Sony Dav Dz500f Operating Instructions

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instructions supplied with the disc. In this case, press 
H.
 To play without using PBC, press ./> or the 
number buttons while the system is stopped to select 
a track, then press H or ENTER.
[Play without PBC] appears on the TV screen and the 
system starts continuous play. You cannot play still 
pictures such as a menu. To return to PBC playback, 
press x twice, then press H.
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) recorded in MP3 (MPEG1 Audio 
Layer 3) and JPEG format. However, the discs 
must be recorded according to ISO 9660 Level 
1, Level 2 or Joliet format for the system to 
recognize the tracks (or files). You can also play 
discs recorded in Multi Session.
See the instructions supplied with the CD-R/
CD-RW drives and the recording software (not 
supplied) for details on the recording format.
About the multi-session disc
If MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image files are 
recorded in the first session, the system will also 
play MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image files in 
other sessions. If audio tracks and images in 
audio CD format or video CD format are 
recorded in the first session, only the first 
session will be played back.
 The system may not be able to play some DATA CDs 
created in the Packet Write format. In this case, you 
cannot view the JPEG images recorded.
MP3 audio track or JPEG 
image file that the system can 
play
The system can play the MP3 audio tracks or 
JPEG image files:
 which have the extension “.MP3” (MP3 audio 
track) or “.JPG”/“.JPEG” (JPEG image file)
 which conform to the DCF* image file format
Tip
About MP3 Audio Tracks 
and JPEG Image Files
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* “Design rule for Camera File system”: Image 
standards for digital cameras regulated by Japan 
Electronics and Information Technology Industries 
Association (JEITA).
 The system will play any data with the 
extension “.MP3,” “.JPG,” or “.JPEG” even if 
they are not in MP3 or JPEG format. Playing 
this data may generate a loud noise which 
could damage your speaker system.
 The system does not conform to audio in 
MP3PRO format.
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 is as 
follows:
xStructure of disc contents
When you insert a DATA CD 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 
contains D so 4 is played before 5.)
When you press MENU and the list of album 
names appears (page 43), the album names are 
arranged in the following order:
A t B t C t D t F t G. Albums 
that do not contain tracks (or files) (such as 
album E) do not appear in the list.
 If you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front of the 
track/file names when you store the tracks (or files) in 
a disc, the tracks and files will be played in that order.
 Since a disc with many trees takes longer to start 
playback, it is recommended that you create albums 
with no more than two trees.
 Depending on the software you use to create the 
DATA CD, the playback order may differ from the 
illustration.
 The playback order above may not be applicable if 
there are more than 200 albums and 300 files in each 
album.
 The system can recognize up to 200 albums (the 
system will count just albums, including albums that 
do not contain MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image 
files). The system will not play any albums beyond 
the 200th album.
 The system may take longer time to playback, when 
progressing to the following album or jump to other 
album.
 Some type of JPEG files cannot be played.
Note
ROOT
Tree 1 Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4 Tree 5
AlbumTrack (MP3 audio) or 
File (JPEG image)
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MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files 
recorded on DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/
CD-RWs) can be played on this system.
 You can view the disc information while playing 
MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files (page 54).
 You can select Repeat Play while playing MP3 audio 
tracks and JPEG image files (page 37) and [AUDIO] 
while playing an MP3 audio track (page 58).
Selecting an album
1Load a DATA CD.
The list of albums recorded on the DATA 
CD appears. When an album is being 
played, its title is shaded.
You can turn the album list on and off by 
pressing MENU.
2Press X/x to select the album you want 
and press H.
The system starts playing the selected 
album.
To stop playback
Press x.
To play the next or previous MP3 
audio track
Press ./>. Note that you can select the 
next album by continuing to press > after the 
last track on the first album, but that you cannot 
return to the previous album by pressing .. 
To return to the previous album, select the 
album from the album list.
To play the next or previous JPEG 
image file
Press C/c when the Control Menu is not 
displayed. Note that you can select the next 
album by continuing to press c after the last 
image on the first album, but that you cannot 
return to the previous album by pressing C. To 
return to the previous album, select the album 
from the album list.
To turn off the display
Press MENU.
Selecting an MP3 audio track
1Load a DATA CD.
The albums recorded on the DATA CD 
appear. When an album is being played, its 
title is shaded.
2Press X/x to select an album and press 
ENTER.
Playing DATA CDs with 
MP3 Audio Track and 
JPEG Image Files
Tip
PICTURE 
NAVI
x H C/X/x/c
ENTERMENU
        3 (   
3 0 )
ROCK BEST HIT
KARAOKE
MY FAVOURITE SONG
R&B
JAZZ
CLASSIC
SALSA OF CUBA
BOSSA NOVA
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The list of tracks contained in the album 
appears.
3Press X/x to select a track and press 
ENTER.
