRAPHICS 1-5

BLUE BLACK

The jacket picture (sti l l p ict u re) appears in the background, but only when the jacket picture is already recorded on the disc (CDEXTRA, etc.). If the disc does not contain a jacket picture, the [GRAPHICS 1] picture appears.

A preset picture stored in the system appears in the background.

The background color is blue. The background color is black.

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Custom Settings

(CUSTOM SETUP)

Allows setting up Parental Control and ot her settings.

Select [CUSTOM SETUP] in the Setup Display. For details on using the display, see “Using the Setup Display” (page 71 ). The default settin gs are underlined.

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL TRACK SELECTION AUDIO DRC: DATA CD PRIORITY:

x PARENTAL CONTROL t (DVD only)

Sets a password and playback limitation level for DVDs with playback limitation for child ren. For details, see [Limiting playback for children (Parental Control)] (page 58).

x TRACK SELECTION (DVD only)

Gives the sound track having the highest number of channels priori ty w hen you play a DVD on which multiple audio formats (PCM , MPEG audio, DTS, or Dolby Digital format) are recorded.

OFF AUTO

Notes

• When you set the item to [AUTO], the language may change. The [TRACK SELECTION], setting has higher priority than the [AUDIO] settings in [LANGUAGE SETUP] (page 72).

• If PCM, DTS, MPEG audio, and Dolby Digital sound tracks have the same number of channels, the system selects PCM, DTS, Dolby Digital, and MPEG a udio sound tracks in this order.

• Depending on the DVD, the audio channel with priority may be predetermined. In thi s case, yo u cannot give priority to the DTS, Dolby Digita l, or MPEG audio format by selecting [AUTO].

No priority given. Priority given.

STANDARD

MM/DD/YYYYJPEG DATE:

OFF MP3

x AUDIO DRC*

Narrows the DYNAMIC range of the sound track. Useful for watching movies at low volume late at night.

* Dynamic Range Compression

OFF

STANDARD

MAX

Note

AUDIO DRC only applies to Dolby Digital sources.

No compression of DYNAMIC range.

Reproduces the sound track with the kind of DYNAMIC range that the recording engineer intended.

Narrows the DYNAMIC range fully.

x DATA CD PRIORITY (MP3, JPEG only)

Set priority data you want to play, when you play the DATA CD (CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW) contained MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files.

MP3

JPEG

If an MP3 file exists on a disc, the system recognises the disc as an “MP3 Disc.” If only JPEG files exist on the disc, the system recognises the disc as a “JPEG Disc.”

If a JPEG file exists on th e disc, the system recognises t he disc as a “JPEG Disc.” If only MP3 files exist on the disc, the system recognises the disc as an “MP3 Disc.”

x JPEG DATE

Change the date infor m at ion order of a JPEG image in the Control Menu.

MM/DD/YYYY YYYY/MM/DD DD/MM/YYYY YYYY/DD/MM

YYYY: Year MM: Month DD: Day

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Settings for the Speakers

(SPEAKER SETUP)

To obtain the best po ssible surround sound, set the size of the speakers you have connected and their distance from your listening position. Then use the test tone to adjust the level and the balance of the speakers to the same level.

Select [SPEAKER SETUP] in the Setup Display. For details, see “Using the Setup Display” (page 71). The default settings are underlined.

SPEAKER SETUP

SIZE: DISTANCE: LEVEL: BALANCE: TEST TONE:

x DISTANCE

The default distance setting for the speakers in relation to the listening po sition is s hown below. When you set the di st ance using [QUICK SETUP] (page 27, 77), the setting is automatically displayed.

1.6m

1.6m 1.6m

Be sure to change the value in the Setup Display when you move the speakers.

Settings and Adjustments

To return to the default setting when changing a setting

Select the item, then press CLEAR.

x SIZE

If you do not connec t center or surround speakers, or move the surround speakers, set the parameters for [CENTER] and [SURROUND]. Since the front speaker and subwoof er settings are fixed, you canno t change them.

FRONT CENTER

SURROUND

SUBWOOFER

Notes

• When you select an item, the sound cuts off for a moment.

• Depending on the settings of other speak ers, the subwoofer may output excessive sound.

YES YES: Normally select this.

NONE: Select this if no center speaker is used.

YES: Normally select this. NONE: Select this if no surround

speaker is used. YES

FRONT

1.6m

Front speaker distance from the

listening position can be set in 0. 2 meter increments from 1.0 to 7.0 meters.

CENTER

1.6m

(appears when you set [CENTER] to [YES] in the [SIZE] se ttin g.)

SURROUND

1.6m

(appears when you set [SURROUND] to [YES] in the [SIZE] se ttin g.)

Center speaker distanc e can be moved

up to 1.6 meters forward closer to the listening position, in 0.2 me te r increments.

Surround speaker distance can be

moved up to 4.6 meters closer to your listening position f r o m the front speaker position, in 0.2 meter increments.

* When you perform the Quick Setup (page 27), the

default settings are ch an ge d .

Notes

• When you set the distance, the sound cuts off for a moment.

• If all front and surround speakers are not placed at an equal distance from your liste n ing position, set the distance according to the closest speaker.

• Do not place the surround speakers farther away from your listening position than the front speakers.

• The [DISTANCE] setting is available except for Super Audio CDs.

