Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product BDP-S350 Sony
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4-120-890- 11 (1) © 2008 Sony Corporation Printed in Malaysia 4-120-890- 11 (1) Operatin g Instr uctions Blu-ra y Disc / D VD Pla y er BDP-S350.
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 Notes Abou t the Discs • To keep th e disc clean, hand le the disc by i ts edge. Do not touch the sur face. Dust, finge rprints, or sc ratches on th e disc m ay ca use it to malfunc tion.
4 On clean ing discs, di sc/ lens cl eaner s Do not use clean ing discs or disc/l ens clea ners (inclu ding we t or spray types). These may caus e the appa ratus to mal function. On re placeme nt of pa rts In the ev ents tha t this pl ayer is repaire d, repai red parts may be collec ted for r euse or r ecycling purposes.
5 14) Refer all servicing t o qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the appara tus, the apparatus has been expos ed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
6 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Guide to Parts and Controls .
7 Addi tio nal Info rm ation Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Self-Diagnosis Fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 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, CH +, and N PLAY buttons have a tact ile dot. Use th e tactile dot as a refere nce when operat ing the pl ayer. A Z OPEN/CLOSE (page 30) Open s or clos es the di sc tr ay.
9 D Color buttons (RED/GREEN/ BLUE/YELLOW) 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 ized . 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 , P R ) jac ks (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 ) • AC power cord (1) • Re mote co mm ander ( remot e) (1 ) • Size AA (R6) batt eries (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), re fer to th e operating in struction s supplied with the AV amplif ier (recei ver).
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 color o f the plug to that of th e jack.
23 Hooku ps and Settings Step 3: In serting the Extern al Memo ry To enjoy additional content (such as BonusV iew/BD -Live) on certai n Blu-ray Disc titles, yo u will nee d to us e exter nal 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 update the pl ayer’s softwa re. You can also enjoy the BD-Live function (page 3 3). 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 AC Powe r Co rd After all of the othe r connections a re compl ete, co nnect th e suppl ied AC po wer cord to the AC IN terminal of the player.
26 Step 6: Prepar ing the Remote You ca n cont rol th e play er us ing the suppl ied remo te. In sert two S ize A A (R6) batte ries 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 player (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, channe l, and po wer swi tch of no n-Sony 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 pictur e will appear on th e screen when you press any button within tha t 30 se conds.
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 OPEN/C LOSE, and plac e a disc on t he disc t ray.
31 Play bac k 4 Press HOME. 5 Selec t “ Video ” usin g < / , . 6 Selec t usin g M / m , an d pres s N PLAY or ENTER . 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 Some BD- ROMs have bo nus co ntents an d other data that can be downloaded to the exter nal mem ory (local storag e) for enjoym ent. 1 Turn t he play er off . 2 Insert the extern al memory (not suppl ied) i nto the EXT slot on the r ear of the player .
34 To can cel Scen e Searc h mode Pres s SCENE SE ARCH, EN TER, N PLAY, or X PAUSE. Playb ack st arts fr om the point yo u pres sed the button. b • T he Scene Search function is available for ti tles longer tha n 100 seconds and sh orter than 100 hours.
35 Play bac k To ad just th e pic ture 1 Press OPTION S durin g playba ck. The op tions menu appea rs. 2 Select “A/V S ettings” using M / m , and press EN TER. 3 Select “Vide o Settings” usi ng M / m , and press EN TER. The “V ideo S ettings” scre en app ears .
36 b • T he “A udio Filte r” funct ion does not wo rk for digita l audio signals outp ut from the HDMI OUT/ DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL/COAXIAL) j acks. • T here m ay be lit tle effec t by chan ging the “ Audio Filter ” setti ng depen ding on the disc or playback environment .
37 Play bac k Variou s music pl aybac k operati ons b The point where you st opped playing ( resume point) i s cleared from memory when: – you op en th e disc tray, or – yo u tur n off th e pl ay er.
38 Avail able O PTIONS durin g playba ck 1 Press O PTIONS during pl ayback . The op tion s men u appe ars. 2 Sele ct an i tem using M / m , and pres s ENTER .
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. Network Update 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 ://es upport .son y.co m 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 dealer or l ocal a uthori zed Sony se rvic e 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”). b Depending on the DVD, “Letter B ox” may be select ed auto matically inste ad of “Pan & Scan” or vice versa.
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.
44 Sets the co lor settin g for video sig nals output from the HDMI OUT jack. Sele ct the se tting that matches th e connected TV type. b When sel ecting “RGB (0-255),” check that the RGB (0-25 5) device a nd the player ar e connected using the HDM I cable.
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 . b PCM 96 kHz and PCM 192 kHz audio signals are output as PCM 48 kHz audio signals when “ BD Audio Setting ” is set t o “M ix.
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 z You can change th e password (see “Pa ssword” on page 48). b • I f you forge t the password, rese t the player (page 52) and s et a new p assword ( see “Password” on page 4 8). • W hen yo u pla y discs which do not have t he Paren tal Co ntrol func tion, p layback c annot b e limite d on this playe r.
49 Settings and Adjustment s Photo S ett ings The default setting is u nderlined. Chang es the sl ide show sp eed. System Sett ing s The d efault sett ings are un derli ned. Selects y our la nguage f or the pl ayer on- scre en d ispla ys. Adjusts the lighting of the fr ont panel display.
