Sony SCD-C555ES - Manuel (Page 3)

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Features
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 multi-
channel 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.
• Editing of Disc and Track Titles, etc., on a TEXT display
for Super Audio CDs and conventional CDs.
Others
• A Super Audio CD can mark up to 255 track numbers.
This feature applies to SCD-C555ES.
• The supplied remote is capable of controlling both the
SCD-C555ES and a conventional Sony CD player.
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ABLE OF CONTENTS
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
Replacing Discs While Playing a Disc 18
Locating a Specific Disc 19
Locating a Specific Track 19
Locating a Particular Point in a Track 20
Playing Tracks Repeatedly 21
Playing Tracks in Random Order (Shuffle Play) 22
Creating Your Own Program (Program Play) 23
Listening to a Multi-channel Super Audio CD
(Multi-channel management function) 24
Storing Information About CDs 28
What You Can Do With the Disc Name 28
Labeling Discs (Disc Name) 29
Additional Information 31
Using the CONTROL A1II control system 31
Precautions 33
Notes on Discs 34
Troubleshooting 34
Specifications 35
Index 35