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Sony LBT-V8900AV Operating Instructions Manual

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3-864-160-11(1)
Compact Hi-Fi
Stereo System
Operating Instructions
LBT-V8900AV
©1998 by Sony Corporation

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  • Page 1 3-864-160-11(1) Compact Hi-Fi Stereo System Operating Instructions LBT-V8900AV ©1998 by Sony Corporation...
  • Page 2 WARNING This system can To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not play the following expose the unit to rain or moisture. discs: To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. Do not install the appliance in a confined space, VIDEO CDs Audio CDs such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Getting Started The Tape Deck Step 1: Hooking up the system .... 4 Recording on a tape manually ... 42 Step 2: Setting up the speakers .... 7 Recording CDs by specifying the track order ..........43 Step 3: Setting the time .......

  • Page 4: Getting Started Step 1: Hooking Up The System

    Getting Started Step 1: Hooking up the system Follow steps 1 through 7 to hook up your system using the supplied cords and accessories. AM loop antenna FM antenna Center surround speaker Right front speaker Left front speaker To the video input Right rear surround...
  • Page 5 Connect the speakers. Connect the FM/AM antennas. 1 Connecting the front speakers Set up the AM loop antenna, then Connect the speaker cords to FRONT connect it. SPEAKER jacks of the same color. Extend the FM wire antenna horizontally. AM loop antenna Red (‘) Black (’) 2 Connecting the center surround...
  • Page 6 Set VOLTAGE SELECTOR to the position of your local power line voltage (except for Chinese model). VOLTAGE SELECTOR Using the remote You can use the shaded buttons shown below to operate Sony TV. 110-120V 220-240V TV POWER TV/VIDEO TV VOL +/–...

  • Page 7: Step 2: Setting Up The Speakers

    Press on the remote Step 2: Setting up Turn the TV on or TV POWER. the speakers Switch the TV’s TV/VIDEO. video input Change the TV TV CH +/–. By connecting the supplied speakers, you can channels enjoy Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound. Adjusts the volume TV VOL +/–.
  • Page 8 Step 2: Setting up the speakers Place the rear surround speakers (continued) facing each other at about 60 to 90 Positioning the speakers cm above your listening position. Before you connect them, determine the best Rear surround location for your speakers. speaker 60 to 90 cm Place the front speakers at an angle...
  • Page 9 Adjusting the speaker Press PRO LOGIC (or PRO LOGIC volume ON/OFF on the remote). The indicator on this button lights up. To enjoy Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound, adjust the volume of each speaker using the test tone that the system provides. Press T.

  • Page 10: Step 3: Setting The Time

    Press t/CLOCK SET. Step 3: Setting the The hour indication flashes. time You must set the time before using the timer functions. Press TUNING +/– to set the hour. The clock uses the 12-hour system. Press ENTER/NEXT. The minutes indication flashes. Press TUNING +/–...

  • Page 11: Step 4: Presetting Radio Stations

    Step 4: Presetting Press TUNER MEMORY. A preset number flashes in the display. radio stations DOLBY NR AUTO TUNED STEREO DISC You can preset up to 30 stations, 20 for FM and 10 for AM. Press TUNING +/– to select the 3,5 1 preset number you want.

  • Page 12: Connecting Optional Av Components

    Connecting audio Connecting components optional AV Connecting a turntable components Be sure to match the color of the plugs and the connectors. To listen to the sound from the connected turntable, press FUNCTION To enhance your system, you can connect repeatedly until “PHONO”...
  • Page 13 Connecting outdoor antennas Connect an outdoor antenna to improve the reception. FM antenna Connect an optional FM outdoor antenna. You can also use the TV antenna instead. Screw clamp 75-ohm coaxial cable (not supplied) Ground wire (not supplied) AM antenna Connect a 6 to 15 meter insulated wire to the AM antenna terminal.

  • Page 14: Basic Operations

    Basic Operations Playing a VIDEO CD Turn on your TV and select the video input. You can play both VIDEO CDs without PBC Refer to the operating instructions functions (Ver 1.1) and VIDEO CDs with PBC supplied with your TV if you need help. functions (Ver 2.0).
  • Page 15 Do this Press p. Stop playback Press P. Press again to resume Pause playback* Select a track Press NEXT (or NEXT+ on the or scene remote) to go forward, or PREV (or PREV– on the remote) to go back. Or during playback or pause, turn the jog dial clockwise (to go forward) or counterclockwise (to go back) and release it when...

  • Page 16: Playing A Cd

    Press 6 OPEN and place a CD on Playing a CD the disc tray. — Normal Play If the disc is not placed properly it will not be recognized. You can play up to five CDs in a row. With the label side up.
  • Page 17 Do this Press p. Stop playback Press P. Press again to resume Pause playback. Select a track During playback or pause, turn the jog dial clockwise (to go forward) or counterclockwise (to go backward) and release it when you reach the desired track. Or press + (to go forward) or = (to go backward) on the remote.

