The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... home. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of cable favorites. The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you 're thinking of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With the right subscription, you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output...
... home. The DIRECTV service provides digital picture quality, plus a long list of cable favorites. The new receivers get the full benefit of buying a "high scanning," "High Definition monitor" or "High Definition upgradeable" television, you 're thinking of the expanded DIRECTV channel lineup. Dolby Digital optical passthrough. The Sony Guide to -local and multi-satellite programming. With the right subscription, you 'll want to connect the optical digital audio output...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. Compared to drive the subwoofer. Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. The movie sound tracks now approach the sound quality of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number...
... home theater sound innovation came with the launch of digital distribution formats, including DVD, digital cable, DIRECTV digital satellite broadcasting and free, over -the-air High Definition TV broadcasts. Compared to drive the subwoofer. Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. The movie sound tracks now approach the sound quality of two stereo signals, the Dolby Digital system keeps every channel separate, or "discrete." More channels. Surround Sound Formats Since the acceptance of Dolby Digital encoding, the number...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... outputs. Inputs and outputs. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. The Sony Guide to 7 channels of two renowned concert halls, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, shown here. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of amplification for connecting your receiver needs a good complement of your entire A/V system, your DVD player. Power amplifiers. You'll also want . Today's receivers offer up to Home Theater...
... outputs. Inputs and outputs. Make sure that can support 480p and 1080i signals. The Sony Guide to 7 channels of two renowned concert halls, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, shown here. Sony's Digital Cinema Sound circuitry also reproduces the acoustics of amplification for connecting your receiver needs a good complement of your entire A/V system, your DVD player. Power amplifiers. You'll also want . Today's receivers offer up to Home Theater...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... in the front, smaller "satellite" speakers work very well. Subwoofer. You can 't detect the direction from the actors on a cabinet or shelf. But because most of CRT televisions. Center speakers. The Sony Guide to be large, floor standing speakers. You've got a range of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right; Wall mount brackets are often...
... in the front, smaller "satellite" speakers work very well. Subwoofer. You can 't detect the direction from the actors on a cabinet or shelf. But because most of CRT televisions. Center speakers. The Sony Guide to be large, floor standing speakers. You've got a range of Speakers A full 5.1-channel home theater system includes five full-range speakers: Left, Center, Right, Surround-Left and Surround-Right; Wall mount brackets are often...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... add home theater. Depending on the DVD Dream system model, you simply want to keep. The Sony Guide to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. You can step up to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in -a-Box system. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system...
... add home theater. Depending on the DVD Dream system model, you simply want to keep. The Sony Guide to add speaker stands and/or wall-mount brackets. You can step up to home theater with the purchase of speakers, complete with subwoofer. Your current television and + DVD Player a Sony HomeTheater-in -a-Box system. This will include an A/V receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker system, complete with subwoofer. You can just purchase a Sony DVD Dream™ system...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... entertainment systems or integrate the home theater system with your home entertainment system with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you the maximum in your general contractor. It also costs more at hiding equipment and when the time comes to Home Theater 37 A good installer is a prominent visual feature. And a good installer can integrate your PC network. Assume that fit your specific needs...
... entertainment systems or integrate the home theater system with your home entertainment system with exactly the television, DVD player, A/V receiver and speakers that you the maximum in your general contractor. It also costs more at hiding equipment and when the time comes to Home Theater 37 A good installer is a prominent visual feature. And a good installer can integrate your PC network. Assume that fit your specific needs...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...home theater system, hooking up . In some of your source components to an A/V receiver. Line-level analog audio jacks are coded in choosing connections when your A/V receiver. These are usually color-coded so you in white. Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. The Sony Guide to -follow diagrams. DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections by building the DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. Left plugs and jacks are generally color-coded red for Right and white for example in Red. Home Theater Connections Connecting a home...
...home theater system, hooking up . In some of your source components to an A/V receiver. Line-level analog audio jacks are coded in choosing connections when your A/V receiver. These are usually color-coded so you in white. Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. The Sony Guide to -follow diagrams. DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections by building the DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. Left plugs and jacks are generally color-coded red for Right and white for example in Red. Home Theater Connections Connecting a home...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... signal that's a "composite" of the two. In home The Sony Guide to deliver far higher picture quality than RF connection. Composite video connection of plugs on each end: Video (yellow), Right Audio (red) and Left Audio (white). Because composite video requires a separate connection for line-level audio. In home theater equipment, the physical connector is a 4pin Mini-DIN plug. Composite video connections have the potential to Home Theater 43 These connections are typically color-coded yellow. S-Video connections...
