DVP-NS72HP, DVP-NS77H, DVP-NS77HP, DVP-NS78H, DVP-NS78HP - Sony DVD Service Manual (repair manual). Page 16

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You can divide the screen into 9 subscreens 
and find the desired scene quickly.

The following display appears.

• CHAPTER VIEWER (DVD VIDEO 

only): displays the first scene of each 
chapter.

• TITLE VIEWER (DVD VIDEO only): 

displays the first scene of each title.

• TRACK VIEWER (VIDEO CD/

Super VCD only): displays the first 
scene of each track.

The first scene of each chapter, title, or 
track appears as follows.

C/X/x/c to select a chapter, 

Playback starts from the selected scene.

To return to normal play during setting
Press 

O RETURN or DISPLAY.

z Hint
If there are more than 9 chapters, titles, or tracks, 

V

is displayed at the bottom right of the screen.
To display the additional chapters, titles, or tracks, 
select the bottom scenes and press 

x. To return to 

the previous scene, select the top scenes and press 
X.

Depending on the disc, you may not be able to select 
some items.

DISPLAY

PICTURE
NAVI

RETURN

ENTER

CHAPTER VIEWER

ENTER

1

4

7

2

5

8

3

6

9

When playing a DVD VIDEO or DATA CD 
(DivX video files)/DATA DVD (DivX video 
files) recorded in multiple audio formats 
(PCM, Dolby Digital, MPEG audio, or DTS), 
you can change the audio format. If the DVD 
VIDEO is recorded with multilingual tracks, 
you can also change the language.
With CDs or VIDEO CDs, you can select the 
sound from either the right or left channel and 
listen to the sound of the selected channel 
through both the right and left speakers. For 
example, when playing a disc containing a 
song with the vocals on the right channel and 
the instruments on the left channel, you can 
hear the instruments from both speakers by 
selecting the left channel.

The following display appears.

◆ When playing a DVD VIDEO
Depending on the DVD VIDEO, the 
choice of language varies.
When 4 digits are displayed, they 
indicate a language code. See “Language 
Code List” on page 69 to see which 
language the code represents. When the 
same language is displayed two or more 
times, the DVD VIDEO is recorded in 
multiple audio formats.
◆ When playing in DVD-VR mode
The types of sound tracks recorded on a 
disc are displayed. The default setting is 
underlined.
Example:
• 1:  MAIN (main sound)
• 1: SUB (sub sound)
• 1: MAIN+SUB (main and sub sound)
◆ When playing a VIDEO CD or CD
The default setting is underlined.
• STEREO: the standard stereo sound
• 1/L: the sound of the left channel 

(monaural)

• 2/R: the sound of the right channel 

(monaural)

◆ When playing a DATA CD (DivX video) 
or DATA DVD (DivX video)
Select one of the displayed audio signal 
formats. If “No audio data” appears, the 
player does not support the audio signal 
format contained in the disc.
◆ When playing a Super VCD
The default setting is underlined.
• 1:STEREO: the stereo sound of the 

audio track 1

• 1:1/L: the sound of the left channel of 

the audio track 1 (monaural)

• 1:2/R: the sound of the right channel of 

the audio track 1 (monaural)

• 2:STEREO: the stereo sound of the 

audio track 2

• 2:1/L: the sound of the left channel of 

the audio track 2 (monaural)

• 2:2/R: the sound of the right channel of 

the audio track 2 (monaural)

◆ When playing a DATA CD or DATA DVD
The player’s internal background sound 
will be played.
The default setting is underlined.
• BGM  1
• BGM  2
• BGM  3
• BGM  4

1:ENGLISH  DOLBY DIGITAL 3/2.1

• While playing a Super VCD on which the audio 

track 2 is not recorded, no sound will come out 
when you select “2:STEREO,” “2:1/L,” or “2:2/
R.”

• When playing in DVD-VR mode: If you connect 

to an audio component using the DIGITAL OUT 
(COAXIAL)/HDMI OUT jack and want to switch 
between the sound tracks, set “DOLBY 
DIGITAL” to “D-PCM” in “AUDIO SETUP” 
(page 63).

• If “MODE (MP3, JPEG)” is set to “AUTO” or 

“AUTO (BGM)” (page 51), you can hear the 
player’s internal background sound when MP3 is 
not played.

You can check the audio signal format by 
pressing 

 (audio) repeatedly during 

playback. The format of the current audio 
signal (Dolby Digital, DTS, PCM, etc.) 
appears as shown below.
◆When playing a DVD VIDEO

Example:
Dolby Digital 5.1 ch

◆When playing a DivX video file on a DATA 
CD or a DATA DVD

Example:
MP3 audio

About audio signals
Audio signals recorded in a disc contain the 
sound elements (channels) shown below. 
Each channel is output from a separate 
speaker.
• Front (L)
• Front (R)
• Centre
• Rear  (L)
• Rear  (R)
• Rear (Monaural): This signal can be either 

the Dolby Surround Sound processed 
signals or the Dolby Digital sound’s 
monaural rear audio signals.

• LFE (Low Frequency Effect) signal

If “DTS” in “AUDIO SETUP” is set to “OFF” 
(page 63), the DTS track selection option will not 
appear on the screen even if the disc contains DTS 
tracks.

1:ENGLISH DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2 .1

Rear (L/R)

Front (L/R) 
+ Center

LFE (Low 
Frequency Effect)

1: MP3     128k

Bit rate

When you connect a stereo TV or 2 front 
speakers, TVS (TV Virtual Surround) lets 
you enjoy surround sound effects by using 
sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers 
from the sound of the front speakers (L: left, 
R: right) without using actual rear speakers. 
TVS was developed by Sony to produce 
surround sound for home use using just a 
stereo TV. 
This only works when playing a multichannel 
Dolby audio sound track. Furthermore, if the 
player is set up to output the signal from the 
DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL)/HDMI OUT 
jack, the surround effect will only be heard 
when “DOLBY DIGITAL” is set to “D-
PCM” and “MPEG” is set to “PCM” in 
“AUDIO SETUP” (page 63).

The following display appears.

See the explanations given for each item 
in the following section.
• TVS DYNAMIC THEATER
• TVS DYNAMIC
• TVS WIDE
• TVS NIGHT
• TVS STANDARD

To cancel the setting
Select “OFF” in step 2.

◆TVS DYNAMIC THEATER, TVS DYNAMIC, 
TVS WIDE
This mode is effective when the distance 
between the front L and R speakers is short, 
such as with built-in speakers on a stereo TV.

◆TVS NIGHT
This feature is useful when you want to hear 
the dialogue and enjoy the surround sound 
effects of “TVS WIDE” at low volume.
◆TVS STANDARD
Use this setting when you want to use TVS 
with 2 separate speakers.

• When the playing signal does not contain a signal 

for the rear speakers, the surround effects cannot 
be heard.

• When you select one of the TVS modes, turn off 

the surround setting of the connected TV or audio 
component.

• Not all discs will respond to the “TVS NIGHT” 

function in the same way.

• Make sure that your listening position is between 

and at an equal distance from your speakers, and 
that the speakers are located in similar 
surroundings.

• If you use the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL)/

HDMI OUT jack and set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to 
“DOLBY DIGITAL,” “MPEG” to “MPEG,” and 
“DTS” to “ON,” in “AUDIO SETUP”, sound will 
come from your speakers but it will not have the 
SURROUND effect.

• The TVS effects do not work when using the Fast 

Play or Slow Play functions, even though you can 
change the TVS modes.

SUR

TVS DYNAMIC THEATER