4-277-895-11(1)

CD/DVD Player

Operating Instructions

DVP-NS638P DVP-NS648P

© 2011 Sony Corporation Precautions Notes about the discs Safety • To keep the disc clean, handle WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do the disc by its edge. Do not touch not place objects filled with the surface. Dust, fingerprints, or To reduce the risk of fire or liquids, such as vases, on the scratches on the disc may cause electric shock, do not expose apparatus. it to malfunction. this apparatus to rain or moisture. Installing To avoid electrical shock, do • Do not install the unit in an not open the cabinet. Refer inclined position. It is designed servicing to qualified to be operated in a horizontal personnel only. position only. The mains lead must only be • Keep the unit and discs away changed at a qualified from equipment with strong service shop. magnets, such as microwave Batteries or batteries ovens, or large loudspeakers. installed apparatus shall not • Do not place heavy objects on be exposed to excessive heat the unit. such as sunshine, fire or the like. Lightning For added protection for this set • Do not expose the disc to direct CAUTION during a lightning storm, or when it sunlight or heat sources such as is left unattended and unused for hot air ducts, or leave it in a car The use of optical instruments with long periods of time, unplug it parked in direct sunlight as the this product will increase eye from the wall outlet. This will temperature may rise hazard. As the laser beam used in prevent damage to the set due to considerably inside the car. this CD/DVD player is harmful to lightning and power-line surges. • After playing, store the disc in its eyes, do not attempt to disassemble case. the cabinet. • Clean the disc with a cleaning Refer servicing to qualified cloth. personnel only. Wipe the disc from the centre out.

Disposal of Old Electrical & • Do not use solvents such as Electronic Equipment benzine, thinner, commercially This symbol is applicable only in available cleaners, or anti-static the European Union and other spray intended for vinyl LPs. European countries with separate • If you have printed the disc’s collection systems. label, dry the label before playing. • Do not use the following discs: – A disc that has a non-standard shape (e.g., card, heart). – A disc with a label or sticker on it. – A disc that has cellophane tape or sticker adhesive on it.

2 On adjusting volume • “DVD” may be used as a general Do not turn up the volume while term for commercial DVDs, Precautions listening to a section with very low DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+R level inputs or no audio signals. If DLs (+VR mode) and DVD- you do, the speakers may be RWs/DVD-Rs/DVD-R DLs (VR On safety damaged when a peak level section mode, video mode). Should any solid object or liquid is played. • NEED-to-know information (to fall into the cabinet, unplug the prevent incorrect operation) is player and have it checked by On cleaning listed under the b icon. NICE- qualified personnel before Clean the cabinet, panel, and to-know information (tips and operating it any further. controls with a soft cloth slightly other useful information) is moistened with a mild detergent listed under the z icon. On power sources solution. Do not use any type of • The player is not disconnected abrasive pad, scouring powder or IMPORTANT NOTICE from the AC power source solvent such as alcohol or benzine. (mains) as long as it is connected Caution: This player is capable to the wall outlet, even if the On cleaning discs, disc/lens of holding a still video image or player itself has been turned off. cleaners on-screen display image on your • If you are not going to use the Do not use cleaning discs or disc/ television screen indefinitely. If player for a long time, be sure to lens cleaners (including wet or you leave the still video image or disconnect the player from the spray types). These may cause the on-screen display image wall outlet. To disconnect the apparatus to malfunction. displayed on your TV for an AC power cord (mains lead), extended period of time you risk grasp the plug itself; never pull On replacement of parts permanent damage to your the cord. In the event that this unit is television screen. Plasma display repaired, repaired parts may be panel televisions and projection On placement collected for reuse or recycling televisions are susceptible to • Place the player in a location purposes. this. with adequate ventilation to prevent heat build-up in the Copyrights If you have any questions or player. • “DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” problems concerning your player, • Do not place the player on a soft “DVD+R,” “DVD+R DL,” please consult your nearest Sony surface such as a rug. “DVD-R,” “DVD VIDEO,” and dealer. • Do not place the player in a “CD” logos are trademarks. location near heat sources, or in a • MPEG Layer-3 audio coding place subject to direct sunlight, technology and patents licensed excessive dust, or mechanical from Fraunhofer IIS and shock. Thomson. • Do not install this player in a confined space, such as a About this manual bookshelf or similar unit. • The instructions in this manual • Install the player so that the AC are for 2 models: DVP-NS638P power cord (mains lead) can be and DVP-NS648P. Check your unplugged from the wall socket model name by looking at the immediately in the event of front panel of the player. DVP- trouble. NS648P is the model used for • If the player is brought directly instruction purposes. Any from a cold to a warm location, difference in operation is clearly or is placed in a very damp room, indicated in the text, for moisture may condense on the example, “DVP-NS648P only.” lenses inside the player. Should • Icons, such as , listed at this occur, the player may not the top of each explanation operate properly. In this case, indicate what kind of media can remove the disc and leave the be used with the function being player turned on for about half an explained. hour until the moisture For details see “Playable Media” evaporates. (page 37). • When you move the player, take • Instructions in this manual out any discs. If you don’t, the describe the controls on the disc may be damaged. remote. You can also use the controls on the player if they have the same or similar names as those on the remote.

3 Table of Contents

WARNING ...... 2 Precautions ...... 3 Guide to Parts and Controls...... 6

Hookups and Settings...... 10 Step 1: Connecting to Your TV ...... 10 Step 2: Connecting to Your Audio Component ...... 11 Step 3: Connecting the Mains Lead...... 12 Step 4: Preparing the Remote ...... 12 Controlling TVs with the remote...... 13 Step 5: Quick Setup...... 13 Connecting a USB Device (DVP-NS648P only) ...... 15

Playback ...... 16 Playing Discs ...... 16 Control Menu display ...... 18 List of Control Menu items ...... 19 Various Play Mode Functions ...... 21 Creating your own programme (Programme Play) ...... 21 Playing in random order (Shuffle Play) ...... 22 Playing repeatedly (Repeat Play) ...... 22 Repeating a specific portion (A-B Repeat Play)...... 23 Customizing the Playback Configuration ...... 24 Adjusting the playback picture (CUSTOM PICTURE MODE) ...... 24 Sharpening the picture (SHARPNESS) ...... 24 Locking discs (PARENTAL CONTROL) ...... 24 Playing Video, Photo, and Music Files...... 25 Playing video, photo, and music files from USB device (DVP-NS648P only)...... 26 Selecting a photo file ...... 26 Setting the pace for a slide show (INTERVAL) ...... 27 Selecting the slides’ appearance (EFFECT) ...... 27

Settings and Adjustments ...... 28 Using the Setup Display...... 28 LANGUAGE SETUP ...... 28 SCREEN SETUP...... 29 CUSTOM SETUP ...... 31 AUDIO SETUP...... 32 Setting the digital output signal ...... 32

4 Additional Information ...... 34 Troubleshooting ...... 34 Self-diagnosis Function (When letters/numbers appear on the screen) . . . . 36 Playable Media ...... 37 Specifications...... 39 Language Code List...... 40 Parental Control Area Code List ...... 40 Index ...... 41

5 Guide to Parts and Controls For more information, see the pages indicated in parentheses.

Remote B Number buttons TV TV Enters the title/chapter numbers, etc. CLEAR (19) Clears the entry field. C PICTURE NAVI (26) PICTURE NAVI Divides the screen into 9 subscreens CLEAR AUDIO SUBTITLE so you can choose the desired scene

TIME/TEXT MENU quickly. Each time you press the button, the display changes as follows: • CHAPTER VIEWER RETURN DISPLAY • TITLE VIEWER • TRACK VIEWER The photo files in the album appear in 16 subscreens.

FAST/SLOW PLAY AUDIO ( ) Changes the audio language or audio channel. When 4 digits are displayed, they indicate a language code. See “Language Code List” on page 40 to 2 (volume) +, number 5, AUDIO, and N see which language the code buttons have a tactile dot. Use the tactile dot represents. as a reference when operating the player. SUBTITLE ( ) (26) A Z (open/close) – Changes the subtitles when Opens or closes the disc tray. subtitles are recorded on DVD VIDEOs/DVD-VR mode/Xvid TV t (input select) (13) video files only. Switches between TV and other input – Displays lyrics for a music file sources. when pressed during playback. For TV [/1 (on/standby) (13) details see page 26. Turns on the TV, or sets to standby mode. [/1 (on/standby) (13) Turns on the player, or sets to standby mode. 2 (volume) +/– (13) Adjusts the TV volume.

