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1. 1 Turn on your TV Turn on the TV and select the video input so that you can view the pictures from this player When using a receiver amplifier Turn on the receiver amplifier and select the appropriate position so that you can listen to the sound from this player 2 Press POWER to turn on the player The player enters standby mode and the power indicator lights up in red 3 Press on the player and place a disc on the disc tray The player automatically turns on and the power indicator lights up in green With the playback side facing down 4 Press gt The disc tray closes and the player starts playback continuous play Adjust the volume on the TV or the receiver amplifier After following Step 4 E When playing a DVD A DVD menu or title menu may appear on the TV screen see page 24 E When playing a VIDEO CD Depending on the VIDEO CD a menu may appear on the TV screen You can play the disc interactively by following the instructions on the menu PBC Playback see page 25 To turn on the player Press POWER on the player The player enters standby mode and the power indicator lights up in red Then press I on the remote The player turns on and the power indicator lights up in green In standby mode the player also turns on by pressing amp on the player or by pressing D gt To turn off the player Press I D on the remote The player enters standby m
2. type level AUDIO OUT Phono 2 Vrms Over 10 kilohms 1 2 jacks at 50 kilohms DIGITAL OUT Optical 18 dBm Wave length 660 nm OPTICAL output connector DIGITALOUT Phono 0 5 Vp p 75 ohms terminated COAXIAL jack VIDEO OUT Phono 1 0 Vp p 75 ohms 1 2 jacks sync negative S VIDEO OUT 4 pin Y 1 0 Vp p 75 ohms 1 2 mini DIN sync negative C 0 286 Vp p 75 ohms terminated COMPONENT Phono Y 1 0 Vp p 75 ohms VIDEO OUT jacks sync negative XY Ps Pr Ps PR 0 35 Vp p 75 ohms 70 General Power requirements 120 V AC 60 Hz Power consumption 43 W Dimensions approx 430 x 126 x 398 mm 17 x 5 x 15 1 16 in w h d incl projecting parts Mass approx 12 6 kg 27 Ib 12 oz Operating temperature 5 C to 35 C 41 F to 95 F Operating humidity 25 to 80 Supplied accessories See page 9 Design and specifications are subject to change without notice ENERGY STAR is a U S registered mark As an ENERGY STAR Partner Sony Corporation has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency Glossary Bit rate page 42 Value indicating the amount of video data compressed in a DVD per second The unit is Mbps Mega bit per second 1 Mbps indicates that the data per second is 1 000 000 bits The higher the bit rate the larger the amount of data However this does not always mean that you can get higher quality pictures Chapter page 7
3. Cancel RETURN E PROGRAM The default setting is underlined e OFF plays normally e SET gt allows you to create your own program e ON plays Program Play Creating the program 1 Select SET gt in PROGRAM The programming display appears TRACK is displayed when you play a VIDEO CD ora SACD CD PROGRAM 2 3 TITLE Ae Sle 6 TITLE 7 TITLE Set a gt ENTER Quit DISPLAY S 2 Press gt 01 is highlighted Itis ready to set the first title or track for Program Play Title Chapter PROGRAM AUTRE DISPLAY 3 Select the title chapter or track you want to program using then press ENTER For example select title or track 2 You can also use the number buttons and ENTER button to make a selection In this case the selected number is displayed on the screen E When playing a DVD When both titles and chapters are recorded on the disc select the title then the chapter PROGRAM eue 1 TIE TAL Set CP gt ENTER Quit DISPLAY Start PLAY PROGRAM ALL CLEAR 1 TITLE 01 02 2 TITLE SME ANNE CAES ui TL TITLE Set AH gt ENTER Quit DISPLAY Start PLAY 45 nuap 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ snoueA Buisn NU 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ SNOH
4. 1 When the player is in stop mode press DISPLAY and select SETUP using 4 7 The on screen menu items are different depending on whether there is a disc in the player or not 1 STOP DVD Selected ISETUP item elect 4 gt gt ENTER 2 Press ENTER The setup display appears on the TV screen LANGUAGE SETUP OSD ENGLISH DVD MENU ENGLISH AUDIO ORIGINAL SUBTITLE AUDIO FOLLOW To set press iejlt To quit press DISPLAY 16 3 Select LANGUAGE SETUP using and then press ENTER LANGUAGE SETUP ENGLISH ENGLISH ORIGINAL SUBTITLE AUDIO FOLLOW To set press WAH then ENTER To quit press DISPLAY 4 Select OSD using 4 4 then press gt or ENTER The languages you can select are displayed LANGUAGE SETUP OSD ENGLISH ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH PORTUGUESE To set press WAH ENTER To quit press DISPLAY 5 Select the desired language using 4 then press ENTER CHOIX DE LA LANGUE ECRANS FRANCAIS MENU DVD ANGLAIS AUDIO ORIGINAL SOUS TITRE IDEM AUDIO Pour peer appuyez sur Pour 6 Press DISPLAY The setup display disappears 7 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to turn off the on screen menu To return to the previous screen Press SRRETURN To
5. S LINK lt p S LINK S video cord supplied 1 EE a H EE When connecting the cords be sure to match the color coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the components Yellow video to Yellow Red right to Red and White left to White Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid hum and noise If your TV has an S link control S connector you can control the SACD DVD player from the TV Connect the TV via the S LINK CONTROL S IN connector If your TV has an S video input connector connect the component via the S VIDEO OUT connector using the supplied S video cord You will get a better picture Refer to the instructions supplied with the TV to be connected SACD DVD player AUDIO OUT l DIGITAL OUT POMIDTS DOLBY DIGITAL OPTICAL COAXIAL To an AC outlet To S VIDEO To S VIDEO OUT PN Signal flow To S LINK control S 10 If you connect the player to a monitor or projector having component video input connectors that conform to output signals from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y Ps PR connectors on the player Connect the component via the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors using three video connecting cords 75 Q coaxial not supplied of the same kind and length You will get a better picture Monitor or projector with component video input connectors COMPONENT VIDEO IN SACD DVD player COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Notes e Refer t
6. Return RETURN 3 During playback when you find the starting point point A of the portion to be played repeatedly press ENTER The starting point point A is set A B REPEAT Set point B with ENTER CHAPTER TIME A 18 1 32 55 Cancel 4 When you reach the ending point point B press ENTER again The set points are displayed and the player starts repeating this specific portion A B appears on the front panel display during A B repeat play CHAPTER TIME A 18 1 32 55 B 18 1 34 30 A B REPEA To stop A B Repeat Play Press CLEAR Q You can directly select the portion to be repeated During playback press the A B button once to set the A starting point Press the button again to set the B ending point The portion between points A and B will be played repeatedly Notes e You can set A B Repeat for only one specific portion e A B Repeat is canceled when you open the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing 1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing POWER on the player e When you set A B Repeat the settings for Shuffle Play Repeat Play and Program Play are canceled e You may not be able to set A B Repeat for some DVD or VIDEO CD scenes 49 nuap 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ snoueA Buisn Settings and Adjustments This chapter describes how to set and adjust the player using the on screen setup menu Most setting
7. cL Pp IP or PN Si Signal flow 12 To DIGITAL To OUT DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT Take off the COAXIAL 10 S VIDEO cap input il 933 To an AC outlet Receiver Amplifier with aan ES a digital connector MD ta la deck DAT deck etc Receiver Amplifier To audio input Required cords Audio connecting cord not supplied 1 White L Red R S video cord supplied 1 ele jim HH When connecting the cords be sure to match the color coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the components Red right to Red and White left to White Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid hum and noise If you have a digital component such as a receiver amplifier with a digital connector DAT or MD connect the component via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord not supplied Optical digital connecting cord not supplied 1 ee Coaxial digital 75 Q connecting cord not supplied 1 TI Notes You cannot enjoy a picture with an S video signal if your TV does not conform to the S video signal When your TV does not have an S VIDEO input connect the component via the VIDEO INPUT connector using the audio video connecting cord supplied instead of the S video cord For details see page 12 Refer to the instructions supplied with your TV e You cannot make digital audio recordings of discs re
8. Q You can select discs titles chapters and tracks for the program by looking at the front panel display You can program by looking at the front panel display instead of using the programming display on the TV screen When you select Track 3 in a CD for program 1 the front panel display will appear as follows ru PQ T Program number u P01 T03 Track number em P02 T Notes e The number of titles chapters or tracks displayed are the same number of titles chapters or tracks recorded on a disc e The program is canceled when you open the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing 1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing POWER on the player e Depending on the DVD you may not be able to perform Program Play e If you are using the PBC playback function you must first stop the disc before you can set a program e When playing SACDs the track number appears as three digits Playing in Random Order Shuffle Play D You can have the player shuffle titles or tracks and play them in a random order Subsequent shuffling may produce a different playing order Select SHUFFLE after pressing DISPLAY When you select a shuffle mode other than OFF the SHUFFLE indicator lights up in green CHAPTER OFF TITLE CHAPTER Indicator wie gt ENTER Cancel RETURN E SHUFFLE Selects the Shuffle Pl
9. To change the password 1 After Step 3 select CHANGE PASSWORD using 4 4 then press gt or ENTER The display for changing the password appears 2 Follow Steps 2 and 3 to enter a new password Playing a disc which is blocked by the playback limitation level 1 Insert the disc and press D gt The PARENTAL CONTROL display appears 2 Enter your 4 digit password using the number buttons then press ENTER The player starts playback When you stop playing the DVD the level returns to the original level Q If you forget your password Enter the 6 digit number 199703 whenever the PARENTAL CONTROL display asks you for your password then press ENTER The display will ask you to enter a new 4 digit password Notes e When you play DVDs which do not have the Parental Control function playback cannot be limited on this player e If you do not set a password you cannot change the settings for playback limitation e 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 When you stop playing the DVD the level returns to the original level e The same password is used for both Parental Control and Custom Parental Control page 43 Standard Code number Argentina 2044 Australia 2047 Austria 2046 Belgium 2057 Br
10. BLOCK NR 5 a ENTER Cancel RETURN 4 Adjust the item you selected using and press ENTER The adjusted value is displayed PB MEMORY VIDEO CONTROL BLOCK NR Y NR CNR CHROMA DELAY 1 3 mp ENTER Cancel RETURN 5 When you want to adjust another item repeat steps 3 to 4 6 If you selected PB MEMORY gt The adjusted values are stored in memory when you remove the disc or press I on the remote and place the player in standby mode If you selected a memory number Select SAVE at the bottom of the VIDEO CONTROL display by pressing and press ENTER The adjusted values are stored in memory for the memory number you selected in step 2 Q To reset the value you adjusted Select RESET in the VIDEO CONTROL display by pressing 4 and press ENTER Notes e Depending on the disc the effects of BLOCK NR Y NR and C NR maybe difficult to discern e HUE is not available when a interlace format 480i signal is output through the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors 40 Adjusting the areas of an image that are too light or dark Gamma Correction Depending on your TV or viewing environment images on the screen may lose definition because certain areas of the image are too light or too dark When it is too light the image will appear to be washed out and when it is too dark the image wi
11. COMPONENT OUT even though your TV cannot accept the signal in progressive format In this case set the SCAN SELECT switch on the back panel of the player to INTERLACE Then set COMPONENT OUT to INTERLACE after you can see the TV screen correctly and set SCAN SELECT to SELECTABLE gt Even if your TV is compatible with progressive format 480p signals the image may be affected when you set COMPONENT OUT to PROGRESSIVE In this case set COMPONENT OUT to INTERLACE Even though you set the aspect ratio in TV TYPE in SCREEN SETUP of the setup display the picture does not fill the screen gt The aspect ratio is fixed on your DVD Sound There is no sound gt Check that the player is connected securely gt The audio connecting cord is damaged Replace it with a new one gt Make sure you connect the player to the audio input connectors on the receiver amplifier page 12 gt Make sure you turn on the TV and the receiver amplifier gt Make sure you select the appropriate input on the receiver amplifier so that you can listen to the sound from the player gt The player is in pause mode or in Slow motion Play mode Press D gt to return to normal play mode gt The player is in fast forward or fast reverse mode Press D gt to return to normal play mode gt Check the speaker connections and setting page 15 Refer to the operating
12. 8 If you selected PB MEMORY gt Dark areas 0 The adjusted values are stored in memory when you 32 remove the disc or press I on the remote and Selected areas D l Hi place the player in standby mode of an image 50 128 e If you selected a memory number 160 Select SAVE at the bottom of the VIDEO k l li CONTROL display by pressing 4 and press N 100 ENTER Light areas LRESET The adjusted values are stored in memory for the memory number you selected in step 2 5 Press to adjust the brightness level of the area that you selected To reset only the gamma value to the default lt will decrease the level darkens the area and setting will increase the level lightens the area The level Select RESET in the gamma adjustment display by can be adjusted between 16 and 235 However the pressing 4 and press ENTER level for the dark areas can never be greater than the ty light areas Q You can move the gamma adjustment display horizontally By pressing H P1 you can move the gamma adjustment 0 display horizontally o 32 Gamma value and the 50 128 position of the bar change io depending on your k 224 adjustment 100 LRESET 9 Darken Lighten 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to adjust the brightness level of other areas that you select Try to keep the line that connects the brightness level of each area as smooth and straight as possible How to lighten
13. Sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD that are smaller than titles A title is composed of several chapters Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling you to locate the chapter you want Dolby Digital pages 12 61 Digital audio compression technology developed by Dolby Laboratories This technology conforms to 5 1 channel surround sound The rear channel is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format Dolby Digital provides the same 5 1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio found in Dolby Digital cinema audio systems Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data is recorded discretely and processed in digital Dolby Pro Logic pages 12 61 Audio signal processing technology that Dolby Laboratories developed for surround sound When the input signal contains a surround component the Pro Logic process outputs the front center and rear signals The rear channel is monaural DTS pages 12 61 Digital audio compression technology that Digital Theater Systems Inc developed This technology conforms to 5 1 channel surround The rear channel is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format DTS provides the same 5 1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data is recorded discretely and processed in digital DVD page 6 A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictu
14. a 1 711536 NY Press TIME TEXT Text or Disc Memo DVD TEXT SONY HITS 5 Press TIME TEXT Notes On some DVDs the chapter number or time may not appear or you may not be able to change the front panel display e During Shuffle Play or Program Play the playing time of the title and the remaining time of the title are not displayed When playing back a SACD CD VIDEO CD Displaying information while playing a disc Current Lights up when the text or disc audio memo is stored format Disc type Current index number PB Mj TRACK INDEX MIN SEC PBC REPEAT 1 eve 2h 1 225 Current Current track Playing time play number mode Lights up when PLAYBACK MEMORY is set to ON in the CUSTOM SETUP display Lights up during PBC playback VIDEO CD only Q When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions The current scene number is displayed instead of the current track number and the current index number In this case the front panel display does not change when you press TIME TEXT If TEXT is recorded on the disc the front panel display changes to the Text display when you press TIME TEXT see page 32 Checking the remaining time Press TIME TEXT Each time you press TIME TEXT while playing a disc the display changes as shown in the following chart Playing time and current track number TRACK INDEX MIN SEC TEXT Remaining
