Sony DVP-NS999ES - Es Dvd Player Operating Instructions Manual Download

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Table of Contents

Simple Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hookups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Playing Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Playing Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Searching for a Particular Point on a Disc

(Search, Shuttle mode, Jog mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Resuming Playback From the Point Where You Stopped the Disc

(Multi-disc Resume) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

(Programme Play, Shuffle Play, Repeat Play, A-B Repeat Play) . . . . . . 45

Searching for a Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Searching for a Title/Chapter/Track/Index/Scene (Search mode) . . . . . . . . . 49
Searching by Scene (PICTURE NAVIGATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Viewing Information About the Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Checking the Play Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Summary of Contents for DVP-NS999ES - Es Dvd Player

Page 1: ...3 077 160 32 1 Operating Instructions 2003 Sony Corporation DVP NS999ES CD DVD Player ...

Page 2: ...supplied need to be replaced a 5 AMP fuse approved by ASTA or BSI to BS1362 i e marked with or mark must be used If the plug supplied with this equipment has a detachable fuse cover be sure to attach the fuse cover after you change the fuse Never use the plug without the fuse cover If you should lose the fuse cover please contact your nearest Sony service station Precautions Safety This unit opera...

Page 3: ...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 When you move the player take out any discs If you don t the disc may be damaged On adjusting volume Do not turn up the volume while listening to a section with very low level inp...

Page 4: ...p 4 Quick Setup 31 Playing Discs 35 Playing Discs 35 Searching for a Particular Point on a Disc Search Shuttle mode Jog mode 37 Resuming Playback From the Point Where You Stopped the Disc Multi disc Resume 38 Using the DVD s Menu 39 Selecting ORIGINAL or PLAY LIST on a DVD RW 40 Selecting a Playback Area for a Super Audio CD 41 Playing VIDEO CDs With PBC Functions PBC Playback 42 Playing an MP3 Au...

Page 5: ...eedback 71 Controlling Your TV or AV Amplifier Receiver With the Supplied Remote 72 Settings and Adjustments 74 Using the Setup Display 74 Setting the Display or Sound Track Language LANGUAGE SETUP 75 Settings for the Display SCREEN SETUP 76 Custom Settings CUSTOM SETUP 78 Settings for the Sound AUDIO SETUP 80 Settings for the Speakers SPEAKER SETUP 82 Additional Information 85 Troubleshooting 85 ...

Page 6: ...ect copyrights DVD VIDEOs labelled will also play on this player If you try to play any other DVD VIDEO the message Playback prohibited by area limitations will appear on the TV screen Depending on the DVD VIDEO no region code indication may be labelled even though playing the DVD VIDEO is prohibited by area restrictions Icon Meaning Functions available for DVD VIDEOs and DVD Rs DVD RWs in video m...

Page 7: ...roduct is designed to playback discs that conform to the Compact Disc CD standard Recently various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are marketed by some record companies Please be aware that among those discs there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this product Note on playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs Some playback operati...

Page 8: ...TI CHANNEL indicator Lights up when playing a disc that contains three or more audio signal channels no disc is inserted C Disc tray 35 D A open close button 35 E previous next dial 36 F x stop button 36 G X pause button 36 H H play button 35 I FL OFF indicator 9 J VIDEO OFF indicator 35 K Front panel display 9 L SUPER AUDIO CD indicator Lights up when playing an HD High Density layer of Super Aud...

Page 9: ...t audio signal 58 Lights up when you can change the angle 60 Current play mode 45 Playing status Current title and chapter 54 Lights up when the player outputs the signal in NTSC format Lights up when the player outputs progressive signals 77 Current audio signal 58 Digital TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR MIN SEC MULTI REPEAT 1 MPEG SHUFFLE PGM A B PROGRESSIVE Disc type Playing time 54 Curr...

Page 10: ...0 H LINE 1 RGB TV jack 18 20 I COMPONENT VIDEO OUT SCAN SELECT switch 77 J COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y PB CB PR CR jacks 20 K S VIDEO OUT jack 20 L VIDEO OUT jack 20 DIGITAL OUT PCM DTS MPEG DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL SELECTABLE INTERLACE PROGRESSIVE SCAN SELECT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT PR CR PB CB Y 5 1CH OUTPUT FRONT REAR CENTER WOOFER L R AUDIO OUT L R S VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT 1 2 COMMAND MODE 3 LINE 1 RG...

Page 11: ... button 45 72 O SEARCH MODE button 49 P PICTURE MEMORY button 76 Q TV DVD button 72 R 1 on standby button 35 72 S Scroll key 12 T A B button 48 U BOOKMARK button 51 V REPLAY button 36 W x stop button 36 X X pause button 36 Y JOG button 38 Z ENTER button 31 wj C X x c button 39 wk O RETURN button 36 wl MENU button 39 e PROG programme buttons 72 The button has a tactile dot ea 2 volume buttons 72 Th...