6 D TIME/TEXT (9) m/M (scan/slow) Displays the playing time and – Fast reverses/fast forwards when remaining time on the TV screen or pressed during playback. The speed front panel display. Press repeatedly changes when pressed repeatedly. to change the displayed information. – Plays backward*4/forward*5 in CD/DVD text appears only when text slow motion when pressed is recorded on the disc. repeatedly during pause mode. If music file has an ID3 tag, the player N (play) will display the album name/track title Starts or re-starts playback. from the ID3 tag information. This player supports ID3 versions 1.0/1.1 X (pause) and 2.2/2.3. Pauses or re-start playback. MENU (25) x (stop) Displays the menu. Stops playback. O RETURN (17) FAST/SLOW PLAY *6 Returns to the previous display. Plays in various speed with sound when pressed repeatedly during DISPLAY (18) playback. Displays the playback information on the screen. *1 For Xvid video files and DVDs except DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+R DLs. C/X/x/c (19) *2 For DVDs and Xvid video files only. 3 Moves the highlight to select a * These functions may not work with some scenes. displayed item. *4 For DVD VIDEOs and DVD-VR mode only. *5 For DVDs, VIDEO CDs, and video files only. Centre button (ENTER) (13) *6 For DVDs and VIDEO CDs only. Enters the selected item. b . > E / (previous/next) Some playback functions may not work with Skips to the previous/next chapter, unsupported MPEG-4 format (page 37). track, or scene in continuous play mode. / (replay/step/step/ advance) – Replays the scene*1*3/briefly fast forward the scene*2*3 when pressed during playback. –Plays backward*4/forward*5 one frame at a time when pressed during pause mode. – Changes the LUN (Logical Unit Number) devices when pressed during the list of albums or tracks is displayed (page 26).

,continued 7 Front panel

DVP-NS638P

DVP-NS648P

A [/1 (on/standby) button (13) The player turns on and “LOCKED” appears on the front panel display. The Z button on B Disc tray (16) the player does not work while the Child C Front panel display (9) Lock is set. Z D (open/close) button (16) To unlock the disc tray Opens or closes the disc tray. When the player is in standby mode, press E N (play) button (16) O RETURN, ENTER, and then [/1 again. The N button has a tactile dot*. b x F (stop) button (16) Even if you select “RESET” under “SETUP” in the Stops playback. Control Menu (page 28), the disc tray remains G (remote sensor) (12) locked. H USB jack (type A) (15, 26) To change the colour systems (DVP-NS648P only) If the on-screen menu of the player does not Connect a USB device to this jack. appear on the connected TV, switch the player’s colour system to match the colour * Use the tactile dot as a reference when operating system of the TV (NTSC or PAL). the player. – For DVP-NS638P only To lock the disc tray (Child Lock) First turn off the player by pressing [/1. You can lock the disc tray to prevent it being Next press DISPLAY, enter “0” using the [ 1 opened by mistake. number button, and then press / on the remote. When the player is in standby mode, press – For DVP-NS648P only [ 1 O RETURN, ENTER, and then [/1 on the First turn off the player by pressing / , [ 1 remote. and then press / again while holding down x on the player. The player turns back on, and the name of the colour system will appears on the front panel display.

8 Rear panel

A DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack (11) C LINE OUT (VIDEO) jack (10) B LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks (11) D COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (10)

Front panel display

A N, X When playing music or video files Lights up during playback or pause. Current file*2 or track*3 playing B time and number r Lights up during Repeat Play. *1 Current file*2 or track name/MP3 C ID3 track title*3 Lights up when you can change the r angle. *1 Current album and file*2 or D Playback information track*3 number You can view the time and text (Returns to top automatically) information by pressing the TIME/ TEXT button on the remote repeatedly. When playing a VIDEO CD (without The display changes as follows: PBC functions) or CD Current track playing time and When playing a DVD number r Current title playing time r Current track remaining time r Current title remaining time r Disc playing time r Current chapter playing time r Disc remaining time r Current chapter remaining time *1 r Text *1 Text 1 r * DVP-NS648P only *1 *2 video file Current title and chapter number 3 (Returns to top automatically) * music file 9 Hookups and Settings

When unpacking, check the supplied accessories by referring to page 39.

b • Plug cables securely to prevent unwanted noise. • Refer to the operating instructions supplied with the components to be connected. • Be sure to disconnect the mains lead of each component before connecting. Step 1: Connecting to Your TV

Connect this player to your TV using a video cable. Select pattern A or B, according to the input jack on your TV.

INPUT (yellow) A VIDEO Audio/video cable (supplied) (white)

L AUDIO (red) R (red) (white) (yellow)

TV

to LINE OUT (VIDEO)

to COMPONENT CD/DVD player VIDEO OUT (green) (blue) (red)

COMPONENT VIDEO IN B Y Component video (green)

cable (not supplied) PB (blue) PR (red)

TV l : Signal flow

A Video input jack When connecting to a standard 4:3 screen TV You will enjoy standard quality images. Some images may not fit your TV screen. To change the picture size, see page 29. B Component video input jacks b (Y, PB, PR) Do not connect a VCR, etc., between your TV and You will enjoy accurate colour reproduction the player. If you pass the player signals via the and high quality images. VCR, you may not receive a clear image on the TV screen. If your TV has only one audio/video input jack, connect the player to this jack.

10 Step 2: Connecting to Your Audio Component

Select one of the following patterns A or B, according to the input jack on your TV monitor, projector, or audio component such as an AV amplifier (receiver).

This will enable you to listen to sound. Hookups and Settings

(red) (yellow)* INPUT A Audio/video cable (supplied) VIDEO (white) (white) L

(yellow)* (red) AUDIO R

TV, projector, or audio component

to LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO)

to DIGITAL OUT CD/DVD player (COAXIAL)

Coaxial digital cable (not supplied)

to coaxial [Speakers] digital input [Speakers] B Rear (L) Rear (R)

Front (L) Front (R) Audio component with a decoder Centre Subwoofer

: Signal flow * The yellow plug is used for video signals (page 10). z For correct speaker location, see the operating instructions supplied with the connected components.

,continued 11 A Audio L/R input jacks This connection will use your TV’s or audio Step 3: Connecting the component’s two speakers for sound. Mains Lead B Digital audio input jack Plug the player and TV mains lead (power If your audio component has a Dolby* cord) into a mains. Digital, DTS, or MPEG audio decoder and a digital input jack, use this connection. You can enjoy Dolby Digital (5.1ch), DTS (5.1ch), and MPEG audio (5.1ch) surround Step 4: Preparing the effect. Remote * Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Insert two R6 (size AA) batteries by matching Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are the 3 and # ends on the batteries to the trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. markings inside the compartment. When b using the remote, point it at the remote sensor • After you have completed the connection, make on the player. the appropriate settings in Quick Setup (page 13). If your audio component has an MPEG audio decoder function, set “MPEG” to “MPEG” in “AUDIO SETUP” (page 33). Otherwise, no sound or a loud noise will come from your speakers. • In order to listen to DTS sound tracks, you must use this connection. DTS sound tracks are not output through the LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks, even if you set “DTS” to “ON” in Quick Setup (page 13). b • Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place. • Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing, particularly when replacing the batteries. • Do not expose the remote sensor to direct light from the sun or a lighting apparatus. Doing so may cause a malfunction. • If you do not use the remote for an extended period of time, remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion.

12 Controlling TVs with the remote Step 5: Quick Setup You can control the sound level, input source, and power switch of your Sony TV with the Follow the steps below to make the minimum supplied remote. number of basic adjustments for using the

Available buttons player. Hookups and Settings To skip an adjustment, press >. To return Depending on the connected unit, you may to the previous adjustment, press .. The not be able to control your TV using all or on-screen displays differ depending on the some of the buttons on the supplied remote. player model. Buttons Operations 1 Turn on the TV then press [/1. TV [/1 Turn the TV on or off 2 (volume) Adjust the volume of the 2 Switch the input selector on your +/– TV TV so that the signal from the TV t Switch the TV’s input (input select) source between the TV and player appears on your TV screen. other input sources “Press [ENTER] to run QUICK SETUP” To control other TVs with the remote (press enter to run Quick Setup) appears at the bottom of the screen. If this You can control the volume, input source, and message does not appear, select power switch of non-Sony TVs as well. “QUICK” (quick) under “SETUP” If your TV is listed in the table below, set the (setup) in the Control Menu to run Quick appropriate manufacturer’s code. Setup (page 19). b When you replace the batteries of the remote, the 3 Press ENTER without inserting a code number may be reset to the default setting. Set the appropriate code number again. disc. The Language Setup Display appears. 1 While holding down TV [/1, press the The available languages differ depending number buttons to select your TV’s upon the player model. manufacturer’s code. LANGUAGE SETUP 2 Release TV [/1. OSD: ENGLISH MENU: ENGLISH AUDIO: Code numbers of controllable TVs SUBTITLE: If more than one code number is listed, try FRANÇAIS entering them one at a time until you find the DEUTSCH ITALIANO one that works with your TV. ESPAÑOL NEDERLANDS Manufacturer Code number Sony 01 (default) 4 Press X/x to select a language. Hitachi 24 The player displays the menu and JVC 33 subtitles in the selected language. LG/Goldstar 76 5 Press ENTER. Panasonic 17, 49 The Screen Setup Display appears. Philips 06, 08, 72 Samsung 71 Sharp 29 Toshiba 38 ,continued 13 9 Press X/x to select the type of SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE: 16:9 Dolby Digital signal to your audio COLOR SYSTEM (VIDEO CD): 16:9 SCREEN SAVER: 4:3 LETTER BOX component. BACKGROUND: 4:3 PAN SCAN PROGRESSIVE (COMPONENT OUT ONLY): OFF If your audio component has a Dolby MODE (PROGRESSIVE): AUTO 4:3 OUTPUT: FULL Digital decoder, select “DOLBY DIGITAL.” Otherwise, select “D-PCM.”

