Remote Guide to parts and controls
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1 THEATRE SYNC (page 25) Press to operate the THEATRE SYNC function. B TV "/1 (on/standby) (page 21) Press to turn the TV on or off. "/1 (on/standby) (pages 17, 22, 74) Press to turn the unit on or off. C DISC SKIP (page 27) Press to skip a disc. D FUNCTION +/ (pages 26, 53, 55, 73) Press to select a function. E PICTURE NAVI (pages 36, 38) Press to search for a scene or a file. Continued l
F REPEAT/FM MODE (pages 33, 54, 79) Press to change the Repeat Play setting. Press to select the FM monaural or stereo reception. G AUDIO (pages 28, 62, 69) Press to select the audio format. H SUBTITLE/D.TUNING (pages 28, 54) Press to turn off or change the language of the subtitle. Press to enter direct tuning mode. I ANGLE (page 28) Press to change the angle. J (pages 24, 27) Press to select an album.
O TV CH +/ (page 21) Press to select a TV channel. PRESET +/ (page 53) Press to select a preset station./> (go backward/go forward) (pages 27, 37, 56) Press to go backward or go forward. c STEP C (page 27) Press to watch one frame at a time. REPLAY /ADVANCE (page 27) Press to replay the previous scene or fast forward the current scene. TUNING +/ (pages 53, 54) Press to tune in a radio station. SLOW /SLOW (page 27) Press to watch frame by frame. m/M (rewind/fast forward (page 27) Press to rewind or fast forward. H* (play) (pages 26, 55, 74) X (pause) (pages 26, 55) x (stop) (pages 26, 53, 55) Press to start, pause or stop playback. P TV (page 21) Hold down TV and press the button you want to operate the TV. Q O RETURN (pages 30, 36, 38) Press to return to the previous display.
K DVD/TUNER MENU (pages 34, 38, 53) Press to display the menu of the DVD player. Press to preset a radio station. L SOUND FIELD (page 59) Press to select a sound field. M TV VOL +/* (page 21) Press to adjust the TV volume. VOLUME +/* (pages 26, 65, 74) Press to adjust the volume. N DISPLAY (pages 31, 46, 63, 87) Press to turn on or off or change the Control Menu display on the TV screen.
R V/v/B/b (pages 22, 31, 53, 63, 65) Press to select the settings. ENTER (pages 22, 31, 53, 58, 65) Press to enter the selection. S DVD TOP MENU (page 34) Press to display the DVD title. T -/-- (page 21) Press to enter a double digit channel number for TV. CLEAR (pages 23, 24, 31, 38) Press to cancel the play mode or clear a mistake when you press the incorrect numeric button. U Numeric buttons* (pages 21, 27, 43, 53) Press to tune or preset a radio station, enter a track or file number, etc. V KEY CONTROL 2/# (page 64) SCORE (page 64) KARAOKE MODE (page 62) KARAOKE PON (page 64) Press to enjoy the karaoke function.
W DISPLAY (pages 67) Press to display disc information in the front panel display or to change the front panel display during Power Saving Mode. wf TIME/TEXT (pages 67, 69) Press to check the elapsed playing time, remaining time, etc. wg TV INPUT (page 21) Press to switch the TVs input source. SLEEP (pages 24, 65) Press to activate the sleep timer. wh TIMER MENU (pages 22, 65) Press to set the time and timer.

x For MHC-GNZ888D

4 Press ENTER without opening
the disc tray or inserting a disc. The LANGUAGE SETUP display appears on the TV screen.
LANGUAGE SETUP OSD: MENU: AUDIO: SUBTITLE: ENGLISH ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH PORTUGUESE
The setting is selected and the SPEAKER SETUP display appears on the TV screen.

x For MHC-GNZ777D

The setting is selected and QUICK SETUP is complete appears on the TV screen.

8 (MHC-GNZ888D only)

Press V or v repeatedly to select the front speaker distance from your listening position, then press ENTER. Repeat this step to adjust the center and surround speaker distance. The setting is selected and QUICK SETUP is complete. appears on the TV screen. The system is ready for playback. If you want to change each setting individually, see Using the DVD setup menu on page 46.
Using the THEATRE SYNC function
THEATRE SYNC allows you to turn on your Sony TV and this system, changes the systems function to DVD and then switches the TVs input source you have set with just one button.
Preparing to use the THEATRE SYNC function
Install the unit near the TV, then register the TVs input source connected to this system.
Hold down SLEEP and press To select the following TVs input source

To quit QUICK SETUP

Press DISPLAY.

