Sony Dav Sb100 Operating Instructions

PREPARATION
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Before Operation (Continued)
Parental Control
Rating 
Movies on DVDs may contain scenes not suitable for
children. Therefore, discs may contain Parental Control
information that applies to the complete disc or to 
certain scenes on the disc. These scenes are rated from
1 to 8, and alternatively, more suitable scenes are avail-
able for selection on some discs. Ratings are 
country dependent. The Parental Control feature allows
you to prevent discs from being played by your children
or to...

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DVD and Video CD Operation 
Playing a DVD and Video CD
Playback Setup 
Turn on the TV and select the video input source con-
nected to the DVD Receiver.
 Set the Output Source to CD/DVD as shown in Selecting
the Output/Input Source on page 16.
1
Press Z Zto open the disc tray.
2
Place a disc on the tray, with the label facing up.
When a double-sided DVD is inserted, make sure the
side you want to play is facing down.
3
Press Z Zto close the tray.
“READING”appears in the display window, and play-...

OPERATION
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DVD and Video CD Operation (Continued)
General Features (Continued)
Slow Motion 1Press X
(PAUSE) during playback.
The DVD Receiver will now go into PAUSE mode.
2Press SLOW tor Tduring pause mode.
The DVD Receiver will enter SLOW mode.3Use SLOW tor Tto select the required speed:
4 t, 3 t, 2 tor 1 t(backward), or 4 T, 3 T, 
2 Tor 1 T(forward).
4To return to playback, press 
H(PLAY).
Note
Slow motion playback in reverse is not applicable for
Video CD.
Repeat 
DVD Video Discs - Repeat...

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DVD and Video CD Operation (Continued)
General Features (Continued)
Special DVD Features
Checking the contents of DVD Video
discs: Menus
A DVD is divided into a lot of 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.
When you play DVDs that allow you to select items such
as the language for the sound, select these items using
DVD MENU.
1Press DVD TOP MENU or...

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Audio CD and MP3 Disc Operation
Playing an Audio CD and MP3 
Disc 
The DVD Receiver can play MP3 formatted recordings
on CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW discs.
Before playing MP3 disc, read the notes on MP3 files
on right.
1Insert a disc and close the tray.
Audio CD:Audio CD menu appears on the TV
screen go to step 4.
MP3 disc:The MP3/JPEG select menu appears on
the TV screen. Go to step 2
2Use V/vto select the MP3 then press ENTER.
The MP3 disc Menu appears on the TV screen.
Press RETURN to move to...

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Audio CD and MP3 Disc Operation (Continued)
Pause 
1Press X(PAUSE) during playback.
2To return to playback, press X(PAUSE) again or
press 
H(PLAY).
Selecting Another Track 
If a disc has more than one track, you can move to
another track as follows:
 Press .or >briefly during playback to go to the
next track or to return to the beginning of the current
track.
 Press .twice briefly to step back to the previous
track.
 On Audio CDs, to go directly to any track, enter the
track number using the...

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JPEG File Operation
Viewing JPEG Files on a Disc
This DVD Receiver can play discs with JPEG files.
Before playing JPEG files, read the notes on JPEG
Files on right.
1
Insert a disc and close the tray.
The MP3/JPEG select menu appears on the TV
screen.
2
Use V/vto select the JPEG then press ENTER.
The JPEG menu appears on the TV screen.
3
UseV/vto select a folder, and ENTER.
A list of files in the folder appears.
Press RETURN to move to the MP3/JPEG select
menu.
Tip
If you are in a file list...

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Programmed Playback MP3VCD1.1VCD2.0CD
Programmed Playback with Audio CD 
and MP3 Disc
The Program function enables you to store your favorite
tracks from any disc in the DVD Receiver memory.
Program can contain 30 tracks.
1
Press PROGRAM to enter the Program Edit
mode.
The  mark will appear to the right of the word
Program on the right side of the menu screen.
Note
Press PROGRAM to exit the Program Edit mode;
the mark will disappear.
2
Select a track, then press ENTER to place the
selected track on...

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Speaker Setup
You can set your personal preferences on the DVD function
mode.
Adjust the following settings for the built-in 5.1 channel
surround decoder.
1
Press DVD SETUP.
The Setup menu appears.
2
Select “5.1 Speaker Setup”using the V/v
buttons on the setup menu.
3
While “5.1 Speaker Setup”is selected,
press bbutton.
4
Press bbuttons to select the desired speaker.
5
Adjust options by using V/v/B/bbuttons.
Speaker selection
Select a speaker that you want to adjust. ((Front speak-
er...

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Additional Information
Sleep Timer  Setting
You can set the DVD Receiver to turn off automatically
at a specified time.
1 1Press SLEEP to set the desired sleep time.The SLEEP indicator and sleep time appears in the dis-
play window.
2 2Each time you press SLEEP the setting changes
in the following order.
SLEEP 90 →80 →70 →60→50 →40 →30 →20 →10 →
OFF
NoteYou can check the time remaining before the DVD
Receiver turns off.
Press SLEEP. The remaining time appears in the 
Display Window.
Viewing the...