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©2003 Sony Cor poration 4-250-175- 11 (1) Compact A V System Oper a ti ng Inst ructions D A V -EA20.
2 GB 3 To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or m oi st ur e. Do not install the a pplian ce in a confi ned space, such as a bookcase or buil t- in ca bine t. To prevent fir e , do not cover the ven til ation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc.
3 GB On power sources AC power cord must be chan ge d only a t the qua lif i ed service sh op. On placement • Pl ace th e system in a locati on wit h ade quate ventilati on to preve nt he at buil d-up in the sys tem. • At high volume, over long period s of time, t he ca binet becomes hot to the touc h.
4 GB Welcom e! ........... ....... ........ ....... ........... .... 2 Precau tions ......... ........... ....... ........ ........... 3 About t his Ma nual..... ........ ....... ........... .... 6 This Syste m Can Pla y the Fo llowing Discs . .......
5 GB Addi tional Inf ormatio n Troubles hooting .......... ....... ........... ....... . 63 Specifica tions .............. ....... ........... ....... . 65 Glossary .... ....... ........... ....... ....... ........ .... 66 Index to Parts and Cont rols .
6 GB • The instructi on s in this manua l desc ribe the contr ol s on the r em o te. Yo u ca n als o us e th e controls on the system if they have the same or similar n ames as th ose on the remote. • The followin g symbols are used in this manu al.
7 GB Note on PBC (Playback Control) (VIDEO CDs) This sy stem conform s to Ver. 1.1 an d Ver. 2.0 of VIDEO CD stan dards. You can en joy tw o kinds of pl ayba ck depe nd in g on the di sc type. About Multi Session CD • This system ca n play Mul ti Session CDs whe n an MP3 aud io tr ac k is co nt ai ne d in the fi r st ses sion .
8 GB Music disc s encoded wi th copyrig h t protection technologies This product is designed to pl ay back dis cs that confo r m to th e Co mpac t D is c (CD ) st andar d . Recently, various musi c discs e ncoded with c opyright protection te chnologie s a r e marke te d by som e record compani es.
9 GB Use the Co ntro l Menu to select a func tion that you wou ld like to use. The Control Men u display appea rs when the DVD DIS PLAY button is p ressed. For details , refer to the page i n parenthe ses. List of Control Menu Items Guide to the Control Menu Displ ay DISC Displ ays the di sc name or the disc type inser ted into the system.
10 GB Tips • Each time you press DVD DISPLAY, the Control Menu di splay changes as follows : The Control Menu it ems vary, depe ndi ng on the dis c. • The Control Me nu ic on in dica tor lig hts up in gree n t unle ss you s et t he REP EAT setti ng to “OFF.
Getting Started 11 GB Chec k th at yo u ha ve t he f ollow ing item s: •S p e a k e r s ( 5 ) • Subw oofer (1) • AM loop aeri al (1) • FM wire aerial (1 ) •V i d e o c o r d ( 1 ) • Sp ea .
12 GB Conn ect th e su pplie d speak er syst em usin g t h e s upp lied sp eaker cords by m at c hing the col ou rs of the jacks to those of the cord s. Do not c onnect any s peakers other than those supplied with this s ystem. To obtain the best possib le surr ound sound, spec ify the speaker parameters (d ist ance, leve l, etc.
Getting Started 13 GB Termi na ls for conne cti ng the speakers Note on placing speakers Use cau tion w he n plac ing the subw oo fer or a spea ker st a nd (not su pplie d) tha t i s a ttache d wi th th e front/ s u r ro und spe aker s on a spec ially treate d (wa xe d, oile d, poli sh ed, e tc .
14 GB Tip Connect the spea ker cable a fter ben ding the sp eaker wire at the end of the in sulati on. This prevent s the speak er cable from bein g caugh t in the SP EAKER jack. To avoi d shor t-circ uit ing th e spea kers Short-circ uiting of the speake rs may damag e the syste m.
Getting Started 15 GB Connect th e supplied AM/FM aerials for li stening to t he radi o. Termi nals for con necti ng the aer ial s Notes • To pr e ve nt noi se pickup, k eep th e AM loop aeria l aw ay from the system and ot he r comp onents . • Be sure to fully exte nd th e FM wir e aerial .
16 GB Tip If you hav e poor FM r eceptio n, use a 75-ohms c oaxial cabl e (not s upplied) to conne ct the sy stem to an outdo or FM aeria l as s hown bel ow.