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x LEVEL

You can vary the le vel of each speaker as follows. Be sure to set [TEST TONE] to [ON] for easy adjustment.

CENTER 0 dB

(appears when you set [CENTER] to [YES] in the [SIZE] setting.)

SURROUND LEFT 0 dB SURROUND RIGHT 0 dB

(appears when you set [SURROUND] to [YES] in the [SIZE] setting.)

SUBWOOFER +4 dB

* When you perform the Quick Setup (page 27), the

default settings are changed.

x BALANCE

Adjusts the level of the center speaker (–6 dB to +6 dB, 1 dB increments).

Adjusts the level of the surround speakers (–6 dB to +6 dB, 1 dB increments).

Adjusts the level of the subw oofer (–6 dB to +6 dB, 1 dB increments).

You can vary the balance of the left an d ri ght speakers as follows. Be sure to set [TEST TONE] to [ON] for easy adjustment.

FRONT (CENTER

Adjusts the balance betw e en the front

)

left and right speakers. The center position is shown as “---”. (You can adjust from the center 6 steps left or right.)

To adjust the volume of all the speakers at one time

Use the VOLUM E control on the system , o r press VOLUME +/–.

x TEST TONE

The speakers will emit a test tone to adjust [LEVEL] and [BALANCE].

Adjusting the speaker balance and level by using the test tone

1 Press DVD SETUP in stop mode.

The Setup Display appears.

2 Press X or x repeatedly to select

[SPEAKER SETUP], then press ENTER.

3 Press X or x repeatedly to select [TEST

TONE], then press ENTER.

4 Press X or x repeatedly to select [ON],

then press ENTER.

You will hear the test tone from each speaker in seque nce.

5 From you r listening positi on, adjust the

value of [BALANCE] and [LEVEL] using C/X/x/c.

When selecting [BALANCE], the test tone is emitted from both left and right speaker s simultaneously. When selecting [LEVEL], the test tone is emitted from only the speaker which you are adjusting.

6 Press ENTER when you have finished

making adjustments.

7 Press X or x repeatedly to select [TEST

TONE], then press ENTER.

8 Press X or x repeatedly to select [OFF],

then press ENTER.

Note

When you adjust the speaker settings, the sound cuts off for a moment.

Tip

To adjust the balance or the level without listening to the test tone, select [BALANCE] or [LEVEL] in step 3 and press ENTER. Then adjust the balance or level using X/x and press ENTER.

OFF

The test tone is not emitted from the speakers.

The test tone is emitted from both left and right speakers simultaneo usl y while adjusting balance. When you selec t one of the [SPEAKER SETU P] items, the test tone is emitted from each speaker in sequence.

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Quick Setup and Resetting the System

(SETUP)

Select [SETUP] in the Setup Display. For detail s on using the displa y, see “Using the Setup Display” (page 71).

SETUP

QUICK RESET

x QUICK

Normally, when you turn the system on for the first time or after r esett ing the s ystem, t he g uide message appears on t he TV screen and you can perform the Quick Setup. If you cancelled the Quick Setup and you want to perform the Quick Setup again, operate on this screen. See “How to use the Quick Setup” on page 27.

Note

After performing the Quick Setup, th e sett ings of following items are changed. – [OSD], [DVD MENU], and [SUBTITLE] in

[LANGUAGE SETUP] – [DISTANCE] and [LEVEL] in [SPEAKER SETUP] – [TV TYPE] in [SCREEN SETUP]

x RESET

You can reset the system. After you select [R ESET] and press ENTER, select [YES] to reset the settings (it takes a few seconds to complete). Select [NO] and press ENTER to cancel. Do not press "/1, when resetting the system.

Notes

• When you select [RESET], all the settings return to

the default.

• When you turn the system on after resetting, the guide

message appears on the TV screen. To perf orm the Quick Setup (page 27), press ENTER , to return to normal screen, press CLEAR.

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Additional Information

Troubleshooting

If you experience any of the following difficu lties whil e u sing the sy stem, use this troubleshooting guide to help remedy the problem before requesting repairs. Should any problem persist, consult your nearest Sony dealer.

Power

The power is not turned on.

• Check that the AC power cord (mains lead) is connected securely.

The STANDBY indicator flashes.

Immediately unplug the power cord an d check the following items.

• Are the + and – speaker cords short-circuited?

• Are you using only the specified speakers?

• Is anything blocking the ventilation holes on the top of the system?

• Is the minus a nd plus of the subwoofer’s speaker cord attached to the plug with the correct pol arity (page 17)?

After checking the above items and fixi ng an y problems, connect the power cord again and turn on the system. If the indic at o r stil l fl ashes, or if the cause of the problem cannot be found even after checking all the above items, consult your nearest Sony dealer.

The POWER/ON LINE indicator does not turn on.

• The + and – speaker cords are short-circuited. In this case, disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead) of the surround amplifier from the wall outlet (mains), re connect, and then turn the surround amplifier on.

Picture

There is no picture.

• The SCART (EURO AV) cord is not connected securely.

• The SCART (EURO AV) cord is damaged.

• The system is not connected to the correct t EURO AV INPUT jack (page 21).

• The video input on the TV is not set so that you can view pictures from the system.

• Check the output method on your system (page 73).

Picture noise appears.

• The disc is dirt y or flawe d.

Even though you set the aspect ratio i n [TV TYPE] of [SCREEN SETUP], the picture does not fill the screen.