15. in the setup display LANGUAGE SETUP OSD ENGLISH DVD MENU ENGLISH AUDIO ORIGINAL SUBTITLE AUDIO FOLLOW To set press WWA then To quit press DISPLAY Notes e When you select a language that is not recorded on the DVD one of the recorded languages is automatically selected for the DVD MENU AUDIO and SUBTITLE settings e Depending on the DVD the player may not start playing with the selected language even when you select a language in DVD MENU AUDIO or SUBTITLE E OSD On Screen Display Selects the language for the on screen display e ENGLISH e FRENCH e SPANISH e PORTUGUESE E DVD MENU Selects the language for the DVD menu e ENGLISH e FRENCH e SPANISH e PORTUGUESE e GERMAN e ITALIAN e DUTCH e CHINESE e JAPANESE e DANISH e SWEDISH e FINNISH e NORWEGIAN e RUSSIAN e OTHERS When you select OTHERS select and enter the language code from the list using the number buttons page 73 After you have made a selection the language code 4 digits is displayed E AUDIO Selects the language for the sound track e ORIGINAL the language given priority in the disc e ENGLISH e FRENCH e SPANISH e PORTUGUESE e GERMAN e ITALIAN e DUTCH e CHINESE e JAPANESE e DANISH e SWEDISH e FINNISH e NORWEGIAN e RUSSIAN e OTHERS When you select OTHERS select and enter the language code
16. 6 Press ENTER SCREEN SETUP 4 3 LETTER BOX 4 3 PAN SCAN 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE To set press AMARE then ENTER To quit press DISPLAY 7 Select the setting you want using 4 4 9 4 3 LETTER BOX 4 3 PAN SCAN 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE SCREEN SETUP To set press MB then ENTER To quit press DISPLAY 8 Press ENTER SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE To set press WAHE then ENTER To quit press DISPLAY 9 Press DISPLAY The setup display disappears 10Press DISPLAY repeatedly to turn off the on screen menu To return to the previous screen Press SRRETURN To quit while making a selection Press DISPLAY Notes e You cannot change some setup display items unless the player stops e Some setup display items require operations other than selecting the setting For details on these items see the relevant pages 51 s uswjsnipy pue s6U19Ss squouusn py pue spurs Setup Display Item List The default settings are underlined LANGUAGE SETUP page 53 F OSD DVD MENU ENGLISH FRENCH r SPANISH PORTUGUESE ENGLISH FRENCH r SPANISH PORTUGUESE GERMAN ITALIAN DUTCH CHINESE JAPANESE DANISH r SWEDISH FINNISH NORWEGIAN RUSSIAN OTHERS gt AUDIO ORIGINAL D CUSTOM SETUP page 56 same as DVD M
17. 1 You can play only moving pictures and sounds e Version 2 0 You can play high resolution still pictures and enjoy PBC functions This player conforms to both versions Language Code List For details see pages 53 The language spellings conform to the ISO 639 1988 E F standard Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Language 1027 Afar 1186 Scots Gaelic 1350 Malayalam 1513 Siswati 1028 Abkhazian 1194 Galician 1352 Mongolian 1514 Sesotho 1032 Afrikaans 1196 Guarani 1353 Moldavian 1515 Sundanese 1039 Amharic 1203 Gujarati 1356 Marathi 1516 Swedish 1044 Arabic 1209 Hausa 1357 Malay 1517 Swahili 1045 Assamese 1217 Hindi 1358 Maltese 1521 Tamil 1051 Aymara 1226 Croatian 1363 Burmese 1525 Telugu 1052 Azerbaijani 1229 Hungarian 1365 Nauru 1527 Tajik 1053 Bashkir 1233 Armenian 1369 Nepali 1528 Thai 1057 Byelorussian 1235 Interlingua 1376 Dutch 1529 Tigrinya 1059 Bulgarian 1239 Interlingue 1379 Norwegian 1531 Turkmen 1060 Bihari 1245 Inupiak 1393 Occitan 1532 Tagalog B 1061 Bislama 1248 Indonesian 1403 Afan Oromo 1534 Setswana 2 1066 Bengali Bangla 1253 Icelandic 1408 Oriya 1535 Tonga g 1067 Tibetan 1254 Italian 1417 Punjabi 1538 Turkish a 1070 Breton 1257 Hebrew 1428 Polish 1539 Tsonga 1079 Catalan 1261 Japanese 1435 Pashto Pushto 1540 Tatar A 1093 Corsican 1269 Yiddish 1436 Portuguese 1543
18. 4 Select the item you want using 4 7 1 ENGLISH 2 FRENCH 3 SPANISH SUBTITLE Select e gt ENTER RETURN 5 Press ENTER BTITLE ect a Selected item Items To cancel while making a selection Press 0 RETURN To display other items Each time you press DISPLAY the Control Menu display changes as follows Control Menu display 1 Control Menu display 2 The items except the first three items from the top are changed to other items ADVANCED display see page 42 Control Menu display off The Control Menu display items are different depending on the disc Lei You can select some items directly Some items can be selected by pressing the corresponding button on the remote In this case only the item you selected is displayed For instructions on using the remote see the pages of each relevant item Note Some Control Menu display items require operations other than selecting the setting For details on these items see the relevant pages 29 NU 043U09 JU UHM suorpunJ snoueA Buisn NU 043U09 ay UHM suorpunJ SNOHIEA Buisn Control Menu Item List 3 TITLE DVD only page 31 SCENE VIDEO CD during PBC playback only page 31 TRACK VIDEO CD only page 31 CHAPTER DVD only page 31 INDEX VIDEO CD only page 31 J TRACK SACD CD only page 31 Pp INDEX SACD CD
19. Disc type You can VIDEO CDs without PBC functions Ver 1 1 discs Enjoy video playback moving pictures as well as music VIDEO CDs with Play interactive software using menu PBC functions screens displayed on the TV screen PBC Ver 2 0 discs Playback in addition to the video playback functions of Ver 1 1 discs Moreover you can play high resolution still pictures if they are included on the disc Discs that the player cannot play The player cannot play discs other than the ones listed in the table on page 5 CD Rs CD ROMs including PHOTO CDs data sections in CD EXTRAs DVD ROMs DVD audio etc cannot be played When playing DTS encoded CDs excessive noise will be heard from the analog stereo outputs To avoid possible damage to the audio system the consumer should take proper precautions when the analog stereo outputs of the DVD player are connected to an amplification system To enjoy DTS Digital Surround playback an external 5 1 channel DTS Digital Surround decoder system must be connected to the digital output of the DVD player This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unl
20. appear Resume Play is not available 2 Press gt The player starts playback from the point where you stopped the disc in Step 1 Q To play from the beginning of the disc When the playing time appears on the front panel display before you start playing press M to reset the playing time then press gt 23 sosiq Gul ejd sosig Buifeld Using the DVD s Menu 10 Some DVDs have a title menu or a DVD menu that is provided with DVDs oniv Using the title menu A DVD is divided into long sections of a picture ora music feature called titles When you play a DVD which contains several titles you can select the title you want using the title menu TITLE ENTER tv 1 Press TITLE The title menu appears on the TV screen The contents of the menu vary from disc to disc 2 Press 41 4 4 19 to select the title you want to play Depending on the disc you can use the number buttons to select the title 3 Press ENTER The player starts playing the selected title Notes e On some DVDs you may not be able to select the title e On some DVDs a title menu may simply be called a menu or title in the instructions supplied with the disc Press ENTER may also be expressed as Press SELECT 24 Using the DVD menu Some DVDs allow you to select the disc contents using a menu When you play these DVDs you can select the language for the subtitles the
21. of ways to reduce noise increase sharpness and adjust the gamma value to create the ideal image Furthermore these adjustments can either be saved for each of your discs Playback Memory or can be saved to one of five settings memory 1 through 5 so you can quickly adjust the player to the type of DVD software that you are watching High quality sound reproduction By pressing the AUDIO DIRECT button on the player the digital audio output and video output can be cut This will eliminate the effects of the digital audio and video circuitry thus providing even clearer analog audio output The VIDEO ON OFF button on the remote can be used to cut just the video signal Use these buttons when you want to experience the full clarity of an audio CD such as an Super Audio CD Access control Custom Parental Control You can set a password that will control the access of a maximum of 300 discs Adjustable display brightness and high visibility remote buttons You can adjust the brightness of the front panel display or turn it off completely This is useful when you are watching a movie with the lights turned low and you do not want to be disturbed by a bright display window Conversely selected buttons on the remote can be set to light up so that you can operate your player when the room is dark About This Manual Conventions e Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the remote Meaning You can also use the control
22. only page 31 You can search for a point on the DVD by selecting the title chapter track index or scene i iy TIME MEMO pages 32 33 34 l ta TIME TEXT pages 32 33 34 You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current title chapter track and the total playing time or remaining time of the disc You can also search for a scene by inputting the time code You can check the DVD TEXT SACD TEXT or CD TEXT of the disc on the TV screen and the front panel display When the disc is a VIDEO CD or the DVD TEXT SACD TEXT CD TEXT is not recorded on the disc you can label the disc using the Disc Memo function aja AUDIO page 35 If the DVD is recorded with multilingual tracks you can select the language you want while playing the DVD If the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats PCM Dolby Digital or DTS you can select the audio format you want while playing the DVD With CDs or VIDEO CDs 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 GI SUBTITLE DVD only page 37 With DVDs on which multilingual subtitles are recorded you can change the subtitle language whenever you want while playing the DVD and turn it on or off whenever you want i El ANGLE DVD only page 37 With DVDs on which various angles multi angles are recorded you can change the angle of the scene 30 l VIDEO CO
23. outputs the signal in interlace format Select this when you are connected to a standard interlace format TV e PROGRESSIVE This outputs the signal in progressive 480p format Select this when you have a TV that can accept progressive signals Note If you select PROGRESSIVE when you connect the player to a TV that cannot accept the signal in progressive format 480p the image quality will deteriorate In this case set the SCAN SELECT switch on the back panel of the player to INTERLACE Then set COMPONENT OUT to INTERLACE when you can see the TV screen correctly and set SCAN SELECT to SELECTABLE E AUTO PLAY Selects the Auto Play setting when you connect the AC power cord to the AC outlet e OFF does not use TIMER DEMO1 or DEMO2 to start playback e TIMER starts playing when the player is turned on or at any time you want when connected to a timer not supplied Set the timer when the player is in standby mode the power indicator lights up in red e DEMON starts playing the first demonstration automatically e DEMOZ starts playing the second demonstration automatically 56 E DIMMER Adjusts the lighting of the front panel display and indicators e BRIGHT makes the front panel display bright e DARK makes the front panel display dark e AUTO DARK If you do not operate the player or remote for a short while the front panel display becomes dark e AUTO O
24. quit while making a selection Press DISPLAY Note The languages you can select are the ones displayed in step 4 For details see page 53 Operation Sound Effects Sound Feedback The player beeps when the following operations are performed The default setting of the Sound Feedback function is set to off Operation Operation sound Power is turned on One beep Power is turned off Two beeps C is pressed One beep H is pressed Two beeps Playback is stopped One long beep Operation is not possible Three beeps POWER 1 Press POWER on the player then press 1 on the remote The power indicator lights up in green When there is a disc in the player press and remove the disc Then press amp again to close the disc tray 2 Press and hold Il on the player for more than two seconds You will hear one beep and the Sound Feedback function is turned on To turn off the Sound Feedback Function When there is no disc in the player press and hold ID on the player for more than two seconds You will hear two beeps and the Sound Feedback function is turned off 17 poyejs Hu Playing Discs This chapter describes how to play a DVD SACD CD VIDEO CD 18 Playing Discs D Gp 90 Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD some operations may be different or restricted Refer to the instructions supplied with your disc Power POWER indicator
25. shuffling may produce a different playing order E REPEAT page 48 You can play all the titles tracks on a disc or a single title chapter track repeatedly a 62 A B REPEAT page 49 You can play a specific portion of a title chapter or track repeatedly Searching for a Title Chapter Track Index Scene D You can search the disc by title chapter track index or scene Select TITLE CHAPTER TRACK INDEX or SCENE after pressing DISPLAY When you play back a DVD TITLE and CHAPTER are displayed When you play back a VIDEO CD CD TRACK and INDEX are displayed When you play back a VIDEO CD with PBC functions SCENE is displayed 1 Select TITLE CHAPTER TRACK INDEX or SCENE using 4 7 ok K is highlighted refers to a number The number in parentheses indicates the total number of titles chapters tracks indexes or scenes 2 Press gt or ENTER k 2 changes to amp CHAPTER Number buttons ENTER Cancel RETURN 3 Select the number of the title chapter track index or scene you want to search for using the number buttons or 4 then press ENTER The player starts playback at the selected number To cancel the number press CLEAR before pressing ENTER To can
26. the dark How to darken the light areas of an image areas of an image 0 0 58 35 89 c 64 94 a ol 105 50 128 50 128 160 150 192 159 224 174 100 100 LRESET LRESET To prevent the image from appearing overly altered donot give the line any sharp changes Gradually make the adjustments while viewing the image on your TV screen Press 6 SRETURN to stop making adjustments to the image 41 NU 043U09 JU UHM suorpunJ SNOHIEA Buisn NU 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA Buisn Checking the Play Information qp You can check information such as the bit rate or the disc layer that is being played While playing a disc the approximate bit rate of the playback picture is always displayed as Mbps Mega bit per second and the audio as kbps kilo bit per second Select ADVANCED after pressing DISPLAY daaa BIT RATE BIT RATE 384 kbps KANAN NN Mbps 0 5 10 ADVANCED Select 4H E ADVANCED The default setting is underlined When playing a DVD e BIT RATE displays the bit rate e LAYER displays the layer and the pick up point e OFF turns off ADVANCED display 42 Displays of each item By pressing DISPLAY repeatedly you can display either BIT RATE or LAYER whichever was selected in ADVANCED BIT RATE BIT RATE Audio To 7 l Om le Video Bit rate refers to the amount of video audio data
27. the player enters standby mode by pressing I on the remote you turn the power off by pressing POWER on the player e While playing the DVD the sound may change automatically e If DTS is set to OFF in AUDIO SETUP the DTS track selection option will not appear on the screen even if the disc contains DTS tracks 35 nuap 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ snoueA Buisn NU 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA Buisn Changing the Sound Displaying the audio information of the disc 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 channel signals can be recorded on a DVD Depending on the DVD the number of the recorded channels may be different Current audio format Current playing program format gt gt ENTER PCM DTS or DOLBY DIGITAL is displayed In case of DOLBY DIGITAL the channels in the playing track are displayed by numbers as follows For Dolby Digital 5 1 ch Rear component 2 DOLBY DIGITAL DIP Front component 2 LFE Low Center component 1 Frequency Effect component 1 The letters in the program format display mean the following L Front left R Front right C Center monaural LS Rear left RS Rear right S Rear monaural the rear component of the D
28. the software producers designed some playback features may not be available Also refer to the instructions supplied with the DVDs or VIDEO CDs This Player Can Play the Following Discs DVD A DVD disc contains both audio and visual data and is either 12 or 8 centimeters in diameter A 12 centimeter disc can hold 7 times the amount of data contained in a CD ROM which translates to 4 consecutive hours of playing time 8 hours for double sided discs DVD discs are divided into 4 types single sided single layer single sided double layer double sided single layer and double sided double layer e Single layer single sided Capacity 4 7 GB Substrate Sectional view ron nn La of disc Reflective layer Substrate Laser beam e Double layer single sided Capacity 8 5 GB Reflective layer Substrate of disc Semi reflective layer Substrate A Laser beam Single layer double sided Capacity 9 4 GB Laser beam Reflective layer Substrate L ki ii ee Sectional view of disc Reflective layer Substrate A Laser beam e Double layer double sided Capacity 17 GB Laser beam Substrate Sectional view of disc Semi reflective Laser beam layer Reflective layer Super Audio CD SACD An SACD disc can reproduce sounds that are extremely faithful to the original sound by use of DSD Direct Stream Digital technology This technology utilizes a sampl
