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2-050-773-13 (1) US
DVD Player/
Video Cassette
Recorder
Operating Instructions
For customers in the USA
If you have any questions about your Sony DVD-VCR, you may call Sony Customer
Information Services Company at 1-800-VHS-SONY (847-7669).
For all other Sony product questions, please call Sony Customer Information Services
Company at 1-800-222-SONY (7669).
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For Customers in Canada
If this pro
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WARNING Welcome! To prevent fire or shock Thank you for purchasing this CAUTION hazard, do not expose the Sony DVD Player/Video Cassette TO PREVENT ELECTRIC unit to rain or moisture. Recorder. Before operating this SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE To avoid electrical shock, do player, please read this manual OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, not open the cabinet. Refer thoroughly and retain it for future FULLY INSERT. servicing to qualified reference. For customers in the U.S.A personnel only. Owner’s Recor
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Important Safety DVD Precautions Instructions On safety 1 Read these instructions. Caution – The use of optical instruments with 2 Keep these instructions. this product will increase eye hazard. 3 Heed all warnings. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not place 4 Follow all instructions. objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on the 5 Do not use this apparatus near water. apparatus. 6 Clean only with dry cloth. Should any solid object or liquid fall into the 7 Do not block any ven
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Table of contents 2 WARNING 2 Welcome! 2 General Precautions 3 Important Safety Instructions 3 DVD Precautions 6 About this manual 6 This player can play the following discs 7 Notes about discs Getting Started 8 Step 1 : Unpacking 9 Step 2 : Setting up the remote commander 10 Step 3 : Basic hookups 17 Step 4 : Selecting a language 19 Step 5 : Setting the clock 23 Step 6 : Presetting channels Basic Operations Advanced Hookups 27 Playing discs 48 A/V Receiver hookup 31 Guide to the on-screen displ
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DVD Additional Operations Caution 63 Using the DVD’s menu For use of the VCR Television programs, films, video tapes and 65 Zooming into a scene other materials may be copyrighted. 66 Changing the angles Unauthorized recording of such material may 67 Displaying the subtitle be contrary to the provisions of the copyright 68 Various play mode functions laws. Also, use of this recorder with cable (Program play, Shuffle play, Repeat television transmission may require authorization fro
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About this manual This player can play the following discs This manual mainly explains operations using the remote, but the same operations can also be performed using the buttons on the Format of discs DVD-VCR having the same or similar DVD VIDEO names. “DVD” may be used as a general term for DVD VIDEOs, DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs, and DVD+RWs/ DVD+Rs. DVD-RW The meaning of the icons used in this manual is described below: Icon Meaning VIDEO CD Functions available for DVD VIDEOs and DVD-RWs/
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Example of discs that the player Note on playback operations of cannot play DVDs and VIDEO CDs The player cannot play the following discs: Some playback operations of DVDs and VIDEO All CD-ROMs (including PHOTO CDs)/CD- CDs may be intentionally set by software Rs/CD-RWs other than those recorded in the producers. Since this player plays DVDs and following formats: VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents the – music CD format software producers designed, some playback – video CD format
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Getting Started Step 1 : Unpacking Check that you have received the following items with the DVD-VCR: Remote commander 75-ohm coaxial cable with F-type connectors Size AA (R6) batteries Audio/video cord (pinplug ×3 y pinplug ×3) Note The supplied remote commander is for the exclusive use of this DVD-VCR. 8 Unpacking
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Getting Started Step 2 : Setting up the remote commander Inserting the batteries Insert two size AA (R6) batteries by matching the + and – on the batteries to the diagram inside the battery compartment. Insert the negative (–) end first, then push in and down until the positive (+) end clicks into position. Remote sensor Using the remote commander You can use this remote commander to operate this DVD-VCR and a Sony TV. Buttons on the remote commander marked with an orange dot () can
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Step 3 : Basic hookups Before you get started Be sure to disconnect the AC power cord of each component before connecting. Turn off the power to all equipment. Do not connect the AC power cords until all of the connections are completed. If you connect the AC power cord before the connections are completed, you may not be able to use the Plug and Play function. Be sure you make connections firmly. Loose connections may cause picture distortion. If your TV does not match any of the
