Sony DVP-NS29 manual

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    2-651-444- 11 (1) Oper ating I ns t ructio ns © 2005 Sony Corporation D VP-NS29 CD/DVD Player[...]

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    2 WARNIN G To redu ce the ris k of fire o r electric shoc k, do no t expos e this ap para tus to r ain or moistur e. To avoi d elect rical shock, d o not op en the c abin et. Ref er servicin g to qual ified perso nnel onl y. The mains lead mu st only be change d at a qualifi ed service shop. This appliance i s classified a s a CLASS 1 L ASER produc[...]

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    3 Precau tio ns On sa f ety Should a ny soli d object o r liquid f all into t he cabine t, un plug the pl aye r and have it check ed by quali fi ed personn el befor e operat in g i t an y furth er . On power sour ces • The pl ayer is no t discon nected from the AC power source (mains ) as long as it is connected to t he wall outle t, even i f the[...]

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    4 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Notes About the Dis cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    5 Enjoyin g MP3 Audio and JPEG Ima ges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 About MP3 Audio Tracks a nd JPEG Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Playing MP3 Audio Tracks or JPEG Image Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Enjoying JPEG Images a s a Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    6 This P layer Can Pl ay the Follow ing Di sc s “DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” “DV D -V i d eo” and th e “CD” lo go are tradem arks. Note about CDs/DVDs The pl ayer c an p lay CD- ROMs /CD- Rs/CD- RWs reco rded i n the f ollowi ng format s: – music CD fo rmat – video CD forma t – M P3 audio trac ks and JPE G image files of f[...]

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    7 Notes • Notes about DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs, DVD-RWs/ DVD-Rs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs Some DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs, DVD-RWs/DVD- Rs, or CD-Rs/CD- RWs canno t be pl ayed on this player due to the recor ding qual ity or phy sical conditio n o f th e dis c, or the characteris tics of the recording device a nd auth oring soft ware. The disc will not pl ay if it has not been [...]

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    8 Index t o Part s an d Contro ls For more informatio n, see th e pages indic ated in p arentheses . Front panel A [ / 1 (on/sta n db y) butto n (21 ) B Disc tray (21) C Front pa nel disp lay (9) D (remote sensor) (14) E A (open /close) bu tton (2 1) F H (pla y) butto n (21) G X (pause) button (22) H x (sto p) butt on (22 ) I . / > (previou s/ne[...]

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    9 Front panel dis play When pl aying b ack a DV D VIDEO/DV D-RW When playin g back a VIDEO CD with Pl aybac k Contro l (PBC ) (25) When p la ying ba ck a CD, D AT A DVD ( M P 3 audio ), DATA CD (MP 3 audio) , or VIDE O CD (wit hout PB C) * When playing DATA DVDs, the DVD indicator is displayed. Current t itle/c hapter or playing time (34) Disc type[...]

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    10 Remote A TV [ / 1 (on/stan db y) but to n (54) B Z (open/c lose) bu tton ( 22) C Numb er butto ns (24 ) The numb er 5 button has a tactile dot.* D CLEAR button (26) E TOP MENU butto n (24) F C / X / x / c but tons (24) G O RETURN (return) butt on (22) H / (replay/ste p/ adva nce/ste p) bu ttons (2 2, 31) I . / > (p revi ous/ next) but tons ( [...]

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    11 Guide to t he Cont rol Me nu Dis play (M agic Pad) Use t he Co ntrol Menu to s elect a fun ction and to vi ew r elate d info rmat ion. Press DISPL AY repeat ed ly to turn on or change the Cont ro l Menu di s p l ay as follow s : Control Menu displ ay The Contr ol M enu disp lay 1 and 2 will sho w differ ent item s d epend in g on the disc type. [...]