Page 12: ...f the command see the pages in parentheses Super Audio CD 2 Point the remote at the remote sensor on the player and press down on the word PUSH imprinted on the scroll key so that appears in the LCD screen The player will respond to the selected command as long as the command remains in the LCD screen Some commands require you to press down on the scroll key repeatedly The display appears on the T...

Page 13: ...up for the current disc using X x and press ENTER Available options for the selected Control Menu item appear 3 Select the option you want by pressing X x and press ENTER z Hint You can skip the ADVANCED display by setting OFF under ADVANCED in the Control Menu page 55 OFF 1 ENGLISH 2 FRENCH 3 SPANISH OFF 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 T 1 3 2 5 5 DVD VIDEO Select Cancel SUBTITLE ENTER RETURN Currently playing c...

Page 14: ... an edited PLAY LIST TIME TEXT page 49 53 TIME MEMO page 49 66 Checks the elapsed time and the remaining playback time Input the time code for picture and music searching Displays the DVD Super Audio CD CD text or the DATA CD s track name Allows you to name a disc or displays the label Disc Memo you assigned to the disc MULTI 2CH page 41 Selects the playback area on Super Audio CDs when available ...

Page 15: ...k Setup setting you can adjust various other settings RESET Returns the settings in SETUP to the default setting PROGRAM page 45 Selects the title chapter or track to play in the order you want SHUFFLE page 46 Plays the title chapter or track in random order REPEAT page 47 Plays the entire disc all titles all tracks all albums repeatedly or one title chapter track album repeatedly A B REPEAT page ...

Page 16: ...ed remote Insert two R6 size AA batteries by matching the 3 and ends on the batteries to the markings inside the compartment When using the remote point it at the remote sensor on the player Notes Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing particularly when replacing the batteries Do not expose the remote sensor to direct light ...

Page 17: ...D 3 so that the setting for the remote differs from the other DVD players For example if other DVD players respond to the default command mode setting for the supplied remote DVD 1 set the remote to DVD 2 or DVD 3 2 Slide the COMMAND MODE switch on the rear of the player so it matches that of the supplied remote ...

Page 18: ...UT jacks to view progressive signals Hook up your TV using pattern A on page 20 and then run Quick Setup on page 31 If you are connecting to a VCR Connect your VCR to the LINE 2 jack on the player The VCR can record the signal only from your TV Note Be sure to connect your TV to the LINE 1 RGB TV jack on the player using a SCART EURO AV cord DIGITAL OUT PCM DTS MPEG DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL S...

Page 19: ...th the playback side facing down F Press H The disc tray closes and the player begins playing the disc After step 6 Depending on the disc a menu may be displayed on the TV screen If so select the item you want from the menu and play the DVD VIDEO page 39 or VIDEO CD page 42 To stop playing Press x To remove the disc Press A To turn off the player Press 1 The player enters standby mode and the powe...

Page 20: ...rely to prevent unwanted noise Refer to the instructions supplied with the components to be connected Step 1 Connecting the Video Cords Connect this player to your TV monitor projector or AV amplifier receiver using a video cord Select one of the patterns A through D according to the input jack on your TV monitor projector or AV amplifier receiver In order to view progressive signal 525p 625p pict...

Page 21: ...CH OUTPUT FRONT REAR CENTER WOOFER L R AUDIO OUT L R S VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT 1 2 COMMAND MODE 3 LINE 1 RGB TV LINE 2 INPUT S VIDEO C D B AUDIO INPUT L R VIDEO PR CR PB CB Y COMPONENT VIDEO IN A Audio video cord supplied l Signal flow Component video cord not supplied yellow TV projector or AV amplifier receiver CD DVD player TV projector or AV amplifier receiver green S VIDEO cord not supplied TV pr...

Page 22: ...h the TV to be connected Also when you set LINE to S VIDEO or RGB under SCREEN SETUP in the Setup Display page 78 use a SCART EURO AV cord that conforms to each signal If you are connecting to a VCR Connect your VCR to the LINE 2 jack on the player The VCR can record the signal only from your TV C If you are connecting to a video input jack Connect the yellow plug of the audio video cord supplied ...

Page 23: ...om the VCR If you want to use your VCR s SmartLink function connect the VCR directly to your TV s SCART EURO AV jack and connect the player to the TV with another jack The SmartLink function may not work properly if your VCR is connected to your TV via the SCART EURO AV jacks on the player When you connect the player to your TV via the SCART EURO AV jacks the TV s input source is set to the player...