• The aspect ratio on the disc is fixed.

Sound

There is no sound.

• The speaker cord is not connected securely.

• Press MUTING on the remote if “MUTING ON” is displayed in the front panel display.

• The system is in pa use mode or in Slow-motion Play mode. Press H to return to normal play mode.

• Fast forward or fast reverse is performed. Press H to return to normal play mode.

• Check the spe a ke r set tings (pages 29, 75).

The left and right sounds are unbalanced or reversed.

• Check that the speakers and components are connected correctly and securely.

• Adjust the balance parameter in the [BALANCE] menu (page 76).

There is no sound from the subwoofer.

• Check the spe a ke r conn ections and settings (page 29, 75).

• Set the sound field to “AUTO FORMAT DIRECT AUTO” (page 52).

Severe hum or noise is heard.

• Check that the speakers and components are connected securely.

• Check that the connecting cords are away from a transformer or motor, and at least 3 meters away from your TV set or a fluorescent light.

• Move your TV away from the audio components.

• The plugs and jacks are dirty. Wipe them with a cloth slightly moistened with alcohol.

• Clean the disc.

The sound loses stereo effect when you play a VIDEO CD, a CD, or an MP3.

• Set [AUDIO] to [STEREO] in the Control Menu display (page 50).

• Make sure the system is connected appro priately.

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The surround effect is difficult to hear when you are playing a Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG audio sound track.

• Make sure the sound field function is on (page 52).

• Check the speaker connections and settings (pages 29, 75).

• Depending on the DVD, the output signal may not be the entire 5.1 channel. It may be monaural or stereo even if the sound track is recorded in Dolby Digital or MPEG audio format.

The sound comes from the center speaker only.

• Depending on the disc, the sound may come from the center speaker only.

No sound is heard from the center speaker.

• Check the speaker connections and settings.

• Make sure the sound field function is on (page 52).

• Depending on the source, the effect of the center speakers may be less noticeable.

No sound or only a very low-level sound is heard from the surround speakers.

• Check the speaker connections and settings (pages 29, 75).

• Make sure the sound field function is on (page 52).

• Depending on the source, the effect of the surround speakers may be less noticeable.

• Wireless setting of the surround speaker is not correct (page 23).

• The plasma display may interfere with transmission, in which case, adjust the position of the IR transmitter and IR receiver (page23).

• Do not install the IR receiver in a place expo sed to direct sunlight or strong light such as an incandescent lamp.

• Clean the surface of the IR transmitter and IR receiver.

Operation

Radio stations cannot be tuned in.

• Check that the antennas (aerials) are connected securely. Adjust the antenna (aeria l) or connect an external antenna (aerial) if necessary.

• The signal strength of the stations is too weak (when tuning in with automatic tuning). Use direct tuning.

• No stations have been preset or the preset stations have been cleared (when tuning by scannin g preset stations). Preset the stations (page 66).

• Press DISPLAY so that the frequency appears in the display.

The remote does not function.

• There are obstacles between the remote and the system.

• The distance between the remote and the system is too far.

• The remote is not pointed at the remote sensor on the system.

• The batteries in the remote are weak.

The POWER/ON LINE indicator momentarily turns red.

• When playing an MP3 or DVD disc, or when changing a disc, the indicator momentarily turns red. This is not a malfunction.

The POWER/ON LINE indicator flashes in red.

• Move the wireless system away from any other nearby wireless system(s).

• Point the IR transmitter at the IR receiver.

The disc does not play.

• There is no disc inserted.

• The disc is upside down. Insert the disc with the playback side facing down on the disc tray.

• The disc is skewed on the disc tray.

• The system cannot play CD-ROMs, etc. (page 7).

• The region code on the DVD does not match the system.

• Moisture has condensed inside the system. Remove the disc and leave the syst em turned on for about half an hour (page 3).

The MP3 audio track cannot be played.

• The DATA CD is not recorded in an MP3 format that conforms to ISO9660 L evel 1/Level 2 or Joliet.

• The MP3 audio track does not have the extension “.MP3.”

• The data is not formatted in MP3 even though it has the extension “.MP3.”

• The system can only play MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer3) audio.

• Set [DATA CD PRIORITY] to [MP3] in the [CUSTOM SETUP] setting (page 74).

• Directory level is more than 8.

• The disc contains more than 99 albums (the maximum number of MP3 audio tracks that can be contained on an album is 250).

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The title of the MP3 audio album or track is not correctly displayed.

• The syste m c an only display alphabetical letters and numbers. Other characters are disp la ye d as “”.

The display for entering the passw o rd does not appear for Super Audio CD, even though Custom Parental Control is set.

• Custom Parental Control is set for differ ent layers of a Super Audio CD.

The JPEG image file cannot be played.

• The DATA CD is not recorded in a JPEG format that conforms to ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2 or Joliet.

• The JPEG image file does not have the extension “.JPG” or “.JPEG.”

• The data is not formatted in JPEG even though it has the extension “.JPG” or “JPEG.”

• Image length or width is more than 4,720 dots.

• Set [DATA CD PRIORIT Y ] to [JPEG] in the [CUSTOM SETUP] setting (page 74).

• Directory level is more than 8.

• You cannot play the Progressive JPEG files.

• A JPEG image file with a hig h wi dth to length ratio cannot be played.

