Contents

Notes About the Discs
This Player Can Play the Following Discs
About This Manual
Package Contents
Remote Control
TV Menus
Attaching the DVD Player to Your TV
- 1 Insert the guide pins on the bracket into the guide holes on the TV. The holes on the bracket should align to the holes on the TV.
- 2 Insert the two plastic fasteners (supplied) into the holes, then press in the head of the fasteners until they click.
- 3 Slide the DVD player onto the bracket with the DVD slot facing the outer edge of the TV.
- 1 With the bracket fully extended, insert the guide pins on the bracket into the guide holes on the TV. The holes on the bracket should align to the holes on the TV.
- 2 Insert the 2 plastic fasteners (supplied) into the holes, then press in the head of the fasteners until they click.
- 3 Slide the bracket so that the viewing window covers the corresponding number (see the illustrations and table on the previous page). If the viewing window indicates Bracket Setting 2, be sure to use a Velcro strip (supplied); see previous page.
- 4 Align the slider on the bottom of the receiver unit with the groove of the installation bracket.
- 5 Slide down the DVD player onto the bracket with the DVD slot facing the outer edge of the TV. Before proceeding to the next step, make sure that you are satisfied with the position of the DVD player in relation to the TV.
- 6 Secure the location of the sliding bracket by screwing the Thumb Screw into the screw point located just beneath the viewing window. If Bracket Setting 2 is used, peel off the arrow label by pulling downwards, and firmly press the bracket onto the TV.
Locating the Essential Parts
Connecting Your DVD Player
- 1 Connect the L-shaped end of the HDMI cable (supplied) to the HDMI OUT on the DVD player, then connect the straight end of the HDMI cable to any HDMI IN on the TV 1.
- 2 Connect the supplied AC adapter with AC power cord between the DC IN 12V and the nearest wall outlet 3.
- 3 For models with XMB menu only: Connect the supplied USB cable between the DVD players DMex port and the DMex/SERVICE port on the TV 2.
Configuring Your TV to Operate the DVD Player
- 1 Press HOME on the remote control and select HDMI Settings.
- 2 Select Control for HDMI or HDMI Control.
- 3 Highlight On and press and exit the menu.
- 1 Press HOME on the remote control and select Setup.
- 2 Select Control for HDMI.
- 3 Highlight On and press .
- 4 Highlight Update Control for HDMI List, select OK and exit the menu.
How to Insert and Eject Discs
Guide to the Control Menu Display
- 1 Turn on the TV.
- 2 Press the HOME button on the remote control.
- 3 Highlight the Settings icon.
- 4 Press the v button and highlight the DVD Link Settings icon.
- 5 Press .
- 1 Turn on the TV.
- 2 Press the HOME button on the remote control.
- 3 Select the External Inputs menu.
- 4 Highlight DVD Link and press .
- 5 Press the DISPLAY button.
- 6 Navigate to (SETUP) using V/v.
- 7 Press .
Control Icons and Descriptions
Playing Discs
- 1 Turn on the TV.
- 2 Insert a disc into the player (see page 17).
- 3 Press HOME on the remote control
- 4 Highlight the Photo, Music, or Video icon. These icons are added to the XMB when the associated content is available on the disc.
- 5 Highlight your selection and press .
- 1 Turn on the TV.
- 2 Insert a disc into the player (see page 17).
- 3 Press HOME on the remote control.
- 4 Highlight the External Inputs category and press .
- 5 Highlight DVD Link and press to switch to the DVD player.
Resuming Playback From the Point Where You Stopped the Disc (Multi-disc Resume)
- 1 While playing a disc, press x to stop playback. Disc resumes from this point appears on the screen.
- 2 Press N. The player starts playback from the point where you stopped the disc in step 1.
- 1 Press to access the DVD Menu or to access the Top Menu. The discs menu appears on the TV screen. The contents of the menu vary from disc to disc.
- 2 Press B/V/v/b to highlight the item you want to play or change.
- 3 Press .
- 1 Press DISPLAY when the player is in stop mode. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST), then press . The options for ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST appear.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight a setting. PLAY LIST: plays the titles created from ORIGINAL for editing. ORIGINAL: plays the titles originally recorded.
- 4 Press .
- 1 Press + 6 during playback. The following display appears.
- 2 Press + 6 repeatedly to change the time information. The available time information depends upon the type of disc you are playing.
- 1 Press DISPLAY. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (PROGRAM), then press . The options for PROGRAM appear.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight SET b, then press .
- 4 Press b. The cursor moves to the title or track row T (in this case, 01).
- 5 Select the title, chapter, or track you want to program. When playing a DVD VIDEO For example, select chapter 03 of title 0...
