Sony N59100ES Manuel utilisateur

ES DVD Players

Technical Background

Version 4.0; August 8, 2005

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Introduction

Sony ES engineers are superbly educated, exceptionally well equipped

and have ready access to world-leading in-house technologies. But these alone

do not explain the soul of Sony's ES Series. You see, the creators of these

components are motivated by their passion for music and movies. That's what

drives them late into the night, seeking to control visual artifacts that most

viewers will never notice. That's what takes them into the listening room, seeking

to identify subtle sonic differences among various converters, capacitors and

equipment interfaces. The result is an Elevated Standard in DVD/Super Audio

CD/CD players. Presenting the DVP-NS9100ES and DVP-NS3100ES.

Sony co-developed the Compact Disc, Super Audio CD and DVD. Our

knowledge of these formats is encyclopedic. And Sony's expertise is clearly

evident in these latest players. They represent superb craftsmanship and state-

of-the-art electronic design. But there's more. The two models provide stunning,

upscaled High Definition images, using the HDMI interface. And the NS9100ES

is Sony's first DVD player to incorporate an i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) digital output for

Super Audio CD signals1.

i.LINK® and HDMI™ Digital Interfaces1................. Page 3

Video Performance................................................. Page 11

Audio Performance................................................. Page 28

Construction & Design............................................ Page 39

Features.................................................................. Page 42

Specifications.......................................................... Page 44

1. i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that product contains an IEEE 1394

connector. All products with an IEEE 1394 connector may not communicate with each other.

Please refer to the documentation that comes with the device having an i.LINK connector for

information on compatibility, operating conditions and proper connection.

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i.LINK®and HDMI™ Digital Interfaces

In 1985, the engineers of Sony® ES surprised the world of high fidelity.

The Sony CDP-650ES was the world's first CD transport with a digital output,

enabling unheard-of sound quality and unprecedented flexibility in audio system

configuration. Now such interfaces are taken for granted in high fidelity.

In 1997, Sony staged another coup with the DCR-VX1000 Handycam®

camcorder, the world's first video component to incorporate IEEE 1394, called

the i.LINK® interface by Sony. Now such interfaces are found on almost every

digital camcorder and millions of personal computers.

In 2003, Sony took the i.LINK interface in an entirely new direction with the

SCD-XA9000ES Super Audio CD/CD player. It was Sony's first to use the i.LINK

interface to carry an uncompressed digital output for the Super Audio CD's Direct

Stream Digital® signal.

Today, Sony takes digital interfaces one step further. The DVP-

NS9100ES is Sony's first DVD/Super Audio CD/CD1player to incorporate the

i.LINK digital audio output. While both the NS9100ES and the NS3100ES

incorporate a High Definition HDMI digital output that unifies both video and

multi-channel audio! These are the most advanced digital interfaces Sony has

ever built into a home A/V source component.

i.LINK Digital Audio Output (NS9100ES)

From the initial launch of Super Audio CD, the 1-bit DSD® pulse train was

always converted to analog prior to output. This means that previous DVD

players with Super Audio CD capability could only output the SA-CD sound in

analog, not digital, even if the player included coaxial and optical digital outputs.

1. i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that product contains an IEEE 1394

connector. All products with an IEEE 1394 connector may not communicate with each other.

Please refer to the documentation that comes with the device having an i.LINK connector for

information on compatibility, operating conditions and proper connection.

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Typical SA-CD reproduction involves numerous D/A and A/D

conversions. The i.LINK digital connection can simplify the signal path.

However, these analog connections can expose the Super Audio CD

signal to repeated D/A and A/D conversions. The i.LINK® interface of the DVP-

NS9100ES overcomes this limitation. The i.LINK interface maintains the signal

in the digital domain, protecting the music from repeated conversions. This

i.LINK digital output is compatible with the i.LINK digital input on Sony's own

STR-DA7100ES and the recent STR-DA9000ES. The i.LINK interface also

enables a single digital cable to take the place of six analog cables.

A portion of the DVP-NS9100ES back panel shows the multi-channel

analog outputs (lower right), stereo analog outputs (center), optical and

coaxial digital outputs for DVD and CD (upper left) and i.LINK digital

output for Super Audio CD (lower left).

