Sony DAV-HDX465 manual

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    ©2007 Sony Cor poration 2-895-961- 13 (1) DVD Home Theatr e System Oper ating Instructions D A V -HDX46 5/HDX466/HDX665[...]

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    2 US To red uce t he r isk of fire or el ectri c shock, do not expo se this appar atus to rain or moisture. Caution – The use of optical in struments with this product will increase e ye hazard. Do not install the applian ce in a confined spa ce, su ch as a bookcase or buil t-in cabinet. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place objects fille[...]

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    3 US 11) Only use attachm ents/ac cessories specified b y the manu fa ctur er. 12) Use only with th e cart, stand, tripo d, bracke t, or table specif ied by the m anufactu rer, or sold with the app aratus. When a cart is used, use cau tion when mov ing th e car t/apparat us combinat ion to avoid i njury fr om tip-ove r. 13) Unplug this a pparatus d[...]

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    4 US Welcom e ! ........... ............... .................. .... 3 About T his Manual ....... ........... ............... 6 This Syste m Can Pla y the Fo llowing Discs . .................. ............... ............... 6 Getting Started – BASIC – Step 1: As sem blin g the Speake rs .. .......................... 10 Step 2: Connect ing the S[...]

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    5 US Advance d Settings and Adjustm ents Locking Di scs ......... .................. ............ 66 (CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL) Getting Optima l Surround Soun d for a Room ..... ............... ........... .............. . 6 9 (SPEAKER FORMATION) Calibrating the Appro priate Settings Automat ically ....... .............. ..........[...]

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    6 US • The instructi o ns in this manual describ e the contr ols on th e remo te. Yo u can als o use the controls o n the unit if they have the same or similar n ames as th ose on the remote. • The instructi ons in this manual a r e for DAV- HDX465, DAV-HDX466, and D AV- HDX665. DAV-HDX465 is the model u s ed for illu stration pu rposes. Any di[...]

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    7 US The syste m can play DVD-ROMs/ DVD +RWs/ DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs record e d in the follow in g form at s: – MP3 audio tr a cks and J PEG image files o f format c o nforming to UDF (Univers al Disc Forma t) Exampl e of discs th at the system cannot play The sys tem cann ot p lay t he fol lowi ng discs: • CD-R OMs/CD -Rs/ CD-RWs other t han t [...]

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    8 US Regi on co de Your system has a reg ion co de print ed on the rear of th e unit a nd will only play DVDs labeled with the sa me regi on code. DVD VIDEOs labeled will also play on th is system. If you tr y to play a ny other DVD VIDEO, the mess age [P layb ack proh ibited by are a limitatio ns.] will appear on th e TV screen . Depending on the [...]

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    9 US Getting Started – B ASIC – See Unp acking i n Spec ificati ons, pag e 88. Inserting batteries into the remote You can co ntrol the syste m using the supplied remote. I nsert two R6 (si z e AA) batte ries b y matching the 3 and # ends on the batterie s to the markings i n side the co mpartment. To use th e remote, point it at the r emote se[...]

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    10 US Getting Started – B ASIC – Befo re con nect ing the speak ers, attach the sp eaker stand t o the s peake r. (For the front sp e akers of DAV-HDX465 /DAV-HDX4 66 and fro nt and s urround spea k ers of DAV- HDX665.) About how to connect the speak er cor ds to th e SPEAK ER ja cks, see page 17 . Note • Spread a c loth on t he flo or to avo[...]

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    11 US Getting Started – B ASIC – 2 Attach the p ost cover to the other en d of th e post. Orient the slot toward you, attach the post cover so that th e slot of the post engages with the ta b of the post cover , then s ecure with the scr ew. 3 Lay the post in the slot of the speaker, slide the post to the end of the slot, then secure the post w[...]

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    12 US Getting Started – B ASIC – 4 Connect the speaker cords to the speaker. Be su re to matc h the speak er cord to t he app ropr iate t ermi nal on the com pon ents: 3 to 3 , and # to # . 5 Attach the p ost to th e base. Insert the post so that the slit on the lower part of the p ost align s with the p rojectio n of the ba se, then secure the[...]

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    13 US Getting Started – B ASIC – 6 Adjust the heigh t of the speaker. Loosen (bu t do not remove) the screws, adjust th e height of the sp eaker, then secure the screws. Adju st the sp eaker of one si de, the n adju st anothe r speake r by c hecking l ines as a gui de. Note • When adjusting the height of th e spe aker, gra sp th e speake r so[...]

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    14 US Getting Started – B ASIC – Fully-assembled illustration Surr ound speake r (R): Gray label (DAV-H DX665 only ) Surround speake r (L): Blue l abel (DAV- HDX665 only ) Front spea ker (L): White label Front spe aker (R): Red label White Red Gra y Blue[...]

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    15 US Getting Started – B ASIC – The f ollowing is the b asic connecti on of the u nit to th e speake rs an d TV. F or other T V con nect ions, see page 26 . F or o ther compon ent connec tion, see p age 30. To accept progres sive si gnals , see page 28. Refer t o the connec tion diagra m below, and r e ad the ad ditional information f rom 1 to[...]