• The disc contains more than 99 albums (the maximum number of JPEG image files that can be contained on an album is 250).

The title of the JPEG album or file is not correctly displayed.

• The syste m c an only display alphabetical letters and numbers. Other characters are disp la ye d as “”.

A disc does not start playing from the beginning.

• Program Pla y, Shuf f le Pl ay , or Repe at Play ha s been selected (pages 38, 40, 41).

• Resume Play has been selected. During stop, press x on the system or the rem ot e and then start playback (page 32).

• The title, DVD or PBC menu automatically appears on the TV screen.

The system starts playing th e disc automatically.

• The DVD features an auto playback function.

Playback stops automatically.

• Some disc s ma y co nta in a n auto pause signal. While playing such a disc, the system stops playback at the auto pause signal.

The system turns off during DVD playback.

• If approximately one hour passes with DVD playback paused or with the DVD top menu or a DVD menu displayed during DVD playback, the system automatically turns off.

You cannot perform some functions such as Stop, Search, Slow-motion Play, Repeat Play, Shuffle Play , or Program Play.

• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to perform some of the operations above. See the operating manual that cam e with the disc.

Messages do not appear on the screen in the language you want.

• In the Setup Display, select the desired language for the on-screen display in [OSD] under [LANGUAGE SETUP] (page 72).

The language for the sound track cannot be changed.

• Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the DVD being played.

• The DVD prohibits changing the language for the sound track.

The subtitle language cannot be changed.

• Multi lingual subtitles are not rec or ded on the DVD being played.

• The DVD prohibits changing the subtitles.

The subtitle cannot be turned off.

• The DVD prohibits turning off subtitles.

The angles cannot be changed.

• Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD being played (page 55).

• The DVD prohibits changing the angles.

A disc cannot be ejected and “LOCKED” appears in the front panel display.

• Contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility.

The system does not work normally.

• Disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead) from the wall outlet (mains) , the n r ec onnect after several min ut e s.

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Specifications

Amplifier section

Stereo mode (rated) 65 W+65 W (4 ohms at

1 kHz, DIN)

Surround mode (reference)

Front: 96 W+96 W (with SS-TS11) Center: 96 W (with SS-CT11) Surround: 96 W+96 W (with SS-TS11) Subwoofer: 170 W (with SS-WS11)

* Depending on the sound field settings and the source,

there may be no sound output.

Inputs VIDEO (AUDIO IN):

Sensitivity: 250 mV Impedance: 50 kilohms SAT (AUDIO IN): Sensitivity: 450 mV Impedance: 50 kilohms

Phones Accepts low-and high-

impedance headphones.

Super Audio CD/DVD system

Laser Semiconductor laser

(Super Audio CD/DVD: λ = 650 nm) (CD: λ = 780 nm) Emission duration: continuous

Signal format system PAL/NTSC Frequency response (at 2 CH STEREO mode)

DVD (PCM): 2 Hz to 22 kHz (±1.0 dB)

CD: 2 Hz to 20 kHz (±1.0 dB)

Tuner section

System PLL quartz-locked digital

synthesizer system FM tuner section Tuning range 87.5 – 108.0 MHz (50 kHz

step) antenna (aer ia l) FM wire antenna (aerial) antenna (a erial) terminals 75 ohms, unbalanced Intermediate frequency 10.7 MHz AM tuner section Tuning range 531 – 1,602 kHz (with the

interval set at 9 kHz ) antenna (aerial) AM loop antenna ( ae r ial) Intermediate frequency 450 Hz

Video section (EURO AV)

Outputs Video: 1 Vp-p 75 ohms

Speakers Front/Surround

Speaker system Bass reflex Speaker unit 70 mm dia. cone type Rated impedance 4 ohms Dimensions (approx.) 260 × 1,108 × 260 mm

(w/h/d) Mass (approx.) 3.5 kg

Center

Speaker system Bass reflex Speaker unit 70 mm dia. cone type Rated impedance 4 ohms Dimensions (approx.) 291 × 99 × 79 mm

(w/h/d, with the stand) Mass (approx.) 0.8 kg

Subwoofer

Speaker system Bass reflex Speaker unit 160 mm dia. cone type Rated impedance 2 ohms Dimensions (approx.) 177 × 380 × 402 mm

(w/h/d) Mass (approx.) 6.7 kg

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General System

Power requirements 220-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power consumption 90 W (220-240 V AC)

0.3 W (220-240 V AC) ( at the Power Saving Mode)

Dimensions (approx.) 430 × 70 × 393 mm

(w/h/d) incl. projecting parts

Mass (approx.) 4.4 kg

Surround amplifier

Power requirements 220-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power consumption 36 W (220-240 V AC) Dimensions (approx.) 65 × 95 × 344 mm

(w/h/d) incl. speaker cord cover

Mass (approx.) 1.3 kg

Supplied accessories See page 11.

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Glossary

Album

Section of a music piece or an image on a data CD containing MP3 audio tracks or JPEG files.

Chapter

Subdivision of a title on a DVD. A title is composed of several chapters.