To recall QUICK SETUP

1 Press
DISPLAY when playback is stopped. The Control Menu appears on the TV screen. (SETUP), then press

to CLEAR +

No input source (Default) VIDEO 1 to VIDEO 8 COMPONENT 1 COMPONENT 2 COMPONENT 3 COMPONENT 4
2 Press V or v repeatedly to select

ENTER.

3 Press V or v repeatedly to select

QUICK, then press ENTER.

The guide message appears at the bottom of the TV screen when you turn on the system for the first time or after performing RESET (page 81).
The selected TVs input source is memorized into the remote.
Operating the THEATRE SYNC function
Point the remote in the direction of the TV and this unit. Then, hold down THEATRE SYNC until the TV is turned on and the input source is changed correctly. If this function does not work, change the transmission time. The transmission time varies depending on the TV.
To change the transmission time
Hold down > To select the following and press transmission time
0.5 (Default) 1 1.2.3.5 4
3 Load a disc with the label side
facing up on the disc tray.

Playing a disc

Normal Play
When you play back an 8 cm disc such as a CD single, place it on the inner circle of the tray

Before playing a DVD VIDEO, a DVD-R/-RW in VR mode, a VIDEO CD, JPEG image files or DivX video files1), turn on your TV and select the video input. Depending on the DVD VIDEO or VIDEO CD, some operations may be different or restricted. Refer to the operating instructions supplied with the disc.
To load additional discs, press DISC SKIP/EX-CHANGE on the unit to rotate the disc tray.
4 Press Z OPEN/CLOSE on the
unit to close the disc tray. Do not forcibly push the disc tray to close it as this may cause a malfunction.
MHC-GNZ777D Russian model only/MHCGNZ888D.
5 Press H (or nN on the unit). 6 Press VOLUME +/ (or turn
MASTER VOLUME on the unit) to adjust the volume.
Depending on the system status, the volume level may not appear on the TV screen.
Example: When playing a DVD VIDEO:

Elapsed playing time

Other operations
Disc playing indicator To Do this
1 Press FUNCTION +/ repeatedly
to select DVD (or press DVD on the unit).
Stop playback Pause playback
Press x Press X. Press X again or H (or nN on the unit) to resume playback.
2 Press Z OPEN/CLOSE on the

Do this

Select a track1), chapter or video file
Press. or > repeatedly during playback, or Turn. OPERATION DIAL > on the unit clockwise or counterclockwise during playback, or Press the numeric buttons when the Control Menu is turned off, then press ENTER2).
Play one frame at a time (Freeze Frame)6)
Press STEP C to go to the next frame when playback is paused. Press c STEP7) to go to the preceding frame when playback is paused. To return to normal playback, press H (or nN on the unit).
Replay the Press REPLAY previous scene during playback. (Instant Replay)7) Briefly fast forward the current scene (Instant Advance)7) Select a disc Press ADVANCE during playback.
Select an album3) Press +/ repeatedly during playback or when playback is paused. Locate a point quickly in fast forward or fast reverse (Lock Search)4)5) Press m or M (or M or m on the unit) during playback. Each time you press m or M (or M or m on the unit), the playback speed changes cyclically. To return to normal playback, press H (or nN on the unit). Press SLOW or SLOW (or M or m on the unit) when playback is paused. Each time you press SLOW or SLOW (or M or m on the unit), the playback speed changes. To return to normal playback, press H (or nN on the unit).

select an album.

Playing an album:
Press H (or nN on the unit). The system starts playback from the first track of the selected album.

