User manual SONY DVP-NS57P/S

[. . . ] Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. DVP-NS57P/S Serial No. ______________ Thank you for purchasing this Sony CD/DVD Player. Before operating this player, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference. CAUTION The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard. As the laser beam used in this CD/DVD player is harmful to eyes, do not attempt to disassemble the cabinet. [. . . ] · BIT RATE: displays the bit rate. · LAYER: displays the layer and the pick-up point. 4 Press ENTER. To turn off the ADVANCED display Select "OFF" in step 3. , continued 55 Checking the play information of a DATA CD You can display the audio bit rate (the amount of data per second of the current audio) on the TV screen. 1 2 While playing MP3 audio tracks on a DATA CD, toggle the scroll key up or down to display "TIME/TEXT" in the LCD screen. Point the remote at the player and press down on the scroll key so that appears in the LCD screen. The audio bit rate appears on the TV screen. Bit rate T 17:30 128k PLAY JAZZ RIVER SIDE Album name Track name 56 1:ENGLISH Sound Adjustments Changing the Sound 3 Press down on the scroll key repeatedly to select one of the audio options. When playing a DVD VIDEO Depending on the DVD VIDEO, the choice of language varies. When 4 digits are displayed, they indicate a language code. Refer to "Language Code List" on page 92 to see which language the code represents. When the same language is displayed two or more times, the DVD VIDEO is recorded in multiple audio formats. When playing a DVD-RW The types of sound tracks recorded on a disc are displayed. Example: · 1: MAIN (main sound) · 1: SUB (sub sound) · 1: MAIN+SUB (main and sub sound) When playing a VIDEO CD, CD, or DATA CD (MP3 audio) The default setting is underlined. · STEREO: The standard stereo sound · 1/L: The sound of the left channel (monaural) · 2/R: The sound of the right channel (monaural) When playing a DVD VIDEO recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, or DTS), you can change the audio format. If the DVD VIDEO is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can also change the language. With CDs, DATA CDs, or VIDEO CDs, you can select the sound from the right or left channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and left speakers. · CINEMA 2: White colors become brighter and black colors become richer, and the color contrast is increased. · MEMORY: Adjusts the picture in greater detail. You can adjust the video signal of DVD or VIDEO CD from the player to obtain the picture quality you want. Choose the preset Video Control setting that best suits the program you are watching, or select "MEMORY" to adjust individual picture items, such as color, brightness, etc. , creating a fixed set of picture item adjustments for the disc in either case. As long as "PLAYBACK MEMORY" in "CUSTOM SETUP" is set to "ON" (default), the Video Control settings for up to 300 discs remain in the player's memory, and will be automatically applied whenever you play the same disc. When you store a Video Control setting for the 301st disc, the setting for the 1st disc is canceled. z Hints · When you watch a movie, "CINEMA 1" or "CINEMA 2" is recommended. · You can also select "VIDEO CONTROL" from the Control Menu (page 14). VIDEO CONTROL . /> C/X/x/c ENTER O RETURN Note Video Control settings for DVD-RWs in VR mode will be canceled when you open the disc tray or when the player enters standby mode. Adjusting the picture items in "MEMORY" You can adjust each element of the picture qualities individually. · DVE (digital video enhancer): Sharpens or softens the outlines of the images. "SOFT" is available only for DVDs. · BNR (block noise reduction): Reduces "block noise" or mosaic like patterns in the picture. · Y NR (luminance noise reduction): Reduces noise contained in the luminance element of the video signal. · C NR (chroma noise reduction): Reduces noise contained in the color element of the video signal. 1 Press VIDEO CONTROL during playback. The following display appears. DYNAMIC 1 62 · CHROMA DELAY: Adjusts colors that appear to have shifted horizontally. [. . . ] DTS provides 5. 1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio. Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data is recorded discretely and little deterioration is realized because all channel data processing is digital. Film based software, Video based software (page 62) DVDs can be classified as Film based or Video based software. Film based DVDs contain the same images (24 frames per second) that are shown at movie theaters. Video based DVDs, such as television dramas or sit-coms, displays images at 30 frames (or 60 fields) per second. DVD VIDEO (page 6) A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictures even though its diameter is the same as a CD. [. . . ]