Sony MCE-S78K, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...3 862 705 11 1 VIDEOCD Player 1998 by Sony Corporation MCE S78K Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...face such as a rug that might block the ventilation holes on the bottom Do not place the player in a location near heat sources or in a place subject to direct sunlight excessive dust or mechanical shock On operation If the player is brought directly from a cold to a warm location or is placed in a very damp room moisture may condense on the lenses inside the player Should this occur the player ma...

Page 3: ...int You Stopped a Disc Resume Play 17 Locating a Specific Track 18 Locating a Point by Elapsed Time Time Search 18 Locating a Particular Point in a Scene or Track 19 Locating by Observing Several Scenes at One Time Digest Play 20 Playing CDs in Various Modes Playing Repeatedly 22 Playing in Random Order Shuffle Play 23 Creating Your Own Program Program Play 23 Enjoying Picture Effects 25 Enjoying ...

Page 4: ...cking Check that you received the following items Audio and video connecting cord 3 phono plugs 3 phono plugs 1 Remote commander remote RMT F88V 1 Sony R6 size AA batteries 2 Inserting batteries into the remote You can control the player using the supplied remote Insert two R6 size AA batteries by matching the and on the batteries When using the remote point it at the remote sensor g on the player...

Page 5: ... L R ç ç R L AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT Hooking Up the System Overview This section describes how to hook up the VIDEO CD player to a TV with audio video input jacks and or an amplifier Be sure to turn off the power of each component before making the connections pWhen listening to the sound through TV speakers ç ç Signal flow pWhen listening to the sound through speakers connected to an amplifier ç ç ç ...

Page 6: ...ff If the color system of your TV is PAL Set the COLOR SYSTEM switch to PAL Pictures will not be displayed if you set the switch to NTSC When you play a VIDEO CD recorded in the NTSC color system the picture will be stretched horizontally and will be displayed with the lower part of the screen masked in black If your TV automatically changes the color system according to the input signal Pictures ...

Page 7: ...at the VOLTAGE SELECTOR on the rear panel of the player is set to the local power line voltage If not set the selector to the correct position using a screwdriver before connecting the AC power cord to a wall outlet 220 240V 110 120V VOLTAGE SELECTOR Connecting the AC power cord Connect the AC power cord to a wall outlet ...

Page 8: ... amplifier and select the CD player position so that you can listen to the sound from this player 2 Press 1 u to turn on the player 3 Press and place the disc on the disc tray With the label side up 4 Press The disc tray closes and the player plays all the tracks once Continuous Play Adjust the volume on the TV or the amplifier z What is a VIDEO CD with PBC functions See page 12 or 29 z When playi...

Page 9: ... the point you stopped the VIDEO CD Resume Play see page 17 z The player enters standby mode automatically Sleep function When 20 minutes elapse after the player stops it enters standby mode z What is a track A disc is divided into sections of a picture or a music piece called tracks Each track is assigned with a track number to locate the track you want Select the track in Continuous Play mode Wh...

Page 10: ...IC jack MIC LEVEL control Number buttons Microphone with mini jack not supplied 2 Select the track you want to play On the player Turn JOG SELECTOR until the track number you want to play appears in the front panel display then press JOG SELECTOR On the remote Press the number button of the track To select a track numbered over 10 use the 10 button see page 18 INDEX VIDEO CD CONTROL KEY Example wh...

Page 11: ... the sound from the microphones Set ECHO LEVEL to adjust the strength of echo Adjusting the music level If you want to reduce the music level set MUSIC LEVEL on the rear panel to LOW This has no effect on the setting of the MIC LEVEL control MUSIC LEVEL MID LOW HIGH Note When playing a CD as a general CD set the MUSIC LEVEL selector to HIGH Changing the key Key Control Z You can change the key to ...

Page 12: ...he remote Press the number button of the item you want When you want to select an item number over 10 press 10 first then the corresponding number buttons To enter 0 use button 10 0 Example To select item number 30 Press 10 first then 3 and 10 0 3 Follow the instructions on the menu screen for interactive operations When Do the following Selectingtheitem Turn JOG SELECTOR on the player toselectthe...

Page 13: ...cating Scenes Directly Using the Scene Numbers Scene Search Z On VIDEO CDs with PBC functions the menu screens moving pictures and still pictures are divided into scenes and each scene is assigned with a scene number You can check the current scene number by displaying it on the TV screen during playback see page 15 Be sure to memorize the scene number from which you want to start playing CLEAR SP...

Page 14: ...ally starts PBC Playback page 12 z You can check the scene number while playing a disc Press ON SCREEN repeatedly to select ON SCREEN 2 display mode see page 15 The scene numbers appear on the upper left side of the TV screen Notes Some discs don t allow you to start playing from a particular scene In this case when you do the task before you start playing the player starts playing from scene 1 Wh...

Page 15: ...EEN 2 mode While playing a disc the current track number and the playing time are always displayed The operating status is displayed for a few seconds only when you change the operating status The same information as in ON SCREEN 1 is displayed before you start playing TR 3 0 55 During PBC Playback page 12 SCENE 1 0 55 pDisplay information of ON SCREEN OFF mode No information is displayed When usi...

Page 16: ... the front panel display TIME OPEN CLOSE SCREEN TIME ON RETURN REPEAT A B CHECK CLEAR CLEAR MENU SPECIAL PICTURE EFFECT SOUND 1 u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 0 ˆ 6 10 9 Checking the total number and playing time of the tracks Press TIME before you start playing The front panel display shows the total number of tracks and total playing time VIDEO CD CONTROL KEY The information also appears when you press th...

