Sony BDC-T79 manual

BDV -N790W/BDV- T79 4-418-130- 12 (2) Blu-r ay Disc™/ DVD Home Theatr e Syst em Operating Instructi ons[...]

2 US Do not inst all the ap pliance in a confine d space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet. To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover t he ven tilation o pening of the apparatus wit h newspapers, tablecl oths, curtains, etc. Do not place the naked flame s ources such as lighted candles on the apparatus. Do not e xpose batter ies or apparat us [...]

3 US Important Safety Instructions 1) Read th ese instructions. 2) Keep th ese instr uctio ns. 3) Heed al l warnings. 4) Follow all instructio ns. 5) Do not use this appar atus near water. 6) Clean only wit h dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ven tilation opening s. Inst all in accordan ce with th e manufact urer’s instruc tions. 8) Do not install n[...]

4 US with an y other antenna or transm itter. This eq uipment comp lies with FC C radiati on exposure limit s set forth for an uncon trolled environmen t and meets the FCC radio frequen cy (RF) Exposur e Guidelines in Suppleme nt C to OET65. This equi pment should be i nstalled and operate d keeping the radiator at least 20c m or more away from per[...]

5 US • T he Wi-Fi Protected S etup Mark is a ma rk of th e Wi-Fi Alliance . • “ PhotoTV HD” and the “P hotoTV HD” logo are t rademarks of Sony Corpora tion. • M PEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and patents licensed from Frau nhofer IIS and Thomson. • T his product incorp orates proprietary te chnology under license from Ve rance [...]

6 US rights und er this Agree ment agai nst you direct ly in its own name. The Gracen ote servi ce uses a unique id entifier to track queri es for stati stical purposes. The purpose o f a randomly assigned numer ic identifi er is to allow the Gracenote servi c e to count queri es without knowi ng anything about who yo u are. For m ore informa tion,[...]

7 US Tabl e of Cont ents About T hese Operatin g Instructi ons ..... .. 6 Unpackin g ........ ....... ....... ........... ........ ...... 8 Index to Parts and Controls ............... ...... 9 Getting Started Step 1: Insta lling the System....... 14 Step 2: Co nnecting the Sy stem... 14 Connecting the speake r s . ....... .. 14 Connecting the TV ..[...]

8 US Unpacking • Front speakers ( 2) • Surroun d speaker s (2) • Cente r speaker (1 ) • Subwo ofer (1) • F M wire ante nna (aeria l) (1) • Remote c ommander (rem ote) (1) • R 6 (size AA) batte ries (2) • Cal ibration mi c (1) • Dock for iP od/iPhone (TDM-iP30) (1) • USB cab le (1) • Video cord ( 1) • High Spe ed HDMI c able [...]

9 US Index to Parts and Controls For more informatio n, ref er to the pages in dicated i n parent heses. A Disc slot (page 25) B Front pa nel displ ay C (remote sensor) D USB 2 port (page 26) Open th e cover using a f ingernail i n the slot. E Soft-touch buttons/indica tors N (play) x (stop) . / > (previous/next) Z (eject) FUNCTION (page 23) Sel[...]

10 US About the indications in the front panel display A Lights up when repeat play is activated. B Lights up whe n stereo so und is received. (Radio only) C Lights up when the system is playin g via the PARTY S TREAMING function. D Lights up whe n muting is on. E Lights up when th e HDMI (OUT) jack is correctly connected to an HDCP (High- bandwid [...]

11 US A " / 1 (Power) B LINK/STANDBY indicator (page 21) You can check the statu s of wire less transmiss ion betwe en the main uni t and surroun d amplifier . C Wireless transceiver (EZW-RT50) slot D SPEAKERS j acks E SECURE LINK button (page 40) Starts th e Secure Lin k function. Surround amplifier LINK/STANDBY L R 3-16 IMPEDANCE USE SPEAKER[...]

12 US Number 5, AUDIO, VOL +, a nd N butt ons have a tactile dot. Use the tactile dot as a refere nce when op erat ing the remo te. • : For TV op eration s (For detail s, see “ Controlling Your TV with the Supplied Remo te” (page 38).) The system automatically returns to standby mode If any butto n on the unit or remote is not presse d within[...]

13 US E SOUND MODE +/– (page 23) Selects the soun d mode. HOME (pages 22, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42) Enters or exits the system’s home menu. NETFLIX Acce sses the “N ETFLI X” onl ine s ervi ce. SEN Acce sses the “Sony Enter tai nmen t Networ k™” onlin e service. F Playback operation buttons See “ Pla ybac k” ( page 25). . / > (pre[...]