Playing a track:

1 Press ENTER.
The list of MP3 audio tracks of the selected album appears on the TV screen.
M Y FAVO U R I T E S O N G 1(256)
WA LT Z F O R D E B B Y MY ROMANCE MILES TONES M Y F U N N Y VA L E N T I N E AU T U M N L EAV E S ALL BLUES S O M E D A Y M Y P R I N C E W.
the MP3 audio track you want, then press ENTER. The system starts playing the selected MP3 audio track.
Playing an MP3 audio track or album
To display the next or previous page of track list or album list
Press B or b repeatedly when the track list or album list is displayed.
1 Load a disc on the disc tray.
The list of albums appears on the TV screen.
3 ( 30) ROCK BEST HIT KARAOKE M Y FAVO U R I T E S O N G R&B JAZZ CLASSIC SALSA OF CUBA B O S S A N OVA
To play back the next album of MP3 audio tracks
You can select the next album by pressing > repeatedly until the last track of the current album, then press > once. The first track of the next album is selected. However, you cannot select the previous album by pressing. repeatedly. To select the previous album, select the album from the album list.
To return to the album list display when the track list is displayed
2 Press V/v/B/b to select the
image you want to view, then press H (or nN on the unit). The slide show starts from the selected image file.
To turn on or off the display of album list or track list
Press DVD MENU repeatedly.
To display the next or previous page of album list
Press B or b repeatedly when the album list is displayed.
Playing a JPEG image file or album
To display the next or previous JPEG image file
Press B or b repeatedly during the slide show.
To play back the next album of JPEG image files
You can select the next album by pressing b repeatedly until the last file of the current album, then press b once. The first file of the next album is selected. However, you cannot select the previous album by pressing B repeatedly. To select the previous album, select the album from the album list.
Press H (or nN on the unit). The system starts a slide show from the first image file of the selected album.

Playing a file:

1 Press PICTURE NAVI.
Thumbnail picture for the first 16 JPEG image files in the selected album is displayed on the TV screen.
To turn on or off the display of album list or file list
To rotate a JPEG image file
When a JPEG image file is displayed on the TV screen, you can rotate the image by 90 degrees. Press V or v repeatedly while viewing an image. Press CLEAR to return to the original view.
If there are more than 16 image files in the selected album, the scroll bar appears at the right.

Parental Control

The display for registering a new password appears on the TV screen.
You can limit the playback of some DVD VIDEOs according to a predetermined level such as the age of the users. When a limited scene is played back, that scene may be skipped or replaced with different scenes. The same password is used for both Custom Parental Control and Parental Control.

PARENTAL CONTROL

Enter a new 4-digit password, then press ENTER.
Enter a 4-digit password using the numeric buttons, then press ENTER. The display for confirming the password appears on the TV screen.
When you have already registered a password:
Preventing playback of specific discs
CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL You can set the same Custom Parental Control password for up to 40 discs. When you set the 41st-disc, the playback restriction for the first disc is canceled.
The display for entering the password appears on the TV screen.
5 Enter or re-enter your 4-digit
password using the numeric buttons, then press ENTER. Custom parental control is set. appears on the TV screen and the screen returns to the Control Menu.
1 Insert the disc you want to set
the playback restriction. If the disc is playing, press x to stop playback.
If you make a mistake when entering your password
Press B repeatedly to delete the number you have entered, then re-enter your password again. Continued l
To play back a disc for which Custom Parental Control is set
select (PARENTAL CONTROL), then press ENTER. The options for PARENTAL CONTROL appear on the TV screen.
1 Insert the disc for which Custom
Parental Control is set. The CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL display appears on the TV screen.
select PLAYER t, then press ENTER.

CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL

Custom parental control is already set. To play, enter your password and press ENTER.
2 Enter your 4-digit password using
the numeric buttons, then press ENTER. The system is ready for playback.

Selects the background color or picture to be displayed on the TV screen. The background color or picture is displayed when playback is stopped or while playing an AUDIO CD and MP3 audio tracks. JACKET PICTURE: The jacket picture (still picture) appears in the background, but only when the jacket picture is already recorded on the disc (DVD VIDEO, CD-EXTRA, etc.). If the disc does not contain a jacket picture, the GRAPHICS picture appears. GRAPHICS: A preset picture stored in the system appears in the background. BLUE BLACK

4:3 OUTPUT3)