AUDIO SETUP AUDIO DRC: STANDARD 6 Press X/x to select the setting that DOWNMIX: DOLBY SURROUND DIGITAL OUT: ON matches your TV type. DOLBY DIGITAL: DOLBY DIGITAL MPEG: DOLBY DIGITAL ◆ DTS: D-PCM If you have a wide-screen TV or a 4:3 48kHz/96kHz PCM: 48kHz/16bit standard TV with a wide-screen mode • 16:9 (page 29) ◆ If you have a 4:3 standard TV • 4:3 LETTER BOX or 4:3 PAN SCAN 10Press ENTER. (page 29) “DTS” is selected.

Press ENTER. AUDIO SETUP 7 AUDIO DRC: STANDARD The Setup Display for selecting the type DOWNMIX: DOLBY SURROUND DIGITAL OUT: ON of jack used to connect your audio DOLBY DIGITAL: DOLBY DIGITAL component appears. MPEG: PCM DTS: OFF 48kHz/96kHz PCM: OFF Is this player connected to an amplifier ON (receiver) ? Select the type of jack you are using. YES LINE OUTPUT L/R (AUDIO) 11Press X/x to select whether or DIGITAL OUTPUT

NO not to send a DTS signal to your audio component. 8 Press X/x to select the type of jack If your audio component has a DTS (if any) you are using to connect to decoder, select “ON.” Otherwise, select “OFF.” an audio component, then press ENTER. 12Press ENTER. Select “NO,” if you do not connect an Quick Setup is finished and connections audio component, then go to step 12. are complete. Select “YES: LINE OUTPUT L/R If your audio component has an MPEG (AUDIO),” if you connect an audio audio decoder, set “MPEG” to “MPEG” component using an audio cable, then go (page 33). to step 12. Select “YES: DIGITAL OUTPUT,” if you connect an audio component using a digital coaxial cable.

14 Connecting a USB Device (DVP-NS648P only)

You can connect a USB device to the USB Hookups and Settings jack of the player to play video, photo, or music files. For details on playable files, see “Playable Media” page 37.

Refer to the operating instructions supplied with the USB device before connecting it to the player.

USB device

To play data files, see “Playing video, photo, and music files from USB device (DVP- NS648P only)” (page 26).

To remove the USB device Stop playback and disconnect the USB device from the USB jack. b • Take the precaution of backing up important files on the USB device before connecting it to the player. • Do not forcibly connect the USB device and make sure the plug is oriented correctly. • Do not connect the player and the USB device through a USB hub. • Make sure no virus-infected files are contained on a USB device before use. • This player supports USB Mass Storage Class only. • This player supports USB device with FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 format only. • Some USB devices may not work with this player.

15 z You can have the player turned off automatically Playback whenever you leave it in stop mode for more than 30 minutes. To turn this function on or off, set “AUTO STANDBY” in “CUSTOM SETUP” to Playing Discs “ON” or “OFF” (page 31). b • Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operations may be different or restricted. 1 Switch the input selector on your Refer to the operating instructions supplied with your disc. TV so that the signal from the • Discs created on DVD recorders must be correctly player appears on your TV screen. finalized before they can be played. For more information about finalizing, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the DVD 2 Press Z on the player, and place a recorder. disc on the disc tray. Note on playing DTS sound tracks on a DVD VIDEO DTS audio signals are output only through the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack.

To resume playback from the point where you stopped the disc (Multi-disc Resume)

Playback side When you press N again after you stop facing down playback, the player starts playback from the point when you pressed x. 3 Press N. The disc tray closes. The player starts z • To play from the beginning of the disc, press x playback (continuous play). Adjust the N volume on the TV or the audio twice, then press . • With DVD VIDEOs and VIDEO CDs, the player component. stores the point where you stopped the disc for up Depending on the disc, a menu may to 6 discs and resumes playback the next time you appear on the TV screen. For DVD insert the same disc. If you store a resume VIDEOs, see page 7. For VIDEO CDs, playback point for the seventh disc, the resume see page 17. playback point for the first disc is deleted.

If a disc is inside the player Press N.

To stop playback Press x.

To pause playback Press X.

16 b • “MULTI-DISC RESUME” in “CUSTOM SETUP” must be set to “ON” (default) for this function to work (page 31). • Resume Play does not work during Shuffle Play and Programme Play. • With some discs, Resume Play may not work, depending on the point you stop playback, or if you press [/1.

To play VIDEO CDs with PBC functions Playback (PBC Playback) PBC (Playback Control) allows you to play VIDEO CDs interactively using the menu on your TV screen. When you start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC functions, the menu for your selection appears. Select an item using the number buttons, and press ENTER. Then, follow the instructions in the menu (press N when “Press SELECT” appears).

To return to the menu Press O RETURN. z To play without using PBC, press ./> or the number buttons while the player is stopped to select a track, then press N or ENTER. “Play without PBC” appears on the TV screen and the player starts continuous play. You cannot play still pictures such as a menu. To return to PBC playback, press x twice then press N.

,continued 17 Control Menu display Use the Control Menu to select a function and to view related information. Press DISPLAY repeatedly to turn on or change the Control Menu display as follows:

, Control Menu display 1 m Control Menu display 2 (Except CD and when “MEDIA” is set to “MUSIC”) m Control Menu display off The Control Menu display 1 and 2 will show different items depending on the media type.

Example: Control Menu display 1 when playing a DVD VIDEO. Press X/x to select the Control Menu item, then press ENTER. For details about the item, see “List of Control Menu items” (page 19, 20).

Currently playing chapter number*2 Currently playing title number*1 Total number of titles*1 Playback status Total number of chapters*2 (N Playback, X Pause, x Stop, etc.) Control Menu items Type of disc 3 1 2 ( 2 7 ) PLAY being played* 1 8 ( 3 4 ) DVD VIDEO 4 T 1 : 3 2 : 5 5 Playing time*

Selected item OFF Current setting OFF SET Options ON Function name of selected Control Menu item PROGRAM Operation message ENTER Quit: DISPLAY

*1 Displays the album number for video, photo, and music files, scene number for VIDEO CDs (PBC is on), and track number for VIDEO CDs/CDs. *2 Displays the video, photo, music files numbers, and index numbers for VIDEO CDs. *3 Displays Super VCD as “SVCD.” *4 Displays the date for photo files.

18 List of Control Menu items PROGRAM (page 21) Selects the title, chapter, or track to play in the order you want. Item Item Name, Function SHUFFLE (page 22) TITLE/SCENE/TRACK Plays the title, chapter, or track in CHAPTER/INDEX random order. TRACK REPEAT (page 22) Selects the title, scene, track, Plays all titles/tracks/albums or a chapter, or index to be played. single title/chapter/track/album/file Playback repeatedly. 1 Press X/x to select the search method. A-B REPEAT (page 23) “** (**)” is selected (** refers Specifies the parts you want to play to a number). repeatedly. 2 Press ENTER. PARENTAL CONTROL “** (**)” changes to “-- (**).” (page 24) Set to prohibit playback on this 3 Press the number buttons to player. select the number you want to SETUP (page 13, 28) search. QUICK: 4 Press ENTER. Use Quick Setup to choose the desired language of the on-screen TIME/TEXT display, the aspect ratio of the TV Checks the elapsed time and the and the audio output signal. remaining playback time. Input the time code for picture and CUSTOM: music searching (DVD and Xvid In addition to the Quick Setup video files only). setting, you can adjust various other settings. 1 Press ENTER. RESET: 2 Input the time code using the Returns the settings in “SETUP” to number buttons, then press the default setting. ENTER. ZOOM For example, to find the scene at Magnifies the image up to four times 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 20 the original size, and scroll using C/ seconds after the beginning, just X/x/c. enter “2:10:20.” To return to normal view, press CLEAR. b This function is available for all You cannot search for a scene on a pictures except a background image. DVD+RW/DVD+R/DVD+R DL using the time code. ANGLE Changes the angle. DISC/USB for DVP-NS648P only (page 26) CUSTOM PICTURE MODE Selects either USB or DISC (page 24) Selects the picture quality that best playback mode. suits the programme you are TOP MENU/MENU (DVD VIDEO watching. only) SHARPNESS (page 24) TOP MENU: Displays the top menu. Exaggerates the outline of the image MENU: Displays the menu. to produce a sharper picture. ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST Selects the type of titles (DVD-VR mode) to be played, the ORIGINAL one, or an edited PLAY LIST.

