User manual SONY DVP-NS328

[. . . ] If you should lose the fuse cover, please contact your nearest Sony service station. 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. This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product. The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT MARKING is located on the bottom exterior. Precautions Safety · This unit operates on 100 ­ 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Check that the unit's operating voltage is identical with your local power supply. [. . . ] x When playing a DVD (Programme Play is set to "OFF") · TITLE: Shuffles titles and plays them in random order. x When playing a VIDEO CD or CD (Programme Play is set to "OFF") · TRACK: Shuffles tracks and plays them in random order. continued z You can do Repeat Play or Shuffle Play of the programmed titles, chapters, or tracks by pressing REPEAT or SHUFFLE during Programme Play. z You can select "PROGRAM" directly by pressing PROGRAM. 43 x When playing a VIDEO CD, CD, or DVD (Programme Play is set to "ON") · ON: Shuffles titles or tracks selected in Programme Play and plays them in random order. x When playing a DVD (Programme Play and Shuffle Play are set to "OFF") · DISC: Repeats all of the titles. x When playing a VIDEO CD or CD (Programme Play and Shuffle Play are set to "OFF") · DISC: Repeats all of the tracks on a disc. x When Programme Play is set to "ON" or Shuffle Play is activated · ON: Repeats Programme Play or Shuffle Play. To return to normal play Press CLEAR or select "OFF" in Step 2. Note Up to 200 chapters in a disc can be played in random order when "CHAPTER" is selected. Playing repeatedly (Repeat Play) You can play all of the titles or tracks on a disc or a single title, chapter, or track repeatedly. To return to normal play Press CLEAR or select "OFF" in Step 2. Repeat Play starts. CLEAR REPEAT 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. ) ) H 1 CLEAR Press REPEAT during playback. The Control Bar appears. CHAPTER A-B 2 44 Press REPEAT repeatedly to select the item you want to set. 1 During playback, when you find the starting point (point A) of the portion to be played repeatedly, press A-B. The Control Bar appears. 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. · STEREO: The standard stereo sound · 1/L: The sound of the left channel (monaural) · 2/R: The sound of the right channel (monaural) x When playing a Super VCD (Asian models only) The default setting is underlined. · 1:STEREO: The stereo sound of the audio track 1 · 1:1/L: The sound of the left channel of the audio track 1 (monaural) · 1:2/R: The sound of the right channel of the audio track 1 (monaural) · 2:STEREO: The stereo sound of the audio track 2 · 2:1/L: The sound of the left channel of the audio track 2 (monaural) · 2:2/R: The sound of the right channel of the audio track 2 (monaural) Changing the Sound If the DVD is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can select the language you want while playing the DVD. If the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, MPEG audio or DTS), you can select the audio format you want while playing the DVD. With stereo 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. (In this case, the sound loses its stereo effect. ) For example, when playing a disc containing a song with the vocals on the right channel and the instruments on the left channel, you can select the left channel and hear the instruments from both speakers. Sound Adjustments AUDIO DISPLAY 1 Press AUDIO during playback. The Control Bar is displayed. The number in parentheses indicates the total number of available audio signals. Notes 1(4):ENGLISH continued · While playing a Super VCD on which the audio track 2 is not recorded, no sound will come out when you select "2:STEREO, " "2:1/L" or "2:2/R. " · For discs not in multiple audio format, you cannot change the sound. 51 · While playing a DVD, the sound may change automatically. Checking the audio signal format If you press DISPLAY twice during playback, the format of the current audio signal (Dolby Digital, MPEG audio, DTS, PCM, etc. ) appears as shown below. Example · Dolby Digital 5. 1 ch Rear (L/R) · 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 72). DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2 . 1 Front (L/R) + Center LFE (Low Frequency Effect) · Dolby Digital 3 ch DOLBY DIGITAL 2/1 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. · Front (L) · Front (R) · Center · Rear (L) 52 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. Note that if you select one of the TVS settings while playing a DVD, he player does not output the following signals from the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) jack. · Dolby Digital signals (when you set "DOLBY DIGITAL" in "AUDIO SETUP" to "D-PCM") (page 72) · MPEG audio signals To reset the TVS setting In Step 2, select "OFF. " TVS DYNAMIC Uses sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers. [. . . ] Depending on the disc, no chapters may be recorded. Dolby Digital (page 22, 72) Digital audio compression technology developed by Dolby Laboratories. The rear channel is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format. Dolby Digital provides the same 5. 1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio found in Dolby Digital cinema audio systems. Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data are recorded discretely and little deterioration is realized because all channel data processing is digital. Dolby Surround (Pro Logic) (page 70) Audio signal processing technology that Dolby Laboratories developed for surround sound. [. . . ]