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    12 List of C ontro l Menu it ems Item Item Name, Function TITLE (page 31)/SCENE (page 32)/TRACK (page 31) Select s the t itle, s cene, or trac k to be playe d. CHAPTER (p age 31)/IND EX (pag e 31) Sele cts th e chap ter o r in dex to b e playe d. TRACK (page 32) Select s the t rack t o be pla yed. ORIGINAL/PLAY L IST (pag e 24) Selects the t ype of[...]

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    13 z Hint The Cont rol Menu icon indi cator light s up in green when you select any it em exce pt “ OFF .” (“ PRO GRAM ,” “SHU FFL E,” “REPEAT,” “A-B RE PEAT ,” “SHARPNESS,” “CUSTOM PICTURE MODE” on ly). The “ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST” indic ator lights up in green wh en you sel ect “PLAY L IST” (defaul t setting). MODE[...]

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    14 Hookups Hooki ng Up t he Pla yer Follow steps 1 to 6 to hoo k up and adj us t the se tti ngs of the play er. Notes • Plug cords secu rely to p revent un wanted noise. • Refer t o the i nstruction s supplie d with t he compone nts to be conn ected. • You cannot conn ect th is player to a TV that does not ha ve a SC AR T or vid eo input jack[...]

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    15 Hookup s Step 3 : Conn ecting the Video Cords Conn ect this play er to yo ur TV moni tor, pr ojecto r, or AV ampl ifier (rece iver) us ing a video c ord. Select one of the patt er ns A or B , according to the input ja ck on your TV moni tor, projec tor, or A V ampl ifier (rec eiver) . A If you a re connecting to a vi deo input jack Conn ect t he[...]

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    16 Notes • Do not connec t a VCR, etc., between you r TV and the play er. If you pass the player sign al s via th e VCR, you may not rece ive a cle a r ima ge on the TV scre en. If you r TV has only one audio/vide o input jack, connect the pl ayer to t his jack. • When you connect the playe r to your TV via t he SCART jacks, the TV’s i nput s[...]

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    17 Hookup s Step 4 : Conn ecting the Audio Cords Select one of the fo llowin g pa tterns A or B , acc or ding to th e in pu t jack on your TV mon i to r, projec to r, or A V am p lifie r (r eceiv er). This will enable you to l isten to s ound. z Hint For correct sp eaker location, se e th e operatin g inst ru ct ions supplied with the connected c o[...]

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    18 A Connecting to aud io L/R input jacks This co nnecti on will us e you r TV’s or stere o ampli fi er’s (rec eiver’s ) two sp eakers for soun d. Con nect u sing t he au dio/vide o co rd (not su pplied ). • Surro und ef fe ct (page 38) TV: Dynamic Theatre, Dy namic, Wide, Night Stereo am plifie r (r eceiv er): Stand ard, N i ght B Connecti[...]

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    19 Hookup s Step 5 : Conn ecting the Ma ins Le ad Plug the player an d TV mains lead (power cord ) into a mains. Step 6: Qu ic k Setu p Follow the steps belo w to make the mini mum number of basi c adjust ments for using th e player. To skip a n adjustment, p ress > . To retu rn to the pr evious adjus tment, press . . 1 Turn on the TV. 2 Press [[...]

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    20 7 Press X / x to select the settin g that matches your TV type. ◆ If you have a wi de-s cr een TV or a 4: 3 standa rd TV wit h a wi de -screen mode • 1 6: 9 (p age 57 ) ◆ If you ha ve a 4:3 stan dar d T V • 4:3 L ETT ER BOX or 4:3 PA N SCAN (page 57 ) 8 Press ENTER. The Setu p D i sp lay for selec ting the t yp e of vide o si gn al outp [...]

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    21 Playin g Di sc s Playing Disc s Playi ng Dis cs Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operat io ns may b e di ffere n t or r es tricted . Refer to th e op erati ng i ns tr uc tions sup plied wit h yo ur disc . 1 Turn on your TV. 2 Press [ / 1 . The play er turn s on. 3 Switch th e input select or on your TV so that the signal from the player ap[...]

