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DVP-FX850

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Page 1: ...47 11 2 2007 Sony Corporation DVP FX850 Operating Instructions z To find out useful hints tips and information about Sony products and services please visit www sony europe com myproduct Portable CD DVD Player ...

Page 2: ...or the environment and human health which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product The recycling of materials will help to conserve natural resources For more detailed information about recycling of this product please contact your local Civic Office your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product Disposal of waste batteries applic...

Page 3: ... Do not place the player on a soft surface such as a rug that might block the ventilation holes Do not place the player in a confined space such as a bookshelf or similar unit To reduce the risk of fire do not cover the ventilation of the apparatus with newspapers tablecloths curtains etc Do not place the player in a location near heat sources or in a place subject to direct sunlight excessive dus...

Page 4: ...e the car adaptor in a location near heat sources or in a place subject to direct sunlight or mechanical shock or in a car with its windows closed On adjusting volume 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 headphones Preventing hearing damage Avoid using headp...

Page 5: ...low Play Repeat Play Random Play 23 Playing MP3 Audio Tracks or JPEG Image Files 25 Adjusting the Picture Size and Quality 28 Enjoying DivX Videos 30 Playing DivX Video Files 30 About DivX Video Files 31 Settings and Adjustments 33 Using the Setup Display 33 Settings for the Display General Setup 34 Settings for the Sound Audio Setup 35 Setting the Display or Sound Track Language Language Setup 36...

Page 6: ...ideo CD format or Super VCD format Functions available for music CDs or CD Rs CD RWs in music CD format Functions available for DATA CDs CD ROMs CD Rs CD RWs containing MP3 1 audio tracks JPEG image files and DivX 2 3 video files Functions available for DATA DVDs DVD ROMs DVD RWs DVD Rs DVD RWs DVD Rs containing MP3 1 audio tracks JPEG image files and DivX 2 3 video files Functions available for U...

Page 7: ... video files HD layer on Super Audio CDs Also the player cannot play the following discs A DVD VIDEO with a different region code A disc that has a non standard shape e g card heart A disc with paper or stickers on it A disc that has the adhesive of cellophane tape or a sticker still left on it Notes Notes about DVD RWs DVD Rs DVD RWs DVD Rs or CD Rs CD RWs Some DVD RWs DVD Rs DVD RWs DVD Rs or CD...

Page 8: ...e region of sale DVD VIDEOs labelled ALL or 2 will play on this player Note on playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs Some playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs may be intentionally set by software producers Since this player plays DVDs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents the software producers designed some playback features may not be available Also refer to the instructions supp...

Page 9: ...a lithium battery CR2025 matching the 3 and ends of the battery 1 Pull out the battery holder 2 while pressing the lock lever 1 2 Remove the old battery 3 Insert the new battery in the battery holder with the 3 side up and then push the holder fully Notes Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or a lighting apparatus Doing so may cause a malfunction No button operation can be made when...

Page 10: ...ing and folding down the LCD panel After rotating the LCD panel 180 degrees clockwise push the LCD panel down onto the main body of the player In this position the panel is facing up To return the LCD panel to its original position Open the LCD panel to the vertical position and rotate the LCD panel counter clockwise slowly Notes Do not rotate the LCD panel over 180 degrees In addition do not rota...

Page 11: ...llow the steps in reverse order See also On AC adaptor in Precautions page 3 Note Stop playback before disconnecting the mains lead Failure to do so may cause a malfunction DC IN 9 5V LINE SELECT AUDIO VIDEO PHONES OPTICAL OUT A B IN OUT DC plug 2 To DC IN 9 5 V jack AC Adaptor supplied 1 Mains lead supplied To mains 3 ...

Page 12: ...k in the holes on the bottom of the player 2 Slide the battery pack in the direction of the arrow until it clicks into place To remove the battery pack Push the release knob and slide the battery pack in the direction of the arrow Notes Turn the player off before installing the battery pack Do not remove the battery pack during playback Do not touch the connecting points of the player and the batt...

Page 13: ...battery level Charging time and maximum playing time This is the indication of the longest continuous playback on the following conditions normal temperature 20 C Headphone Use Set Backlight Adjustment to the Minimum Set Digital Output to Off in Audio Setup Battery condition may reduce operating time Notes The battery indicator does not appear on the screen when the AC adaptor is used or when inpu...

