Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 3-452-775-11(1) Sony
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3-452-775- 11 (1) © 2008 Sony Corporation Printed in Malaysia 3-452-775- 11 (1) Operatin g Instr uctions Blu-ra y Disc / D VD Pla y er BDP-S350 z To find out useful hints, t ips and info rmation about Sony products and services please visit: www.sony -europe.
2 WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rai n or m oisture. To avoid el ectrical shock, do no t open the ca binet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. Batterie s or batteries installed apparatus shall not be exposed to excessive heat s uch as sunshine, fire or the like.
3 The manufacturer of this pr oduct is Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan. The Aut horized Representative fo r EMC and product safety is Sony Deutsc hland GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse 61, 70327 Stuttg art, Germany.
4 • D o not pl ace heavy or un stable objects o n the play er. • D o no t place any obje cts othe r than disc s on the disc tray. Doi ng so ma y caus e damag e to the play er or th e object. • W hen yo u move the player, take out any discs. If you don’t, the d isc ma y be damage d.
5 About t his manu al • In thi s manual, “disc” is used as a gen eral refer ence for th e BDs, D VDs, or CD s un less otherw ise specifie d by the text or illust rations. • Icons, s uch as , lis ted at the t op of ea ch explan ation indicate what k ind of media can be us ed with the fu nction being expla ined.
6 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Guide to Parts and Controls .
7 Addi tio nal Info rm ation Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Self-Diagnosis Fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Playable Discs .
8 Guide to Part s and Contro ls For more in form atio n, see the page s in parent hese s. Number 5, AUDIO, PROG +, and N buttons have a tactil e dot. Use the t actile dot as a r eference when operatin g the pl ayer. A Z (open/clo se) (page 30) Open s or clos es the di sc tr ay.
9 D Colour butto ns (red/green/ yellow/bl ue) Short cut keys f or sele cting ite ms on some BD ’s men us (c an also be u sed fo r BD’s Java in teractiv e operations) . E TOP MENU (pag e 32) Open s or cl oses t he BD ’s or DVD ’s Top Menu. POP UP/MENU (page 32) Open s or clos es the BD- ROM’s Pop- up Menu, or the DVD’s menu.
10 A [ / 1 (on/stand by) (page 27) Turns on the p layer, or sets to standb y mode . B Disc tray (page 30) C Blu-ray Disc indi cator Light s up whe n a BD i s recogn ised. z When th e playe r is turned on for the fi rst time , the Blu- ray Disc i ndicator light s up, the n turns off w hen Ea sy Set up is c omple te.
11 A N , X Lights up during pl ayback or pause. B HD (page 42) Lights up when out putting 720p/10 80i/ 1080p vi deo s ignals fr om the HD MI OUT jack or 720p/ 1080 i video si gnals from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks. C HDMI (page 16) Light s up when an HDMI device i s connec ted.
12 A COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P B /C B , P R /C R ) jacks (page 17 ) B LINE OUT (S VIDEO) jack (page 18) C LINE OUT (R-AUDIO-L) jacks (pa ge 1 8, 22) D AC IN terminal (pag e 25) E Ventilati on holes The vent ilatio n fan i s inside th e player .
13 Hooku ps and Settings Hook ups and Settin gs Hookin g Up the Pla yer Chec k that yo u have the follow ing ite ms. • Au dio/ video ca ble (pho no plu g ×3) (1 ) • M ains le ad (1) • Re mote co mm ander ( remot e) (1 ) • R6 (size AA) batteri es (2) Follow s teps 1 thro ugh 7 t o hook up and adjust the set tings of the pla yer.
14 Step 1 : Connec ting to Yo ur TV About vid eo/HDMI OUT jacks The player has the fol lowing vid eo jack s. C onnec t the player to your TV acco rding to the inpu t jack on yo ur TV. When c onnec ting th e player to your TV us ing the HDMI ca ble, yo u can en joy high qua lity digita l pictu res and so und thr ough t he HDMI OUT j ack.
