Sony Dav S300 Operating Instructions

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General
Power requirements
Mexican model:
120 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Other models:
110 – 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption
68 W
Dimensions (approx.)
355 × 70 × 365 mm
(15 × 2 
7/8 × 14 3/8 inches) (w/h/d)
 incl. projecting parts
Mass (approx.)3.8 kg (8 lb 6 oz)
Operating temperature
5˚C to 35˚C (41˚F to 95˚F)
Operating humidity
5 % to 90 %
Supplied accessories
See page 7.
Design and specifications are subject to change without
notice.
Glossary
Bit rate (page 40)
Value indicating the amount of video data compressed in
a DVD per second.  The unit is Mbps (Mega bit per
second).  1 Mbps indicates that the data per second is
1,000,000 bits.  The higher the bit rate is, the larger the
amount of data.  However, this does not always mean that
you can get higher quality pictures.
Chapter
Sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD that are
smaller than titles. A title is composed of several chapters.
Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling you
to locate the chapter you want.
Digital Cinema Sound (DCS)
This is the generic name of the surround sound produced
by digital signal processing technology developed by
Sony.  Unlike previous surround sound fields mainly
directed at the reproduction of music, Digital Cinema
Sound is designed specifically for the enjoyment of
movies.
Dolby Digital
This sound format for movie theaters is more advanced
than Dolby Pro Logic Surround.  In this format, the rear
speakers output stereo sound with an expanded
frequency range and a subwoofer channel for deep bass is
independently provided.  This format is also called “5.1”
because the subwoofer channel is counted as 0.1 channel
(since it functions only when a deep bass effect is needed).
All six channels in this format are recorded separately to
realize superior channel separation.  Furthermore, since
all the signals are processed digitally, less signal
degradation occurs.  The name “AC-3” comes from the
fact that it is the third audio coding method to be
developed by the Dolby Laboratories Licensing
Corporation.
Dolby Pro Logic Surround
As one method of decoding Dolby Surround, Dolby Pro
Logic Surround produces four channels from two-channel
sound.  Compared with the former Dolby Surround
system, Dolby Pro Logic Surround reproduces left-to-right
panning more naturally and localizes sounds more
precisely.  To take full advantage of Dolby Pro Logic
Surround, you should have one pair of rear speakers and
a center speaker.  The rear speakers output monaural
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Title
The longest sections of a picture or a music piece on a
DVD; a movie, etc., for a picture piece on video software;
or an album, etc., for a music piece on an audio software.
Each title is assigned a title number enabling you to locate
the title you want.
Track
Sections of a picture or a music piece on a CD or VIDEO
CD. Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to
locate the track you want.
VIDEO CD
A compact disc that contains moving pictures.
The picture data uses the MPEG 1 format, one of the
worldwide standards of digital compression technology.
The picture data is compressed to about 1/140 of its
original size. Consequently, a 12 cm VIDEO CD can
contain up to 74 minutes of moving pictures.
VIDEO CDs also contain compact audio data. Sounds
outside the range of human hearing are compressed while
the sounds we can hear are not compressed. VIDEO CDs
can hold 6 times the audio information of conventional
audio CDs.
There are 2 versions of VIDEO CDs.
¥ Version 1.1: You can play only moving pictures and
sounds.
¥ Version 2.0: You can play high-resolution still pictures
and enjoy PBC functions.
This system conforms to both versions.DTS
Digital audio compression technology that the Digital
Theater Systems, Inc. developed.  This technology
conforms to 5.1-channel surround.  The rear channel is
stereo and there is discrete subwoofer channel in this
format.  DTS provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of
high quality digital audio.  The good channel separation is
realized because the all channel data is recorded discrete
and processed in digital.
DVD
A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictures even
though its diameter is the same as a CD.
The data capacity of a single-layer and single-sided DVD,
at 4.7 GB (Giga Byte), is 7 times that of a CD.