Page 24: ...s None or MD deck DAT deck Surround effects None page 27 AV amplifier receiver having a Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoder and 3 to 6 speakers Surround effects Dolby Surround Pro Logic page 88 page 28 AV amplifier receiver with 5 1 ch input jacks and 4 to 6 speakers Surround effects Dolby Digital 5 1 ch page 88 DTS 5 1 ch page 88 Super Audio CD Multi channel page 90 MPEG audio 5 1 ch page 89 or AV a...

Page 25: ...c and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 5 956 674 5 974 380 5 978 762 and other world wide patents issued and pending DTS and DTS Digital Surround are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc Copyright 1996 2000 Digital Theater Systems Inc All rights reserved D continued ...

Page 26: ...l TV use a stereo mono conversion cord not supplied Connect the AUDIO OUT L R jacks to the TV s audio input jack A DIGITAL OUT PCM DTS MPEG DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL SELECTABLE INTERLACE PROGRESSIVE SCAN SELECT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT PR CR PB CB Y 5 1CH OUTPUT FRONT REAR CENTER WOOFER L R AUDIO OUT L R S VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT 1 2 COMMAND MODE 3 LINE 1 RGB TV LINE 2 A AUDIO OUT L R TV l Signal flow ...

Page 27: ...etween your speakers Note Super Audio CD audio signals are not output from the digital jack B B 1 B 2 DIGITAL OUT PCM DTS MPEG DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL SELECTABLE INTERLACE PROGRESSIVE SCAN SELECT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT PR CR PB CB Y 5 1CH OUTPUT FRONT REAR CENTER WOOFER L R AUDIO OUT L R S VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT 1 2 COMMAND MODE 3 LINE 1 RGB TV LINE 2 B 2 B 1 AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL OUT PCM DTS MPEG...

Page 28: ...als are not output from the digital jack C C 1 C 2 DIGITAL OUT PCM DTS MPEG DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL SELECTABLE INTERLACE PROGRESSIVE SCAN SELECT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT PR CR PB CB Y 5 1CH OUTPUT FRONT REAR CENTER WOOFER L R AUDIO OUT L R S VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT 1 2 COMMAND MODE 3 LINE 1 RGB TV LINE 2 C 2 C 1 AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL OUT PCM DTS MPEG DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL CD DVD player or Fro...

Page 29: ...OGRESSIVE SCAN SELECT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT PR CR PB CB Y 5 1CH OUTPUT FRONT REAR CENTER WOOFER L R AUDIO OUT L R S VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT 1 2 COMMAND MODE 3 LINE 1 RGB TV LINE 2 D 2 D 1 DIGITAL OUT PCM DTS MPEG DOLBY DIGITAL COAXIAL OPTICAL 5 1CH OUTPUT FRONT REAR CENTER WOOFER L R l Signal flow Front R Front L Rear R AV amplifier receiver having 5 1ch inputs or and a decoder Subwoofer Centre Coaxial ...

Page 30: ...nnected components To enhance the sound performance Use high performance speakers Use front rear and centre speakers of the same size and performance Place the subwoofer between the left and right front speakers Notes For connection After you have completed the connection be sure to set DOLBY DIGITAL to DOLBY DIGITAL and DTS to DTS in Quick Setup page 31 If your AV amplifier receiver has an MPEG a...

Page 31: ...gnal from the player appears on the TV screen Press ENTER to run QUICK SETUP appears at the bottom of the screen If this message does not appear select QUICK under SETUP in the Control Menu to run Quick Setup page 75 4 Press ENTER without inserting a disc The Setup Display for selecting the language used in the on screen display appears The available languages differ depending upon the player mode...

Page 32: ...VE in step 9 you cannot select RGB Video signals VIDEO pages 78 S video signals S VIDEO pages 78 RGB signals RGB pages 78 12Press ENTER The Setup Display for selecting the type of jack used to connect your amplifier receiver appears 13Press X x to select the type of jack if any you are using to connect to an amplifier receiver then press ENTER Choose the item that matches the audio connection you ...

Page 33: ...uick Setup is finished and connections are complete If your AV amplifier receiver has an MPEG audio decoder set MPEG to MPEG page 81 When DIGITAL 5 1CH OUTPUT is selected in step 13 The Setup Display for SPEAKER SETUP appears 18Press X x to select the size of the centre speaker If no centre speaker is connected select NONE page 83 19Press ENTER REAR is selected B 1 C 1 B 2 C 2 D 2 D 1 D 1 D 2 B D ...