,continued 19 z ◆ Items for DATA discs or USB (DVP-NS648P The Control Menu icon indicator lights up in green only) t when you select any item except “OFF” (“PROGRAM,” “SHUFFLE,” Item Item Name, Function “REPEAT,” “A-B REPEAT,” “SHARPNESS,” “ZOOM” only). The “ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST” ALBUM indicator lights up in green when you select “PLAY Selects the album that contains LIST” (default setting). The “ANGLE” indicator music and photo files to be played. lights up in green when you can change the angle. FILE The “CUSTOM PICTURE MODE” indicator lights Selects the photo file to be played. up in green when any setting other than “STANDARD” is selected. ALBUM Selects the album that contains video file to be played. FILE Selects the video file to be played. DATE Displays the date the picture was taken by a digital camera. INTERVAL (page 27) Specifies the duration for which the slides are displayed on the screen. EFFECT (page 27) Selects the effects to be used for changing slides during a slide show. MEDIA VIDEO: plays video files. PHOTO/MUSIC: plays photo and music files as a slide show. PHOTO: plays photo files. MUSIC: plays music files.

b • For details on playable files, see “Playable Media” page 37. • Depending on the contents, the player will play all files regardless of the “MEDIA” settings.

20 PROGRAM T C Various Play Mode ALL CLEAR 1. TITLE – – – – ALL Functions 2. TITLE – – 01 01 3. TITLE – – 02 02 4. TITLE – – 03 03 5. TITLE – – 04 04 You can set the following play modes: 6. TITLE – – 05 05 • Programme Play (page 21) 7. TITLE – – 06 • Shuffle Play (page 22)

• Repeat Play (page 22) Playback Recorded chapters • A-B Repeat Play (page 23) b 3 Select the title, chapter, or track you The play mode is cancelled when: want to programme. – you open the disc tray. ◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO – you remove the USB device (DVP-NS648P only). – you press [/1 and the player enters standby mode. For example, select chapter “03” of title – you change the setting of “DISC/USB” (DVP- “02.” NS648P only). Press X/x to select “02” under “T,” then press ENTER.

Creating your own PROGRAM T C programme (Programme Play) ALL CLEAR 1. TITLE – – – – ALL 2. TITLE – – 01 01 3. TITLE – – 02 02 4. TITLE – – 03 03 You can play the contents in the order you 5. TITLE – – 04 04 want. You can programme up to 99 titles, 6. TITLE – – 05 05 – – 06 chapters, and tracks. 7. TITLE 1 After selecting (PROGRAM) X x on the Control Menu (page 18), press Next, press / to select “03” under “C,” X/x to select “SET t,” then press then press ENTER. ENTER. PROGRAM T ALL CLEAR “TRACK” is displayed when you play 1. TITLE 0 2 – 0 3 – – a VIDEO CD or CD. 2. TITLE – – 01 3. TITLE – – 02 PROGRAM 4. TITLE – – 03 T 5. TITLE – – 04 ALL CLEAR 6. TITLE – – 05 1. TITLE – – 7. TITLE – – 2. TITLE – – 01 3. TITLE – – 02 4. TITLE – – 03 5. TITLE – – 04 Selected title and chapter 6. TITLE – – 05 7. TITLE – – ◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or CD Recorded titles or tracks For example, select track “02.” Press X/x to select “02” under “T,” then 2 Press c. press ENTER. The cursor moves to the title or track row “T” (in this case, “01”).

,continued 21 b Selected track • When you programme tracks on a Super VCD, the PROGRAM 0:15:30 total playing time is not displayed. T ALL CLEAR • You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or 1. TRACK 0 2 – – Super VCDs with PBC playback. 2. TRACK – – 01 3. TRACK – – 02 4. TRACK – – 03 Playing in random order 5. TRACK – – 04 6. TRACK – – 05 (Shuffle Play) 7. TRACK – – You can have the player “shuffle” titles, Total time of the programmed tracks chapters, or tracks. Subsequent “shuffling” may produce a different playing order. Repeat steps 2 to 3, to programme 4 After selecting (SHUFFLE) on other titles, chapters, or tracks. 1 the Control Menu (page 18), press X/ The programmed titles, chapters, and x to select the item to be shuffled. tracks are displayed in the selected order. ◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO Press N. 5 •TITLE Programme Play begins. • CHAPTER When the programme ends, you can ◆ restart the same programme again by When playing a VIDEO CD or CD pressing N. •TRACK ◆ When Programme Play is activated • ON: shuffles titles, chapters, or tracks To return to normal play selected in Programme Play Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 1. To 2 Press ENTER. play the same programme again, select “ON” Shuffle Play starts. in step 1 and press ENTER.

To change or cancel a programme To return to normal play 1 Follow step 1 of “Creating your own Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 1. programme (Programme Play).” z 2 Select the programme number of the title, • You can set Shuffle Play while the player is chapter, or track you want to change or X x c stopped. After selecting the “SHUFFLE” option, cancel using / and press . If you press N. Shuffle Play starts. want to delete the title, chapter, or track • Up to 200 chapters in a disc can be played in from the programme, press CLEAR. random order when “CHAPTER” is selected.

3 Follow step 3 of “Creating your own b programme (Programme Play)” for new You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or programming. To cancel a programme, Super VCDs with PBC playback. select “--” under “T,” then press ENTER.

To cancel all of the titles, chapters, or Playing repeatedly tracks in the programmed order (Repeat Play) Press X and select “ALL CLEAR” in step 2 of “Creating your own programme (Programme Play)” and press ENTER. You can play all of the titles or tracks, or a single title, chapter, or track repeatedly. z You can use a combination of Shuffle or You can perform Repeat Play or Shuffle Play of Programme Play modes. programmed titles, chapters, or tracks. During Programme Play, follow the steps of Repeat Play 1 After selecting (REPEAT) on (page 22) or Shuffle Play (page 22). the Control Menu (page 18), press X/ x to select the item to be repeated. 22 • DISC: repeats all of the titles, tracks, or 3 When you reach the ending point albums. (Select ORIGINAL or PLAY (point B), press ENTER again. LIST in DVD-VR mode) The set points are displayed and the • USB: repeats all albums (DVP-NS648P player starts repeating this specific only) portion. • TITLE: repeats the current title • CHAPTER: repeats the current chapter • TRACK: repeats the current track To return to normal play • FILE (video files only): repeats the Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 1. current file Playback • ALBUM: repeats the current album b ◆ When Programme Play or Shuffle Play • A-B Repeat Play does not work across multiple is activated titles. • You may not set A-B Repeat Play for contents in • ON: repeats Programme Play or Shuffle DVD-VR mode that contains still pictures. Play 2 Press ENTER. Repeat Play starts.

To return to normal play Press CLEAR, or select “OFF” in step 1. b You cannot use this function with VIDEO CDs or Super VCDs with PBC playback. Repeating a specific portion (A-B Repeat Play)

You can play a specific portion of a title, chapter, or track repeatedly. 1 After selecting (A-B REPEAT) on the Control Menu (page 18), press X/x to select “SET t,” then press ENTER. The “A-B REPEAT” setting bar appears.

A 18 - 1:32:30 B

2 During playback, when you find the starting point (point A) of the portion to be played repeatedly, press ENTER. The starting point (point A) is set.

A 18 - 1:32:55 B 18 - 1:33:05

23 Customizing the Sharpening the picture (SHARPNESS) Playback Configuration You can enhance the outlines of images to produce a sharper picture. Adjusting the playback 1 After selecting (SHARPNESS) picture (CUSTOM PICTURE MODE) on the Control Menu (page 18), press X x / to select a level. The default setting is underlined. You can adjust the video signal from the •OFF: cancels this option player to obtain the picture quality you want. • 1: enhances the outline 1 After selecting (CUSTOM • 2: enhances the outline more than 1 PICTURE MODE) on the Control Menu 2 Press ENTER. (page 18), press X/x to select the The selected setting takes effect. setting you want. The default setting is underlined. Locking discs (PARENTAL • STANDARD: displays a standard CONTROL) picture • DYNAMIC: produces a bold dynamic You can set two kinds of playback restrictions picture by increasing the picture as following: contrast and the colour intensity • Custom Parental Control* • CINEMA: enhances details in dark • Parental Control areas by increasing the black level • MEMORY t: adjusts the picture in After selecting (PARENTAL greater detail CONTROL) on the Control Menu (page 18), the options appear as shown below. PICTURE Changes the contrast. Select the option you want. BRIGHTNESS Changes the overall The default setting is underlined. t brightness. •*ON : Sets the playback restrictions so that the player will not play inappropriate COLOR Makes the colours discs (Custom Parental Control) deeper or lighter. • PLAYER t: Playback of some DVD HUE Changes the colour VIDEOs can be limited according to a balance. predetermined level such as the age of the users. Scenes may be blocked or replaced 2 Press ENTER. with different scenes (Parental Control). The selected setting takes effect. See “Parental Control (limited playback)” (page 25) for detailed settings z • PASSWORD t: Enter a 4-digit password When you watch a movie, “CINEMA” is using the number buttons. The same recommended. password is used for Custom Parental Control* and Parental Control. Also use this b menu to change the password The “BRIGHTNESS” setting is not effective if you • *OFF t: Turns off the Custom Parental connect the player via the LINE OUT (VIDEO) Control function jack and select “PROGRESSIVE (COMPONENT OUT ONLY)” to “ON” using the “SCREEN * DVP-NS648P only SETUP.”