50 The scre en save r im age a ppea rs wh en yo u do not use t he player for mo re than 15 minute s while an on -scr een d isplay , such as th e home menu , is display ed on yo ur TV scree n. The scree n save r imag e help s preven t your disp lay de vice from be comin g damag ed (ghost ing) .
51 Settings and Adjustment s b When you set th e “DNS Server (Prim ary)”/ “DNS Server (Secondary)” addresses manually, e nter the “DNS Server (P rimary)” address .
52 Easy Setup Re-runs the Easy Setup to make the basi c setting s. 1 Select “Easy Set up,” an d press ENTER . 2 Sele ct “Sta rt ” usin g < / , , and pres s ENTER. 3 Follow th e instruction s for “Ste p 7: Easy Set up” (pa ge 27) from ste p 4.
53 Additi onal In formation Additional Informatio n Troubl esh ooting If you exp erienc e any of the fol lowing difficul ties while using the player, use this troubles hoot ing gui de to hel p remed y the proble m befor e reques ting re pairs . Should any prob lem per sist, co nsult your near est Sony deal er.
54 See al so “Conn ecti ng to a n HDMI j ack” (page 1 5) w hen c onne cting equipme nt using the H DM I cabl e. There is no pi cture/p icture noise appears . , Check th at all the co nnect ing cables are secure ly connec ted. , Che ck whet her the co nnect ing ca bles ar e damage d.
55 Additi onal In formation The in teractive audio i s not o utput. , Set “B D Au dio S ett ing” t o “Mi x” in th e “Aud io Set tin gs” se tup (page 45). There is no pict ure or no sound when connect ed to t he HDMI OUT jac k. , Try the fo llowing: 1 Turn th e play er off and on again .
56 Bonus co ntent s or oth er dat a that are conta ined in a BD-R OM c annot be pl ayed . , Try t he follow ing: 1 Rem ove the disc. 2 Turn th e play er off. 3 R emove an d re- insert the exte rnal memo ry (page 23). 4 Turn th e play er on. 5 C heck t hat the EXT ind icator lights up i n the front pane l display.
57 Additi onal In formation Self- Dia gnosis Fun cti on When the s elf-diagnosis function i s activated to prevent the player fr om malfunctionin g, an error code appea rs in the f ront panel disp lay, or ju st appear s wi thou t any mess ages on the ent ire scre en.
58 Play able Disc s * JPEG format conforming to UDF (U niversal D isk Format). Notes about BD-ROM compat ibility Since th e Blu-r ay Dis c specif ications are new and ev olvi ng, som e discs ma y not be play able depend ing on the disc type and t he version .
59 Additi onal In formation Discs tha t cann ot be pl ayed • BDs with cartridge • DVD- RAM s • HD DVD s • DV D Au dio discs • PHOTO CDs • D ata pa rt of CD-Ex tra s • VCDs/Super VCDs • HD layer on Super A udio CDs • BD-ROMs/DVD VIDEOs with a diffe rent regio n code (pa ge 59) .
60 About pl ayba ck of disc s recorde d in AVCHD forma t Thi s player can play AVC HD fo rmat discs. What is the AVCHD for mat? The AVCHD forma t is a high-definitio n digital video came ra format use.
61 Additi onal In formation Vide o Output Resolut ion Outp ut resolu tion di ffers de pend ing on the “Ou tput Vid eo For mat” set ting in the “Vid eo Setting s” s etup (pag e 41).
62 Audi o Output Signals The a udio out put diffe rs as foll ows, d ependin g on the so urce , output ja ck, and t he selec ted setting s. *1 When “Audi o Output Priority” is set t o “Stereo Analog,” LPCM 2 ch signals are ou tput from each j ack.
63 Additi onal In formation Spec ific atio ns System Laser: Semiconduc tor laser Input s and ou tputs ( Jack name: Jack t ype/Outp ut lev el/Loa d imp edance) LINE OUT R-AUDIO-L: Phono jack/ 2 Vrms/10 kil ohms DIGITAL OUT (OPT ICAL): Opti cal o utpu t jac k/– 18 dB m (wave lengt h 660 nm) DIGITAL OUT (COA XIAL): Phono ja ck/0.
64 Langua ge Co de List For details , see page 47. The lan guage spel lings co nform to the IS O 639: 1988 (E/ F) sta ndard . Parent al Contro l/Area Co de For details , see page 47.
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75 Additi onal In formation This product includes software developed by Jonathan Stone for the NetBSD Project. This product includes software develope d by Manuel Bouyer. This product includes software developed by Rolf Gr ossmann. This product includes software developed by TooLs G mbH.
76 Glos sary AACS “Adv anced Acces s Cont ent Syst em” is a speci ficat ion for m ana ging dig ital ente rtainm ent co ntents stor ed on t he nex t genera tion of pre reco rded a nd rec orded optical me dia. The specif ication ena bles consumers to e njoy digital e ntertainment conte nt, inc luding high-de finiti on conte nt.
77 Additi onal In formation DTS-H D Master A udio (p age 62) DTS- HD Mast er Audi o ha s a maxi mum transmi ssion r ate of 24.5 Mbps , and uses lossle ss compr ession ( Lossless) , and DTS- HD Ma ster Audio corr espond s to a m axim um sampli ng fr equen cy o f 192 kH z, and maxim um of 7.
78 Index Words in qu otati ons ap pear in the on -scree n disp lays. Numerics 24p Tru e Cinema 77 A “A/V Settin gs” 35 AACS 76 ANGLE 8 AUDIO 8 “Audio Outp ut Priority” 44 Audio output signals .
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