Sony DAV-TZ130 User Manual

/

/ (power)

Playback starts automatically if a disc 

with an auto playback function is loaded. 

Press  twice to stop playback.

The Setup Menu appears.

Press / repeatedly to select 

Press / repeatedly to select [TV 

Press / repeatedly to select [PAL] 

Note

 The display on the TV screen may be 

interrupted momentarily after changing the 

color system as described above.

DVD Home Theatre 

System

4-259-831-12(1)

DAV-TZ130

Operating Instructions

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do 

not expose this apparatus to dripping or 

splashing, and do not place objects filled with 

liquids, such as vases, on the apparatus.

To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the 

ventilation opening of the apparatus with 

newspapers, tablecloths, curtains, etc.

Do not place the naked flame sources such as 

lighted candles on the apparatus.

As the main plug is used to disconnect the 

unit from the mains, connect the unit to an 

easily accessible AC outlet. Should you notice 

an abnormality in the unit, disconnect the 

main plug from the AC outlet immediately.

The main plug is used to disconnect this 

device from the AC outlet, so position this 

device in a location where it can be easily 

unplugged.

Do not install the appliance in a confined 

space, such as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.

Do not expose batteries or apparatus with 

battery-installed to excessive heat such as 

sunshine, fire or the like.

The unit is not disconnected from the mains 

as long as it is connected to the AC outlet, 

even if the unit itself has been turned off.

To prevent injury, this apparatus must be 

securely attached to the floor/wall in 

accordance with the installation instructions.

Indoor use only.
CAUTION

The use of optical instruments with this 

product will increase eye hazard.

This appliance 

is classified as a 

CLASS 1 

LASER product. 

This marking is 

located on the 

rear exterior of 

unit.

The manufacturer of this product is Sony 

Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo, 

108-0075 Japan. The Authorized 

Representative for EMC and product safety is 

Sony Deutschland GmbH, Hedelfinger Strasse 

61, 70327 Stuttgart, Germany. For any service 

or guarantee matters please refer to the 

addresses given in separate service or 

guarantee documents.

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do 

not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

This symbol is intended to alert the 

user to the presence of uninsulated 

“dangerous voltage” within the 

product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient 

magnitude to constitute a risk of electric 

shock to persons.

This symbol is intended to alert the 

user to the presence of important 

operating and maintenance 

(servicing) instructions in the literature 

accompanying the appliance.
Owner’s Record

The model and serial numbers are located on 

the rear exterior of the unit. Record the serial 

number in the space provided below. Refer to 

them whenever you call upon your Sony 

dealer regarding this product.

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Model No. DAV-TZ130

Serial No.______________

The following FCC statement applies only to 

the version of this model manufactured for 

sale in the USA. Other versions may not 

comply with FCC technical regulations.

NOTE:

This equipment has been tested and found to 

comply with the limits for a Class B digital 

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. 

These limits are designed to provide 

reasonable protection against harmful 

interference in a residential installation. This 

equipment generates, uses, and can radiate 

radio frequency energy and, if not installed 

and used in accordance with the instructions, 

may cause harmful interference to radio 

communications. However, there is no 

guarantee that interference will not occur in a 

particular installation. If this equipment does 

cause harmful interference to radio or 

television reception, which can be determined 

by turning the equipment off and on, the user 

is encouraged to try to correct the 

interference by one or more of the following 

measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 

(aerial).

Increase the separation between the 

equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a 

circuit different from that to which the 

receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/

TV technician for help.

You are cautioned that any changes or 

modifications not expressly approved in this 

manual could void your authority to operate 

this equipment.

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1)  Read these instructions.

2)  Keep these instructions.

3)  Heed all warnings.

4)  Follow all instructions.

5)  Do not use this apparatus near water.

6)  Clean only with dry cloth.

7)  Do not block any ventilation openings. 

Install in accordance with the 

manufacturer’s instructions.

8)  Do not install near any heat sources such 

as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or 

other apparatus (including amplifiers) 

that produce heat.

