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DVD/VCR Receiver
Home Theatre System

Operating Instructions

DAV-D150G

4-255-608-

PA L

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Page 1: ...DVD VCR Receiver Home Theatre System Operating Instructions 2004 Sony Corporation DAV D150G 4 255 608 11 PAL ...

Page 2: ...it in an inclined position It is designed to be operated in a horizontal or ver tical position only Keep the unit cassettes and discs away from equipment with strong magnets such as microwave ovens or large loud speakers Do not place heavy objects on the unit Do not place the unit on surfaces rug blanket etc or near materi als curtains draperies that may block the ventilation slots CAUTION For use...

Page 3: ...30 On Screen Display OSD 30 DVD and Video CD Operation 31 33 Playing a DVD and Video CD 31 General Features 31 Resuming Playback 31 Selecting Another TITLE 31 Selecting Another CHAPTER TRACK 31 Search 31 Still Picture 31 Slow Motion 32 Shuffle 32 Repeat 32 Repeat A B 32 Time Search 32 3D Surround 32 Special DVD Features 33 Checking the contents of DVD Video discs Menus 33 Title Menu 33 DVD Menu 33...

Page 4: ...ccompanying feature content or additional feature content or music album Each title is assigned a title reference number enabling you to locate it easily Chapter DVD only Sections of a picture or a musical piece that are smaller than titles A title is composed of one or several chap ters Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling you to locate the chapter you want Depending on the disc cha...

Page 5: ...e the disc to direct sunlight or sources of heat or leave it in a parked car exposed to direct sun light as there may be a considerable temperature increase inside the car Cleaning discs Fingerprints and dust on the disc can cause poor picture quality and sound distortion Before playing clean the disc with a clean cloth Wipe the disc from the center out Do not use strong solvents such as alcohol b...

Page 6: ...r track or to previous chapter track Press and hold for a fast reverse search VIDEO Rewinds the tape from STOP mode or for fast reverse picture search H PLAY To play back a disc or a recorded tape x STOP Stops playback or recording INPUT SELECT Selects the VIDEO deck s source Tuner AV1 AV2 AV3 OPT or AV3 CH PRESET Scans up or down through memorized channels or radio frequencies stations TUNER FM A...

Page 7: ... is playing back a tape recorded in Hi Fi OPT Indicates source of DVD VCR Receiver is DIGITAL AUDIO IN Indicates clock total playing time elapsed time chapter number track number channel radio frequency volume channel or current deck status Playback Pause etc VIDEO DVD VCR Receiver functions are available and channels are selected at DVD VCR Receiver PBC Indicates PBC On mode Indicates playback or...

Page 8: ...ches among the clock and tape counter RETURN Returns the setup menu TV 1 Switches TV ON and OFF 1 Switches DVD VCR Receiver ON and OFF TV Control Buttons see page 41 VOL Adjusts TV s volume CH Selects TV s channel TV VIDEO Selects the TV s source CLEAR Removes a track number on the program menu To clear preset stations from the tuner memory Playback Control Buttons H PLAY Starts playback x STOP St...

Page 9: ...gital cable not supplied securely so that the configurations of both the cable and the connector match Keep the dust protection cap and always reattach the cap when not using the connector to protect against dust intrusion Remote control battery installation Detach the battery cover on the rear of the remote control and insert two R6 size AA batteries with and aligned correctly When using the remo...

Page 10: ...1 1 Connect the EURO AV1 TO TV on the rear panel of the DVD VCR Receiver to the scart input socket on the TV using a SCART lead E 2 2 You can connect such a Satellite Cable or Digital set top box to the DVD VCR Receiver D Basic connection RF 1 1 Connect the aerial cable A from your indoor out door aerial to ANTENA IN jack on the rear panel of DVD VCR Receiver 2 2 Connect the supplied RF cable R fr...

Page 11: ...he DVD VCR Receiver to the audio video out jacks on your accessory compo nent using optional audio video cables Digital Device Connections Connect the OPTICAL IN jacks on the DVD VCR Receiver to the digital audio out optical jacks on your digital device Game device Digital Set Top Box etc using optional optical audio cable To select source of DVD VCR Receiver to OPTICAL IN press INPUT SELECT repea...

Page 12: ...back For best results do not install the rear speakers too far behind the listening position install them at or above the level of the listener s ears It is also effective to direct the rear speakers towards a wall or ceiling to further disperse the sound In the case of a smaller room size if the audience is near to the rear wall set the rear speakers opposite each other and set the rear speakers ...

