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3-862-705-11(1)
VIDEO CD
Player
Operating Instructions
MCE-S78K
ª 1998 by Sony Corporation
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On operation WARNING • If the player is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, or is placed in a very damp room, moisture may To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose condense on the lenses inside the player. Should this occur, the player may not operate properly. In this case, the unit to rain or moisture. remove the disc and leave the player turned on for about To avoid electrical shock, do not open the an hour until the moisture evaporates. cabinet. Refer servicing to qualifie
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TABLE OF CONTENTS This Player Can Play the Following Discs ..............................................4 Getting Started Unpacking .............................................................................................................................4 Hooking Up the System ...................................................................................................... 5 Basic Operations Playing a VIDEO CD .............................................................................
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Getting Started Getting Started This Player Can Play the Following Discs Unpacking VIDEO CDs Audio CDs Disc logo Check that you received the following items: • Audio and video connecting cord (3 phono plugs – 3 phono plugs) (1) Contents Audio + Video Audio • Remote commander (remote) RMT-F88V (1) (moving pictures) • Sony R6 (size AA) batteries (2) Disc size 12 cm/8 cm 12 cm/8 cm (CD single) Inserting batteries into the remote Play time 74 min./20 min. 74 min./20 min. You can control the player u
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Getting Started Getting Started What cords will I need? Audio and video connecting cord (supplied) (1) Hooking Up the System Yellow Yellow (video) (video) Overview White White This section describes how to hook up the VIDEO CD (L) (L) player to a TV (with audio/video input jacks) and/or Red Red an amplifier. Be sure to turn off the power of each (R) (R) component before making the connections. Video connecting cord (not supplied) (1) Yellow Yellow pWhen listening to the sound through TV spea
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Getting Started z If your TV or VCR has an S video input connector Connect the component via the S VIDEO OUT Important connector using the S video cable (not supplied). You Setting the color system switch will get a better picture. This player conforms to the NTSC and PAL color S video cable systems. Set the COLOR SYSTEM switch on the rear YC-15V (not supplied) of the player to the appropriate position, according to your TV. TV • If the color system of your TV is NTSC: S VIDEO IN Set the COLOR S
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Getting Started Getting Started Setting the VOLTAGE SELECTOR (only on a model supplied with a voltage selector) Check that the VOLTAGE SELECTOR on the rear panel of the player is set to the local power line voltage. If not, set the selector to the correct position using a screwdriver before connecting the AC power cord to a wall outlet. VOLTAGE SELECTOR 110 - 120V 220 - 240V Connecting the AC power cord Connect the AC power cord to a wall outlet. 7
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ECHO LEVEL LOW • • • HIGH MID LEVEL g MIN MAX MIC Basic Operations Playing a VIDEO CD 23 4 ) 0 1/u ¤ á P p STANDBY PREV JOG NEXT EFFECT SELECTOR KARAOKE PON PICTURE =+ L/R/STEREO SOUND – + ö PUSH SELECT RETURN • See pages 5 – 7 for the hookup When using a TV information. 1 Turn on the TV and select the video input so that you can view • You can also play audio CDs just like VIDEO CDs. the pictures from this player. • When you turn on the player, When using an amplifier “SONY” logo appears on the
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Basic Operations ECHO LEVEL LOW • • • HIGH MID LEVEL g MIN MAX MIC Basic Operations To stop playback z When “RESUME” appears in the front panel display Press p. You can resume playback ¤ á Pp from the point you stopped the VIDEO CD (Resume Play, ) see page 17). 0 1/u ¤ á P p STANDBY PREV JOG NEXT EFFECT SELECTOR KARAOKE PON PICTURE z The player enters standby =+ L/R/STEREO SOUND – + mode automatically (Sleep ö PUSH SELECT RETURN function) When 20 minutes elapse after the player stops, it enters
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ECHO LEVEL LOW • • • HIGH MID LEVEL g MIN MAX MIC Enjoying Karaoke 2 Select the track you want to play. Playing Karaoke On the player You can play karaoke (singing along) with CDs. Turn JOG SELECTOR until the track number you Be sure to set the on-screen display mode to ON want to play appears in the front panel display, SCREEN 1 or ON SCREEN 2 (see page 15). If you select then press JOG SELECTOR. ON SCREEN OFF display mode, no information is shown on the TV screen. On the remote Press the numbe
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Enjoying Karaoke Reserving the next tracks to play Z Adjusting the echo level You can give an echo effect to the sound from the Before playing a disc, you can reserve up to 24 tracks to microphones. play in any order so that you can enjoy non-stop play. Set ECHO LEVEL to adjust the strength of echo. 1 Do Steps 1 and 2 on “Creating Your Own Program (Program Play)” on pages 23 and 24. 2 Press á to start play. Adjusting the music level If you want to reduce the music level, set MUSIC When you want
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ECHO LEVEL LOW • • • HIGH MID LEVEL g MIN MAX MIC Enjoying Playback Using the PBC Functions Enjoying Playback Using the PBC Functions 2 Select the item number you want. Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC On the player Functions (PBC Playback) Turn JOG SELECTOR to select the item number, then press JOG SELECTOR. When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions (Ver. 2.0 discs), you can enjoy playing simple interactive On the remote software, software with search functions, etc. Press the number button of the it
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Enjoying Playback Using the PBC Functions Enjoying Playback Using the PBC Functions Note When you scan the still pictures in the Slide Show, the last Locating Scenes Directly Using picture may not appear. the Scene Numbers (Scene Search) Z Example of PBC Playback This is an example of PBC Playback. Also refer to the On VIDEO CDs with PBC functions, the menu screens, instructions supplied with the disc, as the operating moving pictures and still pictures are divided into “scenes” and each scene i
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Enjoying Playback Using the PBC Functions 3 Press the number buttons (1 - 10/0) to select the scene. To enter “0”, use the button 10/0. Example: To select scene number 103 Press 1, then 10/0 and 3. The selected scene number appears on the TV screen. TV screen SCENE 103 (1 – 312) Selected scene number If you’ve made a mistake Press CLEAR, then press the correct number button. 4 Press á to start playing from the selected scene. The player automatically starts PBC Playback (page 12). z You c
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Locating a Scene or Track You Want Locating a Scene or Track You Want Locating a Scene or Track You Want • Before you start playing in Program Play mode Using the On-Screen Display Z VCD STOP TOTAL 10:04 Total playing time You can check the operating status of the player and PROGRAM the information about the disc with the on-screen display on the TV screen. 1. TR 1 2. TR 3 Programmed track 3. TR 4 OPEN/CLOSE 1/u 6 number
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Locating a Scene or Track You Want • In Program Play mode Using the Front Panel Display Z CD PLAY TR 3 IDX 1 0:55 PROGRAM You can check information about the disc using the Indicates the current track front panel display. 1. TR 1 2. TR 3 3. TR 4 OPEN/CLOSE 1/u 6 ON SCREEN TIME TIME EFFECT SPECIAL • Before you start playing (except for the Program Play PICTURE SOUND MENU mode) 1 2 3 4 5 6 CD
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ECHO LEVEL LOW • • • HIGH MID LEVEL g MIN MAX MIC Locating a Scene or Track You Want Locating a Scene or Track You Want Checking the remaining time Resuming Playback from the Each time you press TIME while playing a disc, the display changes as shown in the chart below. Point You Stopped a Disc Note that you cannot check the remaining time during (Resume Play) PBC Playback (page 12). The player memorizes the point you stopped a disc and you can resume playback from that point. Resume Play is can
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ECHO LEVEL LOW • • • HIGH MID LEVEL g MIN MAX MIC Locating a Scene or Track You Want Locating a Specific Track Locating a Point by Elapsed Time (Time Search) You can quickly locate any track while playing a disc using the JOG SELECTOR, =/+ buttons (AMS: This function lets you use elapsed time as a guide to Automatic Music Sensor) or number buttons. find a certain point on a VIDEO CD. To use Time Note that while playing a VIDEO CD with PBC Search function with VIDEO CDs with PBC function function
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ECHO LEVEL LOW • • • HIGH MID LEVEL g MIN MAX MIC Locating a Scene or Track You Want Locating a Scene or Track You Want Notes • While playing a VIDEO CD, the picture may be distorted Locating a Particular Point in a during the search operation. Scene or Track • While playing an audio CD or a CD audio track in a VIDEO CD, you can also locate a point as in the table in You can also locate a particular point in a scene or the left column. track while playing a disc. During PBC Playback (page 12), t
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Locating a Scene or Track You Want Locating the track you want on a disc Locating by Observing Several (Disc Digest) You can locate the track you want by observing the Scenes at One Time first picture of up to 9 or 12 tracks on the disc at one (Digest Play) Z time on the TV screen. You can locate the track or scene you want by 1 Press SPECIAL MENU while playing a disc or observing several still pictures at one time on the TV before you start playing. screen. You can also select the number of st