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    16 US Getting Started – B ASIC – DAV-HDX665 R AUDIO OUT L VIDEO IN FRONT R CENTER WOOFER FRONT L SUR R SUR L MONITOR OUT TV/VIDEO ANTENNA SPEAKER DIR-TC1 SPEAKER COMPONENT VIDEO OUT COAXIAL AM FM 75 RL AUDIO IN YP B /C B P R /C R VIDEO (DVD ONLY) S VIDEO (DVD ONLY) (DVD ONLY) OUT DMPORT AM loop anten na (aerial ) Subwoo fer AC power cord (ma in[...]

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    17 US Getting Started – B ASIC – 1 Conn ectin g the Speaker s Required cords The connector and colo r tube of the sp eaker co rds are the same color as the labe l of t he jacks to be conn ected. Note • Do not catch the sp eaker co rd ins u lation in the SPEAKER j ack. To avoid short-circuiting the speakers Short-ci rcuiting o f the speakers m[...]

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    18 US Getting Started – B ASIC – 2 Connect ing the TV Required cords A Video cord . B Audio cord (not supplied) Ti p • When you want to output the TV sound or stereo soun d of a 2 channel source from the 6 speak ers, select the “Dolby Pro Logic,” “Dolby Pro Logic II MOVIE,” or “Dolby Pro Logic II MUSIC” sound field (page 36). 3 Co[...]

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    19 US Getting Started – B ASIC – To connect the FM wire antenna (aerial) Connect the FM wire antenna (aerial) to the FM 75 Ω COAX IAL jack. Note • Be sure to full y exten d the FM wire an tenna (ae rial) . • A fter con necting th e FM wire antenn a (aerial ), keep it as hori zontal as p ossible. Ti p • I f you have poor FM r eception, us[...]

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    20 US Getting Started – B ASIC – Position ing the spea kers For t he be st possib le surrou nd sound, al l the speake rs ot her than the su bwo ofer sh ould b e plac ed at the same dist ance fr om th e listen ing posit ion ( A ). However, th is syst em allows yo u to place the cente r sp eake r up to 1.6 me te rs (5 ft) clo ser ( B ) and the su[...]

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    21 US Getting Started – B ASIC – Follow the steps bel ow to make the minimum number of bas ic adju stmen ts fo r usin g the system . 1 Turn on the TV . 2 Press [ / 1 . Note • D isconnec t the headphones whe n you perform the Quick Setup. You cannot ope rate steps a fter 11 with the headp hones connec ted. • Make sure that t he func tion is [...]

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    22 US Getting Started – B ASIC – Note • When the wireless kit WAHT-SD1 (not supplied) is installed, [STANDARD (WIRELESS)] appears instead. 10 Press . 11 Connect the calibration mic to the A.CAL MIC jack on the front panel an d press X / x to select [YES]. Set up t he calibrat ion mic at the ear lev e l using a trip od, e tc. (n ot supp lie d)[...]

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    23 US Getting Started – B ASIC – Ti p • If you chang e the positi on of t he spea kers, re set the speaker settin gs. Se e “Ge tting Optimal Surround Sound for a Room ” (page 69) and “Cali brating the Appropriat e Settings Automati cally” (page 71). • If you want to cha nge any of the s ettings, s ee “Us ing the Setup Dis play” [...]

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    24 US After connecti ng the A C power cord (mai ns lead), the demonst ration appears in the front panel disp lay. Whe n you press " / 1 on the remote, the demonstr ation turns off. Note • W hen you pre ss " / 1 on the unit , the demon stra tion does not turn off. • When you s et the de monstr ation m ode in the syst em menu to on, the[...]

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    Getting Started – AD V ANCED – 25 US You ca n use the speak ers by inst allin g on the wall. Inst alling the sp eakers on a wall 1 Prepare screws (not supplied) that are suitable for the hole on the back of each speaker. See the illustrations belo w. 2 Fasten the screws to the wall. For the center speaker For the fro nt speakers of D AV-HDX465/[...]

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    26 US Sends the pl ayed back DVD image to the connected TV. Check t he jack s of your TV , and c hoos e connec tion m ethod A , B , C , or D . Picture qu ality improve s in orde r fro m A (st anda rd) to D (HD MI) . * HDMI (hi gh-defini tion multim edia interf ace) The sys tem incorp orates Hi gh-Definit i on Multim edia Interfa ce (HDMI TM ) te ch[...]

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    Getting Started – AD V ANCED – 27 US A To connect to a TV with the VIDEO IN jack Connect the vide o cord . . B To connect to a TV with the S VIDEO IN jack Connect an S video c ord (n ot suppl ied). To us e the S video ja ck instead of the vi deo jack , your TV moni tor must a lso be co nnect ed via a n S vi deo j ack. S video s ignals ar e on a[...]

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    28 US 2 Press VI DEO FOR MAT. The cu rrent ty pe of vi deo sign als a ppear s in the fro nt pan el disp lay. Each time you p ress VIDEO FORMAT, the disp lay changes as follows: • “720 × 480p*” : Sends 720 × 480p vi deo sig nals . ** • “1280 × 720p *”: Sends 1280 × 720p vid eo signa ls. • “1920 × 1080i * ”: Sends 19 20 × 1080[...]

