Features Of The Player - Sony SCD XA5400ES Operating Instructions Manual

Features of the player

Playback of Super Audio CDs
This player is designed to play back 2-channel
and Multi-channel Super Audio CDs, as well as
conventional CDs, and provides the following
features:
• Equipped with a Discrete Dual Laser Optical
Pickup, capable of reading a Super Audio CD
or conventional CD, depending on the
wavelength.
• Precise reading of disc information due to an
advanced servo mechanism.
• A Super Audio D/A Converter, which allows
higher-quality sound reproduction.
• A Super Audio CD can mark up to 255 track
numbers. This player can take advantage of
this feature.
Digital transmission using
HDMI
Multi-channel audio connection, that used to
require six audio cords, can be made using just
one HDMI cable with higher quality sound.
H.A.T.S. (High quality digital
Audio Transmission System)
• By connecting the player to Sony STR-
DA6400ES amplifiers (for the U.S. and
Canada), or STR-DA5400ES amplifiers (for
Europe) by HDMI, you can listen with higher
fidelity.
• The H.A.T.S. function works only with AV
amplifiers connected by HDMI.
What is the H.A.T.S. function
The unique H.A.T.S. function realizes high
quality sound by eliminating the jitter (timing
lapses) between HDMI components. The
H.A.T.S.-compliant HDMI input components
store digital audio signals momentarily in a
buffer, then read with exact timing before being
converted to analog. This eliminates the jitter
that sometimes occur during digital signal
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transmission and greatly improves sound
quality.
Notes on the H.A.T.S. function
• Because of the characteristics of the H.A.T.S.
function, a slight time lag may be introduced
between when a playback component (e.g., this
player) starts playback and when sound is output
from an amplifier. Likewise, even if a playback
component (e.g., this player) has stopped playback,
sound may still be output from an amplifier for a
while. The duration of this time lag may be different
for CD and Super Audio CD sources.
• The H.A.T.S. function works only with H.A.T.S.-
compliant components.
• Activate or deactivate the H.A.T.S. function on the
AV amplifier connected to the player. This player
does not have the ability to change the setting.
• Connect this player to a H.A.T.S.-compliant
component directly using an HDMI cable. The
H.A.T.S. function does not work when H.A.T.S.-
compliant components are connected via other
components.
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