29. time of the NY Press TIM E TEXT current track TRACK INDEX MIN SEC 150 TEXT 2 1 NY Press TIME TEXT Playing time of the disc MIN SEC 32 12 NY Press TIME TEXT Remaining time of the disc MIN SEC Ini 20 18 NY Press TIM E TEXT Text or Disc Memo SONY HITS 5 Press TIM E TEXT Note While you are doing Shuffle Play or Program Play the playing time of the disc and the remaining time of the disc are not displayed 27 sosiq Puifeld Using Various Functions with the Control Menu This chapter describes how to play discs in various modes and how to use the convenient features of the on screen menu Control Menu 28 Using the Control Menu Display D 90 Using the Control Menu display you can select the starting point play scenes in any order you like change the viewing angles make video control settings and other such operations The possible operations are different depending on the kind of disc For details on each Control Menu display item see pages 30 to 49 DISPLAY 9 RETURN ENTER tv 1 Press DISPLAY to show the Control Menu display on the TV screen Current item Selected item 3 Press ENTER 1 ENGLISH OFF 1 ENGLISH 2 FRENCH 3 SPANISH SUBTITLE Select 4 gt gt ENTER Cancel RETURN
30. 3 The language for the sound track cannot be changed when you play a DVD Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the DVD gt Changing the language for the track is prohibited on the DVD The subtitle language cannot be changed when you play a DVD Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on the DVD gt Changing the language for the subtitles is prohibited on the DVD The subtitles cannot be turned off when you play a DVD gt Depending on the DVD you may not be able to turn the subtitles off The angles cannot be changed when you play a DVD gt Multi angles are not recorded on the DVD gt Change the angles when ANGLE appears on the front panel display page 37 gt Changing the angles is prohibited on the DVD The player does not operate properly gt Static electricity etc may affect the player s operation Press POWER on the player to turn the player off and then on again 68 Nothing is displayed on the front panel display gt In the set up display DIMMER in CUSTOM SETUP is set to OFF Press FL ON OFF on the remote or set DIMMER to any setting other than OFF page 56 5 numbers or letters are displayed on the screen and on the front panel display gt The self diagnosis function was activated See the table on page 69 The disc tray does not open and LOCKED is displayed on the front panel display gt Contact your Sony dealer or local au
31. 3 PAN SCAN select this when you connect a 4 3 normal screen TV to the player Displays the wide picture on the whole screen automatically and cuts off the portions that do not fit 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE select this when you connect a wide screen TV to the player or when you connect a TV with the WIDE MODE function to the player displays a wide picture with bands displayed on the upper and lower portions of the screen 54 4 3 LETTER BOX 4 3 PAN SCAN 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE 5 pinn Note Depending on the DVD 4 3 LETTER BOX may be selected automatically instead of 4 3 PAN SCAN and vice versa E SCREEN SAVER Turns on and off the screen saver If you turn on the screen saver the screen saver image appears when you leave the player or the remote in pause or stop mode for 15 minutes or when you play back a CD for more than 15 minutes The screen saver will help prevent your display device from becoming damaged e ON turns on the screen saver e OFF turns off the screen saver E BACKGROUND Selects the background color or picture on the TV screen in stop mode or while plaving a CD e JACKET PICTURE The jacket picture appears in the background but only when the jacket picture is already recorded on the disc for instance a CD EXTRA e PICTURE MEMORY Your favorite picture appears in the background For an explanation of how to store your favorite scene recorded on the disc for the background picture s
32. 4bit when a receiver amplifier which cannot accept 96 kHz is connected to the player no sound or a loud noise will come out from the speakers 61 sauounsn py pue sfuiy2s syuswjsn py pue spurs Adjusting the Progressive video signal SET PROGRESSIVE OUTPUT D You can fine tune the Progressive 480p video signal output when you have selected PROGRESSIVE in COMPONENT OUT of the CUSTOM SETUP display and connect the player to the TV that be able to accept the video signal in progressive format 480p The default settings are underlined Select SET PROGRESSIVE OUTPUT in the setup display SET PROGRESSIVE OUTPUT MODE AUTO 4 3 OUTPUT FULL To set press WAWE then ENTER To quit press DISPLAY Note If you select PROGRESSIVE in spite of you connect the player to a TV that cannot accept the signal in progressive format the image quality will deteriorate In this case set SCAN SELECT switch on the back panel of the player to INTERLACE Then set COMPONEMT OUT to INTERLACE after you can see the TV screen correctly and set SCAN SELECT to SELECTABLE E MODE Conversion Modes DVD software can be divided into two types film based software and video based software Video based software is derived from TV such as dramas and sit coms and displays images at 30 frames 60 fields per second Film based software is derived from film and displays
33. B MEMORY VIDEO CONTROL BLOCK NR Y NR CNR CHROMA DELAY a 1 3 ENTER RETURN 3 Confirm the setting and press RETURN Plavback starts according to the selected setting To make additional changes to the selected setting When VIDEO CONTROL is displayed in step 2 select the item you want to adjust using then press ENTER You can now adjust the item The new setting can be saved to the Playback Memory for the current disc regardless of the video control setting PB MEMORX or MEMORY 1 to 5 However the original MEMORY 1 to 5 settings will not change Notes e If you remove the disc or press 1 D on the remote and place the player in standby mode when PLAYBACK MEMORY is set to ON in the CUSTOM SETUP display the current PB MEMORY or MEMORY 1 to 5 settings are saved to Playback Memory for the current disc e If you have selected MEMORY 1 to 5 but do not want to change the Playback Memory setting for the current disc select PB MEMORY before removing the disc or pressing 1 D on the remote to place the player in standby mode To adjust the picture items You can adjust each element of the picture individually and save the adjustments to each disc Playback Memory or to one of the five settings Memory 1 through 5 e BLOCK NR noise reduction Reduce the block noise or the mosaic like patterns that appear on your screen e Y luminance NR This red
34. DEO buttons WIDE MODE ENTER ENTER By pressing You can Vo Turn the TV on or off TV VIDEO Switch the TV s input source between the TV and other input sources VOL Adjust the volume of the TV CH Select the channel of the TV WIDE MODE Switch to or from the wide mode of a Sony Wide TV Number buttons Select the channel of the TV and ENTER These buttons also work when the TV DVD switch is set to DVD Note Depending on the TV you may not be able to control your TV or to use some of the buttons above Controlling AV receivers amplifiers with the remote TV DVD switch I O on standby button Number buttons 1 Slide the TV DVD switch to DVD 2 Hold down I and enter your AV receiver s manufacturer s code see the table using the number buttons Then release 1 D Code numbers of controllable AV receivers amplifier If more than one code number is listed try entering them one at a time until you find the one that works with your AV receiver amplifier Manufacturer Code number Sony 91 default 89 Denon 84 85 86 Kenwood 92 93 Onkyo 81 82 83 Pioneer 99 Sansui 87 Technics 97 98 Yamaha 94 95 96 Notes e If you enter a new code number the code number previously entered will be erased e When you replace the batteries of the remote the code number may be reset to the default setting Reset the appropriate code nu
35. E after pressing DISPLAY When the angles can be changed the ANGLE indicator lights up in green Indicator Select AH gt 1 Select ANGLE WP gt ENTER 2 Press gt The number of the angle changes to The number in parentheses indicates the total number of angles ANGLE Number buttons ENTER Cancel RETURN 37 NU 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA Buisn NU 043U09 ay YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA fuisn Changing the Angles 3 Select the angle number using the number buttons or 4 4 then press ENTER The angle is changed to the selected angle Q You can select the angle directly Press ANGLE on the remote Each time you press the button the angle changes Notes e The number of angles varies from disc to disc or from scene to scene The number of angles that can be changed on a scene is equal to the number of angles recorded for that scene e Depending on the DVD you may not be able to change the angles even if multi angles are recorded on the DVD 38 Adjusting the Picture VIDEO CONTROL CD GP You can adjust the playback image of a DVD to match the light level of your room or the type of software that you are watching By using the noise reduction function you can lessen the flickering that appears in the still areas of a playback image You also can adjust the gamma level to improve the light areas o
36. E button 21 Opens or closes the disc tray Number buttons Selects and executes the items or settings CLEAR button 45 through 49 Press to return to continuous play etc REPEAT button 48 Each time you press this button the REPEAT setting changes PROGRAM button 45 Press for PROGRAM playback SHUFFLE button 47 Each time you press this button the SHUFFLE setting changes ANGLE button 38 Changes the angles when playing a DVD AUDIO button 35 Changes the sound while playing a DVD CD or VIDEO CD SUBTITLE button 37 Changes the subtitles when playing a DVD He gt P gt IPREV NEXT previous next buttons 21 Press to go to the next chapter or track or to go back to the previous chapter or track PLAY button 18 Plays a disc SEARCH buttons 21 While monitoring the picture keep pressing to locate a point quickly TITLE button 24 Displays the title menu on the TV screen DISPLAY button 28 Displays the Control Menu display on the TV screen to set or adjust the items DVD MENU button 24 Displays the DVD menu on the TV screen Click shuttle 21 Changes the playback speed 4 4 gt ENTER buttons Selects and executes the items or settings VOL button 65 Changes the volume of the TV when the TV DVD switch is set to TV or the volume of the receiver amplifier when the switch is set to DVD 1 on standby button 18 Press to turn on the player or plac
37. ENTER To quit press DISPLAY 1 Select PARENTAL CONTROL using 4 4 then press ENTER CUSTOM SETUP COMPONENT OUT AUTO PLAY DIMMER PAUSE MODE INTERLACE OFF BRIGHT AUTO CHROMA FILTER OFF PLAYBACK MEMORY ON PARENTAL CONTROL Se TRACK SELECTION OFF To set press AW then To quit press DISPLAY E When you have not entered a password The display for entering a password appears CUSTOM SETUP PARENTAL CONTROL Enter a new 4 digit password then press ENTER To return press RETURN To cancel press DISPLAY 57 sauounsn py pue sures squouusn py pue spurs EE Custom Settings CUSTOM SETUP E When you have already registered a password 5 Select a geographic area as the playback limitation The display for confirming the password appears Skip level standard using then press ENTER Step 2 When you select OTHERS select and enter the standard code in the table on the next page using the CUSTOM SETUP number buttons PARENTAL CONTROL CUSTOM SETUP PARENTAL CONTROL LEVEL STANDARD CHANGE PASSWORD Enter password then press ENTER To return press RETURN To cancel press DISPLAY To set press AH To quit press DISPLAY 2 Enter a password in 4 digits using the number buttons then press ENTER 6 Selec
38. ENU r AUDIO FOLLOW same as DVD MENU SUBTITLE S SCREEN SETUP page 54 TV TYPE 4 3 LETTER BOX 4 3 PAN SCAN 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE SCREEN SAVER ON OFF BACKGROUND JACKET PICTURE PICTURE MEMORY L GRAPHICS l BLUE L BLACK L STARTUP STANDARD SCREEN L PICTURE MEMORY L BLACK LEVEL ON L OFF 52 L COMPONENT OUT INTERLACE L PROGRESSIVE L AUTO PLAY OFF TIMER L_ DEMO1 L DEMO2 DIMMER BRIGHT DARK l AUTO DARK Il AUTO OFF L OFF PAUSE MODE AUTO l FIELD L FRAME Il CHROMA FILTER OFF LON PLAYBACK MEMORY ON L OFF I PARENTAL CONTROL L TRACK SELECTION OFF L AUTO AUDIO SETUP page 60 L AUDIO ATT OFF L ON L AUDIO DRC STANDARD l TV MODE L WIDE RANGE I AUDIO FILTER SHARP L stow l DOWNMIX DOLBY SURROUND L NORMAL L_ DIGITAL OUT ON DOLBY D PCM Loop DIGITAL L DOLBY DIGITAL DTS OFF L oN L 48kHz 96kHz PCM l 48kHz 16bit L 96kHz 24bit SET PROGRESSIVE OUTPUT page 62 MODE AUTO L VIDEO L 4 3 OUTPUT FULL L NORMAL Setting the Display Language or Sound Track LANGUAGE SETUP D P gt LANGUAGE SETUP allows you to set various languages for the on screen display or sound track The default settings are underlined Select LANGUAGE SETUP
39. FF If you do not operate the player or remote for a short while the front panel display turns off e OFF This turns off the front panel display C you can directly turn on off the front panel display by using the remote By pressing FL ON OFF on the remote you can turn on off the front panel display regardless the DIMMER setting except when it it set to OFF E PAUSE MODE DVD only Selects the picture in pause mode e AUTO Moving subjects are output with no jitter and still objects are shown at high resolution The picture remains clear even during slow playback when using the shuttle ring Clear Frame function Normally select this position e FIELD A picture including subjects that move is output with less jitter but at a lower resolution than FRAME e FRAME A picture including subjects that do not move dynamically is output with high resolution E CHROMA FILTER This filter controls the level of the color Chroma element of the image s video signal to control color saturation level e OFF This turns off the chroma filter The filter is normally set to off e ON This turns on the chroma filter and adjusts the color saturation level so that colors do not bleed Notes e This function is not available when the player is set to output progressive video signals e If you use the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors set CHROMA FILTER to OFF to maintain accurate color reproduction E PLAYBACK MEMORY The
40. IEA fuisn Creating Your Own Program Program Play E When playing a VIDEO CD or SACD CD Select the track you want to program Total time of the programmed tracks PROGRAM ALL CLEAR 1 TRACK 02 2 TRACK 3 TRACK 4 TRACK 5 TRACK 6 TRACK 7 TRACK set Re gt ENTER Quit DISPLAY 4 To program other titles chapters or tracks repeat Step 3 The programmed titles chapters or tracks are displayed in the selected order 5 Press gt to start Program Play To stop Program Play Press CLEAR To cancel programming Press PROGRAM on the remote To change the program 1 In Step 2 select the program number of the title chapter or track you want to change using 4 4 2 Follow Step 3 for new programming To cancel the programmed order To cancel all the titles chapters or tracks in the programmed order select ALL CLEAR in Step 2 To cancel the selected program select the program using 4 in Step 2 then press CLEAR or select in Step 3 then press ENTER 46 Q The program remains even after Program Play ends When you press D gt you can play the same program again You can do Repeat Play or Shuffle Play of the programmed titles chapters or tracks During Program Play press REPEAT or SHUFFLE on the remote Or set REPEAT or SHUFFLE to ON in the Control Menu display Q You can select PROGRAM directly Press PROGRAM on the remote
41. ISPLAY Notes e When you do not connect an audio component with a built in Dolby Digital decoder do not set DOLBY DIGITAL to DOLBY DIGITAL e When you do not connect an audio component with a built in DTS decoder do not set DTS to ON e When you do not connect an audio component that cannot accept the 96kHz 24bit audio signal do not set 48kHz 96kHz PCM to 96kHz 24bit To S VIDEO input _S VIDEO IN SACD DVD player S LINK DIGITAL OUT TS CONTROL SIN PMID DOLBY DIGITAL OPTICAL COAXIAL To DIGITAL OUT To DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL Take off the cap To an AC outlet To optical To coaxial digital digital input input DIGITAL TV LD VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 1 76 OUTLET cu 8 3 PRE jja SSIDEO S VIDEO S VIDEO N VIDEO SIGNAL T GND AV Receiver Amplifier with a built in DTS decoder or Dolby Digital decoder L Subwoofer Active type Rear speaker R PN Signal flow Rear speaker L peyeys u9 pees Hur Selecting the Language for the On Screen Display You can select the language for the setup display the Control Menu display or the messages displayed on the screen The default setting is ENGLISH ENTER DISPLAY tv
42. L when you cannot change the aspect ratio on your TV A 16 9 aspect ratio signal will be shown with black bands on left and right sides of the image and a 4 3 aspect ratio signal will be shown with black bands on all sides of the image eee SC Ie 16 9 aspect ratio TV 4 3 aspect ratio TV Progressive Conversion Methods of Film Based and Video Based Software This player converts video based software and film based software in the following manner Video based software conversion Video shows an image by alternately displaying every other line of an image field at 30 frames 60 fields per second Interlace format The Interlace format displays 30 frames 60 fields per second by displaying every other line of the image causing scanning lines to appear across the image Furthermore since only half of the image is shown at once the amount of information contained in an image is limited The Progressive format displays 60 entire frames per seconds The player accomplishes this by converting each field into a frame by using either a field based conversion method or a frame based conversion method The appropriate method is automatically selected by the player according to the movement of the images on the screen If the movement on the screen is slow the frame based conversion method makes borrows adjacent field information to fill in the missing