Change this setting to watch 4:3 aspect ratio progressive signals. If you can change the aspect ratio on your progressive format (525p/625p) compatible TV, change the setting on your TV. FULL: Select this when you can change the aspect ratio on your TV. NORMAL: Select this when you cannot change the aspect ratio on your TV. Shows a 16:9 aspect ratio signal with black bands on left and right sides of the image.
Depending on the DVD VIDEO, 4:3 LETTER BOX may be selected automatically instead of 4:3 PAN SCAN or vice versa. 3) This setting is effective only when you set TV TYPE in SCREEN SETUP to 16:9. P AUTO or P VIDEO is selected (page 20).
Setting playback options CUSTOM SETUP
CUSTOM SETUP AUTO PAUSE MODE: OFF TRACK SELECTION: ON MULTI-DISC RESUME: AUDIO DRC: OFF Registration Code t DivX:

16:9 aspect ratio TV

PAUSE MODE
The default setting varies depending on the country.
(DVD VIDEO and DVD-R/-RW in VR mode only) AUTO: The picture, including subjects that move dynamically, is output with no jitter. Normally select this position. FRAME: The picture, including subjects that do not move dynamically, is output in high resolution.

TRACK SELECTION

4:3 LETTER BOX
(DVD VIDEO only) Gives priority to the sound track which contains the highest number of channels when you play back a DVD VIDEO on which multiple audio format (PCM, DTS, MPEG audio, or Dolby Digital formats)1) are recorded. OFF: No priority given. AUTO2): Priority given.

MULTI-DISC RESUME

4:3 PAN SCAN
(DVD VIDEO and VIDEO CD only) ON: See page 30. OFF: Does not store the resume playback point in the memory. Playback starts at the resume playback point only for the current disc in the system. Continued l

You can select any of these. These are output from the speakers.
You can check the audio information by pressing AUDIO (page 28). When playing a Dolby Digital Karaoke disc, 9 appears at the current audio format (page 69). Example:
Adjust the pitch of the music to suit your vocal range. Select 3 to cancel the KEY CONTROL effect.

VOCAL SELECT3)

(DVD VIDEO, VIDEO CD, AUDIO CD only)

DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2

2/0: Recorded only with accompaniment. 3/0: Recorded with guide melody. 3/1: Recorded with guide melody and one guide vocal. 3/2: Recorded with guide melody and two guide vocals.
OFF: Cancel the guide vocal. 1+2: Guide vocal 1+2. 1: Guide vocal 1. 2: Guide vocal 2.
Enjoying karaoke using the control menu
OFF: Cancel the guide vocal. L+R: The same sound is output from both speakers. STEREO: The standard stereo sound.
DISPLAY once or twice when Karaoke Mode is turned on while playing a disc. The Control Menu for Karaoke Mode appears on the TV screen.
select the Karaoke item from the displayed list, then press ENTER. The Karaoke item is selected.
OFF: Cancel the guide vocal. 1: L+R: Same sound of the audio track 1 is output from both speakers. 1: STEREO: The stereo sound of the audio track 1. 2: L+R: Same sound of the audio track 2 is output from both speakers. 2: STEREO: The stereo sound of the audio track 2. Continued l

GUIDE MELODY4)

(DVD VIDEO only) ON: Turn on the guide melody. OFF: Turn off the guide melody.

SCORE MODE5)

When Karaoke Mode is turned on, you can select this. Your score is calculated by comparing your voice with the music source. EASY: Beginner or intermediate level. NORMAL: Advance or professional level. DEMO: Demonstration mode. Consistently displays a high score for every song.
1 Press SCORE before singing a
song in Karaoke Mode. The previous highest score appears on the TV screen.
2 After singing for more than a
minute, press SCORE again to view your score. Your score is calculated from a scale of 0 to 99.

1) The

You can also change the KEY CONTROL setting by pressing KEY CONTROL 2 to reduce the key and KEY CONTROL # to increase the key when the Karaoke Mode is turned on. The KEY CONTROL setting is automatically changed to default setting when you change the track, title or perform Lock Search. Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do the above operation. 3) When playing a DVD VIDEO, the function only works for Dolby Digital Karaoke format. The VOCAL SELECT setting is automatically changed to OFF when you set KARAOKE PON to ON. For DVD VIDEOs with 1 guide vocal recorded, you cannot change the vocal. Depending on the disc, you may not be able to change the vocal. 4) When playing a DVD VIDEO, the function only works for Dolby Digital Karaoke format. For DVD VIDEOs without guide melody, you cannot hear the guide melody even if you set the setting to ON. 5) The highest score is reset when the system is turned off. If you press other buttons on the remote, the score calculating function may be canceled. In some cases, you may not be able to use the scoring mode.

