Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts, or leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight as the temperature may rise considerably inside the car. After playing, store the disc in its case. On cleaning Before playing, clean the disc with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the center out.
Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner, commercially available cleaners or anti-static spray intended for vinyl LPs. On novelty discs Do not use irregularly shaped CDs such as heart- or star-shaped CDs as they may cause the player to malfunction.

Getting Started

This section describes how to hook up the CD/DVD player to a TV (with audio/video input jacks) and/or an AV receiver (amplifier). You cannot connect this player to a TV which does not have a video input connector. Be sure to turn off the power of each component before making the connections.

Unpacking

Check that you have the following items: Audio/video connecting cord (1) Remote commander (remote) RMT-D116A (1) Size AA (R6) batteries (2) Plug adaptor (1) (DVP-S365 only)
Inserting batteries into the remote
You can control the player using the supplied remote. Insert two Size AA (R6) batteries by matching the + and ends on the batteries to the markings inside the compartment. When using the remote, point it at the remote sensor on the player.
z You can control TVs or AV receivers (amplifier) using the supplied remote

See page 53.

Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place. Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing, particularly when replacing the batteries. Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or lighting apparatuses. Doing so may cause a malfunction. If you do not use the remote for an extended period of time, remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion.

TV Hookups

This connection is for listening to the sound through TV speakers (L: left, R: right). Refer to the instructions supplied with the component to be connected.

Required cords

Audio/video connecting cord (supplied) (1)
Yellow White (L) Red (R) Yellow White (L) Red (R)
z You can enjoy surround sound using your TVs built-in

speakers

You can use 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of built-in TV speakers without using actual rear speakers (VES TV: Virtual Enhanced Surround TV). For details, see page 33.

You can select the language for the setup display, the Control Menu display or the messages displayed on the screen. The default setting is ENGLISH.
Select LANGUAGE SETUP using M/m, and then press ENTER.
LANGUAGE SETUP OSD: DVD MENU: AUDIO: SUBTITLE: ENGLISH ENGLISH ORIGINAL AUDIO FOLLOW
</M/m/, DISPLAY ORETURN
Select OSD using M/m, then press , or ENTER. The languages you can select are displayed.
LANGUAGE SETUP OSD: DVD MENU: AUDIO: SUBTITLE:
When the player is in stop mode, press DISPLAY and select SETUP using M/m. The on-screen menu items are different depending on whether there is a disc in the player or not.

STOP DVD

ENGLISH ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH PORTUGUESE

, then

Select the desired language using M/m, then press ENTER.
CHOIX DE LA LANGUE ECRANS: MENU DVD : AUDIO: SOUS-TITRE:

Selected item

SETUP Select:
FRANAIS ANGLAIS ORIGINAL IDEM AUDIO
Press ENTER. The setup display appears on the TV screen.
Pour rgler, appuyez sur , puis sur ENTER. Pour quitter, appuyez sur DISPLAY.
Press DISPLAY. The setup display disappears. Press DISPLAY repeatedly to turn off the on-screen menu.

, then ENTER.

Operation Sound Effects (Sound Feedback)
To return to the previous screen Press ORETURN. To quit while making a selection Press DISPLAY.
The languages you can select are the ones displayed in step 4. For details, see page 46.
The player beeps when the following operations are performed. The default setting of the Sound Feedback function is set to off. Operation
Power is turned on Power is turned off H is pressed X is pressed Playback is stopped Operation is not possible

Operation sound

One beep Two beeps One beep Two beeps One long beep Three beeps
Press ! on the player, then press @/1 on the remote. The power indicator lights up in green. When there is a disc in the player, press A and remove the disc. Then press A again to close the disc tray. Press and hold X on the player for more than two seconds. You will hear one beep and the Sound Feedback function is turned on.

To turn off the Sound Feedback Function When there is no disc in the player, press and hold X on the player for more than two seconds. You will hear two beeps and the Sound Feedback function is turned off.

Playing Discs

This chapter describes how to play a DVD/CD/VIDEO CD.
Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operations may be different or restricted. Refer to the instructions supplied with your disc.

! Power indicator H A

Turn on your TV. Turn on the TV and select the video input so that you can view the pictures from this player. When using a receiver (amplifier) Turn on the receiver (amplifier) and select the appropriate position so that you can listen to the sound from this player.
Press ! on the player. The player enters standby mode and the power indicator lights up in red. Press A on the player, and place a disc on the disc tray. The player automatically turns on and the power indicator lights up in green.
With the playback side facing down
Press H. The disc tray closes and the player starts playback (continuous play). Adjust the volume on the TV or the receiver (amplifier).
After following Step 4 xWhen playing a DVD A DVD menu or title menu may appear on the TV screen (see page 20). xWhen playing a VIDEO CD A menu may appear on the TV screen depending on the VIDEO CD. You can play the disc interactively, following the instructions on the menu. (PBC Playback, see page 21.)
To turn on the player Press ! on the player. The player enters standby mode and the power indicator lights up in red. Then press @/1 on the remote. The player turns on and the power indicator lights up in green. In standby mode, the player also turns on by pressing A on the player or by pressing H. To turn off the player Press @/1 on the remote. The player enters standby mode and the power indicator lights up in red. To disconnect the power of the player, press ! on the player.
Notes on playing DTS sound tracks on a CD

./> ENTER

To go back to the menu Press ORETURN,., or >.
z To cancel PBC playback of a VIDEO CD with PBC functions and play the disc in continuous play mode
There are two ways. Before you start playing, select the track you want using. or >, then press ENTER or H. Before you start playing, select the track number using the number buttons on the remote, then press ENTER or H. Play without PBC. appears on the TV screen and the player starts continuous play. You cannot play still pictures such as a menu. To return to PBC playback, press x twice then press H.
H ORETURN M/m Depending on the VIDEO CD, Press ENTER in Step 3 may be expressed as Press SELECT in the instructions supplied with the disc.

