Sony DVP-SR550P, Operating Instructions Manual

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Page 2: ...d to be operated in a horizontal position only Keep the unit and discs away from equipment with strong magnets such as microwave ovens or large loudspeakers Do not place heavy objects on the unit Lightning 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 du...

Page 3: ...eakers may be damaged when a peak level section is played On cleaning Clean the cabinet panel and controls with a soft cloth slightly moistened with a mild detergent solution Do not use any type of abrasive pad scouring powder or solvent such as alcohol or benzine On cleaning discs disc lens cleaners Do not use cleaning discs or disc lens cleaners including wet or spray types These may cause the a...

Page 4: ...amme Programme Play 22 Playing in random order Shuffle Play 23 Playing repeatedly Repeat Play 24 Repeating a specific portion A B Repeat Play 24 Customizing the Playback Configuration 25 Adjusting the playback picture CUSTOM PICTURE MODE 25 Sharpening the picture SHARPNESS 25 Locking discs PARENTAL CONTROL 25 Playing Video Photo and Music Files 26 Selecting a photo file 27 Setting the pace for a s...

Page 5: ...onal Information 37 Troubleshooting 37 Self diagnosis Function When letters numbers appear on the screen 38 Playable Media 39 Specifications 41 Language Code List 42 Parental Control Area Code List 42 Index 43 ...

Page 6: ...s the screen into 9 subscreens so you can choose the desired scene quickly Each time you press the button the display changes as follows CHAPTER VIEWER TITLE VIEWER TRACK VIEWER The photo files in the album appear in 16 subscreens TV t input select 13 Switches between TV and other input sources TV 1 on standby 13 Turns on the TV or sets to standby mode 1 on standby 14 Turns on the player or sets t...

Page 7: ... the subtitles when subtitles are recorded on DVD VIDEOs DVD VR mode DivX video files only Displays lyrics for a music file when pressed during playback For details see page 27 D TOP MENU Displays the DVD s top menu MENU 26 Displays the menu O RETURN 18 Returns to the previous display DISPLAY 19 Displays the playback information on the screen C X x c 20 Moves the highlight to select a displayed it...

Page 8: ...layer does not work while the Child Lock is set To unlock the disc tray When the player is in standby mode press O RETURN ENTER and then 1 again b Even if you select RESET under SETUP in the Control Menu page 29 the disc tray remains locked To change the colour systems If the on screen menu of the player does not appear on the connected TV switch the player s colour system to match the colour syst...

Page 9: ... jack 10 B COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks 10 C DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL jack 11 D AUDIO OUT 2CH 5 1CH jacks 11 CENTER SUBWOOFER AUDIO OUT 2CH 5 1CH DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT L R REAR FRONT 2CH PR CR Y PB CB COAXIAL VIDEO ...

Page 10: ...lour reproduction and high quality images When connecting to a standard 4 3 screen TV Some images may not fit your TV screen To change the picture size see page 30 b Do not connect a VCR etc between your TV and the player If you pass the player signals via the VCR you may not receive a clear image on the TV screen If your TV has only one audio video input jack connect the player to this jack CENTE...

Page 11: ...TER SUBWOOFER AUDIO OUT 2CH 5 1CH L R REAR FRONT 2CH AUDIO INPUT L R VIDEO A B 2 B 1 L R FRONT 2CH Audio component with a decoder red TV projector or audio component Audio video cable supplied Signal flow Coaxial digital cable not supplied to AUDIO OUT 2CH Rear L CD DVD player white yellow yellow white red Front L Speakers to coaxial digital input Rear R Front R Subwoofer Centre The yellow plug is...

Page 12: ...in Quick Setup page 14 If your audio component has an MPEG audio decoder function set MPEG to MPEG in AUDIO SETUP page 34 Otherwise no sound or a loud noise will come from your speakers The TVS effects of this player cannot be used with connection In order to listen to DTS sound tracks you must use connection DTS sound tracks are not output through the AUDIO OUT 5 1CH jacks even if you set DTS to ...