The sound skips.

Consult your nearest Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility.
The disc tray does not close.
Load the disc correctly. Always close the disc tray by pressing Z OPEN/CLOSE on the unit. Do not forcibly push the disc tray to close it as this may cause a malfunction.

The disc does not eject.

Wipe the disc clean (page 83). Reload the disc. Move the unit to a place without vibration (e.g., on top of a stable stand). Move the speakers away from the unit, or place them on separate stands. When you listen to a track with bass sounds at high volume, the speaker vibration may cause the sound to skip.
Playback does not start from the first track.
You cannot eject the disc during CD Synchro Recording. Press x to cancel the CD Synchro Recording, then press Z OPEN/CLOSE on the unit to eject the disc. Consult your nearest Sony dealer.
The system is in Program Play or Shuffle Play mode. Turn off Program Play and Shuffle Play. Resume Play has been selected. Press x twice. Then, press H (or nN on the unit) to start playback (page 30). The title of DVD VIDEO or PBC menu automatically appears on the TV screen.
Playback starts automatically.
The DVD VIDEO features an auto playback function.
Playback stops automatically.
Some discs may contain an auto pause signal. While playing such a disc, the playback stops at auto pause signal.
You cannot perform some functions such as Stop, Lock Search, Slowmotion Play, Repeat Play, Shuffle Play or Program Play.
Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the operations above. Refer to the operating instructions supplied with the disc.
The DATA CD/DVD (MP3 audio track/ JPEG image file/DivX video file1)) cannot be played back.
The JPEG image file is larger than 3,072 (width) 2,048 (height) in normal mode, or more than 2,000,000 pixels in Progressive JPEG mode which is mainly used on the Internet website. JPEG image files and DivX video files with a high width to length ratio cannot be played back. The DivX video file does not have the extension.AVI or.DIVX.
The MP3 audio tracks take a longer time to play back than others.
The DATA CD is not recorded in a format that conforms to ISO 9660 Level 1, Level 2, or Joliet (expansion format). The DATA DVD is not recorded in a format that conforms to UDF (Universal Disk Format). The MP3 audio track does not have the extension.MP3. The data is not stored in the respective format. The MP3 audio tracks in format other than MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 cannot be played back. The system can playback to a depth of 8 folders only. For MP3 audio tracks/JPEG image files, check the MODE (MP3, JPEG) setting (page 39). The disc contains more than 200 albums. The album contains more than 600 tracks/files. For MP3 audio tracks/JPEG image files, the album contains more than 300 tracks/files when the MODE (MP3, JPEG) is set to AUTO. When the DATA CD/DVD contains a DivX video files and MP3 audio tracks/ JPEG image files, only DivX video file will be played back. The JPEG image files does not have the extension.JPG or.JPEG.

Clean the disc. If video signal from your system has to go through your VCR to your TV, the copy-protection applied to some DVD VIDEO programs could affect the picture quality. If you still experience problems after checking your connections, connect your unit directly to your TVs S Video input (page 19). Keep the speaker cords away from the antennas. When you play back a VIDEO CD recorded in a different color system from the one you set to the system, the picture image may be distorted (page 19, 48). When you connect your TV to the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks and play back video-based software in progressive signal format, some sections of the image may appear unnatural due to the conversion process. Set the color system to match your TV (pages 19, 48).
The aspect ratio of the TV screen cannot be changed even though you can set TV TYPE under SCREEN SETUP in the Setup Menu when you play back a wide picture.
The subtitles cannot be turned off.
The DVD VIDEO prohibits turning off subtitles.
The angles cannot be changed.
The aspect ratio is fixed on your DVD VIDEO. If you connect the unit with the S Video cord, connect directly to the TV. Otherwise, you may not change the aspect ratio. Depending on the TV, you may not change the aspect ratio.
Messages do not appear on the TV screen in the language you want.
Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD VIDEO being played back. The DVD VIDEO prohibits changing the angles.
The radio presetting is canceled.
Select the language you want for the onscreen display in OSD under LANGUAGE SETUP in the Setup Menu (page 47).
The language for the sound track cannot be changed.
The power cord is disconnected or a power failure occurred for longer than half a day. Redo Listening to a preset radio station (page 53).
There is severe hum or noise. (TUNED or STEREO flashes in the display)
Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the DVD VIDEO being played back. The DVD VIDEO prohibits changing the language for the sound track.
The subtitles language cannot be changed.
Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on the DVD VIDEO being played back. The DVD VIDEO prohibits changing the subtitles.
Set the proper band and frequency (page 53). Connect the antenna properly (page 17). Find a place and an orientation that provide good reception, then set up the antenna again. If you cannot obtain good reception, we recommend that you connect a commercially available external antenna. The supplied FM lead antenna receives signals along its entire length, so make sure you extend it fully. Locate the antennas as far away from the speaker cords as possible. Try turning off the surrounding electrical equipment.
A stereo FM program cannot be received in stereo.
Additional Information 79GB
Press FM MODE repeatedly until MONO disappears from the display.