Page 34: ...layer Refer to page 74 for using the Setup Display Audio Connection pages 26 to 29 No additional settings are needed Set DOWNMIX to DOLBY SURROUND page 80 Set DOWNMIX to DOLBY SURROUND page 80 Set DIGITAL OUT to ON page 81 Set DISTANCE LEVEL FRONT and LEVEL REAR according to the connected speakers page 83 z Hints For connections Set 48kHz 96kHz PCM to 96kHz 24bit only if you connect an amplifier r...

Page 35: ...lifier receiver Depending on the disc a menu may appear on the TV screen For DVD VIDEOs see page 39 For VIDEO CDs see page 42 To enjoy the clarity of Super Audio CD CD sound more You can minimize the effect of the video output by switching it off Toggle the scroll key up or down to display VIDEO OFF in the LCD screen Then point the remote to the player and press down on the scroll key once so that...

Page 36: ...te does not work while the Child Lock is set To unlock the disc tray When the player is in standby mode press O RETURN ENTER and then 1 again Note Even if you select RESET under SETUP in the Control Menu page 75 the disc tray remains locked To Operation Stop Press x Pause Press X Resume play after pause Press X or H Go to the next chapter track or scene in continuous play mode Press on the remote ...

Page 37: ...ing the click shuttle on the remote Shuttle mode Turn the click shuttle on the remote The playback speed changes depending on the turning direction and degree of rotation as follows During playback 2M Fast forward faster than 1M Y 1M Fast forward Y 2B DVD VIDEO Super Audio CD CD only Y N Play normal speed Y 2b DVD VIDEO only Y 1m Fast reverse Y 2m Fast reverse faster than 1m If you turn the click ...

Page 38: ...rom the Point Where You Stopped the Disc Multi disc Resume The player stores the point where you stopped the disc for up to 300 discs and resumes playback the next time you insert the same disc When you store a resume playback point for the 301st disc the resume playback point for the first disc is deleted 1 While playing a disc press x to stop playback RESUME appears on the front panel display 2 ...

Page 39: ...ded into long sections of a picture or a music feature called titles When you play a DVD which contains several titles you can select the title you want using the TOP MENU button When you play DVDs that allow you to select items such as the language for the subtitles and the language for the sound select these items using the MENU button 1 Press TOP MENU or MENU The disc s menu appears on the TV s...

Page 40: ...d 1 Press DISPLAY while the player is stopped The Control Menu appears 2 Press X x to select ORIGINAL PLAY LIST then press ENTER The options for ORIGINAL PLAY LIST appear 3 Press X x to select the setting PLAY LIST plays the titles created from ORIGINAL for editing ORIGINAL plays the titles originally recorded 4 Press ENTER To turn off the Control Menu Press DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Me...

Page 41: ...LTI indicator in the front panel display lights up when playing a multi channel playback area z Hint You can also select MULTI 2CH from the Control Menu page 13 Selecting a playback layer of hybrid Super Audio CDs Some Super Audio CDs consist of an HD layer and a CD layer You can select the playback layer you want to listen to 1 Toggle the scroll key up or down while the player is stopped to displ...

Page 42: ...ns supplied with the disc as the operating procedure may differ depending on the VIDEO CD To return to the menu Press O RETURN z Hint To play without using PBC press or the number buttons while the player is stopped to select a track then press H or ENTER Play without PBC appears on the TV screen and the player starts normal play You cannot play still pictures such as a menu To return to PBC playb...

Page 43: ...ed track starts playing When a track or album is being played its title is shaded To go to the next or previous page Press c or C To return to the previous display Press O RETURN To turn off the display Press MENU Notes Only the letters in the alphabet and numbers can be used for album or track names Anything else is displayed as ID3 tags cannot be displayed About MP3 audio tracks You can play MP3...

Page 44: ...ined within a currently selected album take priority over the next album in the same tree Example C contains D so 4 is played before 5 When you press MENU and the list of MP3 albums appears page 43 the albums are arranged in the following order A t B t C t D t F t G Albums that do not contain tracks such as album E do not appear in the list z Hints If you add numbers 01 02 03 etc to the front of t...

Page 45: ...ress c The cursor moves to the title or track row T in this case 01 3 Select the title chapter or track you want to programme When playing a DVD VIDEO For example select chapter 03 of title 02 Press X x or the number buttons to select 02 under T then press ENTER Next press X x or the number buttons to select 03 under C then press ENTER X x c CLEAR ENTER PROGRAM Number buttons H PROGRAM 1 TITLE ALL...

Page 46: ...umber buttons and press c 3 Follow step 3 of Creating your own programme Programme Play page 45 for new programming To cancel a programme select under T then press ENTER To cancel all the titles chapters or tracks in the programmed order 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press X and select ALL CLEAR 3 Press ENTER z Hints You can do Repeat Play or Shuffle Play of the programmed titles chapters or tracks During Pro...

