Sony Dav Dz30 Operating Instructions

Various Functions for Playing Discs
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A DVD is divided into a lot of sections, which 
make up a picture or music feature. These 
sections are called “titles.” When you play a 
DVD which contains several titles, you can 
select the title you want using DVD TOP 
MENU.
When you play DVDs that allow you to select 
items such as the language for the subtitles and 
the language for the sound, select these items 
using DVD MENU.
1Press DVD TOP MENU or DVD MENU.
The disc’s menu appears on the TV screen.
The...

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 [2: MAIN+SUB]
Note [2: MAIN], [2: SUB], and [2: MAIN+SUB] do 
not appear when one audio stream is recorded on 
the disc.
xWhen playing a VIDEO CD, CD, DATA 
CD (MP3 audio), or DATA DVD (MP3 
audio)
The default setting is underlined.
 [STEREO]
: the standard stereo sound
 [1/L]: the sound of the left channel 
(monaural)
 [2/R]: the sound of the right channel 
(monaural)
xWhen playing a DATA CD (DivX 
video) or DATA DVD (DivX video) 
(except for United Kingdom and North 
American models)
The choice...

Various Functions for Playing Discs
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xWhen playing a DATA CD (DivX video) or 
DATA DVD (DivX video) (except for United 
Kingdom and North American models)
Example:
MP3 audio
About audio signals
Audio signals recorded in a disc contain the 
sound elements (channels) shown below. Each 
channel is output from a separate speaker.
 Front (L)
 Front (R)

 Surround (L)
 Surround (R)
 Surround (Monaural): This signal can be either 
the Dolby Surround Sound processed signals 
or the Dolby Digital sound’s...

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Viewing the playing time and 
remaining time in the front 
panel display
You can check disc information, such as the 
remaining time, total number of titles in a DVD, 
tracks in a VIDEO CD, CD, MP3, or file name 
of a DivX video* using the front panel display 
(page 78).
* Except for United Kingdom and North American 
models.
Press DISPLAY.
Each time you press DISPLAY while playing 
the disc, the display changes 1 t 2 t ... 
t 1 t ...
Some displayed items may disappear after a few 
seconds.
When...

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2Press DISPLAY repeatedly to change 
the time information.
The display and the kinds of time that you 
can check depend on the disc you are 
playing.
xWhen playing a DVD VIDEO or DVD-
RW
 T **:**:**
Playing time of the current title
 T–**:**:**
Remaining time of the current title
 C **:**:**
Playing time of the current chapter
 C–**:**:**
Remaining time of the current chapter
xWhen playing a VIDEO CD (with PBC 
functions)

Playing time of the current scene
xWhen...

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Checking the date 
information 
(JPEG only)
You can check the date information during 
playback when the Exif* tag is recorded in the 
JPEG image data.
Press   DISPLAY twice during playback.
The Control Menu display appears.
* “Exchangeable Image File Format” is a digital 
camera image format defined by the Japan 
Electronics and Information Technology Industries 
Association (JEITA).
Tip Date information is [DD/MM/YYYY].
DD: Day
MM: Month
YYYY: Year
If various angles (multi-angles) for a scene are...

Various Functions for Playing Discs
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If subtitles are recorded on a disc, you can turn 
the subtitles on or off while playing. If 
multilingual subtitles are recorded on the disc, 
you can change the subtitle language while 
playing, or turn the subtitles on or off whenever 
you want.
Press SUBTITLE during playback.
Each time you press SUBTITLE, the subtitle 
language changes.
Note Depending on the DVD VIDEO, you may not be able 
to change the subtitles even if multilingual subtitles 
are recorded on...

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What is MP3/JPEG?
MP3 is audio compression technology that 
satisfies the ISO/MPEG regulations. JPEG is 
image compression technology.
Discs that the system can 
play
You can play back DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-
Rs/CD-RWs) or DATA DVDs (DVD-Rs/DVD-
RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+RWs/DVD-ROMs) 
recorded in MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) or 
JPEG format. However, the DATA CDs must be 
recorded according to ISO 9660 Level 1, Level 
2 or Joliet format and DATA DVDs of Universal 
Disk Format (UDF) for the system to recognize 
the...

Various Functions for Playing Discs
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Playback order of MP3 audio 
tracks or JPEG image files
The playback order of MP3 audio tracks or 
JPEG image files recorded on a DATA CD or 
DATA DVD is as follows:
xStructure of disc contents
When you insert a DATA CD or DATA DVD 
and press H, the numbered tracks (or files) are 
played sequentially, from 1 through 7. Any 
sub-albums/tracks (or files) contained within a 
currently selected album take priority over the 
next album in the same tree. (Example: C...

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Selecting an MP3 audio track 
or album
1Load a DATA CD or DATA DVD.
The albums recorded on the DATA CD or 
DATA DVD appear. When an album is 
being played, its title is shaded.
2Press X/x to select an album.
xWhen selecting an album
Press H to start playing the selected 
album.
xWhen selecting a track
Press .
The list of tracks contained in the album 
appears.
Press X/x to select a track and press  .
The selected track starts playing. You can 
turn the track list off by pressing DVD 
MENU. Pressing...