- 6 To program other titles, chapters, or tracks, repeat steps 4 to 5. The programmed titles, chapters, and tracks are displayed in the selected order.
- 7 Press to start Program Play. Program Play begins. When the program ends, you can restart the same program again by pressing .
- 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 of Creating your own program (Program Play).
- 2 Select the program number of the title, chapter, or track you want to change or cancel using B/b and press .
- 3 Follow step 5 for new programming. To cancel a program, select -- under T, then press .
- 1 Press DISPLAY during playback. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (SHUFFLE), then press . The options for SHUFFLE appear.
- 3 Press V/v to select the item to be shuffled.
- 4 Press N. Shuffle Play starts.
- 1 Press DISPLAY during playback. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (REPEAT), then press . The options for REPEAT appear.
- 3 Press V/v to select the item to be repeated.
- 4 Press N. Repeat Play starts.
- 1 Press DISPLAY during playback. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (A-B REPEAT), then press . The options for A-B REPEAT appear.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight SET t, then press . The A-B REPEAT setting bar appears.
- 4 During playback, when you find the starting point (point A) of the portion to be played repeatedly, press . The starting point (point A) is set.
- 5 When you reach the ending point (point B), press again. The set points are displayed and the player starts repeating this specific portion.
Adjusting the Playback Picture (CUSTOM PICTURE MODE)
- 1 Press DISPLAY twice during playback. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (CUSTOM PICTURE MODE), then press . The options for CUSTOM PICTURE MODE appear.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight the setting you want. The default setting is underlined.
- 4 Press . The selected setting takes effect.
- 1 In step 3 of Adjusting the Playback Picture, select MEMORY and press . The PICTURE adjustment bar appears.
- 2 Press B/b to adjust the picture contrast. To go to the next or previous picture item without saving the current setting, press V/v.
- 3 Press . The adjustment is saved and the BRIGHTNESS adjustment bar appears.
- 4 Repeat step 2 and 3 to adjust BRIGHTNESS, COLOR and HUE.
Sharpening the Picture (SHARPNESS)
- 1 Press DISPLAY twice during playback. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (SHARPNESS), then press . The options for SHARPNESS appear.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight a level. 1: enhances the outline. 2: further enhances the outline.
- 4 Press . The selected setting takes effect.
Adjusting the Delay Between the Picture and Sound (AV SYNC)
- 1 Press DISPLAY twice during playback. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (AV SYNC), then press . The following display appears.
- 3 Press v to highlight SET t, then press . The AV SYNC adjustment bar appears.
- 4 Press b repeatedly to adjust the delay. Each time you press B/b, the delay is adjusted by 10 milliseconds.
- 5 Press . The selected setting takes effect.
Locking Discs (CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL, PARENTAL CONTROL)
- 1 Insert the disc you want to lock. If the disc is playing, press x to stop playback.
- 2 Press DISPLAY while the player is in stop mode. The Control Menu appears.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight (PARENTAL CONTROL), then press . The options for PARENTAL CONTROL appear.
- 4 Press V/v to highlight ON t, then press .
- 5 Enter or re-enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press . Custom parental control is set. appears and then the screen returns to the Control Menu.
- 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 of Custom Parental Control.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight OFF t, then press .
- 3 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press .
- 1 Insert the disc for which Custom Parental Control is set. The CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL display appears.
- 2 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press . The player is ready for playback.
- 1 Press DISPLAY while the player is in stop mode. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (PARENTAL CONTROL), then press . The options for PARENTAL CONTROL appear.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight PLAYER t, then press .
- 4 Enter or re-enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press . The display for setting the playback limitation level appears.
- 5 Press V/v to highlight STANDARD, then press . The options for STANDARD are displayed.
- 6 Press V/v to highlight a geographic area as the playback limitation level, then press . The area is selected. When you select OTHERS t, select and enter a Parental Control Area code from the table on page 51 using the number buttons.
- 7 Press V/v to highlight LEVEL, then press . The ratings restriction options available in LEVEL are displayed.