Digital Infrared Audio Transmission

Recent times have been witness to the rapid spread of DVDs, Digital Broadcasting Satellite Receiver and other high-quality media. In order to ensure that the subtle nuances endowed by these high-quality media would be transmitted with no accompanying deterioration, Sony developed a technology called “Digital Infrared Audio Transmission” for the infrared transmission of digital audio signals using no compression, and it introduced it into the DAVSB500W. This technology transfers digital audio signals using no compression inside the subcarrier frequency band allocated by the IEC (International Electronic Committee) and JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) for hi-fi audio transmission applications. (See Fig. 1)

Analog transmission

Fig. 1 Signal spectrum for digital infrared audio transmission

Digital transmission (Digital infrared Audio Transmission)

[MHz]

5432

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Dolby Digital

This movie theater sound format for is more advanced than Dolby Surround Pro Logic. In this format , the surround speakers ou tput stereo sound with an expande d frequency range, and a subwoofer channel for deep bass is independently provided. This format is also called “5.1 ” with the subwoofer channel designed as the 0.1 channel (since it functions only when a d eep bass effect is needed). A ll six channels in this f ormat are recorded separately for superior ch annel separation . F urthermore, since all the signals are processed digitally, less signal degradation occurs.

Dolby Pro Logic II

Dolby Pro Logic II creates five full-bandwid th output channels from two-channe l sources. This is done using an advan ced, high-purity ma tr i x surround decoder that extracts the spatial properties of the or ig inal recording with out adding any new sounds or tonal colorations.

x Movie mode

The Movie mode is for use with stereo television shows and all prog rams encoded in Dolb y Surround. The result is enhanced soundfie ld directionality that approaches the qua l ity of discrete 5.1-ch annel sound.

x Music mode

The Music mode is for use with an y stereo musi c recordings, and provides a wide and deep sound space.

Dolby Surround Pro Logic

As one method of decoding Dolby Surround, Dolby Surround Pro Logic produces four channels from two-channel sound. Compared with the former Dolby Surround system, Dolby Surround Pro Logic reproduces left-to-r ig ht panning more naturally and localizes sounds more precis ely. T o tak e ful l adva ntage of Dol by Surround Pro Logic, you should have one pair of surround speake rs and a center speak er. The surround speake rs output monaural sound.

DTS

Digital audio com pression technology developed by Digital Theater Systems, Inc. developed. This technology conforms to 5.1channel surround. This format comprises of stereo rear chan nel and there is discrete subwoofer channel in this format. DTS provides the same 5.1 discr et e channels of high quality digital audio. The good channel separat ion is realized due to the all channel data being recorded discretely and processed in digitally.

DVD

A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictures even though its diameter i s the same as a CD. The data capacity of a single-layer and singlesided DVD, at 4.7 GB (Giga Byte), is 7 times that of a CD. Furt hermore , the dat a capaci ty of a dual-layer and si ngle-sided DVD is 8.5 GB , a single-layer and double-s ided DVD 9.4 GB, and a dual-layer and double-sided DVD 17 GB. The picture da ta uses the MP EG 2 format, one of a worldwide standard of digital compression technology. The picture data is compressed to about 1/40 of its original size. The DVD also uses the variable rate coding technology that processes allocated data according to the st at us of the picture. The audio data is recorded in Dolby Digital as well as in PCM, allo w i ng you to enjoy more realistic au dio presence. Furthermore, various advanced f unctions such as the multi-angle, multilingual, and Parental Control functions are provided with the DVD.

File

Section of a pi cture on a data CD cont aining JPEG image files.

Film based software, Video based software

DVDs can be classified as Film based or Video based software. Film based DVDs contain the same images (24 frames per second) that are shown at movie theaters. Video based DVDs, such as television dramas or sit-coms, displays images at 30 frames (or 60 fields) per second.

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Index (Super Audio CD, CD)/Vide o Index (VIDEO CD)

A number that divides a track into sections to easily locate the point you want on a VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD, or CD. Depending on the disc, no indexes may be recorded.

Multi-angle function

Various angles of a scene, or viewpoin ts of the video camera are recorded on some DVDs.

Multilingual function

Several lang ua ges fo r the so und or subt itl es in a picture are recorded on some DVDs.

Parental Cont ro l

A function of the DVD to limit playback of the disc by the age of th e users according to the limitation level in each country. The limitation varies f rom disc to d isc; when it is activated, playback is completely prohibited, violent scenes are skipped or replaced with other scenes and so on.

Playback Contro l (PB C )

Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs (Version 2.0) to control playback. By using men u screens record ed on VIDEO CDs with PBC funct ions, you can enjo y playi ng simple interactive programs, progra ms wi th search functions, and so on.

Region Code

This system is used to protect copyrights. A region number is allocated on each DVD syst em or DVD disc according to the sales regio n. Each region code is shown on the sy stem as well as on the disc packaging. The system can play the discs that match its region code. The system can also play di scs with th e “ ” mark. Even when

ALL

the region code is not shown on the DVD, the region limit may still be activated.

Scene

On a VIDEO CD with PBC (playback control) functions, the menu screens, moving pictures and still pictures are d ivided in to sections called “scenes.”

Super Audio CD

A Super Audio CD disc can reproduce sounds that are extremel y faithful to the origin al sound by use of DSD (Direct Stream Digital) technology. This technology utilizes a sampling frequency of 2.8224 MHz, which is 64 times that of a conventional CD, and 1-bit quantization that enables the disc to hold 4 times the amoun t o f information that a standard PCM format CD can hold. Super Audio CD s are divided into the following type s.

• Super Audio CD (s ingle layer disc) This disc consists of a single HD layer*.