Getting Started 17 GB Requir ed cord s Video cord for connecting a TV Audio/video cords (not supplied) When conn ecti ng a cord, be su re t o mat ch t he co lour- cod ed sl eeves to t he ap prop riat e j acks o n th e compon ents.
18 GB When you connect to a TV equipped with a SCART jack Use the EURO AV adapter ( supplied) t o connect to the SCART (EURO AV) input j ack on the TV.
Getting Started 19 GB Connec tin g the Mai ns Lea ds Befor e co nnec ting th e mains lead s of this sy stem to a wa ll ou tlet, con ne ct th e sp eake rs to the syst em (se e page 12).
20 GB For t he be st po ssib le su rrou nd s ound, all the spea kers ot her t han the subw oof er sho uld b e the same dista nce fr om the li stening p ositio n ( A ). However, th is syst em allows yo u to place the cent er s peak er u p to 1.6 metr es c loser ( B ) and the sur ro und sp eake rs up t o 4.
Play ing Di scs 21 GB Depending on t he DVD or VIDEO CD, some operat ions ma y be di ff er ent o r re str ic t ed. Refe r to the operat ion det ails su pplied with you r disc. 1 Turn on your TV. 2 Switch the input selector on the TV to this system. 3 Press " / 1 on the system.
22 GB Additi onal ope rations * You cannot paus e duri ng JP EG playba c k. Note If DVD pl ayback is p aused for approxi mately one hour, the syst em au tom atic a lly turns of f . Tip If a DVD ha s more tha n two tit les, you ca nnot go to th e next title or go ba ck to the prec ed ing ti tle by pr e ssin g .
Play ing Di scs 23 GB A DVD is di vi de d into lo ng sectio ns, w hi ch make up a pi c ture or musi c featu re. Th ese sectio ns are ca ll ed “titles .” Wh en you pl ay a DVD which conta ins severa l titl es, you can select t he title y ou want using DVD TOP MENU/ALBUM–.
24 GB Note s • Depending on the VIDEO CD , the me nu doe s no t appear i n Step 1. • Dep end i n g o n the V I DEO CD , “ Pre s s E N TER ” in Step 3 may appear as “Press SELECT” in the instruct ions supp lied wit h the disc . In this ca se, press H .
Play ing Di scs 25 GB Select i ng an al bum a nd track 1 Press DVD DISPLAY. The C ontrol Menu and n ame of t he M P3 data d isc ap pear s. 2 Press X / x to select (ALBUM) then press ENTER or c . The list of album s co nt ai ne d in the di s c appears .
26 GB You ca n pl ay JPE G ima ge file s on CD- RO M s, CD-Rs, or CD-RWs. Howev er, th e disc s must be recor ded accor di ng to ISO9 660 l eve l 1, lev el 2 or J oliet forma t for the syst em to reco gnize the files. You ca n a lso pla y disc s r ecor ded in Mu lti Session.
Play ing Di scs 27 GB Notes • Onl y the letter s in the al pha be t a nd num bers can be used for album or file names. Anythi ng else is displayed a s “ ”. • M axi mu m number of album s on a disc: 99 ( The maximu m numbe r of JPEG im age f ile s th at ca n be containe d on an albu m is 250.
28 GB You ca n pl ay th e co nten ts of a disc in t he order you w ant by arran ging th e ord er of th e track s on the disc t o crea t e yo ur own pr ogra m. Yo u ca n prog ram u p to 25 st eps . 1 In stop mode, p ress P LAY MODE repeatedl y unt il “PGM” appear s in the front pane l displ a y .
Play ing Di scs 29 GB 6 Press H to start Program Play. Program P lay be gi ns . When th e progra m ends, you ca n restar t the same pr og ram again by p ress in g H . Other Operations Notes • The Program Play function is not a vailable for DVDs and JPEG.
30 GB Sett in g the s huf fle mo de in the Control Menu You ca n sele ct ei t h er no rma l s hu ffle or alb um shuff le (MP3 onl y). 1 Press DVD DISPLAY. The Co nt rol Men u ap pe ars. 2 Press X / x to sel ect (PLAY MODE), then press ENT ER or c . 3 Select SHUFFLE or SHUFFLE (ALBUM) using X / x and press ENTER.
Play ing Di scs 31 GB x When playing a DVD •O F F : d oe s not p la y re peat ed ly. • ALL: repeat s all th e title s. • TITLE: repeats the curre nt title on a disc. • CHA PTE R : r ep eats th e curr en t chapt er. x When pl aying a VIDEO CD/CD/MP3, and when Program Play is set to OFF •O F F : d oe s not p la y re peat ed ly.