INVALID

You have pressed the buttons whose operation is only possible when playback is stopped.

READING

The system is reading information of the disc. Some buttons are not available.
You have pressed an invalid button.

NO DISC

There is no disc on the disc tray.

NO TAB

You cannot record the tape because the tab has been removed from the tape.

NO TAPE

There is no tape in the tape deck.

NOT IN USE

You have pressed a button whose operation is not allowed or invalid at that time.

Precautions

Discs that this system CANNOT play
Discs of non-standard shape (for example, heart, square, star). Discs that have adhesive tape, paper, or sticker attached to them. Rental or used discs with attached seals where the glue extends beyond the seal. Discs that have labels printed using ink that feels tacky when touched.
If the system is brought directly from a cold to a warm location or is placed in a very damp room, moisture may condense on the lens inside the unit, and cause the system to malfunction. In this situation, remove the disc, and leave the system turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates.

On heat buildup

Heat buildup on the unit during operation is normal and is not a cause for alarm. Do not touch the cabinet if it has been used continuously at a high volume because the cabinet may have become hot. Do not obstruct the ventilation holes.

Notes on discs

Before playing, wipe the disc with a cleaning cloth from the center out to the edge. Do not clean discs with solvents, such as benzine thinner, or commercially available cleaners or anti-static spray intended for vinyl LPs. Do not expose discs to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts, nor leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight.

On the speaker system

Although the front and center speakers are magnetically shielded, the picture on a nearby TV may become magnetically distorted. In this situation, turn off the TV, wait 15 to 30 minutes, and turn it back on. If there is no improvement, move the speakers far away from the TV.

On safety

The unit is not disconnected from the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall socket, even if the unit itself has been turned off. Completely disconnect the power cord (mains lead) from the wall socket (mains) if it is not going to be used for an extended period of time. When unplugging the unit, always grip the plug. Never pull the cord itself. Should any solid object or liquid get into the system, unplug the system, and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it again. The AC power cord can be changed only by a qualified service facility.

Use a dry- or wet-type cleaning cassette (available separately) after every 10 hours of use, before you start an important recording, or after playing an old tape. Failure to clean the tape heads can cause degraded sound quality or an inability of the unit to record or play tapes. For details, refer to the instructions of the cleaning cassette.
Demagnetizing the tape heads
Use a demagnetizing cassette (available separately) after every 20 to 30 hours of use. Failure to demagnetize the tape heads can cause an increase in noise and a loss of high frequency sound and an inability to completely erase tapes. For details, refer to the instructions of the demagnetizing cassette.
Outputs SUBWOOFER OUT: Voltage 250 mV, impedance 1 kilohm VIDEO OUT: Max. output level 1 Vp-p, unbalanced, Sync. negative load impedance 75 ohms COMPONENT VIDEO OUT: Y: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms PB/CB: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms PR/CR: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms S VIDEO OUT: Y: 1 Vp-p, unbalanced, Sync. negative C: 0.286 Vp-p, load impedance 75 ohms DVD DIGITAL OUT (MHC-GNZ777D only): Wavelength: 660 nm PHONES: accepts headphones of 8 ohms or more