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    Getting Started – AD V ANCED – 29 US 2 Press VIDEO FORMAT. The current s ignal ap pears in the f ront panel displa y. Each time y ou press VI D EO FORMAT, the displ a y changes a s follows: x NORMAL (INTERLACE) Select this se tting when: – your TV does not acce pt progr essive sign als, or , – your TV is connect e d to jacks o ther than the[...]

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    30 US You c an enjoy soun d usi ng the s peake rs of t his sys tem b y conn ecting the AU DIO OUT jacks of an other comp onent . Fo r video connecti on of oth er compon ents, c onnect d irec tly to t he TV. * CAUTION Please do n ot remov e the scr ews before in stalling the WAHT-SD1 . To connect the AUDIO OUT jacks of other components to the TV/VID[...]

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    Getting Started – AD V ANCED – 31 US To listen to the portable audio source sound through the sys tem Conne ct the au dio ou tput jacks of th e portab le aud io sour ce to the AUD IO IN ja ck on the f ront panel of the unit with the stereo min i-plug cord (not suppl ied). Ti p • W hen liste ning to MP3 fo rmat recordi ngs using a port able au[...]

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    32 US Basi c Oper ati ons Depending on the DVD VIDEO or VIDEO CD, some operat ions may be diffe rent or r estr icted. Refer to t h e operatin g instructions supplied with your di sc. 1 Turn o n your TV. 2 Switch the input selecto r on the TV to this system. 3 Press " / 1 . The sy ste m turns on. Unless the s ystem is set to “ DVD,” press F[...]

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    33 US Basi c Oper ati ons Ti p • W hen you co nnect the sys tem and TV w ith the HDMI cord, you can ope rate them sim ply, using the HDMI CONTR OL fu nction . F or deta ils, see the H DMI CONTROL Guide (supplied se parately) . • The DISC 1-5 indicato rs change color as follows: – green : the disc is selec ted, or the dis c is being played bac[...]

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    34 US Basi c Oper ati ons Selecti ng the conn ected compon ent You ca n use a VCR or oth er comp onent s connected to the TV/VIDEO jacks o n the re ar panel. Refer to the opera ting instructions supplied wit h the components f o r furt her informatio n . Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “TV/ VIDEO” appears i n the front panel display. Each time[...]

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    35 US Basi c Oper ati ons You can enjoy TV or VC R sound from all the speake rs in this system. For deta ils, see “S tep 2: Connec ting th e Syst em and TV” ( page 15) , “Con necting th e TV (Adva nced) ” (pa ge 2 6), and “ Connec ting O ther Comp onents ” (pag e 30). 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “TV/ VIDEO” appears in t he fr[...]

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    36 US You ca n take adv anta ge of sur round sound simply by selecting one of the system’s pr e - progr amme d soun d fields . The y bring ex cit ing and po werf ul soun d of m ovie th eaters into your home . Pres s SOUND FIELD. Press SOUND FIELD re peatedly u ntil the so u nd field yo u w ant app ears in the front panel display . All sound field[...]

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    Sound Adjustme nts 37 US • W hen the bil ingual broadca st sound is input , Dolby Pro Logic and Do lby P ro Logic II MOV IE/MUSIC are not effective. Using only the fron t speaker and sub woo fer x 2 CHANNEL S TEREO This mode output s the sound from the front lef t and righ t spe akers an d su bwoof er. Sta ndard 2 channel ( stereo) sourc es compl[...]

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    38 US You ca n quickl y locat e a parti cular p oint on a disc by monito ring the pictur e or play ing back slowly. Note • Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be able to d o some of t he opera tions de scribed. Locat ing a po int quickly b y playing a disc in fast forwar d or fast reverse (Scan) (Except for JPEG) Press / m or M / whi le pl[...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 39 US You can se a rch a DVD by t itle or chapter, and you can se arch a VIDEO CD/C D/DA TA CD/ DATA D VD by trac k, inde x, or sc ene. A s titles and trac ks are as sign ed uniqu e num bers o n the disc, you c an sel ect the des ired one by ent ering its n umber. Or, yo u can search fo r a scene usin g the ti [...]

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    40 US You c an divi de t he TV scre en int o 9 s ubscre ens and fi nd the de sired sc ene quic kly. 1 Press PICTURE NAVI during playback. The f ollowing display appears. 2 Press PICTURE NAVI repeatedly to select an item. • [TITLE VIEWER] (DVD VIDEO only) • [CHAPTER VIEWER ] (DVD VIDEO only ) • [TRACK VIEWER] (VIDEO CD/ Super VCD only) 3 Press[...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 41 US Ti p • T o play fro m the begi nning of the disc, press x twice, then pr ess H . To enjoy a disc that is played before by resume playback (Multi-disc Resume) (DVD VIDEO, VIDEO CD on ly) Thi s sys tem st ores the po int where you st opped the disc for up to 40 di scs an d resu mes pl aybac k the next tim[...]

