Sony MEX-DV2000 Operating Instructions Manual page 4

Table of Contents
Playable discs and symbols used in this
manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Location and function of controls . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Card remote commander RM-X163 . . . . . . 10
Getting Started
Installing the unit and an optional
monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Performing initial setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Preparing the card remote
commander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Attaching the front panel. . . . . . . . . . 13
Basic Operations
Playing video discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing audio discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Enjoying Surround Sound
Creating an ideal field for multi-channel
sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Advanced Operations — Discs
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Playing DivX /JPEG files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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DivX video playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
JPEG image playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using PBC functions
— Playback control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using play mode menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Viewing time/text information of the disc . . . . 23
Configuring audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the audio language/format. . . . . . 24
Checking the program format . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting the audio output level
— DVD level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Magnifying pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Adjusting the picture quality
— Picture EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Customizing the picture quality . . . . . . . . . 26
Locking discs — Parental control . . . . . . . . . . 27
Activating parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the area and its movie rating
level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Repeat and shuffle play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Direct search play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Multi-channel output of 2-channel sources
— Pro Logic II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Enjoying karaoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listing up tracks/images/video files
— LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting a track/image/video file. . . . . . . . 32
Selecting a file type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Viewing audio disc information . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring playback settings for Super Audio
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting a playback layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting the sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Advanced Operations — Radio
Storing and receiving stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Storing automatically — BTM . . . . . . . . . . 34
Storing manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Receiving stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sound Adjustment
Adjusting the sound characteristics
— SOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Enjoying sophisticated sound functions
— X-DSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Creating a virtual center speaker
— CSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Optimizing sound for the listening position
— Intelligent Time Alignment . . . . . . . . . . 36
Precisely calibrating the listening position
— Intelligent Time Alignment Tune . . . . . 36
Customizing the equalizer curve
— EQ7 Tune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Speaker configuration and volume setup . . . . 38