Sony Dav S550 Operating Instructions

							Additional Information
81GB
DAV-S550 4-241-065-12(1)
Language Code List
For details, see pages 46, 53, 66.
The language spellings conform to the ISO 639: 1988 (E/F) standard.
Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Language
1027 Afar
1028 Abkhazian
1032 Afrikaans
1039 Amharic
1044 Arabic
1045 Assamese
1051 Aymara
1052 Azerbaijani
1053 Bashkir
1057 Byelorussian
1059 Bulgarian
1060 Bihari
1061 Bislama
1066 Bengali;
Bangla
1067 Tibetan
1070 Breton
1079 Catalan
1093 Corsican
1097 Czech
1103 Welsh
1105 Danish
1109 German
1130 Bhutani
1142 Greek
1144 English
1145 Esperanto
1149 Spanish
1150 Estonian
1151 Basque
1157 Persian
1165 Finnish
1166 Fiji
1171 Faroese
1174 French
1181 Frisian1183 Irish
1186 Scots Gaelic
1194 Galician
1196 Guarani
1203 Gujarati
1209 Hausa
1217 Hindi
1226 Croatian
1229 Hungarian
1233 Armenian
1235 Interlingua
1239 Interlingue
1245 Inupiak
1248 Indonesian
1253 Icelandic
1254 Italian
1257 Hebrew
1261 Japanese
1269 Yiddish
1283 Javanese
1287 Georgian
1297 Kazakh
1298 Greenlandic
1299 Cambodian
1300 Kannada
1301 Korean
1305 Kashmiri
1307 Kurdish
1311 Kirghiz
1313 Latin
1326 Lingala
1327 Laothian
1332 Lithuanian
1334
Latvian; Lettish
1345 Malagasy1347 Maori
1349 Macedonian
1350 Malayalam
1352 Mongolian
1353 Moldavian
1356 Marathi
1357 Malay
1358 Maltese
1363 Burmese
1365 Nauru
1369 Nepali
1376 Dutch
1379 Norwegian
1393 Occitan
1403 (Afan)Oromo
1408 Oriya
1417 Punjabi
1428 Polish
1435
Pashto; Pushto
1436 Portuguese
1463 Quechua
1481 Rhaeto-
Romance
1482 Kirundi
1483 Romanian
1489 Russian
1491 Kinyarwanda
1495 Sanskrit
1498 Sindhi
1501 Sangho
1502
Serbo-Croatian
1503 Singhalese
1505 Slovak
1506 Slovenian1507 Samoan
1508 Shona
1509 Somali
1511 Albanian
1512 Serbian
1513 Siswati
1514 Sesotho
1515 Sundanese
1516 Swedish
1517 Swahili
1521 Tamil
1525 Telugu
1527 Tajik
1528 Thai
1529 Tigrinya
1531 Turkmen
1532 Tagalog
1534 Setswana
1535 Tonga
1538 Turkish
1539 Tsonga
1540 Tatar
1543 Twi
1557 Ukrainian
1564 Urdu
1572 Uzbek
1581 Vietnamese
1587 Volapük
1613 Wolof
1632 Xhosa
1665 Yoruba
1684 Chinese
1697 Zulu
1703 Not specified
 
						

							82GB
DAV-S550 4-241-065-12(1)
DVD Setup Menu List
You can set the following items with the DVD setup menu.
The order of the displayed items may be different from the actual display.
LANGUAGE SETUP
OSD (Select the language you
want to use from the
displayed language list.)
DVD MENU (Select the language you
want to use from the
displayed language list.)
AUDIO (Select the language you
want to use from the
displayed language list.)
SUBTITLE (Select the language you
want to use from the
displayed language list.)
*Only for Asian models and Australian models.
** In SPEAKER SETUP, the North American
models OSD displays both metric and imperial
measurements. The other model’s displays metric
measurements only. The manual shows both.
LOWHIGH
LOW
HIGH
6 steps left or right
6 steps left or right
CUSTOM SETUP
VCD COLOR AUTO
SYSTEM*PA L
NTSC
PARENTALLEVEL OFF
CONTROL 8.
7. NC17
6. R
5.
4. PG13
3. PG
2.
1. G
STANDARDUSA
OTHERSt
CHANGE PASSWORD
TRACKOFF
SELECTIONAUTO
SCREEN SETUP
TV TYPE 16:9
4:3 LETTER
BOX
4:3 PAN SCAN
SCREEN SAVER ON
OFF
BACKGROUND JACKET
PICTURE
GRAPHICS
BLUE
BLACK
COMPONENT OUTINTERLACE
PROGRESSIVE
SPEAKER SETUP
SIZE FRONT YES
CENTER YES
NONE
REAR BEHIND
SIDE
NONE
SUBWOOFERYES
DISTANCE
**  FRONT   1.0m ~15m/
  3ft ~ 50ft
  CENTER   0m ~15m/
  0ft ~ 50ft
  REAR   0m ~15m/
  0ft ~ 50ft
LEVEL CENTER
–6 dB ~ +6 dB
REAR–6 dB ~ +6 dBSUBWOOFER–6 dB ~ +6 dB
BALANCE FRONT
REAR
TEST OFF
TONE ON
RESET
YES
 
						