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    42 US 4 Press c . The cursor moves to the track row [T] (in this case , [01]). 5 Select the t rack you w ant to p rogram. For e xam ple, s ele ct trac k [0 2]. Press X / x to sel ect [02] under [T], then press . 6 To program other tracks, repeat ste ps 4 to 5. The progr amm ed track s are disp layed in the sele cted order . 7 Press H to st art Prog[...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 43 US You ca n have t h e syst em “shu ffle” tra cks. Subs equent “sh uffl ing” may pro duce a di ffe rent playin g order. Note • S ame song may be pla yed repeate dly during MP 3 playback. • You can shuffle the tr acks on the curren t disc only. 1 Press DISPLAY during playb ack. The C ontrol Menu d[...]

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    44 US You can play all the tit les, tracks or albums on a disc or a single t itle, chapter, track, or a lbum repeat edly . You ca n use a co mbin ation of Shu ffle or Progra m Play modes. 1 Press DISPLAY during playback. The Con trol Menu displa y appears. 2 Press X / x to select [REPEAT], then press . The option s for [REPEAT ] appe ar. 3 Press X [...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 45 US A DVD is divid ed into a l o t of sec tions, which make up a pictu re or music fe ature. Thes e sectio ns are ca lled “t itles .” When you p lay a DVD which conta ins severa l titles, you can select t h e title y ou want using DVD TOP MENU. When you play DVDs that allo w you to sel ect items s uch as [...]

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    46 US Note • [2: MAIN], [2: SUB], and [2: M AIN+SUB] do not appe ar when one audio stre am is recorde d on the dis c. x When playing a VIDEO CD, CD, DA TA CD (MP3 a udio), or DATA DVD (MP3 audio) The default setting is underline d. • [STEREO] : th e stan dard st ereo sou nd • [1/L]: the sound of the left channel (monaural ) • [2/R] : the so[...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 47 US Some DVD-Rs/DVD-RWs in VR (Vid e o Recording) mode have two ty pes of titles for playback: o r iginally recorded tit les ([ORI GIN AL] ) and titl es that can b e crea ted on recor dable DV D p lay ers fo r ed itin g ( [PLA Y LIST]). You c an select the type of title to be played. 1 Press DISPL AY when th [...]

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    48 US Ti p • When pla ying V IDEO CDs with PBC functio ns, t he play ing time is disp layed. Note • Th e system can on ly displa y the first le vel of the DVD/CD text, such as the disc name or title. • If an MP3 file name cannot be disp layed, “*” w ill appear in the fron t panel disp lay instead. • The disc n ame or track name m ay no [...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 49 US * Appears when pl aying a n MP3 au dio tr ack on DATA CDs/DATA DVDs. Chec king the da te inf ormati on (JPEG only) You ca n check the dat e inform ation duri ng playback when the Exif* tag is rec orded in the JPEG imag e data. Press DISPLAY twice during playback. The Con trol M enu disp lay ap pears. * ?[...]

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    50 US If subt itles ar e reco rded on a dis c, you ca n turn the subt itles on or off while playing. If multilin gual subtitl es are recorded o n the disc, you can c hange the su btitle lang uage while play ing, or turn t he subtitl es on or off whe never you wa nt. Press SUBTITLE du ring playback. Each time you p ress SUBTITLE, the subtitle langua[...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 51 US What is MP3/ JPEG ? MP3 is au dio com press ion tech nolo gy that satisf ies the ISO/MPE G regulations. JPEG is imag e compress ion techno logy . Discs that the syste m can play You can play back DA TA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD- Rs/CD-RWs) or DATA DVDs (DVD-Rs/DVD- RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+RWs/DVD-ROMs) rec orded in MP3 (MP [...]

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    52 US Play back ord er of MP3 audio tra cks or JPEG imag e fil es The play back order of M P3 au dio tracks or JPEG i mage f iles re cord ed on a D ATA C D or DATA DVD is as follo ws: x Structure of disc contents When you insert a DATA CD or DATA DVD and pre ss H , the numbered tra cks (or files) are played sequ e ntially, from 1 th rough 7 . An y [...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 53 US Selec ting an MP3 audi o tra ck or alb um 1 Load a DATA CD or DATA DVD. The album s reco rd ed on the D AT A CD or DATA DVD appear. When an a lbum is being p layed, it s title is sh a ded. 2 Press X / x to select an album. x When selecting an album Press H to start play ing the selec te d album . x When s[...]

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    54 US 2 Press X / x to select an a lbum. x When selecting an album Press H to start p laying th e selecte d album . x When selecting an image Press PICTURE NAVI. Imag es of files in the al bum app ear in 16 subscr eens. Press C / X / x / c to select t h e image you wa n t to vie w and pres s . To play the next or previous JPEG image file Press C / [...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 55 US You can pl ay a sl ide s how wit h sound by first placin g both MP 3 and JP EG files in the sa me album on a DATA CD or DATA DVD. When you play back t h e DATA CD or DATA DVD, select [AUT O] mo de as expl ained be low. 1 Load a DATA CD or DATA DVD. 2 Press D ISPLAY wh en the system is in st op m od e. The[...]