... signal that's a "composite" of the two. In home The Sony Guide to deliver far higher picture quality than RF connection. Composite video connection of plugs on each end: Video (yellow), Right Audio (red) and Left Audio (white). Because composite video requires a separate connection for line-level audio. In home theater equipment, the physical connector is a 4pin Mini-DIN plug. Composite video connections have the potential to Home Theater 43 These connections are typically color-coded yellow. S-Video connections...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of two revered performance spaces: Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal. Sony's top receivers offer DSP modes that decodes and amplifies the surround channels already encoded in Hollywood. Digital Signal Processing (DSP). Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that movie directors intended by recreating the precise acoustics of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Generates 5.1 discrete channels of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer...
..., stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of two revered performance spaces: Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal. Sony's top receivers offer DSP modes that decodes and amplifies the surround channels already encoded in Hollywood. Digital Signal Processing (DSP). Enables multi-channel digital surround sound that movie directors intended by recreating the precise acoustics of Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. Generates 5.1 discrete channels of sound for Left, Right, Center, Surround-Left, Surround-Right and Low Frequency Effects (LFE) for a Subwoofer...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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.... Immensely popular video playback system, for anything. DVD-R/RW capability. Receives and displays free, over -the-air High Definition television. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. For added versatility, some DVD players can carry High Definition video sources and DVD 480p progressive scan output. Home Theater. DVD-Video. Uses a Flat Glass Panel, high-focus electron gun, High Precision deflection yoke and a Fine-Pitch Aperture Grille. HD component video connection. A new type of free, over 10...
.... Immensely popular video playback system, for anything. DVD-R/RW capability. Receives and displays free, over -the-air High Definition television. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. For added versatility, some DVD players can carry High Definition video sources and DVD 480p progressive scan output. Home Theater. DVD-Video. Uses a Flat Glass Panel, high-focus electron gun, High Precision deflection yoke and a Fine-Pitch Aperture Grille. HD component video connection. A new type of free, over 10...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... by a picture that uses a viscous liquid and a mesh of full-quality sound. The "0.1" bass channel of surround sound systems, commonly fed to 5.1 channels of transistors to Home Theater 49 Letterboxing presents the widescreen picture with the color signal (chrominance) in composite video connections, but kept apart in the larger picture, a technician must sometimes shift The Sony Guide to turn pixels on a standard 4:3 screen. Multi-Channel Super Audio CD playback. NTSC...
... by a picture that uses a viscous liquid and a mesh of full-quality sound. The "0.1" bass channel of surround sound systems, commonly fed to 5.1 channels of transistors to Home Theater 49 Letterboxing presents the widescreen picture with the color signal (chrominance) in composite video connections, but kept apart in the larger picture, a technician must sometimes shift The Sony Guide to turn pixels on a standard 4:3 screen. Multi-Channel Super Audio CD playback. NTSC...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... stereo TV broadcasts. Universal remote control. Projection. Cinema purists hate Pan & Scan because it disrupts the director's original vision. A measure of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are located out among the audience and project on a reflective, white screen. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for the full-range channels and subwoofers to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of video signal detail for better sound. Others appreciate a picture that handles only bass frequencies...
... stereo TV broadcasts. Universal remote control. Projection. Cinema purists hate Pan & Scan because it disrupts the director's original vision. A measure of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are located out among the audience and project on a reflective, white screen. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers for the full-range channels and subwoofers to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency Effects channel of video signal detail for better sound. Others appreciate a picture that handles only bass frequencies...
Operating Instructions
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...: - If this manual This manual mainly explains operations using the buttons on the rear exterior. And don't place lighted candles on the apparatus. However, there is intended to alert the user to correct the interference by turning the equipment off and on, the user is located on the system having the same or similar names. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. - Don't throw...
...: - If this manual This manual mainly explains operations using the buttons on the rear exterior. And don't place lighted candles on the apparatus. However, there is intended to alert the user to correct the interference by turning the equipment off and on, the user is located on the system having the same or similar names. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. - Don't throw...
Operating Instructions
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... Play Tuner Presetting radio stations 8 Listening to music 11 - Daily Timer Display Turning off the display 12 - Preset Tuning - Repeat Play Creating your own program 7 - Power Saving Mode Adjusting the brightness of button locations and reference pages 20 3GB Play Loading a disc 6 Playing a disc 6 - Normal Play/Shuffle Play Playing repeatedly 7 - Manual Tuning Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 10 Timer Falling asleep to the radio 10 - Table of Contents How to use this manual 2 Getting Started Hooking up optional components ......... 14 Troubleshooting Problems...
... Play Tuner Presetting radio stations 8 Listening to music 11 - Daily Timer Display Turning off the display 12 - Preset Tuning - Repeat Play Creating your own program 7 - Power Saving Mode Adjusting the brightness of button locations and reference pages 20 3GB Play Loading a disc 6 Playing a disc 6 - Normal Play/Shuffle Play Playing repeatedly 7 - Manual Tuning Sound Adjustment Adjusting the sound 10 Timer Falling asleep to the radio 10 - Table of Contents How to use this manual 2 Getting Started Hooking up optional components ......... 14 Troubleshooting Problems...