15 Hooku ps and Settings Connect the pl ayer a nd your TV usi ng an H DM I cable t o enjoy high q uality digital p ictur es and sound t hrough t he HDMI OUT jac k. If you con nect a Sony TV that is compatible with the “Cont rol for HDMI” function (pag e 16), refer to the operat ing instruc tions supplied wi th the TV.
16 About in dicators fo r HDMI conn ection When c onnec ting an H DMI co mpa tible component, the HDMI indicator l ights up in the front panel dis play. b • C onsum ers should note that not all high definition tele vision sets are full y compa tible w ith this produc t and may caus e artifac ts to be displaye d in the picture .
17 Hooku ps and Settings Connect the C OMPO NEN T VIDE O OUT jac ks of th e pla yer an d you r TV usi ng a c ompone nt video c able or t hree vid eo cab les (not su pplied ) of the s ame ki nd and len gth. Y ou can enjoy high-q ualit y pictu res. Be sure to connect to the LINE OUT (R-AUDIO-L) jacks usin g the audio/video c able.
18 Connect the LINE OUT (VIDEO, R-AUDIO- L) jacks of the pl ayer and your TV using t he audi o/vi deo ca ble. Y ou can enjoy standa rd qua lit y pict ures and so und. b When you connect the playe r and TV using an S- video cable, disconnect the video plug (yello w) of the audi o/video cable.
19 Hooku ps and Settings Step 2: C onnect ing to You r AV Ampl ifier (Rec eiver) About a udio/HDMI OUT jacks The play er has th e follo wing audi o jacks . Connec t the pla yer to yo ur AV amplifier (recei ver) acco rding t o the inp ut jack on your A V am plifier (rec eiver) .
20 If yo ur AV am plifi er (r eceive r) has an HDMI input , you can en joy su rround sound . If you c onnect a Sony AV amplifier (receiver) that is c ompatible with th e “Control f or HDMI” function (page 16), refer to the operati ng instru ctions supp lied with the AV amplifier ( receiver).
21 Hooku ps and Settings If your A V amp lif ier (rec eive r) has a Dolb y *1 D igital, Dolb y Pro L ogic, or DT S *2 de code r and a digita l input jack, yo u can enjoy Dolby Digital (5.1ch), Dolby Pro Logic ( 4.0ch), or DTS (5.1ch ) surround effects.
22 If your AV amp lifier (re ceiver ) only has L and R audi o input jac ks, use t his conn ection. Connecting to audio L /R jacks AV amplifier (receiver) Audio/vid eo cab le (supp lied) : Signal flo w Blu-ray Disc/DVD player (whit e) (red) (whit e) (red) Match the co lour of th e plug to that of the jack .
23 Hooku ps and Settings Step 3: In serting the Extern al Memo ry To enjoy additional content (such as BonusV iew) on certai n Blu-ra y Disc titl es, you will n eed to use exte rnal memory. Insert the exte rnal memo ry devic e (1 GB or larger US B flash memory, such as Sony USM1GH) into th e EXT slot as your local stor age.
24 Step 4 : Connec ting to the Netw ork Conn ect the LAN (10 0) term inal of the pl ayer to your Interne t sourc e using a netwo rk cab le to upda te th e player ’s so ftwa re usin g the networ k. 1 Connec t the LA N (100) t erminal of the player to your Inter net sou rce.
25 Hooku ps and Settings b Do not connect th e LAN terminal of the play er to the LA N term inal of the PC. Step 5: Co nnec ting the Mains Lead After all of the othe r connections a re complete, c onnect the su pplied main s lead (AC power cord ) to the A C IN te rmina l of the player .
26 Step 6: Prepar ing the Remote You ca n cont rol th e play er us ing the suppl ied remote. In sert two R6 (size AA) batterie s by matchi ng the 3 an d # ends on the bat teries to the mar kings inside the b attery compartment. When using the remote, point it at th e remote sensor on the pla yer (page 1 0).
27 Hooku ps and Settings To contro l other TV s with the rem ote You can contr ol the volume, input source, progra mme positi on, and po wer sw itch of non-So ny TVs as well. If yo ur TV is lis te d in th e tabl e be low , set the approp riate ma nufa cturer ’s co de.
