Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DVP-NS318 Sony
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4-136-672- 12 (1) Oper ating I nstruct ions © 2009 Sony Corporation D VP-NS318 CD/DVD Player.
2 WARNIN G To redu ce the ris k of fire o r electric shock, d o not e xpose this ap para tus to r ain or moistur e. To avoid elect rical shock , do not op en the c abin et. Ref er servicin g to qual ified perso nnel onl y. The mains lead mu st only be change d at a qualifi ed service shop.
3 Ligh tning For added protection for this set during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet. This will prevent damage to the set due to lightning and po wer-line surges. Notes about t he d iscs • To keep the disc clean, handle the disc b y its edge.
4 Precau tions On s afet y Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the player and have it checked b y qualified personnel b efore operating it any further.
5 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Guide to Part s and Controls.
6 Guide to P arts and Cont rols For more informatio n, see th e pages indic ated in p arentheses . Remote 2 (volume ) +, number 5, AUDIO, a nd N buttons hav e a tactil e dot.
7 * 1 For DivX video files and DVDs e xcept DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+R DLs. * 2 For DVDs and DivX video files only. * 3 These func tions may no t wo rk with some scen es. * 4 For DVD VIDEOs and DVD-VR mode only. * 5 For DVDs, VIDEO CDs, and video files only.
8 Front panel A [ / 1 (on/sta ndby) button (14) B Disc tray (16) C Front pa nel disp lay (9) D Z (open/c lose) bu tton ( 16) Opens or c loses t he disc t ray. E N (pla y) butt on (1 6) The N button has a tactile dot*. F x (stop) butto n (16) Stops p layback.
9 Front panel dis play A N , X Lights up durin g playba ck or pause . B Lights up dur ing Repe at Pla y. C Lights up when you can change the angle. D Playb ack informa tion You can view th e time and te xt informatio n by pressing the TIME/ TEXT butt on on the remote re peatedly.
10 Hookups and Settings When unpacki ng, chec k the sup plied acce ssori es by ref erring to page 36. b • Pl ug cords securely to preven t unwante d nois e. • Re fer to t he oper ating i nstructio ns suppl ied wit h the c omponents to be c onnected.
11 Hookup s and Settings player autom atically when you st art playback. In this case, p ress T V t (input select) on the remot e to return the input to th e TV. When yo u play a d isc re corded in the NT SC col our syst em, th e play er outp uts t he vide o signal or the Setup Di splay etc.
12 Step 2 : Conn ectin g to Yo ur Aud io Comp onen t Select one of the fo llowin g patterns A or B , ac cordi ng to th e inpu t ja ck on you r TV m on ito r, projec tor, or au dio compo nent suc h as an AV amplifi er (recei ver). This will enable you to l isten to s ound.
13 Hookup s and Settings A Audio L/R input j acks This con nection w ill use yo ur TV’s or audio compon ent ’s two spea kers f or sound . B Digital audio i nput jack If your a udio com ponent has a Do lby* 1 Dig ita l, DT S* 2 , or MPEG au dio dec ode r and a digita l input j ack, use t his connection .
14 Controlling TVs w ith the remote You can control th e sound leve l, input source, and pow er swit ch of your Son y TV with the supplied r emote. Avai labl e butto ns Depen ding on the c onnec ted unit, you may not be ab le to contr ol your TV u sing all or some of t he buttons on the suppli ed remote.
15 Hookup s and Settings 6 Press X / x to select the settin g that matches yo ur TV type. ◆ If y ou h ave a wide -scr een TV or a 4:3 standa rd TV with a wi de-screen mode • 16:9 (p age 28 ) ◆ If you ha ve a 4:3 stan dard TV • 4:3 LETTER BOX or 4:3 PAN S CAN (page 28) 7 Press ENTER.
16 Playback Play ing Disc s 1 Switch the input selector on your TV so that the sign al from the player a ppears on your TV scre en. 2 Press Z on the playe r, and pl ace a disc on th e disc tray. 3 Press N . The disc tray clos es. The play er star ts playba ck (co ntinuous play) .
17 Playback z To play withou t using PBC, pre ss . / > or the number butt ons while t he player is stopped to se lect a track , then press N or ENTER. “Play without PB C” appears on the TV screen and the playe r starts continuous play. You cannot pl ay still pi ctures s uch as a menu.
18 Control Menu displa y (Magic Pad) Use th e Contro l Menu t o select a f unctio n and to vi ew relat ed info rmation . Press DISPLAY repeat edly to turn on or cha nge the Co ntrol M enu dis play as fol lows: The C ontro l Menu dis play 1 and 2 will show d iff erent it ems depe ndin g on t he me dia t ype.
19 Playback List of Control Me nu items Item Item Name , Funct ion TITLE/SCENE/T RACK CHAPTER/INDEX TRACK Sele cts th e titl e, sce ne, tr ack, chapt er, or index t o be play ed. 1 Pres s X / x to sele ct th e se arch method . “** (**)” is selected (** refers to a nu mber).
20 z The Cont rol Menu icon ind icator light s up i n green when yo u select a ny item except “OFF” (“PROGRAM,” “SHUFFLE,” “REPEAT,” “A-B RE PEAT,” “SHARPNESS, ” “ZOOM,” “TVS” only). The “ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST” indic ator lights up in green when you se lect “PLAY LIST” (default setting).