Amplifie

Digital Signal

-CD Playe

Speakers

-CD D/A

convert

A/D

convert

DSP D/A

convert

LPF Volume

Analog

Power

Amp

Analog Signal

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Internal layout of the DVP-NS9100ES as seen from the back. You can

see the edge of one of the R-Core power transformers (1), the analog

audio circuit (2), and the analog video circuits (3). The digital audio

circuit board (4), which includes and the i.LINK output is partially hidden

behind the analog video circuit.

The i.LINK® digital audio interface uses Digital Transmission Content

Protection (DTCP), a robust system that protects the music from piracy. The

application of the i.LINK (IEEE 1394) interface for Super Audio CD is clearly

different from—and not compatible with—previous i.LINK interface applications

for DV camcorders, PC peripherals and professional digital video systems. You

can only connect the DVP-NS9100ES i.LINK output to a compatible digital audio

input, such as that on the STR-DA7100ES receiver.

The i.LINK output circuit incorporates this Large Scale Integrated circuit

from Texas Instruments.

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High quality digital Audio

Transmission System (HATS)

The design of the i.LINK® interface is exceptional because communicating

six streams of 2.8224 MHz digital samples raises extreme challenges.

Conveying 1-bit signals at such high data rates and synchronizing the signals

with the other component's master clock would normally expose the signal to the

time-base errors called jitter. These errors translate directly into time-based

distortion of the audio waveform.

The connection from the DVP-NS9100ES to the STR-DA7100ES receiver

overcomes this challenge with the High quality digital Audio Transmission

System (HATS). HATS uses "command-based rate control of isochronous data

flow" to solve the problem. The system incorporates three principal elements.

1. Variable-speed transmission from the player.

2. Buffer memory in the receiver.

3. Command signals from the receiver to the player, controlling

transmission speed.

The receiver continually monitors the amount of audio data in its buffer

memory. When the buffer memory reaches its lower limit, the receiver

commands the player to increase data transmission speed. When the buffer

memory reaches its upper limit, the receiver commands the player to decrease

transmission speed. And when the buffer memory is between the upper and

lower limits, the receiver commands the player to transmit at normal speed.

With Sony® HATS, audio data flows from the player to the receiver's

buffer memory, according to rate control commands from the receiver.

Reproduction in the receiver achieves the full time base accuracy of the

receiver's quartz crystal master clock.

In this way, HATS makes it unnecessary to synchronize a jitter-prone

signal with the receiver master clock. Instead, the buffer memory outputs a jitter-

DVP-NS9100ES STR-DA7100ES

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free signal at the full quartz-crystal accuracy of the receiver's master clock. You

get all the benefits of digital transmission, without exposing the signal to the

potential for jitter-induced distortion.

Dual i.LINK® interfaces

The DVP-NS9100ES actually has two i.LINK® interfaces in daisy chain

configuration.1You can connect a second i.LINK source component to the DVP-

NS9100ES, while the NS9100ES itself connects to a single i.LINK interface port

on the STR-DA7100ES A/V receiver. In this configuration, all three i.LINK

components must be switched on for the second source component to transfer

signals to the STR-DA7100ES. Performance is only guaranteed when the

second source component is a Sony SCD-XA9000ES or another DVP-

NS9100ES and the A/V receiver is an STR-DA7100ES.

Thanks to the daisy chain architecture of the i.LINK interface, it is

possible to connect components in different configurations. However,

performance for the daisy chain on the right is only guaranteed when

connecting the Sony equipment shown.

1. i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that product contains an IEEE 1394

connector. All products with an IEEE 1394 connector may not communicate with each other.

Please refer to the documentation that comes with the device having an i.LINK connector for

information on compatibility, operating conditions and proper connection.

HD upscaling and the High Definition

Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) technology

Today's home theater enthusiasts are increasingly likely to have "HD

Ready" or "HD Built in" televisions. And they're just as likely to be starving for

High Definition content. The DVP-NS9100ES and NS3100ES go a step toward

fulfilling that need with High Definition upscaling of the Standard Definition DVD

signal.

DVP-NS9100ES

SCD-XA9000ES or

DVP-NS9100ES

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An HDMI™ plug and its corresponding jack.

To begin with, many DVDs originate on film or progressive scanning video.