43. NTROL DVD and VIDEO CD only page 38 You can make detailed adjustments to the playback image and store up to 5 different setting patterns in the player s memory This is useful when you want to store certain settings for different genres such as movies or concerts You can also store individual settings in the player s memory for up to 300 discs playback memory The player can be programmed to automatically recall the settings for a particular disc when that disc is played ren ADVANCED DVD only page 42 You can check play information about the bit rate or the position where the disc is being played layer 3 CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL page 43 Using a registered password you can set playback restrictions for a desired disc The same password is used for both Parental Control page 57 and Custom Parental Control oe SETUP page 50 Using the setup display you can do the initial setup adjust the picture and sound and set the various outputs You can also set a language for the subtitles and the setup display limit playback by children and so on For details about the setup display see page 50 51 il ay PROGRAM page 45 You can play the contents of the disc in the order you want by arranging the order of the titles chapters or tracks on the disc to create your own program M fs SHUFFLE page 47 You can have the player shuffle titles chapters or tracks and play them in a random order Subsequent
44. O CDs page 25 47 NU 043U09 JU UHM suorunJ snoueA Husn nus h 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA fuisn Playing Repeatedly Repeat Play D Gp You can play all of the titles or tracks on a disc or a single title chapter or track repeatedly In Shuffle or Program Play mode the player repeats the titles or tracks in the shuffled or programmed order You cannot perform Repeat Play during PBC playback of VIDEO CDs page 25 Select REPEAT after pressing DISPLAY When you select a repeat mode other than OFF the REPEAT indicator lights up in green Indicator CHARTER REPEAT Select AH ENTER Cancel RETURN E REPEAT Selects the Repeat Play setting The default settings are underlined When playing a DVD and when Program Play and Shuffle Play are set to OFF e OFF does not play repeatedly e DISC repeats all of the titles e TITLE repeats the current title on a disc e CHAPTER repeats the current chapter When playing a VIDEO CD SACD CD and when Program Play and Shuffle Play are set to OFF e OFF does not play repeatedly e DISC repeats all of the tracks on a disc e TRACK repeats the current track When Program Play or Shuffle Play is on e OFF does not play repeatedly e ON repeats Program Play or Shuffle Play To stop Repeat Play Press CLEAR on the remote 48 Q You can set Repeat Play while the disc is stopped After select
45. OFF no sound will come out from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors even if you play DTS sound tracks on DVDs Notes e If you leave the player or the remote in pause or stop mode for 15 minutes the screen saver image appears automatically It will also appear if you play back a CD for more than 15 minutes To make the screen saver image go away press D gt If you want to set the screen saver function to off see page 54 e While playing a disc do not turn off the player by pressing POWER Doing so may cancel the settings of the menu When you turn off the player press M first to stop playback and then press I on the remote After the power indicator lights up in red and the player enters standby mode press POWER on the player 19 sosiq Gul ejd sosig Buifeld Playing Discs Achieving high quality sound reproduction The following settings enable you to play audio CDs 96 kHz DVDs and SACDs at the highest possible sound quality SACD indicator VIDEO OFF indicator DIGITAL OFF indicator AUDIO DIRECT VIDEO ON OFF SACD CD By pressing AUDIO DIRECT on the player when it is stopped the video and digital audio output can be switched on or off When the playback audio signal is set to be output from the digital connectors this button will cut the video signal By setting the digital audio signal to off this button reduces the effect of the vide
46. OUT setting remains the same Notes e When you select OFF you cannot set DOLBY DIGITAL DTS and 48kHz 96kHz PCM e SACD sound signals are not output from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connectors Setting the Digital Output Signal Switches the methods of outputting audio signals when you connect 1 a digital component such as a receiver amplifier having a digital connector 2 an audio component having a built in decoder Dolby Digital or DTS 3 a DAT or MD via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord For connection details see page 13 You cannot adjust DOLBY DIGITAL DTS and 48kHz 96kHz PCM if you set DIGITAL OUT to OFF AUDIO SETUP AUDIO ATT OFF AUDIO DRC STANDARD AUDIO FILTER SHARP DOWNMIX DOLBY SURROUND DIGITAL OUT ON DOLBY DIGITAL D PCM DTS OFF 48kHz 96kHz PCM 48kHz 16bit To set press AH thenENTER To quit press DISPLAY E DOLBY DIGITAL Selects the Dolby Digital signals to be output via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors e D PCM Downmix PCM when the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built in Dolby Digital decoder If you play Dolby Digital sound tracks the output audio signals are mixed down to 2 channels You can select whether the signals conform to Dolby Surround Pro Logic or not by making ad
47. SON Y SACD DVD Player Operating Instructions DVP S9000ES 2000 Sony Corporation WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard do not expose the unit to rain or moisture To avoid electrical shock do not open the cabinet Refer servicing to qualified personnel only CAUTION The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard As the laser beam used in this SACD DVD player is harmful to eyes do not attempt to disassemble the cabinet Refer servicing to qualified personnel only CAUTION Laser radiation when open DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM This label is located on the Laser protective housing inside the enclosure CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT FULLY INSERT For customers in the U S A Owner s Record The model and serial n
48. T 56 Scene 7 SCENE 31 SCREEN SAVER 54 SCREEN SETUP 54 Searching See Locating Setup display 50 SHUFFLE 47 Shuffle Play 47 S Link 10 11 Slow motion Play 21 Speakers hookup 14 STARTUP SCREEN 55 SUBTITLE 37 53 TIME MEMO 32 33 34 TIME TEXT 32 33 34 Title 7 31 72 TITLE 31 Title menu 24 Track 7 31 72 TRACK 31 TRACK SELECTION 57 Troubleshooting 66 TV TYPE 54 Usable discs 5 V W X V Z VIDEOCD 7 18 VIDEO CONTROL 38 Sony ine http www world sony com Sony Corporation Printed in Japan Printed on recycled paper
49. TEXT or CD TEXT recorded on it then this information will appear instead Press DISPLAY TIME MEMO appears Press TIME TEXT on the remote until the Disc Memo appears at the bottom of the display If the disc does not contain a label NO TEXT is displayed Follow the steps below to label a disc If the disc has DVD TEXT or CD TEXT already recorded on it TIME TEXT appears instead Press TIME TEXT on the remote until the information is displayed at the bottom of the display You cannot change this information TIME MEMO BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO 4 Disc Memo or DVD CD TEXT You can select TIME MEMO or TIME TEXT directly Press TIME TEXT on the remote To display DVD CD TEXT or Disc Memo press TIME TEXT until DVD CD TEXT or Disc Memo is displayed Q You can view the entire DVD CD TEXT or Disc Memo recorded on the disc DVD CD TEXT or Disc Memo is scrolled on the front panel display Note This player can only display the first level of DVD CD TEXT information Labeling discs Disc Memo When DVD TEXT or CD TEXT is not recorded on the disc you can put a personal title on the disc by labeling it on the on screen display You can input up to 20 characters per disc You can also have the player display the Disc Memo each time you select the disc The Disc Memo can be anything you like such as a title musician s name category or date of purchase 33 nuap 043U09 JU UHM suorp
50. TYPE in SCREEN SETUP to 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE For details see page 54 To connect the player to a TV that accepts progressive 480p format signals Connect the player to your TV using the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors and set COMPONENT OUT in CUSTOM SETUP to PROGRESSIVE 11 peyeys u9 payes Hu Receiver Amplifier Hookups This connection is for listening to the sound through speakers connected to a receiver lacking a built in DTS or Dolby Digital decoder Refer as well to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected Q If you have a digital component with a built in DTS or Dolby Digital decoder You can enjoy multi channel surround sound by connecting the component via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord not supplied For details on hookups and settings see page 14 DIGITAL OUT PCMDTST DOLBY DIGITAL OPTICAL COAXIAL Do not connect the AC outlet to a switched AC power supply such as the AC outlet on a receiver amplifier Doing so may cause the Playback Memory Disc Memo and menu settings to be cancelled when you turn off the receiver Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby Pro Logic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential unpublished works 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories All rights reserved SACD DVD player
51. Twi A 1097 Czech 1283 Javanese 1463 Quechua 1557 Ukrainian 1103 Welsh 1287 Georgian 1481 Rhaeto Romance 1564 Urdu 1105 Danish 1297 Kazakh 1482 Kirundi 1572 Uzbek 1109 German 1298 Greenlandic 1483 Romanian 1581 Vietnamese 1130 Bhutani 1299 Cambodian 1489 Russian 1587 Volap k 1142 Greek 1300 Kannada 1491 Kinyarwanda 1613 Wolof 1144 English 1301 Korean 1495 Sanskrit 1632 Xhosa 1145 Esperanto 1305 Kashmiri 1498 Sindhi 1665 Yoruba 1149 Spanish 1307 Kurdish 1501 Sangho 1684 Chinese 1150 Estonian 1311 Kirghiz 1502 Serbo Croatian 1697 Zulu 1151 Basque 1313 Latin 1503 Singhalese 1703 Not specified 1157 Persian 1326 Lingala 1505 Slovak 1165 Finnish 1327 Laothian 1506 Slovenian 1166 Fiji 1332 Lithuanian 1507 Samoan 1171 Faroese 1334 Latvian Lettish 1508 Shona 1174 French 1345 Malagasy 1509 Somali 1181 Frisian 1347 Maori 1511 Albanian 1183 Irish 1349 Macedonian 1512 Serbian 73 UONEULUOJUJ JEUOHIPPV Index to Parts and Controls Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details Front Panel SUPER AUDIO CD 9 10 fi HA 13 1 POWER button and indicator 18 Disconnects the power of the player or places the player in standby mode 2 VIDEO OFF indicator 20 Lights up when video output is set to off by using VIDEO ON OFF on the remote you pr
52. a constant speed for a while the playback speed goes to slow or normal To return to Continuous Play Press Notes e The JOG indicator shows the mode of the corresponding click shuttle e If you don t operate the click shuttle for about 20 seconds after pressing JOG the click shuttle returns to shuttle mode Resuming Playback from the Point Where You Stopped the Disc Resume Play D Gp The player remembers the point where you stopped the Notes disc and when RESUME appears on the front panel e Resume Play may not be available on some DVDs display you can resume playback from that point e Resume Play is not available in Shuffle or Program Play mode As long as you do not open the disc tray Resume Play e Depending on where you stopped the disc the player may will work even if the player enters standby mode by a EAS ej wae pont sn en nel d on the remote e point where you stopped playing is cleared when you open the disc tray you turn the power off by pressing POWER on the player you change the play mode you start playback after selecting a title chapter or track you change the settings in the setup display 1 while playing a disc press M to stop playback RESUME appears on the front panel display and Disc will restart from current point To start from beginning press STOP again appears on the TV screen If RESUME does not
53. annel may output the vocals and the left channel may output the instrumental If you only want to hear the instrumental you can select the left channel and hear it from both speakers Select AUDIO after pressing DISPLAY PLAY DVD PROGRAM FORMAT DOLBY DIGITAL 3 2 1 1 ENGLISH 2 FRENCH 3 SPANISH L C R LFE LS RS ENTER RETURN E AUDIO When playing a DVD Select the language The languages you can select are different depending on the DVD When 4 digits are displayed they represent the language code Select the language code from the list on page 73 When the same language is displayed two or more times the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats The current audio format is shown on the PROGRAM FORMAT display When playing a VIDEO CD or a CD The default setting is underlined e STEREO The standard stereo sound e 1 L The sound of the left channel monaural e 2 R The sound of the right channel monaural Q You can select AUDIO directly Press AUDIO on the remote Each time you press the button the item changes Notes e You cannot change the sound for SACDs e Depending on the DVD you may not be able to change the languages even if multilingual tracks are recorded on the DVD e While playing the CD VIDEO CD standard stereo playback will be resumed when you open the disc tray
54. are recorded on some DVDs Multilingual function pages 16 37 53 Several languages for the audio track or subtitles ina picture are recorded on some DVDs Parental Control page 43 57 A function of the DVD used to limit playback of the disc according to the age of the user and the limitation level in each country The limitation varies from disc to disc when it is activated playback is completely prohibited violent scenes are skipped or replaced with other scenes and so on 71 uorjeuojUI JEUOHIPPV uorjeuOjUI JEUOHIPPV Glossary Playback Control PBC page 25 Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs Version 2 0 to control playback By using menus recorded on VIDEO CDs with PBC functions you can enjoy playing simple interactive programs programs with search functions and so on Progressive format page 63 Compared to the Interlace format that alternately shows every other line of an image field to create one frame the Progressive format shows the entire image at once as a single frame This means that while the Interlace format can show 30 frames 60 fields in one second the Progressive format can show 60 frames in one second The overall picture quality increases and still images text and horizontal lines appear sharper This player is compatible with the 480 progressive format Super Audio CD SACD page 6 This audio format is based upon the current audio CD standards but includes a greater amount of info
55. ation to prevent heat build up in the player e Do not place the player on a soft surface such as a rug that might block the ventilation holes on the bottom e Do not place the player in a location near heat sources or in a place subject to direct sunlight excessive dust or mechanical shock On operation e If the player 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 player Should this occur the player may not operate properly In this case remove the disc and leave the player turned on for about half an hour until the moisture evaporates e When you move the player take out any discs If you don t the disc may be damaged On adjusting volume e Do not turn up the volume while listening to a section with very low level inputs or no audio signals If you do the speakers may be damaged when a peak level section is played On cleaning e Clean the cabinet panel and controls with a soft cloth 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 player please consult your nearest Sony dealer IMPORTANT NOTICE Caution The enclosed DVD player is capable of holding a still video image or on screen display image on your television screen indefinitely If you leave the still video image or on screen
56. ay setting The default settings are underlined When playing a DVD and when Program Play is set to OFF e OFF does not play a disc in random order e TITLE has the player shuffle titles and play them in a random order e CHAPTER has the player shuffle chapters and play them in a random order When playing a VIDEO CD or SACD CD when Program Play is set to OFF e OFF does not play a disc in random order e TRACK has the player shuffle tracks and play them in a random order When playing a VIDEO CD SACD CD or DVD when Program Play is set to ON e OFF does not play a disc in random order e ON has the player shuffle titles or tracks selected in Program Play and play them in a random order To stop Shuffle Play Press CLEAR Q You can set Shuffle Play while the disc is stopped After selecting the SHUFFLE option press D gt The player starts Shuffle Play g You can select SHUFFLE directly Press SHUFFLE on the remote Each time you press the button the item changes Notes e Shuffle Play is canceled when you open the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing 1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing POWER on the player e Depending on the DVD you may not be able to perform Shuffle Play e Up to 200 chapters in a disc can be played in random order when CHAPTER is selected e You cannot perform Shuffle Play during PBC playback of VIDE
57. azil 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 59 sauounsn py pue sures squouusn py pue spurs Settings for the Sound AUDIO SETUP AUDIO SETUP allows you to set the sound according to the playback conditions The default settings are underlined Select AUDIO SETUP in the setup display AUDIO SETUP AUDIO ATT OFF AUDIO DRC STANDARD AUDIO FILTER SHARP DOWNMIX DOLBY SURROUND DIGITAL OUT DOLBY DIGITAL DTS 48kHz 96kHz PCM 48kHz 16bit To set press WAWES then ENTER To quit press DISPLAV E AUDIO ATT attenuation If the playback sound is distorted set this item to ON The player reduces the audio output level Selects the setting of the output from the AUDIO OUT 1 2 connectors according to the audio equipment to be connected e OFF turns off the audio attenuation Normally select this position e ON reduces the audio output level so that no sound distortion occurs Select this when the playback sound from the built in TV speakers is distorted Note The setting does not affect