  • Page 18: Recording A Cd/Video Cd

    Recording a CD/ Close the front cover. VIDEO CD Press DISC SKIP repeatedly until the disc number you want to record — CD Synchro Recording appears in the playing position indicator. The CD SYNC button lets you record audio sources from a CD/VIDEO CD to a tape Press CD SYNC.

  • Page 19: Listening To The Radio

    Listening to the Press TUNING MODE repeatedly until “PRESET” appears in the radio display. MANUAL n AUTO n PRESET — Preset Tuning Before using this function, preset radio Press TUNING +/– (or =/+ stations in the tuner’s memory (see “Step on the remote) to tune in the desired 4: Presetting radio stations”).

  • Page 20: Recording From The Radio

    Recording from the Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly until the band you want appears in radio the display. Press TUNING MODE repeatedly You can record a radio program on a tape by until “PRESET” appears in the tuning in a preset station. You can use TYPE I display.

  • Page 21: Playing A Tape

    Tips Playing a tape • If you want to record on the reverse side, press ª after pressing r REC in step 5 so the indicator on the ª button (for the reverse side) lights up green. • When you record on both sides, be sure to start You can play any type of tape, TYPE I from the front side.
  • Page 22 Playing a tape (continued) Tips • Pressing · or ª while the system is off automatically turns on the system and starts tape playback if there is a tape in the deck (One Touch Press 6 EJECT and insert a Play).

  • Page 23: Recording From A Tape

    Press P. Recording from a Dubbing starts. tape When dubbing ends, decks A and B automatically stop. — High-speed Dubbing You can use TYPE I (normal) or TYPE II To stop dubbing (CrO ) tapes. Press p on deck A or B. Tips (Power) •...

  • Page 24: Singing Along: Karaoke

    Singing along: Turn MIC LEVEL to MIN to turn down the microphone level. Karaoke Connect an optional microphone to the MIC 1 jack. You can sing along with any stereo CD or When you use two microphones at the tape by turning down the singer’s voice. You same time, connect the other one to the need to connect an optional microphone.
  • Page 25 Adjusting the microphone echo Turn ECHO LEVEL to adjust the echo effect. To cancel the echoing Turn ECHO LEVEL to MIN. Adjusting the key Press ˜ or n (or KEY CONTROL n/˜ on the remote). You can adjust the key higher or lower in 13 halftone steps (–3.0 to 3.0).

  • Page 26: The Video Cd/Cd Player

    The VIDEO CD/CD Player Playing a VIDEO CD Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functions (Ver 2.0). with PBC functions All of the following indicators light up and a PBC menu appears on your TV. (Ver 2.0) AUTO PBC ––...

  • Page 27: Using The Cd Display

    To cancel PBC Play Using the CD Press PBC OFF/ON on the remote repeatedly until the AUTO PBC indicator goes off. display Still images, such as the menu screens, will not be shown. You can check the remaining time of the current track or the whole CD.

  • Page 28: Using The On-Screen Display

    Using the on- While playing an audio CD or a VIDEO CD without PBC function (Ver 1.1), the current track number screen display and elapsed time of the current track appear. You can check the current operating status and disc information of VIDEO CDs or audio CDs during playback or in stop mode by superimposing a display on top of the images on your TV screen.
  • Page 29 • During stop mode in Program Play ON SCREEN 3 display During playback, this screen displays the operating status. PROGRAM STOP NTSC During stop mode, it displays information DNR NORMAL COMET about the CD(s) on the disc tray. TOTAL 10.04 1.

  • Page 30: Locating A Specific Part Of A Disc

    Using the on-screen display Locating a specific (continued) part of a disc • During menu playback of a VIDEO CD with PBC functions –– Special Menu SCENE 1 0.55 This player has 5 different search features. Select the search feature you want from the SPECIAL MENU.
  • Page 31 Locating by Scene To stop playback Press p. Number –– Scene Search To check the scene number during On VIDEO CDs with PBC functions (Ver 2.0), playback the menu screens, moving pictures, and still Press ON SCREEN repeatedly to select the pictures are divided into “scenes”...
  • Page 32 Locating by index To use Index Search with VIDEO CDs with PBC functions (Ver 2.0) number Stop playback and press PBC OFF/ON on the –– Index Search remote repeatedly until the AUTO PBC indicator goes off before step 1. An “index” is a number that divides a track or a disc into smaller sections so you can Notes easily locate the point you want.
  • Page 33 Locating by elapsed time Locating the track you want –– Time Search This function lets you use elapsed time as a –– Disc Digest guide to find a certain parts of a VIDEO CD You can select the track you want by viewing without PBC functions (Ver 1.1) and audio the first frame of each track.
  • Page 34 Locating a section within Locating a specific part of a disc (continued) a track To display the next 9 tracks –– Track Digest Press NEXT+ . The first frame of tracks 10 You can have the CD player divide a VIDEO through 18 are displayed.

