Contents list

Getting Started

• Before First Use
• Before first use
• Features
• Features
• Location and function of parts
• DP-HW700 Processor
• MDR-HW700 Headphones
• Power
• Charging the headphones
• Checking the remaining battery power of the headphones
• Turning the system on or off
• Turning on the processor
• Setting the processor to standby mode
• Turning off the processor
• Turning on the headphones
• Turning off the headphones

Connection

• Connecting digital devices with HDMI jacks
• Notes on HDMI connections
• What is ARC?
• Connection example 1: Connecting the processor with devices without using an AV amplifier (ARC equipped TV)
• Connection example 2: Connecting the processor with devices without using an AV amplifier (TV not equipped with ARC)
• Connection example 3: Connecting the processor with devices via an AV amplifier (ARC equipped TV)
• Connection example 4: Connecting the processor with devices via an AV amplifier (TV not equipped with ARC)
• Connection example 5: Connecting playback devices to the processor via an AV amplifier
• Connecting other devices
• Connecting digital devices without HDMI jacks
• Connecting devices without HDMI jacks
• When the volume of analog devices is too low
• Notes on the digital and analog audio connections
• When you connect a device to the TV (OPT) jacks (optical digital audio input/output jacks)
• Connecting a device with a stereo mini jack to the LINE IN jacks

Operation

• Enjoying audio and video entertainment
• Watching a TV
• Enjoying audio and video entertainment of other devices than the TV
• Using HDMI devices efficiently
• The audio output settings of the devices connected
• When you finished using the system
• Selecting the audio effects
• Setting the sound field mode (EFFECT)
• Setting the matrix decoder (MATRIX)
• Selecting a dynamic range (COMPRESSION)
• Selecting the frequency band
• Selecting the frequency band
• Using the menu
• What you can do with the menu
• Using the menu on the processor
• Using the menu on the headphones
• Displaying the current status of the system (Status screen)
• Adjusting the volume level of the center channel
• Adjusting the volume level of the subwoofer channel
• Synchronizing the sound and the image (A/V Sync)
• Selecting a channel when receiving a multiplex broadcast signal
• Selecting simultaneous audio output to a TV speaker and the headphones
• Selecting the Control for HDMI function
• Selecting the HDMI Pass Through function
• Selecting the front display mode of the processor
• Resetting the settings

Others

• Warning beeps and operation beeps
• Warning beeps and operation beeps of the headphones
• Audio format supported
• Audio format supported by the processor
• Precautions
• Handling and installing the system
• Headphones and earpads
• RF signal transmission area
• The characteristics of sound of the system
• On cleaning

Troubleshooting

• To deal with a trouble
• What can I do to solve a problem?
• Possible causes of symptoms
• Table of contents for symptoms and possible causes
• No sound
• No sound, no video
• No TV sound can be heard on the system.
• No sound is output from the TV or the AV amplifier connected to the HDMI OUT jack of the processor.
• No sound from the device connected to the AV amplifier is heard on the system.
• The CONTROL FOR HDMI switch is set to “MODE1,” but the headphone volume cannot be adjusted from the TV.
• The TV is turned on, but the processor does not turn on automatically.
• Wireless LAN of the TV is difficult to connect.
• Distorted or intermittent sound (sometimes with noise)
• Low sound
• The surround sound effect is not obtained.
• The MATRIX indicator does not turn on, or flashes.
• The audio is not played back in the desired audio format.
• The battery cannot be charged; the charge indicator flashes.
• No signal is output from the TV (OPT) OUT (THROUGH) jack of the processor.
• Beeps are heard from the headphones.
• No sound is heard from either the TV or the headphones.
• The menu screen does not appear on the TV.
• No sound (When devices are connected to the HDMI jacks)
• The power off interlock function does not work.
• The Control for HDMI function (“BRAVIA” Sync) does not work properly.
• The processor turns off when you turn off the TV.

Specifications

• Specifications
• Digital surround processor (DP-HW700)
• Wireless stereo headphones (MDR-HW700)
• Contents

Important information

• Important information
• Copyrights