Sony Dav D150 Operating Instructions

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DVD Operation Setup  (Continued)
Initial Settings
You can set your personal preferences on the DVD
function mode.
General Operation
1
Press SETUP/MENU.
The Setup menu appears.
2
Use V/vto select the desired option.
The screen will show the current setting for the
selected option, as well as alternate setting(s).
3
While the desired option is selected, press b,
then V/vto select the desired setting.
4
Press ENTER/OK to confirm your selection.
Some options require additional steps.
5
Press...

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DVD Operation Setup  (Continued)
Parental Control
Rating 
Movies on DVDs may contain scenes not suitable for
children. Therefore, discs may contain Parental Control
information that applies to the complete disc or to 
certain scenes on the disc. These scenes are rated
from 1 to 8, and alternatively, more suitable scenes are
available for selection on some discs. Ratings are 
country dependent. The Parental Control feature allows
you to prevent discs from being played by your children
or to have...

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DVD Operation Setup  (Continued)
Speaker Setup
5.1 Speaker settings 
Select speaker settings, including volume balance and
distance, or test the speaker settings.
Speaker settings are only active on the Analog Multi-
Channel Output. (See “Speaker Setup”, page 38.)
Others (DRC/PBC)
The DRC and PBC settings can be changed.
zPress V/vto select the desired item and press
ENTER/OK. The setting of the selected item is
changed between On and Off.
Dynamic Range Control (DRC) 
With the DVD...

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VIDEO Operation 
Playing a tape
You will only be able to load and eject video cassettes
when your DVD/VCR Receiver is plugged into the
mains. 
Your DVD/VCR Receiver may also play back recordings
from NTSC tapes (on PAL TV).
Getting a better picture
When a cassette is inserted and playback started, the
ATR (automatic tracking) function works to get the best
possible picture automatically (ATR appears in the dis-
play window). If the quality of the recording is poor,
repeatedly press CH/PRESET (+/–)to...

OPERATION
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VIDEO Operation (Continued)
The DVD/VCR Receiver allows you to make recordings
using a variety of simple methods:
Instant Timer Recording (ITR): Starts recording imme-
diately for a set period of time or until the video cassette
runs out.
VIDEO Plus+ System Recording greatly simplifies
entering the date, channel, start and end times of a
Timer Recording. 
Timer Recording: You may record at a later time (up to
1 month from the present). Up to 7 of these 
automatic recordings may be set.
The...

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VIDEO Operation (Continued)
VIDEO Plus+®System recording
VIDEO Plus+ System greatly simplifies entering the
date, channel, start and end times of a Timer recording
by simply entering a PlusCode programming number.
The PlusCode programming numbers are published in
most TV guide magazines; they can vary from one to
nine numbers in length.
1 1
Make sure that TV channels have been tuned
and stored.
Insert a video cassette with protection tab into
your DVD/VIDEO receiver. 
The video cassette should have...

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VIDEO Operation (Continued)
Timer recording using On Screen
Display
If you choose not to use VIDEO Plus+ System
Recording, you can set timer recordings manually.
You may set up to seven timer record events within one
month of the current date.
PLEASE NOTE! before setting the timer make sure
that you have set the DVD/VCR Receiver clock cor-
rectly and you know which channels on your
DVD/VCR Receiver you have tuned to TV stations.
In a stage 4, if you want to record from either of the
SCART...

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Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System
Your DVD/VCR Receiver will record  and play back 
Hi-Fi stereo sound. In addition it has a NICAM digital
stereo sound decoder. This allows you to record and
play back the sound in several different ways. Video
cassettes recorded on your DVD/VCR Receiver will
have a normal mono audio track and two VHS Hi-Fi
stereo audio tracks. These stereo tracks allow you to
make audio recordings in Hi-Fi stereo or bilingual mode
from a TV broadcast, stereo audio...

VIDEO Operation (Continued)
Copying from DVD to VIDEO
This unit allows you to copy the contents of a DVD to a
VHS tape. 
Note
If the DVD you are attempting to copy is copy protected,
you will not be able to copy the disc. It is not permitted
to copy Macrovision encoded DVDs. “LOCK” will blink
on the display window.
1 1
Insert Disc.
Insert the disc you wish to copy in the DVD deck
and close the disc tray.
2 2
Insert VHS Tape.
Insert a blank VHS video tape into the VIDEO deck.
3 3
Press H(PLAY) on the DVD...

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Additional Information
If Timer record events Overlap...
Do not overlap programmes, since overlapping portions
of the conflicting programmes will not be recorded.
Earlier recording times have priority over later recording
times as shown in the diagram.
Change (Deleting) the Timer Programme
If at a later date you wish to deleteor changeany of
the settings in timer event memory you may do so with-
out having to enter all the timer event information again.
Simply display the timer event screen. Press...