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83GB
DAV-S550 4-241-065-12(1)
Index
Numerics
16:9 66
4:3 LETTER BOX 66
4:3 PAN SCAN 66
A
Album 7, 76
ALBUM 35, 41
AMP MENU 25
ANGLE 52
Antenna Hookups 20
AUDIO 46, 65
B
BACKGROUND 67
BALANCE 27, 71
BAND 29
Batteries 17
C
CHAPTER 42
Chapter 7, 76
COMPONENT OUT 67
Continuous play
CD/VIDEO/Super Audio  CD/
DVD/MP3 31
Control Menu 14
CUSTOM PARENTAL
CONTROL 54
CUSTOM SETUP 68
D
DIMMER 28
DISTANCE 26, 70
Dolby Digital 76
Dolby Pro Logic Surround 76
DTS 77
DVD 33, 77
DVD MENU 33, 65
F
Fast forward 40
Fast reverse 40
Front Panel 10
Front panel display 11
H
Handling discs 9
I
INDEX 42
Index 7
L
LANGUAGE SETUP 65
LEVEL 28, 70
Locating
a specific point by watching
the TV screen 40
M
MEMORY 29
MP3 35
Multi-angle function 52
Multilingual function 46
MUTING 32
N
NAME 62
O
On-screen display
Control Menu display 14
Setup Display 64
OSD 65
P
PARENTAL CONTROL
55, 68, 78
PBC Playback 34, 78
PLAY MODE 36, 38
Preset Station 29, 61
Program Play 36
Q
Quick Overview 16
R
Radio 61
RDS 62
Rear Panel 12
Region code 8, 78
Remote 13, 59
REPEAT 39
RESET 65
Resume Play 32
S
S VIDEO  22
Scan 40
SCENE 14
Scene 7, 78
SCREEN SAVER 67
SCREEN SETUP 66
SHUFFLE 38
Shuffle Play 38
SIZE 25, 69
Slow-motion Play 40
Sound Field 48
SPEAKER SETUP 69
Speaker System Hookup 17
SUBTITLE 53, 65
Super Audio CD 78
T
TEST TONE 71
TIME 42, 43
TIME SEARCH 41
TITLE 41
Title 7, 78
TRACK 41
Track 7, 78
TRACK SELECTION 68
Troubleshooting 72
TV and Video Component
Hookups 22
TV TYPE 66
U
Usable discs 7
V
VCD COLOR SYSTEM 68
VIDEO CD 34, 78
 
						

							DAV-S550 4-241-065-12(1) Sony Corporation Printed in Korea
zShaded parts buttons are affected by the COMMAND
MODE DVD/TV switch. Shaded descriptions refer to TV
setting on the switch.
Note
The remote control of the unit employs command signals in
common with other Sony DVD products.
Thus, depending on the button, other Sony DVD products
may respond.
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Quick reference for Remote
CommanderqdH PLAY/SELECTPlays a disc.qfDVD TOP MENUDisplays the title menu on the TV screen.qgDVD DISPLAYDisplays the Control Menu display on the TV
screen to set or adjust the items.
qhC/X/x/c/ENTERSelects and executes the items or settings.qjDVD SETUPDisplays the setup display on the TV screen to set
or adjust the items.
qk1 (standby)Turns on and off the power of the system.qlDIMMERChanges the brightness of the front panel display
by two steps.
w;TV/VIDEOChanges the input mode of the TV.waREPEATDisplays the “REPEAT” display on the TV screen.wsMUTINGMutes the sound.wdTIMEDisplays the playing time of the disc, etc., on the
front panel display.
wfFUNCTIONSelects the component you want to use.wgBANDSelects AM or FM band.whNumber buttons*Selects the items of settings.TV : Selects channel numbers.wjSOUND FIELDSelects the sound field.wkDISPLAYSwitches the item displayed on the front panel
display.
wlENTERExecutes the items or settings. TV : Press after
selecting a channel number
e;COMMAND MODE DVD TV switchSwitches the TV’s input source between the TV
and DVD.
eam/M, / SLOW, TUNING –/+m/M (SCAN) : Locate a point while
monitoring the picture while playing disc.
/  SLOW : Play a disc in slow motion in the
pause mode.
TUNING –/+ : Scan all available radio stations.
esx STOPStops playing a disc.edX PAUSEPauses playing a disc.efDVD MENUDisplays the DVD menu on the TV screen.egO RETURNPress to return to the previously selected screen, etc.ehAMP MENUDisplays the speaker set up parameters on the
front panel display.
*Depending on the TV set, you can also enter the number as
follows:
Press >10, then the number. (For example, press >10, then
2 and 5 for entering 25.)
1TV [/1 (on/standby)Turns the TV on and off.2Z EJECTEjects the disc.3NAMEActivates the name function.4STEREO/MONOSwitches monaural or stereo of FM stereo
reception.
5MEMORYPress to store a preset station.6CLEARPress to return to the Continuous play, etc.7PLAY MODESelects program or shuffle play mode.8AUDIOChanges the sound while playing a DVD or
VIDEO CD.
9ANGLEChanges the angles when playing a DVD.q;SUBTITLEDisplays the ”SUBTITLE“ menu in the Control
Menu display.
qaVOL +/–Adjust the SYSTEM volume. TV : Adjust the TV
volume.
qs./>, PREV/NEXT, TV CH –/+,
PRESET –/+
./> PREV/NEXT : Press to go to the next
chapter or track or to go back to the previous
chapter or track.
PRESET –/+ : Scan all preset stations.
TV CH –/+ : Select the TV Channel