  • Page 35: Playing A Video Cd From Where It Was Last Stopped

    To switch to the digest of another Playing a VIDEO CD track during Track Digest Press PREV– or NEXT+ during track digest; from where it was however, this does not work during Shuffle Play or Program Play. last stopped –– Resume Play To use track digest with VIDEO CDs with PBC functions (Ver 2.0) When playing a VIDEO CD, the CD player...

  • Page 36: Reducing Distortion Of The Picture With Advanced Dnr

    Playing a VIDEO CD from where it Reducing was last stopped (continued) distortion of the Press p to stop VIDEO CD picture with playback. The CD player remembers this position. advanced DNR Press ˆ RETURN during stop mode. You can select the level of the advanced DNR “RESUME”...

  • Page 37: Setting The Sharpness

    Setting the Adding trails to sharpness moving pictures –– Active Picture –– COMET You can make the picture more active by You can set the unit to add trails to moving emphasizing the outline of the picture to get a pictures (COMET).

  • Page 38: Playing Cd Tracks Repeatedly

    Playing CD tracks Playing CD tracks repeatedly in random order — Repeat Play — Shuffle Play This function lets you repeat a single CD or You can play all the tracks on one CD or all all CDs in Normal Play, Shuffle Play, and the CDs in random order.

  • Page 39: Programming Cd Tracks

    To cancel Shuffle Play Programming CD Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until “SHUFFLE” or “PROGRAM” disappears tracks from the display. The tracks continue playing in their original order. –– Program Play If you are playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions (Ver 2.0), the CD player stops. You can create a program of up to 32 tracks from all the CDs in the order you want them To select a desired CD...
  • Page 40 To cancel Program Play Programming CD tracks (continued) Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until “PROGRAM” or “SHUFFLE” disappears from the display. Place CDs and close the front cover. Press FUNCTION repeatedly until Press “CD” appears in the display. Check the program CHECK on the remote repeatedly.

  • Page 41: Playing Cds Without Interruption

    Playing CDs without interruption –– CD Non-Stop Play You can play CDs without pausing between tracks. You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs. Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “CD” appears in the display. Press CD NON-STOP so the indicator on this button lights up. Press ·.

  • Page 42: The Tape Deck Recording On A Tape Manually

    The Tape Deck Press P on deck B. Recording on a Recording starts. tape manually Start playing the source to be recorded. You can record from CDs, tapes, or the radio as you like. For example, you can record just the songs you want or begin recording from the middle of the tape.

  • Page 43: Recording Cds By Specifying The Track Order

    Recording CDs by Place CDs and close the front cover. specifying the Insert a blank tape into deck B. track order Press FUNCTION repeatedly until “CD” appears in the display. — Program Edit You can record tracks from all the CDs in the Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until order you want.
  • Page 44 Selecting the tape length Recording CDs by specifying the track order (continued) automatically — Tape Select Edit Repeat steps 5 through 7 to program You can check the most suitable tape length the tracks to be recorded on side B. for recording a CD.

  • Page 45: Dj Mix

    DJ Mix Looping part of a Flashing part of a — CD Loop — CD Flash With the flash function, you can “flash” the With the loop function, you can repeat part of CD sound during playback. This lets you a CD during playback.

  • Page 46: Waving The Equalizer

    Waving the equalizer — Wave With the Wave function, you can fluctuate the graphic equalizer automatically while listening to a source. This effect can be used with any source, but it cannot be recorded. WAVE Jog dial Press and hold WAVE while listening to a source at the point you want to start the Wave function, and release to resume normal playback.

  • Page 47: Sound Adjustment

    Sound Adjustment For a powerful sound (GROOVE) Adjusting the Press GROOVE. The volume switches to power mode, the sound equalizer curve changes, the bass level (SUPER WOOFER) changes to “HIGH,” and the indicator on the GROOVE button lights You can reinforce the bass, create a more up.

  • Page 48: Selecting The Audio Emphasis

    To cancel the audio emphasis Selecting the audio Press EFFECT (or MUSIC MENU ON/OFF on the remote) repeatedly so the indicator on emphasis the EFFECT button goes off. Music menu options The audio emphasis menu lets you select the “SUR ”...

