Sony 4-178-247-14(1) User Manual

Selecting the Effect to
Suit the Source

You can select a suitable sound mode for movies
or music.

Press SOUND MODE repeatedly during
playback until the desired mode appears in
the front panel display.

• “AUTO”: The system selects “MOVIE” or

“MUSIC” automatically to produce the sound
effect depending on the disc or sound stream.

• “MOVIE”: The system provides the sound for

movies.

• “MUSIC”: The system provides the sound for

music.

• “SPORTS”: The system adds reverberation for

sports programs.

• “NEWS”: The system provides the sound for

voice programs, such as news.

• “GAME ROCK”: The system provides the

sound for music/rhythm games.

Note

• Depending on the disc or source, when you select

“AUTO,” the beginning of the sound may be cut off
as the system selects the optimum mode
automatically. To avoid cutting the sound, select
other than “AUTO.”

• Depending on the input stream, the sound mode may

not be effective.

• When changing the sound mode while using the

S-AIR receiver, sound from the S-AIR receiver may
skip.

• When you play a Super Audio CD, this function does

not work.

Selecting the Audio
Format, Multilingual
Tracks, or Channel

When the system is playing a BD/DVD VIDEO
or DATA CD/DATA DVD (DivX video files)
recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM,
Dolby Digital, MPEG audio, or DTS) or
multilingual tracks, you can change the audio
format or language.
With a CD, you can select the sound from the
right or left channel and listen to the sound of the
selected channel through both the right and left
speakers.

Press

repeatedly during playback to

select the desired audio signal.

The audio information appears on the TV
screen.

x BD/DVD VIDEO

Depending on the BD/DVD VIDEO, the choice
of language varies.
When 4 digits are displayed, they indicate a
language code. See “Language Code List”
(page 73) to confirm which language the code
represents. When the same language is

Sound Adjustment

SOUND
MODE