Page 13: ...e EURO AV1 Press INPUT SELECT on the remote control once The AV1 appears in the display window and TV screen Audio and Video will come from an external source connected to the EURO AV1 for rear panel To listen and view to an audio source connected to the EURO AV2 Press INPUT SELECT on the remote control a sec ond time The AV2 appears in the display window and TV screen Audio and Video will come fr...

Page 14: ...by making them seem larger The Matrix mode may also find use in auto systems where the fluc tuations from poor FM stereo reception can otherwise cause dis turbing surround signals from a logic decoder The ultimate cure for poor FM stereo reception may be simply to force the audio to mono 3D SURROUND This unit can produce a 3D Surround effect using 3D Surround Sound technology which simulates multi...

Page 15: ...ll not change until step 6 has been executed 6 6 Press 1 to store the new RF channel into the DVD VCR Receiver 7 Press 1 to bring the DVD VCR Receiver from standby to on and follow your TV manufacturers tuning instruction manual to tune a new channel to the DVD VCR Receiver How to use the main menu This DVD VCR Receiver can easily be programmed by using the menus displayed on screen The menus are ...

Page 16: ... be too weak for your DVD VCR Receiver s automatic tuning process to find or assign TV stations correctly You must tune in these weaker broadcast stations man ually in order for your DVD VCR Receiver to store them 1 1 Press MENU i The main menu will appear on the TV screen 2 2 Press B or b to select PR SET and press ENTER OK 3 3 Press MENU i and press V or v to select the programme number that you...

Page 17: ...ed without having to retune them The instructions given on this page will show you how you can simply move them into your desired order 1 1 Press MENU i The main menu will appear on the TV screen Press B or b to select PR SET and press ENTER OK 2 2 Press MENU i Press V or v to select the programme number you want to move for example PR 03 Press b 3 3 Press V or v to select the programme number you...

Page 18: ... clock is set auto matically during ACMS Automatic Channel Memory System when your DVD VCR Receiver detects a chan nel that broadcasts a Teletext signal If the broadcast signal is weak the clock will not be set and will require setting manually 1 1 Press MENU i Press B or b to select TIME DATE and press ENTER OK The auto adjust mode can be set to OFF by pressing V or v if you want to set the time ...

Page 19: ...he SYSTEM 3 3 Press ENTER OK and press V or v to select according to the COLOUR system used AUTO Allows PAL or MESECAM signals to be distinguished automatically PAL Use when receiving PAL signals or use when playing back a tape recorded in PAL system MESECAM Use when receiving MESECAM signals or use when playing back a tape recorded in MESECAM system 4 4 Press MENU i to remove the menus from the T...

Page 20: ...APT TITLE Items Title Number Chapter Number Time search Audio language and Digital Audio Output mode Subtitle language Angle Sound Function Press V v to select desired item Shows the current title number and total number of titles and skips to the desired title number Shows the current chapter number and total number of chapters and skips to the desired chapter number Shows the elapsed playing tim...

Page 21: ... may not work for some DVDs Menu Language Select a language for the Setup menu This is the menu you see when you press SETUP MENU Picture TV Aspect 4 3 Letterbox Select when a standard 4 3 TV is con nected Displays pictures with masking bars above and below the picture 4 3 Panscan Select when a standard 4 3 TV is con nected Displays pictures cropped to fill your TV screen Both sides of the picture...

Page 22: ...ative must have the same rating or a lower one If no suitable alternative is found play back will stop You must enter the 4 digit password or change the rating level in order to play the disc 5 Press ENTER OK to confirm your rating selec tion then press SETUP MENU to exit the menu Area Code Enter the code of an area whose standards were used to rate the DVD video disc referring to the list See Are...

Page 23: ...ccurate and realistic presentation possible thanks to digital audio technology However you may wish to compress the dynamic range of the audio output the difference between the loudest sounds and the quietest ones Then you may listen to a movie at a lower volume without losing clarity of sound Set DRC to On for this effect Playback Contrl PBC On Video CDs with PBC are played according to the PBC O...

Page 24: ...his will enable you to rapidly wind the tape 7 times normal playback while seeing where you are on the tape Logic search During fast forward or rewind press and hold SLOW m t or M T button The picture will be played back at 7 times normal playback speed 5 5 During playback or still picture press B or b You can reach the following playback speeds 7xplay 3xplay play still 1 19 slow play 2xplay 7xpla...

Page 25: ... wish to record from is displayed AV 1 for recording from EURO AV1 socket on the rear of your DVD VCR Receiver AV 2 for recording from EURO AV2 EXTERNAL socket on the rear of your DVD VCR Receiver AV 3 for recording from AV3 sockets analog audio on the front of your DVD VCR Receiver 5 5 Press SP LP if you wish to record in Long Play or Standard Play SP will produce improved picture and sound quali...

