Manual Sony BDP-S550

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  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 1

    3-452-778- 11 (1) © 2008 Sony Corporation Printed in Japan 3-452-778- 11 (1) Operatin g Instr uctions Blu-ra y Disc / D VD Pla y er BDP-S550 ...

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    2 WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rai n or m oisture. To avoid el ectrical shock, do no t open the ca binet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. Batterie s or batteries installed apparatus shall not be exposed to excessive heat s uch as sunshine, fire or the like. Keep the external m em ...

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    3 For Cu stom ers in C ana da If this product is not working properly, please call 1-877-602- 2008 for Peace of Mi nd Warran ty Replac emen t service . For other product re lated question s please contact our Custo mer Informa tion Se rvice Cen ter at 1-877-899-7669 or write to us at: Customer Information Service 115 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto, Ont ...

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    4 • D o no t place any obje cts othe r than disc s on the disc tray. Doi ng so ma y caus e damag e to the play er or th e object. • W hen yo u move the player, take out any discs. If you don’t, the d isc ma y be damage d. • W hen yo u move the player, disconn ect the AC power cord and all other cabl es from the player. On power sources • ...

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    5 Importa nt Safety Instructio ns 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all ins tructions. 5) Do not u se this appar atus near water. 6) Clean only wit h dry cloth. 7) Do not b lock any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufactur er’s instructions. 8) Do not install near any he ...

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    6 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Guide to Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    7 Addi tio nal Info rm ation Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Self-Diagnosis Fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Playable Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    8 Guide to Part s and Contro ls For more in form atio n, see the page s in parent hese s. Number 5, AUDIO, CH +, and N PLAY buttons have a tact ile dot. Use th e tactile dot as a refere nce when operat ing the pl ayer. A Z OPEN/CLOSE (page 32) Open s or clos es the di sc tr ay. THEATER (page 16) Switches to the optimu m video mode for watch ing mo ...

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    9 D Color buttons (RED/GREEN/ BLUE/YELLOW) Short cut keys f or sele cting ite ms on some BD ’s men us (c an also be u sed fo r BD’s Java in teractiv e operations) . E TOP MENU (pag e 34) Open s or cl oses t he BD ’s or DVD ’s Top Menu. POP UP/MENU (page 34) Open s or clos es the BD- ROM’s Pop- up Menu, or the DVD’s menu. OPTIONS (page 3 ...

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    10 A [ / 1 (on/stand by) (page 29) Turns on the p layer, or sets to standb y mode . B Disc tray (page 32) C Blu-ray Disc indi cator Light s up whe n a BD i s recogn ized . z When th e playe r is turned on for the fi rst time , the Blu- ray Disc i ndicator light s up, the n turns off w hen Ea sy Set up is c omple te. D Front panel dis play (page 11) ...

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    11 A N , X Lights up during pl ayback or pause. B HD (page 44) Lights up when out putting 720p/10 80i/ 1080p vi deo s ignals fr om the HD MI OUT jack or 720p/ 1080 i video si gnals from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks. C HDMI (page 15) Light s up when an HDMI device i s connec ted. D EXT (page 24 ) Light s up when the ex ternal memo ry is recogn ized ...

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    12 A COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P B , P R ) jac ks (page 17) B LINE OUT (S VIDEO) jack (page 18) C LINE OUT (AUDIO L/R) jacks (pa ge 1 8, 23) D MULTI CHANNEL OUTPUT (FRONT L/R, SURROUND L/R, SUR BACK L/R, CENTER, SUB WOOFER) jac ks (page 22 ) E AC IN terminal (pag e 26) F Ventilati on holes The vent ilatio n fan i s inside th e player . G EXT slot (pa ...

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    13 Hooku ps and Settings Hook ups and Settin gs Hookin g Up the Pla yer Chec k that yo u have the follow ing ite ms. • Au dio/ video ca ble (pho no plu g ×3) (1 ) • AC power cord (1) • External memory (1) • Re mote co mm ander ( remot e) (1 ) • Size AA (R6) batt eries (2) Follow s teps 1 thro ugh 7 t o hook up and adjust the set tings of ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 14

    14 Step 1 : Connec ting to Yo ur TV About vid eo/HDMI OUT jacks The player has the fol lowing vid eo jack s. C onnec t the player to your TV acco rding to the inpu t jack on yo ur TV. When c onnec ting th e player to your TV us ing the HDMI ca ble, yo u can en joy high qua lity digita l pictu res and so und thr ough t he HDMI OUT j ack. b • Plug ...

