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3-064-299-32(3)
CD/DVD Player
CD/DVD Player
Operating Instructions
DVP-CX860
© 2000 Sony Corporation
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WARNING Welcome! If the plug supplied with this equipment Thank you for purchasing this Sony CD/ To prevent fire or shock has a detachable fuse cover, be sure to DVD Player. Before operating this player, hazard, do not expose the attach the fuse cover after you change the please read this manual thoroughly and unit to rain or moisture. fuse. Never use the plug without the fuse retain it for future reference. To avoid electrical shock, cover. If you should lose the fuse cover, please contact yo
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TABLE OF CONTENTS About This Manual 4 Changing the Sound 47 This Player Can Play the Following Discs 4 Displaying the Subtitles 49 Precautions 6 Changing the Angles 50 Notes About the Discs 6 Digital Cinema Sound Settings 51 Checking the Play Information 52 Locking Discs (Custom Parental Control) 53 Getting Started 7 Selecting the Disc Mode (1 Disc or All Discs) 55 Unpacking 7 Creating Your Own Program (Program Play) 56 TV Hookups 8 Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play) 58 Receiver (Amplifi
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About This Manual Conventions Icon Meaning • Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the player. Indicates that you can use only the remote You can also use the controls on the remote if they have the to do the task. Z same or similar names as those on the player. • The icons on the right are used in this manual: Indicates tips and hints for making the task easier. z Indicates that the function is for DVD VIDEOs. Indicates that the function is for VIDEO CDs. Indicates that the funct
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Terms for discs Discs that the player cannot play The player cannot play discs other than the ones listed in the • Title table on page 4. CD-Rs, CD-ROMs including PHOTO CDs, data The longest section of a picture or music feature on a DVD, the sections in CD-EXTRAs, DVD-ROMs, DVD-audio, HD (high movie, etc. in video software, or the name of an album in audio density) layer of Super Audio CD etc., cannot be played. software. • Chapter Notes on using discs Sections of a picture or a music feature
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Precautions On safety IMPORTANT NOTICE • Caution – The use of optical instruments with this Caution: This player is capable of holding a still video product will increase eye hazard. image or on-screen display image on your television • Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, screen indefinitely. If you leave the still video image unplug the player and have it checked by qualified or on-screen display image displayed on your TV for personnel before operating it any further. an e
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Getting Started Unpacking Getting Started Check that you have the following items: • Audio/video connecting cord (1) • S video cord (1) • Remote commander (remote) RMT-D123P (1) • R6 (size AA) batteries (2) This section describes how to hook up the CD/DVD player to a TV (with audio/video input jacks) and/or an Inserting batteries into the remote AV receiver (amplifier). You cannot You can control the player using the supplied remote. connect this player to a TV which Insert two R6 (size AA) bat
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Getting Started TV Hookups This connection is for listening to the sound through TV Required cords speakers (L: left, R: right). Refer to the instructions SCART (EURO AV) connecting cord (not supplied) (2) supplied with the component to be connected. You cannot Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid hum and noise. connect this player to a TV without a SCART (EURO AV) Refer to the instructions supplied with the TV to be connected. connector or a video input connector. z You can enjoy surrou
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Getting Started If your TV has two SCART (EURO AV) connectors If your TV has no SCART (EURO AV) connectors You can connect the player to a TV (with audio/video input jacks) using the supplied audio/video connecting cord. If your TV has an S video input connector, connect the component via CD/DVD player the S VIDEO OUTPUT connector using the supplied S video cord LINE–1 (RGB) – TV LINE–2 instead of the video connecting cord. You will get a better picture. When connecting the cords, be sure to ma
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Getting Started TV Hookups Notes If you connect the player to a monitor or • Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be projector having component video input connected. connectors that conform to the output signals • Do not connect this player to a video deck. If you do, noise from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, CB, may appear in the picture. CR) connectors on the player Connect the component via the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors using three video connecting cords (not VCR TV su