24 Parental Control (limited playback) Playing Video, Photo, You can set a playback limitation level. 1 After selecting (PARENTAL and Music Files CONTROL) on the Control Menu (page 18), press X/x to select “PLAYER The player can play video, photo, or music t,” then press ENTER. files. For details on playable files, see The password is required. “Playable Media” page 37.

2 Enter or re-enter your 4-digit password b Playback using the number buttons, then press DATA CDs recorded in KODAK Picture CD ENTER. format automatically start playing when inserted. The display for setting the playback limitation level appears. 1 Press MENU. 3 Press X/x to select “STANDARD,” then The list of albums appears. press ENTER. The selection items for “STANDARD” 2 Press X/x to select the album. are displayed. 4 Press X/x to select a geographic area as 3 Press N. the playback limitation level, then press ENTER. Playback starts from the selected album. The area is selected. When you select “OTHERS t,” select To select a specific video or music file, X x and enter a standard code in the table on press ENTER and press / to select a page 40 using the number buttons. track or file, and then press ENTER. To select a specific photo file, see X x 5 Press / to select “LEVEL,” then press “Selecting a photo file” (page 26). ENTER. The selection items for “LEVEL” are displayed. To stop playback 6 Select the level you want using X/x, then Press x. press ENTER. Parental Control setting is complete. To go to the next or previous page The lower the value, the stricter the Press c or C. limitation. To return to the previous display To turn off the Parental Control function, Press O RETURN. set “LEVEL” to “OFF.” To go to the next or previous music and z If you forget your password, remove the disc and video files > . repeat step 1 of “Parental Control (limited Press or during playback. playback).” When you are asked to enter your Note that you cannot return to the previous password, enter “199703” using the number album by using ., and that you need to buttons, then press ENTER. The display will ask select the previous album from the album list. you to enter a new 4-digit password. After you enter a new 4-digit password, replace the disc in the To turn the display on or off N player and press . When the display for entering Press MENU repeatedly. your password appears, enter your new password. b Depending on the disc, you may be asked to change the parental control level while playing the disc. In this case, enter your password, then change the level. If the Resume Play mode is cancelled, the level returns to the previous level. ,continued 25 To play music with lyrics Press SUBTITLE while playing music files Selecting a photo file that contain unsynchronized lyric information. To display next/previous line, 1 Press MENU. press X/x. The list of albums appears. z 2 Press X/x to select the album, then • By setting “MEDIA” to “PHOTO/MUSIC,” you press PICTURE NAVI. can view a slideshow with sound when the music The image files in the album appear in 16 and photo files are placed in the same album. • Set “MEDIA” to “MUSIC” to enable lyrics subscreens. A scroll box is displayed on function. the right. • Depending on the contents, the player will play all files regardless of the “MEDIA” settings. 1234 b

The player supports MP3 ID3 Lyrics only. 5678

Playing video, photo, and music 9101112 files from USB device (DVP-NS648P only) 13 14 15 16 To display additional images, select a bottom image and press x. To return to a 1 After connecting the USB device previous image, select a top image and (page 15), select (DISC/USB) press X. on the Control Menu (page 18). 3 Press C/X/x/c to select the image you 2 Press ENTER. want to view, and press ENTER. The default setting is underlined. The selected image appears. •DISC: Plays files from a disc • USB: Plays files from a USB device To go to the next or previous photo file 3 Select USB and follow step 3 of Press C or c during playback. “Playing Video, Photo, and Music Note that you cannot return to the previous Files” (page 25) to start playback. album by using C. Select the previous album You can change to DISC mode from the album list. automatically by pressing Z without To rotate a photo image turning on the Control Menu display. X x Press N to start disc playback. Press / while viewing the image. Each time you press X, the image rotates b counterclockwise by 90 degrees. For some device, LUN (Logical Unit Number) may To return to normal view, press CLEAR. appear. To change the LUN or original storage, Note that the view also returns to normal if press when the list of albums or tracks you press C/c to go to the next or previous is displayed. image.

26 To display photo information Press SUBTITLE while viewing photo files. Selecting the slides’ The detailed information for the selected appearance (EFFECT) photo file appears. You can select the way the slides are is displayed when the picture was taken displayed during a slide show. using flash. is displayed when the image is 1 After selecting (EFFECT) on automatically rotated. the Control Menu (page 18), press X/ x To hide the information, press SUBTITLE. to select a setting. Playback Note that the above information may not The default setting is underlined. appear depending on the digital camera. •MODE 1: the images randomly cycle through the effects To stop viewing the photo • MODE 2: the next image sweeps in Press x. from top left to bottom right • MODE 3: the image sweeps in from top b to bottom PICTURE NAVI does not work if “MUSIC” is • MODE 4: the image sweeps in from left selected in “MEDIA” (page 20). to right • MODE 5: the image stretches out from Setting the pace for a the centre of the screen slide show (INTERVAL) • OFF: turns off this function You can set the time the slides are displayed 2 Press ENTER. on the screen. 1 After selecting (INTERVAL) on the Control Menu (page 18), press X/ x to select a setting. The default setting is underlined. •NORMAL: sets to standard duration • FAST: sets a duration shorter than NORMAL • SLOW 1: sets a duration longer than NORMAL • SLOW 2: sets a duration longer than SLOW 1 2 Press ENTER.

27 LANGUAGE SETUP Settings and Adjustments You can set various languages for the on- Using the Setup Display screen display or sound track. ◆ OSD (On-Screen Display) You can make various adjustments to items, Switches the display language on the screen. such as picture and sound. For details on each Setup Display item, see ◆ MENU (DVD VIDEO only) pages from 28 to 33. You can select the desired language for the disc’s menu. b Playback settings stored in the disc take priority ◆ AUDIO (DVD VIDEO only) over the Setup Display settings and not all of the Switches the language of the sound track. functions described may work. When you select “ORIGINAL,” the language given priority in the disc is selected. 1 Press DISPLAY when the player is ◆ SUBTITLE (DVD VIDEO only) in stop mode. Switches the language of the subtitle recorded The Control Menu appears. on the DVD VIDEO. When you select “AUDIO FOLLOW,” the 2 Press X/x to select language for the subtitles changes according to the language you selected for the sound (SETUP), then press ENTER. track. The options for “SETUP” appear. • QUICK: makes the basic adjustments z (page 13) If you select “OTHERS t” in “MENU,” • CUSTOM: makes various adjustments “SUBTITLE,” or “AUDIO,” select and enter a • RESET: resets all the settings explained language code from “Language Code List” on page 40 using the number buttons. on pages 28 to 33 b 3 Press X/x to select “CUSTOM,” If you select a language in “MENU,” then press ENTER. “SUBTITLE,” or “AUDIO” that is not recorded on a DVD VIDEO, one of the recorded languages will The Setup Display appears. be automatically selected. Select the setup category and adjust each item following the instructions on pages 28 to 33.