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    15 Hooku ps and Settings Connect the pl ayer a nd your TV usi ng an H DM I cable t o enjoy high q uality digital p ictur es and sound t hrough t he HDMI OUT jac k. If you con nect a Sony TV that is compatible with the “Cont rol for HDMI” function (pag e 16), refer to the operat ing instruc tions supplied wi th the TV. If you co nnect a 10 80/2 ...

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    16 b • C onsum ers should note that not all high definition tele vision sets are full y compa tible w ith this produc t and may caus e artifac ts to be displaye d in the picture . In the case of 480i/ 480p/720p/108 0i/ 1080p scan picture probl ems, it is recomm ended that th e user swi tch the co nnection to the LINE OUT VIDEO or S VIDEO jack. If ...

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    17 Hooku ps and Settings Connect the C OMPO NEN T VIDE O OUT jac ks of th e pla yer an d you r TV usi ng a c ompone nt video c able or t hree vid eo cab les (not su pplied ) of the s ame ki nd and len gth. Y ou can enjoy high-q ualit y pictu res. Be sure to connect to the LINE OUT (AUDIO L/R) jacks usin g the audio/video c able. b When you connec t ...

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    18 Connect the LINE OUT (VIDEO, AUDIO L/R) jacks of the player and your TV using th e audi o/vi deo ca ble. Y ou can enjoy standa rd qua lit y pict ures and so und. b When you connect the playe r and TV using an S- video cable, disconnect the video plug (yello w) of the audi o/video cable. Connecting to an audio/ video or S VIDEO jack Audio/vid eo ...

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    19 Hooku ps and Settings Step 2: C onnect ing to You r AV Ampl ifier (Rec eiver) About a udio/HDMI OUT jacks The play er has th e follo wing audi o jacks . Connec t the pla yer to yo ur AV amplifier (recei ver) acco rding t o the inp ut jack on your A V am plifier (rec eiver) . z For correct spe aker location, refer to th e operating instruct ions ...

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    20 If yo ur AV am plifi er (r eceive r) has an HDMI input , you can en joy su rround sound . If you c onnect a Sony AV amplifier (receiver) that is c ompatible with th e “Control f or HDMI” function (page 16), re fer to th e operating in struction s supplied with the AV amplif ier (recei ver). z Set th e following set tings and yo u can en joy ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 21

    21 Hooku ps and Settings If your A V amp lif ier (rec eive r) has a Dolb y *1 D igital, Dolb y Pro L ogic, or DT S *2 de code r and a digita l input jack, yo u can enjoy Dolby Digital (5.1ch), Dolby Pro Logic ( 4.0ch), or DTS (5.1ch ) surround effects. 1 Connec t the d igital jack of t he pl ayer and you r AV amplifi er (recei ver). 2 Set “Audio ...

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    22 If your AV a mplifier (r eceiver) h as 7.1 channel inputs, you c an enjoy multi channel su rround sound. 1 Conne ct th e 7.1 chann el ja cks of th e player an d your AV amplifie r (receiver). 2 Set “Audio Outp ut Priority” to “Mu lti Chan nel An alo g” in the “Aud io Settings ” setup (page 46). 3 Make th e approp riate se ttin gs in ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 23

    23 Hooku ps and Settings If yo ur A V am plifier (r eceive r) on ly h as L and R a udio i nput jack s, us e thi s co nnec tion. Connecting to audio L/R jacks AV amplifier (receiver) Audio/ video cab le (sup plied ) : Signa l flow Blu-ray Disc/DVD player (whit e) (red) (whit e) (red) Match the col or of the pl ug to that of the jack. ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 24

    24 Step 3: Inserti ng the Extern al Memory To enjo y addi tional co nten t (such as Bonus View/ BD- Live) on cert ain Bl u-ray Disc title s, you wil l need to use the supplie d external memory. Insert the exte rnal memory device (1 GB or larger USB fla sh memory, su ch as Sony US M1G H) into th e EX T sl ot as yo ur lo ca l stor age. Insert the ext ...