Page 14: ...f the cigarette lighter socket is dirty with ash etc a bad connection may cause the plug to heat up Always clean well before use The car battery adaptor may heat up while charging or after a long period of use That is not a malfunction After using the car battery adaptor After turning the player off disconnect the car battery adaptor from the cigarette lighter socket Notes Do not turn off the car ...

Page 15: ...th the playback side down until it clicks 5 Push the PUSH CLOSE on the player to shut the disc lid 6 Press H Playback starts Some discs may start playing automatically after the disc lid is shut Depending on the disc a menu may appear on the screen For DVD VIDEOs see page 17 For VIDEO CDs see page 20 After all titles have been played the player will stop itself and the display will return to the m...

Page 16: ...layer s speaker does not output DTS sound When you play DTS sound tracks on a DVD VIDEO connect the player to an AV amplifier receiver page 40 and set up DTS in Audio Setup page 36 If you connect the player to audio equipment such as an AV amplifier receiver without a DTS decoder do not set DTS to On in Audio Setup page 36 A loud noise may come out from the speakers which may affect your ears or c...

Page 17: ...you turn off the player while playing a DVD RW DVD R VR mode you open the disc lid you disconnect the battery pack and the AC adaptor you change the CD DVD USB or LINE SELECT switch setting Using the DVD s menu A DVD is divided into long sections of a picture or a music feature called titles When you play a DVD containing several titles you can select the title you want using the TOP MENU button W...

Page 18: ...Left the sound of the left channel monaural Right the sound of the right channel monaural When playing a Super VCD Stereo the stereo sound of the audio track 1 Left the sound of the left channel of the audio track 1 monaural Right the sound of the right channel of the audio track 1 monaural Stereo 1 the stereo sound of the audio track 2 Left 1 the sound of the left channel of the audio track 2 mon...

Page 19: ... if multilingual subtitles are recorded on it You also may not be able to turn them off While you play a disc with subtitles the subtitle may disappear when you press Changing the angles If various angles multi angles for a scene are recorded on the DVD VIDEO appears on the screen This means that you can change the viewing angle 1 Press ANGLE repeatedly to select an angle number The scene changes ...

Page 20: ...ng a Playlist title is inserted the player automatically starts playing the Playlist title When no Playlist title is recorded ORG appears in step 1 When you press TOP MENU once more appears Playing VIDEO CDs With PBC Functions PBC Playback Some VIDEO CDs have Playback Control PBC functions allowing for interactive search or playback options 1 Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functions The menu ap...

Page 21: ...DISPLAY or O RETURN Searching for a title chapter etc By entering the number or the time code you can search a DVD by title or chapter 1 Press X x to select the search method on the Playback Settings Display and press ENTER Title Chapter T Time C Time You can search the title or chapter of a DVD VIDEO by entering the time code 2 Press the number buttons or X x to select the title or chapter number...

Page 22: ... a VCD or CD repeatedly use OPTIONS page 24 Note Depending on the disc the Repeat function may not be available Checking the playing time and remaining time You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current title or chapter 1 Select Time Disp on the Playback Settings Display and press ENTER 2 Press X x to select the time information setting and press ENTER Title Elapsed Title Remain...

Page 23: ...tons and ENTER Press C c to switch between title and chapter While playing CDs VIDEO CDs you can search for a track using the number buttons and ENTER Locating a point quickly by playing a disc in fast forward or fast reverse Scan Press m or M to fast reverse or fast forward during playback To return to normal play press H Each time you press m or M during scan the scan speed changes With each pre...

Page 24: ...You can play all of the tracks on a disc or a single track repeatedly Repeat Play Also you can play the tracks in random order too Random Play 1 Press OPTIONS repeatedly during playback to select the playback mode Track repeats the current track All repeats all tracks on the disc Random plays all tracks on the disc randomly To return to normal play Select Off in step 1 z Hint During Random Play yo...

Page 25: ...the audio mode on the screen Note The player does not display Disc Elapsed or Disc Remain on the screen when playing a CD in Random Play Playing MP3 Audio Tracks or JPEG Image Files You can play MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files on DATA CDs CD ROMs CD Rs CD RWs or DATA DVDs DVD ROMs DVD RWs DVD Rs DVD RWs DVD Rs or USB devices For playable MP3 audio files and JPEG image files see page 44 When ...

Page 26: ... an incompatible device is connected Cannot recognise the connected device appears indicating that the device is unrecognizable DATA CDs recorded in KODAK Picture CD format automatically start playing when inserted Playing an MP3 audio track 1 Press X x to select an album on the list and press ENTER The list of tracks in the album appears To go to the next or previous page press or To return to th...