* High density signal layer for the Su per Audio CD

HD (high density) layer

• Super Audio CD (dual layer disc) This disc consists of du al H D l ayers and is capable of extend ed play over long perio ds. Also, as the dual layer disc consists of dual HD layers on one side only, you do not have to turn the disc over during playback.

HD layer

• Super Audio CD + C D (H ybrid disc) This disc consists of an H D la yer and a CD layer. Also, as th e dual layers are on one side only, you do not have to turn the disc ov er during playback. You can play this CD layer using a convent ional CD player.

CD layer

HD layer

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• 2 channel + Multi-channel Super Aud io CD This disc consists of a 2 channel playback area and a multi-channel playback area.

2 channel playback area Multi-channel playback

area

Title

The longest se ction of a pictur e or music feature on a DVD, movie, etc., in video software, or the entire album in audio software.

Track

Section of a picture or a music piece on a Super Audio CD, CD, VIDEO CD or MP3. An album is composed of several tracks (MP3 only).

VIDEO CD

A compact disc that contains moving pict ur es. The pictur e data uses the MPE G 1 format, on e of a worldwide standard of digital compression technology. The pict ur e data is compressed to about 1/140 of its original size. Consequently, a 12 cm VIDEO CD can contain up to 74 minutes of moving pictures. VIDEO CDs also co nt ai n compact audio data. Sounds outside the ra nge of human hearing are compressed while sounds we can hear are not compressed. VIDEO CDs can hold 6 times the audio informat ion of conventional audio CDs. There are 2 versions of VI D E O CDs.

• Version 1.1: You can play only moving pictures and soun ds.

• Version 2. 0: You c an play high-r esolut ion st ill pictures and enjoy PBC functions.

This system conform s t o both versions.

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Index to Parts and Controls

For more info rmation, refer to the pages indicated i n parentheses.

Front Panel

STANDBY

A "/1 (power) (30) B Disc tray (30) C A (open/close) (30) D H (play) (30) E X (pause) (31) F x (stop) (31) G ./>, PRESET –/+ (31, 67)

PRESET

H FUNCTION (30, 66, 67) I VOLUME –/+ (30, 76) J PHONES jack (30) K Front panel display (87) L STANDBY indicator (30) M (remote sensor) (11)

FUNCTION

VOLUME

PHONES

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Front Panel Display

When playing back a DVD

Playing status

Current mode Lights up when title or chapter na mes are contained in the disc

Current title or chapter nu mber

When playing back a VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD, CD or MP3

Playing status

Current mode Lights up when album names are contained in the disc Current track number

Lights up during MULTI channel playback area (Super Audio CD only)

When listening to the radio

Current band

Current surround format Current sound effect

Playing time

Current surround format Current sound effect

Lights up during PBC playback (VIDEO CD only)

Playing time

Monaural/Stereo effect

Sound effect

Additional Information

Preset number

When playing back a JPEG

Current mode Lights up when album names are contained in the disc

Current fil e number

Current station

Playing Status

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Rear Panel

FRONT R

WOOFER

A SPEAKER jacks (12) B DIR-T1 jack (12) C VIDEO AUDIO IN L/R jacks (21) D SAT AUDIO IN L/R jacks (21)

SPEAKER

CENTER

FRONT L

WOOFER

AUDIO IN

VIDEO

SAT

DIR-T1

AUDIO IN

EURO AV

OUTPUT(TO TV)

E EURO AV OUTPUT (TO TV) jack (21) F AM terminals (20) G FM 75Ω COAXIAL jack (20)

COAXIAL

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Remote

123

A SONY TV DIRECT (64) B SLEEP (69) C TUNER/BAND (66, 67) D MUTING (31) E TUNER MENU (66) F PLAY MODE (38, 40) G REPEAT H FM MODE (67) I TV

J AUDIO (50) K ANGLE (55) L SUBTITLE (56) M ./>, PRESET –/+

(33, 67)

N H PLAY (30, 33, 38, 40, 41, 42) O X PAUSE (31) P DVD TOP MENU/ALBUM– (33, 35, 36) Q C/X/x/c/ENTER (33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41,

43, 50, 55, 56, 57, 66, 71)

R DVD DISPLAY (35, 36, 41, 43, 48, 50, 55,

56)

S TV CH +/– T TV VOL +/– U TV [/1 (on/standby) (62) V "/1 (standby) (30, 67) W Z (open/close)

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X DSGX (54) Y AUTO FORMAT DIRECT (52) Z MODE

wj NIGHT MODE (54) wk FUNCTION (30, 66, 67) wl Number buttons (33, 38, 43, 55, 57, 62) e; ENTER ez m/M/ / SLOW, TUNING –/+ (42,

66)

es x STOP (33, 57) ed DISPLAY (45, 48, 67) ef DVD MENU/ALBUM+ (33, 35, 36) eg VOLUME +/– (67) eh O RETURN (33, 35, 36, 57, 71) ej TV/VIDEO (62) ek CLEAR (38, 43) el DIMMER (69) r; DVD SETUP (58, 71)

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Surround amplifier

Front panel

POWER

POWER ON-LINE

A POWER (23) B POWER/ON LINE indicator (23) C DIR-R1 jack (12) D SPEAKER jacks (12)

Rear panel

DIR-R1

SPEAKER

SURROUND

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Language Code List

The language spellings conform to the ISO 639: 1988 (E/F) standard.