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    56 US 3 Press X / x to select a setting. The default setting is underline d. • [NORMAL] : se ts th e du rat ion to ab out 6 to 9 sec onds. • [FAST]: se ts the duration sh orter than [NORMAL]. • [SLOW1]: sets th e durati on longer t han [NORMAL]. • [SLOW2]: sets th e durati on longer t han [SLOW1]. 4 Press . Note • S ome JPEG file s may ta[...]

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    V arious Functions for Playin g Discs 57 US With PBC (Pla ybac k Control) funct ion s, you can enjoy simple in te ractive operations, search functi ons, an d othe r such opera tio ns. PBC playback all o ws you to p lay VIDEO CDs interac tively by following the menu on the T V scre en. 1 Start playin g a VIDEO CD wi th PBC functions. The me nu fo r [...]

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    58 US You ca n preset 20 FM stations , and 10 A M statio ns. Befo re tu ning, ma ke sur e to turn down the volume to minimum. 1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly u ntil “TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears in the front panel display. 2 Press and hold TUNING + or – until the auto scanning starts. Scanni ng stops whe n the sys tem tune s in a stat ion.[...]

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    T uner Fu nctions 59 US Preset radio stations in t h e system’s me mo ry first (see “Pre set ting R adio S tat ions ” (pa ge 58)). 1 Press FUNCTION rep eatedly until “TUNER FM” or “ TUNER AM” appears in the front panel display. The last rece ived stat ion is tun ed in. 2 Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to select the preset station. E[...]

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    60 US 6 Create a name by using the cursor button s. Press X / x to se lect a char acter, then p ress c to move the c ursor to t he next position. Lette rs, numb ers, and othe r sym bols ca n be input fo r a radio stat io n. If you make a mistake Press C / c repea tedl y until the ch aracte r to be chan ged flashe s, then press X / x to se lec t the[...]

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    Other Op erations 61 US You ca n cont rol yo ur TV (Sony on ly) with the supplie d remote. Controlling TVs w i th the remote You can cont rol t he TV by u sing fol lowing buttons. * Use thes e buttons whil e pressing the TV button. - is for s electing a channel n umber greate r than 10. (For exam ple, fo r chann el 25, pr ess - , then 2 and 5.) Not[...]

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    62 US Operating the THEATRE SYNC funct ion Point the remote to the direction of TV and this unit, then press THEATRE SYNC once. If this function d oes not work , change the transmit ti me. The transmit ti m e varies depend ing on th e TV. To change the transmit time Press and hol d TV CH + while enterin g the code for transmit time (see the table) [...]

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    Other Op erations 63 US You ca n set the system t o turn off at a preset time, so you can f a ll asl eep liste ning to music . You can pres e t the time in 1 or 10-minutes increme nts. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU. 2 Press X / x repeat edly unti l “SLEEP” appears in the front panel display, then press or c . 3 Press X / x to select a setting. The minute[...]

  • Page 64

    64 US The DIGITAL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) adapt er is for enj oying s ound f rom a port able audio s ource or comput er. By co nnect ing a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter, y ou can enjoy s ound fro m the co nnect ed com ponen t on the syste m. Available DIGITAL MEDIA PORT ad a pters vary i n each a rea. For details on connectin g the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adap[...]

  • Page 65

    Other Op erations 65 US You can deactivate the buttons on the unit (exce pt fo r " / 1 ) for pr eventi ng mi sop eratio n, such as c h ild misc hief (child lock function). When the child l ock fu nction is acti vated , the button s on the unit are locked and “ ” lights up in the front pan el disp lay. (Y ou ca n operat e the sys tem by usi[...]

  • Page 66

    66 US You ca n set tw o kinds of playba ck res trict ions for the desire d dis c. • Cus tom P aren tal C ontrol You ca n set p laybac k rest rict ions so t hat the syst em will no t play in appropr iate dis cs. • Par ental Co ntr ol Playback of some DVD VIDEOs can be limited accor ding to a p redetermined l e vel such as the ag e of the us ers.[...]

  • Page 67

    Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 67 US 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 C ONTROL] disp lay ap pear s. 2 Enter your 4- digit password using the number buttons, then press . The system is read y fo r playba ck. Ti p • If you fo rget y our pass[...]

  • Page 68

    68 US 4 Enter or re-enter y our 4-digit p assword using the number buttons, then press . The dis play for sett ing the playbac k limitatio n level appears. 5 Press X / x to select [S TANDARD], then press . The selection items for [ S TANDARD] are disp laye d. 6 Press X / x to select a geographic area as the playback limitation level, then press . T[...]

  • Page 69

    Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 69 US Changi ng the passwo rd 1 Press DISPLAY while the system is in st op m od e. The C ontrol Menu di splay appe ars. 2 Press X / x to selec t [PARENTAL CONTROL], then press . The options for [ PARENTAL CONT ROL] appear. 3 Press X / x to select [PASSWO RD t ], then press . The disp lay for ente ring the p a ssw[...]

  • Page 70

    70 US 5 Press C / c to select a setting. • [STANDARD]: when installi ng all the speake rs normal ly. Note • When the wireless kit WAHT-SD1 (not supplied) is installed, [STANDARD (WIRELESS)] appears instead. • [NO CENTER]: when installing th e front and surr ound speake rs. • [NO SURROUND]: when installi ng the cent er a nd fron t speake rs.[...]

