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PBC (Playback Control) allows you to play 
VIDEO CDs interactively by following the 
menu on the TV screen.

The menu for your selection appears.

Refer to the instructions supplied with the 
disc, as the operating procedure may 
differ depending on the VIDEO CD.

Press

O RETURN.

z Hint
To play without using PBC, press 

./> or the 

number buttons while the player is stopped to select 
a track, then press

 H or ENTER.

“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.

Depending on the VIDEO CD, “Press ENTER” in 
step 3 may appear as “Press SELECT” in the 
instructions supplied with the disc. In this case, 
press

 H.

ENTER

RETURN

Number 
buttons

You can set the following play modes:
• Programme Play (page 33)
• Shuffle Play (page 34)
• Repeat Play (page 35)
• A-B Repeat Play (page 35)

The play mode is cancelled when:
– you eject the disc.
– the player enters standby mode by pressing 

[/1.

You can play the contents of a disc in the 
order you want by arranging the order of the 
titles, chapters, or tracks on the disc to create 
your own programme. You can programme 
up to 99 titles, chapters, and tracks.

The Control Menu appears.

X/x to select 

The options for “PROGRAM” appear.

X/x to select “SET

t

c.

The cursor moves to the title or track row 
“T” (in this case, “01”).

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO
For example, select chapter “03” of title 
“02.”
Press

X/x to select “02” under “T,” then 

press ENTER.

CLEAR

SHUFFLE

REPEAT

ENTER

DISPLAY

OFF
OFF
SET
ON

PLAY

1 8 ( 3 4 )

1 2 ( 2 7 )

T

 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD VIDEO

PROGRAM

1. TITLE

ALL CLEAR

2. TITLE – –
3. TITLE – –
4. TITLE – –
5. TITLE – –
6. TITLE – –
7. TITLE – –

T

– –

01
02
03
04
05

“TRACK” is displayed when you play 
a VIDEO CD, Super Audio CD or CD.

Titles or tracks 
recorded on a disc

PROGRAM

1. TITLE – –

ALL CLEAR

2. TITLE – –
3. TITLE – –
4. TITLE – –
5. TITLE – –
6. TITLE – –
7. TITLE – –

T

C

ALL

01
02
03
04
05
06

– –

02
03
04
05

01

Chapters recorded on a disc

PROGRAM

1. TITLE – –

ALL CLEAR

2. TITLE – –
3. TITLE – –
4. TITLE – –
5. TITLE – –
6. TITLE – –
7. TITLE – –

C

ALL

03
04
05
06

T

– –

01
02
03
04
05

02

01

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Next, press 

X/x to select “03” under “C,” 

then press ENTER.

◆ When playing a VIDEO CD, Super 
Audio CD or CD
For example, select track “02.”
Press

X/x to select “02” under “T,” then 

press ENTER. The track number may be 
displayed in 3 digits for a Super Audio 
CD.

The programmed titles, chapters, and 
tracks are displayed in the selected order.

H to start Programme Play.

Programme Play begins.
When the programme ends, you can 
restart the same programme again by 
pressing

H.

Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” after step 2. 
To play the same programme again, select 
“ON” in step 3 and press ENTER.

Follow steps 1 to 3 of “Creating your 
own programme (Programme Play).”

Select the programme number of the title, 
chapter, or track you want to change or 
cancel using 

X/x and press c. If you 

want to delete the title, chapter, or track 
from the programme, press CLEAR.

Follow step 5 for new programming. To 
cancel a programme, select “--” under 
“T,” then press ENTER.

Follow steps 1 to 3 of “Creating your own 
programme (Programme Play).”

Press

X and select “ALL CLEAR.”

Press ENTER.

z Hint
You can perform Repeat Play or Shuffle Play of 
programmed titles, chapters, or tracks. During 
Programme Play, follow the steps of Repeat Play 
(page 35) or Shuffle Play (page 34).

• When you programme tracks on a Super VCD, the 

total playing time is not displayed.

• You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or 

Super VCDs with PBC playback.

You can have the player “shuffle” titles, 
chapters, or tracks. Subsequent “shuffling” 
may produce a different playing order.

The following display appears.

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO
• TITLE
• CHAPTER
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD, Super 
Audio CD or CD
• TRACK

T

– –

01
02
03
04
05

PROGRAM

1. TITLE  0 2 – 0 3

ALL CLEAR

2. TITLE – –
3. TITLE – –
4. TITLE – –
5. TITLE – –
6. TITLE – –
7. TITLE – –

Selected title and chapter

PROGRAM

1. TRACK        0 2

ALL CLEAR

2. TRACK

– –

3. TRACK

– –

4. TRACK

– –

5. TRACK

– –

6. TRACK

– –

7. TRACK

– –

0:15:30

– –

01
02
03
04
05

T

Selected track

Total time of the programmed tracks

TITLE

◆ When Programme Play is activated
• ON: shuffles titles, chapters or tracks 

selected in Programme Play.

Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 2.

z Hints
• You can set Shuffle Play while the player is 

stopped. After selecting the “SHUFFLE” option, 
press 

H. Shuffle Play starts.

• Up to 200 chapters in a disc can be played in 

random order when “CHAPTER” is selected.

You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or 
Super VCDs with PBC playback.

You can play all of the titles or tracks on a 
disc, or a single title, chapter, or track 
repeatedly.
You can use a combination of Shuffle or 
Programme Play modes.

The following display appears.

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO
• DISC: repeats all of the titles.
• TITLE: repeats the current title on a 

disc.

• CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter.
◆ When playing a DVD-VR mode disc
• DISC: repeats all the titles of the 

selected type.

• TITLE: repeats the current title on a 

disc.

• CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter.
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD, Super 
Audio CD or CD
• DISC: repeats all of the tracks.
• TRACK: repeats the current track.
◆ When playing a DATA CD/DATA DVD
• DISC: repeats all of the albums.
• ALBUM: repeats the current album.

• TRACK (MP3 audio tracks only): 

repeats the current track.

• FILE (DivX video files only): repeats 

the current file.

◆ When Programme Play or Shuffle Play 
is activated
• ON: repeats Programme Play or Shuffle 

Play.

Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 2.

z Hint
You can set Repeat Play while the player is stopped. 
After selecting the “REPEAT” option, press 

H.

Repeat Play starts.

• You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or 

Super VCDs with PBC playback.

• When repeating a DATA CD/DATA DVD which 

contains MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files, 
and their playing times are not the same, the sound 
will not match the image.

• When “MODE (MP3, JPEG)” is set to “IMAGE 

(JPEG)” (page 62), you cannot select “TRACK.”

You can play a specific portion of a title, 
chapter or track repeatedly. (This function is 
useful when you want to memorize lyrics, 
etc.)

The Control Menu appears.

X/x to select 

The options for “A-B REPEAT” appear.

PLAY

SET
OFF

OFF

1 8 ( 3 4 )

1 2 ( 2 7 )

T

 1 : 3 2 : 5 5

DVD VIDEO

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X/x to select “SET t,” then 

The “A-B REPEAT” setting bar appears.

The starting point (point A) is set.

The set points are displayed and the 
player starts repeating this specific 
portion.

Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 3.

• When you set A-B Repeat Play, the settings for 

Shuffle Play, Repeat Play, and Programme Play 
are cancelled.

• A-B Repeat Play does not work across multiple 

titles.

• You may not set A-B Repeat Play for contents on 

a DVD-VR mode that contains still pictures.

A 18 - 1:32:30

B

A 18 - 1:32:30

B 18 - 1:33:05

You can quickly locate a particular point on a 
disc by monitoring the picture or playing back 
slowly.

• Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do 

some of the operations described.

• For DATA CDs/DATA DVDs, you can search for 

a particular point only on MP3 audio track or 
DivX video file.

You can search for the next or previous 
chapter, track, or scene using 

./> on 

the player.
During playback, press 

> or . once 

briefly to go to the next or previous chapter/
track/scene. Or, press and hold 

> or .

to search forward or backwards, and release 
the button when you find the point you want 
to return to normal playback. (Search)

Press  

m or M 

 while playing a 

disc. When you find the point you want, press 
H to return to normal speed. Each time you 
press  

m or M 

 during scan, the 

scan speed changes. With each press the 
indication changes as shown below. Actual 
speeds may differ between discs.

Playback direction

Opposite direction

* DivX video only

The “

×2B”/ “×2b” playback speed is about 

twice the normal speed.
The “3

M”/“3m” playback speed is faster 

than “2

M”/“2m” and the “2M”/“2m”

playback speed is faster than “1

M”/

“1

m.”

(step)

(step)

×2B t 1M t 2M t 3M

3

M (DVD VIDEO/DVD-VR mode/VIDEO CD/

DATA CD*/DATA DVD* only)

×2B (DVD VIDEO/Super Audio CD/CD only)

×2b t 1m t 2m t 3m

3

m (DVD VIDEO/DVD-VR mode/VIDEO CD/

DATA CD*/DATA DVD* only)

×2b (DVD VIDEO only)

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Press

m or M 

 when the player is 

in pause mode. To return to normal speed, 
press

H.