Number buttons

./> ENTER H M/m ORETURN
Start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functions by following Steps 1 to 4 in Playing Discs on page 16. Select the item number you want. Press M/m to select the item number. You can also select the item number with the number buttons on the remote. Press ENTER. Follow the instructions in the menu for interactive operations. Refer to the instructions supplied with the disc, as the operating procedure may differ according to the VIDEO CD.
Using the Front Panel Display Z
You can check information about the disc, such as the total number of titles or tracks or remaining time, using the front panel display. Checking the remaining time Press TIME/TEXT.
Each time you press TIME/TEXT while playing the disc, the display changes as shown in the following chart. Playing time and number of the current chapter

TITLE CHAP HOUR MIN SEC

TIME/TEXT
Remaining time of the current chapter

TITLE CHAP HOUR

Press TIME/TEXT
Press TIME/TEXT Playing time and number of the current title

TITLE HOUR MIN SEC

When playing back a DVD
Displaying information while playing the disc
Remaining time of the current title Disc type Playing status Current chapter number

TITLE HOUR

MPEG PGM SHUFFLE DTS ANGLE REPEAT1 Digital A-B

Selected Item

SUBTITLE Select:

Press ENTER.

12(27) 18(34) C 01:32:55 1: ENGLISH OFF 1: ENGLISH 2: FRENCH 3: SPANISH SUBTITLE Select: PLAY DVD
z You can select some items directly
Some items can be selected by pressing the corresponding button on the remote. In this case, only the item you selected is displayed. For instructions on using the remote, see the pages of each relevant item.

Cancel: RETURN

Selected item Items
Some Control Menu display items require operations other than selecting the setting. For details on these items, see the relevant pages.
12(27) 18(34) C 01:32:55 OFF PLAY DVD

Control Menu Item List

TITLE (DVD only) (page 27)/ SCENE (VIDEO CD during PBC playback only) (page 27)/ TRACK (VIDEO CD only) (page 27) CHAPTER (DVD only) (page 27)/ INDEX (VIDEO CD only) (page 27) TRACK (CD only) (page 27) INDEX (CD only) (page 27) You can search for a point on the DVD by selecting the title, chapter, track, index or scene. TIME/TEXT (pages 28, 29) You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current title, chapter or track and the total playing time or remaining time of the disc. You can also search by inputting the time code. You can check the DVD TEXT or CD TEXT of the disc on the TV screen and the front panel display. AUDIO (page 30) If the DVD is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can select the language you want while playing the DVD. If the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital or DTS), you can select the audio format you want while playing the DVD. With multiplex CDs or VIDEO CDs, 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. SUBTITLE (DVD only) (page 32) With DVDs on which multilingual subtitles are recorded, you can change the subtitle language whenever you want while playing the DVD, and turn it on or off whenever you want. ANGLE (DVD only) (page 32) With DVDs on which various angles (multi-angles) for a scene are recorded, you can change the angles. VES (DVD only) (page 33) Select a mode to enjoy multichannel surround sound such as Dolby Digital. Even if you connect only TV or front speakers, Virtual Enhanced Surround (VES) lets you enjoy 3D sound by using 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers. Using Various Functions with the Control Menu ADVANCED (DVD only) (page 35) You can check play information about the bit rate or the position where the disc is being played (layer). CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL (page 36) Using a registered password, you can set playback restrictions for a desired disc. The same password is used for both Parental Control (page 48) and Custom Parental Control. SETUP (page 43) Using the setup display, you can do the initial setup, adjust the picture and sound and the various outputs. You can also set a language for the subtitles and the setup display, limit playback by children, and so on. For details about the setup display, see page 45. PROGRAM (page 37) You can play the contents of the disc in the order you want by arranging the order of the titles, chapters or tracks on the disc to create your own program. SHUFFLE (page 39) You can have the player shuffle titles, chapters or tracks and play them in a random order. Subsequent shuffling may produce a different playing order. REPEAT (page 40) You can play all the titles/tracks on a disc or a single title/ chapter/track repeatedly. A-B REPEAT (page 41) You can play a specific portion of a title, chapter, or track repeatedly.

Viewing the Disc Information Z
You can check the DVD TEXT or CD TEXT of the disc on the TV screen and the front panel display. DVD TEXT and CD TEXT are information recorded on the disc which you cannot change. Press DISPLAY. Then press TIME/TEXT on the remote until DVD/CD TEXT is displayed. The information is displayed at the bottom of the display.
When you input the time code, input the playing time of the title, not the chapter or track time.

DVD/CD TEXT

TIME/TEXT BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO 4
Press TIME/TEXT on the remote. To display DVD/CD TEXT, press TIME/TEXT until DVD/CD TEXT is displayed.
zYou can view the entire DVD/CD TEXT recorded on the disc
DVD/CD TEXT is scrolled on the front panel display.
DVD TEXT is displayed only in English. NO TEXT appears when the DVD/CD TEXT is not recorded on the disc. This player can only display the first level of DVD/CD TEXT information.

Changing the Sound

If the DVD is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can select the language you want while playing the DVD. If the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital or DTS), you can select the audio format you want while playing the DVD. With multiplex CDs or VIDEO CDs, 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. In this case, the sound loses its stereo effect. For example, with a disc containing a song, the right channel may output the vocals and the left channel may output the instrumental. If you only want to hear the instrumental, you can select the left channel and hear it from both speakers. Select AUDIO after pressing DISPLAY.
PLAY 12(27) DVD 18(34) C 01:32:55 1: ENGLISH PROGRAM FORMAT 1: ENGLISH DOLBY DIGITAL 3/2.1 2: ENGLISH 3: FRENCH L C R LFE LS AUDIO Select:
Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to change the languages even if multilingual tracks are recorded on the DVD. While playing the CD/VIDEO CD, standard stereo playback will be resumed when: you open or close the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing @/1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing ! on the player While playing the DVD, the sound may be changed when: you open or close the disc tray you change the title
x AUDIO When playing a DVD Select the language. The languages you can select are different depending on the DVD. When 4 digits are displayed, they represent the language code. Select the language code from the list on page 62. When the same language is displayed two or more times, the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats. The current audio format is shown on the PROGRAM FORMAT display. When playing a VIDEO CD or a CD The default setting is underlined. STEREO : The standard stereo sound 1/L : The sound of the left channel (monaural) 2/R : The sound of the right channel (monaural)

Playing in Random Order (Shuffle Play)
z The program remains even after Program Play ends
When you press H, you can play the same program again.
z You can do Repeat Play or Shuffle Play of the programmed titles, chapters or tracks
During Program Play, press REPEAT or SHUFFLE on the remote. Or set REPEAT or SHUFFLE to ON in the Control Menu display.
You can have the player shuffle titles, chapters or tracks and play them in a random order. Subsequent shuffling may produce a different playing order. Select SHUFFLE after pressing DISPLAY. When you select a shuffle mode other than OFF, the SHUFFLE indicator lights up in green. Using Various Functions with the Control Menu
12(27) 18(34) C 01:32:55 CHAPTER OFF TITLE CHAPTER PLAY DVD
z You can select PROGRAM directly
Press PROGRAM on the remote.
z You can select discs, titles, chapters and tracks for the program by looking at the front panel display
You can program by looking at the front panel display instead of using the programming display on the TV screen. When you select Track 3 in a VIDEO CD for Program 1, the front panel display will appear as follows:

VIDEO CD

SHUFFLE Select:

Program number

x SHUFFLE Selects the Shuffle Play setting. The default settings are underlined.