28 4 Sele ct a lang uage fo r the on -scree n displa ys usin g M / m , an d press ENTER . The initial setti ngs message appears . 5 Sele ct “Sta rt,” an d pre ss ENTER . 6 Sele ct the ca ble typ e used t o connect the pl ayer an d your TV , and pr ess ENTER .
29 Hooku ps and Settings b If the pictur e is distorted or no pictur e appears, wait for about 30 s econds withou t pressi ng any button s. The dis play ret urns to th e resolu tion setting scr een. If the selected video output resoluti on is incorrect , no picture appears on the screen when you press a ny button in 30 second s.
30 Play back Play ing BDs/ DVDs 1 Switc h the i nput s elect or on your TV so that the signal from t he playe r appear s on yo ur TV scree n. 2 Press Z , and place a disc on the disc tray.
31 Play bac k 4 Press HOME. 5 Selec t “ Video ” usin g < / , . 6 Select using M / m , and p ress N or ENTE R. For commerci ally available BD-ROMs or DVD VIDEOs, playbac k starts. For BDs or DVDs recorded on other equipment, the title list app ears.
32 Avail able O PTIO NS 1 Press OPTIONS. The op tion s men u appe ars. 2 Sele ct an i tem using M / m , and pres s ENTER . The a vailab le item s diffe r depe nding on the disc type or player sit uation. To disp lay To p Menu When yo u play a BD or DVD, you can display the Top Me nu.
33 Play bac k To de let e data in th e ext erna l mem ory You ca n delete all unne cessar y data at once. 1 Press HOME. 2 Select “Vide o” using < / , . 3 Select “BD Data” using M / m , and pr ess OPTIONS. 4 Selec t “Erase ,” and press EN TER.
34 You ca n chec k the title i nform ation, incl uding t he v ideo tr ansmi ssion rat e, et c. Press DISPLA Y. The d isplay ed info rma tion di ffers dependi ng on the di sc type and playe r status .
35 Play bac k b • Se t the picture se tting of your TV to ‘Sta ndard’ before changi ng the “Pic ture Quali ty Mode” settin gs. • “Video Setting s” is not availa ble when the connecte d TV is set to Theatr e Mode (page 16).
36 Play ing CDs 1 Insert a CD . The M usic Pl ayer screen app ears. 2 Press N . Play back s tarts . To select a track 1 Press HOME. 2 Select (Music) using < / , . 3 Select , and press ENTER. The m usic l ist app ears . 4 Sele ct a t rack u sing M / m .
37 Play bac k Play ing Phot o Files *1 BD-REs /BD-Rs co ntainin g JPEG imag e file s *2 DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs containing JP EG image files *3 CD-RWs/ CD-Rs containi ng JPEG imag e files 1 Press HOME. 2 Select (Photo) us ing < / , . 3 Select , and pre ss ENTER .
38 b • W hen you attempt to pla y the follo wing photo files, t he mark appea rs on the s creen and they canno t be played. – photo files la rger than 8,192 pi xels (widt h or height) – photo fi.
39 Settings and Adjustment s Settings and Adjust ments Usin g the Sett ing s Displ ays Select (Setu p) on the h ome me nu when you need to c hange the sett ings of the pl ayer. 1 Press HO ME. 2 Selec t ( Setup) u sing < / , . 3 Selec t the setu p catego ry icon to change u sing M / m , and pres s ENTER .
40 Setting list You ca n setup t he foll owing opt ions. Netw ork Upda te You ca n upda te and im prove t he funct ions of the pl ayer. For info rmation a bout updat e functio ns, re fer to the fo llowing website; http:// www.sony.net/ 1 Select “N etwork Update” usin g M / m , and pr ess ENTER.
41 Settings and Adjustment s To updat e th e softw are usi ng an upd ate disc You ca n upda te and im prove t he funct ions of the playe r using a n update disc prov ided by Sony dea ler or local a uthori sed Son y serv ice facilit y. 1 Insert the up date disc .
42 Selects t he displa y configurat ion for play back o f 16:9 scree n pic tures o n a 4: 3 screen TV (s elect able wh en “T V Type ” is s et to “4:3 ” and “Sc reen For mat” i s set to “Fixe d Aspect Ratio”).