Each time you press 

 

m or M

during Slow-motion Play, the playback speed 
changes. Two speeds are available. With each 
press the indication changes as follows:

Playback direction

 

2

y 1

Opposite direction (DVD/DVD-VR mode 
only)

2

 y 1

The “2 

y”/“2 

” playback speed is slower 

than “1 

y”/“1 .”

For DATA CDs/DATA DVDs, this function works 
only for DivX video files.

When the player is in the pause mode, press 

 (step) to go to the next frame. Press 
 (step) to go to the preceding frame 

(DVD/DVD-VR mode only). To return to 
normal playback, press 

H.

• You cannot search for a still picture on a DVD-

RW/DVD-R in VR mode.

• For DATA CDs/DATA DVDs, this function 

works only for DivX video files.

You can search a DVD by title or chapter, and 
you can search a VIDEO CD/Super Audio 
CD/CD/DATA CD/DATA DVD by track, 
index, or scene. As titles and tracks are 
assigned unique numbers on the disc, you can 
select the desired one by entering its number. 
You can also search for a scene using the time 
code.

The following display appears. 
“-- (**)” appears next to the icon (**

refers to a number). The number in 
parentheses indicates the total number of 
titles, tracks, indexes, scenes, etc., of the 
disc.

CLEAR

ENTER

SEARCH
MODE

Number 
buttons

– –(10)

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO/DVD-VR 
mode disc

 TITLE

 CHAPTER

 TIME/TEXT

Select “TIME/TEXT” to search for a 
starting point by inputting the time code.
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or Super 
VCD without PBC playback

 TRACK

 INDEX

◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or Super 
VCD with PBC Playback

 SCENE

◆ When playing a Super Audio CD/CD

 TRACK

◆ When playing a DATA CD/DATA DVD

 ALBUM

 TRACK (MP3 audio tracks 

only)

 FILE (JPEG image files only)

◆ When playing a DATA CD/DATA DVD 
(DivX video files)

 ALBUM

 FILE

◆ When you select 

For example, to find the scene at 2 hours, 
10 minutes, and 20 seconds after the 
beginning, enter “21020.”
◆ If you make a mistake
Cancel the number by pressing CLEAR, 
then select another number.

The player starts playback from the 
selected number.

Press SEARCH MODE repeatedly until the 
display is turned off.

z Hints
• When the Control Menu display is turned off, you 

can search for a chapter (DVD VIDEO/DVD-VR 
mode), track (Super Audio CD/CD/DATA CD/
DATA DVD), or file (DATA CD/DATA DVD 
(DivX video)) by pressing the number buttons and 
ENTER.

• You can display the first scene of titles, chapters, 

or tracks recorded on the disc on a screen divided 
into 9 sections. You can start playback directly by 
selecting one of the scenes. For details, see 
“Searching by Scene (PICTURE 
NAVIGATION)” (page 40).

• The title, chapter, or track number displayed is the 

same number recorded on the disc.

• You cannot search for a scene on a DVD+RW/

DVD+R using the time code.

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You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens 
and find the desired scene quickly.

The following display appears.

• CHAPTER VIEWER (DVD VIDEO 

only): displays the first scene of each 
chapter.

• TITLE VIEWER (DVD VIDEO only): 

displays the first scene of each title.

• TRACK VIEWER (VIDEO CD/

Super VCD only): displays the first 
scene of each track.

The first scene of each chapter, title, or 
track appears as follows.

C/X/x/c to select a chapter, 

Playback starts from the selected scene.

Press

O RETURN or DISPLAY.

z Hint
If there are more than 9 chapters, titles, or tracks, 

V

is displayed at the bottom right of the screen.
To display the additional chapters, titles, or tracks, 
select the bottom scenes and press 

x. To return to 

the previous scene, select the top scenes and press 
X.

Depending on the disc, you may not be able to select 
some items.

DISPLAY

PICTURE
NAVI

RETURN

ENTER

CHAPTER VIEWER

ENTER

1

4

7

2

5

8

3

6

9

You can check the playing time and 
remaining time of the current title, chapter, or 
track. Also, you can check the DVD/Super 
Audio CD/CD text, track name (MP3 audio), 
or file name (DivX video) recorded on the 
disc.

The following display appears.

The available time information depends 
upon the type of disc you are playing.