- 8 Select the level you want using V/v, then press . Parental Control setting is complete. The lower the value, the stricter the limitation.
- 1 Insert the disc and press N. The display for entering your password appears.
- 2 The display for entering your password to temporarily disable the Parental Control appears.
- 3 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press . The player starts playback.
- 1 Press DISPLAY while the player is in stop mode. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (PARENTAL CONTROL), then press . The options for PARENTAL CONTROL appear.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight PASSWORD t, then press . The password entry screen appears.
- 4 Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press .
- 5 Enter a new 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press .
- 6 To confirm your new password, re-enter it using the number buttons, then press .
DVD Disc Operations
- 1 Press DISPLAY (When playing a DATA CD or DATA DVD with JPEG image files, press twice). The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to select the search method. When playing a DVD TITLE CHAPTER TIME/TEXT
- 3 Press . ** (**) changes to -- (**).
- 4 Press the number buttons to select the title, chapter, or track number you want to search.
- 5 Press . The player starts playback from the selected number.
- 1 In step 2, highlight TIME/TEXT. T **:**:** (playing time of the current title) is selected.
- 2 Press . T **:**:** changes to T --:--:--.
- 3 Input the time code using the number buttons, then press . For example, to find the scene at 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 20 seconds after the beginning, enter 2:10:20.
Changing the Sound
- 1 Press + 4 during playback. The following display appears.
- 2 Press + 4 repeatedly to select the desired audio signal.
TV Virtual Surround Settings (TVS)
- 1 Press + 0 during playback. The following display appears.
- 2 Press + 0 repeatedly to select one of the TVS sounds.
Using the Setup Menu
- 1 Press DISPLAY when the player is in stop mode. The Control Menu appears.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (SETUP), then press . The options for SETUP appear.
- 3 Press V/v to highlight CUSTOM, then press . The Setup Menu appears.
- 4 Press V/v to highlight the setup item from the displayed list: LANGUAGE SETUP, SCREEN SETUP, CUSTOM SETUP, or AUDIO SETUP. Then press . The Setup item is selected.
- 5 Press V/v to highlight an item, then press . The options for the selected item appear. Example: TV TYPE
- 6 Press V/v to highlight a setting, then press . The setting is selected and setup is complete. Example: HDMI RESOLUTION
- 1 Highlight RESET in step 3 and press .
- 2 Highlight YES using V/v. You can also quit the process and return to the Control Menu by selecting NO here.
- 3 Press . All the settings explained on pages page 37 to page 41 return to the default settings. Do not press while resetting the player, which takes a few seconds to complete.
Setting the Display or Sound Track Language (LANGUAGE SETUP)
About MP3 Audio Tracks and JPEG Image Files
Viewing JPEG Images as a Slide Show
- 1 TVs with XMB: On the XMB, navigate to the Photo category, then highlight and select the DVD Link Photo icon (see page 22). TVs with Panel menu: Select DVD Link from the External Inputs menu.
- 2 When the Data Disc Menu appears, press V/v to highlight the album you want to play.
- 3 Press .
- 1 Press DISPLAY during stop mode.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (MODE (MP3, JPEG)) and press .
- 3 Press V/v to highlight AUTO (default), and press .
- 4 Press OPTIONS to access the Data Disc Menu
- 5 Press V/v to highlight the album that contains both the MP3 audio tracks and JPEG images you want to play.
- 6 Press .
- 1 Press DISPLAY twice while viewing a JPEG image or when the player is in stop mode.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (INTERVAL), then press .
- 3 Press V/v to highlight a setting.
- 4 Press .
- 1 Press DISPLAY twice while viewing a JPEG image or when the player is in stop mode.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight (EFFECT), then press .
- 3 Press V/v to highlight a setting.
- 4 Press .
- 1 TVs with XMB: On the XMB, navigate to the Photo category, then highlight and select the DVD Link Photo icon. TVs with Panel menu: Select DVD Link from the External Inputs menu.
- 2 When the Data Disc Menu appears, press to access the thumbnail screen.
- 3 Press B/v/V/b to highlight the image you want to view, then press .
Playing MP3 Audio Tracks
- 1 TVs with XMB: On the XMB, navigate to the Music category, then highlight and select the DVD Link Music icon (see page 22). TVs with Panel menu: Select DVD Link from the External Inputs menu.
- 2 When the Data Disc Menu appears, press V/v to highlight the album you want to play.
- 3 Press .
- 1 In DVD Player mode, press OPTIONS to display the Data Disc Menu.
- 2 Press V/v to highlight an album and press .
- 3 Press V/v to highlight a track and press . Playback begins from the selected track.
Troubleshooting
Language Code List
Parental Control Area Code List