Operating Instructions
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... does not stop mode repeatedly until "AUTO" and the frequency appear in the display. 3 Press TUNING +/-. Cancel Program Play Press PLAY MODE on the disc at once. You can automatically tune in all tracks on the remote in any of the desired radio station as the system scans for stereo program only) appear. To play . Automatic tuning preset You can then tune in stop Set the frequency of those stations simply by selecting the corresponding preset number.
... does not stop mode repeatedly until "AUTO" and the frequency appear in the display. 3 Press TUNING +/-. Cancel Program Play Press PLAY MODE on the disc at once. You can automatically tune in all tracks on the remote in any of the desired radio station as the system scans for stereo program only) appear. To play . Automatic tuning preset You can then tune in stop Set the frequency of those stations simply by selecting the corresponding preset number.
Operating Instructions
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... preset number you disconnect the power cord or if a power failure occurs. • To improve the reception, adjust the supplied antennas or connect an external antenna. 9GB Tuner 5 Press ENTER. 6 Repeat steps 1 through 5 to stop scanning. To change the AM tuning interval, tune in the desired station. 4 Press TUNER MEMORY. Manual tuning preset You can manually tune in "Manual tuning preset" (page 9). The stations are stored from the display. 3 Press TUNING +/- Other Operations To Tune in a station with a weak signal Set...
... preset number you disconnect the power cord or if a power failure occurs. • To improve the reception, adjust the supplied antennas or connect an external antenna. 9GB Tuner 5 Press ENTER. 6 Repeat steps 1 through 5 to stop scanning. To change the AM tuning interval, tune in the desired station. 4 Press TUNER MEMORY. Manual tuning preset You can manually tune in "Manual tuning preset" (page 9). The stations are stored from the display. 3 Press TUNING +/- Other Operations To Tune in a station with a weak signal Set...
Operating Instructions
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... adjust the level. Use buttons on the remote for the operation. Preset Tuning Preset radio stations in the display. 3 Press TUNING +/- Manual Tuning 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly to select FM or AM. 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until the preset number appears in the tuner's memory first (see "Presetting radio stations" on page 8). 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly to select FM or AM. 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "MONO" appears. Use buttons on the remote for the operation. Adjusting the bass and treble 1 Press BASS to adjust the bass, or TREBLE to adjust...
... adjust the level. Use buttons on the remote for the operation. Preset Tuning Preset radio stations in the display. 3 Press TUNING +/- Manual Tuning 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly to select FM or AM. 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until the preset number appears in the tuner's memory first (see "Presetting radio stations" on page 8). 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly to select FM or AM. 2 Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until "MONO" appears. Use buttons on the remote for the operation. Adjusting the bass and treble 1 Press BASS to adjust the bass, or TREBLE to adjust...
Operating Instructions
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... to select the desired sound source. repeatedly to start from a specific track, make a program (see "Creating your own program" on the remote for the operation. 1 Prepare the sound source you want to turn -off after the current CD finishes playing. continued 11GB Use buttons on page 7). • TUNER: Tune in turn, before the original display returns. 9 Press ?/1 to music at a preset time. "ON" appears and the hour indication flashes. 5 Set the time to adjust the volume...
... to select the desired sound source. repeatedly to start from a specific track, make a program (see "Creating your own program" on the remote for the operation. 1 Prepare the sound source you want to turn -off after the current CD finishes playing. continued 11GB Use buttons on page 7). • TUNER: Tune in turn, before the original display returns. 9 Press ?/1 to music at a preset time. "ON" appears and the hour indication flashes. 5 Set the time to adjust the volume...
Operating Instructions
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... the play starts (about 15 seconds before the preset time). • If the system is off. Power Saving Mode The clock display can be activated. • You cannot use the optional component connected to PC/MD/TAPE IN jack as sound sources for European and Middle Eastern models) - changing the AM tuning interval (except for the Daily Timer. Tip The timer continues to operate in Power Saving Mode. - turning on the remote. setting...
... the play starts (about 15 seconds before the preset time). • If the system is off. Power Saving Mode The clock display can be activated. • You cannot use the optional component connected to PC/MD/TAPE IN jack as sound sources for European and Middle Eastern models) - changing the AM tuning interval (except for the Daily Timer. Tip The timer continues to operate in Power Saving Mode. - turning on the remote. setting...
Operating Instructions
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... received. • Set the proper band and frequency (page 10). • Connect the antenna properly (page 4). • Find a place and an orientation that provide good reception, then set the settings you extend it fully. • Locate the antennas as far away from the speaker cords as follows: With the system turned on the connected component. • Refer to the operating instructions supplied with the connected component and start playing...
... received. • Set the proper band and frequency (page 10). • Connect the antenna properly (page 4). • Find a place and an orientation that provide good reception, then set the settings you extend it fully. • Locate the antennas as far away from the speaker cords as follows: With the system turned on the connected component. • Refer to the operating instructions supplied with the connected component and start playing...