Page 26: ...y AV1 AV2 or AV3 6 6 Press G G and press D D or E E to switch PDC on or off If you are recording from stations that do not broadcast PDC switch PDC off symbol will disappear on the TV screen Remember only certain stations transmit PDC 7 7 Press G G to select the recording speed and press D D or E E if you wish to record in SP IP or LP SP will produce improved picture and sound quality how ever LP ...

Page 27: ...ording features Press B or b to select then press ENTER OK to confirm DLY To record every day except Saturday and Sunday at the same time SU SA To record at the same time every week 6 6 Press the numerical buttons to enter the record ing start and end times of the programme that you wish to record Please note your DVD VCR Receiver uses a 24 hour clock e g 1pm will be displayed as 13 00 You may als...

Page 28: ...MONO In BIL NICAM playback the primary language is output on the left channel and the secondary lan guage is output simultaneously from the right chan nel when audio output is set to STEREO The primary language will be output from both channels when the audio setting is MONO Please note that when adjusting the tracking control Hi Fi stereo sound may revert to MONO Note If the quality of stereo sou...

Page 29: ...ecause this DVD VCR Receiver s color system is PAL Recording from another video recorder With the DVD VCR Receiver you can make recordings from an external source such as copying from another VIDEO or a camcorder Note In the following description this DVD VCR Receiver will be one used for recording and other VIDEO will be used for playback 1 1 VIDEO should be connected to the one of the SCART sock...

Page 30: ...ecording from chan nels that do not broadcast PDC that you turn PDC OFF On Screen Display OSD You may easily display the clock or tape counter and tape remaining day month year day of week programme channel tape speed and VIDEO function on the TV screen If a recording is taking place these On Screen Displays will not be recorded onto the tape 1 1 Press DVD DISPLAY CLK CNT to display 2 2 Press DVD ...

Page 31: ...ble on the Setup menu Resuming Playback When you stop the disc the player remembers the point where you pressed x STOP and RESUME x appears on the TV screen Press H PLAY and play will resume from this point Tip To play from the beginning of the disc press x twice then press H Notes Depending on where you stopped the disc the recorder may not resume playback from exactly the same point The point wh...

Page 32: ...ects another title and resumes Random playback When you press twice or during Repeat mode to go to previous track or next track repeat mode is canceled Repeat A B To repeat a sequence in a title track 1 During disc playback Press A B at your chosen start point A appears briefly on the TV screen 2 Press A B again at your chosen end point A B appears briefly on the TV screen and the repeat sequence ...

Page 33: ...the disc menu press DVD MENU again Camera Angle If the disc contains sequences recorded from different camera angles the angle icon appears on the TV screen You can then change the camera angle if you wish Press ANGLE repeatedly during playback to select a desired angle The number of the current angle appears on the display Changing the Audio Language Press AUDIO repeatedly during playback to hear...

Page 34: ...c compatibility with this DVD VCR Receiver is limited as follows Sampling Frequency only at 44 1kHz Bit rate within 32 320kbps CD R physical format should be ISO 9660 If you record MP3 files using the software which can not create a FILE SYSTEM for example UDF etc it is impossible to playback MP3 files We recom mend that you use an ISO9660 file system A single session disc requires MP3 files in th...

Page 35: ... Shuffle playback the unit selects another track and resumes Shuffle playback Note After finishing the Shuffle playback mode Shuffle func tion is canceled Repeat 1 Press REPEAT when playing a disc The Repeat icon appears on the TV screen 2 Press REPEAT to select a desired repeat mode TRACK repeats the current track ALL repeats all the tracks on a disc OFF does not play repeatedly Note When you pre...

Page 36: ...to the previous file Still Picture 1 Press X PAUSE during slide show The DVD VCR Receiver will now go into PAUSE mode 2 To return to the slide show press H PLAY or X PAUSE again To flip the picture Press V v while showing a picture to flip the picture horizontally or a vertically To rotate picture Press B b while showing a picture to rotate the picture clockwise or counter clockwise To record the ...

Page 37: ...d close the tray 2 Press PROGRAM while playback is stopped The VCD Program menu will appear Note Press RETURN PROGRAM or H PLAY to exit the Program menu 3 Follow steps 2 6 of Programmed Playback with Audio CD and MP3 disc on left PGM and PROGRAM appears in the display window and TV screen 4 To return normal playback from programmed playback press PROGRAM PGM indicator disappears in the display win...