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Getting Started Setups for the player Some setup adjustments are necessary for the player depending on the TV or other components to be connected. Use the setup display to change the various settings. For details on using the setup display, see page 64. • To connect the player to a wide-scr een TV In the setup display, set “TV TYPE” in “SCREEN SETUP” to “16:9” (default setting). For details, see page 68. • To connect the player to a normal TV In the setup display, set “TV TYPE” in “SCREEN SETUP”
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Getting Started Receiver (Amplifier) Hookups When connecting the cords, be sure to match the color-coded This connection is for listening to the sound through cord to the appropriate jacks on the components: Red (right) to speakers connected to a receiver lacking a built-in DTS, Red and White (left) to White. Be sure to make connections firmly Dolby* Digital or MPEG decoder. Refer as well to the to avoid hum and noise. instructions supplied with the component to be If you have a digital compon
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Getting Started z You can enjoy surround sounds even if you connect front Setups for the player speakers only Some setup adjustments are necessary for the player You can use 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual depending on the components to be connected. rear speakers (VES: Virtual Enhanced Surround). For details, see Use the setup display to change the various settings. page 51. For details on using the setup display
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Getting Started 2+1 Channel Surround Hookups This connection is for listening to the sound through the Required cords left and right speakers of the TV, or speakers connected to Audio connecting cord (not supplied) (1) a receiver and the subwoofer. You can enjoy rich bass White (L) White (L) frequencies by connecting a subwoofer. Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be Red (R) Red (R) connected. S video cord (supplied) (1) Set “SUBWOOFER” in “SPEAKER SETUP” to “YES” in the
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Getting Started 5.1 Channel Surround Hookups With DVDs which contain DTS, Dolby Digital or MPEG Setups for the player audio sound, you can enjoy the surround sound while Some setup adjustments are necessary for the player producing the effect of being in a movie theater or a depending on the components to be connected. concert hall using a digital component with a built-in Use the setup display to change the various settings. DTS, Dolby Digital or MPEG decoder (not supplied). The For details on
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Getting Started 5.1 Channel Surround Hookups TV To S VIDEO S VIDEO IN input To DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) Take off the cap. To S VIDEO To DIGITAL OUT OUTPUT (COAXIAL) CD/DVD player L L R R COAXIAL OPTICAL PCM/DTS/MPEG/ DOLBY DIGITAL WOOFER OUT AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN DIGITAL OUT T LINE-1 (RGB) - TV i LINE-2 VIDEO S VIDEO COMPONENT MEGA OUTPUT OUTPUT VIDEO OUT CONTROL Y CB CR To mains To optical To coaxial digital digital input input DIGITAL TV/LD DVD VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 MONITOR S-LINK AC OUTLET TV/LD IN CT
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Getting Started Selecting the Language for the On-Screen Display You can select the language for the setup display, the 3 Select “LANGUAGE SETUP” using M/m, and then Control Menu display or the messages displayed on the press ENTER. screen. The default setting is “ENGLISH.” LANGUAGE SETUP OSD: ENGLISH DVD MENU: ENGLISH AUDIO: ORIGINAL SUBTITLE: AUDIO FOLLOW 12 3 4 5 6 78 9 MEGA TIME -/-- 0 A B C D ALL FILE SORT EDIT DVD CD LOAD ENTER To set, press , then . ENTER To qui
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Getting Started Selecting the Language for the On-Screen Operation Sound Effects Display (Sound Feedback) To return to the previous screen The player beeps when the following operations are Press ORETURN. performed. The default setting of the Sound Feedback function is set To quit while making a selection to off. Press DISPLAY. Operation Operation sound Note Power is turned on One beep The languages you can select are the ones displayed in Step 4. For details, see page 67. Power is turned off Tw
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Getting Started Inserting Discs You can insert up to 301 discs into the disc slots (including 5 Insert a disc with the playback side facing left. the EASY PLAY slot) in this player. Notes • Make sure you have inserted the disc into each slot at a right angle to the rotary table. If the disc is not put in OPEN/CLOSE Front cover straight, it may damage the player or the disc. • Gently place the disc all the way into the slot and do not ! .–/>+ dial DISC CHANGE release the disc until it is complet
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Getting Started Inserting Discs • When closing the front cover, be careful not to let anything get 2 Insert the disc. caught between the door and the player. • Do not insert anything other than a DVD, Audio CD or Video 3 Press EASY PLAY again. CD into the player. The front cover closes and playback of the EASY PLAY disc starts. Using the EASY PLAY slot If you press EASY PLAY when there is a disc in The EASY PLAY slot can be used separately from other the EASY PLAY slot slots for the purpose of i