Page 13: ...e 1 While holding down TV 1 press the number buttons to select your TV s manufacturer s code 2 Release TV 1 b When you replace the batteries of the remote the code number may be reset to the default setting Set the appropriate code number again Code numbers of controllable TVs If more than one code number is listed try entering them one at a time until you find the one that works with your TV Butt...

Page 14: ...de screen TV or a 4 3 standard TV with a wide screen mode 16 9 page 30 If you have a 4 3 standard TV 4 3 LETTER BOX or 4 3 PAN SCAN page 30 7 Press ENTER The Setup Display for selecting the type of jack used to connect your audio component appears 8 Press X x to select the type of jack if any you are using to connect to an audio component then press ENTER YES AUDIO OUTPUT 2CH Select this when conn...

Page 15: ... your audio component has a DTS decoder select ON Otherwise select OFF 4 Press ENTER Quick Setup is finished and connections are complete Speaker Setup page 35 1 Press X x to select the size of the front speaker 2 Press ENTER CENTER is selected 3 Press X x to select the size of the centre speaker If no centre speaker is connected select NONE 4 Press ENTER REAR is selected AUDIO SETUP AUDIO DRC DIG...

Page 16: ... is selected 7 Press X x to select whether or not you have connected a subwoofer 8 Press ENTER Quick Setup is finished All connections and setup operations are complete SPEAKER SETUP SIZE DISTANCE LEVEL FRONT LEVEL REAR OFF TEST TONE FRONT CENTER LARGE LARGE REAR SUBWOOFER T t th ENTER ENTER DISPLAY YES LARGE REAR NONE YES ...

Page 17: ...e played For more information about finalizing refer to the operating instructions supplied with the DVD recorder Note on playing DTS sound tracks on a DVD VIDEO DTS audio signals are output only through the DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL jack To resume playback from the point where you stopped the disc Multi disc Resume When you press N again after you stop playback the player starts playback from the point...

Page 18: ...using the number buttons and press ENTER Then follow the instructions in the menu press N when Press SELECT appears To return to the menu Press O RETURN z To play without using PBC press or the number buttons while the player is stopped to select a track then press N or ENTER Play without PBC appears on the TV screen and the player starts continuous play You cannot play still pictures such as a me...

Page 19: ... VIDEO CDs PBC is on and track number for VIDEO CDs CDs 2 Displays the video photo music files numbers and index numbers for VIDEO CDs 3 Displays Super VCD as SVCD 4 Displays the date for photo files Control Menu display 1 m Control Menu display 2 Except CD and when MEDIA is set to MUSIC m Control Menu display off OFF OFF SET ON PLAY 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 T 1 3 2 5 5 DVD VIDEO Quit PROGRAM ENTER DISPLAY...

Page 20: ...ge 22 Selects the title chapter or track to play in the order you want SHUFFLE page 23 Plays the title chapter or track in random order REPEAT page 24 Plays all titles tracks albums or a single title chapter track album file repeatedly A B REPEAT page 24 Specifies the parts you want to play repeatedly PARENTAL CONTROL page 25 Set to prohibit playback on this player SETUP page 14 29 QUICK Use Quick...

Page 21: ...rs on a stereo TV TVS NIGHT This feature is useful when you want to hear the dialogue and enjoy the surround sound effects of TVS WIDE at low volume TVS STANDARD Use this setting when you want to use TVS with 2 separate speakers b When you select one of the TVS modes turn off the surround setting of the connected TV or audio component The TVS effects do not work when using the Fast Play or Slow Pl...

Page 22: ...03 under C then press ENTER When playing a VIDEO CD or CD For example select track 02 Press X x to select 02 under T then press ENTER 4 Repeat steps 2 to 3 to programme other titles chapters or tracks The programmed titles chapters and tracks are displayed in the selected order PROGRAM 1 TITLE ALL CLEAR 2 TITLE 3 TITLE 4 TITLE 5 TITLE 6 TITLE 7 TITLE T 01 02 03 04 05 TRACK is displayed when you pl...