32 GB To change the scan speed (DVD/ VIDEO CD only) Each ti m e you pr ess m or M during sc an, the play back spee d ch anges. Tw o spee ds ar e avai labl e. Wi th e ach p ress, th e in dica tion chan ge s as fo llow s: The FF2 M /F R2 m play back spe ed i s fas te r than FF1 M /FR1 m .
Play ing Di scs 33 GB x When playing a DVD (TITLE) x When pl aying a VIDEO CD (TRACK) x When playing a CD (TRACK) x When playing an MP3 (ALBU M) or (TR ACK ) x When di splaying a JPEG file (ALBUM) or (FILE) Exampl e: w he n you se lect (TR ACK ) The list of tracks contained in the disc appears .
34 GB 5 Press EN TER . The sy st e m star ts pl ay back f rom the sele cted number . To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD DISPLAY re peatedly unt il the Contro l Menu i s t ur ned of f.
Play ing Di scs 35 GB When playing a DVD When playing a VIDEO CD (without PBC functions) or CD C D MP3 STEREO TITLE TRK ALBM CHAP MUL TI PBC NTSC NIGHT DDSG kHz MHz SLEEP MUTING DIGIT AL PROLOGIC C D .
36 GB When playing an MP3 When playing a JPEG a) This information is sk ip ped if name info rma tio n do es not e xi st. b) R e t ur ns to th e fi r st in fo rm at io n w he n indi ca tio n ti m e c o m p le te s . c) Returns to t he firs t informa tio n when t he text scrollin g is finis he d .
Play ing Di scs 37 GB Chec king t he Pla ying T ime and Remain ing Time You can check the playing time and remaining time o f the cu rrent title, ch apter, o r track, and th e total pla ying time or re maining time of the d isc. You can also chec k t he DVD/CD text an d MP3 folder name/file n ame/ID3 tag ( only song t itle) record ed on th e di sc.
38 GB Checkin g the d ate informatio n (JPEG only) You ca n chec k the da te in form a tion du ring playba ck when th e Ex if* tag is rec orde d in th e JPEG image data.
Sound Adjustm ents 39 GB If a DVD i s recorded with multilingua l tracks, you can se le ct the l ang uage y ou w a nt whil e playing t he DVD. If the DVD is record ed in multiple au dio formats (PCM, Dolby Dig ital, MPEG au dio, or DTS), you ca n sele ct the au dio fo rmat you wa nt whil e playing t he DVD.
40 GB Displaying the a udio infor mat io n of t he dis c (DVD onl y) When y ou sele ct “ AUDIO ,” t he c hanne ls b eing playe d are di sp laye d on the sc reen . For example, i n Dolby Digita l format , multiple sign als r ang ing f rom m onaur al to 5.
Sound Adjustm ents 41 GB You can take ad va ntag e of su rrou nd soun d simply by s electing one of system’ s pre- program med sound fiel ds. Th ey b ring t he exciting and pow e rfu l so un d of m ovi e theatr es into you r ho me.
42 GB Selecti ng oth er s ound fie lds Press SOUND FIELD +/– on the remote repeatedly until the s ound fi eld you wa nt appears in the front pa nel display . x AUTO FORMAT DIRECT PRO LOGIC Dolby Pro Lo gic prod uces fiv e ou tput cha nnel s from two-cha nnel sour ces.
Sound Adjustm ents 43 GB This sy stem prov ides yo u wit h 2 ty pes o f sound eff ect, simp ly b y pres sing a bu tton . Ch oose the sound to s uit y ou r need s.
44 GB If var iou s ang les ( mult i-ang les) for a sc ene ar e recor ded on a DVD , you can ch ange the vie wing angle . For ex ampl e , wh i l e play ing a sce ne o f a tr ai n i n motion , yo u ca n.
Using V arious Additio nal Functions 45 GB If subt it l es are re cor ded on a disc , y ou can t ur n the subtit le s on or off while playing. If multil i ngu al su btitl es ar e reco rded o n the di s c, you can cha n g e the sub title la ngu age w hi l e playin g, or t urn the subtit les on or off whe never you wan t.
46 GB You ca n set tw o k inds of pl a yback restri ct i o n s for a disc. • Cus tom P aren tal C ontrol You ca n s et the pl ay back r estri ct io ns so tha t the syste m will not play inapp ropriate discs. • Par en tal Co nt r ol Playback of some DVDs can be limited accor ding to a pr edet ermi ned lev el, suc h as the age of the vi ewe r.