14 US Getting Started Step 1: Installing the System Instal l the system b y refer ring t o the il lustr ation belo w. A Front s peaker (L (l eft)) B Front s peaker (R (r ight)) C Center spe aker D Su rround s peaker ( L (left)) E Surr ound sp eaker (R (right) ) F Subwo ofer G Unit H Surrou nd amplifi er • Use cau tion when placing the speak ers a[...]

15 US Getting Started L R 3-16 IMPEDANCE USE SPEAKERS To the surround amplifi er Gray (Surro und right speaker (R )) Blue (Surr ound left speak er (L))[...]

16 US Getting Started Select one o f the f ollowing connect ion methods according to the inpu t jacks on your TV. Video connections 1) High Speed HDMI cable 2) If the HDMI IN jack of your TV is compati ble with the ARC (Audio Re turn Channel) function , an HDMI cable connect ion can also send a digita l audio signal from th e TV. For setting the Au[...]

17 US Getting Started Conn ect the s yste m, o ther comp onent s, a nd TV as f ollo ws. * This conne ction is unnecessar y f or connec tion A (HDMI connection). Select one of the following co nnection methods according t o the jac k type of the component. * Use a High Speed HDMI cable. Connecting the other components (Set-top box, etc.) A High qual[...]

18 US Getting Started When you make connection A Thi s conn ect ion can se nd b oth vide o an d audi o si gna ls. • Video s ignals fr om the HDMI (I N 1/2) ja cks are sent to the HDMI (OUT) jack only when t he “HDMI1” or “HDMI2” funct ion is selected. • To send a n audio signal from the HDM I (IN 1/2) jacks to the HDMI (OUT) ja ck, you [...]

19 US Getting Started • Be sure to fully exten d the FM wire antenna (aerial). • Afte r connec ting th e FM wire antenn a (aerial ), keep it as hori zontal as possi ble. • If you have poor FM reception, use a 75-ohm coaxial cable (not s upplied) to con nect the unit to an outdoor FM ante nna (aerial). Step 3: Prepa ring for Network Conn ectio[...]

20 US Getting Started • If secur ity is set on your wi reless netw ork, the secur ity key (WEP key, WPA key)** . * SSID (S ervice Set Identif ier) is a name t hat identi fies a partic ular wirel ess network . ** You nee d to check the settings of your wirele ss LAN router to get the information about SSID and security key. For detail s: – visit[...]

21 US Getting Started 4 Press " / 1 to turn the system on. 5 Connect the AC power cord (mains lead) of the surround amplifier. When wire less tr ansmissi on is acti vated, the LINK/STANDBY ind icator tu rns green. If the LINK/STANDBY indicator does not turn on , see “Wire less soun d” (page 53) . About the LINK/STANDBY indicator The LINK/S[...]

22 US Getting Started Step 5 : Perf orming t he Easy Se tup Follow the Ste ps below to ma ke the basic adjustmen ts and network settings fo r the system. Disp layed items va ry depend ing on the cou ntry model. 1 Insert two R6 (size AA) batteries (suppli ed) by match ing the 3 a nd # ends on th e batteries to the markings inside the compartment. 2 [...]

23 US Getting Started Step 6 : Selec ting the Source You ca n sele ct the pla yba ck sour ce. Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until the desired function appears in the front pa n el display. When you pre ss FUNC TION o nce, th e curren t functio n appears in the fr ont panel dis play, then each tim e you press FUN CTION, the fu nction chan ges as follow[...]

24 US Getting Started • If y ou set the sou nd mode to [Auto] and pl ay Internet conten t of the B erlin P hilharmo nic, th e system enters to “BERLIN PHILHARMONIC HALL” mode automa tica lly (on ly for ar eas th at are o ffered t he service) . To select the sound mode from the option menu 1 Press O PTIONS a nd X / x to select [Sound Mode], th[...]

Pl ayb ack 25 US Playing a Disc For play able discs, see “Pl ayable Di scs” (page 55). 1 Switch the input select or on your TV so that the signal from the system appears on your TV screen. 2 Load a disc. Pla yback star ts . If playback does not start automat ically, select in the [Video], [Music], or [Photo ] category , and press . Some BD-ROMs[...]