Code Language 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; Bangla 1067 Tibetan 1070 Breton 1079 Catalan 1093 Corsican 1097 Czech 1103 Welsh 1105 Danish 1109 German 1130 Bhutani 1142 Greek 1144 English 1145 Esperanto 1149 Spanish 1150 Estonian 1151 Basque 1157 Persian 1165 Finnish 1166 Fiji 1171 Faroese 1174 French 1181 Frisian 1183 Irish 1186 Scots Gaelic 1194 Galician 1196 Guarani 1203 Gujarati 1209 Hausa 1217 Hindi 1226 Croatian 1229 Hungarian 1233 Armenian 1235 Interlingua 1239 Interlin

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 1326 Lingala 1327 Laothian 1332 Lithuanian 1334 Latvian; Lettish 1345 Malagasy 1347 Maori 1349 Macedonian 1350 Malayalam 1352 Mongolian 1353 Moldavian 1356 Marathi 1357 Malay 1358 Maltese 1363 Burmese 1365 Nauru 1369 Nepali 1376 Dutch 1379 Norwegian 1393 Occitan 1403 (Afan) Oromo 1408 Oriya 1417 Punjabi 1428 Polish 1435 Pashto; Pushto 1436 Portuguese 1463 Quechua 1481 Rhaeto-Romance 1482 Kirundi 1483 Romanian

1489 Russian 1491 Kinyarwanda 1495 Sanskrit 1498 Sindhi 1501 Sangho 1502 Serbo-Croatian 1503 Singhalese 1505 Slovak 1506 Slovenian 1507 Samoan 1508 Shona 1509 Somali 1511 Albanian 1512 Serbian 1513 Siswati 1514 Sesotho 1515 Sundanese 1516 Swedish 1517 Swahili 1521 Tamil 1525 Telugu 1527 Tajik 1528 Thai 1529 Tigrinya 1531 Turkmen 1532 Tagalog 1534 Setswana 1535 Tonga 1538 Turkish 1539 Tsonga 1540 Tatar 1543 Twi 1557 Ukrainian 1564 Urdu 1572 Uzbek 1581 Vietnamese 1587 Volap k 1613 Wolof 1632 Xhosa 1665 Yoruba 1684 Chinese 1697 Zulu

1703

Not specified

Additional Information

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DVD Setup Menu List

You can set the following items with the DVD Setup menu. The order of the displayed items may be different from the actual display.

LANGUAGE SETUP

OSD

DVD MENU

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

(Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.) (Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.) (Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.) (Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.)

CUSTOM SETUP

PARENTAL CONTROL

TRACK SELECTION AUDIO DRC

DATA CD PRIORITY

LEVEL

STANDARD CHANGE PASSWORD

OFF AUTO OFF STANDARD MAX MP3 JPEG

OFF

7. NC17

6. R

4. PG13

3. PG

1. G USA OTHERSt

SCREEN SETUP

TV TYPE

SCREEN SAVER BACKGROUND

LINE

16:9 4:3 LETTER

BOX 4:3 PAN SCAN ON OFF JACKET PICTURE

GRAPHICS 1

GRAPHICS 2 GRAPHICS 3 GRAPHICS 4 GRAPHICS 5 BLUE BLACK VIDEO RGB

JPEG DATE

MM/DD/YYYY YYYY/MM/DD DD/MM/YYYY YYYY/DD/MM

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SPEAKER SETUP

SIZE

DISTANCE

LEVEL

BALANCE TEST TONE

* The setting range changes depending on

the front speaker setting (page 75).

FRONT CENTER

SURROUND SUBWOOFER

FRONT CENTER SURROUND

CENTER SURROUND LEFT SURROUND RIGHT SUBWOOFER FRONT OFF ON

SETUP

QUICK RESET

YES NO

YES YES NONE YES NONE

YES

1.0m – 7.0m

1.0m – 7.0m*

–6 dB - +6 dB –6 dB - +6 dB

–6 dB - +6 dB

6 steps left or r i ght

Additional Information

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Index

Numerics

16:9 72 4:3 LETTER BOX 72 4:3 PAN SCAN 72

ALBUM 35, 43 Album 6, 82 ANGLE 55 Antenna (A erial) Hookups 20 AUDIO 50, 72 AUDIO DRC 74

BACKGROUND 73 BALANCE 76 Batteries 11

CHAPTER 44 Chapter 6, 82 Continuous play

CD/VIDEO CD/DVD/MP3 30 Control Menu 9 CUSTOM PARENTAL

CONTROL 57 CUSTOM SETUP 74

DATA CD PRIORITY 74 Digital Inf r ared Audio

Transmission 82 DIMMER 70 DISPLAY 45 DISTANCE 75 Dolby Digital 83 Dolby Pro Logic II 83 Dolby Surro und Pro Logic 83 DSGX 54 DTS 83 DVD 83 DVD MENU 72

Fast forward 42 Fast reverse 42 File 6, 83 Front Panel 86 Front panel display 87

Handling discs 8

INDEX 44 Index 6, 84

JPEG 36 JPEG DATE 74

LANGUAGE SETUP 72 LEVEL 76 LINE 73

MP3 34 Multi-angle function 55, 84 Multiling u al function 50, 84 MUTING 31

NIGHT MODE 54

On-screen display

Control Menu display 9

OSD 72

P ARENT AL C ONTROL 5 8, 74,

84 PBC Playback 33, 84 PLAY MODE 38, 40 Power Saving 31 Preset Station 66 Program Play 38

Radio 67 RDS 69 Rear Panel 88 Region Code 7, 84 Remote 62, 89 REPEAT 41 Resume Play 32