Page 17: ...Resume Play The player memorizes the point you stopped a disc and you can resume playback from that point Resume Play is canceled if you unplug the player p 1 u p P 0 KARAOKE PON L R STEREO PICTURE PREV PUSH SELECT NEXT RETURN ˆ JOG SELECTOR EFFECT SOUND STANDBY ECHO LEVEL MIC LEVEL MID MIN MAX LOW HIGH g 1 While playing a disc press p to stop playback RESUME appears in the front panel display and...

Page 18: ... is assigned with a track number to locate the track you want Note During PBC Playback the JOG SELECTOR and buttons have different functions from the ones explained in the table above Locating a Point by Elapsed Time Time Search This function lets you use elapsed time as a guide to find a certain point on a VIDEO CD To use Time Search function with VIDEO CDs with PBC function Ver 2 0 discs see the...

Page 19: ...ressed Press 0 or to go back z If you want to change the playback speed during Slow motion Play Z Press SLOW repeatedly until you find the playback speed you want Three speeds are available SLOW 1 SLOW 2 and SLOW 3 Each time you press the button the indication changes as follows n SLOW 1 n SLOW 2 n SLOW 3 Notes While playing a VIDEO CD the picture may be distorted during the search operation While...

Page 20: ...V screen TV screen SPECIAL MENU 1 SCENE SEARCH 2 TIME SEARCH 3 DISC DIGEST 4 TRACK DIGEST 5 DIGEST 9m12 2 Press button 5 Each time you press the button the number toggles between 9 and 12 Select 9n12 for 9 still pictures select 12n9 for 12 still pictures You cannot select the item with this mark Locating the track you want on a disc Disc Digest You can locate the track you want by observing the fi...

Page 21: ...H 3 DISC DIGEST 4 TRACK DIGEST 5 DIGEST 9m12 2 Press button 4 While playing a VIDEO CD the player divides the track into 9 or 12 sections and the TV screen shows still pictures of each section in order While playing an audio CD the player divides the track into 9 to 12 sections and plays the beginnings of each section in sequence n shows the section that the player is currently playing TV screen T...

Page 22: ...PEAT repeatedly until REPEAT disappears from the front panel display Repeating the current track You can repeat only the current track in Continuous Play mode page 8 While the track you want is being played press REPEAT repeatedly until REPEAT1 appears in the front panel display To cancel repeating the current track Press REPEAT repeatedly until REPEAT1 disappears from the front panel display Repe...

Page 23: ...nt panel display z You can start Shuffle Play while playing in Continuous Play mode Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until SHUFFLE appears in the front panel display Shuffle Play starts from the current track Note If you play a VIDEO CD with PBC functions in Shuffle Play mode you cannot use the PBC functions SHUFFLE is lit Creating Your Own Program Program Play Z You can arrange the order of the tracks ...

Page 24: ...pause the player pauses at the step in which a pause is programed until you press P or This might be useful when you record a program on both sides of a tape z You can check the contents of the program during programing on the TV screen If you press ON SCREEN to select ON SCREEN OFF display mode you won t see this information page 15 z The program remains even after the Program Play ends When you ...

Page 25: ...atedly until THEATER appears in the front panel display To cancel the picture effect Press EFFECT PICTURE repeatedly until ACTIVE or THEATER disappears from the front panel display Note The Active Picture and Theater Picture functions are not available while playing an audio CD Enjoying Sound Effects You can play a disc with one of two acoustic atmospheres M ega BASS or EX tra WIDE EFFECT SOUND 1 ...

Page 26: ...NO L The sound of the left channel Twice MONO R The sound of the right channel Three times STEREO The standard stereo sound When you select ON SCREEN OFF display mode check the indication on the front panel display This indication doesn t appear in the front panel display Controlling the TV with the Supplied Remote Z You can control Sony TVs with the g mark using the supplied remote CH VOL TV 1 u ...

Page 27: ... reduces the stereo effect To cancel Karaoke Pon Press KARAOKE PON again K PON disappears from the front panel display z When you use Karaoke Pon Use stereo recorded discs Notes Karaoke Pon may not work well for the following cases Monaural recorded discs The accompaniment is also reduced Only a few instruments are playing in the stereo recorded disc A duet is being played The disc has strong echo...

Page 28: ...onnected securely Make sure you operate the TV or the amplifier correctly Make sure you select the CD player position on the amplifier There s no picture Check that the player is connected securely Make sure you operate the TV correctly Make sure you set the COLOR SYSTEM switch correctly according to your TV The picture is distorted Clean the disc see page 28 The disc doesn t play There s no disc ...

Page 29: ...n hearing are compressed while the sounds we can hear aren t compressed VIDEO CDs can hold 6 times the audio information of conventional audio CDs There are 2 versions of VIDEO CDs Version 1 1 You can play only moving pictures and sounds Version 2 0 You can play high resolution still pictures and enjoy PBC functions This player conforms to both versions Specifications VIDEO CD player Laser Semicon...

Page 30: ...nging 24 checking 24 R Remaining time 17 Remote control 4 Repeating 22 Resume Play 17 S Scene 13 Scene Seach 13 Searching See Locating Shuffle Play 23 Slow motion Play 19 Specifying number of still pictures 20 Switching the sound 26 T Theater picture 25 Time search 15 Total playing time 17 Track Digest 21 Troubleshooting 28 U Unpacking 4 V W X Y Z VIDEO CDs 4 8 29 Voltage selector 7 Names of contr...

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