26 US You ca n check the play back infor mation, etc ., by pres sing DISPLA Y. The di splayed inf ormation differs depe nding on the dis c type and sy stem stat us. Examp le: when playing a BD-RO M A Outpu t resolution/Vid eo frequency B Title numbe r or name C The curre ntly sele cted audio setting D Avail able fu ncti ons ( angle , audi o, subtit[...]

Pl ayb ack 27 US Enjoying an iPod/iPho ne You c an enjoy the mus ic/video/pho to and charge th e battery o f an iPo d/iPhone via the system . Compatible iPod/iPhone models Update your iPod/iPh one with the latest softwa re before using with the system. Made f or iPod t ouch 4th generation, iPod touc h 3rd gen eration, iPo d touch 2 nd generati on, [...]

28 US Playing via a Networ k Sony E ntertainm ent Net work ser ves as a gate way del iver ing s elec ted Int erne t cont ent an d a vari ety of on -deman d ente rtain ment straig ht to your uni t. • Some Interne t content requires re gistration v ia a PC before i t can be played . For furt her deta ils, vis it the following websi te: http://www.s[...]

Pl ayb ack 29 US To play files stored on a DLNA server via the system (DLNA Player) Select the DLNA server ic on from [ Video], [Music] , or [Photo] in t he home me nu, then selec t the fi le tha t you w ant to play. To play remote files by operating the system (Renderer) v ia a DLNA controller You can op erat e t he s yste m with a DL NA- certifi [...]

30 US • If content that i s not compatibl e with the PAR TY STREAMING function is played , the s ystem clo ses PARTY automatica lly. To use the system as a PARTY guest Select [PARTY] in [Music] , then se lect the P ARTY hos t de vice icon. To leave the PARTY, press OPTIONS, then select [Lea ve PARTY]. To clos e the PARTY, pr ess OPTION S, then se[...]

Pl ayb ack 31 US [Video] only [Leave P ARTY] Leaves from a p arty which the s ystem is par ticipating in. The PARTY STREAMING function continues amo ng other p articipating devices. [Close PARTY] For PARTY host: Close s a par ty. For PARTY gue st: Clo ses a part y which the system is part icipating in. Th e PARTY STREAMING f unction ends for all ot[...]

32 US [Music] only [Photo] only When th e sound does no t match the pict ures on the TV s creen, y ou can adju st the de lay between the pictur e and so und. The sett ing method diff ers depend ing on the func tion. When playing via other than the “FM” or “TV” function 1 Press OPTIONS. The opt ion menu ap pears on t he TV scre en. 2 Press X[...]

Sound Adjustm ent 33 US Selectin g the Audio Format, Multilingual Tracks, or Channel When the syst em is playing a BD/DVD VIDEO record ed in mult iple audio fo rmats (P CM, Dolby D igital, MPEG audi o, or DTS) or multili ngual tracks , you can change the audio forma t or langua ge. With a CD , you can sel ect the sou nd from the rig ht or l eft ch [...]

34 US Listenin g to the Ra dio 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “FM” appears in the f ront panel display. 2 Select the radio station. Auto ma tic tuni ng Press an d hold TUNING +/– unt il the au to scanni ng starts. [Auto Tu ning] appe ars on the TV screen. Scanni ng stops whe n the system tunes in a statio n. To cance l automati c tuning, [...]

Other Operations 35 US Using th e Control fo r HDMI F unctio n for “BRAVIA” Sy nc This func tion is a vailable on TVs wi th the “BRA VIA” Sync fun cti on. By conn ecting Son y componen ts that are compatible with th e Control f or HDMI f unction via an H DMI cable, op eration is simp lified. • To us e the “BRAVIA” Sync function , turn[...]

36 US 2 Press C / c to select [Setup]. 3 Press X / x to select [Audio Settings], then press . 4 Press X / x to select [Auto Calibration], then press . The co nfirmation disp lay for [Aut o Cal ibrat ion] app ears . 5 Connect the calib ration mic t o the A.CAL MIC jack on the rear panel. Set up the calibratio n mic at ea r level usin g a tripod, etc[...]

Other Operations 37 US dB. Be su re to s et [Test Tone] to [ On] for e asy adjustment . [Fro nt Left/Righ t] 0.0 dB : Set the f ront sp eaker leve l. [Cen ter] 0. 0 dB : Se t the center speaker lev el. [Surro und Left/Ri ght] 0.0 d B : Set the surround speak er level. [Subw oofer] 0 .0 dB : Set th e subwoofer level. x [Relocation] You ca n correc t[...]