LANGUAGE SETUP OSD: ENGLISH MENU: ENGLISH AUDIO: ORIGINAL SUBTITLE: ENGLISH

28 PAL Changes the video signals of an SCREEN SETUP NTSC VIDEO CD and outputs it in the PAL system. Choose settings according to the TV to be NTSC Changes the video signals of a connected. PAL VIDEO CD and outputs it in the NTSC system. The default settings are underlined and differ depending on the player model. ◆ SCREEN SAVER The screen saver image appears when the ◆ TV TYPE player in pause or stop mode for 15 minutes, Selects the aspect ratio of the connected TV or when you play a CD, or music files for

(4:3 standard or wide). more than 15 minutes. The screen saver will Settings and Adjustments 16:9 Select this when connecting to a help prevent your display device from wide-screen TV or a TV with a becoming damaged (ghosting). Press N to wide mode function. turn off the screen saver. 4:3 Select this when connecting to a ON Turns on the screen saver. LETTER 4:3 screen TV. Displays a wide BOX picture with bands on the upper OFF Turns off the screen saver. and lower portions of the screen. ◆ BACKGROUND 4:3 Select this when connecting to a Selects the background colour or picture on PAN SCAN 4:3 screen TV. Automatically the TV screen when the player is in stop mode displays the wide picture on the or while playing a CD, or music files. entire screen and cuts off the portions that do not fit. JACKET The jacket picture (still picture) PICTURE appears, but only when the jacket picture is already recorded on the disc (CD- 16:9 EXTRA, etc.). If the disc does not contain a jacket picture, the “GRAPHICS” picture appears. GRAPHICS A preset picture stored in the 4:3 LETTER BOX player appears. BLUE The background colour is blue. BLACK The background colour is black. 4:3 PAN SCAN ◆ PROGRESSIVE (COMPONENT OUT ONLY) If your TV accepts progressive (525p/625p) format signals, set “PROGRESSIVE b (COMPONENT OUT ONLY)” to “ON.” Depending on the DVD, “4:3 LETTER BOX” may Note that you must connect to a progressive be selected automatically instead of “4:3 PAN format TV using the COMPONENT VIDEO SCAN” or vice versa. OUT jacks (page 10). ◆ COLOR SYSTEM (VIDEO CD) OFF To output normal (interlace) Selects the colour system when you play a signals. VIDEO CD. ON To output progressive signals. AUTO Outputs the video signal in the system of the VIDEO CD, either PAL or NTSC. If your TV is the DUAL system, select AUTO. ,continued 29 To output progressive signals FULL Select this when you can 1 Select “PROGRESSIVE change the aspect ratio on your (COMPONENT OUT ONLY),” and TV. press ENTER. NORMAL Select this when you cannot 2 Select “ON,” and press ENTER. change the aspect ratio on your The display asks for confirmation. TV. Shows a 16:9 aspect ratio signal with black bands on left 3 Select “Start,” and press ENTER. and right sides of the image. The video switches to a progressive signal for 5 seconds. 4 If the picture appears normal, select “YES,” and press ENTER. If not, select “NO,” and press ENTER. 16:9 aspect ratio TV To reset the setting If the picture does not appear normal or goes blank, press [/1 to turn off the player, and enter “369” using the number buttons on the remote, then press [/1 to turn on the player again. ◆ MODE (PROGRESSIVE) In order for these images to appear natural on your screen when output in progressive mode, the progressive video signal needs to be converted to match the type of DVD software that you are watching. This setting is effective only when you set “PROGRESSIVE (COMPONENT OUT ONLY)” in “SCREEN SETUP” to “ON.”

AUTO Automatically detects the software type (film-based or video-based) and selects the appropriate conversion mode. Normally, select this position. VIDEO Fixes the conversion mode to the mode for video-based software.

◆ 4:3 OUTPUT This setting is effective only when you set “TV TYPE” in “SCREEN SETUP” to “16:9.” Adjust this to watch 4:3 aspect ratio progressive signals. If you can change the aspect ratio on your progressive format (525p/625p) compatible TV, change the setting on your TV, not the player. This setting is effective only when “PROGRESSIVE (COMPONENT OUT ONLY)” is set to “ON” in “SCREEN SETUP.”

30 ◆ TRACK SELECTION (DVD VIDEO only) CUSTOM SETUP Gives the sound track which contains the highest number of channels priority when you play a DVD VIDEO on which multiple audio Use this to set up playback related and other formats (PCM, MPEG audio, DTS, or Dolby settings. Digital format) are recorded. The default settings are underlined and differ OFF No priority given. depending on the player model. AUTO Priority given. ◆ AUTO STANDBY Switches the Auto Standby setting on or off. b

• When you set the item to “AUTO,” the language Settings and Adjustments ON The player enters standby mode may change. The “TRACK SELECTION” setting when left in stop mode for more has higher priority than the “AUDIO” settings in than 30 minutes. “LANGUAGE SETUP” (page 28). OFF Switches this function off. • If you set “DTS” to “OFF” (page 33), the DTS sound track is not played even if you set “TRACK SELECTION” to “AUTO.” ◆ AUTO PLAY • If PCM, DTS, MPEG audio, and Dolby Digital Switches the Auto Play setting on or off. This sound tracks have the same number of channels, function is useful when the player is the player selects PCM, DTS, MPEG audio, and connected to a timer (not supplied). Dolby Digital sound tracks in this order. ◆ OFF Switches this function off. MULTI-DISC RESUME (DVD VIDEO/ VIDEO CD only) ON Automatically starts playback Switches the Multi-disc Resume setting on or when the player is turned on by a timer (not supplied). off. Resume playback can be stored in memory for up to 6 different DVD VIDEOs/ VIDEO CDs (page 16). ◆ DIMMER Adjusts the lighting of the front panel display. ON Stores the resume setting in memory for up to 6 discs. BRIGHT Makes the lighting bright. OFF Does not store the resume DARK Makes the lighting dark. setting in memory. Playback restarts at the resume point only for the current disc in the player. ◆ PAUSE MODE (DVDs only) Selects the picture in pause mode. b AUTO The picture, including subjects If you run Quick Setup, Multi-disc Resume setting that move dynamically, is stored in memory may return to the default settings. output with no jitter. Normally, select this position. FRAME The picture, including subjects that do not move dynamically, is output in high resolution.

31 ◆ DIGITAL OUT AUDIO SETUP Selects if audio signals are output via the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack. You can set the sound according to the ON Normally, select this position. playback and connection conditions. When you select “ON,” see “Setting the digital output signal” The default settings are underlined and differ for further settings. depending on the player model. OFF The influence of the digital circuit upon the analogue circuit ◆ AUDIO DRC (Dynamic Range Control) is minimal. (DVDs only) Makes the sound clear when the volume is turned down when playing a DVD that Setting the digital output signal conforms to “AUDIO DRC.” This function affects the output from the Switches the method of outputting audio following jacks: signals when you connect a component such – LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks. as an audio component or MD deck with a – DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack only digital input jack. when “DOLBY DIGITAL” is set to “D- For connection details, see page 11. PCM” (page 32). Select “DOLBY DIGITAL,” “MPEG,” “DTS,” and “48kHz/96kHz PCM” after STANDARD Normally, select this position. setting “DIGITAL OUT” to “ON.” TV MODE Makes low sounds clear even if If you connect a component that is you turn the volume down. incompatible with the selected audio signal, a WIDE Gives you the feeling of being loud noise (or no sound) may be heard from RANGE at a live performance. the speakers, risking damage to your ears or speakers. ◆ DOWNMIX (DVDs only) ◆ DOLBY DIGITAL (DVDs only) Switches the method for mixing down to 2 Selects the type of Dolby Digital signal. channels when you play a DVD which has DOLBY Select this when the player is rear sound elements (channels) or is recorded DIGITAL connected to an audio in Dolby Digital format. This function affects component with a built-in the output of the following jacks: Dolby Digital decoder. – LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks. – DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack when D-PCM Select this when the player is connected to an audio “DOLBY DIGITAL” is set to “D-PCM” component without a built-in (page 32). Dolby Digital decoder. You can DOLBY Normally, select this position. select whether the signals SUR- Multi-channel audio signals are conform to Dolby Surround ROUND output to 2 channels for enjoying (Pro Logic) or not by making surround sounds. adjustments to the “DOWNMIX” item in NORMAL Multi-channel audio signals are “AUDIO SETUP” (page 32). downmixed to 2 channels for use with your stereo.

32 ◆ MPEG (DVDs only) b Selects the type of MPEG audio signal. The analogue audio signals from the LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks are not affected by this setting PCM Select this when the player is and keep their original sampling frequency level. connected to an audio component without a built-in MPEG decoder. If you play multi-channel MPEG audio sound tracks, only the Front (L) and Front (R) signals will be output from your two front speakers.

MPEG Select this when the player is Settings and Adjustments connected to an audio component with a built-in MPEG decoder.

◆ DTS Selects whether or not to output DTS signals. OFF Select this when the player is connected to an audio component without a built-in DTS decoder. ON Select this when the player is connected to an audio component with a built-in DTS decoder. b • When you play a DVD VIDEO with DTS sound tracks, set “DTS” to “ON” in “AUDIO SETUP” (page 33). • If you connect the player to audio equipment without a DTS decoder, do not set “DTS” to “ON” in “AUDIO SETUP” (page 33). A loud noise may come out from the speakers, affecting your ears or causing the speakers to be damaged. ◆ 48kHz/96kHz PCM (DVD VIDEO only) Selects the sampling frequency of the audio signal. 48kHz/16bit The audio signals of DVD VIDEOs are always converted to 48kHz/16bit. 96kHz/24bit All types of signals including 96kHz/24bit are output in their original format. However, if the signal is encrypted for copyright protection purposes, the signal is only output as 48kHz/16bit.