Page 27: ...Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise C Rotates the image 90 degrees counter clockwise Note that the view also returns to normal if you press to go to the next or previous image Example when C is pressed once To stop viewing the JPEG image Press x The display returns to the list of files Notes Images may take time to appear due to the number of recorded files or the size of the folders If no imag...

Page 28: ...NS The Option Menu appears 2 Press X x to select LCD Mode and press ENTER The items for LCD Mode appear 3 Press X x to select items and press ENTER LCD Aspect Change the picture size Select Normal or Full by pressing X x Backlight Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen by pressing C c Contrast Adjust the difference between light and dark areas by pressing C c Hue Adjust the red and green colour b...

Page 29: ... Hints The screen turns off automatically when the LCD panel is closed You can see the settings for the display in General Setup page 34 Notes The screen size you can select differs depending on the DVD You cannot select Normal for a DVD recorded in 16 9 You cannot adjust the picture size and quality when playing a VIDEO CD with PBC set to Off ...

Page 30: ...udio Setup page 36 Depending on the DivX video file you may not be able to perform some operations Playing a DivX video file 1 Press X x to select an album on the list and press ENTER A list of files in the album appears To go to the next or previous page press or To return to the list of albums press X x to select and press ENTER 2 Press X x to select the file you want to play and press ENTER Pla...

Page 31: ...o the instructions supplied with the disc drives and the recording software not supplied for details on the recording format Note The player may not be able to play some DATA CDs DATA DVDs created in the Packet Write format or multiple sessions DivX video files that the player can play The player can play data that is recorded in DivX format and which has the extension AVI or DIVX The player will ...

Page 32: ...te that the playback order may not be applicable depending on the software used for creating the DivX video file or if there are more than 299 albums and 648 DivX video files in each album See About playback order of albums tracks and files page 45 ...

Page 33: ... to select the desired Setup item from General Setup Audio Setup Language Setup or Parental Control then press ENTER The Setup item is selected Example General Setup 4 Press X x to select an item then press ENTER The settings for the selected item appear Example TV Display 5 Press X x to select a setting then press ENTER The setting is selected and setup is complete Example 4 3 Pan Scan 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 34: ...of the connected TV 4 3 standard or wide 4 3 Pan Scan Select this when you connect a 4 3 screen TV Automatically displays a wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the portions that do not fit 4 3 Letter Box Select this when you connect a 4 3 screen TV Displays a wide picture with bands on the upper and lower portions of the screen 16 9 Select this when you connect a wide screen TV or a TV ...

Page 35: ...ttings for the Sound Audio Setup Audio Setup allows you to set the sound according to the playback and connection conditions Select Audio Setup in the Setup Display To use the display see Using the Setup Display page 33 The default settings are underlined Audio DRC Dynamic Range Control DVD only Makes the sound clear when the volume is turned down when playing a DVD that conforms to Audio DRC This...

Page 36: ... selected Subtitle DVD VIDEO only Switches the subtitle language When you select Off no subtitle is displayed Audio DVD VIDEO only Switches the language of the sound track When you select Original the language given priority in the disc is selected Note If you select a language in Disc Menu Subtitle or Audio that is not recorded on the DVD VIDEO one of the recorded languages will be automatically ...

Page 37: ... X x to select Password in the Parental Control setting display and press ENTER 2 Select Change and press ENTER The display for entering the password appears 3 Enter your current 6 digit password in the Old Password box 4 Enter your new 6 digit password in the New Password box 5 Enter your new 6 digit password once again in the Verify Password box then press ENTER to confirm If you make a mistake ...

Page 38: ... ENTER The player starts playback If you forget your password Remove the disc and repeat the steps outlined in Changing the password page 37 Enter 136900 in the Old Password box and then enter your new 6 digit password in the New Password box and Verify Password box Notes When you play discs which do not have the Parental Control function playback cannot be limited on this player Depending on the ...

Page 39: ...ponents to be connected You cannot connect this player to a TV that does not have a video input jack Be sure to disconnect the mains lead of each component before connecting Connect the player to the TV directly Image quality may suffer when the video output from the player is passed through a video deck on to a TV Connecting to TV monitor To send the playback signal to a TV or a monitor 1 Set the...