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    22 Additional operat ions * 1 DVD VIDEOs/DVD-RWs/DVD -Rs only. * 2 DVD VIDEOs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/ DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs only. * 3 Video and JPEG pi ctures only (except BACKGROUND pictures). You can move the enlarged pic t ure using C/ X/x/c . Depending upon the contents o f the disc, the zoom f unction may be cancelled autom atica lly when t he pict ure is mo[...]

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    23 Playin g Di sc s Resum ing Pl ayback from the Po in t Whe r e You Stoppe d the Disc (Resume Play) The play er remembe rs the po in t wh ere you stoppe d the disc ev en if the pl ayer ent er s standb y mode by pressi ng [ / 1 . 1 While pl aying a d isc, pres s x to stop playba ck. “RESUM E” ap pea rs on the fr ont pane l display. 2 Press H . [...]

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    24 Using the DV D’s Men u A DVD is divid ed into long secti ons of a pic ture or a m usic fe atur e ca lled “titl es. ” When y ou pl ay a DVD whi ch co ntain s severa l title s, you can sel ect the title yo u want using the TOP MEN U bu tton. When y ou play DV Ds that allow you to sel ect item s suc h as l angua ge f or the soun d and subtitl[...]

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    25 Playin g Di sc s Playi ng VID EO CDs With PBC Fun ction s (PBC Pl aybac k) PBC (Pla yback Control) allows yo u to play VID EO C D s int era ctiv ely b y fo ll ow in g th e menu on the TV s creen. 1 Start playing a VIDE O CD with PBC functions. The men u for yo ur select i on a ppear s. 2 Press the numbe r buttons to select the it em number you w[...]

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    26 Var i ou s Play Mode Functi ons (Programme Play, Shuffl e Play, Rep eat Play, A -B Repeat Play) You can set the follo wing play mode s: • Progr amme Play (page 2 6) • Shuff le Play (page 27) • Repea t Pla y (pag e 28) • A-B Re peat Play (page 29) Note The play mode i s cancell ed when: – you eject th e disc. – the player ente rs stan[...]

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    27 Playin g Di sc s Next, press X / x to select “03” un der “ C,” then pr es s EN TE R. ◆ When play ing a VIDEO CD o r CD For ex amp le, sel ect tr ack “02.” Press X / x to sel ect “0 2” un de r “T, ” t h en press EN TER. 6 To prog ramme ot her tit les, c ha pters, or track s, repe at steps 4 to 5. The programmed tit les, chap[...]

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    28 ◆ When P rogr amme P lay i s act ivat ed • ON: shuffles ti tles, c hapters, or tr acks selected in Programme P lay. 4 Pres s EN TE R. Shuf fle Play s tar ts. To return to normal play Press CL EAR, or select “O FF ” in step 3. z Hints • You can set Shuffle Pl ay while the pl ayer is stopped. A fter sele cting the “SHUFFLE” option, p[...]

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    29 Playin g Di sc s Repeating a speci fic portion (A- B Repeat Play) You can play a specific port io n of a title, chapte r or trac k re peated ly. (Th is fu nct i o n is useful when y ou want to memorize lyrics, etc.) 1 Press D I SPLAY dur ing play back. The Con tr ol M enu ap pe ars. 2 Press X / x to select (A-B REPEAT) , then pre ss ENTER . The [...]

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    30 Sear c hi ng for a S cene Search ing f or a Parti cular Point on a Disc (Search, Scan, Slow -motio n Play, Free ze Frame) You can qu ickly loca te a particul ar point on a disc by mo nitori ng the pict ure or play ing back slo wly. Notes • Dependi ng on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the oper a tio ns describe d. • For DATA CDs/[...]

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    31 Searchi ng for a Scene Watching frame by frame (Slow-mo tion Play) Press m or M wh en the p l a yer is in pause mode. T o re turn to normal sp eed, press H . Each tim e you pres s m or M during Slow -motion Play, the play back speed chang es. Two speeds are av ailable. With e ach pre ss th e indi cat ion ch ang es as f oll ows: Playba ck d irect[...]

