Sony MEX-DV2000 Manual

Sony

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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-X161 . . . . . . 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

Playing JPEG files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using PBC functions
— Playback control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using play mode menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Viewing time/text information of the disc . . . . 22

Configuring audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Changing the audio language/format. . . . . . 23
Checking the program format . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting the audio output level
— DVD level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Magnifying pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Adjusting the picture quality
— Picture EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Customizing the picture quality. . . . . . . . . . 26

Locking discs — Parental control . . . . . . . . . . 26

Activating parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Listing up tracks/images — LIST . . . . . . . . . . 31

Selecting a track/image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting a file type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Viewing audio disc information . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring playback settings for Super Audio
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Selecting a playback layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting the sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Enjoying sophisticated sound functions
— X-DSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Creating a virtual center speaker
— CSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Optimizing sound for the listening position
— Intelligent Time Alignment . . . . . . . . . . 35
Precisely calibrating the listening position
— Intelligent Time Alignment Tune . . . . . 36
Customizing the equalizer curve
— EQ7 Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Speaker configuration and volume setup . . . . 38