Page 47: ... random order when CHAPTER is selected You can also select SHUFFLE from the Control Menu page 13 Playing repeatedly Repeat Play You can play all of the titles or tracks on a disc or a single title chapter or track repeatedly You can use a combination of Shuffle or Programme Play modes 1 Toggle the scroll key up or down to display REPEAT in the LCD screen 2 Point the remote at the player and press ...

Page 48: ...a title chapter or track repeatedly This function is useful when you want to memorize lyrics etc 1 During playback when you find the starting point point A of the portion to be played repeatedly press A B The starting point point A is set 2 When you reach the ending point point B press ENTER or press A B again The set points are displayed and the player starts repeating this specific portion To re...

Page 49: ...DEO DVD RW TITLE CHAPTER TIME TEXT TIME MEMO Select TIME TEXT or TIME MEMO to search for a starting point by inputting the time code When playing a VIDEO CD TRACK INDEX When playing a VIDEO CD with PBC Playback SCENE INDEX When playing a Super Audio CD CD TRACK INDEX When playing a DATA CD MP3 audio ALBUM TRACK 3 Select the number of the title track scene time code etc you want by pressing the num...

Page 50: ...ll picture on a DVD RW in VR mode You cannot search for a scene on a DVD RW using the time code Searching by Scene PICTURE NAVIGATION You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens and find a desired scene quickly 1 Press PICTURE NAVI during playback The following display appears 2 Press PICTURE NAVI repeatedly to select the item Refer to the explanations given for each item in the following sections...

Page 51: ... X Setting and selecting a favourite scene Bookmark You can have the player store specific portions of the disc in memory and play them immediately whenever you want Bookmark Up to 9 bookmarks per disc for a total of 300 discs can be stored in memory Bookmarked scenes are displayed on a screen divided into 9 sections You can play back from the bookmarked scene After performing step 3 of Searching ...

Page 52: ...oving pictures pause Displaying different angles simultaneously ANGLE VIEWER If various angles multi angles for a scene are recorded on the DVD VIDEO you can display all of the angles recorded on the disc on the screen divided into 9 sections You can also play back from the selected angle After performing step 3 of Searching by Scene PICTURE NAVIGATION above select the angle using C X x c and pres...

Page 53: ...e T Remaining time of the current title C Playing time of the current chapter C Remaining time of the current chapter When playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functions minutes seconds Playing time of the current scene When playing a VIDEO CD without PBC functions Super Audio CD or CD T minutes seconds Playing time of the current track T Remaining time of the current track D Playing time of the current di...

Page 54: ...the disc s text such as the disc name or title Playing time of MP3 audio tracks may not be displayed correctly BRAHMS SYMPHONY TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR MIN SEC TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR MIN SEC TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR MIN SEC TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR MIN SEC TITLE TRACK CHAP INDEX ANGLE NTSC HOUR MIN SEC Title playing time and the current tit...

Page 55: ...er BIT RATE or LAYER whichever was selected in ADVANCED BIT RATE When playing MPEG audio sound tracks Bit rate refers to the amount of video audio data per second in a disc While playing a disc the approximate bit rate of the playback picture is displayed as Mbps megabits per second and the audio as kbps kilobits per second The higher the bit rate the larger the amount of data However this does no...

Page 56: ... the TV screen 1 While playing MP3 audio tracks on a DATA CD toggle the scroll key up or down to display TIME TEXT in the LCD screen 2 Point the remote at the player and press down on the scroll key so that appears in the LCD screen The audio bit rate appears on the TV screen T 17 30 128k JAZZ RIVER SIDE Bit rate Album name Track name ...

Page 57: ...hat appears in the LCD screen The following display appears 3 Press down on the scroll key repeatedly to select one of the audio options When playing a DVD VIDEO Depending on the DVD VIDEO the choice of language varies When 4 digits are displayed they indicate a language code Refer to Language Code List on page 93 to see which language the code represents When the same language is displayed two or...

Page 58: ...ers as follows For Dolby Digital 5 1 ch The letters in the programme format display indicate the following sound components L Front left R Front right C Centre LS Rear left RS Rear right S Rear monaural The rear component of the Dolby Surround processed signal and the Dolby Digital signal LFE Low Frequency Effect signal z Hint When playing Dolby Digital or DTS sound tracks LFE is enclosed in a dot...

Page 59: ...speakers will emit identical monaural sounds If you are using a centre speaker the appropriate sounds for the centre speaker will be delivered ENHANCED SURROUND Provides a greater sense of presence from a Dolby Surround Pro Logic source with a monaural rear channel signal Produces a stereo like effect in the rear channels To cancel the setting Select OFF in step 3 z Hint You can also select SURROU...