Track number

The number of titles, chapters or tracks displayed are the same number of titles, chapters or tracks recorded on a disc. The program is canceled when: you open or close the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing @/1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing ! on the player Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to perform Program Play. If you are using the PBC playback function, you must first stop the disc before you can set a program.
When playing a DVD and when Program Play is set to OFF OFF: does not play a disc in random order. TITLE: has the player shuffle titles and play them in a random order. CHAPTER: has the player shuffle chapters and play them in a random order. When playing a VIDEO CD or CD (when Program Play is set to OFF) OFF: does not play a disc in random order. TRACK: has the player shuffle tracks and play them in a random order. When playing a VIDEO CD, CD or DVD (when Program Play is set to ON) OFF: does not play a disc in random order. ON: has the player shuffle titles or tracks selected in Program Play and play them in a random order. To stop Shuffle Play Press CLEAR on the remote.

Playing Repeatedly (Repeat Play)
You can play all of the titles or tracks on a disc or a single title, chapter or track repeatedly. In Shuffle or Program Play mode, the player repeats the titles or tracks in the shuffled or programmed order. You cannot perform Repeat Play during PBC playback of VIDEO CDs (page 21). Select REPEAT after pressing DISPLAY. When you select a repeat mode other than OFF, the REPEAT indicator lights up in green.
12(27) 18(34) C 01:32:55 DISC OFF DISC TITLE CHAPTER REPEAT Select:
z You can set Shuffle Play while the disc is stopped
After selecting the SHUFFLE option, press H. The player starts Shuffle Play.
z You can select SHUFFLE directly
Press SHUFFLE on the remote. Each time you press the button, the item changes.
Shuffle Play is canceled when: you open or close the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing @/1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing ! on the player Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to perform Shuffle Play. Up to 200 chapters in a disc can be played in random order when CHAPTER is selected.
x REPEAT Selects the Repeat Play setting. The default settings are underlined. When playing a DVD and when Program Play and Shuffle Play are set to OFF OFF: does not play repeatedly. DISC: repeats all of the titles. TITLE: repeats the current title on a disc. CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter. When playing a VIDEO CD/CD and when Program Play and Shuffle Play are set to OFF OFF: does not play repeatedly. DISC: repeats all of the tracks on a disc. TRACK: repeats the current track. When Program Play or Shuffle Play is set to ON OFF: does not play repeatedly. ON: repeats Program Play or Shuffle Play. To stop Repeat Play Press CLEAR on the remote.
Repeating a Specific Portion (A-B Repeat)
z You can set Repeat Play while the disc is stopped
After selecting the REPEAT option, press H. The player starts Repeat Play.
z You can select REPEAT directly
Press REPEAT on the remote. Each time you press the button, the item changes.
Repeat play is canceled when: you open or close the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing @/1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing ! on the player Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to perform Repeat Play.
You can play a specific portion of a title, chapter or track repeatedly. This function is useful when you want to do such things as memorize lyrics. During PBC Playback of VIDEO CDs (page 21), this function is available only while playing moving pictures. Select A-B REPEAT after pressing DISPLAY. During AB Repeat Play, the A-B REPEAT indicator lights up in green.

OFF SET OFF

AB REPEAT Select:
x A-B REPEAT The default setting is underlined. SET,: sets the A and B points. OFF: does not play a specific portion of a title/chapter/ track repeatedly.

Setting a portion for A-B repeat
Select SET, in A-B REPEAT. The A-B REPEAT setting display appears.
When you reach the ending point (point B), press ENTER again. The set points are displayed and the player starts repeating this specific portion. A-B appears on the front panel display during A-B repeat play.
12(27) 18(34) C : 34 : 30 PLAY DVD
OFF SET OFF AB REPEAT To select, Select: press
ON CHAPTER TIME A: : 32 : 55 B: : 34 : 30
ENTER then , Cancel: RETURN.
12(27) 18(34) C 01:32:55 A-B REPEAT Set point A with

ENTER.

To stop A-B Repeat Play Press CLEAR on the remote.
z You can select A-B REPEAT directly

Press A-B on the remote.

Return:
During playback, when you find the starting point (point A) of the portion to be played repeatedly, press ENTER. The starting point (point A) is set.
18(34) C 01:32:55 A-B REPEAT Set point B with
You can set A-B Repeat for only one specific portion. A-B Repeat is canceled when: you open or close the disc tray the player enters standby mode by pressing @/1 on the remote you turn the power off by pressing ! on the player When you set A-B Repeat, the settings for Shuffle Play and Program Play are canceled. You may not be able to set A-B Repeat for some DVD or VIDEO CD scenes.
CHAPTER TIME A: : 32 : 55 Cancel:

Settings and Adjustments

This chapter describes how to set and adjust the player using the on-screen setup menu. Most settings and adjustments are required to be set when you first use the player. This chapter also describes how to set the remote for controlling the TV or the AV receiver (amplifier).