Tuner section

FM stereo, FM/AM superheterodyne tuner FM tuner section Tuning range 87.5 108.0 MHz (50 kHz step) Antenna FM lead antenna Antenna terminals 75 ohms unbalanced Intermediate frequency 10.7 MHz AM tuner section Tuning range Saudi Arabian and Russian models: 531 1,602 kHz (with the interval set at 9 kHz) Other models: 531 1,602 kHz (with the interval set at 9 kHz) 530 1,610 kHz (with the interval set at 10 kHz) Antenna AM loop antenna Antenna terminals External antenna terminal Intermediate frequency 450 kHz

Disc player section

System Compact disc and digital audio and video system Laser Semiconductor laser (DVD: = 650 nm, CD: = 790 nm) Emission duration: continuous Frequency response DVD (PCM 48 kHz): 2 Hz 22 kHz (1 dB) CD: 2 Hz 20 kHz (0.5 dB) Video color system format Russian models: PAL Other models: NTSC and PAL

Tape deck section

Recording system 4-track 2-channel stereo Frequency response 50 13,000 Hz (3 dB), using Sony TYPE I tape Wow and flutter 0.35% W.Peak (IEC) 0.3% W.RMS (NAB) 0.4% W.Peak (DIN)

VOCAL SELECT*

Selects the guide vocal recorded on the Dolby Digital Karaoke Format disc (DVD VIDEO only). Selects the vocal type recorded on the disc (VIDEO CD, AUDIO CD only).

GUIDE MELODY*

Turns on or off the guide melody for Dolby Digital Karaoke Format disc.
* This function is only available during karaoke mode.

Language code list

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
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
1703 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
Parental Control area code list

Code Area

2115 Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Denmark
2363 Finland France Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Korea Malaysia
2501 Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Philippines Portugal Russia Singapore
2184 Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand United Kingdom

Movie mode

Glossary
Digital video technology created by DivX, Inc. Videos encoded with DivX technology are among the highest quality with a relatively small file size.
The Movie mode is for use with stereo television shows and all the programs encoded in Dolby Surround. The result is enhanced sound field directionality that approaches the quality of discrete 5.1channel sound.

Music mode

Dolby Digital
This sound format for movie theaters is more advanced than Dolby Surround Pro Logic. In this format, the surround speakers output stereo sound with an expanded frequency range and a subwoofer channel for deep bass is independently provided. This format is also called 5.1 because the subwoofer channel is counted as 0.1 channel (since it functions only when a deep bass effect is needed). All six channels in this format are recorded separately to realize superior channel separation. Furthermore, since all the signals are processed digitally, less signal degradation occurs.

Various angles, or viewpoints of the video camera, for a scene are recorded on some DVD VIDEOs.

DVD-RW

A DVD-RW is a recordable and rewritable disc that is the same size as a DVD VIDEO. The DVD-RW has two different modes: VR mode and Video mode. DVD-RWs created in Video mode have the same format as a DVD VIDEO, while discs created in VR (Video Recording) mode allow the contents to be programmed or edited.

Multilingual function

Several languages for the sound or subtitles in a picture are recorded on some DVD VIDEOs.

DVD+RW

A DVD+RW (plus RW) is a recordable and rewritable disc. DVD+RWs use a recording format that is comparable to the DVD VIDEO format.
A function of the DVD VIDEO to limit playback of the disc by the age of the users according to the limitation level in each country. The limitation varies from disc to disc; when it is activated, playback is completely prohibited, violent scenes are skipped or replaced with other scenes and so on.

VIDEO CD

A compact disc that contains moving pictures. The picture data uses the MPEG 1 format, one of the worldwide standards for 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. Sound 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 back only moving pictures and sounds. Version 2.0: You can play back highresolution still pictures and enjoy PBC functions. This system conforms to both versions.

Playback Control (PBC)

Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs (Version 2.0) to control playback. By using menu screens recorded on VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, you can enjoy playing simple interactive programs, programs with search functions, and so on.
Progressive format (sequential scanning)
In contrast to the Interlace format, the progressive format can reproduce frames per second by reproducing all scanning lines (525 lines for the NTSC system, 625 lines for PAL system). The overall picture quality increases and still images, text and horizontal lines appear sharper.