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    32 ◆ When play ing a VIDE O CD or Super VCD wit h PBC Pl ayba ck SCENE ◆ When pl ay in g a CD TRACK ◆ When play ing a DATA CD/DATA DVD ALBUM TRAC K (M P 3 audio t racks only) FILE (JP EG image file s only) Exampl e: whe n yo u se lect CHAPTER “ ** ( ** )” is selected ( ** refe rs to a numbe r). The nu m be r in pare nt heses i ndicat es t[...]

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    33 Searchi ng for a Scene Search ing by Sce ne (PICTURE NAVIG ATION) You can di vi de the scre en into 9 s ubs cr eens and find the desi re d sce ne qu ickly . 1 Press PICTURE NAVI duri n g playb ac k. The foll ow ing dis pl ay a ppears . 2 Press PICTU RE NAVI repe atedly t o select an ite m. • CHAPTER V IEWER (DVD VIDEO only) : di s pl ays the f[...]

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    34 Viewing Inf ormation About the Disc Check ing th e Pl aying Time an d Remai ning Time You can check th e playin g t im e and remaining t ime of the curr ent title, c hapter, or track. Al so, you c an check the D VD/CD tex t or trac k na me (M P3 au dio) re co rded o n the disc. 1 Press TIME/ TEXT d uring play back. The f ollow ing d ispla y appe[...]

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    35 Viewing In formation Ab out the D isc Checking the play information of the disc To che ck t he DVD/ C D text Press TIME/TEXT re peatedly in st ep 2 to displa y t ex t recor ded on the DVD/C D. The DVD/CD text appe ars only when text is rec orded in th e di sc. Yo u ca nnot c hange the text. I f the disc d oes not c ontain t ext, “N O TEXT” a[...]

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    36 When pl aying a DATA CD/DAT A DVD (MP3 audio) When pl aying a V IDEO C D (wit ho ut PBC functi on s), or CD * The current track an d index num ber appear only when playing a VIDEO CD. z Hints • When playing VIDEO CDs without PBC functions, the track number and the index number are dis p lay ed aft er the text . • When pla ying VIDEO CDs with[...]

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    37 Sound Adjustm en ts Sound Adjustm ents Changi ng th e Sou nd When playing a DVD VIDEO recorded i n multipl e audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digita l, MPEG a udi o , or DTS), you can chang e the audio format . If the DVD VIDEO is recorded with m ultilingu al tracks , you can a lso chan ge the lan gua ge . With CDs, DATA CDs, DATA DVDs or VIDEO CDs , y[...]

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    38 Checking the audio s ignal format You can check th e audio si gn al fo rm a t by pressi n g (audio) re peated ly dur i ng pla yback. The f ormat of t he cu rrent audio signal (D o lby Di gi t al , DTS, PCM , etc. ) appe ar s as shown below. ◆ When play ing a DVD VIDE O Examp le: Dolby Di gital 5.1 ch Examp le: Dolby Digital 3 ch About audi o s[...]

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    39 Sound Adjustm en ts To can c el the set t ing Select “O F F” in ste p 2. ◆ TVS DYNAM IC THEATE R Create s one set of LA R GE virtu al rear speak ers an d virtu al s ubwoofe r from th e soun d of the fr ont spea kers (L, R) without using ac t ual rear sp eaker s a nd subw oof er (show n be low) . This m od e is effe ct i ve when the dista n[...]

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    40 Enjoying Movies Chang ing th e Angles If vari ous an gl es (mu lt i -a ngle s) fo r a sce ne are record ed on the DVD VIDEO, “ ” appears in th e front panel dis play. This means that yo u ca n chang e t he viewing angle. 1 Press (an gle) dur ing playback. The nu m be r of the an gl e ap pears on the display . 2 Press (an gl e) rep eated ly t[...]