58. ce the Dolby Surround Pro Logic effect from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector set DOWNMIX to NORMAL in AUDIO SETUP in the setup display page 60 13 payes u9 payes 6u1305 5 1 Channel Surround Hookups With DVDs which contain DTS or Dolby Digital sound you can enjoy the surround sound while producing the effect of being in a movie theater or a concert hall using a digital component with a built in DTS or Dolby Digital decoder not supplied The player outputs the surround sound signals from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors Using a receiver amplifier having the OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector and 6 speakers you can enjoy even greater real audio presence in the comfort of your own home Required cords Optical digital connecting cord not supplied 1 LL Coaxial digital 75 Q connecting cord not supplied 1 G m b S video cord supplied 1 HE Connect the component via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord not supplied You do not need to connect both of these cords See the figure on the next page Do not connect the AC outlet to a switched AC power supply such as the AC outlet on a receiver amplifier Doing so may cause the Playback Memory Disc Memo and menu settings to be cancelled when you turn off the receiver Notes e Do not connect the power
59. cel while making a selection Press 06 RETURN Notes e The title chapter or track number displayed is the same number recorded on the disc e The index numbers are not displayed during PBC playback of VIDEO CDs 31 nuap 043U09 JU YM SUOIPUN4 SNOHIEA buisn NU 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA fuisn Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time D You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current title chapter or track and the total playing time or remaining time of the disc Press DISPLAY Then press TIME TEXT on the remote to change the time information You can also check the DVD TEXT CD TEXT or Disc Memo and label the disc See page 26 TIME MEMO Select AH gt When playing a DVD E TIME MEMO or TIME TEXT e C 2 126 1 ex Playing time of the current chapter e C8 iK 2k aa Remaining time of the current chapter e T X 26 1 Playing time of the current title e T 2k iK KI k k Remaining time of the current title When playing a VIDEO CD during PBC playback E TIME MEMO e kk ikk Playing time of the current scene When playing a VIDEO CD in continuous play or SACD CD E TIME MEMO or TIME TEXT eT gt 12 xx Playing time of the current track e T k ik gt Remaining time of the current track D x xx Playing time of the current disc e D x amp ik Remaining time of the current disc Q You can select TIME MEMO or TIME TEXT d
60. code of the DVD page 5 gt Moisture has condensed inside the player Remove the disc and leave the player turned on for about half an hour page 8 The player does not play from the beginning when playing a disc gt Program Play Shuffle Play Repeat Play or A B Repeat Play has been selected Press CLEAR pages 45 through 49 gt Resume Play has been selected Press M on the front panel or on the remote before you start playing page 23 gt A title menu or a DVD menu automatically appears on the TV screen when you play your DVD or a setup display automatically appears on the TV screen when you play your VIDEO CD with PBC functions The player starts playing the disc automatically gt The DVD features the auto playback function AUTO PLAY in CUSTOM SETUP is set to TIMER page 56 Playback stops automatically gt The disc may contain an auto pause signal While playing such a disc the player stops playback at the signal 67 UONEULUOJUJ JEUOHIPPV UONEULOJUJ euonIppy Troubleshooting You cannot perform some functions such as Stop Search Slow motion Play Repeat Play Shuffle Play or Program Play gt Depending on the disc you may not be able to do some of the operations above Messages do not appear on the TV screen in the language you want gt In the setup display select the desired language for the on screen display in OSD under LANGUAGE SETUP page 5
61. cord to an AC outlet or press the POWER switch before completing all connections e Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected e The cord connectors should be fully inserted into the jacks A loose connection may cause hum and noise e SACD audio signals are not output from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connectors 14 Setups for the player Some setup adjustments are necessary for the player depending on the components to be connected Use the setup display to change the various settings For details on using the setup display see page 50 e When you connect an audio component with a built in Dolby Digital decoder Set DIGITAL OUT in AUDIO SETUP to ON and then set DOLBY DIGITAL to DOLBY DIGITAL in the setup display page 60 61 e When you connect an audio component with a built in DTS decoder Set DIGITAL OUT in AUDIO SETUP to ON and then set DTS to ON in the setup display page 60 61 e When you connect an audio component that accept the 96kHz 24bit audio signal Set DIGITAL OUT in AUDIO SETUP to ON and then set 48kHz 96kHz PCM to 96kHz 24bit in the setup display page 60 AUDIO SETUP AUDIO ATT OFF AUDIO DRC STANDARD AUDIO FILTER SHARP DOLBY SURROUND o DOWNMIX DIGITAL OUT DOLBY DIGITAL DTS 48kHz 96kHz PCM 000 To set press WAWE then ENTER To quit press D
62. corded in multi channel surround format directly using an MD deck or DAT deck e SACD audio signals are not output from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connectors When you have made the connections using an optical or coaxial digital connecting cord do not set DOLBY DIGITAL to DOLBY DIGITAL DTS to ON and 48kHz 96kHz PCM to 96kHz 24bit If you do a loud noise will suddenly come out from the speakers affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged Setups for the player Some setup adjustments are necessary for the player depending on the components to be connected Use the setup display to change the various settings For details on using the setup display see page 50 e To listen to the sound through speakers connected to a receiver amplifier which has a digital connector and lacks a built in DTS or Dolby Digital decoder or to output the sound to a digital component such as a DAT or MD deck Set the AUDIO SETUP items in the setup display page 60 as shown in the illustration below These are the default settings AUDIO SETUP AUDIO ATT OFF AUDIO DRC STANDARD AUDIO FILTER SHARP DOWNMIX DOLBY SURROUND DIGITAL OUT ON Set the DOLBY DIGITAL D PCM items as DTS OFF shown 48kHz 96kHz PCM 48kHz 16bit T set press SAH then ENTER DISPLAY Note When you output the signals which do not reprodu
63. deo connecting cord 1 e S link Control S connecting cord 1 e S video cord 1 e Power cord 1 e Remote commander remote RMT D122A 1 e Size AA R6 batteries 2 Inserting batteries into the remote You can control the player using the supplied remote Insert two Size AA R6 batteries by matching the and ends on the batteries to the markings inside the compartment When using the remote point it at the remote sensor on the player Le You can control TVs and AV receivers amplifiers using the supplied remote See page 64 Notes e Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place e Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing particularly when replacing the batteries e Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or lighting apparatuses Doing so may cause a malfunction e If you do not use the remote for an extended period of time remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion Connecting the power cord Connect the supplied power cord to the AC IN terminal of the player poyejs Hu poyejs Hur TV Hookups This connection is for listening to the sound through TV Required cords speakers L left R right Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected Audio video connecting cord supplied 1 S link control S connecting cord supplied 1 Yellow Yellow White L White L Red R Red R
64. deo input connector on vour TV or monitor S VIDEO OUT 1 2 connectors 10 12 15 Connect to the S video input connector on vour TV or monitor COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y Ps Pr connectors 11 Connects to a monitor or projector having component video input connectors Y Ps PR that conform to output signals from the player SCAN SELECT switch 62 Select the component video signal format e SELECTABLE changes the format according to the setting made in COMPONENT OUT of the CUSTOM SETUP display e INTERLACE fixes to the format to interlace format e PROGRESSIVE fixes to the format to progressive format 480p 75 UONEULUOJUJ JEUOHIPPV UONJEULUOJUJ JEUOHIPPV Index to Parts and Controls Remote 1 1 N 2 a Code 0092S Ed 9 A 10 11 F UT RS 76 19 D1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 B1 32 33 334 10 35 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TV DVD switch 64 Selects to control the player and receiver or the TV with the remote OPEN CLOS
65. display for changing the password appears 4 Enter a new 4 digit password using the number buttons then press ENTER 5 To confirm your password re enter it using the number buttons then press ENTER Playing the disc for which the Custom Parental Control is set l insert the disc The CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL display appears CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Custom parental control is already set To play enter your password and press ENTER 2 Enter your 4 digit password using the number buttons then press ENTER The player starts playback 44 Q If you forget your password Enter the 6 digit number 199703 whenever 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 Note Unless you enter the password the player cannot play the disc for which the Custom Parental Control is set When you do not know the password press amp and remove the disc Creating Your Own Program Program Play QD Gp You can play the contents of the disc in the order you want by arranging the order of the titles chapters or tracks on the disc and create your own program One program can be stored in the player and contain up to 99 titles chapters and tracks Select PROGRAM after pressing DISPLAY When you select ON the PROGRAM indicator lights up in green Indicator
66. display image 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 Notes About the Discs On handling discs e To keep the disc clean handle the disc by its edge Do not touch the surface e Do not stick paper or tape on the disc If there is glue or a similar substance on the disc remove the glue completely before using the disc e Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts or leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight as the temperature may rise considerably inside the car e After playing store the disc in its case On cleaning e Before playing clean the disc with a cleaning cloth Wipe the disc from the center out Ve Ve e Do not use solvents such as benzine thinner commercially available cleaners or anti static spray intended for vinyl LPs On novelty discs e Do not use irregularly shaped discs such as heart or star shaped discs as they may cause the player to malfunction Getting Started This section describes how to hook up the SACD DVD player to a TV with audio video input jacks and or an AV receiver amplifier You cannot connect this player to a TV which does not have a video input connector Be sure to turn off the power of each component before making the connections Unpacking Check that you have the following items e Audio vi
67. e it in standby mode after power is connected by pressing POWER on the player When the TV DVD switch is set to TV this button turns your TV on or off 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 CH button 65 Changes the channel of the TV TV VIDEO button 65 Changes the video input of the TV WIDE MODE button 65 Changes the wide mode of the Sony TV VIDEO ON OFF button 20 Turns on off the video output FL ON OFF button 56 Turns on off the front panel display ENTER button Executes the items or settings PICTURE MEMORY button 55 Press to store a picture in memory AB button 49 Press to play the desired section of the software A B repeat playback SACD CD button 20 Changes the playback layer between the HD High density layer and CD layer when you insert a hybrid SACD into the player TIME TEXT button 32 Displays the playing time of the disc etc on the front panel display and the screen LIGHT button 21 Press to light up PLAY MPAUSE ESTOP and DISPLAY buttons on the remote ESTOP button 21 Stops playing a disc JOG button indicator 21 Press to play a disc frame by frame using the click shuttle RETURN button 25 29 Press to return to the previously selected screen etc IIPA USE button 21 Pauses playing a disc 71 uopewoy
68. ee the following section Storing a picture in memory e GRAPHICS A preset picture stored in the player appears in the background e BLUE The background color is blue e BLACK The background color is black Note If a disc which does not contain the jacket picture is played while BACKGROUND is set to JACKET PICTURE the picture stored in the player will automatically appear in the background E STARTUP SCREEN Selects the startup screen The startup screen image you selected appears when you turn on the player e STANDARD The standard startup screen in the player s memory appears e PICTURE MEMORY Your favorite picture appears in the startup screen For an explanation of how to store your favorite scene recorded on the disc for the startup screen see the following section Storing a picture in memory If you select PICTURE MEMORY before setting a picture in memory the standard startup screen will appear Storing a picture in memory During playback when you find the scene to be stored in memory press PICTURE MEMORY on the remote The picture is stored in memory PICTURE MEMORY Notes e The player can store only one scene in memory The stored picture appears in both the background and the startup screen e When the picture is stored in memory by pressing PICTURE MEMORY the picture stored before is erased e If you operate this player while the picture is being stored in mem
69. ess otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Consumers should note that not all high definition television sets are fully compatible with this product and may cause artifacts to be displayed in the picture In case of 480 progressive scan picture problems it it recommended that the user switches the connection to the standard definition output If there are questions regarding your Sony TV set s compatibility with this model 480p DVD player please contact our customer service center DTS DTS Digital Surround and DTS Digital Out are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc Precautions On safety e Caution The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard e Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet unplug the player and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further On power sources e The player is not disconnected from the AC power source as long as it is connected to the wall outlet even if the player itself has been turned off e If you are not going to use the player for a long time be sure to disconnect the player from the wall outlet To disconnect the AC power cord grasp the plug itself never pull the cord e Should the AC power cord need to be changed have it done at a qualified service shop only On placement e Place the player in a location with adequate ventil
70. ess AUDIO DIRECT on the player 3 PROGRESSIVE indicator 56 Lights up when the video signal is output in the progressive format from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connector 4 SACD indicator 20 Lights up when SACD audio signals are played 5 Disc indicator 18 Lights up while the disc is inserted 6 Disc tray 18 Place a disc on the tray 7 PREV I lt gt gt NEXT previous next buttons 21 Press to go to the next chapter or track or to go back to the previous chapter or track 8 AUDIO DIRECT button and indicator 20 Cuts off the video and audio digital signal output The indicator lights up when the video and audio signals are cut 9 SACD logo indicator 22 Lights up when no disc is in the player or when an SACD disc is inserted and SACD audio signals are played 10 remote sensor 9 Accepts the remote control signals 74 14 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 15 161 17 18 DIGITAL OFF indicator 20 Lights up when DIGITAL OUT is set to OFF in AUDIO SETUP you press AUDIO DIRECT on the player and cut the digital output FILM indicator 63 Lights up when film based DVD software is played during normal playback When playing film based DVD software it will blink if video based so
71. f images that appear washed out or the dark areas that lack definition By making settings for different DVD genres such as movies or concerts and storing these settings in Memory 1 through 5 you can quickly adjust the player to the type of DVD software that you are watching You can also save these settings for up to 300 individual discs using the Playback Memory function See page 56 for more information about Playback Memory Select VIDEO CONTROL after pressing DISPLAY PB MEMORY PB MEMORV MEMORY 1 MEMORY 27 Y VIDEO CONTROL Select eH H gt gt RETURN E VIDEO CONTROL e PB MEMORY gt Plays a DVD according to the video control settings You can select this item only when you set PLAYBACK MEMORY to ON in the CUSTOM SETUP display e MEMORY 1 to 5 gt Plays a DVD according to the settings saved in memory 1 through 5 To make a setting see To adjust the picture items on the next page Selecting a video control setting to be applied during playback 1 Select VIDEO CONTROL using 4 then press ENTER 2 8 1 1 C PB MEMORV PB MEMORY MEMORY 1 MEMORY 2 VIDEO CONTROL Select 4H gt Cancel IRETURN 2 Select the video control setting you want to apply during playback using 4 4 then press ENTER The VIDEO CONTROL display appears P
72. from the list using the number buttons page 73 After you have made a selection the language code 4 digits is displayed E SUBTITLE Selects the language for the subtitles e AUDIO FOLLOW e ENGLISH e FRENCH e SPANISH e PORTUGUESE e GERMAN e ITALIAN e DUTCH e CHINESE e JAPANESE e DANISH e SWEDISH e FINNISH e NORWEGIAN e RUSSIAN e OTHERS When you select OTHERS select and enter the language code from the list using the number buttons page 73 After you have made a selection the language code 4 digits is displayed When you select AUDIO FOLLOW the language for the subtitles changes according to the language you selected for the sound track 53 sauounsn py pue sures squouusn py pue spurs Settings for the Display SCREEN SETUP c 90 SCREEN SETUP allows you to set the display according to the playback conditions The default settings are underlined Select SCREEN SETUP in the setup display SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE 4 3 LETTER BOX SCREEN SAVER ON BACKGROUND JACKET PICTURE STARTUP SCREEN STANDARD BLACK LEVEL ON o set press WAWE then ENTER o quit press DISPLAY T T E TV TYPE Selects the aspect ratio of the TV to be connected e 4 3 LETTER BOX select this when you connect a 4 3 normal screen TV to the player Displays a wide picture with bands on the upper and lower portions of the screen 4