Page 40: ... signal to an AV amplifier receiver 1 Set the LINE SELECT switch on the player s right side to OUT 2 Set Digital Output to On in Audio Setup page 35 DC IN 9 5V LINE SELECT AUDIO VIDEO PHONES OPTICAL OUT A B IN OUT Stereo amplifier To AUDIO Audio video cord supplied To AUDIO input DC IN 9 5V LINE SELECT AUDIO VIDEO PHONES OPTICAL OUT A B IN OUT Amplifier with Dolby Digital or DTS decoder To OPTICAL...

Page 41: ... the LINE SELECT switch on the player s right side to IN Note Set the LINE SELECT switch to OUT after use You cannot play back on the player if the switch is set to IN DC IN 9 5V LINE SELECT AUDIO VIDEO PHONES OPTICAL OUT A B IN OUT Video player or camcorder To AUDIO VIDEO Audio video cord supplied To AUDIO VIDEO output ...

Page 42: ...a combination TV VIDEO player the copy protection signal applied to some DVD programmes could affect picture quality The picture does not fill the screen even though the aspect ratio is set in TV Display under General Setup The aspect ratio of the disc is fixed on your DVD The black points appear and the red blue green points remain on the LCD This is a structural property of the LCD and not mulfu...

Page 43: ... the disc The language for the sound track cannot be changed Try using the DVD s menu instead of the direct selection button on the remote page 17 Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the DVD being played The DVD prohibits the changing of the language for the sound track The subtitle language cannot be changed or turned off Try using the DVD s menu instead of the direct selection button on the ...

Page 44: ... Resume play has taken effect page 17 The player does not operate properly When static electricity etc causes the player to operate abnormally unplug the player About MP3 Audio Tracks and JPEG Image Files MP3 is audio compression technology that satisfies the ISO IEC MPEG regulations JPEG is image compression technology You can play DATA CDs DATA DVDs that contain MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image fi...

Page 45: ... When playing an MP3 audio track recorded in VBR mode you cannot display the bit rate correctly About playback order of albums tracks and files Tracks and files within an album play in the order of the recorded media CD R etc z Hint Since a disc with many trees takes longer to start playback it is recommended that you create albums with no more than two trees Notes The player can recognize up to 2...

Page 46: ...xel rate more than 99 99 General Power requirements DC 9 5 V AC Adaptor Car battery adaptor DC 7 4 V Battery pack Power consumption DVD VIDEO Playback 23 W when used with a battery pack 8 5 W when used without a battery pack with a headphone Dimensions approx 226 2 32 3 165 3 mm width height depth incl projecting parts Mass approx 1 045 kg Operating temperature 5 C to 35 C Operating humidity 25 to...

Page 47: ...arentheses Upper view t A previous next buttons 16 B x stop button 16 C X pause button 16 D H play button 15 E Speaker 16 F LCD panel 10 G DISPLAY button 21 H MENU button 17 I RETURN button 21 J remote sensor 9 K OPTIONS button 24 L C X x c buttons ENTER button 17 M Disc lid 15 N PUSH CLOSE 15 continued ...

Page 48: ...ch 15 B USB jack 25 Right view A VOLUME sound volume button B PHONES headphone jack A B C AUDIO input output jack OPTICAL OUT optical output jack 39 40 D VIDEO input output jack 39 E LINE SELECT IN OUT switch 15 F DC IN 9 5V AC adaptor input jack 11 OPEN HOLD CHARGE CD DVD USB DC IN 9 5V LINE SELECT AUDIO VIDEO PHONES OPTICAL OUT A B IN OUT VOLUME ...

Page 49: ...m M scan slow buttons 23 H ADVANCE button 16 I X PAUSE button 16 J 1 on standby button 15 K VOL sound volume buttons L CLEAR button 37 M AUDIO button 18 N MENU button 17 O SUBTITLE button 19 P ANGLE button 19 Q OPTIONS button 24 R H PLAY button 15 S x STOP button 16 Use the tactile dot as a reference when operating the player The number 5 button has a tactile dot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 ...

Page 50: ...TS 18 36 DVD 6 15 DVD RW 6 DVD s menu 17 DVD RW 6 20 F Fast forward 23 Fast reverse 23 G General Setup 34 H Handling discs 3 J JPEG 6 44 L Language Setup 36 M MP3 6 44 O OPTICAL OUT 35 Original 20 OSD On Screen Display 36 P PBC Playback 20 Play List 20 R Remote 9 49 Repeat CD VIDEO CD 24 DVD 22 Repeat Play 22 24 Resume Play 17 S Scan 23 Screen Saver 35 Search 23 Setup 33 Setup Display 33 Slide Sho...

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