Page 38: ...ize Since the speaker settings are fixed you cannot change the settings Subwoofer s size is fixed Large and the other speaker s size are fixed small Distance If you connected speakers to your DVD VCR Receiver setting the Distance lets the speakers except sub woofer know how far the sound has to travel to reach your set listening point This allows the sound from each speaker to reach the listener a...

Page 39: ...he DVD VCR Receiver memory first see Presetting radio stations on the left 1 1 Press TUNER FM AM on the remote control until the frequency band appears on the display and TV screen The last received station is tuned in 2 2 Press PRESET on the remote control repeatedly to select the preset station you want Each time you press the button the DVD VCR Receiver tunes in one preset station at a time 3 3...

Page 40: ...G appear in the display RDS Operation This unit is equipped with RDS Radio Data System which brings a wide range of information to FM radio Now in use in many countries RDS is a system for transmitting station call signs or network information a description of station programme type text message about the station or specifics of musical selection and the correct time RDS Tuning When a FM station i...

Page 41: ...at works with your TV Manufacturer Code Number SONY 501 AIWA 553 501 DAEWOO 504 505 506 507 515 544 FISHER 508 GOLDSTAR LG 503 511 512 515 534 544 GRUNDIG 517 534 HITACHI 513 514 515 544 JVC 516 MAGNAVOX 503 518 544 MITSUBISHI MGA 503 519 544 NEC 503 520 544 PANASONIC 509 524 PHILIPS 515 518 PIONEER 509 525 526 540 RCA PROSCAN 510 527 528 529 544 SAMSUNG 503 515 531 532 533 534 544 SANYO 508 545 5...

Page 42: ...ingua 7165 Irish 7384 Italian 7465 Japanese 7487 Javanese 7578 Kannada 7583 Kashmiri 7575 Kazakh 7589 Kirghiz 7579 Korean 7585 Kurdish 7679 Laothian 7665 Latin 7686 Latvian Lettish Code Language 7678 Lingala 7684 Lithuanian 7775 Macedonian 7771 Malagasy 7783 Malay 7776 Malayalam 7784 Maltese 7773 Maori 7782 Marathi 7779 Moldavian 7778 Mongolian 7865 Nauru 7869 Nepali 7879 Norwegian 7982 Oriya 8065...

Page 43: ...KW Kuwait KY Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan LA Laos LB Lebanon Code Country LC Saint Lucia LI Liechtenstein LK Sri Lanka LR Liberia LS Lesotho LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia LY Libya MA Morocco MC Monaco MD Moldavia MG Madagascar MH Marshall Islands MK Macedonia ML Mali MM Myanmar MN Mongolia MO Macau MP Northern Mariana Islands MQ Martinique French MR Mauritania MS Montserrat MT Malta MU Maur...

Page 44: ...remote control uses the same buttons for VIDEO and DVD functions ex PLAY Correction Plug the power cord into the wall outlet securely Insert a disc or tape Check that the disc or tape indicator in the display window is lit Select the appropriate video input mode on the TV so the picture from the DVD VCR Receiver appears on the TV screen Press the TV VIDEO button on the remote control repeatedly to...

Page 45: ...engaged The loaded tape has had its record safety tab removed Incorrect the VIDEO Plus programming number Audio mode is not set properly NICAM mode is not set properly Correction Press X PAUSE to resume recording Check the tape Set the TV to the Video channel see page 15 Turn camcorder on and operate proper ly Try manual tracking see page 24 Try manual tracking see page 24 Insert a tape or using a...

Page 46: ...nic distortion Less than 0 05 VIDEO Section Head system 4 heads helical scan azimuth system Television system PAL I colour system Recording format PAL RF Modulator UHF 22 68 Adjustable Tape speed PAL MESECAM 23 39 mm s SP 16 69 mm s LP Maximum recording time SP 4 hour E 240 tape LP 8 hour E 240 tape Rewind time About 180 seconds E 180 tape Input level VIDEO 1 0 V p p 75 ohms unbalanced AUDIO 6 0 d...

Page 47: ... WMSP700 Speaker system Magnetically shielded Speaker units 200 mm cone type Enclosure type Acoustically loaded bass reflex Rated Impedance 4 ohms Dimensions w h d Approx 270 x 325 x 333 mm 10 6 8 x 12 7 8 x 13 1 8 inches including front panel Mass Approx 6 5 kg 14 lb 6 oz Accessories Scart cable 1 RF 75 ohm Coaxial Cable 1 Speakers 6 Speaker cables 6 Speaker color label 1 Speaker foot for satelli...

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