Sony SCD-XB770 operating instructions Table of Contents

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.

Others

•A Super Audio CD can mark up to 255 track/index numbers. This feature applies to SCD-XB770.

•The supplied remote is capable of controlling both the SCD-XB770 and a conventional Sony CD player.

TABLE 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
Locating a Specific Track			18				GB
Locating a Particular Point in a Track					18
Playing Tracks Repeatedly			19
Playing Tracks in Random Order (Shuffle Play)						20
Creating Your Own Programme (Programme
Play) 21

Listening to a Multi-channel Super Audio CD (Multi-channel management function) 22

Additional Information 25

Precautions 25

Notes on Discs 26

Troubleshooting 27

Specifications 27

Index 28

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