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    25 Hooku ps and Settings Step 4 : Co nnecti ng t o the Ne twor k Connect the LAN (10 0) terminal of th e player to your Intern et so urce using a n etwor k cable to upda te the play er’s s oftw are. You can a lso enjoy t he BD -Liv e functi on (p age 35). 1 Connec t the LAN (100) terminal of the player to you r Interne t source. Me tho ds to con ...

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    26 b Do not connec t the LAN termin al of the player to the LAN term inal of the PC. Step 5 : Co nnecti ng t he AC Pow er Co rd After a ll of the other co nnect ions ar e complete, con nect the supp lied AC power cord to the A C IN ter mina l of the pl ayer. Then plug the p layer an d TV pow er cord s into the AC outlet. When connecting v ia a wire ...

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    27 Hooku ps and Settings Step 6 : Pr epari ng the Remote You ca n contr ol the pl ayer us ing the suppli ed remo te. Inser t tw o Size A A (R 6) bat teries by matchi ng the 3 an d # ends on the batteries to the mar kings inside the battery compa rtment . When us ing the remote, point it at th e remote sensor on the player (page 1 0). b • Use the ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 28

    28 To cont rol othe r TVs w ith the r emote You ca n contro l the vol ume, input so urce , channe l, and po wer sw itch of no n-So ny TVs as wel l. If your TV is liste d in the table below, set th e app ropria te m anufact urer’ s co de. b If you enter a new code num ber, the code num ber previousl y entered will be erased . 1 While holdi ng down ...

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    29 Hooku ps and Settings Step 7 : Easy Set up Follow the steps below t o make the minimum numbe r of basi c adju stment s for usi ng the pla yer . I f y ou do no t c om ple te Eas y Se tup, it will appe ar eac h t ime y ou tu rn o n yo ur player . Make the settings below in the fo llowing order. 1 Turn on the TV . 2 Press [ / 1 to tu rn on th e pla ...

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    30 7 Sele ct a vide o output resol ution for the conn ected TV, an d press ENT ER. For det ails abou t the vi deo outpu t resol ution, see pa ge 45 . When you select “HDMI” in step 6 Sele ct fr om “Aut o,” “ 480i,” “480 p,” “720p, ” “1080i ,” or “1 080p.” When c onnec ting the H DMI OUT jack and o ther vide o outp ut jac ...

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    31 Hooku ps and Settings 10 Select “A llow” to allo w Internet connect ions f rom BD content s, and pres s ENTE R. Select “Do no t allow” to not allow Intern et conne ctions fr om BD conte nts. 11 Select “Quick St art” to sho rten the start up time from st andby mode, and pres s ENTE R. For d etails ab out “Sta ndby Mode,” see page ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 32

    32 Play back Play ing BDs/ DVDs 1 Switc h the i nput s elect or on your TV so that the signal from t he playe r appear s on yo ur TV scree n. 2 Press Z OPEN/C LOSE, and plac e a disc on t he disc t ray. 3 Press Z OPEN/C LOSE t o close the disc tray. • W hen you in sert a commer cially available BD-ROM or DVD VIDEO, playback aut omatically st arts ...

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    33 Play bac k 4 Press HOME. 5 Selec t “ Video ” usin g < / , . 6 Selec t usin g M / m , an d pres s N PLAY or ENTER . For commerci ally available BD-ROMs or DVD VIDEOs, playbac k starts. For BDs or DVDs recorded on other equipment, the title list app ears. Select a title u sing M / m , and pr ess N PLAY or ENTER. Playba ck st arts. To stop p ...

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    34 Avail able O PTIO NS 1 Press OPTIONS. The op tion s men u appe ars. 2 Sele ct an i tem using M / m , and pres s ENTER . The a vailab le item s diffe r depe nding on the disc type or player sit uation. To disp lay To p Menu When yo u play a BD or DVD, you can display the Top Me nu. 1 Press TOP MEN U duri ng play back. The Top M enu appea rs. 2 Se ...

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    35 Play bac k Some BD- ROMs have bo nus co ntents an d other data that can be downloaded to the exter nal mem ory (local storag e) for enjoym ent. 1 Turn t he play er off . 2 Insert the external memory (supplied) into the EXT sl ot on t he rear of the play er. The exte rnal me mory is used as the lo cal stor age. Make s ure that the ext ernal m emo ...