Page 60: ...r and press down on the scroll key so that appears in the LCD screen The following display appears 3 Press down on the scroll key repeatedly to select an angle The scene changes to the selected angle z Hints You can display all the angles on a screen divided into 9 sections and start playback directly from the chosen angle page 52 You can also select ANGLE from the Control Menu page 13 Note Depend...

Page 61: ...croll key repeatedly to select a setting When playing a DVD VIDEO Select the language Depending on the DVD VIDEO the choice of language varies When 4 digits are displayed they indicate a language code Refer to Language Code List on page 93 to see which language the code represents When playing a DVD RW Select ON To turn off the subtitles Select OFF in step 3 z Hint You can also select SUBTITLE fro...

Page 62: ...the colour intensity DYNAMIC 2 Produces a more dynamic picture than DYNAMIC 1 by further increasing the picture contrast and the colour intensity CINEMA 1 Enhances details in dark areas by increasing the black level CINEMA 2 White colours become brighter and black colours become richer and the colour contrast is increased MEMORY Adjusts the picture in greater detail z Hints When you watch a movie ...

Page 63: ...g static pictures such as scenery Or set closer to MOVE for software containing dynamic moving pictures such as a car chase PICTURE Changes the contrast BRIGHTNESS Changes the overall brightness COLOR Makes the colours deeper or lighter HUE Changes the colour balance GAMMA Adjusts the brightness of selected areas See Adjusting the brightness of selected areas Gamma Correction page 64 for details 1...

Page 64: ... set for DVE and BNR in MEMORY are valid even if you select STANDARD DYNAMIC 1 DYNAMIC 2 CINEMA 1 or CINEMA 2 Adjusting the brightness of selected areas Gamma Correction Depending on your TV or viewing environment images on the screen may lose definition when a certain area of the image is so light that it appears washed out or so dark that it blends into the surrounding dark areas By correcting t...

Page 65: ... viewing the image on your TV screen Press O RETURN to stop making adjustments to the image 5 Press ENTER The GAMMA adjustment bar appears and the adjusted gamma values are stored in memory To reset only the gamma value to the default setting Select RESET in the GAMMA adjustment display by pressing X x and press ENTER z Hint You can move the gamma adjustment display horizontally by pressing OFF 1 ...

Page 66: ...C MEMO INPUT display appears 5 Select a character by pressing C X x c or by turning the click shuttle The selected character changes the colour 6 Press ENTER 7 Repeat steps 5 and 6 to input other characters 8 When you have entered all the characters for a Disc Memo select SAVE by pressing C X x c and press ENTER The Disc Memo is stored To turn off the display Press O RETURN To erase a character 1 ...

Page 67: ... Memo erases the oldest Disc Memo from those first stored Locking Discs CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL PARENTAL CONTROL You can set two kinds of playback restrictions for the desired disc Custom Parental Control You can set playback restrictions so that the player will not play inappropriate discs Parental Control Playback of some DVD VIDEOs can be limited according to a predetermined level such as the a...

Page 68: ...hen press ENTER To play a disc for which Custom Parental Control is set 1 Insert the disc for which Custom Parental Control is set The CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL display appears 2 Enter your 4 digit password using the number buttons then press ENTER The player is ready for playback z Hint If you forget your password enter the 6 digit number 199703 using the number buttons when the CUSTOM PARENTAL CON...

Page 69: ...assword using the number buttons then press ENTER The display for setting the playback limitation level appears 5 Press X x to select STANDARD then press ENTER The selection items for STANDARD are displayed 6 Press X x to select a geographic area as the playback limitation level then press ENTER The area is selected When you select OTHERS t select and enter a standard code in the table on page 70 ...

Page 70: ...n the player and press H When the display for entering your password appears enter your new password Notes When you play discs which do not have the Parental Control function playback cannot be limited on this player Depending on the disc you may be asked to change the parental control level while playing the disc In this case enter your password then change the level If the Resume Play mode is ca...

Page 71: ...e display is turned off 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 Setting Sound Feedback 1 Press 1 on the player or the remote The power indicator lights up in green When there is a disc in the player press A and remove the disc Then press A again to close the disc tray 2 Pres...

Page 72: ... manufacturer code see Code numbers of controllable TVs below 5 Press down on the scroll key The manufacturer code flashes and the remote is set When the TV DVD switch is set to TV the remote performs the following If you use number buttons to select the TV s programme position press followed by the number buttons for two digit numbers If you connect the player to the TV via the SCART EURO AV jack...