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    41 Enjoyi ng Movie s To turn off the s ubtitles Select “O F F” in ste p 2. Notes • Depending on the DVD VIDEO, you ma y not be able to chan ge the su btitles even i f mult ilingual subtitle s are re c or de d on it. You al so ma y not be able to tur n th em off. • While play ing a disc with subtitles, the subt itle may disappea r when you p[...]

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    42 3 Press X / x to select the setting you want. The default setting is u nderlined. • STANDARD: displays a st andard pict ure. • DYN AM IC 1: produc es a bold dynam ic pictu re by incr ea sing th e pict ure c ontr ast a nd t he col our intensity. • DY NAM IC 2 : prod uces a mor e dynamic pictur e than DYNAMIC 1 by furth er in creasi ng the p[...]

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    43 Enjoyi ng Movie s Sharpe ning t he Pic tures (SHARPNE SS) You ca n en hanc e the outl i nes of image s to produce a shar pe r pictu re . 1 Press DISPLA Y duri ng playb ack (when pl aying a DATA C D/DATA DVD, press twice). The Con tr ol M enu ap pe ars. 2 Press X / x to select (SHARPNESS ), then press ENTER. The o ptions for “SHARPNE SS” ap p[...]

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    44 Enjoying MP3 Audio an d JPEG Images About MP 3 Aud io Trac ks and JPEG Image Fil es MP3 is au di o compr essi o n tech no log y t ha t satisf ies the ISO/I EC MPEG regulati ons. JPEG is image c ompression technology. You can play DATA CDs/ DATA DVD that contai n M P3 audio tr ac ks or JPEG image files. DATA CDs/DATA DVDs that the player can pl a[...]

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    45 Enjoyi ng MP3 Audio a nd JP EG Image s When you insert a DATA CD/DATA DVD and pres s H , the number ed tr acks (or fi les ) are pl ayed seq uent ially, from 1 th roug h 7 . Any sub -album s /trac ks (o r files ) conta in ed withi n a c urrent ly se lect ed alb um tak e priority over the next album in the sa me tree. (Example: C co nt ai ns D so [...]

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    46 Selecting an al bum 1 Press MENU . The list o f albums o n the dis c ap pears. When an album is being played, its tit le is shaded . 2 Press X / x to selec t the alb um you want to play . 3 Press H . Pla yback start s fro m the se lect ed al bum. To sel ect MP 3 au dio tra cks, see “Sel ectin g an MP3 au di o t ra ck” (page 46 ). To select J[...]

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    47 Enjoyi ng MP3 Audio a nd JP EG Image s Selecting a J PEG image file 1 After step 2 of “S elec ting an albu m,” press PICTURE NAVI. The im age files in the alb um appe ar in 16 subscr eens. A sc roll bo x i s di s played o n the ri ght. To di spla y the addit iona l ima ge, selec t the botto m images and press x . To re turn to t he pre viou [...]

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    48 Enjoy ing JP EG Im ages a s a Slide Show You can pl ay JPEG ima ge files on a DATA CD or DATA DVD successi v ely as a slide show. 1 Press MENU. The list o f al bu ms on the D A T A CD/ DATA DVD appears. 2 Press X / x to select an album. 3 Press H . The JPEG images in the sele cted album start pl ay ing as a sl i d e s ho w. To stop playba ck Pre[...]

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    49 Enjoyi ng MP3 Audio a nd JP EG Image s z Hints • To repeat both MP3 audio tracks an d JPEG image files in a single album, rep eat the sa me MP3 a udio track or albu m when “MODE (MP3, JPEG)” is set to “AUTO.” See “Pla yin g repea t edly (Rep eat Play)” (pag e 28) to rep eat the track or albu m. • The play er recogni zes a maxi mu[...]