9)  Do not defeat the safety purpose of the 

polarized or grounding-type plug. A 

polarized plug has two blades with one 

wider than the other. A grounding type 

plug has two blades and a third grounding 

prong. The wide blade or the third prong 

are provided for your safety. If the 

provided plug does not fit into your 

outlet, consult an electrician for 

replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10) Protect the power cord from being 

walked on or pinched particularly at 

plugs, convenience receptacles, and the 

point where they exit from the apparatus.

11) Only use attachments/accessories 

specified by the manufacturer.

12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, 

bracket, or table specified by the 

manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. 

When a cart is used, use caution when 

moving the cart/apparatus combination 

to avoid injury from tip-over.

13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning 

storms or when unused for long periods 

of time.

14) Refer all servicing to qualified service 

personnel. Servicing is required when the 

apparatus has been damaged in any way, 

such as power-supply cord or plug is 

damaged, liquid has been spilled or 

objects have fallen into the apparatus, the 

apparatus has been exposed to rain or 

moisture, does not operate normally, or 

has been dropped.

This symbol on the product or 

on its packaging indicates that 

this product shall not be treated as household 

waste. Instead it shall be handed over to the 

applicable collection point for the recycling of 

electrical and electronic equipment. By 

ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, 

you will help prevent potential negative 

consequences for the environment and 

human health, which could otherwise be 

caused by inappropriate waste handling of 

this product. The recycling of materials will 

help to conserve natural resources. For more 

detailed information about recycling of this 

product, please contact your local Civic 

Office, your household waste disposal service 

or the shop where you purchased the product. 

Applicable accessories: Remote Control.

This symbol on the battery or on 

the packaging indicates that the battery 

provided with this product shall not be 

treated as household waste. 

On certain batteries this symbol might be 

used in combination with a chemical symbol. 

The chemical symbols for mercury (Hg) or 

lead (Pb) are added if the battery contains 

more than 0.0005% mercury or 0.004% lead. 

By ensuring these batteries are disposed of 

correctly, you will help prevent potentially 

negative consequences for the environment 

and human health which could otherwise be 

caused by inappropriate waste handing of the 

battery. The recycling of the materials will 

help to conserve natural resources. In case of 

products that for safety, performance or data 

integrity reasons require a permanent 

connection with an incorporated battery, this 

battery should be replaced by qualified 

service staff only. To ensure that the battery 

will be treated properly, hand over the 

product at end-of -life to the applicable 

collection point for the recycling of electrical 

and electronic equipment. For all other 

batteries, please view the section on how to 

remove the battery from the product safely. 

Hand the battery over to the applicable 

collection point for the recycling of waste 

batteries.

For more detailed information about 

recycling of this product or battery, please 

contact your local Civic Office, your 

household waste disposal service or the shop 

where you purchased the product.

Checking the supplied items 
(The inclusion of a SCART adapter and HDMI cable varies depending on the area/model.)

 Speakers (5)

 Operating Instructions 

(this manual)

 Video cord (1)

 FM wire antenna (aerial) (1)

or

 Remote commander 

(remote) (1)

 Foot pads 

(subwoofer) (1 set)

 R6 (size AA) batteries (2)

 HDMI cable (1)

 Main unit (1)

 Subwoofer (1)

 SCART adapter (1)

Insert two R6 (size AA) batteries (supplied) by matching the  and  ends on the batteries to 

the markings inside the compartment.

This system incorporates with Dolby* Digital 

and Dolby Pro Logic adaptive matrix 

surround decoders.

*  Manufactured under license from Dolby 

Laboratories. 

Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D 

symbol are trademarks of Dolby 

Laboratories.

This system incorporates High-Definition 

Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) technology. 

HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition 

Multimedia Interface are trademarks or 

registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing 

LLC.

“BRAVIA” is a trademark of Sony 

Corporation.

MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and 

patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and 

Thomson.

Windows Media is a registered trademark of 

Microsoft Corporation in the United States 

and/or other countries.