43 Settings and Adjustment s b • I f the picture is dis torted or no p icture appears, wait f or about 30 se conds w ithout pressing a ny buttons. The disp lay retu rns to the resol ution setti ng screen. If the sele cted vide o outp ut reso lution is incorrect , no pict ure appe ars on th e screen when you p ress any bu tton in 30 seconds.
44 Sets the colour settin g for video s ignals outpu t from the HD MI OU T jack. Se lect th e setting th at matches t he connected TV ty pe. Sets whether to send xvYCC info rmation to the co nnecte d TV. Combining xvYCC-compatib le video with a TV that supports x.
45 Settings and Adjustment s Selects wheth er to mix or not mix interacti ve audio a nd second ary au dio (com men tary) when playing a BD that cont ains su ch audio . Lowe rs the audi o outp ut le vel t o prev ent sound di storti on. b “Audio AT T” does not aff ect the ou tput from the HDMI OUT jack and the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL/COAXIAL) jack.
46 Selects th e dynamic range (co mpression level of the s ound) se tting when pl aying a B D or DVD that confor ms to “Au dio DRC.” b • “ Audio DRC” is e ffective onl y when playing Dolby Digital, Dolby Digi tal Plus, and Dolby TrueHD a udio sign als.
47 Settings and Adjustment s BD/DV D Vi ewin g Setti ngs The default setti ngs are underlined. Selects the defa ult menu lan guage for BD- ROMs or DVD V IDEOs. When yo u select “Selec t Languag e Code ,” the displ ay for ent ering t he la nguag e code appear s.
48 Playback of some DVD VIDEOs can be limited acc ording to the age of the u sers. Scen es may be blocke d or repl aced wi th differe nt sce nes. 1 Select “ DVD Parent al Control” in “BD/ DVD Viewing Set tings,” an d press ENTER . 2 Enter y our four-dig it passwo rd using the nu mber but tons.
49 Settings and Adjustment s Sets or changes th e passwor d for the Pare ntal Contr ol fu nction . A pa ssword a llows you to set a res triction on BD-ROM o r DVD VIDEO playba ck. If ne cessar y, yo u can differ entiate the re stricti on levels for BD- ROMs and DVD VIDEOs.
50 System Setting s The de fault set tings are unde rlined . Selec ts you r langu age fo r the pl ayer on - scree n disp lays. Adju sts the lighting of the front pa nel disp lay.
51 Settings and Adjustment s Netw ork Se tti ngs These i tems are nece ssary w hen y ou conne ct to th e Inte rnet vi a a netw ork cab le. En ter th e respec tiv e (alpha num eric) value s for your broadb and ro uter or Wirele ss LAN route r. The items that need to be set may differ, depend ing on the In ternet serv ice pro vide r or the router.
52 To ente r chara cters The dis play for ente ring cha ract ers app ears when you se lect “P roxy Serv er” in “Pro xy Settings.” 1 Press a numbe r button repea tedly to sele ct a charac ter. Exam ple: Press the num ber 3 but ton once to enter “D.
53 Settings and Adjustment s Easy Se tup Re-run s the Ea sy Setu p to make the basi c settin gs. 1 Selec t “Easy Se tup, ” and pre ss ENTE R. 2 Select “S tart” using < / , , and pres s ENTE R. 3 Follow the instructions for “Step 7: Easy Setu p” (p age 27) fr om s tep 4 .
54 Additiona l Informat ion Troubl esho oting If you ex perien ce any of the followi ng difficu lties w hile usin g the p layer, us e this troubleshoo ting guide to help remedy the probl em befo re req uesti ng repai rs. Shou ld any prob lem pe rsist , consult your ne arest Sony de aler .
55 Additi onal In formation , Check t he con nectio n to your TV (p age 14 ) and switch t he input se lector o n your TV so that th e sig nal from th e play er appe ars o n the TV screen . , When playing a do uble-layer DVD, the video an d audio may be mome ntar ily inter rupted at the poi nt where th e layer s switch.