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Getting Started Audio/video (A/V) hookup If your TV has audio/video (A/V) input jacks, you will get better picture and sound if you hook up your DVD-VCR using these connections. If your TV does not have A/V inputs, see the following pages for antenna or cable hookups. Note that “Advanced Hookups” (page 48) explains additional hookup methods that will optimize the picture and sound for a true “hometheater” experience. If you are not planning to use your DVD-VCR to record programs, you only
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Hookup 1 (Plug and Play) Antenna hookup Make the following connections if you are using an antenna (if you do not have cable TV). A Use this hookup if you are using: VHF/UHF antenna (you get channels 2–13 and channels 14 and higher) UHF-only antenna (you get channels 14 and higher) Separate VHF and UHF antennas Rear of TV VHF/UHF Match the type of A connector on your or TV: A, B, or C. VHF DVD-VCR B UHF or VHF C UHF B Use this hookup if you are using a VHF-only antenna (you get channe
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Getting Started Hookup 1 : DVD-VCR setup Plug the DVD-VCR into an AC outlet. The DVD-VCR automatically presets the DVD-VCR’s clock and TV channels when the DVD-VCR is plugged into the AC outlet. to AC outlet AC power cord The DVD-VCR starts presetting the clock and channels. When Auto preset is completed, the current time appears in the display window. You have now completed DVD-VCR setup. To change the on-screen display language to French or Spanish, see “Step 4 : Selecting a language” on
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Hookup 2 (Plug and Play) You have no cable box, or a cable box with only a few scrambled channels Recommended use Use this hookup if you do not have a cable box. Also use this hookup if your cable system scrambles only a few channels. What you can do with this hookup Record any unscrambled channel by selecting the channel on the VCR What you cannot do Record scrambled channels that require a cable box DVD-VCR Rear of TV Wall VHF/UHF A Match the type of connector on your TV: A, or B, o
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Getting Started Hookup 2 : DVD-VCR setup Plug the DVD-VCR into an AC outlet. The DVD-VCR automatically presets the DVD-VCR’s clock and TV channels when the DVD-VCR is plugged into the AC outlet. to AC outlet AC power cord The DVD-VCR starts presetting the clock and channels. When Auto preset is completed, the current time appears in the display window. You have now completed DVD-VCR setup. To change the on-screen display language to French or Spanish, see “Step 4 : Selecting a language” on
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Hookup 3 Connecting a cable box with many scrambled channels Recommended use Use this hookup if your cable system scrambles all or most channels. What you can do with this hookup Record any channel by selecting the channel on the cable box What you cannot do Record with the cable box turned off Record one channel while watching another channel Cable box Rear of TV Wall VHF/UHF A Match the type of connector on your TV: A, B, or C. or VHF B For connector UHF or types B and C, no UHF con
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Getting Started Step 4 : Selecting a language You can change the on-screen display language. SET UP Before you start… Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. To control the DVD-VCR, set TV / DVD·VIDEO to DVD·VIDEO on the remote (page 9). Set the “RF Output Channel” to “3CH” or “4CH” in “OPTION SETUP” menu V/v (page 95). If your TV is connected to the ENTER DVD-VCR using A/V connections, set the TV to video input. If the DVD player is in play mode, you cannot display the setup menu. St
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Press SET UP to exit the menu. 4 18 Selecting a language
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Getting Started Step 5 : Setting the clock Using the Auto Clock Set SET UP feature Some TV and cable channels transmit time signals with their broadcasts. Your DVD- VCR can pick up this time signal to automatically set the clock. The Auto Clock Set feature works only if a channel in your area is broadcasting a time signal. If broadcasters in your area are not yet sending time signals, set the time V/v/B/b manually (page 21). ENTER Before you start… O RETURN Turn on the DVD-VCR and you
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Press V/v to select “Auto”, then press CLOCK SET/ADJUST 3 ENTER. Clock data CH [ Auto ] Time zone [ Auto ] Daylight saving [ Auto ] V v B b RETURN SET UP Press V/v to select the item you want, then press B/b to make the setting. 4 For “Clock data CH” CLOCK SET/ADJUST Leave the setting to “Auto” to have the Clock data CH [ 123 ] Time zone [ Auto ] DVD-VCR automatically search for a Daylight saving [ Auto ] channel that carries a time signal. Press B/b to select a channel that carries a tim