  • Page 49: Adjusting The Audio Emphasis

    Press GEQ 4/$ to adjust the level. Adjusting the audio emphasis DOLBY NR DISC 16K(Hz) You can adjust the audio emphasis using the graphic equalizer and surround effect. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the Adjusting the graphic other frequency bands. equalizer Press ENTER when finished.
  • Page 50 Adjusting the DSP level Adjusting the audio emphasis (continued) Activating the Surround effect The Surround Menu lets you select the sound characteristics according to the sound you are listening to. DSP MODE DSP LEVEL Press DSP LEVEL on the remote to select the DSP level.

  • Page 51: Making A Personal Audio Emphasis File

    Making a personal Press ENTER. The adjusted sound effects are stored audio emphasis file under the selected file number. Any settings previously stored at this — Personal File memory location are erased and replaced by the new settings. You can create personal files of audio patterns (surround effect and graphic To call up the personal file equalizer) and store them in the unit's...

  • Page 52: Enjoying Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound

    Enjoying Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound You can enjoy the Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound of Dolby Surround-encoded (q) videos and TV programs. Complete the setup and speaker adjustments first (see “Step 2: Setting up the speakers”). Press PRO LOGIC (or PRO LOGIC ON/OFF on the remote) so the indicator on the PRO LOGIC button lights up.

  • Page 53: Other Features Mixing And Recording Sounds

    Other Features Tips Mixing and • If acoustic feedback (howling) occurs, move the microphone away from the speakers or change the recording sounds direction of the microphone. • If you want to record your voice through the You can “mix” sounds by playing one of the microphone only, you can do so by selecting the CD source and not playing a CD.

  • Page 54: Falling Asleep To Music

    Falling asleep to Waking up to music music — Sleep Timer — Wake-up Timer You can set the system to turn off at a preset You can wake up to music at a preset time time, so you can fall asleep listening to music. every day.
  • Page 55 To check the setting Press TUNING +/– to select DAILY 1 Press the timer button you have set, DAILY 1 or DAILY 2, then press 1 or DAILY 2. ENTER/NEXT. 2 “TIMER OFF” appears in the display. “ON” appears and the hour indication 3 Press DAILY 1 or DAILY 2 again.

  • Page 56: Timer-Recording Radio Programs

    Timer-recording Set the time to start recording. Press TUNING +/– to set the hour, then radio programs press ENTER/NEXT. The minutes indication flashes. To timer-record, you must preset the radio DOLBY NR station (see “Step 4: Presetting radio stations”) and set the clock (see “Step 3: DISC Setting the time”) beforehand.

  • Page 57: Additional Information Precautions

    — the tape does not record your stereo system, please consult your nearest Make sure to clean the tape heads before you start Sony dealer. an important recording or after playing an old tape. Use separately sold dry-type or wet-type cleaning Notes on CDs cassette.

  • Page 58: Troubleshooting

    In case color irregularity is observed on nearby a TV screen. Should any problem persist, consult your nearest Sony dealer. With the magnetically shielded type of speaker system, the speakers can be installed near a TV set. However, color irregularity may still be observed on General the TV screen depending on the type of your TV set.
  • Page 59 Video CD/CD Player DAILY 1, DAILY 2, and REC do not appear when you press t/CLOCK SET. There is no picture. • Set the timer correctly. •Check that the unit is connected securely. • Set the clock. •Make sure you operate the TV correctly. The remote does not function.

  • Page 60: Specifications

    Troubleshooting (continued) Specifications Tape Deck Amplifier section The tape does not record. The following measured at AC 120/240 V, 50 Hz •No tape is in the cassette holder. DIN power output (Rated) •The tab has been removed from the FRONT SPEAKER: 105 + 105 watts cassette (see page 57).
  • Page 61 Frequency response (DOLBY NR OFF) Speaker unit 10 cm dia., cone type 60 – 13,000 Hz (±3 Rated impedance 16 ohms dB),using a Sony TYPE I Approx. 175 × 130 × 185 Dimensions (w/h/d) cassette 60 – 14,000 Hz (±3 dB), Mass Approx.
  • Page 62 Specifications (continued) General Power requirements Chinese model: 220 V AC, 50/60 Hz Other models: 110 – 120 V or 220 – 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz adjustable with voltage selector Power consumption 275 watts Approx. 355 × 425 × 435 Dimensions (w/h/d) mm incl.

  • Page 63: Glossary

    VIDEO CD Glossary A compact disc which contains moving pictures. VIDEO CDs contain compact picture information using the MPEG 1 format, one of Auto Pause the world wide standards of digital compact An automatically pauses according to the technology. The picture information is signal encoded on the disc while playing a compressed about 120 times.

  • Page 64: Index

    6 Radio stations the system 4 W, X, Y, Z presetting 11 tuning in 19 Wake-up timer 54 Recording Wave 46 a CD/VIDEO CD 18 a radio program 20 a tape manually 42 Sony Corporation Printed in Indonesia...

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