  • Page 71

    Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 71 US 6 Press . The setti n g is made. 7 Press X / x to select [YES] or [NO ], then press . • [YES]: contin ue with [AUTO CALIBRATION], see Step 4 of “Calib ratin g the A ppro priat e Setting s Automatically ” (page 71). • [NO]: exit [ SPEAKER FORMATION]. Note • In or der to enj oy the surrou nd sound a[...]

  • Page 72

    72 US Connect the cali bration mic to th e A.CAL MIC jack on the fr ont panel, and set it u p at the ear level us ing a trip od, etc. (not suppl ied ). Th e fro nt of each speak er should face the cal ib ratio n mic, and there sh o uld be no ob struct ion betwe en th e spea kers an d the calibrat io n mic. Be q uiet duri n g the meas ureme nt. 5 Pr[...]

  • Page 73

    Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 73 US Note • While the Aut o Cali bration f unction works: – do not turn off th e power. – do not press a ny button . – do not change the volume. – do not change the functio n. – do not change the disc. – do not insert or eject a disc. – do not connect the headpho nes. – do not disconn ect the c[...]

  • Page 74

    74 US 5 Press X / x to select the setup i tem from the displayed list : [LANGUAGE SETU P], [SC REEN SETU P], [C UST OM SETUP], or [SPEAKER SETUP] . Then press . The Setu p i tem is se le cted . Example: [SCR EEN SE TUP] 6 Select an item using X / x , then press . The op tions for the se lected item appe ar. Example: [TV TYPE] 7 Select a se tting us[...]

  • Page 75

    Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 75 US [LANGUAGE SETUP] allows yo u to set variou s lang uage s for the on-sc reen displa y or sound track. Select [LANGUAGE SETUP] in the S e tup Display. For de tails, see “Using the Setup Displa y” (page 7 3). x [OSD] (On -Screen Display) Switches th e displa y language on the TV screen. x [MENU] (DVD VIDEO[...]

  • Page 76

    76 US Note • Depending on the DVD, [4:3 LETTER BOX] may be select ed au tomat ically inste ad of [4 :3 PAN S CAN ] or vice versa. x [YC B C R /R GB (H DM I)] Selec ts the type of HDM I sign al outpu t from HDMI OUT jack. Note • I f the playba ck pictu re becomes dis torted, set [YC B C R ] to [RGB ]. • I f the HDMI OUT j ack is connec ted to [...]

  • Page 77

    Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 77 US Note • T his setti ng is effecti ve only when “PROGRESSIVE” is select ed by using VIDEO FORMAT (page 28). Use thi s to set up playba ck rel ated an d othe r setting s. Select [CUSTOM SETUP] in the Setup Displa y. For details , see “Using the Se tup Display” (page 7 3). The d efault settings are un[...]

  • Page 78

    78 US x [TRACK SELECTION] (DVD VIDEO onl y) Give s the so und t rack w hich con tains t he hi ghest number of cha nnels prior ity when you p lay a DVD VIDEO on which mult ip le audio formats (PCM, DTS, MPEG audi o, or Do lby Digit al format) ar e recorded. Note • When you s et the it em to [AUTO], the langua ge ma y change. The [TRACK SELECTION] [...]

  • Page 79

    Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 79 US To obtai n the best poss ible su rrou nd sou nd, se t conne ction o f the spea kers and thei r dis tance fro m your li sten ing posi tion. T hen us e the t est tone to adjust th e level a nd the bal a nce of t he speakers to the same level . Select [SPEAKER SETUP] in the S etup Display. For de tails, see ?[...]

  • Page 80

    80 US Be sure to change the value in the Setup Displ a y when you move the spe akers. 1) When you pe rform the Q uick Setup (p age 21), the def ault settin gs ar e ch ang ed. 2) 0.0 to 6.9 mete rs for North Ameri can models. Note • If all front a nd surround speake rs are not pla ced at an equal dist ance from your listenin g position , set the d[...]

  • Page 81

    Adv anced Settings a nd Adjustments 81 US 5 Press X / x repeatedly to select [TES T TONE], then press or c . 6 Press X / x repeatedly to select [ON], then press . You wil l hear th e test to ne from each spea ker in se quence. 7 From your listening position, adjust the value of [LEV EL ( FRONT)] or [L EVEL (SURROUND)] using C / X / x / c . The test[...]

  • Page 82

    82 US On power sources • Unplug the unit from th e wall outle t if you do not intend to use it for an exte nded period of tim e. To disconnect the cord, pull it out by the plug , never by the cord. On placement • P lace the sys tem in a location wit h adequat e venti lation to preven t heat build-up in the s y stem. • At high volume, ove r lo[...]

  • Page 83

    Additional I nformation 83 US On handling discs • To keep t he disc c lean, h andl e the dis c by it s edge . Do not touch th e surf ace. • Do n ot stick pa per or tape on t he disc. • Do n ot expos e the dis c to dire ct su nlight or heat s ource s su ch as ho t ai r duct s, o r leave it in a car p arke d in dire ct sun light as the temperat[...]