Furthermore, the data capacity of a dual-layer and single-
sided DVD is 8.5 GB, a single-layer and double-sided
DVD 9.4 GB, and a dual-layer and double-sided DVD 17
GB.
The picture data uses the MPEG 2 format, one of the
worldwide standards of digital compression technology.
The picture data is compressed to about 1/40 of its
original size. The DVD also uses the variable rate coding
technology that changes the data to be allocated according
to the status of the picture.
The audio data is recorded in Dolby Digital as well as in
PCM, allowing you to enjoy more real audio presence.
Furthermore, various advanced functions such as the
multi-angle, multilingual, and Parental Control functions
are provided with the DVD.
Multi-angle function (page 37)
Various angles, or viewpoints of the video camera, for a
scene are recorded on some DVDs.
Multilingual function (pages 13, 35, 44)
Several languages for the sound or subtitles in a picture
are recorded on some DVDs.
Parental Control (page 46)
A function of the DVD to limit playback of the disc by the
age of the users according to the limitation level in each
country.  The limitation varies from disc to disc;  when it
is activated, playback is completely prohibited, violent
scenes are skipped or replaced with other scenes and so
on.
Playback Control (PBC) (page 25)
Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs (Version 2.0) to control
playback.
By using menu screens recorded on VIDEO CDs with PBC
functions, you can enjoy playing simple interactive
programs, programs with search functions, and so on.
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Language Code List
For details, see pages 35 and 44.
The language spellings conform to the ISO 639: 1988 (E/F) standard.
Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Language
1027 Afar 1186 Scots Gaelic 1350 Malayalam 1513 Siswati
1028 Abkhazian 1194 Galician 1352 Mongolian 1514 Sesotho
1032 Afrikaans 1196 Guarani 1353 Moldavian 1515 Sundanese
1039 Amharic 1203 Gujarati 1356 Marathi 1516 Swedish
1044 Arabic 1209 Hausa 1357 Malay 1517 Swahili
1045 Assamese 1217 Hindi 1358 Maltese 1521 Tamil
1051 Aymara 1226 Croatian 1363 Burmese 1525 Telugu
1052 Azerbaijani 1229 Hungarian 1365 Nauru 1527 Tajik
1053 Bashkir 1233 Armenian 1369 Nepali 1528 Thai
1057 Byelorussian 1235 Interlingua 1376 Dutch 1529 Tigrinya
1059 Bulgarian 1239 Interlingue 1379 Norwegian 1531 Turkmen
1060 Bihari 1245 Inupiak 1393 Occitan 1532 Tagalog
1061 Bislama 1248 Indonesian 1403 (Afan) Oromo 1534 Setswana
1066 Bengali; Bangla 1253 Icelandic 1408 Oriya 1535 Tonga
1067 Tibetan 1254 Italian 1417 Punjabi 1538 Turkish
1070 Breton 1257 Hebrew 1428 Polish 1539 Tsonga
1079 Catalan 1261 Japanese 1435 Pashto; Pushto 1540 Tatar
1093 Corsican 1269 Yiddish 1436 Portuguese 1543 Twi
1097 Czech 1283 Javanese 1463 Quechua 1557 Ukrainian
1103 Welsh 1287 Georgian 1481 Rhaeto-Romance 1564 Urdu
1105 Danish 1297 Kazakh 1482 Kirundi 1572 Uzbek
1109 German 1298 Greenlandic 1483 Romanian 1581 Vietnamese
1130 Bhutani 1299 Cambodian 1489 Russian 1587 VolapŸk
1142 Greek 1300 Kannada 1491 Kinyarwanda 1613 Wolof
1144 English 1301 Korean 1495 Sanskrit 1632 Xhosa
1145 Esperanto 1305 Kashmiri 1498 Sindhi 1665 Yoruba
1149 Spanish 1307 Kurdish 1501 Sangho 1684 Chinese
1150 Estonian 1311 Kirghiz 1502 Serbo-Croatian 1697 Zulu
1151 Basque 1313 Latin 1503 Singhalese 1703 Not specified
1157 Persian 1326 Lingala 1505 Slovak
1165 Finnish 1327 Laothian 1506 Slovenian
1166 Fiji 1332 Lithuanian 1507 Samoan
1171 Faroese 1334 Latvian; Lettish 1508 Shona
1174 French 1345 Malagasy 1509 Somali
1181 Frisian 1347 Maori 1511 Albanian
1183 Irish 1349 Macedonian 1512 Serbian
 
						

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Index to Parts and Controls
Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details.