Using the Setup Display

Using the setup display, you can do the initial setup, adjust the picture and sound and set the various outputs. You can also set a language for the subtitles and the setup display, limit playback by children, and so on. For details on each setup display item, see pages 46 to 53.
You can display the setup display only when the player is in stop mode. DISPLAY ENTER

</M/m/, DISPLAY

ENTER ORETURN
Press DISPLAY and select SETUP using M/m.
12(1) 18(34) C 00:00:00 STOP DVD
Press ENTER. The setup display appears.
Select the main item you want using M/m.
Select the setting you want using </M/m/,.
SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE: SCREEN SAVER: BACKGROUND:

Main item

ENGLISH ENGLISH ORIGINAL AUDIO FOLLOW
4:3 LETTER BOX 4:3 LETTER BOX 4:3 PAN SCAN 16:9/4:3 WIDE MODE
Press ENTER. The selected main item is highlighted.
SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE: SCREEN SAVER: BACKGROUND: 4:3 LETTER BOX ON JACKET PICTURE
SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE: SCREEN SAVER: BACKGROUND: 16:9/4:3 WIDE MODE ON JACKET PICTURE
Press DISPLAY. The setup display disappears.
10 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to turn off the on-screen

When you select OTHERS,, select and enter the language code from the list using the number buttons (page 62). After you have made a selection, the language code (4 digits) is displayed. * When you select AUDIO FOLLOW, the language for the subtitles changes according to the language for the setting you selected in AUDIO.
Settings for the Display (SCREEN SETUP)
SCREEN SETUP allows you to set the display according to the playback conditions. The default settings are underlined. Select SCREEN SETUP in the setup display.
4:3 LETTER BOX ON JACKET PICTURE
x SCREEN SAVER Turns on and off the screen saver. If you turn on the screen saver, the screen saver image appears when you leave the player or the remote in pause or stop mode for 15 minutes, or when you play back a CD for more than 15 minutes. The screen saver will help prevent your display device from becoming damaged. ON: turns on the screen saver. OFF: turns off the screen saver. x BACKGROUND Selects the background color on picture on the TV screen in stop mode or while playing a CD. JACKET PICTURE: The jacket picture appears in the background, but only when the jacket picture is already recorded on the disc. GRAPHICS: A preset picture stored in the player appears in the background. BLUE: The background color is blue. BLACK: The background color is black.
If a disc which does not contain the jacket picture is played while BACKGROUND is set to JACKET PICTURE, the picture stored in the player will automatically appear in the background.
xTV TYPE Selects the aspect ratio of the TV to be connected. 4:3 LETTER BOX: select this when you connect a normal TV to the player. Displays a wide picture with bands on the upper and lower portions of the screen. 4:3 PAN SCAN: select this when you connect a normal TV to the player. Displays the wide picture on the whole screen automatically and cuts off the portions that do not fit. 16:9/4:3 WIDE MODE: select this when you connect a wide-screen TV to the player or when you connect a TV with WIDE MODE function to the player (displays a wide picture with bands displayed on the upper and lower portions of the screen).

4:3 LETTER BOX

4:3 PAN SCAN

4:3 WIDE MODE

Depending on the DVD, 4:3 LETTER BOX may be selected automatically instead of 4:3 PAN SCAN and vice versa.

4-pin Y: 1.0 Vp-p mini DIN C: 0.286 Vp-p Y: 1.0 Vp-p
COMPONENT Phono jacks VIDEO OUT (Y, PB/B-Y, PR/R-Y)

PB/B-Y, PR/R-Y: 0.7 Vp-p

75 ohms

Glossary

Bit rate (page 35) Value indicating the amount of video data compressed in a DVD per second. The unit is Mbps (Mega bit per second). 1 Mbps indicates that the data per second is 1,000,000 bits. The higher the bit rate, the larger the amount of data. However, this does not always mean that you can get higher quality pictures. Chapter (page 5) Sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD that are smaller than titles. A title is composed of several chapters. Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling you to locate the chapter you want. Digital Cinema Sound (DCS) (page 33) The general name of technology that Sony developed to enjoy surround sound in a home. It simulates the sound of a movie editing studio instead of the usual concert hall so that you can enjoy the surround sound of a movie theater in the comfort of your own home. The VES (Virtual Enhanced Surround) system contained in DCS programs can create the sound image of virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without using actual rear speakers. Dolby Digital (pages 10, 52) Digital audio compression technology developed by Dolby Laboratories. This technology conforms to 5.1channel surround sound. The rear channel is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format. Dolby Digital provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio found in Dolby Digital cinema audio systems. Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data is recorded discretely and processed in digital. Dolby Pro Logic (page 52) Audio signal processing technology that Dolby Laboratories developed for surround sound. When the input signal contains a surround component, the Pro Logic process outputs the front, center and rear signals. The rear channel is monaural. DTS (pages 12, 53) Digital audio compression technology that Digital Theater Systems, Inc. developed. This technology conforms to 5.1channel surround. The rear channel is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format. DTS provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio. Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data is recorded discretely and processed in digital. DVD (page 4) A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictures even though its diameter is the same as a CD. The data capacity of a single-layer and single-sided DVD is 4.7 GB (Giga Byte) which is 7 times that of a CD. The data capacity of a dual-layer and single-sided DVD is 8.5 GB, a single-layer and double-sided DVD is 9.4 GB, and a dual-layer and double-sided DVD is 17 GB. The picture data uses the MPEG 2 format, one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology. The picture data is compressed to about 1/40 of its original size. The DVD also uses a variable rate coding technology that changes the data to be allocated according to the status of the picture. Audio data is recorded in Dolby Digital as well as in PCM, allowing you to enjoy a more real audio presence. Furthermore, various advanced functions such as the multi-angle, multilingual, and Parental Control functions are provided with the DVD. Multi-angle function (page 32) Various angles for the scene (viewpoints of the video camera) are recorded on some DVDs. Multilingual function (pages 14, 32, 46) Several languages for the audio track or sub-titles in a picture are recorded on some DVDs. Parental Control (page 48) A function of the DVD used to limit playback of the disc according to the age of the user and 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) (page 21) Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs (Version 2.0) to control playback. By using menus recorded on VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, you can enjoy playing simple interactive programs, programs with search functions, and so on. Title (page 5) The longest section of a picture or a music piece on a DVD; a movie, etc., for a picture piece on video software; or an album, etc., for a music piece on audio software. Each title is assigned a title number enabling you to locate the title you want.