  • Page 84

    84 US • The unit is conne cted to an input d evice that is not HDCP (hi gh-bandwidth digit al conte nt protection) compli ant (“HDM I” on the f ront pane l does not lig ht up). See page 9 7. • If the HDM I OUT j ack is used for video output, changing the type of video signa l output from the HDMI OUT jack by pressing VIDEO FORMAT may solve [...]

  • Page 85

    Additional I nformation 85 US The so und loses stereo e ffect whe n you play a VIDEO CD, a CD, or an MP3. • Set [AUDIO] t o [STEREO] by pressing AUDIO (page 45). • Make sure the unit is connec ted properly. The surround effect i s difficult to hear w hen you are playing a D olby Digital, DTS, or MPEG audio sound trac k. • Make sure th e sound[...]

  • Page 86

    86 US • It does not fi t the TV scree n (those image s are reduced). • The [MOD E (MP3, JPEG) ] setting has been set to [AUDIO (MP3)] (page 55). • If you can not change the [M OD E (MP3, JPEG)] settin g, re-l oad the disc o r tu rn the system off, then on. The MP3 audi o tracks and JPEG image file starts play ing simultaneou sly. • [AUTO] h[...]

  • Page 87

    Additional I nformation 87 US • For details on the HDMI CONTR OL function, s ee the HDMI CONTROL Guide (su pplied sepa rate ly). No sound is ou tput from the s ystem and TV while using the Syste m Audio Control function. • Set the [AUDIO (HDMI)] setting i n [CUSTOM SETUP] to [ON] (page 78). • Make sure t h at the con n ected TV is compatib le[...]

  • Page 88

    88 US AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS for the US model POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: With 3 oh ms load s, bot h channels driven, fro m 120 - 20,000 Hz; rate d 84 watts per c hannel mi nimum RMS power, wit h no more than 0.7 % total harmonic distort ion from 250 m illi watts to rated output. Amplifier section US models: Surrou nd mo de (ref[...]

  • Page 89

    Additional I nformation 89 US Mass (a pprox.) 1.2 kg (2 lb 11 oz ) 3.0 kg ( 6 lb 10 oz) with stand Center (SS-C T71) Speaker sys tem Bass reflex, magneticall y shie lded Speaker u nit 65 mm (2 5 / 8 inches ) dia, cone type Rated impe dance 3.0 ohms Dimension s (approx .) 261 × 91 × 80 mm (10 3 / 8 × 3 5 / 8 × 3 1 / 4 inches) (w /h/d) Mass (a pp[...]

  • Page 90

    90 US • S crews (small, silver) (4 f o r DAV-HDX465/DAV- HDX466, 8 for DAV-HDX665) • Screws (small, black) (2 for D AV-HDX465/DAV- HDX466, 4 for DAV-HDX665) • Operating Instruct ions • HDM I CONTROL Guide • Sp eaker and TV conn ections (c ard) •Standby power consumpti on 0.3 W (or less). •Halogen ated flame retardant s are not used in[...]

  • Page 91

    Additional I nformation 91 US x Movie mode The Movie mode is for use with ste reo television shows and al l progra ms enco ded i n Dolby Surroun d. The re sult is enhance d sound field direct ional ity that ap proach es the quality of discre te 5.1- chann el so und. x Music mode The Mu sic mode is for use with an y stereo mus ic record ings , and p[...]

  • Page 92

    92 US Inte rlace f ormat (Inte rlaced scan ning) The Inte rlace format is the NT SC stan dard meth od for di splayi ng TV im ages at 30 fram es per seco nd. Each fr ame is sc anned twic e - alte rnately between t he even numbered scan ning line s and the n odd nu mbere d scanni ng l ines , at 60 tim es pe r second . MPEG audio A codi ng syst em to [...]

  • Page 93

    Additional I nformation 93 US VIDEO CD A comp act disc t hat cont ains m oving picture s. The pi cture da ta use s the MPEG 1 for mat, one of a worldwid e standa rd of digital co mpression technolo gy. The pictur e data is co mpres sed to about 1/ 140 of i ts origin al siz e. Conse quentl y, a 12 cm VIDEO CD c an c ontain u p to 74 minu tes of mo v[...]

  • Page 94

    94 US The lang uage spelli ngs conf orm to the IS O 639: 1 988 (E/ F) stan dard . Parental Contro l Area Code List Language Co de List Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Languag e 1027 Afar 1028 Abkhazian 1032 Afrikaans 1039 Amharic 1044 Arabic 1045 Assamese 1051 Aymara 1052 Azerbaijani 1053 Bashkir 1057 Byelorussian 1059 Bulgarian 1060[...]

  • Page 95

    Additional I nformation 95 US For more information, r efer to th e pages indicated in pare n theses. Fron t panel A " / 1 (on/standby) (32) B A (open/close) (32) C Disc operation (32) D FUNCTION (32) E Front panel displ ay (97) F (remote sensor) (9) G PHONES jack (32) H VOLUME control (32) I AUDIO IN/A.CAL MIC jack (21, 30) J DISC 1-5 buttons/[...]