Front Panel
1?/1 (POWER) switch and indicator (18)
Turns on and off the power of the system.
2Disc tray (18)
Place a disc on the tray.
3g remote sensor (7)
Accepts the remote control signals.
4AOPEN/CLOSE button (18)
Opens or closes the disc tray.
5FUNCTION button (53, 54)
Selects the component you want to use.
6./>PREV/NEXT/PRESET +/Ð button
./>PREV/NEXT : Press to go to the next
chapter or track or to go back to the previous chapter
or track (19).
PRESET +/Ð : Scans all preset stations (17, 53).
7Front Panel Display (28)
Indicates the playing time, etc.
8HPLAY button (18)
Plays a disc.
9XPAUSE button (19)
Pauses playing a disc.
q;pSTOP button (19, 23)
Stops playing a disc.
qaVOLUME control (18)
Adjusts the volume.qsDISPLAY button (20, 53)
Switches the item displayed on the front panel display.
In the VIDEO 1/2 functions, it switches:
VIDEO 1 (or 2) t Sound field t VIDEO 1 (or 2)
qdBAND button (17)
Selects AM or FM band.
qfSOUND FIELD button (20)
Selects the sound field.
qgMUTING button (19)
Mutes the sound.
qhTITLE button (24)
Displays the title menu on the TV screen.
qjDVD MENU button (24)
Displays the DVD menu on the TV screen.
qkORETURN button (25, 31)
Press to return to the previously selected screen, etc.
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1AM antenna connector (10)
Connects to the supplied AM loop antenna.
2FM 75 W COAXIAL antenna connector (10)
Connects to the supplied FM wire antenna.
3VIDEO 1 connectors (11)
Connect to a VCR.
4VIDEO 2 connectors (11)
Connect to an additional VCR.
5MONITOR OUT (VIDEO/S VIDEO) connectors (11)
Connect to a TV monitor.
6SPEAKER connectors (8)
Connect to the supplied speakers.
7WOOFER OUT connector (9)
Connects to a subwoofer of active type.
Rear Panel
12 3 4 5 6
7
RL
RL
VIDEO VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT
AUDIO IN AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT
FM75½
COAXIAL
AM
IMPEDANCE USE  3½ FRONT R CENTER FRONT L
REAR R WOOFER REAR L
S VIDEO
(
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Index to Parts and Controls
Remote
1SLEEP button (55)
Activates the sleep timer.
2TV ?/1 (POWER) switch (52)
Turns the TV on and off.
3FUNCTION button (53, 54)
Selects the component you want to use.
4SOUND FIELD button (20)
Selects the sound field.
5BAND button (17)
Selects AM or FM band.
6DISPLAY button (20, 53)
Switches the item displayed on the front panel display.
In the VIDEO 1/2 functions, it switches:
VIDEO 1 (or 2) t Sound field t VIDEO 1 (or 2)
7AUDIO button (35)
Changes the sound while playing a DVD or VIDEO
CD.8P. MODE button (26, 27)
Selects program or shuffle play mode.
9./>PREV/NEXT/PRESET +/Ð buttons
./>PREV/NEXT : Press to go to the next
chapter or track or to go back to the previous chapter
or track (19).