73. ftware is sensed or may turn off if film and video software alternate This is normal for DVDs that contain both film and video based software FL OFF indicator 56 Lights up when DIMMER in CUSTOM SETUP is set to OFF you press FL ON OFF on the remote to turn off the front panel display Front Panel Display 26 Indicates the playing time etc For details see page 26 SOPEN CLOSE button 18 Opens or closes the disc tray C play button and indicator 18 Plays a disc The indicator lights up when a disc is playing 00 pause button and indicator 21 Pauses playing a disc The indicator lights up when a disc is paused O stop button 21 Stops playing a disc Rear Panel COMPONENT VIDEO OUT PR SCAN SELECT SELECTABLE INTERLACE l PROGRESSIVE AUDIO OUT R right L left 1 2 connectors 10 12 Connect to the audio input connector on vour TV or receiver amplifier S LINK CONTROL S IN connector 10 Connect to the S link Control S connector on an external component DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL connector 12 15 Connect to an audio component using an optical digital connecting cord Take off the cap DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL connector 12 15 Connect to an audio component using a coaxial digital connecting cord VIDEO OUT 1 2 connectors 10 Connect to the vi
74. g time is 74 minutes for a standard 12 centimeter CD and 20 minutes for an 8 centimeter CD single Terms for discs e Title The longest section of a picture or music feature on a DVD the movie etc in video software or the name of an album in audio software Chapter Sections of a picture or a music feature that are smaller than titles A title is composed of several chapters Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling vou to locate the chapter you want Depending on the disc no chapters may be recorded Track Sections of a picture or a music feature on a VIDEO CD ora SACD CD Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to locate the track you want DVD Disc structure Title D Chapter VIDEO CD or SACD Disc CD structure Track ree A lt lt gt gt Index Index SACD CD Video Index VIDEO CD A number that divides a track into sections to easily locate the point you want on a VIDEO CD or an SACD CD Depending on the disc no indexes may be recorded Scene On a VIDEO CD with PBC playback control functions the menu screens moving pictures and still pictures are divided into sections called scenes Each scene is assigned a scene number enabling you to locate the scene you want Note on PBC Playback Control VIDEO CDs This player conforms to Ver 1 1 and Ver 2 0 of VIDEO CD standards You can enjoy two kinds of playback according to the disc type
75. help Welcome Thank you for purchasing this Sony SACD DVD Player Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference TABLE OF CONTENTS Features 4 About This Manual 5 This Player Can Play the Following Discs 5 Precautions 8 Notes About the Discs 8 Getting Started 9 Unpacking 9 TV Hookups 10 Receiver Amplifier Hookups 12 5 1 Channel Surround Hookups 14 Selecting the Language for the On Screen Display 16 Operation Sound Effects Sound Feedback 17 Playing Discs 18 Playing Discs 18 Playing at Various Speeds Frame by Frame 21 Resuming Playback from the Point Where You Stopped the Disc Resume Play 23 Using the DVD s Menu 24 Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Functions PBC Playback 25 Using the Front Panel Display 26 Using Various Functions with the Control Menu 28 Using the Control Menu Display 28 Control Menu Item List 30 Searching for a Title Chapter Track Index Scene 31 Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time 32 Selecting a Starting Point Using the Time Code 32 Labeling the Disc 33 Changing the Sound 35 Displaying the Subtitles 37 Changing the Angles 37 Adjusting the Picture VIDEO CONTROL 38 Checking the Play Information 42 Locking Discs Custom Parental Control 43 Creating Your Own Program Program Play 45 Playing in Random Order Shuffle Play 47 Playing Repeatedly Repeat Play 48 Repeating a Specific Portion A B Repeat 49 Settings a
76. images at 24 frames per second In order for these images to appear natural on your screen when output in PROGRESSIVE mode 60 frames per second the progressive video signal needs to be converted to match the type of software that you are watching For more information about conversion modes see Progressive Conversion methods of Film Based and Video Based Software 62 e AUTO This will automatically detect if you are playing Film based or Video based software and convert the signal to the appropriate mode e VIDEO This will convert the output signal for Video based software regardless of the type of software that you are playing Notes e Some DVD software contains both Video and Film For instance DVDs of movies may contain the movie taken on film and a Making of sequence taken on video e If you select VIDEO and play back a DVD that contains Film based software sections of images may be unclear e When you select AUTO sections of images may become unclear This happens when the output signal tag progressive interlace is not correct on the software If this happens set the conversion mode to VIDEO E 4 3 OUTPUT Adjust this when you watch progressive signals on a standard 4 3 aspect ratio television If you can change the aspect ratio on your progressive format 480p compatible TV change the setting on your TV not the player e FULL when you can change the aspect ratio on your TV e NORMA
77. information If the movement on the screen is rapid the field based conversion method creates the missing information by predicting the movement of the images on the screen from field to field The end result is an image that is higher in quality when compared to the Interlace format Film based software conversion Film shows an image by displaying an entire image at 24 frames per second When you watch a film on television the television displays every other line of the frame as a field thus reducing information level and the clarity of the film image This player solves this problem by increasing the speed at which the frames are displayed consecutively showing 3 identical frames followed by 2 identical frames in the time that it normally takes to show 2 consecutive frames The end result is that the 24 frames per second are increased to 60 frames per second which is the speed at which Progressive video signals are shown This not only allows film to be shown in a frame based format it also increases the clarity and sharpness which is unique to Progressive format images 63 sauounsn py pue sures syuswjsn py pue spus Controlling Your TV or AV Receiver Amplifier with the Supplied Remote By adjusting the remote signal you can control your TV or AV receiver amplifier with the supplied remote Controlling TVs with the remote TV DVD switch 1
78. ing frequency of 2 8224MHz which is 64 times that of a conventional CD and 1 bit quantization that enables the disc to hold 4 times the amount of information that a standard PCM format CD can hold SACDs are divided into the following types e Super Audio CD single layer disc This disc consists of a single HD laver Press SACD CD repeatedly so that the SACD indicator on the player lights up High density signal layer for the Super Audio CD HD high density layer Super Audio CD dual layer disc This disc consists of dual HD layers and is capable of extended play over long periods Press SACD CD repeatedly so that the SACD indicator on the player lights up 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 HD layer Super Audio CD CD Hybrid disc This disc consists of an HD layer and a CD layer Press SACD CD while the disc is stopped to select the layer you want to listen to Also as the dual layers are on one side only you do not have to turn the disc over during playback You can play the CD layer using a conventional CD player CD layer HD layer Audio CD An audio CD contains audio data The playing time is 74 minutes for a standard 12 centimeter CD and 20 minutes for an 8 centimeter CD single Video CD A video CD can contain both audio and visual data in a disc that is the same size as an audio CD The playin
79. ing the REPEAT option press D gt The player starts Repeat Play Q You can select REPEAT directly Press REPEAT on the remote Each time you press the button the item changes Notes e Repeat play is canceled when you open the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing 1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing POWER on the player e Depending on the DVD you may not be able to perform Repeat Play Repeating a Specific Portion A B Repeat QD Gp You can play a specific portion of a title chapter or track repeatedly This function is useful when you want to do such things as memorize lyrics During PBC Playback of VIDEO CDs page 25 this function is available only while playing moving pictures Select A B REPEAT after pressing DISPLAY During A B Repeat Play the A B REPEAT indicator lights up in green D Indicator A B REPEAT Select a ENTER Cancel RETURN E A B REPEAT The default setting is underlined e SET sets the A and B points e OFF does not play a specific portion of a title chapter track repeatedly Setting a portion for A B repeat 1 Select A B REPEAT and press ENTER OFF A B REPEAT Select AH gt ENTER Cancel RETURN 2 Select SET gt and press ENTER The A B REPEAT setting display appears A B REPEAT Set point A with ENTER
80. ion t SLOW2p Slow playback direction slower than SLOWI p t PAUSEII Pause t SLOW2 aq Slow opposite direction slower than SLOW1 4 SLOW1 4 Slow opposite direction 21 sosiq Gul ejd sosig Buifeld Playing at Various Speeds Frame by Frame When you play back a SACD CD VIDEO CD During playback FF2BB Fast forward faster than FF1 gt gt FF1 Fast forward a v x2P about twice the normal speed 4 PLAY normal speed 4 FRI 4 Fast rewind a FR2 4 Fast rewind faster than FRI 44 SACD CD Only If you turn the click shuttle quickly the playback speed goes to FF2 or FR2 lt 4 lt at once During pause VIDEO CD only SLOW1B Slow playback direction t SLOW2B gt Slow playback direction slower than SLOW1 t PAUSEH Pause To return to continuous play Press To search for a picture using the remote Keep pressing or amp on the remote The playback speed is the same as FRI 4 or FF1 when using the click shuttle Note Depending on the DVD VIDEO CD you may not be able to do some of the operations described 22 To play the disc frame by frame Uog mode QD GED 1 Press JOG JOG lights up during jog mode 2 Turn the click shuttle Depending on the turning speed playback goes to frame by frame playback in the direction that the click shuttle is turned If you turn the click shuttle at
81. irectly Press TIME TEXT on the remote Each time you press the button the time information changes Note The displayed time may vary depending on the play mode 32 Selecting a Starting Point Using the Time Code 1D You can search for a starting point by inputting the time code Select TIME MEMO or TIME TEXT after pressing DISPLAY The time code corresponds to the approximate actual playing time For example to search for a scene 2 hours 10 minutes 20 seconds past the beginning input 2 10 20 TIME MEMO Select da gt l Select C kk gt gt playing time of the current chapter when playing a DVD 12 27 18 34 CHEESES TIME MEMO Select da 2 Press gt or ENTER Time code changes to T 12 27 T i i DISC MEMO INPUT TIME MEMO Number buttons ENTER Cancel RETURN 3 Input the time code using the number buttons then press ENTER The player starts playback at the selected time code To cancel the number press CLEAR before pressing ENTER To cancel while making a selection Press SRRETURN Note When you input the time code input the playing time of the title not the chapter or track time Labeling the Disc D You can label discs so that the label appears on your TV screen and the front panel display when you play the disc If the disc already has DVD TEXT SACD
82. is off the FL OFF indicator on the player lights up Q You can adjust the brightness of the front panel display You can adjust the brightness of the front panel display or set it to turn off automatically by selecting DIMMER in CUSTOM SETUP Note The FL ON OFF button does not work when DIMMER is set to OFF in CUSTOM SETUP When playing back a DVD D Displaying information while playing the disc Lights up when the text or disc memo is stored Current Lights up when PLAYBACK audio MEMORY is set to ON in the format CUSTOM SETUP display Disc type Current chapter number PPB MIJTITLE CHAP dts PGM A B 1 2 OODigital SHUFFLE IX HOUR MIN SEC 0 22 30 Current Current Current title Playing time audio play number format mode Lights up when you can change the angle 26 Checking the remaining time Press TIME TEXT Each time you press TIME TEXT while playing the disc the display changes as shown in the following chart Playing time and number of the current chapter TITLE CHAP HOUR SEC 0 2230 DVD TEXT Press TIM E TEXT Remaining time of VY l the current chapter TITLE CHAI HOUR SEC om 1 2 01320 Ny Press TIME TEXT Playing time and number of the current title TITLE HOUR SEC om 1 10324 Press TIM E TEXT Remaining time of NY the current title TITLE HOUR SEC
83. ju JEUOHIPPV uorjeuOjUI JEUOHIPPV Index Numerics 4 3 LETTER BOX 54 4 3 OUTPUT 62 43 PAN SCAN 54 4 3 WIDE MODE 54 5 1 Channel Surround 14 16 9 54 48kHz 96kHz PCM 61 A B REPEAT 49 ADVANCED 42 Angle 37 ANGLE 37 AUDIO 35 53 AUDIO ATT 60 AUDIO DRC 60 AUDIO SETUP 60 AUTO PLAY 56 BACKGROUND 55 Batteries 9 BLACK LEVEL 55 n CD 7 Chapter 7 31 71 CHAPTER 31 Clear Frame Function 56 CHROMA FILTER 56 COMPONENT OUT 56 Connecting 10 12 14 Continuous play CD VIDEO CD 18 DVD 18 Control Menu display 28 CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL 43 CUSTOM SETUP 56 D E DIGITAL OUT 60 Digital output 14 61 DIMMER 56 DISC MEMO 33 Display Control Menu display 28 Front panel display 26 Setup display 50 DOLBY DIGITAL 12 61 71 DOWNMIX 60 DTS 12 61 71 78 DVD 6 DVD menu 24 DVD MENU 53 F G Fast Forward 21 Fast Rewind 21 Front panel displav 26 H Handling discs 8 Hooking up 10 12 14 I J K Index 7 31 INDEX 31 L M N LANGUAGE SETUP 53 LAYER 42 LETTER BOX 54 Locating a specific point 21 by watching the TV screen 21 MODE 62 O On screen display Control Menu display 28 Setup display 50 OSD 53 P Q PAN SCAN 54 PARENTAL CONTROL 47 57 PAUSE MODE 56 PBC functions 25 PBC Playback 25 72 PICTURE MEMORY 55 PLAYBACK MEMORY 56 PROLOGIC 61 PROGRAM 45 PROGRESSIVE 56 Program Play 45 Remote 9 65 REPEAT 48 Resume Play 23 U S video output 10 12 14 SACD 6 SCAN SELEC
84. justments to the DOWNMIX item in AUDIO SETUP DOLBY DIGITAL when the player is connected to an audio component with a built in Dolby Digital decoder If the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built in Dolby Digital decoder do not set this Otherwise when you play the Dolby Digital sound track a loud noise or no sound will come out from the speakers affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged E DTS Outputs the DTS signal from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors e OFF when the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built in DTS decoder ON when the player is connected to an audio component having a built in DTS decoder If the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built in DTS decoder do not set this Otherwise when you play the DTS sound track a loud noise or no sound will come out from the speakers affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged E 48kHz 96kHz PCM DVD only Selects the sampling frequency and word length of the audio signal to be output via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors e 48kHz 16bit The audio signals of DVDs are always converted to 48 kHz 16 bit e 96kHz 24bit All types of signals including 96 kHz 24 bit are output in their original format However if the signal is encrypted for copyright protection purposes the signal is only output as 48 kHz 16 bit Note If you select 96kHz 2
85. language for the sound etc using the DVD menu DVD MENU ENTER tv 1 Press DVD MENU The DVD menu appears on the TV screen The contents of the menu vary from disc to disc 2 Press 41 4 4 19 to select the item you want to change Depending on the disc you can use the number buttons to select the item 3 To change other items repeat Step 2 4 Press ENTER Q If you want to select the language for the DVD menu Change the setting using DVD MENU in LANGUAGE SETUP in the setup display For details see page 53 Note Depending on the DVD a DVD menu may simply be called a menu in the instructions supplied with the disc Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Functions PBC Playback 09 When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Play Back Control functions Ver 2 0 discs you can enjoy simple interactive operations search functions and other such operations PBC Playback allows you to play VIDEO CDs interactively by following the menu on the TV screen On this player you can use the number buttons ENTER Hd PPI 4 and RETURN during PBC Playback Number buttons kaa gt gt I SRRETURN ENTER tlt 1 Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functions by following Steps 1 to 4 in Playing Discs on page 18 2 Select the item number you want Press to select the item number You can also select the item number with the number buttons on the remote 3 Press ENTER 4 F