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    50 Selecting the slides’ appearance (EFFECT) You can select the way th e slide s ar e displ aye d durin g a slide sho w. 1 Press DISPL AY twice while vi ewin g a JPEG i m ag e or whe n the pl ay er is in stop mod e. 2 Press X / x to sel ect (EFF ECT), then p ress E NTER. The option s for “EF FECT” ap pear. 3 Press X / x to select a setting. T[...]

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    51 Using Variou s Additional Functions Using Various Additional Functions Lockin g Disc s (CU STOM PARENTA L CONTRO L, PARE NTAL CONTR OL) You can set two ki nds of pl ayback restric tions for a d is c. • Cu stom Pa renta l Co nt ro l You can set play back res trictions so that t he player w i ll not play in app ropri at e di s cs. • Par ental [...]

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    52 To play a disc for whi c h Custom P ar e ntal Contr ol i s s et 1 Insert the disc f or whic h Custom P a ren tal Control is set. The “CUSTOM PARENTAL CONT RO L” di sp lay appe ars. 2 Enter y our 4-di gi t pas sword usi n g the number buttons, then press ENTER. The play er is ready for playba ck. z Hint If you forget your password, ent er the[...]

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    53 Using Variou s Additional Functions The ar ea is select ed. When yo u select “O TH ERS t ,” select and en te r a standar d co de in the table on page 6 7 usin g the numb er but tons. 7 Press X / x to se lect “L EVEL, ” t hen press ENT ER. The sele ct i on i t em s for “LEVEL” are displaye d. 8 Select the leve l you want usin g X / x [...]

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    54 Contro lling Your TV With the Su pp li e d R em ot e You can control th e sound leve l, input source, and pow er switch o f yo ur Sony TV w i th the supplied r emote. You can contro l your TV us ing the bu t to ns below. Note Depending on the c onnected unit, y ou may not be able to control your TV using all or som e of the buttons o n the s upp[...]

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    55 Settings an d Adju st ments Settings and Adjustments Usin g th e Se tu p Disp la y By usi n g the Setup Di sp lay, you ca n m ak e various a d justments to items such as picture and so und. You ca n also set a languag e fo r the subtitl es and t he Setu p Disp lay, am ong othe r things. For de ta i ls on ea ch Setup Displ ay item , se e pages fr[...]

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    56 6 Press X / x to select a setting, then press ENTER . The setting is selecte d and setup is complete. Example: “4:3 PAN SCAN” To en ter the Qu ick Setu p mode Select “Q U I C K ” in step 3 . Fo llo w from st ep 5 of the Qui c k Setup ex planat io n t o m ak e basi c adj u st ments (page 19 ). To res et al l of the “SETUP” setting s 1[...]

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    57 Settings an d Adju st ments Setti ngs f or th e Disp lay (SCREEN SETUP) Choose sett ings according to the TV to be connect ed. Select “SCREEN SETUP” in the Se tup Displ ay. To use th e di splay, se e “U si ng the Setu p D isp lay” (pa ge 55) . The d efaul t set tin gs are underlin ed. ◆ TV TY PE Sel ects the aspect ratio o f th e conn [...]

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    58 Custom Set tings (CUSTOM SETUP) Use t his to s et u p play back rela ted and othe r settings . Select “CUS TOM SE TU P” in the Setu p Disp la y. To us e t he displa y, see “U s in g the Setu p D isp lay” (pa ge 55) . The defa ult settin gs are und erlined. ◆ AUTO POWER OF F Switches the Auto Power Of f setting on or off. ◆ AUTO PLAY [...]

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    59 Settings an d Adju st ments Settin gs for the So un d (AUDIO SETUP ) “AUDIO SETUP” allows you to set th e sound accordi n g to the play back a nd c onnec tio n conditi o ns. Select “AUDIO SETUP” in the Setup Displ ay. To use th e di splay, se e “U si ng the Setu p D isp lay” (pa ge 55) . The d efaul t set tin gs are underlin ed. ◆ [...]