Using V arious Additio nal Functions 47 GB 5 Enter you r 4- di git pas swor d b y us ing the number buttons, then press ENTER. “Custom pa rental control is set.” appears , and the scre en return s to the Contro l Men u displa y. If you make a mistake entering your password Press C before you press ENTER and input the corr ect n u m be r.
48 GB 1 In stop mode, press DVD SETUP . The Setu p Disp lay ap pe ar s. 2 Press X / x to select “CUSTOM SETU P,” then press ENTER. “CUSTOM SE TUP” is displa yed. 3 Press X / x to select “PARENTA L CONTROL t ,” then press ENT ER. x If you have not entered a password The dis play for r egiste ring a n ew pa sswo rd appe ars.
Using V arious Additio nal Functions 49 GB 7 Press X / x to selec t “LEVEL,” then press ENTER. The se l ec t i on it ems for “LEVEL ” ar e displa yed. 8 Select the level you want using X / x , then press ENTER. The Parent al Control setting is complete.
50 GB Area Code Standa rd Code numbe r Argentina 20 44 Australia 20 47 Austria 2046 Belgi um 2057 Brazil 20 70 Cana da 2 079 Chile 209 0 China 209 2 Denmark 2115 Finland 21 65 Fran ce 21 74 Germany 21.
Other Operations 51 GB You ca n co ntro l your TV (Sony on ly ) with the supplie d remote . Controlling TVs w ith the remote You can cont rol y our TV us ing t he b utto ns below . Switching between TV and DVD Using the COMMAND MODE DVD/TV switch, you can s witch the r emote si gnal between contr ol of the TV an d cont ro l of the DVD unit.
52 GB You ca n us e VCR s or other un its con nect ed t o the VIDEO jacks. Refe r to the operation manual suppli ed with the unit fo r further info rmation on the op er at i o n. Press FUNCTION repeatedly u ntil VIDEO appears in the f ront panel displ ay.
Other Operations 53 GB 4 Press ENTER. A pres et num be r ap pe ars i n the fron t pan el displa y. 5 Press PRESET +/– to select the preset number y ou wa nt . 6 Press ENTER. The stati on i s s tored . 7 Repeat 1 to 6 to store other stations. To change the preset number Restart from step 1.
54 GB Tips • If an FM program is nois y, pre ss R EPEAT/F M MODE on t he remote so that “M O NO” appear s in the front panel di splay. The re will be no stereo e ffect, but the recep tion wi ll impr ove. P ress the but ton aga in to rest ore th e st ere o ef fe ct.
Other Operations 55 GB If you make a mistake Press C or c re peat edl y u ntil th e ch arac t er to be chan ged fl as hes, th en press X / x to select th e des ire d char ac ter . Capita l le tters, num bers, and 9 s ymbol s (’ + – / < > _ , blan k space) c an be in put for a r adio statio n name.
56 GB You ca n set the syst em t o turn of f at a pres et time, so you can fa ll asle ep liste ning to music. You ca n pr eset th e time in 10 m i nute s decrem ents .
Settings an d Adjustme nts 57 GB By usi ng the Setup Dis play, y ou c an ma ke vari ous adju stment s to items such as pi cture an d sound. You can also set the subtitle language and the Se tup Di sp lay, am o ng oth er things . For details on each Setup D ispla y item , see pa ge 58- 62.
58 GB To turn off the Setup Display Press DVD SETUP repeatedly until the Setup Display is turned off . * When you selec t “ R ES ET” in step 2, the followin g items ar e retur ne d to the de f au lt sett ings .
Settings an d Adjustme nts 59 GB Choose set tings accordi ng to the TV to be conn ect ed. Select “SCREEN SETUP” in the Setup Display. For deta ils on us ing the displa y, see “Usin g t he Setup Dis pl a y” (pa ge 57). The defaul t settings a re underlin ed.
60 GB Allow s set t in g up Paren t al C ont r ol and ot her settings. Select “CUSTO M SETUP ” in the Se tup Disp l ay. Fo r det ai ls on u si ng the disp lay, se e “Usi ng the Se tu p D i sp lay” (pa ge 5 7). The defa ult set t in g s ar e under l in ed .
Settings an d Adjustme nts 61 GB To obtai n th e best po ssib l e su rrou nd sou nd, se t for the t ype of the spea kers you hav e conn ecte d and t hei r di stan ce fr om yo ur li st enin g pos iti on. The n us e the te st to ne to a djus t th e l eve l and th e balance o f the spe akers to th e same level.
