Sony Dav Dz300 Operating Instructions

Playing Discs
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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, Super Audio CD, CD, or 
MP3, file name of a DivX video using the front 
panel display (page 91).
Press DISPLAY.
Each time you press DISPLAY while playing 
the disc, the display changes as shown in the 
charts.
When playing a DVD VIDEO or 
DVD-RW
When playing a DATA CD (DivX 
video) or DATA DVD (DivX...

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When playing a VIDEO CD 
(without PBC functions), Super 
Audio CD, or CD
When playing an MP3
 When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, the 
playing time is displayed.
 When playing VIDEO CDs without PBC functions, 
the track number and the index number are displayed 
after the Disc name.
 You can also check the time information and text 
using the Control Menu.
 If the disc does not contain text, the Disc name or the 
Track (file) name is displayed “NO TEXT.” 
 The system can only display the...

Playing Discs
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 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 playing a VIDEO CD (without 
PBC functions), Super Audio CD, or CD
 T **:**
Playing time of the current track
 T–**:**
Remaining time of the current track
 D **:**
Playing time of the current disc
 D–**:**
Remaining time of the current disc
xWhen playing a DATA CD (MP3 
audio)
 T **:**...

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* “Exchangeable Image File Format” is a digital 
camera image format defined by the Japan 
Electronics and Information Technology Industries 
Association (JEITA).
 Date information is [DD/MM/YYYY].
DD: Day
MM: Month
YYYY: Year
 If there is no date information or data is damaged on 
the disc, the system cannot display the date 
information.
Tip
Note
1 ( 
8 )
1 ( 
2 0 )
01/ 01/ 2003DATA CD JPEG
Date information
 

Sound Adjustments
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When playing a DVD VIDEO or DATA CD/
DATA DVD (DivX video files) recorded in 
multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, 
MPEG audio, or DTS), you can change the 
audio format. If the DVD VIDEO is recorded 
with multilingual tracks, you can also change the 
language.
With VIDEO CDs, CDs, or DATA CDs, you 
can select the sound from the right or left 
channel and listen to the sound of the selected 
channel through both the right and left speakers. 
For example, when playing a disc...

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 [2:2/R]: the sound of the right channel of 
the audio track 2 (monaural)
 While playing a Super VCD on which the audio track 
2 is not recorded, no sound will come out when you 
select [2:STEREO], [2:1/L], or [2:2/R].
 You cannot change the sound for Super Audio CDs.
Checking the audio signal 
format
(DVD, DivX video only)
If you press AUDIO repeatedly during 
playback, the format of the current audio signal 
(PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, etc.) appears as 
shown below.
xWhen playing a DVD VIDEO...

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You can take advantage of surround sound 
simply by selecting one of system’s pre-
programmed sound fields. They bring the 
exciting and powerful sound of movie theaters 
into your home.
Press SOUND FIELD.
Each time you press SOUND FIELD repeatedly 
until the sound field you want appears in the 
front panel display.
You can also select the sound field by pressing 
C/c.
All sound field
Automatic outputting of the 
original sound
xAUTO FORMAT DIRECT AUTO
The auto decoding function...

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properties of the original recording without 
adding any new sounds or tonal colorations.
 When the input signal is multi channel source, Dolby 
Pro Logic and Dolby Pro Logic II MOVIE/MUSIC 
are canceled and the multi channel source is output 
directly.
 When the bilingual broadcast sound is input, Dolby 
Pro Logic and Dolby Pro Logic II MOVIE/MUSIC 
are not effective.
Enjoying virtual surround 
speakers
xVIRTUAL MULTI DIMENSION
Creates an array of virtual surround speaker 
positions higher than...

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To turn the surround effect off
Press SOUND FIELD repeatedly until “A.F.D. 
AUTO” or “2CH STEREO” appears in the front 
panel display.
You can enjoy TV or VCR sound from all 
speakers of this system.
For details, see “Step 3: TV Hookup” (page 21) 
and “Step 4: Other Component Hookup” 
(page 25).
1Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “TV” 
or “SAT” (depending on connection) 
appears in the front panel display.
2Press SOUND FIELD repeatedly until 
the sound field you want appears in the...

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Reinforcing bass frequencies
You can reinforce bass frequencies.
Press DSGX.
Bass frequencies are effectively reinforced.
To turn off the sound effect
Press DSGX again.
 When you connect headphones to the system, the 
DSGX function does not work.
 Depending on the input stream, the DSGX function 
may not be effective.
Using the Sound Effect
Note
DSGX