Sony MDP-A500 - Manual (Page 15)

To Pause the Player Just
Before Starting...................
PAUSE
□D
(Player or Remote)
Press PAUSE (II) after doing step 4 on
page 13.
The tray closes, "PAUSE" appears on the TV
screen, and the player waits at the start of the
disc until you press PLAY (►) or PAUSE (II).
If you want to play side B of an LD, press
PAUSE
(II), then (DISC) SIDE B.
To Play a Stereo Disc or
a Second Audio Program
(SAP) Disc............................
PUV
AUDIO
Press PLAY (^), then press AUDIO
MONITOR
MONITOR on the Remote Commander.
3 This function alternates the sound output on a
disc that has been recorded with two sound
(Player or Remote) (Remote) tracks, such as bilingual discs.
The procedure below indicates how the output and the display changes with each press.
The active track appears for three seconds on the TV screen. When you select 1 /L (or 2/R), the sound of the left
(or right) channel is output from both speakers.
Procedure
Screen
message
Output Sound
Stereo Disc SAP Disc
1 Press PLAY (►). No message
Stereo
(Both channels)
Soundtrack 1 (left channel)
Soundtrack 2 (right channel)
2 Press AUDIO MONITOR. 1/L Left channel Soundtrack 1 (left channel)
3 Press AUDIO MONITOR again. 2/R Right channel Soundtrack 2 (right channel)
4 Press AUDIO MONITOR again
to return to stereo status.
1/L 2/R
Stereo
(Both channels) Soundtrack 1 (left channel)
Soundtrack 2 (right channel)
To Switch from Digital to
Analog Sound
(for LDs only*)......................
ANALCX3
(Remote)
Press ANALOG/GB on the Remote
Commander to switch the player to analog or
digital sound. Digital affords a better quality
sound reproduction. If the LD contains a digital
sound signal, the player automatically sends
that output to the amplifier or receiver. To
switch to analog sound, press ANALOG/CB
on the Remote Commander. "J> ANALOG "
appears on screen for three seconds. To return
to digital sound, press ANALOG/GB until "J>
DIGITAL" appears on screen. With certain discs
there may be a difference in volume.
LDs with a □■(CX) Label
ANALOG
CZD
(Remote)
Discs bearing the GB label are recorded with
the CX noise reduction system, which gives
lower noise levels and higher dynamic range on
analog sound. The player detects most GB discs
and activates the CX noise reduction system
automatically. When playing a GB disc which
does not contain a code to activate the CX noise
reduction system, press ANALOG/GB on the
Remote Commander until "CX ON" appears on
screen. The CX noise reduction system will be
activated.
All CDs and CDVs output digital, not analog sound.