38 US Deactivatin g the Button s on the Un it (Ch ild L ock ) You ca n deactivate the buttons o n the unit (exce pt for " / 1 ) for preven ti ng mis ope ratio n, such as child mischief (c hild lock functi on). Press x on the u nit for more than 5 seconds. “LOCKED” appears in t he front panel display. The child lock functio n is activated a[...]

Other Operations 39 US Browsing W ebsites 1 Prepare for Intern et browsing. Connec t the sy stem to a netwo rk (page 19 ). 2 Press HOME. The ho me menu ap pear s on the TV sc reen . 3 Press C / c to select [Network]. 4 Press X / x to select [Internet Bro wser], then press . The [In ternet Browser] di spla y appear s. • S ome websites may not disp[...]

40 US Furthe r Settings for the Wireless System You can sp ecify the wirel ess connec tion to link the main unit to the surr ound amplif ier using the Secure Link fu nction. This fu nction can help prevent in terferen ce if you use m ultiple wi reless produ cts or your neighb ors use wire less product s. 1 Press HOME. The h ome me nu a ppear s on t[...]

Other Operations 41 US 8 Press C / c to selec t [Start], then press . To r eturn to the pr eviou s disp lay, se lect [Can cel] . 9 After the message [Secure Link setting is complete.] appears, press . The surroun d amplifier is li nked to the main unit and the LINK/STANDBY indicator turns or ange. If the message [Cann ot set Secure Link.] appea rs,[...]

42 US Using the Setu p Display You can make various a djustments to items such as pictur e and sound. The defa ult settings are underl ined. • Playback se ttings stored in th e disc take priority over the Setup Display settings and not all the functions described ma y work. 1 Press HOM E. The hom e menu appe ars on the TV scr een. 2 Press C / c t[...]

Settings an d Adjustme nts 43 US [Screen Se ttings ] x [3D Ou tput Setting] [Aut o] : Normal ly select this. [Off]: Sele ct this to display all contents in 2D. • 3D video from the HDMI (IN 1) or HDMI (IN 2 ) jack is o utput regard less of thi s setting. x [TV Scr een Si ze Se tti ng for 3D] Sets the screen si ze of your 3D compatible TV. • T hi[...]

44 US [16bit], [12bit], [ 10bit]: Ou tputs 16b it/12bit/ 10bi t vide o signa ls when the co nnec ted T V is compatible with Deep Color. [Off] : Select this when th e picture is unst able or colors a ppear unnatu ral. x [SBM] (Super B i t Mapping ) [On] : Sm oot hs th e gr adat ion of vi deo sign als output fro m the HDMI (OUT) jac k. [Off]: S elect[...]

Settings an d Adjustme nts 45 US x [Aut o Calib ration ] You can calibrate the appropriate se ttings automatic ally. Fo r details, see “Ca librating the Appr opri ate Sp eaker Se tti ngs Auto mat icall y” (page 35). [BD/DVD Viewing Setting s] x [BD/DVD Menu Language] You ca n sele ct the de fault menu lang uage fo r BD-ROMs or DVD VIDEOs. When [...]

46 US [Music Sett ings] x [Super Audio CD Playback Layer] [Supe r Au dio CD] : Plays the Super Audio CD layer. [CD]: Plays the CD layer . x [Super Audio CD Playback Channel] [DSD 2c h]: Plays th e 2-channel ar ea. [DSD Multi ] : Plays t he multi-ch annel ar ea. [System Settings] x [OSD Langua ge] You c an selec t your lang uage for t he syste m on-[...]

Settings an d Adjustme nts 47 US x [System I n formation] You ca n displ ay the sys tem’ s softwa re versi on inform ation and th e MAC addres s. x [Software License Information ] You ca n disp lay t he Soft ware Li cens e Info rmatio n. [External Input Setting s] The skip settin g is a convenie nt feature that allows you to s kip unuse d inputs [...]

48 US compatible with the PARTY STRE AMI NG funct ion . [Off]: Off . x [Media Remote Device Registration] Registers your “Media Remote” de vice. x [Registered Media R emote Devices] Disp lays a list of yo ur register ed “Media Remote” devices. x [Remote Start] [On]: Permits tu rning on the system from the “Media Remote” device. [Off] : [...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 49 US Precaut ions On safety • To prevent fire or sho ck hazard, do not plac e objects filled w ith liquids, such as va ses, on the system, or place the sys tem near wate r, such as near a bathtub or shower room . Should any solid object or liqui d fall into the cabinet, un plug the sy stem and have it checked by qualifie[...]