Page 73: ...is set The 2 buttons control the AV amplifier s volume If you want to control the TV s volume Slide the TV DVD switch to TV Code numbers of controllable AV amplifiers receivers 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 amplifier receiver z Hint If you want to control the TV s volume even when the TV DVD switch is set to DV...

Page 74: ...tem from the displayed list LANGUAGE SETUP SCREEN SETUP CUSTOM SETUP AUDIO SETUP or SPEAKER SETUP Then press ENTER The Setup item is selected Example SCREEN SETUP 5 Select an item using X x then press ENTER The options for the selected item appear Example TV TYPE 6 Select a setting using X x then press ENTER The setting is selected and setup is complete Example 4 3 PAN SCAN X x ENTER DISPLAY 47 QU...

Page 75: ...SD On Screen Display Switches the display language on the screen MENU DVD VIDEO only Switches the language for the disc s menu AUDIO DVD VIDEO only Switches the language of the sound track When you select ORIGINAL the language given priority in the disc is selected SUBTITLE DVD VIDEO only Switches the language of the subtitle recorded on the DVD VIDEO When you select AUDIO FOLLOW the language for ...

Page 76: ...ind a scene to be stored in memory press PICTURE MEMORY The picture is stored in memory 16 9 Select this when you connect a wide screen TV or a TV with a wide mode function 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 4 3 PAN SCAN Select this when you connect a 4 3 screen TV Automatically displays a wid...

Page 77: ...ority over the setting made in COMPONENT OUT To switch the video signal format If you have selected PROGRESSIVE for a TV that does not accept signals in progressive signals or if the software s video signals are not suited for progressive video signal conversion view the image in Interlace format 1 Set the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT SCAN SELECT switch on the rear panel of the player to INTERLACE 2 Set CO...

Page 78: ...other settings Select CUSTOM SETUP in the Setup Display To use the display see Using the Setup Display page 74 The default settings are underlined AUTO PLAY Switches the Auto Play setting on or off This function is useful when the player is connected to a timer not supplied DIMMER Adjusts the lighting of the front panel display FULL Select this when you can change the aspect ratio on your TV NORMA...

Page 79: ...EO CD only Switches the Multi disc Resume setting on or off Resume playback point can be stored in memory for up to 300 different DVD VIDEO VIDEO CD discs page 38 BOOKMARK RESETt Resets the bookmarks Select this and press ENTER The BOOKMARK RESET display appears Press ENTER again to erase all of the bookmarks in all of the discs CD DIRECT Eliminates the use of unnecessary circuits when playing CDs...

Page 80: ...r depending on the disc or playback environment DOWNMIX DVD VIDEO DVD RW only Switches the method for mixing down to 2 channels when you play a DVD which has rear sound elements channels or is recorded in Dolby Digital or DTS format For details on the rear signal components see Displaying the audio information of the disc page 58 This function affects the output of the following jacks AUDIO OUT L ...

Page 81: ...ition When you select ON see To set the digital output signal for further settings OFF The influence of the digital circuit upon the analog circuit is minimal AUDIO SETUP AUDIO ATT AUDIO DRC DIGITAL OUT DOLBY DIGITAL MPEG OFF STANDARD AUDIO FILTER SHARP ON DOWNMIX DOLBY SURROUND D PCM PCM 48kHz 96kHz PCM 48kHz 16bit DTS D PCM D PCM Select this when the player is connected to an audio component wit...

Page 82: ...aker with 5 1 CH OUTPUT jacks page 29 You can create two different Speaker Setup settings one for Super Audio CDs and one for all other types of discs When nothing is set in SUPER AUDIO CD the DVD setting you have set becomes effective when you play Super Audio CDs 1 Follow steps 1 through 4 of Using the Setup Display page 74 to select SPEAKERS SETUP in the Setup Display 2 Select DVD or SUPER AUDI...

Page 83: ... in CENTER centre speaker B REAR rear speaker C and SUBWOOFWER D to reflect the actual distance to your centre speaker rear speakers and subwoofer Be sure to change the value in the Setup Display each time you move the speakers Start from the front speaker The default adjustments are in parentheses LARGE Normally select this position SMALL Select this when the speaker cannot reproduce adequate bas...

Page 84: ...ht speakers simultaneously 4 Select TEST TONE and set to OFF to turn off the test tone Note The test tone signals are not output from the digital jack REAR 3 m Set this within 5 and 2 m of the FRONT setting in 0 05 m increments For example if FRONT is set to 6 m REAR can be set between 1 and 8 m SUBWOOFER 3 m Set this within 5 and 2 m of the FRONT setting in 0 05 m increments For example if FRONT ...