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    60 Setting th e digital output signal Swit c hes the meth od of out p utting au di o signal s wh en you con nect a com ponent such as an ampli fier (recei ver) o r MD deck w ith a digital i n put jack. For co nn ection det ai ls, see pa ge 17. Select “D O L BY DIG ITA L,” “MP EG,” “DTS, ” an d “48k H z/ 9 6 kHz PCM ” after setting ?[...]

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    61 Add i tiona l Info r mati on Additional Info rmation Troubl eshoo ting If you exp erienc e an y of the f ollowi ng difficul tie s while using the player, use this troubles hooti ng g uide to he lp rem ed y the proble m bef ore req ues ting re pa irs. Shou ld any prob lem pers ist, cons ul t y our neares t Sony deal e r. Power The pow er is not t[...]

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    62 Operation The rem ote does not fun ctio n. , The ba tteries i n the remote are wea k. , There are obs tacles b etween the r emote and the pl ay er. , The d ist ance b et w ee n the re m ote an d the player i s too fa r. , The remote is not poin te d at the remo te senso r on the pl ayer. The disc does no t play . , The disc is tur ne d ove r. In[...]

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    63 Add i tiona l Info r mati on The lan guage fo r the so und track ca nnot be c hanged. , Try using t he DVD’s menu instead of the direct select io n button on t he re m ote (page 24). , Mult ilingual tracks a re not recorded o n the DVD being played. , The DVD proh ibits the c hanging of t he languag e for the sound t rack. The subt itle la ngu[...]

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    64 Self- diagn osis Funct ion (When le tters/numbers appe ar in the display) When the s elf-d iagno sis f unctio n is acti vated to prev ent th e player fr om ma lf un ctionin g, a five- charact er serv ice num ber (e.g., C 13 50) with a com bina tio n o f a lette r a nd f our dig its appe ar s on the sc re en and the front pa nel displ ay. In this[...]

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    65 Add i tiona l Info r mati on DVD VIDE O (page 5) A disc tha t con tains u p to 8 hours of movi ng pictures even thou gh its diam eter is the same as a CD. The d ata capa city of a singl e-layer and sin gle- sided D VD is 4.7 G B (Giga B yte), which i s 7 times tha t of a CD. The data ca pacity of a doub le-la yer and sing l e- sided DVD is 8.5 G[...]

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    66 Spec ifica tions Syst em Laser: Semic onductor laser Signal fo rmat sy stem: PAL/(NTSC) Audi o ch ar acteristics Freq uency resp onse: DVD VIDEO (PCM 96 kHz): 2 Hz to 44 kHz (±1.0 dB)/DVD VIDEO (PCM 48 kHz): 2 Hz to 22 kHz (±0.5 dB)/CD: 2 Hz to 20 kHz (±0.5 dB) Signal -t o-nois e r atio (S/ N ra tio): 115 dB (LIN E OU T L / R (AU DIO) jack s [...]

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    67 Add i tiona l Info r mati on Langua ge Co de Lis t For deta i ls, see pag es 37, 40, 56 . The lang uag e spell in gs con form to the ISO 639: 19 88 (E/F) standard. Parental Control Area Code L ist For deta ils, see pag e 52 . Code Lan guage Code L anguage Code Langu age Code Langu age 1027 Afar 1028 Abkhazian 1032 Afrikaans 1039 Amharic 1044 Ara[...]

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    68 Index Numerics 16:9 57 4:3 L ETTER BOX 57 4:3 PAN SCAN 57 48kHz/96kHz PCM 60 5.1 Chann el Surro und 38 A A-B RE PEAT 29 ADVANCE 22 ALBUM 32 Album 44 , 64 ANGLE 40 AUDIO 37 , 56 AUDIO ATT 59 AUDIO DRC 59 AUDIO SETUP 59 AUTO PLAY 58 AUTO POWER OFF 58 B BACKGROUND 57 Batte ries 14 C CD 6 , 21 CHAP TER 31 Chap ter 64 CHAP TE R VIEW E R 33 Child Lo c[...]

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