Sony MHC-GN88D Operating Instructions Manual page 65

The sound effect is difficult to hear when you are
playing a Dolby Digital or MPEG sound track.
• Make sure the sound field is set properly (page
48).
• Check the speaker connections and settings
(pages 10 and 36).
• Depending on the DVD, the output signal may
not be the entire 5.1 channel. It may be monaural
or stereo, even if the sound track is recorded in
Dolby Digital or MPEG audio format.
The sound loses stereo effect when you play an
audio CD, VIDEO CD, MP3 audio tracks or DVD.
• Select "KARAOKE OFF".
• Make sure the system is connected properly.
Picture
There is no picture.
• Press DVD on the system.
• Check that the system is connected securely.
• The video cable is damaged. Replace it with a
new one.
• Make sure you connect the system to the video
input jack of your TV (page 11).
• Make sure you turn on the TV and operate the
TV correctly.
• You have set "COMPONENT OUT" in
"SCREEN SETUP" to "PROGRESSIVE" even
though your TV cannot accept the signal in
progressive format. In this case, press x and
DVD MENU on the system simultaneously
(see page 31).
• Make sure you select the video input on the TV
so that you can view the pictures from the
system.
• Make sure you set the color system correctly,
according to your TV color system.
• Make sure Game Mixing is cancelled.
• Make sure you connect the system and your TV
using only the supplied video cable.
Picture noise appears.
• Clean the disc.
• If video signal from your system has to go
through your VCR to your TV, the copy-
protection applied to some DVD programs could
affect picture quality. If you still experience
problems after checking your connections, please
try to connect your system directly to your TV's
S Video input (page 11).
• Set the color system to match your TV (page 31).
The aspect ratio of the TV screen cannot be
changed even though you can set "TV TYPE" in
"SCREEN SETUP" in the Setup Menu when you
play a wide picture.
• The aspect ratio is fixed on your DVD.
• If you connect the system with the S Video
cable, connect directly to the TV. Otherwise, you
may not change the aspect ratio.
• Depending on the TV, you may not change the
aspect ratio.
Messages do not appear on the TV screen in the
language you want.
• Select the language you want for the on-screen
display in "OSD" under "LANGUAGE SETUP"
in the Setup Menu (page 40).
The language for the sound track cannot be
changed.
• Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the DVD
being played.
• The DVD prohibits changing the language for
the sound track.
The subtitles language cannot be changed.
• Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on the
DVD being played.
• The DVD prohibits changing the subtitles.
The subtitle's cannot be turned off.
• The DVD prohibits turning off subtitles.
The angles cannot be changed.
• Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD being
played.
• The DVD prohibits changing the angles.
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