The selected track starts playing. You can 
turn the track list off by pressing MENU. 
Pressing MENU again will display the 
album list.
To stop playback
Press x.
To play the next or previous MP3 
audio track
Press ./>. Note that you can select the 
next album by continuing to press > after the 
last track on the first album, but that you cannot 
return to the previous album by pressing .. 
To return to the previous album, select the 
album from the album list.
To return to the previous display
Press O RETURN.
To turn off the display
Press MENU.
Selecting a JPEG image file
1Load a DATA CD.
The albums recorded on the DATA CD 
appear. When an album is being played, its 
title is shaded.
2Press X/x to select an album and press 
PICTURE NAVI.
Images of files in the album appear in 16 
subscreens.
3Press C/X/x/c to select the image you 
want to view and press ENTER.
To play the next or previous JPEG 
image file
Press C/c when the Control Menu is not 
displayed. Note that you can select the next 
album by continuing to press c after the last 
image on the first album, but that you cannot 
return to the previous album by pressing C. To 
return to the previous album, select the album 
from the album list.
To rotate a JPEG image
When a JPEG image file is displayed on the 
screen, you can rotate the image by 90 degrees.
Press X/x while viewing an image. Each time 
you press X, the image rotates counterclockwise 
by 90 degrees.
Example of when you press X once:
   M Y  FAVOURITE  SONG
            1 (
 2 5 6 )
WALTZ FOR DEBBY
MY ROMANCE
MILES TONES
MY FUNNY VALENTINE
AUTUM LEAVES
ALL BLUES
SOMEDAY MY PRINCE W...
1234
5678
13 14 15 16 9101112
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Press CLEAR to return to normal view.
 Nothing happens when you press C while playing the 
first image file of the album.
 If you press C/c to go to the next or previous image, 
the “Rotating a JPEG image” function is canceled.
 The slide show stops when you press X/x.
To stop playback
Press x.
 A scroll box is displayed at the right side of the 
screen. To display the additional image files, select 
the bottom image and press x. To return to the 
previous image, select the top image and press X.
 You can also change the slide show duration 
(page 46) and effect (page 47) while playing JPEG 
image file.
You can play a slide show with sound by first 
placing both MP3 and JPEG files in the same 
album on a DATA CD. When you play back the 
DATA CD, select [AUTO] mode as explained 
below.
1Load a DATA CD.
2Press  DISPLAY.
The Control Menu appears.
3Press X/x to select  [MODE 
(MP3, JPEG)], then press ENTER.
The options for [MODE (MP3, JPEG)] 
appear.
4Press X/x to select the setting you 
want and press ENTER.
Note
Tip
Playing Audio Tracks and 
Images as a Slide Show 
with Sound
X/x
ENTER
 
DISPLAY
HMENU
DATA CD MP31 8 ( 
3 4 ) 1 2 ( 
2 7 )T       1 : 3 2 : 5 5
IMAGE (JPEG) AUDIO (MP3) AUTO
AUTO
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The default setting is underlined.
 [AUTO]
: plays both the JPEG image files 
and MP3 audio tracks in the same album 
as a slide show.
 [AUDIO (MP3)]: plays only MP3 audio 
tracks continuously.
 [IMAGE (JPEG)]: plays only JPEG 
image files as a slide show.
5Press MENU.
The list of albums recorded on the DATA 
CD appears.
6Press X/x to select the album you want 
and press H.
The system starts playing the selected 
album.
You can turn the album list on and off by 
pressing MENU repeatedly.
 You can also change the slide show duration 
(page 46) and effect (page 47) while playing JPEG 
image files.
 If you want to play a slide show to the same audio 
track, set the track to Repeat Play (page 37).
 When you select [AUTO], the system can recognize 
up to 300 MP3 tracks and 300 JPEG files in a single 
album. When you select [AUDIO (MP3)] or [IMAGE 
(JPEG)], the system can recognize up to 600 MP3 and 
600 JPEG files in a single album. A maximum of 200 
albums can be recognized regardless of the selected 
mode.
 You cannot playback JPEG files and MP3 tracks at 
the same time if they are not contained in the same 
album.
 When the JPEG image file’s playback duration is 
longer than the MP3 audio track, the image slide 
show continues without sound.
 When the MP3 audio track is longer than the JPEG 
image file’s playback duration, the audio track 
continues with no slide show.
 If there are no MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image 
files in the DATA CD, the [No audio data] and [No 
image data] messages appear on the screen.
 If you set [MODE (MP3, JPEG)] to [IMAGE 
(JPEG)] on a disc that contains MP3 tracks only or 
[AUDIO (MP3)] on a disc that contains JPEG files 
only, you may not able to change the [MODE (MP3, 
JPEG)] setting.