86. lay and remove the Press amp disc You can play discs in various modes such as Program Play using the on screen menu Control Menu For Control Menu operations see page 28 To light up the buttons on the remote When you press LIGHT on the remote D gt W H and DISPLAY light up If you do not press any buttons for a short while the buttons will automatically turn off Note however that using the LIGHT function will shorten the battery life of the remote Playing at Various Speeds Frame by Frame D Using the click shuttle and the JOG button indicator you can play back a DVD SACD CD VIDEO CD at various speeds or frame by frame Each time you press JOG it changes between shuttle mode and jog mode JOG Click shuttle To change the playback speed Shuttle mode Turn the click shuttle The playback speed changes depending on the turning direction and angle as follows When you play back a DVD During playback FF2 Fast forward about 30 times the normal speed t FF1 gt Fast forward about 10 times the normal speed t xX2 about twice the normal speed t PLAY normal speed t x2 lt about twice the normal speed t FRI 4 Fast rewind about 10 times the normal speed t FR2 lt lt Fast rewind about 30 times the normal speed If you turn the click shuttle quickly the playback speed goes to FF2 or FR2 lt 4 at once During pause SLOWI Bw Slow playback direct
87. ll blend into the surrounding dark areas By correcting the Gamma value you can alter the brightness of selected areas so that the image can be seen clearly Since the BRIGHTNESS adjustment controls the brightness of the entire image the Gamma adjustment is useful when you need to increase the brightness of just the area that is too bright or too dark Example You are watching a movie that is rich in shadows and you want to be able to see the details of the scenery hidden in these shadows If you use the BRIGHTNESS function to increase the brightness the brightness of the entire image will increase thus causing the light areas of the image to become washed out By using the Gamma Correction feature you can gradually increase the brightness of just the dark areas of an image without sacrificing the detail of the entire image 1 Select VIDEO CONTROL using and press ENTER 2 Select PB MEMORY or memory number you want to correct the gamma value by pressing f and press ENTER The VIDEO CONTROL display appears 3 Press to select GAMMA and press ENTER The GAMMA adjust display appears 32 64 96 128 Current 160 Gamma 192 setup value 224 ENTER Cancel RETURN 4 Press 4 to select areas of an image 7 Press ENTER The upper region adjusts the dark areas and the lower VIDEO CONTROL display appears region adjusts the light areas
88. manual of your receiver amplifier gt If you use the DIGITAL OUT connectors set DIGITAL OUT to ON in the setup display Otherwise no sound will come from the DIGITAL OUT connectors page 60 gt SACD audio signals are not output from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connectors Sound is noisy gt Clean the disc gt When you play a CD with DTS sound tracks noise will come from any connector other than the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connector page 19 Sound distortion occurs gt In the setup display set AUDIO ATT in AUDIO SETUP to ON page 60 The sound loses its stereo effect when you play a VIDEO CD or a CD gt Set AUDIO to STEREO in the Control Menu display page 35 gt Make sure you connect the player correctly pages 10 12 14 Operation The remote does not function gt Remove any obstacles between the remote and the player gt Use the remote near the player gt Point the remote at the remote sensor on the player gt Replace all of the batteries in the remote with new ones if they are weak The disc does not play gt There is no disc inside Insert disc appears on the TV screen Insert a disc gt Insert the disc correctly with the playback side facing down on the disc tray gt Clean the disc gt The player cannot play CD ROMs etc page 5 Insert a DVD a VIDEO CD or CD gt Check the region
89. mber Controlling the AV receiver amplifier You can change the volume of the AV receiver amplifier using VOL VOL Note Depending on the AV receiver amplifier you may not be able to control your AV receiver amplifier 65 sauounsn py pue sures Additional Information 66 Troubleshooting If you experience any of the following difficulties while using the player use this troubleshooting guide to help remedy the problem Should any problem persist consult your nearest Sony dealer Power The power is not turned on gt Check that the AC power cord is connected securely Picture There is no picture gt Check that the player is connected securely gt The video connecting cord is damaged Replace it with a new one gt Make sure you connect the player to the video input connector on the TV page 10 gt Make sure you turn on the TV gt Make sure you select the video input on the TV so that you can view the pictures from the player Picture noise appears gt Clean the disc gt If the video signal from your DVD player has to go through your VCR to get to your TV the copy protection applied to some DVD programs could affect picture quality If you still experience problems after checking your connections please try connecting your DVD player directly to your TV s S input if your TV is equipped with this input page 10 gt You have selected PROGRESSIVE in
90. nd Adjustments 50 Using the Setup Display 50 Setup Display Item List 52 Setting the Display Language or Sound Track LANGUAGE SETUP 53 Settings for the Display SCREEN SETUP 54 Custom Settings CUSTOM SETUP 56 Settings for the Sound AUDIO SETUP 60 Adjusting the Progressive video signal SET PROGRESSIVE OUTPUT 62 Controlling Xour TV or AV Receiver Amplifier with the Supplied Remote 64 Additional Information 66 Troubleshooting 66 Self diagnosis function 69 Specifications 70 Glossary 71 Language Code List 73 Index to Parts and Controls 74 Index 78 Features Thank you for purchasing this Sony SACD DVD player Here are some of the features you will enjoy Compatible with progressive 480p signal format TVs By connecting your TV to the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors on this player you can choose between the standard interlace signals or the high quality progressive signals if your TV accepts the progressive signal format When outputting the progressive signal you can set the signal to match either video or film based software to ensure a perfect match between the DVD software and your hardware Capable of playing 2 channel SACDs Super Audio CD This player will play both standard audio CDs and the high quality sounds contained in the HD high density layer of stereo Super Audio CDs Capable of detailed video image settings In addition to standard brightness and color settings this player also has a variety
91. o and digital circuitry on the audio signal When no video signal is output from the player the VIDEO OFF indicator lights up and when the digital audio or video signal is cut the DIGITAL OFF indicator lights up By pressing the VIDEO ON OFF button on the remote when the player is stopped the video output can be switched on or off When the video output is set to off the effect of the digital and analog video circuitry on the audio signal is cut to a minimum When no video signal output from the player the VIDEO OFF indicator lights up on the player 20 When playing SACDs When you are playing an SACD the SACD indicator on the player lights up In order to select one of the layers on a hybrid SACD page 6 stop the player and press the SACD CD button on the remote The SACD indicator on the player turns off when a CD layer is played Notes e When DIGITAL OUT is set to OFF in AUDIO SETUP you cannot turn the digital audio output back on using the AUDIO DIRECT button e SACD signals are not output from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL connectors Additional operations LIGHT kaa gt r p a H To Operation Stop Press W Pause Press II Resume play after pause Press Il or D gt Go to the next chapter Press PI track or scene in continuous play mode Go back to the preceding Press Ke chapter track or scene in continuous play mode Stop p
92. o erase the characters 1 Move the cursor to the character you want to erase by pressing tt or PPI 2 Press CLEAR e To insert or overwrite the characters 1 Move the cursor to the character you want to correct by pressing Kt or PPI 2 Select the correct character by pressing 4 t or by turning the click shuttle 3 To insert the character press ENTER To overwrite don t press ENTER but move the cursor by pressing 1 or PPI Notes e Do not turn off the player by pressing POWER Doing so may cancel the settings When you turn off the player press ll first to stop playback and then press 1 D on the remote After the power indicator lights up in red and the player enters standby mode press POWER on the player e You can label up to 300 discs When you have the player store over 300 discs in memory each new Disc Memo erases the oldest Disc Memo from those first stored Changing the Sound D GD If the DVD is recorded with multilingual tracks you can select the language you want while playing the DVD If the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats PCM Dolby Digital or DTS you can select the audio format you want while playing the DVD With multiplex CDs or VIDEO CDs 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 with a disc containing a song the right ch
93. o the instructions supplied with the component to be connected e Do not connect this player to a video deck If you do noise may appear in the picture player directly e Depending on the TV or receiver amplifier sound distortion may occur because the audio output level from this player is high In this case set AUDIO ATT in AUDIO SETUP to ON in the setup display For details see page 60 Q If your TV has an S link control S connector You can control the player from the TV Connect the TV via the S LINK CONTROL S IN connector using the S link control S cord supplied Refer to the instructions supplied with the TV to be connected S link cord supplied SACD DVD player TV sun CONTROL S Setups for the player Some setup adjustments are necessary for the player depending on the TV or other components to be connected Use the setup display to change the various settings For details on using the setup display see page 50 e To connect the player to a normal TV In the setup display set TV TYPE in SCREEN SETUP to 4 3 LETTER BOX default setting or 4 3 PAN SCAN For details see page 54 e To connect the player to a TV having the WIDE MODE function In the setup display set TV TYPE in SCREEN SETUP to 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE For details see page 54 To connect the player to a wide screen TV In the setup display set TV
94. ode and the power indicator lights up in red To disconnect the power of the player press POWER on the player Notes on playing DTS sound tracks on a CD e Do not play DTS sound tracks without first connecting the player to an audio component having a built in DTS decoder The player outputs the DTS signal via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors even if DTS in AUDIO SETUP is set to OFF in the setup display and may affect your ears or cause your speakers to be damaged e Set the sound to STEREO when you play DTS sound tracks ona CD See Changing the Sound on page 35 If you set the sound to 1 L or 2 R no sound will come from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors e If you play a CD with a DTS sound track a loud noise may come out from the AUDIO OUT connectors affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged Notes on playing DTS sound tracks on a DVD The signals of the DTS sound tracks are output from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors only No sound will be output from the AUDIO OUT connectors e If the player is connected to an audio component lacking a built in DTS decoder do not set DTS in DIGITAL OUT to ON in the setup display Otherwise when you play the DTS sound track a loud noise will come out from the speakers affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged e When you set DTS in AUDIO SETUP to
95. olby Surround processed stereo signal and the Dolby Digital Signal LFE LFE Low Frequency Effect 36 The display examples are as follows e PCM stereo 1 ENGLISH PROGRAM FORMAT PCM 48kHz 24bit AUDIO Select 4H gt ENTER eDolbv Surround 1 ENGLISH PROGRAM FORMAT DOLBY DIGITAL 2 0 DOLBY SURROUND LI CG LR AUDIO Select 4H gt ENTER eDolbv Digital 5 1ch LFE is always enclosed in a solid line regardless of the LFE signal component being output 1 ENGLISH PROGRAM FORMAT DOLBY DIGITAL 3 2 1 L C R LFE LS RS AUDIO Select lt 4 gt gt ENTER eDTS LFE is always enclosed in a solid line regardless of the LFE signal component being output 1 ENGLISH PROGRAM FORMAT DTS 3 2 1 L C R LFE LS RS AUDIO Select 4 gt ENTER Displaying the Subtitles D With DVDs on which subtitles are recorded you can turn the subtitles on and off whenever you want while playing the DVD With DVDs on which multilingual subtitles are recorded you can change the subtitle language whenever you want while playing the DVD and turn it on or off whenever you want For example you can select the language you want to practice and turn the subtitles
96. ollow the instructions in the menu for interactive operations Refer to the instructions supplied with the disc as the operating procedure may differ according to the VIDEO CD To go back to the menu Press FSARETURN H or PPI Q To cancel PBC playback of a VIDEO CD with PBC functions and play the disc in continuous play mode There are two ways e Before you start playing select the track you want using Hd or PPI then press ENTER or D gt e Before you start playing select the track number using the number buttons on the remote then press ENTER or E gt Play without PBC appears on the TV screen and the player starts continuous play You cannot play still pictures such as a menu To return to PBC playback press M twice then press D gt Note Depending on the VIDEO CD Press ENTER in Step 3 may be expressed as Press SELECT in the instructions supplied with the disc In this case press D gt 25 sosiq Gul ejd sosig Buifeld Using the Front Panel Display D Gp Gp You can check information about the disc such as the total number of titles or tracks or remaining time using the front panel display This display can be turned on or off using the FL ON OFF button FL ON OFF TIME TEXT Turning the front panel display on or off You can turn the front panel display on or off using the remote Each time you press the FL ON OFF button the display turns on and off When the display
97. on for better understanding Select SUBTITLE after pressing DISPLAY 1 ENGLISH OFF 1 ENGLISH 2 FRENCH 3 SPANISH SUBTITLE Select ea ENTER Cancel RETURN E SUBTITLE Select the language The languages you can select are different depending on the DVD When 4 digits are displayed they indicate the language code Select the language code from the list on page 73 Q You can select SUBTITLE directly Press SUBTITLE on the remote Each time you press the button the item changes Notes e When playing a DVD on which no subtitles are recorded no subtitles appear e Depending on the DVD you may not be able to turn the subtitles on even if they are recorded on the DVD e Depending on the DVD you may not be able to turn the subtitles off e The type and number of languages for subtitles vary from disc to disc e Depending on the DVD you may not be able to change the subtitles even if multilingual subtitles are recorded on it e While playing the DVD the subtitle may automatically change Changing the Angles 1D With DVDs on which various angles multi angles for a scene are recorded you can change the angles 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 Select ANGL
98. on standby button Number buttons 1 Slide the TV DVD switch to TV 2 Hold down 1 0 and enter your TV s manufacturer s code see the table using the number buttons Then release I 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 Manufacturer Code number Sony default 01 Panasonic 06 19 Akai 04 Philco 03 04 AOC 04 Philips 08 Centurion 12 Pioneer 16 Coronado 03 Portland 03 Curis Mathes 12 Quasar 06 18 Daytron 12 Radio Shack 05 14 Emerson 03 04 14 RCA 04 10 Fisher 11 Sampo 12 General Electric 06 10 Sanyo 11 Gold Star 03 04 17 Scott 12 Hitachi 02 03 Sears 07 10 11 J C Penney 04 12 Sharp 03 05 18 JVC 09 Sylvania 08 12 KMC 03 Teknika 03 08 14 Magnavox 03 08 12 Toshiba 07 Marantz 04 13 Wards 03 04 12 MGA Mitsubishi 04 12 13 17 Yorx 12 NEC 04 12 Zenith 15 64 Notes e If you enter a new code number the code number previously entered will be erased e When you replace the batteries of the remote the code number may be reset to the default setting Reset the appropriate code number Controlling the TV You can control your TV using the buttons below When you set the TV DVD switch to TV you can also control the number 1 and ENTER buttons 1 0 on standby Tv DVD button switch VOL CH Number TV VI
99. on the rear signal components see Displaying the audio information of the disc page 36 The DOWNMIX setting affects the following connectors AUDIO OUT connectors DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors when you set DOLBY DIGITAL to D PCM in AUDIO SETUP in the setup display e DOLBY SURROUND when the player is connected to an audio component that conforms to Dolby Surround Pro Logic The output signals which reproduce the Dolby Surround Pro Logic effect are mixed down to 2 channels e NORMAL when the player is connected to an audio component that does not conform to Dolby Surround Pro Logic The signals without the Dolby Surround Pro Logic effect are output E DIGITAL OUT Selects output signals via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors e ON Normally select this position When you select ON set DOLBY DIGITAL DTS and 48kHz 96kHz PCM For details on setting these items see Setting the Digital Output Signal e OFF when the player does not output the sound signals via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors the influence of the digital circuit upon the analog circuit is at a minimum Q Vou can directly switch the digital audio output on or off When DIGITAL OUT is set to ON and the player is stopped press AUDIO DIRECT on the player The digital audio output is turned on or off Note however that the DIGITAL