56 There is no pictur e or no soun d when connect ed to the HDMI OUT jack. , Try t he follow ing: 1 T urn the pla yer off and on ag ain. 2 Tur n the co nnect ed equipm ent off an d on agai n. 3 Disconnec t and then reconnec t the HDMI cable . There is no pictur e or pi cture noise appear s when connec ted t o the HD MI OUT jack.
57 Additi onal In formation The re mote do es not fu nction . , The batt eries in the remo te are weak (pag e 26). , The d istan ce bet ween t he rem ote an d the playe r is too far. , The remote is not pointed at th e remote sensor on the pla yer. The file n ame is not correctly di splayed.
58 Self-Di agnosis Functio n When the se lf-diagnos is functi on is activ ated to prevent the player from malfuncti oning, an error code ap pears in the fron t pane l display , or just appear s without a ny messages o n the ent ire scree n. In thes e cases , check t he foll owing .
59 Additi onal In formation Playa ble Disc s * JPEG format conformi ng to UDF (Universal Disk Format) . Notes ab out BD-RO M compatib ility Since the Blu-ra y Dis c speci ficatio ns are n ew and evol vin g, som e disc s may not b e playa ble depend ing on t he disc typ e and th e vers ion.
60 Discs tha t cann ot be p layed • B Ds with cartri dge • DVD-RAMs • H D DVDs • DVD Audio disc s • P HOTO CD s • Data pa rt of C D-Ext ras • V CDs/Super VCDs • HD la yer on Supe r Au dio CDs • B D-ROMs/DVD VIDEOs with a different regi on code (p age 60) .
61 Additi onal In formation About playbac k of discs record ed in AVCHD fo rmat This player can play AVCHD format d iscs. What is the AVCHD format? The AV CHD fo rmat is a h igh-def initi on d igita l.
62 Vide o Output Resoluti on Outp ut reso lutio n differ s dep ending on the “Ou tput V ideo For mat” setting i n the “V ideo Setti ngs” se tup (p age 41 ). * Prot ected contents on DVDs are output at 480p/ 576p reso lution. P rotected con tents on BDs are outpu t at 576p resolution .
63 Additi onal In formation Audio Out put Si gnals The audi o output differ s as follo ws, de pendin g on the sou rce, ou tput ja ck, and t he selec ted settin gs. *1 When “ Audio Output Priori ty” is set to “St ereo Analogue,” LPC M 2ch signals ar e output from each j ack.
64 Specifi cations System Laser: Semicondu ctor lase r Inputs and outp uts ( Jack name: Jack type/Ou tput leve l/Load impeda nce) LINE OUT R- AUDIO-L: Phono jack /2 Vrms/10 kilohms DIGITAL OUT (OPTI CAL): Optica l ou tput j ack/–18 dBm (wav e leng th 660 n m) DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL): Phono j ack/0.
65 Additi onal In formation Langua ge C ode L ist For det ails, see page 47 . The l angua ge spe lling s co nform to t he IS O 6 39: 19 88 ( E/F) stan dard .
66 Terms and Con ditions of Use an d En d Use r Lice nse Agre ement The Sony Blu-ray Disc player (“Product”) and associated software (“Software”) are provided and maintained by So ny Corporation and its affiliates (“Sony”).
67 Additi onal In formation 5. Changes t o Service Sony reserves the right to dis continue one, some, or all of the features of the Service you receive at any time at its discretion.
68 11. General Pro visions This Agreement, the limited warranty accompanying the Product, plus any additional term s posted on the Service or Site, together constitute the entire agr eement between Sony and you with respect to your use of the Product, Service, Site, Content, and Software.
69 Additi onal In formation Dolby Tr ueHD (pag e 63) Dolb y TrueH D is a loss less co ding tech nolog y tha t supp orts up to 8 chan nels of multi-cha nnel surround sound for th e next genera tion opt ical d iscs. The rep roduced sound i s true to the o rigin al sour ce bit-f or-bit .
70 Index Words in qu otati ons ap pear in the on -scree n disp lays. Numerics 24p Tru e Cinema 69 A “A/V Settin gs” 34 AACS 68 ANGLE 8 AUDIO 8 “Audio Outp ut Priority” 44 Audio output signals .
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