Sony Dav Dz555m Operating Instructions

							Various Functions for Playing Discs
51GB
Tip If you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front of the 
track (or file) names when you store the tracks (or 
files) in a disc, the tracks (or files) will be played in 
that order.
 A disc with many trees takes longer to start playback.
Note Playback order may differ from the illustration 
depending on the software you use to create the 
DATA CD or DATA DVD, or if there are more than 
200 albums and 300 files in each album.
 The system can recognize up to 200 albums, and will 
not play any albums beyond the 200th.
 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.
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 DVD MENU again will 
display the album list.
Playing DATA CDs or 
DATA DVDs with MP3 
Audio Tracks and JPEG 
Image Files
 
        3 (   
3 0 )
ROCK BEST HIT
KARAOKE
MY FAVOURITE SONG
R&B
JAZZ
CLASSIC
SALSA OF CUBA
BOSSA NOVA
   M Y  FAVOURITE  SONG
            1 (
 2 5 6 )
WALTZ FOR DEBBY
MY ROMANCE
MILES TONES
MY FUNNY VALENTINE
AUTUMN LEAVES
ALL BLUES
SOMEDAY MY PRINCE W...
continued
 
						

							52GB
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 current 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 DVD MENU.
Selecting a JPEG image file 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 an image
Press PICTURE NAVI.
Images of files in the album appear in 16 
subscreens.Press C/X/x/c to select the image you want 
to view and press  .
To play the next or previous JPEG 
image file
Press C/c when the Control Menu display is not 
displayed. Note that you can select the next 
album by continuing to press c after the last 
image on the current 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 TV 
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:
Press CLEAR to return to normal view.
        3 (   
3 0 )
ROCK BEST HIT
KARAOKE
MY FAVOURITE SONG
R&B
JAZZ
CLASSIC
SALSA OF CUBA
BOSSA NOVA
1234
5678
13 14 15 16 9101112
Rotating direction
 
						

							Various Functions for Playing Discs
53GB
To stop playback
Press x.
Tip A scroll box is displayed at the right side of the TV 
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 play a slide show with sound by first 
placing both MP3 and JPEG files in the same 
album on a DATA CD or DATA DVD. When 
you play back the DATA CD or DATA DVD, 
select [AUTO] mode as explained below.
1Load a DATA CD or DATA DVD.
2Press   DISPLAY when the system is 
in stop mode.
The Control Menu display appears.
3Press X/x to select  [MODE 
(MP3, JPEG)], then press  .
The options for [MODE (MP3, JPEG)] 
appear.
4Press X/x to select a setting.
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 .
6Press DVD MENU.
The list of albums recorded on the DATA 
CD or DATA DVD appears.
7Press X/x to select the album you want 
and press H.
Playing Audio Tracks and 
Images as a Slide Show 
with Sound
 
DATA CD MP31 8 ( 
3 4 ) 1 2 ( 
2 7 )T       1 : 3 2 : 5 5
IMAGE (JPEG) AUDIO (MP3) AUTO
AUTO
continued
 
						

							54GB
The system starts playing the selected 
album.
You can turn the album list on and off by 
pressing DVD MENU repeatedly.
Tip 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 or 
600 JPEG files in a single album. A maximum of 200 
albums can be recognized regardless of the selected 
mode.
Note 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 be 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 TV screen.
1Press  DISPLAY twice.
The Control Menu display appears.
2Press X/x to select   
[INTERVAL], then press  .
The options for [INTERVAL] appear.
3Press X/x to select a setting.
The default setting is underlined.
 [NORMAL]
: sets the duration to about 6 
to 9 seconds. [FAST]: sets the duration shorter than 
[NORMAL].
 [SLOW1]: sets the duration longer than 
[NORMAL].
 [SLOW2]: sets the duration longer than 
[SLOW1].
4Press .
Note Some JPEG files may take longer to display than 
others, which may make the duration seems longer 
than the option you selected. Especially progressive 
JPEG files or JPEG files of 3,000,000 pixels or more.
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 display appears.
2Press X/x to select   [EFFECT], 
then press  .
The options for [EFFECT] appear.
3Press X/x to select a setting.
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 TV screen.
 [MODE3]: The image stretches out from 
the center of the TV screen.
 [MODE4]: The images randomly cycle 
through the effects.
 [MODE5]: The next image slides over the 
previous image.
 [OFF]: turns off this function. 
4Press .
2 0 0 7 / 1 0 / 2 91(NORMAL
DATA CD JPEG
NORMALFAST
SLOW1
SLOW2
4) 3 (12)
2 0 0 7 / 1 0 / 2 31(
MODE1
DATA CD JPEG
MODE1
MODE2
MODE3
MODE4
MODE5
OFF
4) 3 (12)
 