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO or DVD-VR 
mode disc
• T    *:*:* (hours: minutes: seconds)

Playing time of the current title

• T–*:*:*

Remaining time of the current title

• C    *:*:*

Playing time of the current chapter

• C–*:*:*

Remaining time of the current chapter

◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or Super 
VCD (with PBC functions)
• *:* (minutes: seconds)

Playing time of the current scene

◆ When playing a VIDEO CD (without 
PBC functions), Super Audio CD or CD
• T    *:* (minutes: seconds)

Playing time of the current track

• T–*:*

Remaining time of the current track

• D    *:*

Playing time of the current disc

• D –*:*

Remaining time of the current disc

◆ When playing a Super VCD (without 
PBC functions)
• T *:* (minutes: seconds)

Playing time of the current track

◆ When playing a DATA CD or DATA DVD 
(MP3 audio)
• T *:* (minutes: seconds) 

Playing time of the current track

◆ When playing a DATA CD or DATA DVD 
(DivX video)
• *:*:* (hours: minutes: seconds) 

Playing time of the current file 

TV/DVD switch

TIME/TEXT

T 1:01:57

Time
information

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Press TIME/TEXT repeatedly in step 2 to 
display text recorded on the DVD/Super 
Audio CD/CD.
The DVD/Super Audio CD/CD text appears 
only when text is recorded in the disc. You 
cannot change the text. If the disc does not 
contain text, “NO TEXT” appears.

By pressing TIME/TEXT while playing MP3 
audio tracks or DivX video files on a DATA 
CD/DATA DVD, you can display the name 
of the album/track/file and the audio bit rate 
(the amount of data per second of the current 
audio track) on your TV screen.

* Appears when:

– playing an MP3 audio track on a DATA CD/

DATA DVD.

– playing a DivX video file that contains MP3 

audio on a DATA CD/DATA DVD.

You can view the time information and text 
displayed on the TV screen also on the front 
panel display. The information on the front 
panel display changes as follows when you 
change the time information on your TV 
screen.

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Bit rate*

Album name

Track/file name

Playing time of the current title

Remaining time of the current title

Playing time of the current chapter

Remaining time of the current 
chapter

Text

Current title and chapter number

(returns to top automatically)

*

1

When playing a Super Audio CD, the current 
track is not displayed.

*

2

The current track and index number appear only 
when playing a VIDEO CD or Super Audio CD.

z Hints
• When playing VIDEO CDs without PBC 

functions, the track number and the index number 
are displayed after the text.

• When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, 

the scene number or the playing time are 
displayed.

• Long text that does not fit in a single line will 

scroll across the front panel display.

• You can also check the time information and text 

using the Control Menu (page 13).

Playing time and number of the 
current track

Track name

Current album and track number

(returns to top automatically)

Playing time of the current file

The current file name

The current album and file number

(returns to top automatically)

Playing time and number of the 
current track

Remaining time of the current 
track*

1

Remaining time of the disc

Text

Playing time of the disc

Current track and index number*

2

(returns to top automatically)

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• Depending on the type of disc being played, the 

disc text or track name may not be displayed.

• The player can only display the first level of the 

disc text, such as the disc name or title.

• Playing time of MP3 audio tracks and DivX video 

files may not be displayed correctly.

•  If you play a disc containing JPEG image files 

only, “NO AUDIO DATA” appears when 
“MODE (MP3, JPEG)” is set to “AUTO,” 
“JPEG” appears when “MODE (MP3, JPEG)” is 
set to “IMAGE (JPEG)” in the front panel display.

When playing a DVD VIDEO or DATA CD/
DATA DVD (DivX video files) recorded in 
multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, 
MPEG audio, or DTS), you can change the 
audio format. If the DVD VIDEO is recorded 
with multilingual tracks, you can also change 
the language.
With CDs, DATA CDs, DATA DVDs or 
VIDEO CDs, you can select the sound from 
either the right or left channel and listen to the 
sound of the selected channel through both 
the right and left speakers. For example, when 
playing a disc containing a song with the 
vocals on the right channel and the 
instruments on the left channel, you can hear 
the instruments from both speakers by 
selecting the left channel.

The following display appears.

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO
Depending on the DVD VIDEO, the 
choice of language varies.
When 4 digits are displayed, they 
indicate a language code. See “Language 
Code List” on page 91 to see which 
language the code represents. When the 
same language is displayed two or more 
times, the DVD VIDEO is recorded in 
multiple audio formats.
◆ When playing a DVD-VR mode disc
The types of sound tracks recorded on a 
disc are displayed. The default setting is 
underlined.
Example:
• 1:  MAIN (main sound)
• 1: SUB (sub sound)
• 1: MAIN+SUB (main and sub sound)
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD, CD, DATA 
CD or DATA DVD (MP3 audio)
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)

