Owner and Service Manual Review

The Sony Blu-ray BDP-S500 is a Profile 1.0 Blu-ray with 1080p output supporting 24p playback, HDMI 1.3, and Sony’s x.v.Colour technology. It dimension is 430mm x 99.2mm x 361mm and approximately 4.8kg in weight. It is bigger compare to its brother BDP-S300 or BDP-S350. The video output duties are handled by the HDMI v1.3, component, S-video and composite sockets. While the audio output there are optical and coaxial digital audio outputs and 5.1-channel analogue outputs, which allow those without an HDMI-equipped receiver to enjoy decoded HD audio soundtracks, as well as Dolby Digital and DTS.

The following operating and troubleshooting manual applies for Sony Blu-ray BDP-S500. It provides detail information about specification, features and operating procedures, also troubleshooting and self-diagnosis instruction of the unit. This manual is divided into sections which are Main Features, Getting Started, Basic Operations, Watching Movie Files, Listening to Music Files, Viewing Photo Files, Changing the Initial Settings, and Additional Information.

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