Sony Dav Sa30 Operating Instructions

Playing Discs
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Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some 
operations may be different or restricted.
Refer to the operation details supplied with your 
disc.
1Turn on your TV.
2Switch the input selector on the TV to 
this system.
3Press "/1 on the system.
The system turns on.
Unless the mode of the system is set to 
“DVD,” press FUNCTION to select 
“DVD.”
4Press A on the system and place a disc 
with the label side up on the disc tray.
Press A again to close the disc tray.
5Press H.
The system...

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Additional operations
* You cannot pause during JPEG playback.
Note
If DVD playback is paused for approximately one 
hour, the system automatically turns off.
Tip
If a DVD has more than two titles, you cannot go to the 
next title or go back to the preceding title by pressing 
. or >. These buttons work only within a single 
title. If you want to go to the next title or go back to 
preceding title, press DVD TOP MENU or DVD 
MENU and then select the title you want to go to from 
the control menu....

Playing Discs
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A DVD is divided into main sections, which 
make up a picture or music feature. These 
sections are called “titles.” When you play a 
DVD which contains several titles, you can 
select the title you want using DVD TOP 
MENU/ALBUM–.
When you play DVDs that allow you to select 
items such as the language for the subtitles and 
the language for the sound, select these items 
using DVD MENU/ALBUM+.
1Press DVD TOP MENU/ALBUM– or DVD 
MENU/ALBUM+.
The disc’s menu appears on the TV screen....

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Notes
 Depending on the VIDEO CD, the menu does not 
appear in Step 1
 Depending on the VIDEO CD, “Press ENTER” in 
Step 3 may appear as “Press SELECT” in the 
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 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...

Playing Discs
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Selecting an album and track
1Press DVD DISPLAY.
The Control Menu and disc name of MP3 
data disc appear.
2Press X/x to select   (ALBUM) 
then press ENTER or c.
The list of albums contained in the disc 
appears.
3Select an album you want to play using 
X/x and press ENTER.
4Select   (TRACK) using X/x 
and press ENTER.
The list of tracks contained in the current 
album appears.
When the list of all tracks or albums cannot 
be displayed on the window, the jump bar 
appears. Press c to...

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You can play JPEG image files on CD-ROMs, 
CD-Rs, or CD-RWs. However, the discs must be 
recorded according to ISO9660 level 1, level 2 
or Joliet format for the system to recognize the 
files. You can also play discs recorded in Multi 
Session. See the instructions of the CD-R/RW 
device or recording software (not supplied) for 
details on the recording format.
1Load a data disc recorded in JPEG into 
the system.
2Press H.
The system starts to play the first JPEG 
image file in the first album on...

Playing Discs
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Rotate the current image using C/c
Each time you press c, the image turns 
clockwise by 90°.
Each time you press C, the image turns 
counterclockwise by 90°.
Note
You cannot rotate the image during Slide show. Press 
H to return to normal play before this operation.
You can play the contents of a disc in the order 
you want by arranging the order of the tracks on 
the disc to create your own Program. You can 
program up to 25 tracks.
1In stop mode, press PLAY MODE 
repeatedly until...

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2Press c.
The cursor moves to the track (in this case, 
“1”). Before programming the MP3 tracks, 
it is required to select the album.
When the list of all tracks or albums cannot 
be displayed on the window, the jump bar 
appears. Press c to select the jump bar icon, 
and then scroll the jump bar to display the 
rest of the list using X/x. Press C or O 
RETURN to return to the track or the album 
list.
3Select the track you want to program.
For example, select track “7.”
4Press X/x or the number...

Playing Discs
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You can have the system “shuffle” tracks and 
play them in random order. Subsequent 
“shuffling” will produce a different playing 
order.
1In stop mode, press PLAY MODE 
repeatedly until “SHUF” appears in the 
front panel display.
When you play an MP3 disc, you can play 
all tracks in albums in a random order.
For details on playing album shuffle, see 
page 29.
2Press H.
To return to normal play
In stop mode, press PLAY MODE three times to 
cancel SHUFFLE or twice to cancel SHUFFLE...

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You can play all the titles/tracks/files or a single 
title/chapter/track on a disc.
In Shuffle or Program Play mode, the system 
repeats tracks in the shuffled or programmed 
order.
You cannot perform Repeat Play during PBC 
playback of VIDEO CDs (page 23).
1Press DVD DISPLAY.
The Control Menu appears.
2Press X/x to select   
(REPEAT), then press ENTER.
If you do not select “OFF,” the indicator of 
“REPEAT” lights in green.
3Select the Repeat Play setting, then 
press ENTER.xWhen playing a DVD...