ABOUT MPEG-4 VISUAL: THIS PRODUCT 

IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 

VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE 

FOR THE PERSONAL AND 

NONCOMMERCIAL USE OF A 

CONSUMER FOR DECODING VIDEO IN 

COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG-4 

VISUAL STANDARD (“MPEG-4 VIDEO”) 

THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER 

ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND 

NONCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR 

WAS OBTAINED 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/

ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: DivX® is a digital 

video format created by DivX, Inc. This is an 

official DivX Certified device that plays DivX 

video. Visit www.divx.com for more 

information and software tools to convert 

your files into DivX video.

ABOUT DIVX VIDEO-ON-DEMAND: This 

DivX Certified® device must be registered in 

order to play DivX Video-on-Demand (VOD) 

content. To generate the registration code, 

locate the DivX VOD section in the device 

setup menu. Go to vod.divx.com/ with this 

code to complete the registration process and 

learn more about DivX VOD.

DivX®, DivX Certified® and associated logos 

are registered trademarks of DivX, Inc. and 

are used under license.

“DVD” may be used as a general term for a 

DVD VIDEO, DVD+RW/DVD+R, and 

DVD-RW/DVD-R.
The system enters standby mode 

When the system is in pause, stop, open, or 

no disc mode, the system will enter standby 

mode automatically after 30 minutes.

Depending on the jacks on your TV or set-top box, select the video and audio connection 

method.

 Audio

 Video

 Audio

 Video

Video

 Connecting the video to your TV

Depending on the jacks on your TV, select one of the connection methods.

(supplied)

This is the basic connection.

(supplied only with certain models)

Picture quality will be improved compared to Method 1.

 Connecting the audio from your TV/set-top box

To listen to TV or set-top box sound via the system, you need to perform a connection with an 

audio cord (not supplied).

Do not use any speakers other than those 

supplied with this system.

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Remove the foot pads from 

the protective cover.

Note

 Use caution when placing the speakers and/

or speaker stands attached to the speakers 

on a specially treated (waxed, oiled, 

polished, etc.) floor, as staining or 

discoloration may result.

 

/ (on/standby)

Turns on the unit, or sets it to standby 

mode.

 

 (open/close)

Opens or closes the disc tray.

 (play)

Starts or re-starts playback (resume play).

 (stop)

Stops playback and remembers the stop 

point (resume point).

The resume point for a title/track is the 

last point you played.

Selects the playback source.

  

Used for connecting a USB device.

 

  

  

Adjusts the system’s volume.

 

TV INPUT 

Switches the TV’s input source between the 

TV signal and other input sources.

ONE-TOUCH PLAY 

Activates One-Touch Play.

TV I/ (on/standby) 

Turns on the TV or sets it to standby mode.

DVD

DVD-ROM

DVD-R/DVD-RW

DVD+R/DVD+RW

CD

CD-DA (Music CD)

CD-ROM

CD-R/CD-RW

VIDEO CD

Super VCD

A CD or DVD will not play if it has not been 

correctly finalized. For more information, 

refer to the operating instructions supplied 

with the recording device.
Discs that cannot be played
 Blu-ray Discs

 HD DVDs

 DVD-RAMs

 DVD Audio discs

 PHOTO CDs

 Super Audio CDs

 Data track of CD-Extras

 Audio material side on DualDiscs

 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW in 

VR (Video Recording) mode

 CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable 

Media)-compatible DVD-R/RW containing 

content flagged as “Copy once.”

This product is designed to playback discs 

that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) 

standard. DualDiscs and some music discs 

encoded with copyright protection 

technologies do not conform to the Compact 

Disc (CD) standard. Therefore, these discs 

may not be compatible with this product.

Some playback operations of a DVD may be 

intentionally restricted by software producers. 

Since this system plays a DVD according to 

the disc contents the software producers 

designed, some playback features may not be 

available.
Note about double-layer DVDs

The playback picture and sound may be 

momentarily interrupted when the layers 

switch.
Region code (DVD VIDEO only)

Your system has a region code printed on the 

rear of the unit and will only play a DVD 

VIDEO (playback only) labeled with an 

identical region code or 

.

You cannot play all sessions of a multisession 

disc.