33 Sound Additional Information There is no sound. , Re-connect the connecting cable securely. Troubleshooting , The connecting cable is damaged. , The player is connected to the wrong input jack on the audio component (page 11). If you experience any of the following , The audio component input is not correctly difficulties while using the player, use this set. troubleshooting guide to help remedy the , The player is in pause mode or in Slow- problem before requesting repairs. Should motion Play mode. any problem persist, consult your nearest , The player is in fast forward or fast reverse Sony dealer. mode. , If the audio signal does not come through Power the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack, check the audio settings (page 32). The power is not turned on. , While playing a Super VCD on which the , Check that the mains lead is connected audio track 2 is not recorded, no sound will securely. come out when you select “2:STEREO,” “2:1/L,” or “2:2/R.” Press AUDIO to select the recorded track. Picture , When playing multichannel MPEG audio There is no picture/picture noise appears. sound tracks, only the Front (L) and Front , Re-connect the connecting cable securely. (R) signals will be output from two front , The connecting cables are damaged. speakers. , Check the connection to your TV (page 10) and switch the input selector on your TV so The sound volume is low. that the signal from the player appears on , The sound volume is low on some DVDs. the TV screen. The sound volume may improve if you set , The disc is dirty or flawed. “AUDIO DRC” in “AUDIO SETUP” to , The disc is recorded in a colour system that “TV MODE” (page 32). is different from your TV. , You set the “PROGRESSIVE Operation (COMPONENT OUT ONLY)” to “ON” in “SCREEN SETUP” (page 29) even though The remote does not function. your TV cannot accept the progressive , The batteries in the remote are weak. signal. In this case, refer to page 30 to reset , There are obstacles between the remote and the setting. the player. , If the colour system of your player does not , The distance between the remote and the match with that of your TV, change the player is too far. colour system of the player. For details, see , The remote is not pointed at the remote page 8. (You cannot change the colour sensor on the player. system of the DVD disc itself.) , Even if your TV is compatible with progressive format 525p/625p signals and The disc does not play. connected using COMPONENT VIDEO , The disc is turned over. OUT jacks, the image may be affected when Insert the disc with the playback side facing you set the player to progressive format. In down. this case, set the “PROGRESSIVE , The disc is skewed. (COMPONENT OUT ONLY)” in , The player cannot play certain discs “SCREEN SETUP” to “OFF” (page 29) so (page 2). that the player is set to normal (interlace) , The region code on the DVD does not match format. the player. , Moisture has condensed inside the player (page 3).

34 , The player cannot play a recorded disc that The disc tray does not open and “T LOCK” is not correctly finalized (page 38). (DVP-NS638P only) or “TRAY LOCKED” (DVP-NS648P only) appears on the front The album/track/file names are not panel display. displayed correctly. , Contact your Sony dealer or local , The player can only display numbers and authorized Sony service facility. alphabet. Other characters are displayed as “*”. “Data error” appears on the TV screen The disc does not start playing from the when playing video, photo, and music beginning. files. , Programme Play, Shuffle Play, Repeat Play, , The video, photo, and music files you want or A-B Repeat Play is selected (page 21). to play is broken. , Resume play has taken effect (page 16).

USB (DVP-NS648P only) Additional Information “Copyright lock” appears and the screen turns blue when playing in DVD-VR mode. The player does not detect a USB device , Images taken from digital broadcasts, etc., connected to the player. may contain copy protection signals, such , The USB device is not securely connected as complete copy protection signals, single to the player (page 15). copy signals, and restriction-free signals. , The USB device or a cable is damaged. When images that contain copy protection , Disc mode has not been switched to USB signals are played, a blue screen may appear mode. instead of the images. It may take a while , Compatibility with all encoding/writing when looking for playable images. (For softwares, recording devices, and recording player that cannot play images that contain media cannot be guaranteed. Incompatible a copy protection only) USB device may produce noise or interrupted audio or may not play at all. Some functions such as Stop, Fast Play, Slow Play, Slow-motion Play, Repeat Play, Shuffle Play, or Programme Play cannot be performed. , Depending on the disc, you may not be able to do some of the operations above.

The player does not operate properly. , When static electricity, etc., causes the player to operate abnormally, unplug the player.

5 numbers or letters are displayed on the screen. , The self-diagnosis function was activated. (See the table on page 36.)

The disc tray does not open and “LOCKED” appears on the front panel display. , Child Lock is set (page 8).

35 Self-diagnosis Function (When letters/numbers appear on the screen)

When the self-diagnosis function is activated to prevent the player from malfunctioning, a five-character service number (e.g., C 13 50) with a combination of a letter and four digits appears on the screen. In this case, check the following table.

First three Cause and/or corrective characters of action the service number C 13 The disc is dirty or recorded in a format that this player cannot play (page 37). ,Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth or check its format. C 31 The disc is not inserted correctly. ,Re-insert the disc correctly.

36 Playable Media

Type Disc Logo Icon Characteristic DVD VIDEO • Commercial DVD • DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/ DVD+R DLs in +VR mode • DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/DVD-R DLs in video mode DVD-VR mode • DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/DVD-R DLs in VR (Video Recording) mode Additional Information

CD • Music CD • CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music format VIDEO CD • Super VCDs • CD-Rs/CD-RWs in video CD/Super VCD format

DATA disc or USB* • DATA CD/DATA DVD or – USB* devices containing video, photo, or music files * DVP-NS648P only.

*4 MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III) is a standard Notes about video, photo, or format defined by ISO (International music files that the player can Organization for Standardization)/IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) play MPEG which compresses audio data. The player can play the following files: The player will play any file in the above table, even if the file format differs. Playing File Type File format Extension such data may generate noise that can result *1 Video Xvid “.avi” in speaker damage. The player can play the MPEG-1*2 “.mpg” or following files: “.mpeg” • Photo files that conform to the DCF* MPEG-4 “.mp4” or image file format. (simple “.m4v” • DATA CDs recorded according to ISO *3 profile) 9660** Level 1/Level 2, or its extended Photo JPEG “.jpeg” or format, Joliet. “.jpg” • DATA DVDs recorded according to UDF Music MP3*4 “.mp3” (Universal Disk Format). WMA*3 “.wma” * “Design rule for Camera File system”: Image standards for digital cameras regulated by JEITA *3 AAC “.m4a” (Japan Electronics and Information Technology LPCM/WAVE “.wav” Industries Association). 1 ** A logical format of files and folders on CD- * All other trademarks are trademarks of their ROMs, defined by ISO (International respective owners. Organization for Standardization). *2 Only support movie data of cyber shot. *3 Files with copyright protection (Digital Right Management) cannot be played.

,continued 37 z • If you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front Region code of the file names, the files will be played in that order. Your player has a region code printed on the • To play a complex hierarchy of folders may take back of the unit and only will play some time. Create albums with no more than two commercial DVDs (playback only) labelled hierarchies. with identical region codes. This system is • Set “MEDIA” to “PHOTO/MUSIC” to repeat used to protect copyrights. both music and photo files. See “Playing repeatedly (Repeat Play)” page 22. Commercial DVDs labelled ALL will also b play on this player. • Some video, photo, and music files may not play, depending on the encoding/recording condition. Depending on the commercial DVD, there • To start playback and proceed to the next or may be no region code indication, even another album may take some time. though playing the commercial DVD is • The player cannot play music files in mp3PRO or prohibited by area restrictions. WMA Pro format. DVP–XXXX • If the playing time of either music or photo is X Region code 00V 00Hz longer, the longer one continues without sound or NO. 00W

image. 0-000-000-00 • To display Progressive photo files or photo files of 3,000,000 pixels or more may take time and the b duration may seem longer than your selected • Notes about recordable media setting. Some recordable media cannot be played on this • The player will recognize a maximum of 200 player due to the recording quality or physical albums, regardless of the selected mode. It can condition of the disc, or the characteristics of the recognize up to 300 music files and 300 photo recording device and authoring software. files when “PHOTO/MUSIC” is selected, 600 The disc will not play if it has not been correctly music files when “MUSIC” is selected, 600 photo finalized. For more information, refer to the files when “PHOTO” is selected, and 600 video operating instructions for the recording device. files when “VIDEO” is selected. Note that some playback functions may not work • The player may not play a combination of two or with some DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD+R DLs, more video files. even if they have been correctly finalized. In this • The player cannot play a video file of size more case, view the disc by normal playback. Also than 720 (width) × 576 (height)/2 GB. some DATA discs created in Packet Write format • The player may not play certain video files that cannot be played. are longer than 3 hours. • Music discs encoded with copyright protection • Depending on the file, normal playback may not technologies be possible. The picture may be unclear, playback This product is designed to playback discs that may not appear smooth, the sound may skip, etc. conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. You are recommended to create the file at a lower Various music discs encoded with copyright bit rate. protection technologies are marketed by some • The player may not playback the high bit rate record companies. Please be aware that among video file on the DATA CD smoothly. You are those discs, there are some that do not conform to recommended to playback using DATA DVD. the CD standard and may not be playable by this • When playing visual data that is not supported by product. MPEG-4 format, only sound will be heard. • For player that cannot play images that contain a copy protection only Images in DVD-VR mode with CPRM* protection may not be played if they contain a copy protection signal, “Copyright lock” appears on the screen. * CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is a coding technology that protects the copyright of images.