21 Playback Var ious Pl ay Mode Functi ons You ca n set the followi ng play modes: • Programm e Pl ay (pa ge 21) • Shuffle Pl ay (pa ge 22) • Repeat Pl ay (page 2 2) • A-B Repeat Play (pa ge 23) b The play mode i s cancell ed when: – you op en the disc tray.
22 5 Press N . Progra mme P lay begins . When t he p rogr amme en ds, y ou ca n restar t the same programme ag ain by pressi ng N . To return to normal play Press CL EAR, or select “O FF” in st ep 1. To play th e same p rogramm e agai n, select “ON” in step 1 and pres s ENTER .
23 Playback 2 Pres s ENTE R. Repe at Play star ts. To return to normal play Press CL EAR, or select “OFF” in step 1. b You cannot use this fu nction with VIDEO CDs or Super VCDs with PBC playback. Repeating a speci fic portion (A-B Repeat Play) You can play a specific port ion of a title, chapte r, or track repea tedly .
24 Sharpening the pictur e (SHARPNE SS) You c an en hance the o utli nes o f imag es t o produc e a sharpe r pictu re. 1 After se lecting (SHARPNESS ) on the C ontro l Menu ( page 18) , press X / x to se lect a lev el. The default setting is u nderlined.
25 Playback Playi ng Vid eo, Ph oto, and Mu sic Fi les The play er can pla y video, ph oto, or mu sic files. For details on play able file s, see “Playa ble Med ia” page 34. b DATA CDs recorded in KODAK P icture CD format aut omatical ly start playi ng when inserted .
26 To go to the n ext or pre vious ph oto file Press C or c durin g playba ck. Note that you cann ot retu rn to the previo us album by us ing C . Select the previous album from the album list. To rotate a photo image Press X / x while vi ewing the image.
27 Settings and Adj ustments Settings and Adjustmen ts Usin g the Setu p Disp lay You can make various ad justm ents t o items, suc h as pict ure and so und.
28 SCREEN SET UP Choose sett ings accordin g to the TV to be conn ected. The defa ult settin gs are und erlined. ◆ TV TYPE Selects the aspec t ratio of the co nnected TV (4:3 standa rd or wi de). b Depending on the DVD, “4:3 LETTER BOX” may be sel ected auto maticall y inst ead of “4:3 PAN SCAN” or vice versa.
29 Settings and Adj ustments CUSTOM SETU P Use t his t o se t up playba ck r elate d and othe r settings . The d efaul t set tin gs are unde rlined . ◆ AUTO P OWER OFF Switches the Auto Power Of f setting on or off. ◆ AUTO PL AY Switches the Auto Play setting on or o ff.
30 AUDIO SE TUP You can set the s ound acco rdi ng to the playba ck and con nection condit ions. The defa ult settin gs are und erlined. ◆ AUDIO DRC (Dynam ic Range Control) (DVDs only) Makes th e sound cle ar when the volume is turned down whe n playin g a DVD that confor ms to “AU DIO D RC.
31 Settings and Adj ustments ◆ MPEG (D VDs only) Selects t he type of M PEG audio signal . ◆ DTS Select s whethe r or not to output DTS si gnals . • W hen you play a DVD VIDEO with DTS sound trac ks, set “ DTS” to “ON” in “AUD IO S ETUP” (page 31 ).
32 Additional Info rmation Troubl eshoo ting If you ex perien ce any o f the follo wing difficu lties whi le using th e player, use this troublesh ooting guide to help remedy th e proble m before requestin g repairs . Should any prob lem pers ist, cons ult you r nearest Sony deal er.
33 Additional I nformation The d isc do es not start play ing fr om the beginn ing. , Programme Play, Shu ffle Play, Repeat Play, or A-B Re peat Play is sel ected (pag e 21). , Resum e play has t aken effe ct (pag e 16). “Copyr ight loc k” appear s and th e screen turn s blue wh en play ing in DVD -VR mo de.
34 Play able Me dia Notes about video, photo , or music files that th e player can play The pl ayer c an p lay the foll owing files: * 1 DivX ® is a video file comp ression tech nology, developed by DivX, Inc. DivX, DivX Ce rtified, a nd associated log os are trademarks of DivX, Inc.
35 Additional I nformation z • If yo u add nu mbers ( 01, 02, 03, etc.) t o the fron t of the file names, th e files will be pla yed in that order. • To play a com plex hierarch y of folders may take some t ime. C reate albums w ith no more th an two hier arch ies.
36 Note on playback op erations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs Some playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO CDs may be i ntentionally set by sof tware prod ucers. Si nce th is pl ayer play s DVDs and VIDEO C Ds according to the disc cont ents t he s oftw are pr oduc ers de sign ed, some playbac k feat ures may not be availa ble.
37 Additional I nformation Langua ge Co de Lis t For d etail s, se e pa ges 6, 27. The lang uage spell ings con form to the ISO 639: 19 88 (E/F) standard.
38 Index Numerics 16: 9 28 4:3 LETTE R BOX 28 4:3 PAN SCAN 28 48kH z/96kH z PCM 31 5.1 Ch annel Surrou nd 13 A A- B REP EA T 19, 23 A-B Repeat Play 23 Advan ce 7 ALBU M 20 ANGLE 19 AUDIO 27 AUDIO DRC .
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