Track (page 5) Sections of a picture or a music piece on a CD or VIDEO CD. Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to locate the track you want. VIDEO CD (page 4) A compact disc that contains moving pictures. The picture data uses the MPEG 1 format, one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology. The picture data is compressed to about 1/140 of its original size. Consequently, a 12 cm VIDEO CD can contain up to 74 minutes of moving pictures. VIDEO CDs also contain compact audio data. Sounds outside the range of human hearing are compressed while the sounds we can hear are not compressed. VIDEO CDs can hold 6 times the audio information of conventional audio CDs. There are 2 versions of VIDEO CDs. Version 1.1: You can play only moving pictures and sounds. Version 2.0: You can play high-resolution still pictures and enjoy PBC functions. This player conforms to both versions.

Language Code List

For details, see page 32, 46. The language spellings conform to the ISO 639: 1988 (E/F) standard. Code

Language

Afar Abkhazian Afrikaans Amharic Arabic Assamese Aymara Azerbaijani Bashkir Byelorussian Bulgarian Bihari Bislama Bengali; Bangla Tibetan Breton Catalan Corsican Czech Welsh Danish German Bhutani Greek English Esperanto Spanish Estonian Basque Persian Finnish Fiji Faroese French Frisian Irish

Code Language

Scots Gaelic Galician Guarani Gujarati Hausa Hindi Croatian Hungarian Armenian Interlingua Interlingue Inupiak Indonesian Icelandic Italian Hebrew Japanese Yiddish Javanese Georgian Kazakh Greenlandic Cambodian Kannada Korean Kashmiri Kurdish Kirghiz Latin Lingala Laothian Lithuanian Latvian; Lettish Malagasy Maori Macedonian
Malayalam Mongolian Moldavian Marathi Malay Maltese Burmese Nauru Nepali Dutch Norwegian Occitan (Afan) Oromo Oriya Punjabi Polish Pashto; Pushto Portuguese Quechua Rhaeto-Romance Kirundi Romanian Russian Kinyarwanda Sanskrit Sindhi Sangho Serbo-Croatian Singhalese Slovak Slovenian Samoan Shona Somali Albanian Serbian
Siswati Sesotho Sundanese Swedish Swahili Tamil Telugu Tajik Thai Tigrinya Turkmen Tagalog Setswana Tonga Turkish Tsonga Tatar Twi Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Volapk Wolof Xhosa Yoruba Chinese Zulu Not specified
Index to Parts and Controls
Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details.

Front Panel

1 ! (power) button and indicator (16) Disconnects the power of the player or places the player in standby mode. 2 VES (Virtual Enhanced Surround) button and indicator (33) Press to select the desired VES item. The indicator lights up for every selected item except OFF. 3 Disc tray (16) Place a disc on the tray. 4 AOPEN/CLOSE button (16) Opens or closes the disc tray. 5./>PREV/NEXT (previous/next) buttons (17) Press to go to the next chapter or track, or to go back to the previous chapter or track. 6 TITLE button (20) Displays the title menu on the TV screen. 7 DVD MENU button (20) Displays the DVD menu on the TV screen.

Numerics

16:4:3 LETTER BOX 47 4:3 PAN SCAN 47 4:3 WIDE MODE 47 5.1 Channel Surround 12
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Remote 7, 53 REPEAT 40 Resume Play 19
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S video output 8, 10 Scene 5 SCENE 27 SCREEN SAVER 47 SCREEN SETUP 47 Searching. See Locating. Setup Display 43 SHUFFLE 39 Shuffle Play 39 Slow-motion Play 18 SUBTITLE 32
BACKGROUND 47 Batteries 7 Additional Information
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS RICHARD MORRIS, LINDA DARR, and MIKE MADDALENO, individually and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. SONY ELECTRONICS INCORPORATED, Defendant.

Case No. 03 L 210

NOTICE TO CLASS OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT TO: ALL ORIGINAL UNITED STATES END USER CONSUMERS WHO PURCHASED, AT RETAIL, OR WHO RECEIVED AS A GIFT FROM AN ORIGINAL PURCHASER, ANY OF THE SONY DVD PLAYER MODELS LISTED BELOW BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 1998 AND THE PRESENT. THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO INFORM YOU OF THE PENDENCY OF THIS CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AND OF ITS PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. IF THE SETTLEMENT IS APPROVED BY THE COURT, CERTAIN BENEFITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS IN SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO ALLEGEDLY DEFECTIVE SONY-BRAND DVD PLAYERS. THIS NOTICE CONCERNS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. NOTHING IN THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS AN EXPRESSION BY THE COURT OF THE MERITS OF THIS LAWSUIT. The Court, by order dated November 21, 2006, has preliminarily approved the proposed settlement, ordered that this Notice be given, and conditionally certified the following class for settlement purposes only: All original United States end user consumers who purchased, at retail, any of the following Sony DVD Player models between January 1, 1998 and the present (hereafter, the Settlement Class): DVP-S530D, DVP-S330, DVP-S360, DVP-S550D, DVP-S560D, DVP-S570D, DVP-NS400D, DVP-NC600, DVP-C650D, DVP-S350, DVP-S363, DVP-F21, DVP-NS315, DVP-S500D, DVP-C670D, DVP-S300, and DVPNS415. The Settlement Class shall also include any person who received one of the above listed DVD players (hereinafter referred to as a Covered Sony DVD Player), as a gift, directly from the original purchaser of the product at retail. The Settlement Class shall not include any person/entity who purchased or acquired a Covered Sony DVD Player for resale, any person/entity who purchased or acquired a Covered Sony DVD Player for commercial use, any claims aggregators, or any person/entity who claims to be an assignee of rights associated with any of the Covered Sony DVD Players, nor shall it include any person who is an employee, director, officer or agent of Sony Electronics Inc. (SEL), or its direct or indirect parent or affiliated companies, nor shall it include any Judge of this Court. A hearing regarding a proposed settlement of this class action will be held on March 22, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. before the Honorable Robert P. LeChien at the Circuit Court for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, St. Clair County, Illinois, St. Clair County Building, 10 Public Square, Belleville, IL 62220. The hearing will be held to determine whether the proposed settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate. If you are a member of the Settlement Class, you should read this notice carefully because it will affect your rights. BACKGROUND OF THIS CASE AND THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT Litigation Summary On April 10, 2003, Plaintiff Richard Morris filed a lawsuit in this Court against SEL alleging that several Sony-brand DVD player models sold and marketed by SEL contain an inherent defect that causes the erroneous display of a C:13:00 or No Disk message code, inevitably rendering the DVD player unable to play DVDs. Plaintiff Morris subsequently amended his complaint three times. In the current version of the complaint, Plaintiff Morris, along with Linda Darr and Mike Maddaleno (collectively, Plaintiffs), allege that the source of the purported defect is faulty firmware in an electronic integrated circuit, known as the SYSCON ROM, in the DVD players. Plaintiffs further allege that the faulty firmware causes the DVD players at issue to perform poorly, including the erroneous display of a C:13:00 or No Disk message code, a lip synch problem, in which the audio and video playback are out of synch, picture freezing, chapter skipping, pixilation, overheating and spontaneous power down, and a mechanical malfunction that prevents a user from inserting or ejecting DVDs. Plaintiffs further contend that SEL intentionally concealed material information about the alleged defect, and that SEL made misrepresentations to consumers regarding the performance, reliability, and quality of the DVD players at issue. Plaintiffs purport to bring their lawsuit on behalf of themselves