 PICTURE NAVI does not work when [AUDIO 
(MP3)] is selected. If you play large MP3 track data and JPEG image 
data at the same time, the sound may skip. It is 
recommended that you set the MP3 bit rate to 128 
kbps or lower when creating the file. If the sound still 
skips, then reduce the size of the JPEG file.
Specifying the slide show 
duration 
(JPEG only)
When you play JPEG image files using slide 
show, you can specify the duration for slides to 
appear on the screen.
1Press   DISPLAY twice.
The Control Menu for JPEG appears.
2Press X/x to select   
[INTERVAL], then press ENTER.
The options for [INTERVAL] appear.
3Press X/x to select the setting you 
want.
The default setting is underlined.
 [NORMAL]
: sets the duration to about 6 
to 9 seconds. (Images that are four million 
pixels or more will lengthen the duration.)
 [FAST]: sets the duration shorter than 
[NORMAL].
 [SLOW1]: Sets the duration longer than 
[NORMAL].
 [SLOW2]: Sets the duration longer than 
[SLOW1].
4Press ENTER.
The selected setting takes effect.
 Some JPEG files may take longer to display than 
others, which may make the duration seems longer 
that the option you selected. Especially progressive 
JPEG files or JPEG files of 3,000,000 pixels or more.
Tip
Note
Note
10 / 29 / 2 0041(NORMAL
DATA CD JPEG
NORMALFAST
SLOW1
SLOW2
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Selecting an effect for image 
files in the slide show 
(JPEG only)
When you play a JPEG image file, you can 
select the effect to be used when viewing the 
slide show.
1Press  DISPLAY twice.
The Control Menu for JPEG appears.
2Press X/x to select   [EFFECT], 
then press ENTER.
The options for [EFFECT] appear.
3Press X/x to select the setting you 
want.
The default setting is underlined.
[MODE1]
: The image sweeps in from top 
to bottom.
 [MODE2]: The image stretches out from 
left to right of the screen.
 [MODE3]: The image stretches out from 
the center of the screen.
 [MODE4]: The images randomly cycle 
through the effects.
 [MODE5]: The next image slides over the 
previous image.
 [OFF]: Turns off this function. 
4Press ENTER.
The selected setting takes effect.
About DivX Video Files
DivX® is a video file compression technology, 
developed by DivXNetworks, Inc. This product 
is an official DivX
® Certified product.
You can play DATA CDs and DATA DVDs that 
contain DivX
® video files.
DATA CDs and DATA DVDs that 
the system can play
Playback of DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/
CD-RWs) and DATA DVDs (DVD-Rs/DVD-
RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+RWs) on this system is 
subject to certain conditions:
– With DATA CDs that contain DivX video 
files in addition to MP3 audio tracks or JPEG 
image files, the system plays only the DivX 
video files.
– With DATA DVDs, the system plays DivX 
video files only. Any data other than DivX 
video file, such as MP3 audio tracks and 
JPEG image files, are not played.
However, this system only plays DATA CDs 
whose logical format is ISO 9660 Level 1/Level 
2 or Joliet, and DATA DVDs of Universal Disk 
Format (UDF). 
1 0 / 2 3 / 2 0 0 41(
MODE1
DATA CD JPEG
MODE1
MODE2
MODE3
MODE4
MODE5
OFF
4) 3 (12)
Enjoying DivX® Videos
 
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You can also play DATA CDs recorded in Multi 
Session (page 41), although DATA DVDs 
recorded in Multi Session are not playable.
Refer to the instructions supplied with the disc 
drives and the recording software (not supplied) 
for details on the recording format.
About playback order of data on 
DATA CDs or DATA DVDs
See “Playback order of MP3 audio tracks or 
JPEG image files” (page 42). Note that the 
playback order may not be applicable, 
depending on the software used for creating the 
DivX video file, or if there are more than 200 
albums and 600 DivX video files in each album.
 The system may not be able to play some DATA 
CDs/DATA DVDs created in the Packet Write 
format.
DivX video files that the system 
can play
The system can play data that is recorded in 
DivX format, and which has the extension 
“.AVI,” or “.DIVX.” The system will not play 
files with the extension “.AVI” or “.DIVX” if 
they do not contain a DivX video.
 For details about playable MP3 audio tracks or JPEG 
image files on DATA CDs, see “Discs that the system 
can play” (page 41).
 The system may not play a DivX video file when the 
file has been combined from two or more DivX video 
files.
 The system cannot play a DivX video file of size 
more than 720 (width) x 576 (height) or 2GB.
 Depending on the DivX video file, the picture may be 
unclear or the sound may skip.
 The system cannot play some DivX video files that 
are longer than 3 hours.
Playing DivX Video Files
You can play DivX video files on DATA CDs 
(CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs) and DATA 
DVDs (DVD-Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/
DVD+RWs).
 You can view the disc information while playing a 
DivX video file (page 54).