Page 85: ...NENT VIDEO OUT SCAN SELECT switch on the rear panel of the player to INTERLACE Then set COMPONENT OUT to INTERLACE after you can see the TV screen correctly and reset the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT SCAN SELECT switch to SELECTABLE Even if your TV is compatible with progressive format 525p 625p signals the image may be affected when you set COMPONENT OUT to PROGRESSIVE In this case set COMPONENT OUT to IN...

Page 86: ... RWs that are not finalized page 7 The MP3 audio track cannot be played page 43 The DATA CD is not recorded in the MP3 format that conforms to ISO9660 Level 1 Level 2 or Joliet The MP3 audio track does not have the extension MP3 The data is not formatted in MP3 even though it has the extension MP3 The data is not MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 data The player cannot play audio tracks in MP3PRO format Copyrig...

Page 87: ...y on the remote page 39 Multi angles are not recorded on the DVD being played The angle can only be changed when the ANGLE indicator lights up on the front panel display page 9 The DVD prohibits changing of the angles The player does not operate properly When static electricity etc causes the player to operate abnormally unplug the player Nothing is displayed on the front panel display DIMMER in C...

Page 88: ...d for surround sound When the input signal contains a surround component the Pro Logic process outputs the front centre and rear signals The rear channel is monaural DTS page 29 81 Digital audio compression technology that Digital Theater Systems Inc developed This technology conforms to 5 1 channel surround sound The rear channel is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format ...

Page 89: ...s to easily locate the point you want on a CD or VIDEO CD Depending on the disc no index may be recorded Interlace format page 77 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 MPEG ...

Page 90: ...lace format can show 25 frames 50 fields in one second the Progressive format can show 50 frames in one second The overall picture quality increases and still images text and horizontal lines appear sharper Scene page 9 On a VIDEO CD with PBC playback control functions the menu screens moving pictures and still pictures are divided into sections called scenes Super Audio CD page 6 A Super Audio CD...

Page 91: ...ntional CD player 2 channel Multi channel Super Audio CD This disc consists of the 2 channel playback area and the multi channel playback area Title page 9 The longest section of a picture or music feature on a DVD movie etc in video software or the entire album in audio software Track page 9 Sections of a picture or a music feature on a CD or VIDEO CD the length of a song CD layer HD layer 2 chan...

Page 92: ...TICAL Optical output jack 18 dBm wave length 660 nm DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL Phono jack 0 5 Vp p 75 ohms 5 1CH OUTPUT Phono jack 2 Vrms 10 kilohms COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y PB CB PR CR Phono jack Y 1 0 Vp p PB CB PR CR interlace 0 648 Vp p progressive or interlace 0 7 Vp p 75 ohms BLACK LEVEL is ON BLACK LEVEL is OFF VIDEO OUT Phono jack 1 0 Vp p 75 ohms S VIDEO OUT 4 pin mini DIN Y 1 0 Vp p C 0 286 Vp p 7...

Page 93: ...iddish 1283 Javanese 1287 Georgian 1297 Kazakh 1298 Greenlandic 1299 Cambodian 1300 Kannada 1301 Korean 1305 Kashmiri 1307 Kurdish 1311 Kirghiz 1313 Latin 1326 Lingala 1327 Laothian 1332 Lithuanian 1334 Latvian Lettish 1345 Malagasy 1347 Maori 1349 Macedonian 1350 Malayalam 1352 Mongolian 1353 Moldavian 1356 Marathi 1357 Malay 1358 Maltese 1363 Burmese 1365 Nauru 1369 Nepali 1376 Dutch 1379 Norweg...

Page 94: ...OWNMIX 80 DTS 29 57 81 88 DVD 6 35 88 DVD RW 6 40 89 DVD RW 6 89 F Front panel display 9 H Handling discs 7 Hooking up 20 I INDEX 49 Index 89 INTERLACE 77 J Jog mode 38 L LANGUAGE SETUP 75 LCD 12 LEVEL 84 LINE 78 Locating a specific point by watching the TV screen 37 M MENU 75 Menu DVD s menu 39 top menu 39 MP3 6 43 MPEG 29 57 81 89 MULTI DISC RESUME 38 79 O On screen display Control Menu display ...

Page 95: ...ME MEMO 49 66 TIME TEXT 49 53 TITLE 49 Title 91 TITLE VIEWER 50 TOP MENU 39 TRACK 49 Track 91 TRACK SELECTION 79 TRACK VIEWER 50 Troubleshooting 85 TV TYPE 76 U Usable discs 6 V VIDEO CD 6 35 VIDEO CONTROL 62 VIDEO OFF 35 ...

Page 96: ...Sony Corporation Printed in Japan Printed on 100 recycled paper using VOC Volatile Organic Compound free vegetable oil based ink ...

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