and all other consumers in the United States who purchased at retail, between January 1, 1998 and the present, or received as a gift from the original purchaser, a Sony-brand DVD player listed above. This lawsuit raises many of the same facts, issues, allegations, legal theories, and claims that have been raised in the following class-action lawsuits filed against Sony Electronics in other states: Donald Scafuri et al. v. Sony Electronics Inc., Case No. MID-L-2022-02, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County (filed February 15, 2002); Terry Hall et al. v. Sony Electronics Inc., Case No. CV02-7666, Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama (filed December 23, 2002); Kenneth D. Berna et al. v. Sony Electronics Inc., Case No. 03AS00820, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Sacramento (filed February 14, 2003); Michael A. Zeigler v. Sony Corporation of America et al., No. X01-CV-030181305 S, in the Superior Court of Connecticut, Complex Litigation Docket at Waterbury (filed June 10, 2003); Don Daugherty v. Sony Electronics Inc., Case No. 2202-3, Circuit Court for Knox County, Tennessee at Knoxville (filed April 2, 2003); Arshad Armeen v. Sony Electronics Inc., No. 04-C-1324, Circuit Court of Davidson County, at Nashville, Tennessee (filed May 7, 2004); John Szychowski et al. v. Sony Electronics Inc., Case No. 0400040-261, Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (filed January 5, 2004); and Mary Ciccia v. Sony Electronics Inc., Index No. 32142/04, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Kings (filed October 8, 2004). Only four of the above listed lawsuits are still active: the Daugherty, Ameen, Szychowski, and Zeigler lawsuits. The courts presiding over the Berna, Hall, and Ciccia actions dismissed those lawsuits and the parties in the Scafuri action resolved that lawsuit as an individual action after the Scafuri court declined to certify the purported class. SEL vigorously denies the allegations asserted in this lawsuit, as well as the other lawsuits listed above, and expressly denies the claim that the SYSCON ROM firmware in the DVD players at issue has systematically failed, or has failed at an abnormally high rate. The parties to this lawsuit have engaged in extensive discovery, including production of hundreds of thousands of pages of hard-copy and electronic documents and numerous depositions. On October 4, 2005, Plaintiffs asked the Court to certify a class that is a subset of, though substantially smaller than, the proposed Settlement Class. The Court granted Plaintiffs request, certifying a class defined as: All persons and entities that purchased in Illinois Sony DVD Players of Models Nos. DVP-S330, DVP-S360, DVP-S350D, DVP-S530D, DVP-S550D, DVP-S560D, DVP-S570D, between April 10, 2000 and the present (Class Period). Excluded from the Class are Defendant and its subsidiaries, affiliates, legal representatives, heirs, successors, assignees and employees, as well as government entities. SEL asked the Appellate Court of Illinois to hear its appeal of the certification ruling, which the Appellate Court granted. At the time the parties submitted this proposed settlement to the Court for approval, the Appellate Court had not heard oral argument on SELs appeal of the certification ruling. The Proposed Settlement The parties have agreed to a settlement under the terms of an agreement signed by the parties to this lawsuit on or around November 17, 2006 (Settlement Agreement). Under the terms of the settlement and subject to the limitations described below, SEL will provide one of two mutually exclusive settlement benefits to members of the Settlement Class: (1) a SYSCON ROM repair reimbursement benefit, or (2) an e-voucher good on sonystyle.com or refurbished DVD player benefit. SEL has also agreed to an incentive award to the Plaintiffs and to compensate the named plaintiffs in the Daugherty, Ameen, and Zeigler lawsuits. Under the settlement, members of the Settlement Class will release all current and future claims against SEL, Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, and other affiliated and non-affiliated parties described fully in Section 5 of the Settlement Agreement, relating to or arising from the facts, claims, and allegations that were raised, or could have been raised, in this lawsuit. TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT Settlement Benefits Settlement Class members are entitled to one, but not both, of the two benefits described below. These benefits will be available to Settlement Class members beginning 30 days after the Court issues an order granting final approval of the proposed settlement, and ending on October 31, 2007. There is a possibility that the benefits will be available beyond October 31, 2007. If SEL extends the October 31, 2007 deadline, it will post this information, along with the new deadline, on the Sony DVD Player Settlement Website at http://esupport.sony.com/dvdsettlement. A. Benefit Option I: Reimbursement For SYSCON ROM Repair If a Settlement Class member has already paid to have the SYSCON ROM in his or her Covered Sony DVD Player repaired or replaced, SEL will reimburse the member for the cost of that repair, subject to the following limitations: 1. SEL shall not provide any reimbursement for a Covered Sony DVD Player that is repaired within the applicable Covered Sony DVD Player limited warranty period or repaired after the Claims Period begins; and 2. Each Settlement Class member must submit a claim form and (1) proof of purchase of a Covered Sony DVD Player, and (2) written proof of payment for the repair or replacement of a SYSCON ROM in a Covered Sony DVD Player, as described more fully below. B. Benefit Option II: E-voucher/Refurbished DVD Player A Settlement Class member who declines Benefit Option I (the Reimbursement For SYSCON ROM Repair) described immediately above is eligible to receive one, but not both, of the following: (1) a $40.00 e-voucher redeemable at sonystyle.com