 If there are no DivX video files recorded on a DATA 
DVD, a message appears to indicate that the disc is 
not playable.
 Depending on the DivX video file, the picture may 
pause or be unclear. In which case, it is recommended 
that you create the file at a lower bit rate. If the sound 
is still noisy, MP3 is the recommended audio format. 
Note, however, this system does not conform to 
WMA (Windows Media Audio) format.
 Because of the compression technology used for 
DivX video files, it may take some time after you 
press H for the picture to appear.
 Depending on the DivX video file, the sound may not 
match the pictures on the screen.
Selecting an album
1Press MENU.
A list of albums on the disc appears. Only 
albums that contain DivX video files are 
listed. 
2Press X/x to select the album you want 
to play.
3Press H.
The system starts playing the selected 
album.
To select DivX video files, see “Selecting a 
DivX video file” (page 49).
To stop playback
Press x.
To go to the next or previous 
page
Press C/c.
To turn off the display
Press MENU repeatedly.
Note
Tip
Note
Tip
Note
        3 (   
3 )
SUMMER 2003
NEW YEARS DAY
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Selecting a DivX video file
1After Step 2 of “Selecting an album,” 
press ENTER.
The list of files in the album appears. 
2Press X/x to select a file and press 
ENTER.
The selected file starts playing.
To stop playback
Press x.
To go to the next or previous 
page
Press C/c.
To return to the previous display
Press O RETURN.
To play the next or previous DivX 
video file without turning on the 
above file list
You can select the next or previous DivX video 
file in the same album by pressing ./>. 
You can also select the first file of the next 
album by pressing > during playback of the 
last file of the current album. Note that you 
cannot return to the previous album by pressing 
.. To return to the previous album, select it 
from the album list. 
 If the number of viewing times is preset, you can play 
the DivX video files as many times as the preset 
number. The following occurrences are counted:
– when the system is turned off.
– when the disc tray is opened.
– when another file is played.
When the sound does not match the pictures on 
the screen, you can adjust the delay between the 
picture and sound.
1Press   DISPLAY in stop mode.
The Control Menu appears.
2Press X/x to select   [A/V 
SYNC], then press ENTER.
The options for [A/V SYNC] appear.
3Press X/x to select the setting.
 [OFF]: does not adjust.
 [ON]: adjusts the difference between 
picture and sound.
 Depending on the input stream, this function may not 
be effective.
Tip
   M Y  FAVOURITES
            1 (
 2  )
HAWAII 2004
VENUS
Adjusting the Delay 
Between the Picture and 
Sound
(A/V SYNC)
    
Note
X/x
ENTER
 
DISPLAY
  3  (  
2 8 ) 1  ( 
4 4 )DVD-RW        
T       1 : 3 0 : 5 0
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You can quickly locate a particular point on a 
disc by monitoring the picture or playing back 
slowly.
 Depending on the DVD/VIDEO CD, you may not be 
able to do some of the operations described.
Locating a point quickly by 
playing a disc in fast forward 
or fast reverse (Scan)
(except for JPEG)
Press  m or M   while playing a disc. 
When you find the point you want, press H to 
return to normal speed. Each time you press   
m or M   during scan, the playback speed 
changes. With each press the indication changes 
as shown below. Actual speeds may differ with 
some discs.Playback direction
Opposite direction
The “
×2B”/“×2b” playback speed is about 
twice the normal speed. The “3M”/“3m” 
playback speed is faster than the “2M”/
“2m” and the “2M”/“2m” playback speed 
is faster than “1M”/“1m.”
Watching frame by frame 
(Slow-motion Play)
(DVD, DVD-RW, DivX video, VIDEO CD 
only)
Press  m or M   when the system is in 
pause mode. To return to the normal playback 
speed, press H. Each time you press   m or 
M   during Slow-motion Play, the playback 
speed changes. Two speeds are available. With 
each press the indication changes as follows:
Playback direction
2  y 1 
Opposite direction (DVD VIDEO only)
2  y 1 
The “2  ”/“2  ” playback speed is slower 
than “1 ”/“1 .”
Playing one frame at a time 
(Freeze Frame)
(except for Super Audio CD, CD, and 
JPEG)
When the system is in the pause mode, press 
 (step) to go to the next frame. Press 
 (step) to go to the preceding frame 
Searching for a Particular 
Point on a Disc
(Scan, Slow-motion Play, Freeze 
Frame)
     
 
Note
HSLOW /  
m/M
X /
×2B t 1M t 2M t 3M
3M (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/DivX video/VIDEO 
CD only)
×2B (DVD VIDEO/Super Audio CD/CD only)
×2b t 1m t 2m t 3m
3m (DVD VIDEO/DVD-RW/DivX video/VIDEO 
CD only)
×2b (DVD VIDEO only)