Page 23: ...of programmed titles chapters or tracks During Programme Play follow the steps of Repeat Play page 24 or Shuffle Play page 23 b When you programme tracks on a Super VCD the total playing time is not displayed You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or Super VCDs with PBC playback Playing in random order Shuffle Play You can have the player shuffle titles chapters or tracks Subsequent shuffling...

Page 24: ...y Press CLEAR or select OFF in step 1 b You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or Super VCDs with PBC playback Repeating a specific portion A B Repeat Play You can play a specific portion of a title chapter or track repeatedly 1 After selecting A B REPEAT on the Control Menu page 19 press X x to select SET t then press ENTER The A B REPEAT setting bar appears 2 During playback when you find t...

Page 25: ...NENT OUT ONLY to ON using the SCREEN SETUP Sharpening the picture SHARPNESS You can enhance the outlines of images to produce a sharper picture 1 After selecting SHARPNESS on the Control Menu page 19 press X x to select a level The default setting is underlined OFF cancels this option 1 enhances the outline 2 enhances the outline more than 1 2 Press ENTER The selected setting takes effect Locking ...

Page 26: ...control level while playing the disc In this case enter your password then change the level If the Resume Play mode is cancelled the level returns to the previous level Playing Video Photo and Music Files The player can play video photo or music files For details on playable files see Playable Media page 39 z If you play an album containing video photo or music files select a file type by setting ...

Page 27: ...to select the image you want to view and press ENTER The selected image appears To go to the next or previous photo file Press C or c during playback Note that you cannot return to the previous album by using C Select the previous album from the album list To rotate a photo image Press X x while viewing the image Each time you press X the image rotates counterclockwise by 90 degrees To return to n...

Page 28: ...s X x to select a setting The default setting is underlined MODE 1 the images randomly cycle through the effects MODE 2 the next image sweeps in from top left to bottom right MODE 3 the image sweeps in from top to bottom MODE 4 the image sweeps in from left to right MODE 5 the image stretches out from the centre of the screen OFF turns off this function 2 Press ENTER ...

Page 29: ...s on pages 29 to 36 LANGUAGE SETUP You can set various languages for the on screen display or sound track OSD On Screen Display Switches the display language on the screen MENU DVD VIDEO only You can select the desired language for the disc s menu AUDIO DVD VIDEO only Switches the language of the sound track When you select ORIGINAL the language given priority in the disc is selected SUBTITLE DVD ...

Page 30: ...creen TV or a TV with a wide mode function 4 3 LETTER BOX Select this when connecting to a 4 3 screen TV Displays a wide picture with bands on the upper and lower portions of the screen 4 3 PAN SCAN Select this when connecting to a 4 3 screen TV Automatically displays the wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the portions that do not fit 16 9 4 3 LETTER BOX 4 3 PAN SCAN AUTO Outputs the v...

Page 31: ...when output in progressive mode the progressive video signal needs to be converted to match the type of DVD software that you are watching This setting is effective only when you set PROGRESSIVE COMPONENT OUT ONLY in SCREEN SETUP to ON 4 3 OUTPUT This setting is effective only when you set TV TYPE in SCREEN SETUP to 16 9 Adjust this to watch 4 3 aspect ratio progressive signals If you can change t...

Page 32: ...nnels the player selects PCM DTS MPEG audio and Dolby Digital sound tracks in this order MULTI DISC RESUME DVD VIDEO VIDEO CD only Switches the Multi disc Resume setting on or off Resume playback can be stored in memory for up to 6 different DVD VIDEOs VIDEO CDs page 17 b If you run Quick Setup Multi disc Resume setting stored in memory may return to the default settings DivX Displays the registra...

Page 33: ...f you connect a component that is incompatible with the selected audio signal a loud noise or no sound may be heard from the speakers risking damage to your ears or speakers DOLBY DIGITAL DVDs only Selects the type of Dolby Digital signal b When CENTER REAR or SUBWOOFER in SPEAKER SETUP is set to other than NONE DOLBY DIGITAL is automatically selected If you select D PCM first set CENTER REAR and ...