						

							Various Functions for Playing Discs
55GB
About DivX Video Files
DivX® is a video file compression technology, 
developed by DivX, 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-ROMs/
DVD-Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+RWs) on 
this system is subject to certain conditions:
– With DATA CDs/DATA DVDs that contain 
DivX video files in addition to MP3 audio 
tracks or JPEG image files, the system plays 
only the DivX video files.
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). 
Refer to the operating 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 50). 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.
Note 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.
Tip For details about playable MP3 audio tracks or JPEG 
image files on DATA CDs or DATA DVDs, see 
“Discs that the system can play” (page 49).
Note 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) × 576 (height) or 2GB.
 Depending on the DivX video file, sound may skip or 
not match the pictures on the TV screen.
 The system cannot play some DivX video files that 
are longer than 3 hours.
 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.
Selecting an album
1Press DVD 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 56).
Enjoying DivX® Videos
 
        3 (   
3 )
SUMMER 2003
NEW YEARS DAY
MY FAVOURITES
continued
 
						

							56GB
To go to the next or previous 
page
Press C/c.
To turn off the display
Press DVD MENU repeatedly.
To stop playback
Press x.
Selecting a DivX video file
1After Step 2 of “Selecting an album,” 
press .
The list of files in the album appears. 
2Press X/x to select a file and press  .
The selected file starts playing.
To go to the next or previous 
page
Press C/c.
To return to the previous display
Press O RETURN.
To stop playback
Press x.
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. 
Tip 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 another file is played.
– when the disc tray is opened.
   M Y  FAVOURITES
            1 (
 2  )
HAWAII 2004
VENUS
 
						

							Various Functions for Playing Discs
57GB
With PBC (Playback Control) functions, you 
can enjoy simple interactive operations, search 
functions, and other such operations.
PBC playback allows you to play VIDEO CDs 
interactively by following the menu on the TV 
screen.
1Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC 
functions.
The menu for your selection appears.
2Select the item number you want by the 
number buttons.
3Press .
4Follow the instructions in the menu for 
interactive operations.
Refer to the operating instructions supplied 
with the disc, as the operating procedure 
may differ depending on the VIDEO CD.
To go back to the menu
Press O RETURN.
Note Depending on the VIDEO CD, [Press ENTER] in 
Step 3 may appear as [Press SELECT] in the 
operating instructions supplied with the disc. In this 
case, press H.
Tip To play without using PBC, press ./> or the 
number buttons while the system is in stop mode to 
select a track, then press H or  . 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.
Playing VIDEO CDs with 
PBC Functions (Ver.2.0)
(PBC Playback)
 
						