62 GB x LEVEL You ca n va ry the le vel of ea ch spe ake r as follows. Be sure to set “T EST TONE” to “ON” for easy adjus tmen t. x BALANCE You ca n vary the bala nce of the left an d righ t speakers a s follows. Be sure to set “ TEST TON E” t o “ON ” for e asy ad just m en t.
Additiona l Inf ormation 63 GB If you experi ence any of t he f ollow ing difficu ltie s while using the system, use this troubles hoot in g gu ide t o he lp re m ed y the proble m bef ore r equ estin g repa ir s. Sh ould an y proble m per si s t, co nsul t yo ur nea rest So ny dealer .
64 GB No sound is heard from the ce nter speaker. • Check the spe aker connec tions an d se tt i ngs. • Mak e sure the sound field funct ion is on (page 41) . No sound or only a very low-level sound i s heard from the surround speakers. • Check the spe aker connec tions an d se tt i ngs.
Addit ional Inf ormation 65 GB The sy stem star ts pl aying the disc auto ma tica ll y. • The DV D feature s an auto playba ck functi on. Play b a c k st o p s au t o m ati cal ly . • Some disc s m ay contain an auto pause signa l. While playi ng suc h a disc, th e sys te m st ops playb ack a t the au to pa use sign al .
66 GB Tuner section System PLL quartz-loc k e d digi tal synthesi z er syst em FM tuner se c tio n Tuning ra nge 87.5 – 108.0 MHz (50 kHz step) Aerial FM wire a erial Aerial termi nals 75 ohms , unbala nc e d Interm ediate f requenc y 10.
Additiona l Inf ormation 67 GB more preci sely . To t ake ful l ad vantag e of Do lby Surroun d Pro Logi c, you shou ld have on e pair of surrou nd spe akers and a ce nter sp eaker . The surrou nd spe akers ou tput m ona ural so und . DTS Digita l a udi o com p ress io n tech no logy develo ped by Digital Thea te r Sy st ems, Inc.
68 GB VIDEO CD A com pa ct disc that con tains m o ving p ic t ur es . The pict ure data uses the MPE G 1 for mat, one of a worl dw id e st a ndard of dig it a l com pr e s s ion technology. The picture d ata is compr essed to about 1/ 14 0 o f i ts or igi nal si ze .
Additiona l Inf ormation 69 GB For more informa tion, r efer to th e pages indicate d in pare ntheses. Front P ane l A " / 1 (power) (21) B STANDBY indicator (21) C (remote sensor) (11) D Disc tray (21) E Front panel displ ay (7 0) F VOLUME co ntrol (21, 62) G FUNCTION (21, 52, 53, 54) H PHONES jack (21) I .
70 GB Front Pane l Di spl ay When playing back a DVD When playing back a CD, VIDEO CD, or MP3 When listening to the radio When playing back a JPEG file ALBM PGM JPEG VCD MP3 SHUF REP1 AU TO MONO TUNED.
Additiona l Inf ormation 71 GB Rear Panel A AM terminals (15) B VIDEO (ANALOGUE OUT) jacks (17) C VIDEO/SAT (A NALOGUE I N) jacks (17) D TV jacks (17) E MONITOR O UT (VIDEO/S VI DEO) jacks (17) F SPEA.
72 GB Remote Note This remote co ntr ol glows in the dark. However, before g lowing, the rem ote mu st be exposed to light f or a w hile. A TV [ / 1 (on/ standby ) ( 51) B SLEE P ( 56) C TV/VIDEO ( 51.
Additiona l Inf ormation 73 GB The langua ge spelli ngs confor m to the IS O 639: 1988 (E/F ) stan dard. Language Code List 1245 Inupiak 1248 Indonesian 1253 Icelandic 1254 Italian 1257 Hebrew 1261 Ja.
74 GB Y ou can set th e follo wing i tems with the D VD S etup menu. The orde r of the disp layed ite ms may b e dif ferent from the ac tual displa y . DVD Setup Menu List LANGU A GE SETUP OSD DVD MENU AUDIO SUBTIT LE (Select the language you want to use from the displayed language list.
Additio nal Inf ormat ion 75 GB Numerics 16:9 59 4:3 LETTER BO X 59 4:3 P AN SCAN 59 A Aerial Hoo kups 15 ALBUM 25, 32 Album 6, 66 ANGLE 44 A UDIO 39, 58 A UDIO DRC 60 B B A CKGR OUND 59 B ALANCE 62 B.
Sony Corporation Quick reference for Remote Commander Note The remote control of the unit employs command signals in common with other Sony DVD products. Thus, depending on the button, other Sony DVD products may respond. Tip Shaded parts buttons are affected by the COMMAND MODE switch.
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