38 • Note on DualDiscs A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which mates DVD recorded material on one side with Specifications digital audio material on the other side. However, since the audio material side does not System conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard, Laser: Semiconductor laser playback on this product is not guaranteed. Outputs Note on playback operations of (Jack name: Jack type/Output level/Load DVDs and VIDEO CDs impedance) LINE OUT (AUDIO): Some playback operations of DVDs and Phono jack/2 Vrms/10 kilohms VIDEO CDs may be intentionally set by DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL): software producers. Since this player plays Phono jack/0.5 Vp-p/75 ohms DVDs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, PB, PR) Additional Information contents the software producers designed, Phono jack/Y: 1.0 Vp-p, PB, PR: some playback features may not be available. 0.7 Vp-p/75 ohms Also, refer to the operating instructions LINE OUT (VIDEO): supplied with the DVDs or VIDEO CDs. Phono jack/1.0 Vp-p/75 ohms USB (DVP-NS648P only): About MPEG-4 VISUAL USB jack Type A, maximum current 500 mA (For connecting USB device) THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 VISUAL PATENT General PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE Power requirements: PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL 110–240V AC, 50/60Hz USE OF A CONSUMER FOR DECODING Power consumption: VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DVP-NS638P: 8 W MPEG-4 VISUAL STANDARD (“MPEG-4 DVP-NS648P: 10 W VIDEO”) THAT WAS ENCODED BY A Dimensions (approx.): CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL 430 × 43 × 207 mm (width/height/depth) AND NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY incl. projecting parts AND/OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A Mass (approx.): VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED BY MPEG DVP-NS638P: 1.5 kg LA TO PROVIDE MPEG-4 VIDEO. DVP-NS648P: 1.6 kg NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL Operating temperature: 5 °C to 35 °C BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE. Operating humidity: 25 % to 80 % ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING THAT RELATING TO Supplied accessories PROMOTIONAL, INTERNAL AND • Audio/Video cable (phono plug × 3 y COMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING phono plug × 3) (1) MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA, • Remote commander (remote) (1) LLC. SEE HTTP://WWW.MPEGLA.COM • R6 (size AA) batteries (2)

Specifications and design are subject to change without notice.

39 Language Code List

For details, see pages 7, 28. The language spellings conform to the ISO 639: 1988 (E/F) standard.

Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Language 1027 Afar 1183 Irish 1347 Maori 1507 Samoan 1028 Abkhazian 1186 Scots Gaelic 1349 Macedonian 1508 Shona 1032 Afrikaans 1194 Galician 1350 Malayalam 1509 Somali 1039 Amharic 1196 Guarani 1352 Mongolian 1511 Albanian 1044 Arabic 1203 Gujarati 1353 Moldavian 1512 Serbian 1045 Assamese 1209 Hausa 1356 Marathi 1513 Siswati 1051 Aymara 1217 Hindi 1357 Malay 1514 Sesotho 1052 Azerbaijani 1226 Croatian 1358 Maltese 1515 Sundanese 1053 Bashkir 1229 Hungarian 1363 Burmese 1516 Swedish 1057 Byelorussian 1233 Armenian 1365 Nauru 1517 Swahili 1059 Bulgarian 1235 Interlingua 1369 Nepali 1521 Tamil 1060 Bihari 1239 Interlingue 1376 Dutch 1525 Telugu 1061 Bislama 1245 Inupiak 1379 Norwegian 1527 Tajik 1066 Bengali; 1248 Indonesian 1393 Occitan 1528 Thai Bangla 1253 Icelandic 1403 (Afan)Oromo 1529 Tigrinya 1067 Tibetan 1254 Italian 1408 Oriya 1531 Turkmen 1070 Breton 1257 Hebrew 1417 Punjabi 1532 Tagalog 1079 Catalan 1261 Japanese 1428 Polish 1534 Setswana 1093 Corsican 1269 Yiddish 1435 Pashto; 1535 Tonga 1097 Czech 1283 Javanese Pushto 1538 Turkish 1103 Welsh 1287 Georgian 1436 Portuguese 1539 Tsonga 1105 Danish 1297 Kazakh 1463 Quechua 1540 Tatar 1109 German 1298 Greenlandic 1481 Rhaeto- 1543 Twi 1130 Bhutani 1299 Cambodian Romance 1557 Ukrainian 1142 Greek 1300 Kannada 1482 Kirundi 1564 Urdu 1144 English 1301 Korean 1483 Romanian 1572 Uzbek 1145 Esperanto 1305 Kashmiri 1489 Russian 1581 Vietnamese 1149 Spanish 1307 Kurdish 1491 Kinyarwanda 1587 Volapük 1150 Estonian 1311 Kirghiz 1495 Sanskrit 1613 Wolof 1151 Basque 1313 Latin 1498 Sindhi 1632 Xhosa 1157 Persian 1326 Lingala 1501 Sangho 1665 Yoruba 1165 Finnish 1327 Laothian 1502 Serbo- 1684 Chinese 1166 Fiji 1332 Lithuanian Croatian 1697 Zulu 1171 Faroese 1334 Latvian; 1503 Singhalese 1174 French Lettish 1505 Slovak 1181 Frisian 1345 Malagasy 1506 Slovenian 1703 Not specified

Parental Control Area Code List For details, see page 25.

Code Area Code Area Code Area Code Area 2044 Argentina 2165 Finland 2362 Mexico 2149 Spain 2047 Australia 2174 France 2376 Netherlands 2499 Sweden 2046 Austria 2109 Germany 2390 New Zealand 2086 Switzerland 2057 Belgium 2248 India 2379 Norway 2528 Thailand 2070 Brazil 2238 Indonesia 2427 Pakistan 2184 United 2079 Canada 2254 Italy 2424 Philippines Kingdom 2090 Chile 2276 Japan 2436 Portugal 2092 China 2304 Korea 2489 Russia 2115 Denmark 2363 Malaysia 2501 Singapore 40 Index

Numerics F Q 16:9 29 Fast forward 7 QUICK 19 4:3 LETTER BOX 29 Fast reverse 7 Quick Setup 13 4:3 OUTPUT 30 FAST/SLOW PLAY 7 4:3 PAN SCAN 29 FILE 20 R 48kHz/96kHz PCM 33 Film based software 30 Remote 6, 12, 13 5.1 Channel Surround 12 Front panel display 9 REPEAT 19, 22 Repeat Play 22 A H RESET 19 A-B REPEAT 19, 23 Handling discs 2 Resume 16, 31 A-B Repeat Play 23 ALBUM 20 I S

ANGLE 19 ID3 tag 7 SCENE 19 Additional Information AUDIO 28 INDEX 19 SCREEN SAVER 29 AUDIO DRC 32 INTERVAL 20, 27 SCREEN SETUP 29 AUDIO SETUP 32 SETUP 19, 28 AUTO PLAY 31 J Setup Display 28 AUTO STANDBY 31 JPEG 37 SHARPNESS 19, 24 SHUFFLE 19, 22 B L Shuffle Play 22 BACKGROUND 29 LANGUAGE SETUP 28 Slow-motion Play 7 SUBTITLE 27, 28 C M CHAPTER 19 MEDIA 20 T CHAPTER VIEWER 6 MEMORY 24 TIME/TEXT 19 Child Lock 8 MENU 28 TITLE 19 COLOR SYSTEM (VIDEO MODE (PROGRESSIVE) 30 TITLE VIEWER 6 CD) 29 MP3 37 TRACK 19 Connecting 10 MPEG 33 TRACK SELECTION 31 Continuous play MULTI-DISC RESUME 31 TRACK VIEWER 6 CD/VIDEO CD 16 Multi-disc Resume 16 Troubleshooting 34 DVD 16 TV TYPE 29 Control Menu 18 N CUSTOM 28 NTSC 8 U Custom Parental Control 24 USB 15, 26 CUSTOM PICTURE MODE O 19, 24 On-screen display V CUSTOM SETUP 31 Control Menu display 18 Video based software 30 Setup Display 28 VIDEO CD 16, 37 D ORIGINAL 19 DATA CD 37 ORIGINAL/PLAY LIST 19 Z DATA DVD 37 OSD 28 ZOOM 19 DATE 20 DIGITAL OUT 32 P Digital output 32 PAL 8 DIMMER 31 PARENTAL CONTROL 19, Display 24 Control Menu display 18 PAUSE MODE 31 Front panel display 9 PBC Playback 17 Setup Display 28 PICTURE NAVI 6, 26 DOLBY DIGITAL 32 PLAY LIST 19 DOWNMIX 32 Playable Media 37 DTS 33 PROGRAM 19, 21 DVD 7, 16 Programme Play 21 DVD+RW 7, 37 PROGRESSIVE DVD-RW 37 (COMPONENT OUT ONLY) 29 E EFFECT 20, 27 41

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