  • Page 96

    96 US Rear pane l A SPEAKER jacks (15) B DIR-TC1 slot for the WAHT -SD1 (3 0) C AM terminal (15) D FM 75 Ω COAXIAL jack (15) E TV/VIDEO (AUDIO IN R/L) jacks (30) F MONITOR OUT (S VIDEO/VIDEO) j acks (26) G DMPORT (DIGITAL MEDIA PORT) jack (30, 64) H COMPONENT V IDEO OUT jacks (26) I HDMI OUT jack (26) * CAU TIO N Please do not remo ve t he s crew [...]

  • Page 97

    Additional I nformation 97 US Fron t panel d isplay About the indications in the front panel display A Lights up when the HDMI OUT jack is correctly connected to HDCP (high- bandwi dth digital conten t protection) compliant device with HDMI or DVI (digital visual interfa ce) input. (26) B Light s up when the t ime informati on of a title or chap te[...]

  • Page 98

    98 US Use the C ontrol Menu disp lay to selec t a functi on and to view relat ed infor mation. Press D ISPL AY repeatedly to turn on or cha nge the Con trol Menu display a s follows: Control Menu displ ay The C ontr ol Menu d ispla y 1 and 2 wil l sh ow diffe rent ite ms depend ing on th e disc t ype. For details about each it em, se e the pa ges i[...]

  • Page 99

    Additional I nformation 99 US 1) Displays th e scene number fo r VIDEO CDs (PBC is on), tr ack number for VIDEO CDs/ CDs, albu m number for DATA CDs/DATA DVDs. 2) Displays t he index number for VIDEO CDs, MP3 audio track num ber, or JPEG image file numbe r for DATA CDs/ DATA DVDs. 3) Displays Super VCD a s “SVCD. ” Displays “ MP3” i n the C[...]

  • Page 100

    100 US Ti p • The Control Menu ic on indicator l ights up in green when you se lect any item ex cept [OFF] ([PROGRAM], [SHUFFLE], [REPEAT], and [A/V SYNC] only). The [OR IGINAL/PLAY LIST] indicator lights up in green when you sel ect [PLAY LIST] (default setting) . [SPEAKER FORMATION] (pages 69, 71) Sets the speaker f o rmati on./Adj ust th e lev[...]

  • Page 101

    Additional I nformation 101 US Y ou can set the fo llowi ng items with the D VD Setup Display . The ord er of th e displ ayed ite ms may be di fferent from t he act ual displa y . DVD Setup Display List SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE SCREEN SAVER BACKGROUND 16:9 4:3 LETTE R BOX 4:3 PAN SCA N ON OFF BLUE BLACK JACKE T PICTURE CUST OM SETUP TRACK SELECTION AUT[...]

  • Page 102

    102 US Y ou can set the foll owing ite m s with SYSTE M MENU on the re mote. System Me nu List System me nu DEMO DEMO ON DEMO OFF DIMM ER DI MMER O FF DIMMER ON ATTENUAT E 3) ATT ON ATT OFF MEMORY 1) ME MORY 1-20 (FM) , MEMO RY 1-10 (A M) NAME IN 1) FM MODE 2) STE REO MONO SLEEP SLEEP OFF, SLEEP 90M-1M CHILD LOCK OFF ON 1) Appears during “TUNER F[...]

  • Page 103

    103 US Numerics 16:9 7 5 4:3 LE TTER BO X 75 4:3 OUTPUT 76 4:3 P AN SCAN 75 5.1 Chan nel Surround 46 A A/V SYNC 50 ALBUM 39 Albu m 90 ANGLE 49 AT T E N U AT E 3 4 A UDIO 75 A UDIO (HDMI ) 78 A UDIO DRC 7 8 Auto Cal ibrat ion 71, 9 0 B B ACKGR OUND 76 Batt eries 9 BLA CK LEVEL 76 BLA CK LEVEL (COMPONENT OUT) 76 C CHAPTER 39 Cha pter 90 Chi ld Loc k [...]

  • Page 104

    104 US R Rad io 59 Radio Sta tions 58 Rear Panel 96 Region Code 8, 92 Remo te 9, 61 Repeat Play 4 4 RESET 74 Resume Play 40 S S VIDEO 27 Scan 38 SCENE 39 Scen e 92 SCREEN SA VE R 76 SCREEN SETUP 75 Search ing 38 Sele cting 35 SETUP 73 Setup Display 73 , 101 Shuffle Play 43 SLEEP 63 Slide Show 55 Slow-motion Play 38 Sound Field 36 SPEAKER FORMA T IO[...]

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  • Page 107

    Remote control ANGLE 5 (49 ) AUDIO 4 (45) CLEA R ef (39, 61 , 74) D.TUNING wf (59) DISC SKIP eg (33) DISPLAY 2 (47, 60) DVD MENU wh (45, 61 ) DVD TOP MENU qf (45) DYNAMIC BASS wd (62) ENTER wg (61) FUNCTION ws (28, 32, 34, 40, 58, 69 ) MOVIE/MUSIC qj (35) MUTING 7 (32 ) Number buttons * qg (39, 59, 61 , 66) PICTURE NAVI 6 (40, 61) PRESET +/– wk e[...]

  • Page 108

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