for any product sold at that website, or (2) a refurbished Sony-brand DVD player, model number DVP-NS50P, with standard 90day limited warranty, subject to the following limitations: 1. Each Settlement Class member must submit a claim form and proof of purchase of a Covered Sony DVD Player (acceptable forms of proof of purchase of a Covered Sony DVD Player are described below); 2. Each Settlement Class member must submit proof that he or she purchased, before December 31, 2003, a DVD player of any brand to replace his or her Covered Sony DVD Player (hereafter referred to as a Replacement Player). Acceptable forms of proof of purchase of a Replacement Player are described below; 3. Each Settlement Class member must attest, under penalty of perjury, that he or she had to replace his or her Covered Sony DVD Player due to one of the following performance symptoms: erroneous display of a C:13:00 or No Disk message code, a lip synch problem, in which the audio and video playback are out of synch, picture freezing, chapter skipping, pixilation, overheating and spontaneous power down, or a mechanical malfunction that prevents a user from inserting or ejecting DVDs. If you choose to receive an e-voucher, you must redeem it within 330 days following the date the Court enters an order granting final approval of this proposed settlement. Because SEL does not know if, or when, the Court will issue the final approval order, it cannot currently specify the actual e-voucher expiration date. (SEL estimates that the expiration date may be sometime around February 28, 2008.) Check the Settlement Website at http://esupport.sony.com/dvdsettlement, after March 22, 2007 to obtain the actual expiration date. No Aggregation of Benefits No member of the Settlement Class is eligible to receive any benefit described above for more than one Covered Sony DVD Player unless the member provides written proof that he or she is the original purchaser, at retail, of each Covered Sony DVD Player. Incentive Awards SEL shall pay Representative Plaintiffs Richard Morris, Linda Darr, and Mike Maddaleno incentive award of $2,500.00 each. These payments represent compensation to each of these three persons for undertaking the costs and risks of prosecuting this action on behalf of members of the Settlement Class. SEL shall pay Don Daugherty, Arshad Ameen, and Michael A. Zeigler an incentive award of $2,500.00 each. These payments represent compensation to each of these three persons for undertaking the costs and risks of prosecuting their respective lawsuits. Release Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Plaintiffs have agreed to dismiss this lawsuit, in its entirety, including the claims of the members of the Settlement Class, with prejudice, which dismissal will be incorporated into a final judgment approving the settlement. All members of the Settlement Class who have not excluded themselves will be bound by the final judgment entered by the Court. All claims of the members of the Settlement Class which were or could have been asserted in this lawsuit or any other lawsuit filed against SEL, as described above, that is or was based upon the facts alleged in those lawsuits, will be released as provided in the Settlement Agreement, and members of the Settlement Class will be forever barred from seeking other or further relief on such claims as described more fully in Section 5 of the Settlement Agreement. If the Illinois Court grants final approval of this proposed settlement, it will render the Daugherty, Ameen, Szychowski, and Zeigler lawsuits moot and will necessitate and result in the dismissal of those actions. A full copy of the Settlement Agreement, which is summarized in this section, is available in the office of the Clerk of this Court. IF YOU WANT A COPY OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, DO NOT WRITE TO THE COURT CLERK. YOU MAY OBTAIN A COPY FROM THE COURT CLERK ONLY BY GOING TO THE CLERKS OFFICE IN PERSON. You may also obtain a copy of the Settlement Agreement by written request to Edward Wallace, Class Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Settlement Class, at the addresses below. EDWARD WALLACE WEXLER TORISEVA WALLACE, LLP One North LaSalle Street, Suite 2000 Chicago, Illinois 60602 Attorney Compensation As a term of and subject to the proposed settlement, Class Counsel will apply to the Court for attorneys fees not to exceed $1,250,000. Payment of these fees by SEL will not affect or limit the availability of the two mutually exclusive benefits made available to the Settlement Class. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RECOVERY: If you approve of the settlement and wish to participate in the recovery, you need not take any action before this settlement receives final approval by the Illinois Circuit Court Judge hearing this case. Once this proposed settlement receives final approval, to participate in the recovery you must take one of the actions described below.

