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, which allows higher-quality sound reproduction.

•A Super Audio CD can mark up to 255 track numbers. This feature applies to SCD-XE597.

•The supplied remote is capable of controlling both the SCD-XE597 and a conventional Sony CD player.

You can play the following types of discs on this player.

•Super Audio CDs

•Audio CDs

This player cannot play the following discs. If you try to play them, the error message “TOC ERROR” or “NO DISC” will appear.

•CD-ROMs

•DVDs, etc.

Music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies

This product is designed to playback discs that conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with copyright protection technologies are marketed by some record companies. Please be aware that among those discs, there are some that do not conform to the CD standard and may not be playable by this product.

Notes on CD-R/CD-RW playback

Discs recorded on CD-R/CD-RW drives may not be played back because of scratches, dirt, recording condition, or the drive’s characteristics. Besides, the discs, which are not yet finalized at the end of recording, cannot be played back. In these cases, “READING” will remain or “TOC ERROR” will appear in the display.

Note on dts-CDs

Do not play a dts-CD on this player. If you do, severe noise will be generated.

4GB