Page 34: ...not affected by this setting and keep their original sampling frequency level MPEG Select this when the player is connected to an audio component with a built in MPEG decoder PCM Select this when the player is connected to an audio component without a built in MPEG decoder If you play multi channel MPEG audio sound tracks only the Front L and Front R signals will be output from your two front spea...

Page 35: ...components to the front speakers DISTANCE Sets the distance from your listening position to the speakers Change the Distance setting each time you move the speakers Start from the front speakers The default adjustments are in parentheses LARGE Normally select this position SMALL Select this when the speaker cannot reproduce adequate bass frequencies LARGE Normally select this position SMALL Select...

Page 36: ...e of all the speakers at one time use the audio component s volume control b The test tone signals are not output from the DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL jack SUBWOOFER 3m Set this within 1 6 and 0 6 m of the FRONT setting in 0 2 m increments For example if FRONT is set to 6 m SUBWOOFER can be set between 4 4 and 6 6 m L 0 dB Set this between 6 dB and 0 dB in 1 dB increments R 0 dB Set this between 6 dB and ...

Page 37: ...e PROGRESSIVE COMPONENT OUT ONLY in SCREEN SETUP to OFF page 30 so that the player is set to normal interlace format Sound There is no sound Re connect the connecting cable securely The connecting cable is damaged The player is connected to the wrong input jack on the audio component page 11 The audio component input is not correctly set The player is in pause mode or in Slow motion Play mode The ...

Page 38: ...some of the operations above The player does not operate properly When static electricity etc causes the player to operate abnormally unplug the player 5 numbers or letters are displayed on the screen The self diagnosis function was activated See the table on page 38 The disc tray does not open and LOCKED appears on the front panel display Child Lock is set page 8 The disc tray does not open and T...

Page 39: ... can play the following files Photo files that conform to the DCF 1 image file format DATA CDs recorded according to ISO 9660 2 Level 1 Level 2 or its extended format Joliet DATA DVDs recorded according to UDF Universal Disk Format 1 Design rule for Camera File system Image standards for digital cameras regulated by JEITA Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association 2 A logi...

Page 40: ...ll be heard Region code Your player has a region code printed on the back of the unit and only will play commercial DVDs playback only labelled with identical region codes This system is used to protect copyrights Commercial DVDs labelled will also play on this player Depending on the commercial DVD there may be no region code indication even though playing the commercial DVD is prohibited by area...

Page 41: ... FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED BY MPEG LA TO PROVIDE MPEG 4 VIDEO NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING THAT RELATING TO PROMOTIONAL INTERNAL AND COMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA LLC SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM Specifications System Laser Semiconductor laser Outputs Jack name Jack type Output level Load impedance AUDIO O...

Page 42: ...45 Malagasy 1347 Maori 1349 Macedonian 1350 Malayalam 1352 Mongolian 1353 Moldavian 1356 Marathi 1357 Malay 1358 Maltese 1363 Burmese 1365 Nauru 1369 Nepali 1376 Dutch 1379 Norwegian 1393 Occitan 1403 Afan Oromo 1408 Oriya 1417 Punjabi 1428 Polish 1435 Pashto Pushto 1436 Portuguese 1463 Quechua 1481 Rhaeto Romance 1482 Kirundi 1483 Romanian 1489 Russian 1491 Kinyarwanda 1495 Sanskrit 1498 Sindhi 1...

Page 43: ...1 Film based software 31 H Handling discs 2 I ID3 tag 7 INDEX 20 INTERVAL 21 27 J JPEG 39 L LANGUAGE SETUP 29 LEVEL 36 M MEDIA 21 MEMORY 25 MENU 29 MODE PROGRESSIVE 31 MP3 39 MPEG 34 MULTI DISC RESUME 32 Multi disc Resume 17 N NTSC 8 O On screen display Control Menu display 19 Setup Display 29 ORIGINAL 20 ORIGINAL PLAY LIST 20 OSD 29 P PAL 8 PARENTAL CONTROL 20 25 PAUSE MODE 32 PBC Playback 18 PIC...

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