Reimbursement For SYSCON ROM Repair Benefit If you want to receive the Reimbursement For SYSCON ROM Repair Benefit described above, you must: a. complete the claim form attached to this notice, titled Claim For Settlement Benefit; b. send the completed claim form to the address listed on the form; and c. enclose with your claim form (i) proof of purchase of a Covered Sony DVD Player, and (ii) written proof that you paid to have the SYSCON ROM in your Covered Sony DVD Player repaired or replaced. SEL will determine if you are eligible for a reimbursement, and, if so, will mail you a reimbursement check. Your claim form must be postmarked NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 31, 2007 to make you eligible for this benefit. Please note, however, that SEL may extend the deadline to mail in claim forms. If SEL extends the deadline, it will post the new deadline on the Sony DVD Player Settlement Website at http://esupport.sony.com/dvdsettlement, beginning on October 31, 2007. If Sony currently has a record of you having paid to repair the SYSCON ROM in a Covered Sony DVD Player, it will automatically send you a reimbursement check for the repair costs. If you receive one of these automatic reimbursements and you have not already submitted a claim form, you do not need to submit a claim form or proof of purchase of your Covered Sony DVD Player. Submission of any one of the following will constitute proof-of-purchase of a Covered Sony DVD Player: (a) legible copy of the original receipt; (b) legible copy of an invoice marked paid that identifies the retail seller, the sellers address, and identifies the purchase; (c) legible copy of a canceled check contemporaneously identifying the purchase; (d) legible copy of a credit card bill that identifies the purchase; (e) a portion of the box originally holding the Covered Sony DVD Player that identifies the player / model number; (f) a legible shipping invoice identifying the Covered Sony DVD Player; (g) the Covered Sony DVD Player itself; or (h) check the box on the claim form that you registered your Covered Sony DVD player with SEL, which, once SEL verifies such registration, will satisfy the proof of purchase requirement. E-voucher/Refurbished DVD Player Benefit If you want to receive the E-voucher/Replacement DVD Player Benefit described above, you must: a. fill out the attached Claim For Settlement Benefit; b. complete and sign, under penalty of perjury, the Attestation on the claim form; c. send the completed claim form to the address listed on the form; and d. enclose with your claim form (i) proof of purchase of a Covered Sony DVD Player, and (ii) proof of purchase of a Replacement Player. Your claim form must be postmarked NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 31, 2007 to make you eligible for this benefit. Please note, however, that SEL may extend the deadline to mail in claim forms. If SEL extends the deadline, it will post the new deadline on the Sony DVD Player Settlement Website at http://esupport.sony.com/dvdsettlement, beginning on October 31, 2007. Submission of any one of the following will constitute proof of purchase of a Replacement Player: (a) legible copy of the original receipt; (b) legible copy of an invoice marked paid that identifies the retail seller, the sellers address, and identifies the purchase; (c) legible copy of a canceled check contemporaneously identifying the purchase; (d) legible copy of a credit card bill that identifies the purchase; (e) a portion of the box originally holding the Replacement Player that identifies the player / model number; (f) a legible shipping invoice identifying the Replacement Player; (g) the Replacement Player itself; or (h) if the Replacement Player is a Sony-brand DVD player, check the box on the claim form that you registered your Replacement Player with SEL, which, once SEL verifies such registration, will satisfy the proof of purchase requirement. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PROOFS OF PURCHASE SUBMITTED TO SEL TO CLAIM ANY BENEFIT DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF SEL, WHICH SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DISPOSAL, AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO YOU. TO EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE SETTLEMENT CLASS: You can exclude yourself from the Settlement Class. This means that you would not participate in this settlement and you may pursue whatever individual claims you may have against SEL. If you exclude yourself, you cannot object to the proposed settlement. To exclude yourself you must send a letter to Edward Wallace, counsel for Plaintiffs, at the addresses listed above. Your request must state that you wish to be excluded from the settlement of this lawsuit, and must include (1) the name and case number of this lawsuit (Richard Morris et al. v. Sony Electronics Inc., 03 L 210), (2) your name, address, telephone number, (3) the model number of your Covered Sony DVD Player, and (4) the serial number of your Covered Sony DVD Player (if available). Your request for exclusion must be postmarked by March 7, 2007. TO OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT: Any member of the Settlement Class who objects to the proposed settlement or the amount of fees or expenses claimed by attorneys for the Plaintiffs and Settlement Class, may appear personally, or through an attorney, at the Fairness Hearing and object to the approval of either. To object and be heard at the Fairness Hearing, a member of the Settlement Class must submit his or her objections, in writing, along with any supporting papers, to the Court for consideration at the address below by March 7, 2007, with copies to the attorneys for Plaintiffs and attorneys for SEL. Each objection must include the objectors name, address, and telephone number, the name and case number of this lawsuit (Richard Morris et al. v. Sony Electronics Inc., 03 L 210), and the

objector must provide sufficient information to establish membership in the Settlement Class (i.e., the model of the Covered Sony DVD Player you own, the purchase date, and the serial number (if available). You must also provide a detailed written statement of each objection asserted, including all grounds for the objection and reasons, if any, for requesting the opportunity to appear and be heard at the Fairness Hearing. IF YOU DO NOT OPPOSE THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, YOU NEED NOT APPEAR AT THE FAIRNESS HEARING OR FILE ANY PAPERS WITH THE COURT PRIOR TO THE HEARING. All objections should be sent to the Court Clerk at: C. Barney Metz, Clerk of the Court Circuit Court for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit St. Clair County, Illinois 10 Public Square Belleville, Illinois 62220-1623 And copies of everything you submit to the Clerk of the Court must be sent to: EDWARD WALLACE WEXLER TORISEVA WALLACE LLP One North LaSalle Street, Suite 2000 Chicago, Illinois 60602 and NANCY SHER COHEN HELLER EHRMAN LLP 333 S. Hope Street, 39th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-3043 If the Court overrules your objections and approves the settlement, you are bound by the terms of the settlement, meaning you may be eligible to receive one of the benefits offered under the settlement, and release all claims against SEL as provided for under the settlement. IMPORTANT DATES The Court has scheduled the following important dates that you should take note of: March 22, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. FAIRNESS HEARING The Fairness Hearing will be held before the Honorable John A. Houston at: Circuit Court for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit St. Clair County, Illinois St. Clair County Building 10 Public Square Belleville, IL 62220 The Fairness Hearing has two purposes that relate to you: (1) to provide members of the Settlement Class with an opportunity to assert objections to the settlement or the awarding of attorneys fees to Class Counsel that filed this lawsuit on behalf of Plaintiff and the Settlement Class; and (2) to provide members of the Settlement Class and the named parties in the lawsuit a chance to explain to the Court why the proposed settlement, including the awarding of attorneys fees, is fair, reasonable, and adequate and should be granted final approval by the Court. March 7, 2007 WRITTEN OBJECTIONS DUE This date is the LAST DAY on which any member of the Settlement Class will be permitted to file a notice with the Court that the member intends to appear at the Fairness Hearing to assert objections to the proposed settlement or the awarding of attorneys fees. The procedures for filing written objections are described above. It is also the LAST DAY to submit any papers or other materials that the objecting Settlement Class member wishes the Court to consider prior to its final determination of the fairness, reasonableness, and adequacy of the proposed settlement. March 7, 2007 OPT-OUT DATE This is the LAST DAY on which a member of the Settlement Class may notify Plaintiffs attorneys, Edward Wallace, that the member wishes to exclude himself or herself from membership in the Settlement Class and to withdraw from participation in the proposed settlement. The procedures for excluding yourself from the proposed settlement are described above. CHANGE OF ADDRESS If you move after receiving this notice or if it was misaddressed, you should supply your name and correct address to attorneys for the Plaintiffs, Edward Wallace, at the addresses listed above.

FURTHER INFORMATION The pleadings and all other records of this litigation may be examined and copied any time during regular office hours in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, St. Clair County, Illinois at the above listed address. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO NOT CALL OR WRITE TO THE COURT OR THE CLERK OF THE COURT. SEND ALL INQUIRIES IN WRITING TO: EDWARD WALLACE WEXLER TORISEVA WALLACE LLP One North LaSalle Street, Suite 2000 Chicago, Illinois 60602 You may also obtain information and a claim form by visiting the Settlement Website created for the settlement of this lawsuit at: http://esupport.sony.com/dvdsettlement. DATED: November 21, 2006 BY ORDER OF THE HON. ROBERT P. LECHIEN, CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS