Sony SCD-XA777ES Operating Instructions / Mode d’emploi - Page 3

Features TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Super Audio CD • Super Audio CD is a new high-quality audio disc standard where music is recorded in the DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format (conventional CDs are recorded in the PCM format). The DSD format, using a sampling frequency 64 times higher than that of a conventional CD, and with 1-bit quantization, achieves both a wide frequency range and a wide dynamic range across the audible frequency range, and so provides music reproduction extremely faithful to the original sound. • The Super Audio CD has two types; a 2 channel stereo disc and a Multi-channel disc which holds up to 6 independent channels. The multi-channel characteristic of the Super Audio CD features a speaker allocation system basically similar to the 5.1 channel output of current AV systems. Features of the player This player is designed to play back 2-channel and multichannel Super Audio CDs, and conventional CDs, and provides the following features: • Mounted with a Discrete Dual Laser Optical Pickup, capable of reading a Super Audio CD or conventional CD depending on the exclusive wavelength. • Quicker track access performance enabled by an advanced servo mechanism. • A Multi-Channel Management function that allows you to adjust the multi-channel playback environment according to the allocation and size of your speakers. • A Super Audio D/A Converter and Direct Digital Sync System, which allows higher-quality sound reproduction. Others • A Super Audio CD can mark up to 255 track/index numbers. This feature applies to SCD-XA777ES. • The supplied remote is capable of controlling both the SCD-XA777ES and a conventional Sony CD player. Getting Started 4 Before You Start the Hookup 4 Hooking Up the Audio Components 5 Location and Functions of Parts 8 Front Panel Parts Descriptions 8 Rear Panel Parts Descriptions 10 Remote Parts Descriptions 11 Playing Discs 12 Compatible Disc Types 12 Playing a Disc 14 Using the Display 15 Locating a Specific Track 18 US Locating a Particular Point in a Track 18 Playing Tracks Repeatedly 19 Playing Tracks in Random Order (Shuffle Play) 20 Creating Your Own Program (Program Play) 21 Listening to a CD Using a Filter (Digital Filter Function) 22 Setting the DIGITAL OUT on/off 22 Listening to a Multi-channel Super Audio CD (Multi-channel management function) 23 Additional Information 26 Precautions 26 Notes on Discs 27 Troubleshooting 28 Specifications 28 Index 29 3US