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    36 To can cel Scen e Searc h mode Pres s SCENE SE ARCH, EN TER, N PLAY, or X PAUSE. Playb ack st arts fr om the point yo u pres sed the button. b • T he Scene Search function is available for ti tles longer tha n 100 seconds and sh orter than 100 hours. • T he Sc ene Sear ch funct ion may not be availabl e depe ndi ng on the disc . You ca n sea ...

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    37 Play bac k To ad just th e pic ture 1 Press OPTION S durin g playba ck. The op tions menu appea rs. 2 Select “A/V S ettings” using M / m , and press EN TER. 3 Select “Vide o Settings” usi ng M / m , and press EN TER. The “V ideo S ettings” scre en app ears . 4 Select an item using M / m , and pres s ENTER. The defa ult set tings ar e ...

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    38 To adju st the audio c harac teristics 1 Press O PTIONS during pl ayback . The op tion s men u appe ars. 2 Select “A/V Se ttings” using M / m , and press ENTER. 3 Selec t “Audio Settings ” using M / m , and press ENTER. The “A udio Setti ngs” scree n appe ars. 4 Sele ct an i tem using M / m , and pres s ENTER . The d efault settings ...

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    39 Play bac k Variou s music pl aybac k operati ons b The point where you st opped playing ( resume point) i s cleared from memory when: – you op en th e disc tray, or – yo u tur n off th e pl ay er. Playi ng Ph oto Fi les *1 BD-REs/BD-R s containing JP EG image file s *2 DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs containing JP EG image file s *3 CD-RWs/ CD ...

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    40 Avail able O PTIONS durin g playba ck 1 Press O PTIONS during pl ayback . The op tion s men u appe ars. 2 Sele ct an i tem using M / m , and pres s ENTER . The a vailab le item s diffe r depe nding on the situa tion. Variou s photo pla yback oper ations b • When you a ttempt to play t he followi ng photo files, the mark ap pears on th e screen ...

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    41 Settings and Adjustment s Settings and Adjust ments Usin g the Sett ing s Displ ays Select (Setu p) on the h ome me nu when you need to c hange the sett ings of the pl ayer. 1 Press HO ME. 2 Selec t ( Setup) u sing < / , . 3 Selec t the setu p catego ry icon to change u sing M / m , and pres s ENTER . For deta ils on s etting op tions an d se ...

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    42 Setting list You ca n setup t he foll owing opt ions. Networ k Update You ca n upda te and im prove t he funct ions of the pl ayer. For info rmation a bout updat e functio ns, re fer to the fo llowing website; http ://es upport .son y.co m 1 Select “N etwork Update” usin g M / m , and pr ess ENTER. The play er co nnects to t he netw ork, an ...

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    43 Settings and Adjustment s To updat e th e softw are usi ng an upd ate disc You ca n upda te and im prove t he funct ions of the playe r using a n update disc prov ided by Sony dealer or l ocal a uthori zed Sony se rvic e facilit y. 1 Insert the up date disc . The display asks for co nfirmation. 2 Sele ct “OK,” an d pres s ENTER. Soft wa re u ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 44

    44 Selects t he displa y configurat ion for play back o f 16:9 scree n pic tures o n a 4: 3 screen TV (s elect able wh en “T V Type ” is s et to “4:3 ” and “Sc reen For mat” i s set to “Fixe d Aspect Ratio”). b Depending on the DVD, “Letter B ox” may be select ed auto matically inste ad of “Pan & Scan” or vice versa. Set ...

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    45 Settings and Adjustment s b • I f the picture is dis torted or no p icture appears, wait f or about 30 se conds w ithout pressing a ny buttons. The disp lay retu rns to the resol ution setti ng screen. If the sele cted vide o outp ut reso lution is incorr ect, no picture wil l appear on the screen when you pres s any button within that 30 se c ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 46

    46 Sets the co lor settin g for video sig nals output from the HDMI OUT jack. Sele ct the se tting that matches th e connected TV type. Sets whether to send xvYCC info rmation to the co nnecte d TV. Combining xvYCC-compatib le video with a TV that supports x.v.Color display makes it pos sible to m ore accu rately repr oduce object colors p resent i ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 47

    47 Settings and Adjustment s 2 Sele ct “Si ze,” “Dista nce, ” and press ENTER. 3 Select a setup item u sing M / m , and pr ess ENTER. 4 Selec t or set a set ting us ing M / m , and press EN TER. Size Sel ects the siz e of the sp eakers . •F r o n t •C e n t e r • Surro und • S urro und Back •S u b w o o f e r b • Depe nding on t ...

