User manual SONY HT-512V

[. . . ] For customers in the U. S. A Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the unit. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Welcome! Thank you for purchasing this Sony CD/DVD Player. Before operating this player, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference. Model No. [. . . ] z You can set the player to "repeat" in stop mode as well. After pressing REPEAT to select the item you want to set, press H. Repeat Play starts. 1 Press REPEAT during playback. The Control Bar appears. CHAPTER 2 Press REPEAT repeatedly to select the item you want to set. xWhen playing a DVD (Program Play and Shuffle Play are set to OFF) · DISC: Repeats all of the titles on the disc when you select ONE DISC mode, or all of the titles on all of the discs when you select ALL DISCS. · TITLE: Repeats the current title on a disc. · CHAPTER: Repeats the current chapter. 42 Repeating a specific portion (A-B Repeat Play) You can play a specific portion of a title, chapter, or track repeatedly. (This function is useful when you want to memorize lyrics, etc. ) 1 4 7 2 5 8 0 3 6 Notes · You can set A-B Repeat Play for only one specific section. · When you set A-B Repeat Play, the settings for Shuffle Play, Repeat Play, and Program Play are canceled. · You cannot set the start point (point A) on one disc and ending point (point B) on other disc. Playing Discs 9 CLEAR A-B 1 During playback, when you find the starting point (point A) of the portion to be played repeatedly, press A-B. The starting point (point A) is set. A13 ­ 0:27:34 B 2 When you reach the ending point (point B), press A-B again. · While playing a DVD, the sound may change automatically. DISPLAY Checking the audio signal format 1 Press AUDIO during playback. The Control Bar is displayed. The number in parentheses indicates the total number of available audio signals. 1(4):ENGLISH If you press DISPLAY twice during playback, the format of the current audio signal (Dolby Digital, DTS, PCM, etc. ) appears as shown below. Example · Dolby Digital 5. 1 ch Rear (L/R) DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2 . 1 Front (L/R) + Centre LFE (Low Frequency Effect) 49 · Dolby Digital 3 ch DOLBY DIGITAL 2/1 TV Virtual Surround Sound Settings (TVS) When you connect a stereo TV or 2 front speakers, TV Virtual Surround lets you enjoy surround sound effects by using sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L: left, R: right) without using actual rear speakers. This function is designed to work with the LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) 1/2 jacks. Note that if you select one of the TVS settings while playing a DVD, the player does not output the Dolby Digital signals from the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL or OPTICAL) jack (when you set "DOLBY DIGITAL" in "AUDIO SETUP" to "D-PCM") (page 68). Front (L/R) Rear (monaural) · PCM (Stereo) Sampling frequency PCM 96kHz 24bit Quantized bit rate About audio signals Audio signals recorded in a disc contain the sound elements (channels) shown below. Each channel is output from a separate speaker. · Front (L) · Front (R) · Center · Rear (L) · Rear (R) · Rear (Monaural): This signal can be either the Dolby Surround Sound processed signals or the Dolby Digital sound's monaural rear audio signals. · LFE (Low Frequency Effect) signal Note If "DTS" is set to "OFF" in "AUDIO SETUP, " the DTS track selection option will not appear on the screen even if the disc contains DTS tracks (page 68). SURROUND 1 Press SURROUND during playback. The Control Bar is displayed. TVS DYNAMIC 2 Press SURROUND repeatedly to select one of the TVS (TV Virtual Surround) sounds. Refer to the explanations given for each item. · TVS DYNAMIC · TVS WIDE · TVS NIGHT · TVS STANDARD 50 To reset the TVS setting In Step 2, select "OFF. " TVS (TV Virtual Surround) DYNAMIC TVS (TV Virtual Surround) STANDARD Uses sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers. The virtual speakers are reproduced as shown in the illustration below. The sound imaging effect is distinct and clearly reproduces each aural element of the audio track. [. . . ] The data capacity of a single-layer and single-sided DVD is 4. 7 GB (Giga Byte), which is 7 times that of a CD. The data capacity of a double-layer and single-sided DVD is 8. 5 GB, a single-layer and doublesided DVD is 9. 4 GB, and double-layer and double-sided DVD is 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 (average) of its original size. [. . . ]