◆ When playing a DATA CD, or DATA 
DVD (DivX video)
Select one of the displayed audio signal 
formats. If “No audio data” appears, the 
player does not support the audio signal 
format contained in the disc.
◆ When playing a Super VCD
The default setting is underlined.
• 1:STEREO: the stereo sound of the 

audio track 1

• 1:1/L: the sound of the left channel of 

the audio track 1 (monaural)

• 1:2/R: the sound of the right channel of 

the audio track 1 (monaural)

• 2:STEREO: the stereo sound of the 

audio track 2

• 2:1/L: the sound of the left channel of 

the audio track 2 (monaural)

• 2:2/R: the sound of the right channel of 

the audio track 2 (monaural)

• While playing a Super VCD on which the audio 

track 2 is not recorded, no sound will come out 
when you select “2:STEREO,” “2:1/L,” or “2:2/
R.”

• You cannot change the sound for Super Audio 

CDs.

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• When playing DVD-RW/DVD-R in VR mode: If 

you connected to an AV amplifier (receiver) using 
the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL or OPTICAL)/
HDMI OUT jack and want to switch between the 
sound tracks, set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to “D-
PCM” in “AUDIO SETUP.”

You can check the audio signal format by 
pressing 

 (audio) repeatedly during 

playback. The format of the current audio 
signal (Dolby Digital, DTS, PCM, etc.) 
appears as shown below.
◆When playing a DVD VIDEO

Dolby Digital 5.1 ch

Dolby Digital 3 ch

◆When playing a DivX video file on a DATA 
CD or a DATA DVD

MP3 audio

Audio signals recorded in a disc contain the 
sound elements (channels) shown below. 
Each channel is output from a separate 
speaker.
• Front (L)
• Front (R)
• Centre
• Rear (L)
• Rear (R)
• Rear (Monaural): This signal can be either 

the Dolby Surround Sound processed 
signals or the Dolby Digital sound’s 
monaural rear audio signals.

• LFE (Low Frequency Effect) signal

If “DTS” in “AUDIO SETUP” is set to “D-PCM,” 
the DTS track selection option will not appear on 
the screen even if the disc contains DTS tracks 
(page 79).

L

R

C

LFE

LS

RS

1:ENGLISH DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2 .1

Rear (L/R)

Front (L/R) 
+ Center

LFE (Low 
Frequency Effect)

Currently playing programme format

L

R

S

2:SPANISH DOLBY DIGITAL 2 / 1

Front (L/R)

Rear (Monaural)

Currently playing programme format

1: MP3     128k

Bit rate

You can enjoy surround sounds while playing 
discs including Dolby Digital, DTS and 
MPEG audio DVDs, even if you have only 2 
or 4 speakers. Select the surround mode that 
best suits your speaker setup.

The following display appears.

See the explanations given for each item 
in the following section.
◆ For 2 speaker setups
• TVS DYNAMIC THEATER
• TVS DYNAMIC
• TVS  WIDE
• TVS NIGHT
• TVS STANDARD
◆ For 4 to 6 speaker setups
(If you select “NONE” in the setting of 
“REAR” in “SPEAKER SETUP” 
(page 80), you cannot select these 
modes.)
• NORMAL SURROUND
• ENHANCED SURROUND
• VIRTUAL REAR SHIFT
• VIRTUAL MULTI REAR
• VIRTUAL MULTI DIMENSION

Select “OFF” in step 2.

When you connect a stereo TV or 2 front 
speakers, TVS (TV Virtual Surround) lets 
you enjoy surround sound effects by using 
sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers 
from the sound of the front speakers (L: left, 
R: right) without using actual rear speakers. 
TVS was developed by Sony to produce 
surround sound for home use using just a 
stereo TV. This only works when playing a 
multichannel Dolby audio sound track.
If the player is set up to output the signal from 
the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or 
COAXIAL)/HDMI OUT jack, the surround 
effect will only be heard when “DOLBY 
DIGITAL” and “DTS” are set to “D-PCM” 
and “MPEG” is set to “PCM” in “AUDIO 
SETUP” (page 78).
◆TVS DYNAMIC THEATER
Creates one set of LARGE virtual rear 
speakers and virtual subwoofer from the 
sound of the front speakers (L, R) without 
using actual rear speakers and subwoofer 
(shown below).
This mode is effective when the distance 
between the front L and R speakers is short, 
such as with built-in speakers on a stereo TV.

◆TVS DYNAMIC
Creates one set of virtual rear speakers from 
the sound of the front speakers (L, R) without 
using actual rear speakers (shown below).
This mode is effective when the distance 
between the front L and R speakers is short, 
such as with built-in speakers on a stereo TV.

SUR

TVS DYNAMIC THEATER

TV

Sub
woofer

TV

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