100. ory the player will fail to store the picture e Depending on the DVD some scenes cannot be stored in memory E BLACK LEVEL Xou can select the black level setup level for the output video NTSC signal Use this to adjust the picture when dark objects are too pronounced or when the picture becomes whitish e ON This will set the black level of the output signal to the standard level e OFF This will lower the standard black level Use this setting when the picture becomes too white Notes e The standard setup level may differ according to the connected equipment If the image becomes too white set the level to OFF e Black level setup does not work for progressive 480p signals output from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors 55 sauounsn py pue sures syuswjsn py pue spus Custom Settings CUSTOM SETUP D CUSTOM SETUP allows you to set the playback conditions The default settings are underlined Select CUSTOM SETUP in the setup display CUSTOM SETUP COMPONENT OUT INTERLACE AUTO PLAY OFF DIMMER BRIGHT PAUSE MODE AUTO CHROMA FILTER OFF PLAYBACK MEMORY ON PARENTAL CONTROL gt TRACK SELECTION OFF To set press WAWD then ENTER To quit press DISPLAY E COMPONENT OUT This will change the type of signal output from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors on this player See page 71 for more information about the different types e INTERLACE This
101. ound track which contains the highest number of channels priority when you play a DVD on which multiple audio formats PCM DTS or Dolby Digital format are recorded e OFF No priority given e AUTO Priority given Notes e When you set this item to AUTO the language may change depending on the AUDIO settings in LANGUAGE SETUP The TRACK SELECTION setting has higher priority than the AUDIO settings in LANGUAGE SETUP page 53 e If you set DTS in AUDIO SETUP to OFF the DTS sound track is not played even if you set this item to AUTO and the highest numbered audio channel is recorded in DTS format e If PCM DTS and Dolby Digital sound tracks have the same number of channels the player selects PCM DTS and Dolby Digital sound tracks in this order e Depending on the DVD the audio channel with priority may be predetermined In this case you cannot give priority to the DTS or Dolby Digital format by selecting AUTO Limiting Playback by Children Parental Control Playback of some DVDs can be limited depending on the age of the users The Parental Control function allows you to set a playback limitation level Select CUSTOM SETUP in the setup display CUSTOM SETUP COMPONENT OUT INTERLACE AUTO PLAY OFF DIMMER BRIGHT PAUSE MODE CHROMA FILTER PLAYBACK MEMORY PARENTAL CONTROL TRACK SELECTION To set press WAHE then
102. per second in a disc The higher the bit rate the larger the amount of data When the bit rate level is high there is a large amount of data However this does not alwavs mean that you can get higher quality pictures or sounds LAYER Appears when the DVD has dual layers Indicates the approximate point where the disc is playing If it is a dual layer DVD the player indicates which layer is being read Layer 0 or Layer 1 For details on the layers see page 71 DVD Locking Discs Custom Parental Control QD Gp Using a registered password you can set playback restrictions for the desired disc You can set the same Custom Parental Control password for up to 300 discs When you set the three hundred and first disc the first disc is canceled The same password is used for both Parental Control page 57 and Custom Parental Control Select CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL after pressing DISPLAY CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Select eA A gt gt ENTER Setting the Custom Parental Control for a disc 1 insert the disc you want to lock If a disc is playing press M to stop playback 2 Select CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL using 1 4 then press ENTER PASSWORD gt CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Select AH gt ENTER Cancel RETURN 3 Select ON using then press ENTER E If you have not entered a password The display for entering a pa
103. player can store the SUBTITLE VIDEO CONTROL and other settings of each disc for up to 300 discs Playback Memory Set the Playback Memory function on or off e ON stores the settings in memory when you eject the disc or when you press I on the remote and the player enters the standby mode with the disc still in the player e OFF does not store the settings in memory The following settings are stored in memory by the Playback Memory function AUDIO page 35 SUBTITLE page 37 ANGLE page 37 VIDEO CONTROL page 38 DVD only Notes e The player can store the settings of up to 300 discs When you store the setting of disc number 301 the first disc setting is canceled e Depending on the DVD the information stored in the disc takes priority over the Playback Memory settings and the function does not work e Do not turn off the player by pressing POWER Doing so may cancel the settings When you turn off the player press M first to stop playback and then press 1 D on the remote After the power indicator lights up in red and the player enters standby mode press POWER on the player E PARENTAL CONTROL Sets a password and playback limitation level for DVDs with playback limitation for children The same password is used for both Parental Control and Custom Parental Control page 43 For details see Limiting Playback by Children Parental Control E TRACK SELECTION Gives the s
104. res even though its diameter is the same as a CD The data capacity of a single layer and single sided DVD is 4 7 GB Giga Byte which is 7 times that of a CD The data capacity of a dual layer and single sided DVD is 8 5 GB a single layer and double sided DVD is 9 4 GB anda dual layer and double sided DVD is 17 GB The picture data uses the MPEG 2 format one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology The picture data is compressed to about 1 40 of its original size The DVD also uses a variable rate coding technology that changes the data to be allocated according to the status of the picture Audio data is recorded in Dolby Digital or DTS as well as in PCM allowing you to enjoy a more real audio presence Furthermore various advanced functions such as the multi angle multilingual and Parental Control functions are provided with the DVD Film based software page 63 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 theatres Interlace format page 63 Interlace format shows every other line of an image as a single field and is the standard method for displaying images on television The even number field shows the even numbered lines of an image and the odd numbered field shows the odd numbered lines of an image Multi angle function page 37 Various angles for the scene viewpoints of the video camera
105. rmation which provides higher quality sound There are three types of discs single layer double layer and hybrid discs The hybrid disc contains both standard audio CD and Super Audio CD information Title page 7 The longest section of a picture or a music piece on a DVD a movie etc for a picture piece on video software or an album etc for a music piece on audio software Each title is assigned a title number enabling you to locate the title you want Track page 7 Sections of a picture or a music piece on a CD or VIDEO CD Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to locate the track you want 72 Video based software page 62 63 DVDs can be classified as Film based or Video based software Television dramas or sit coms are examples of Video based software and display images at 30 frames or 60 fields per second VIDEO CD page 7 A compact disc that contains moving pictures The picture data uses the MPEG 1 format one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology The picture 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 contain compact audio data Sounds outside the range of human hearing are compressed while the sounds we can hear are not compressed VIDEO CDs can hold 6 times the audio information of conventional audio CDs There are 2 versions of VIDEO CDs e Version 1
106. s and adjustments are required to be set when you first use the player This chapter also describes how to control the TV or AV receiver amplifier using the supplied remote 50 Using the Setup Display D amp lt P Using the setup display you can do the initial setup adjust the picture and sound and set the various outputs You can also set a language for the subtitles and the setup display limit playback by children and so on For details on each setup display item see pages 52 to 63 DISPLAY o RETURN ENTER tv 1 Press DISPLAY and select SETUP using 4 Selected ISETUP 1 STOP DVD item Select pa gt ENTER 2 Press ENTER The setup display appears LANGUAGE SETUP OSD DVD MENU AUDIO SUBTITLE ENGLISH ENGLISH ORIGINAL AUDIO FOLLOW To set press WAH thenlENTERI To quit press DISPLAY 3 Select the main item you want using Main item To set press WA then ENTER To quit press DISPLAY 4 Press ENTER The selected main item is highlighted SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE 4 3 LETTER BOX To set press dl To quit press DISPLAY 5 Select the item you want using SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE 4 3 LETTER BOX To set press Jv then ENTER To quit press DISPLAY
107. s on the player if they have the Indicates tips and hints for making the same or similar names as those on the remote task easier e The icons on the right are used in this manual Indicates that the function is for DVD VIDEOs Indicates that the function is for VIDEO CDs Indicates that the function is for SACDs and for Audio CDs This Player Can Play the Following Discs DVD VIDEOs Super Audio CDs Audio CDs VIDEO CDs i DE ub ds VIDEO SUPER AUDIO CD DIGITAL AUDIO Contents Audio Video Audio Audio Audio Video The DVD VIDEO logo is a trademark This player conforms to the NTSC color system You cannot play discs recorded in other color systems such as PAL or SECAM Region code of DVDs you can play on this unit Your DVD player has a region code printed on the back of the unit and will only play DVDs that are labeled with identical region codes DVDs labeled will also play on this unit If you try to play any other DVD the message Playback prohibited by area limitations will Region code appear on the TV screen Depending on the DVD no region code indication may be labeled even though playing the DVD is prohibited by area restrictions Note on playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs Some playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs may be intentionally fixed by software producers Since this player plays DVDs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents
108. ssword appears CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Enter a new 4 digit password then press ENTER To return press RETURN E When you have already registered a password The display for confirming the password appears Skip Step 4 CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Enter password then press ENTER 4 Enter a 4 digit password using the number buttons then press ENTER The digits change to asterisks XX and the display for confirming the password appears CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL To confirm enter password again then press ENTER To return press RETURN 5 Enter the same 4 digit password using the number buttons then press ENTER Custom parental control is set appears and then the screen returns to the Control Menu display 43 nuap 043U09 JU UHM suorpunJ SNOHIEA Buisn NU 043U09 ay YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA fuisn Locking Discs Custom Parental Control To return to the normal screen Press SRRETURN To turn off the Custom Parental Control function 1 Select CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL using 4 4 then press ENTER 2 Select OFF using 1 4 then press ENTER 3 Enter your 4 digit password using the number buttons then press ENTER To change the password 1 Select CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL using 4 4 then press ENTER 2 Select PASSWORD gt using 4 4 then press ENTER 3 Enter your 4 digit password using the number buttons then press ENTER The
109. t LEVEL using then press gt The digits change to asterisks X and the display for confirming the password appears CUSTOM SETUP PARENTAL CONTROL CUSTOM SETUP LEVEL PARENTAL CONTROL To confirm enter password again then press ENTER To set press ella QUE ENTER To quit press DISPLAY To return press RETURN Te cancel press DEL 7 Select the level you want using 4 then press ENTER 3 To confirm your password enter it again using the number buttons then press ENTER CUSTOM SETUP The display for setting the playback limitation level PARENTAL CONTROL and changing the password appears LEVEL STANDARD CUSTOM SETUP CHANGE PASSWORD PARENTAL CONTROL LEVEL STANDARD CHANGE PASSWORD Daki ENTER To quit press DISPLAY The lower the value the more strict the limitation To set press ele To quit press DISPLAY To return to the normal screen Press DISPLAY 4 Select STANDARD using then press gt To turn off the Parental Control function and play the DVD after entering your password PARENTAL CONTROL Set LEVEL to OFF in Step 7 then press D gt STANDARD CUSTOM SETUP To set press ella we ENTER To quit press DISPLAY
110. the output from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors E AUDIO DRC Dynamic Range Control DVD only Makes the sound clear when the volume is turned down when playing a DVD This function works only when you play a DVD which has the AUDIO DRC function This affects the output from the DIGITAL OUT connectors only when DOLBY DIGITAL is set to D PCM in DIGITAL OUT e STANDARD Normally select this position e TV MODE makes the low sounds clear even if you turn the volume down It is especially recommended when you listen to the sound using the speakers of the TV e WIDE RANGE It gives you the original sound recorded in the disc You may have difficulty hearing the audio depending on your environment Note When you play DVDs without the AUDIO DRC function there is no effect on the sound 60 E AUDIO FILTER Selects the digital filter to reduce noises above the 22 05 kHz Sampling frequency Fs of the audio source is 44 1 kHz 24 kHz Fs is 48 kHz or 48 kHz Fs is above 96 kHz e SHARP provides a wide frequency range and spatial feeling e SLOW provides smooth and warm sound Notes e There may be little effect by changing the digital filter depending on discs or playback environment There is no effect on SACDs E DOWNMIX Switches the mixing down methods when you play a DVD on which rear signal components such as LS RS or S are recorded in Dolby Digital format For details
111. thorized Sony service facility Self diagnosis function When the self diagnosis function activates to prevent the player from malfunctioning a five character service number combination of a letter and digits flashes on the screen and on the front panel display In this case check the following table First three characters Cause and or Corrective Action C13 e The disc is dirty gt Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth page 8 C31 e The disc is not inserted correctly gt Open the disc tray and insert the disc correctly e To prevent a malfunction the player has performed the self diagnosis function gt When you contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility give the 5 character service number example E 61 10 Exx xx is any number 69 UONEULOJUJ JEUOHIPPV uorjeuOjUI JEUOHIPPV Specifications SACD DVD player Laser Semiconductor laser Signal format system NTSC Audio characteristics Frequency response DVD PCM 96 kHz 2 Hz to 44 kHz 2 dB 1 dB at 44 kHz CD 2 Hz to 20 kHz 0 5 dB SACD 2 Hz to 100 kHz 3 dB 1 dB at 50 kHz Signal to noise ratio more than 115 dB DVD Harmonic distortion DVD Less than 0 0015 CD Less than 0 002 SACD Less than 0 0015 Dynamic range More than 103 dB DVD More than 103 dB SACD More than 99 dB CD Wow and flutter Less than detected value 0 001 W PEAK Outputs Jack Output Load impedance
112. uces the noise contained in the luminance element of the image s video signal e C chroma NR This reduces the noise contained in the color chroma element of the image s video signal e CHROMA DELAY Adjust this when the color of images on your screen appear to have shifted horizontally e PICTURE Changes the contrast e BRIGHTNESS Changes the overall brightness e COLOR Makes the colors deeper or lighter e HUE Changes the color balance e SHARPNESS This will sharpen the outline of images GAMMA This will adjust the washed out or darkened areas of an image See Gamma Correction on the next page for more information 1 Select VIDEO CONTROL using and press ENTER PB MEMORY PB MEMORV MEMORY 1 MEMORY 27 VIDEO CONTROL Select AH gt ENTER Cancel RETURN 2 Select PB MEMORV or memory number you want to adjust using 4 and press ENTER The VIDEO CONTROL display appears PB MEMORY VIDEO CONTROL BLOCK NR Y NR CNR CHROMA DELAY 1 3 mp ENTER Cancel RETURN 39 nuap 104JU0 JU YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA Husn NU 043U09 JU YM suorpunJ SNOHIEA fuisn Adjusting the Picture VIDEO CONTROL 3 Select an item you want to adjust using 4 and press ENTER The selected item appears To cancel adjusting the picture press 6 RETURN before pressing ENTER
113. umbers are located at the rear of the unit Record the serial number in the space provided below Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product Model No DVP S9000ES Serial No CAUTION You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for
114. unJ snoueA Buisn NU 043U09 ay UHM suorpunJ SNOHIEA fuisn Labeling the Disc 1 Select TIME MEMO and press ENTER DISC MEMO INPUT appears 12 27 18 34 SSS DISC MEMO INPUT TIME MEMO Number buttons ENTER Cancel RETURN 2 Select DISC MEMO INPUT gt and press ENTER The DISC MEMO INPUT display appears DISC MEMO INPUT ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkimnopgrstuvwxvz 0123456789 fila lt gt i ASSAM P_ HE Select e gt ENTER Save SAVE save gt ENTER ENTER Cancel RETURN 3 Select a character by pressing 4 4 gt The selected character changes color DISC MEMO INPUT B ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkimnopgrstuvwxvz 0123456789 7 4 s V lt gt z l 8 n 0 SAVE Select AH gt ENTER Save SAVE gt ENTER Cancel RETURN 4 Press ENTER DISC MEMO INPUT BRAHMS ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkimnopgrstuvwxvz 0123456789 4 lt gt l amp 11 SAVE Select AH gt ENTER Save SAVE ENTER te Cancel RETURN 34 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to input other characters 6 When you have entered all the characters for the Disc Memo select SAVE by pressing 4 gt and then press ENTER The Disc Memo is stored To correct the characters e T

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