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    48 Change the “D istanc e” sett ing eac h time yo u move the spe akers. Sta rt from the fr ont speake rs. To adju st the spe aker leve l 1 Select “Sp eaker Settings” in “Audio Setti ngs, ” and pres s ENTER. 2 Selec t “Test To ne” usin g M / m , and press ENTER . 3 Sele ct “On ” usi ng M / m , and press ENTER . You w ill hear the ...

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    49 Settings and Adjustment s Selects the sign al type f or the HD MI OU T jack. b Select “2 ch PCM” when connect ing a TV or an AV amplifier (receiver) tha t does not support Dolby Digital or DTS , otherwise noise or no sound may result. Selects wheth er to mix or not mix interacti ve audio a nd second ary au dio (com men tary) when playing a B ...

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    50 b • I f you select “96kHz /24bit” when an AV ampli fier (recei ver) that d oes not su pport 96 kHz is connec ted, no sound or a loud sound may result. • “ 48kHz/96k Hz PCM” is not effectiv e when “Aud io Output Priorit y” is s et to “HD MI,” “ Multi Channel Analog,” or “Stereo Analog. ” Selects th e dynamic range (co ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 51

    51 Settings and Adjustment s BD/DVD V iewing Setti ngs The default setti ngs are underlined. Selects the defa ult menu lan guage for BD- ROMs or DVD V IDEOs. When yo u select “Selec t Languag e Code ,” the displ ay for ent ering t he la nguag e code appear s. Ent er the c ode for your langua ge by referr ing to “Lan guage Code List” (pag e ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 52

    52 z You can change th e password (see “Pa ssword” on page 52). b • I f you forge t the password, rese t the player (page 56) and s et a new p assword ( see “Password” on page 5 2). • W hen yo u pla y discs which do not have t he Paren tal Co ntrol func tion, p layback c annot b e limite d on this playe r. • D epend ing on the disc, y ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 53

    53 Settings and Adjustment s Photo S ett ings The default setting is u nderlined. Chang es the sl ide show sp eed. System Se tti ngs The d efault sett ings are un derli ned. Selects y our la nguage f or the pl ayer on- scre en d ispla ys. Adjusts the lighting of the fr ont panel display. b When “St andby Mo de” is set to “Qui ck Start, ” ? ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 54

    54 The scre en save r im age a ppea rs wh en yo u do not use t he player for mo re than 15 minute s while an on -scr een d isplay , such as th e home menu , is display ed on yo ur TV scree n. The scree n save r imag e help s preven t your disp lay de vice from be comin g damag ed (ghost ing) . Informs you of n ewer softwa re vers ion inform ation . ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 55

    55 Settings and Adjustment s b When you set th e “DNS Server (Prim ary)”/ “DNS Server (Secondary)” addresses manually, e nter the “DNS Server (P rimary)” address . Otherwise, the “Int ernet Settings ” will be set incorr ectly. 4 If your ISP has a specific prox y server setting , select “P roxy Settin gs” usin g M / m , and pre s ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 56

    56 Easy Setup Re-runs the Easy Setup to make the basi c setting s. 1 Select “Easy Set up,” an d press ENTER . 2 Sele ct “Sta rt ” usin g < / , , and pres s ENTER. 3 Follow th e instruction s for “Ste p 7: Easy Set up” (pa ge 29) from ste p 4. Resett ing You can res et the player settings to the facto ry defau lt by selec ting the gr ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 57

    57 Additi onal In formation Additional Informatio n Troubl esh ooting If you exp erienc e any of the fol lowing difficul ties while using the player, use this troubles hoot ing gui de to hel p remed y the proble m befor e reques ting re pairs . Should any prob lem per sist, co nsult your near est Sony deal er. The po wer does n ot tu rn on. , Check ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 58