MASTER VOLUME

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









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 

 

 

 











Video
File format

Extensions

MPEG4 Video

1)

“.mp4,” “.m4v”

DivX Video

2)

“.avi,” “.divx”

Music
File format

Extensions

MP3 (MPEG1 Audio 

Layer 3)

3)

“.mp3”

WMA

4)

“.wma”

AAC

“.m4a”

Photo
File format

Extensions

JPEG

“.jpg,” “.jpeg”

1)  AVC is not compatible.

2)  Unavailable on US models.

3)  MP3PRO format is not compatible.

4)  WMA DRM,WMA Lossless or WMA 

PRO format are not compatible.

Note

 Some files may not play depending on the 

format, the encoding, or recording 

condition.

 Some USB devices may not work with this 

system.

 The system supports ISO 9660 Level 1/

Level 2, or Joliet in DATA CD.

 The system supports UDF (Universal Disk 

Format) in DATA DVD.

 The system supports FAT12, FAT16, and 

FAT32 in USB device.

 The system can recognize the following files 

or folders in DATA DVD, DATA CD and 

USB device:

up to 300 folders

up to 648 files

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 It may take time to read files in the 

following cases:

there are many folders or files.

the memory capacity of the USB device 

that you are using is very large.

the memory of the USB device that you 

are using is fragmented.

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Main unit

Insert the connectors of the speaker cords to match the color of the SPEAKERS jacks of 

the unit until they click.

FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER 

(RED)

FRONT LEFT SPEAKER (WHITE)

SURROUND RIGHT SPEAKER 

(GRAY)

SURROUND LEFT SPEAKER 

(BLUE)

CENTER SPEAKER (GREEN)

SUBWOOFER (PURPLE)

©2010 Sony Corporation   Printed in China

 Contact a screw shop or installer for 

information regarding the wall material or 

screws to be used.

 Use screws that are suitable for the wall 

material and strength. As a plaster board 

wall is especially fragile, attach the screws 

securely to a beam. Install the speakers on a 

vertical and flat wall where reinforcement is 

applied.

 Sony is not responsible for accidents or 

damage caused by improper installation, 

insufficient wall strength or improper screw 

installation, natural calamity, etc.

5 mm 

(7/32 inch)

10 mm

(13/32 inch)

4 mm (3/16 inch)

30 mm (1 3/16 inches)

Hole on the back of the speaker

8 to 10 mm

(11/32 to 13/32 inch)

/ (on/standby) 

Turns on the system or sets it to standby 

mode.

Function selection buttons 

Select the playback source. 

Selects the functions in sequence.

REPEAT 

Activates repeat/shuffle playback mode.

SURROUND 

Selects surround audio output mode.

EQ 

Selects EQ mode.

AUDIO 

Selects the audio format/track and the FM 

mode.

SUBTITLE 

Selects the subtitle language when 

multilingual subtitles are available.

ANGLE 

Switches to other viewing angles when multi-

angles are recorded on a DVD VIDEO.

Number buttons 

Enter the title/chapter numbers, preset radio 

stations, etc.

PROGRAM 

Activates program play and presets radio 

stations.

SLEEP 

Sets the sleep timer.

DVD TOP MENU 

Opens the DVD’s Top Menu.

DVD MENU 

Opens or closes the DVD’s menu.

MUTING 

Turns off the sound temporarily.

/// 

Moves the highlight to a displayed item.

 (ENTER) 

Enters the selected item.

VOLUME +/– 

Adjusts the volume.

SETUP 

Opens or closes the setup menu.

 DISPLAY 

Opens or closes the Display Menu.

TIME 

Switches time information during playback.

/ (previous/next)

/ (fast reverse/fast forward)

/ (slow) 

Activates slow reverse/slow forward when 

pressed in pause mode.

 (play)

 (pause)

 (stop)

Radio operation buttons 

SHIFT 

Press and hold this button to use buttons with 

pink text labels.

Note

This button does not work.

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Tip

 For European models, connect the video 

cord (supplied) and an audio cord (not 

supplied) to the TV via the SCART adapter.

Tip

 If you have poor FM reception, use a 75-

ohm coaxial cable (not supplied) to connect 

the unit to an outdoor FM antenna (aerial).