Sony DMX-DVD Operating Instructions

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Sony DMX-DVD Specification

The Sony DMX-DVD is a versatile digital media extender designed to enhance home entertainment systems by facilitating seamless integration of DVD playback capabilities. It features a sleek and compact design that easily complements existing home theater setups. This device supports a wide range of DVD formats including DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW, ensuring broad compatibility with various media types. The DMX-DVD boasts high-quality video output with upscaling capabilities up to 1080p, delivering crisp and clear visuals when connected to HDTVs via its HDMI output. Audio performance is equally impressive, with support for Dolby Digital and DTS audio formats, providing an immersive surround sound experience.

Connectivity options are ample, with the inclusion of both analog and digital outputs, ensuring seamless integration with a variety of audio-visual components. The unit features a user-friendly interface with intuitive on-screen menus, making navigation and setup straightforward. The Sony DMX-DVD is engineered for reliability and durability, featuring a robust build quality that ensures long-lasting performance. It includes remote control functionality for added convenience, allowing users to manage playback and settings effortlessly from a distance. This device is an ideal choice for users seeking to augment their home entertainment systems with advanced DVD playback capabilities, offering a combination of superior video and audio performance, broad format support, and user-friendly operation.

Sony DMX-DVD F.A.Q.

How do I connect the Sony DMX-DVD to my TV?

To connect the Sony DMX-DVD to your TV, use an HDMI cable for the best quality. Connect one end of the HDMI cable to the HDMI OUT port on the DMX-DVD and the other end to an available HDMI IN port on your TV. Ensure both devices are powered on and select the correct HDMI input on your TV.

What should I do if the Sony DMX-DVD does not power on?

If the Sony DMX-DVD does not power on, check the power cable connection to ensure it is securely plugged into both the player and the power outlet. Verify that the power outlet is working by testing another device. If the problem persists, try using a different power cable or contact Sony support.

How can I update the firmware on the Sony DMX-DVD?

To update the firmware on the Sony DMX-DVD, download the latest firmware from the Sony support website onto a USB drive. Insert the USB drive into the USB port on the player and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the update. Ensure the device is not powered off during the update process.

Why is there no sound when playing DVDs on the Sony DMX-DVD?

If there is no sound, first check that the volume on both the TV and the Sony DMX-DVD is turned up and not muted. Ensure that the correct audio input is selected on your TV. If you are using external speakers, verify the audio connections. Try playing a different DVD to rule out a disc issue.

How do I clean the lens of the Sony DMX-DVD?

To clean the lens of the Sony DMX-DVD, use a DVD lens cleaning disc, which is available at most electronics stores. Follow the instructions provided with the cleaning disc. Avoid using liquid cleaners directly on the lens as it may cause damage.

Can I play Blu-ray discs on the Sony DMX-DVD?

No, the Sony DMX-DVD is not equipped to play Blu-ray discs. It is designed for standard DVDs and may also support CDs and other formats as specified in the user manual. For Blu-ray playback, a Blu-ray compatible player is required.

What types of discs are compatible with the Sony DMX-DVD?

The Sony DMX-DVD supports a range of discs including DVD-Video, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW, CD-DA, CD-R/RW, and MP3 playback. Always consult the user manual for a complete list of supported formats.

How do I troubleshoot playback issues on the Sony DMX-DVD?

For playback issues, ensure the disc is clean and free from scratches. Restart the player and try a different disc to see if the issue persists. Check all connections to the TV and ensure the correct input is selected. If problems continue, reset the player to its factory settings.

Is it possible to connect the Sony DMX-DVD to a home theater system?

Yes, the Sony DMX-DVD can be connected to a home theater system. Use either the HDMI or digital optical output to connect to your home theater receiver. Consult both the DMX-DVD and home theater system manuals for specific connection instructions.

How can I improve the video quality on the Sony DMX-DVD?

To enhance video quality, use an HDMI connection for the best resolution. Ensure the TV's settings are optimized for DVD playback. Check the video settings on the DMX-DVD to make sure they are set to the highest possible output resolution supported by your TV.