    58 See al so “Conn ecti ng to a n HDMI j ack” (page 1 5) w hen c onne cting equipme nt using the H DM I cabl e. There is no pi cture/p icture noise appears . , Check th at all the co nnect ing cables are secure ly connec ted. , Che ck whet her the co nnect ing ca bles ar e damage d. , Check the conne ction t o your T V (page 14) and switch the ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 59

    59 Additi onal In formation The in teractive audio i s not o utput. , Set “B D Au dio S ett ing” t o “Mi x” in th e “Aud io Set tin gs” se tup (page 49). There is no pict ure or no sound when connect ed to t he HDMI OUT jac k. , Try the fo llowing: 1 Turn th e play er off and on again . 2 Turn the co nnecte d equipme nt of f and o n aga ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 60

    60 Bonus co ntent s or oth er dat a that are conta ined in a BD-R OM c annot be pl ayed . , Try t he follow ing: 1 Rem ove the disc. 2 Turn th e play er off. 3 R emove an d re- insert the exte rnal memo ry (page 24). 4 Turn th e play er on. 5 C heck t hat the EXT ind icator lights up i n the front pane l display. 6 In sert the BD-R OM wi th Bonu sV ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 61

    61 Additi onal In formation Self- Dia gnosis Fun cti on When the s elf-diagnosis function i s activated to prevent the player fr om malfunctionin g, an error code appea rs in the f ront panel disp lay, or ju st appears w itho ut any me ssages on the ent ire scre en. In thes e case s, chec k the fol lowi ng. When an error c ode a ppears in the fron ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 62

    62 Play able Disc s * JPEG format conforming to UDF (U niversal D isk Format). Notes about BD-ROM compat ibility Since th e Blu-r ay Dis c specif ications are new and ev olvi ng, som e discs ma y not be play able depend ing on the disc type and t he version . The audi o output differ s depend ing on the source , con nect ed out put j ack, a nd s el ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 63

    63 Additi onal In formation Discs tha t cann ot be pl ayed • BDs with cartridge • DVD- RAM s • HD DVD s • DV D Au dio discs • PHOTO CDs • D ata pa rt of CD-Ex tra s • VCDs/Super VCDs • HD layer on Super A udio CDs • A udio m ate rial side on Du alDisc s • BD-ROMs/DVD VIDEOs with a diffe rent regio n code (pa ge 63) . • A disc ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 64

    64 About pl ayba ck of disc s recorde d in AVCHD forma t Thi s player can play AVC HD fo rmat discs. What is the AVCHD for mat? The AVCHD forma t is a high-definitio n digital video came ra format used to record SD (standar d definiti on) or HD (high def inition) signals of eithe r the 1080i specificatio n *1 or the 720p spec ificat ion *2 on DVDs, ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 65

    65 Additi onal In formation Vide o Output Resolut ion Outp ut resolu tion di ffers de pend ing on the “Ou tput Vid eo For mat” set ting in the “Vid eo Setting s” s etup (pag e 43). * Protected conten ts on DVDs are output at 480p resoluti on. When “O utpu t Video Fo rmat ” is set to “Vi deo or S Vi deo” 480i vi deo sign als are outp ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 66

    66 Audi o Output Signals The a udio out put diffe rs as foll ows, d ependin g on the so urce , output ja ck, and t he selec ted setting s. *1 When “Audi o Output Priority” is set t o “Stereo Analog,” LPCM 2 ch signals are ou tput from each j ack. *2 When “Au dio Outp ut Pr iority” is s et to “HDMI ,” “Coaxial /Optical” or “Mul ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 67

    67 Additi onal In formation Spec ific atio ns System Laser: Semiconduc tor laser Input s and ou tputs ( Jack name: Jack t ype/Outp ut lev el/Loa d imp edance) LINE OUT AUDIO L/R: Phono jack/ 2 Vrms/10 kil ohms DIGITAL OUT (OPT ICAL): Opti cal o utpu t jac k/– 18 dB m (wave lengt h 660 nm) DIGITAL OUT (COA XIAL): Phono ja ck/0.5 Vp- p/75 ohms MULT ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 68