							58GB
You can preset 20 FM stations, and 10 AM 
stations. Before tuning, make sure to turn down 
the volume to minimum.
1Press FUNCTION repeatedly until 
“TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears 
in the front panel display.
2Press and hold TUNING + or – until the 
auto scanning starts.
Scanning stops when the system tunes in a 
station. “TUNED” and “ST” (for stereo 
program) appear in the front panel display.
3Press SYSTEM MENU.
4Press X/x repeatedly until “MEMORY” 
appears in the front panel display.
5Press  or c.
A preset number appears in the front panel 
display.
6Press X/x to select the preset number 
you want.
Tip You can select the preset number directly by 
pressing the number buttons.
7Press .
The station is stored.
8Repeat Steps 1 to 7 to store other 
stations.
9Press SYSTEM MENU.
The system menu turns off.
To change the preset number
Restart from Step 1.
To change the AM tuning interval 
(except for Russian and Middle 
Eastern models)
The AM tuning interval can be set to either 
10 kHz or 9 kHz.
To change the AM tuning interval, first tune in 
any AM station, then turn off the system by 
pressing "/1 on the unit. While holding down 
> on the unit, press "/1 on the unit to turn on 
the power. If you change the interval, AM preset 
stations will be erased. 
To reset the interval, repeat the same procedure.
Tuner Functions
Presetting Radio Stations
 
						

							Tuner Functions
59GB
Preset radio stations in the system’s memory 
first (see “Presetting Radio Stations” (page 58)).
1Press FUNCTION repeatedly until 
“TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears 
in the front panel display.
The last received station is tuned in.
2Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to 
select the preset station.
Each time you press the button, the system 
tunes in one preset station.
Tip You can select the preset station number directly 
by pressing the number buttons.
3Adjust the volume by pressing 
VOLUME +/–.
To turn off the radio
Press "/1.
To listen to non-preset radio 
stations
Use manual or automatic tuning in Step 2. 
For manual tuning, press TUNING + or – 
repeatedly.
For automatic tuning, press and hold TUNING + 
or –. The automatic tuning stops automatically 
when the system receives the radio station. To 
stop the automatic tuning manually, press 
TUNING + or –. 
To listen to radio stations when 
you know the frequencies 
Use direct tuning in Step 2. 
1Press D.TUNING.
2Press the number buttons to select the 
frequencies.
3Press .
Tip To improve reception, reorient the supplied antennas 
(aerials).
If an FM program is noisy
If an FM program is noisy, you can select 
monaural reception. There will be no stereo 
effect, but reception will improve.
1Press SYSTEM MENU.
2Press X/x repeatedly until “FM MODE” 
appears in the front panel display.
3Press  or c.
4Press X/x to select “MONO.”
The default setting is underlined.
 “STEREO”
: stereo reception.
 “MONO”: monaural reception.
5Press .
The setting is made.
6Press SYSTEM MENU.
The system menu turns off.
Naming preset stations
You can enter a name for preset stations. These 
names (for example, “XYZ”) appear in the front 
panel display when a station is selected.
Note that no more than one name can be entered 
for each preset station.
1Press FUNCTION repeatedly until 
“TUNER FM” or “TUNER AM” appears 
in the front panel display.
The last received station is tuned in.
2Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to 
select the preset station you want to 
create an index name for.
3Press SYSTEM MENU.
4Press X/x repeatedly until “NAME IN” 
appears in the front panel display.
5Press  or c.
6Create a name by using the cursor 
buttons.
Listening to the Radio
continued
 
						

							60GB
Press X/x to select a character, then press c 
to move the cursor to the next position.
Letters, numbers, and other symbols can be 
input for a radio station.
If you make a mistake
Press C/c repeatedly until the character to 
be changed flashes, then press X/x to select 
the desired character. 
To erase the character, press C/c 
repeatedly until the character to be erased 
flashes, then press CLEAR.
7Press .
“COMPLETE” appears in the front panel 
display, and the station name is stored.
8Press SYSTEM MENU.
The system menu turns off.
Tip You can check the frequency by pressing DISPLAY 
repeatedly (page 60).
Viewing the station name or 
frequency in the front panel 
display
When the system is set to “TUNER FM” or 
“TUNER AM,” you can check the frequency 
using the front panel display.
Press DISPLAY.
Each time you press DISPLAY, the display 
changes as shown.
1 Station name*
2 Frequency**
* This is displayed if you have entered a name for a 
preset station.
** Returns to the original display when several seconds 
has elapsed.