PRESET +/Ð : Scan all preset stations (17, 53).
q;HPLAY/SELECT button (18)
Plays a disc.
qaTITLE button (24)
Displays the title menu on the TV screen.
qs1010/0
TV
FUNCTION
SOUND
FIELD
BAND
DISPLAY
P.MODE
PAUSE PLAY/SELECT STOP
DVD MENUTITLE VOL
RETURN DISPLAYDVD
MUTING
ENTER
AUDIO
PREVPRESETTUNING
NEXT
ANGLESUBTITLE
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Remote
Inside the cover
whCLEAR button
Press to return to the Continuous play, etc.
wjREPEAT button (38)
Displays the ÒREPEATÓ display on the TV screen.
wkTIME button (28)
Displays the playing time of the disc, etc., on the front
panel display.
wlDVD SETUP button (41)
Displays the setup display on the TV screen to set or
adjust the items.
e;DIMMER button (28)
Turns the front panel display on or off.
eaMONO/STEREO button (53)
Switches monaural or stereo of FM stereo reception.
esNAME button (54)
Activates the name function.
edMEMORY button (17)
Press to store a preset station.
ef
/y SLOW buttons (19)
Play a disc in slow motion.
egAMP MENU button (14)
Displays the speaker set up parameters on the front
panel display.
ehTEST TONE button (14)
Turns test tone on and off.
ejSPEAKER LEVEL +/Ð buttons (16)
Press to adjust the speaker level.
ekTV operation buttons (52)
Control TVs.
wh
wj ef
wk eg
wl eh
ej
ek e;
ea
es
ed
TV SLEEP
REPEAT CLEAR SLOW
TIME SETUP MENU TONE
DIMMER LEVEL
STEREOCENTER REAR WOOFER
NAME
MEMORYTV VOL TV CH VIDEODVD AMP TEST
MONO/
TV/
 
						

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Index
Numerics
4:3 LETTER BOX 45
4:3 PAN SCAN 45
4:3 WIDE MODE 45
16:9    45
A
A-B REPEAT 38
AyB Repeat 38
Angle 37
ANGLE 37
AUDIO 35, 44
AUDIO SETUP 49
B
BACKGROUND 45
BALANCE 16, 50
Batteries 7
C
CD 18
Chapter 5, 32
CHAPTER 32
Connecting 8, 10, 11, 12
Continuous play
CD/VIDEO CD 18
DVD 18
Control Menu display    30
CUSTOM SETUP 46
D, E
Display
Control Menu display 30
Front panel display 28
Setup display 41
DISTANCE 15, 50
Dolby Digital 20, 61
DTS 49
DVD 18
DVD MENU 24, 44
F, G
Fast Forward 19
Fast Reverse 19
Front panel display 28
H
Handling discs 6
Hi-speed search 19
Hooking up 8, 10, 11, 12
I, J, K
INDEX 32
L, M, N
LANGUAGE SETUP 44
LETTER BOX 45
LEVEL 16, 50
Locating
a specific point 19
O
On-screen display
Control Menu display 30
Setup display 41
OSD 44
P, Q
PAN SCAN 45
PARENTAL CONTROL 46
PBC functions 25
PBC Playback 25, 62
PRO LOGIC 20, 61
Program Play 26
R
Remote 7, 51
REPEAT 38
Resume Play 23
S
S video output  11
Scene 5
SCENE 32
SCREEN SAVER 45
SCREEN SETUP 45
Searching   19
Setup display 41
Shuffle Play 27
SIZE 15, 49
Slow-motion Play 19
SOUND FIELD
customizing   22
selecting   20
SPEAKER SETUP    14, 49
Speakers
hookup 8
set up 14
SUBTITLE 36
T
TEST TONE 16, 50
TIME 28, 33, 34
Title 5, 32, 62
TITLE 32
Title menu 24
Track 5, 32, 62
TRACK 32
TRACK SELECTION 49
Troubleshooting 56
TV TYPE 45
U
Usable discs 4
V, W, X, Y, Z
VIDEO CD 18
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