50 US On moving the system • Before movi ng the syst em, make sure that there is no disc ins erted, and rem ove the AC powe r cord (mains lead) f rom the wall out let (mains) . Notes about Discs On handling discs • To keep the dis c clean, handl e the disc by i ts edge. Do not touch th e surface. • D o not stick pa per or tape o n the disc. ?[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 51 US Trou bleshoot ing If you ex peri ence any o f t he fol lowi ng difficu lties while using the syste m, use this troubles hooting gu ide to help re medy the proble m before requ esting repa irs. Shou ld any proble m persist, cons ult your neare st Sony dealer . Note that if servic e person nel changes some parts du ring[...]

52 US Ther e is no pict ure w hen y ou mak e an HDM I cable connecti on. t The un it is connec ted to an i nput dev ice that is not HDC P (High-ba ndwidth Digital Co ntent Protec tion) co mplian t (“HDMI” o n the front panel does not light up) (page 16). 3D imag es from the HDM I (IN 1) or HDMI (IN 2) jac k do not appe ar on the TV scr een. t D[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 53 US Severe hum or noise is heard. t Move your TV away from the audio compone nts. t Clean th e disc. The s ound loses s tereo e ffect wh en you pl ay a CD. t Select ste reo sound by pressing AUDIO (page 33). The s ound com es from the ce nter spea ker only . t Dependin g on the disc, the soun d may come from the c enter s[...]

54 US The dis c does not pl ay. t The regi on code on the BD/ DVD does not matc h the sys tem. t Moisture has conde nsed inside the unit and may ca use damage to the lense s. Remove the disc and leav e the unit turned on for ab out half an hour. t The sys tem ca nnot p lay a r ecord ed dis c tha t is not correc tly fi na lize d (pa ge 55). File nam[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 55 US • The conn ected compon ent’s setting for the [Control for HDMI] func tion is correct. The syste m cannot connec t to the network. t Check the network conne ction (page 19) an d the netwo rk settings (pag e 47). You c annot co nnect your PC to the I nternet after [W i-Fi Prote cted Setu p (WP S)] is per forme d. t[...]

56 US Theref ore, these dis cs may not be co mpatible with this p roduct. Note on playback operations of a BD/DVD Some play back ope rati ons of a BD/DVD may b e intentiona lly set by software pr oducers. S ince this syst em plays a BD/DVD according to the disc co ntents the s oftware pr oducers des igned, some play back f eat ure s may not b e ava[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 57 US • Som e files may not play dependin g on the file format, the file enco ding, the recording condit ion, or DLNA server c ondition. • S ome files edited on a PC may not pl ay. • T he system can recognize the followi ng files or folders in BDs, DVDs, CDs and USB de vices: – up to folders in the 9th la yer, inclu[...]

58 US Specifica tions Amplifier Sec tion AUDIO POWER SPECIFI CATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: (FTC) Front L + Fron t R: Wit h 3 ohms loads, both channels driven, from 180 Hz - 20 kHz; rate d 50 watts per c hanne l mi nimum RMS power, wit h no more than 1% tota l harmonic distort ion from 25 0 milli watts to rated output . POWER O[...]

Additiona l Inf ormation 59 US Surround amplifier (TA-SA300WR) Amplifie r Sectio n U.S.mode ls: AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: (FTC) With 3 ohms loads , both channels driven, from 1 80 - 20,000 Hz; ra ted 45 watts per channel mi nimum RMS power, wi th no more than 1% total harmonic distorti on f rom 250 mi ll[...]

60 US Language Cod e List The lang uage spelli ngs confor m to the ISO 639: 1 988 (E/F) st andard. Parental Control/Area Code List[...]

61 US Index Numerics 3D 25 3D Outp ut Sett ing 43 A A/V SYNC 32 Attenuate - A UDIO 44 Audio DRC 44 Audio Language 45 Audio O utput 44 Audio R eturn Cha nnel 46 Audio Se ttings 44 Auto Cal ibration 35, 4 5 Auto Display 4 6 B BD Audi o MIX Setting 44 BD Hybrid D isc Playback Layer 45 BD In ternet Conn ection 45 BD Pare ntal Control 45 BD/DVD Men u La[...]

62 US W WEP 20 W ireless So und Connec tion 46 WP A2-PSK (AE S) 20 WP A2-PSK (TKI P) 20 WP A-PSK (AES) 20 WP A-PSK (TKIP) 20[...]

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