Scan 42 SCENE 9 Scene 6, 84 SCREEN SAVER 73 SCREEN SETUP 72 Setup Disp l ay 71 SHUFFLE 40 Shuffle Play 40 SIZE 75 SLEEP 69 Slide show 37 Slow-motion 42 Sound Field 52 SPEAKER SETUP 75 Speaker System Hookup 12 SUBTITLE 72 Super Audio CD 84

TEST TONE 76 TIME SEARCH 43 TITLE 43 Title 6, 85 TRACK 43 Track 6, 85 TRACK SELECTION 74 Troubleshooting 78 TUNER MENU 66 TV and Video Component

Hookups 21

TV TYPE 72

Usable discs 6

VIDEO CD 85

Wireless system 19, 23

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Quick Reference for Remote Commander

N Plays a disc. O Pauses playing a disc. P Displays the title menu on the TV screen.

MP3/JPEG: Select albums

Q Selects and exec ut es the items or settings. R Displays the Control Menu display on the TV

123

Note

The remote control of the unit employs command signals in common with other Sony DVD products. Thus, depending on the button, other Sony DVD products may respond.

A Turns the Sony TV and the system on and

changes the TV’s input source.

B Sets the system to turn off at a pres et time. C Selects AM or FM band. D Mutes the sound. E Press to store a preset station. F Selects program or shuffle play mode. G Displays the repeat status. H Switches monaural or stereo of FM stereo

reception.

I Switches the TV’s input sou rc e b et w een the TV

and SYSTEM. Sets the remote to TV mode. Normal mode: turns off. TV mode: turns red.

J Changes the sound while playing a DVD or

VIDEO CD.

K Changes the angles when playing a DVD. L Displ ays the ”SUBTITLE“ men u in th e Co ntrol

Menu display.

M ./> : Press to go to the next chapter or

track or to go back to the pr evious chapter or track. PRESET –/+ : Scan all preset sta tions.

screen to set or adjust the items .

S Selects the TV Channel. T Adjusts the TV volume. U Turns the TV on and off. V Turns on and off the power of the system. W Opens or closes the disc tray. X Bass sound is effectively reinforced. Y Selects the sound field. Z Selects the sound field.

wj Makes sound clear at low volume. wk Selects the component you want to use. wl Selects the items of settings. TV: Selects channel

numbers.*

e; Executes the items or settings. TV: Press after

selecting a channel number

ea m/M (SCAN) : Locate a point while

monitoring the picture while pl ay ing disc.

/ SLOW : Play a disc in slow motion in the

pause mode. TUNING –/+ : Scan all available radio stations.

es Stops playing a disc. ed Switches the item displayed on the front panel

display.

ef Displays the DVD menu on the TV screen.

MP3/JPEG: Select albums

eg Adjust the SYSTEM volume. eh Press to return to the previously selected screen,

etc.

ej Changes the input mode of the TV. ek Cancels the programmed tracks, etc. el Changes the brightness of the front panel display

by two steps.

r; Displays the setup display on the TV screen to set

or adjust the items.

* Depending on the TV manufacturer, the following method

may also work. Press >10, then the number. (For example, for channel 25, press >10, then 2 and 5.)

Sony Corporation Printed in Korea

Sony DAV-SB500W User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Welcome!

Precautions

About This Manual

This System Can Play the Following Discs

Terms fo r D is c s

Notes about the Discs

Guide to the Control Menu Display

Getting Started

Unpacking

Step 1: Speaker System Hookup

Step 2: Antenna (Aerial) Hookups

Step 3: TV and Video Component Hookups

Step 4: Connecting the AC Power Cords (Mains Leads)

Step 5: Adjusting the Wireless System

Step 6: Performing the Quick Setup

Speaker Setup

Playing Discs

Playing Discs

(Resume Play)

Using the DVD’s Menu

Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Functions (Ver.2.0)

(PBC Playback)

Playing an MP3 Audio Track

Playing JPEG Image Files

Creating Your Own Program

(Program Play)

Playing in Random Order

(Shuffle Play)

Playing Repeatedly

(Repeat Play)

(Scan, Slow-motion Play)

Searching for a Title/ Chapter/Track/Index/ Album/File

Sound Adjustments

Changing the Sound

Enjoying Surround Sound

Using the Sound Effect

Using Various Additional Functions

Changing the Angles

Displaying the Subtitles

Locking Discs

(CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL)

Other Operations

Controlling the TV with the Supplied Remote

Using the SONY TV DIRECT Function

Using the Video or Other Unit

Enjoying the Radio

Using the Sleep Timer

Returning to the Default Settings

Settings and Adjustments

Using the Setup Display

Settings for the Display

(LANGUAGE SETUP)

(SCREEN SETUP)

Custom Settings

(CUSTOM SETUP)

Settings for the Speakers

(SPEAKER SETUP)

Quick Setup and Resetting the System

(SETUP)

Additional Information

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Glossary

Index to Parts and Controls

Language Code List

DVD Setup Menu List

Index