Sony HCD-FX900W Manual

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Mica-reinforced-cellular-diaphragm
The Mica-reinforced-cellular-diaphragm is 
made of a light weight and highly rigid 
composite material that consists of Mica flake 
and synthetic fiber. 
It is constructed with layers of Mica flake. This 
construction realizes diaphragm with low 
density and high rigidity at the same time.
In this system, a Mica-reinforced-cellular-
diaphragm is used for the subwoofer.
Multi-angle function
Various angles of a scene, or viewpoints of the 
video camera are recorded on some DVDs.
Multilingual function
Several languages for the sound or subtitles in a 
picture are recorded on some DVDs.
Parental Control
A function of the DVD to limit playback of the 
disc by the age of the users according to the 
limitation level in each country. The limitation 
varies from disc to disc; when it is activated, 
playback is completely prohibited, violent 
scenes are skipped or replaced with other scenes 
and so on.
Playback Control (PBC)
Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs (Version 2.0) 
to control playback.
By using menu screens recorded on VIDEO 
CDs with PBC functions, you can enjoy playing 
simple interactive programs, programs with 
search functions, and so on.
Progressive format
(sequential scanning)
In contrast to the Interlace format, the 
progressive format can reproduce 50 - 60 frames 
per second by reproducing all scanning lines 
(525 lines for the NTSC system). The overall 
picture quality increases and still images, text 
and horizontal lines appear sharper. This format 
is compatible with the 525 or 625 progressive 
format.
Region Code
This system is used to protect copyrights. A 
region number is allocated on each DVD system 
or DVD disc according to the sales region. Each 
region code is shown on the system as well as on 
the disc packaging. The system can play discs 
that match its region code. The system can also 
play discs with the “
” mark. Even when the 
region code is not shown on the DVD, the region 
limit may still apply.
Scene
On a VIDEO CD with PBC (playback control) 
functions, the menu screens, moving pictures 
and still pictures are divided into sections called 
“scenes.”
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a new high-quality audio 
disc standard where music is recorded in the 
DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format 
(conventional CDs are recorded in the PCM 
format). The DSD format, using a sampling 
frequency 64 times higher than that of a 
conventional CD, and with 1-bit quantization, 
achieves both a wide frequency range and a wide 
dynamic range across the audible frequency 
range, and so provides music reproduction 
extremely faithful to the original sound.
Types of Super Audio CDs
There are two types of discs, depending on the 
Super Audio CD layer and CD layer 
combination.
• Super Audio CD layer: A high-density 
signal layer for Super Audio CD
• CD  layer
1)
: A layer that is readable by a 
conventional CD player
A Super Audio CD layer consists of the 2 
channel area or the multi-channel area.
ALL
Single layer disc
(a disc with a single Super Audio CD layer)
Super Audio CD 
layer
Hybrid disc
2)
(a disc with a Super Audio CD layer and a CD layer)
Super Audio CD 
layer
3)
CD layer
3)