    68 Langua ge Co de List For details , see page 51. The lan guage spel lings co nform to the IS O 639: 1988 (E/ F) sta ndard . Parent al Contro l/Area Co de For details , see page 51. Num ber, Lang uage (BD Lang uage Code/ DV D Lang uage Co de) Number, Area (Code) 2044, A rgen tina (ar ) 2047, A ustralia (au) 2046, A ustria (at) 2057, Belgium (be) 2 ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 69

    69 Additi onal In formation Terms and Co ndition s of Use an d End Use r Lice nse Agre ement The Sony Blu-ray Disc player (“Product”) and associated software (“Software”) ar e provided and maintaine d by Sony Electronics Inc. and its affiliates (“Sony”). Sony also provi des and maintains a ssociated s ervice (the “Service”), inc lud ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 70

    70 U.S. Government Restricted Rights. T he Software is provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disc losure by the United States Government is subje ct to restriction as set forth in subparagraph (c) (1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is Sony Electronics In ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 71

    71 Additi onal In formation 11. General P rovisions This Agreement, the limited warranty accompanying the Product, plus any additional term s pos ted on the Service or Site, together constitute the entire agreement between Sony and you with respect to your us e of the Product, Service, Site, Content, and Software. Any notice by S ony hereunder may ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 72

    72 Also, for each author’s protection and ours, we want to make certain that eve ryone understands that there is no warranty for this free software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we want its r ecipients to know that what they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the o ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 73

    73 Additi onal In formation 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program) , the recipient automaticall y receives a license from the original licenso r to copy, distribute or modify the Program s ubject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients’ exercise of the righ ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 74

    74 The hypothetical commands ‘show w’ and ‘show c’ should show the appropriate parts of the General Publi c License. Of course, the commands you use may be ca lled something other than ‘show w’ and ‘show c’; t hey could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program. You should also get your employer (if you work as ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 75

    75 Additi onal In formation The “Libr ary”, below, re fers to any such softw are library or work which has been distributed under these terms. A “work based on the Library” means either the Library or any derivative work under copyright law: that is to say, a wor k containing the Library or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modificat ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 76

    76 You must give prominent notice with each copy of the work that the Library is use d in it and that the Library and its us e are covered by this License. You must supply a c opy of this License. If the work during execution di splays copyright notices, you must include the copyright notice for the Li brary among them, as well as a reference direc ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 77

    77 Additi onal In formation 14. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Library into other free programs whose distribution conditions ar e incompatible with these, write to the author to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions for thi ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 78

    78 This product includes cryptogra phic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes s oftware written by Tim Huds on (tjh@cryptsoft.com). Original SSLeay License Original SSL eay Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rig hts reser ved. This package is an SSL imple mentation written by Eric Young (e ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 79

    79 Additi onal In formation This product includes software developed by Gordon W. Ross This product includes software developed by Jonathan Stone for the NetBSD Project. This product includes software develope d by Manuel Bouyer. This product includes software developed by Rolf Gr ossmann. This product includes software developed by TooLs G mbH. Th ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 80

    80 Glos sary AACS “Adv anced Acces s Cont ent Syst em” is a speci ficat ion for m ana ging dig ital ente rtainm ent co ntents stor ed on t he nex t genera tion of pre reco rded a nd rec orded optical me dia. The specif ication ena bles consumers to e njoy digital e ntertainment conte nt, inc luding high-de finiti on conte nt. AVCHD (page 6 4) T ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 81

    81 Additi onal In formation DTS-H D Master A udio (p age 66) DTS- HD Mast er Audi o ha s a maxi mum transmi ssion r ate of 24.5 Mbps , and uses lossle ss compr ession ( Lossless) , and DTS- HD Ma ster Audio corr espond s to a m axim um sampli ng fr equen cy o f 192 kH z, and maxim um of 7.1c h. HDMI (High-D efinition Multime dia Inte rface) ( page ...

  • Sony BDP-S550 - page 82

    82 Index Words in qu otati ons ap pear in the on -scree n disp lays. Numerics 24p Tru e Cinema 81 A “A/V Settin gs” 37 AACS 80 ANGLE 8 AUDIO 8 “Audio Outp ut Priority” 46 Audio output signals 66 “Audio Se ttings” 38 , 46 AVCHD 64 , 80 B Batteries 27 “BD Data” 35 , 60 “BD/DVD View ing Settings” 51 BD-Live 24 , 35 BD-R 62 , 80 BD- ...

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