These discs are encoded in 480p progressive scanning to deliver twice the

vertical resolution as conventional 480i video. Sony's HD "upscaling" outputs this

signal as 480p, 720p or 1080i High Definition via the High Definition Multimedia

Interface (HDMI™) jack. You owe it to yourself to spend some time admiring the

results. Slip in a top-quality DVD, and the upscaled image is sumptuous, rich

and detailed. Even though this source material is Standard Definition, it comes

amazingly close to the look of full High Definition.

While 480p video is also available at the analog component video outputs,

HD upscaling at 720p and 1080i is only available via the HDMI™ output.

Established in September 2003, HDMI™ is an extension of the DVI digital

interface. While DVI is limited to video only, HDMI™ can transmit uncompressed

High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. This greatly

simplifies system set-up, replacing as many as ten analog and digital

connections with just one cable! In addition to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the

HDMI output of Sony® ES Series DVD players can support digital signals in both

RGB component video and Y/Cb/Cr component video.

Before HDMI technology (left), you needed nine cables to get

component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from your DVD player

and into your receiver. HDMI conveys both video and audio with full

resolution and digital precision—all on a single cable!

A/V

Receiver

Television

DVD

Player HDMI

A/V

Receiver

Television

DVD

Player

Center

Subwoofer

Surround Right

Left

Right

Surround Left

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The options for audio are equally rich. The HDMI™ output of Sony® ES

Series players can support a full range of digital audio, including 2-channel

stereo PCM, Dolby® Digital and DTS® 5.1-channel compressed audio and even

uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio! The DVP-NS9100ES incorporates the

awesome capabilities of the Silicon Images Sil9030 Large Scale Integrated

Circuit (LSI). Thanks to the Sil9030, the NS9100ES can output uncompressed

digital images up to 1080i and uncompressed digital audio up to 192 kHz/2-

channel or 96 kHz/8-channel!

With so many choices for video and audio output, you may wonder

whether users will be knowledgeable enough to get the best performance from

their systems. Is RGB preferable to Y/Cb/Cr? Is 720p better suited to their

television or 1080i? While users will have their choice from a menu of options,

HDMI technology offers a simpler way.

Component-to-component communication

A system called “product unique key exchange” enables connected

equipment to automatically confirm the type of component connected through the

HDMI cable. In addition, a destination component (such as Sony's STR-

DA7100ES A/V receiver) can automatically "request" the appropriate audio and

video, by listing its input capabilities. In this case, the ES Series DVD player can

automatically choose the highest performance audio and video formats that the

DVD player and the destination component both have in common!

Consider what happens when you connect a DVP-NS9100ES or

NS3100ES to an HDMI equipped television. On first connection the two

components exchange basic information—they "introduce themselves."

Next, the components communicate their input/output capabilities.

Television

with HDMI

input

What is your input capability? I can accept 720p video and 2-

channel audio at 48 kHz and 16 bits.

DVP-NS9100ES

or NS3100ES

DVP-NS9100ES

or NS3100ES

Television

with HDMI

input

Hi. I’m a DVD player. Hi. I’m a television.

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Finally, the components agree on the highest available quality options for

digital audio and video—and then automatically transfer content at that quality!

We've considered just a DVD player and a television. But the dynamic

changes when you insert the Sony® STR-DA7100ES A/V receiver into the

reproduction chain. In this case, the source component DVD player can only talk

to the next component in the chain, the receiver. The receiver then

communicates with the television and mediates the content exchange for the

entire system.

Please note that some restrictions apply.

•AC Power. All HDMI components must be switched on in order for the

HDMI system to work. You can't use HDMI connections through the receiver

if the receiver is switched off.

•Anti-piracy. To prevent the piracy of very high quality digital signals, HDMI

technology also incorporates a security method called High-bandwidth Digital

Content Protection (HDCP). This encrypts the signal so that only authorized

devices can decode the data into pictures and sound. The HDMI connection

is for playback only, meaning that content distributed via HDMI cable cannot

be recorded.

•Super Audio CD. As of January 2005, standards for sending Super Audio

CD sound over HDMI cables had not been established. For this reason,

Super Audio CD sound is not available over the HDMI outputs of the DVP-

NS9100ES and NS3100ES.

Television

with HDMI

input

OK. I can output those signals. Thank you

DVP-NS9100ES

or NS3100ES

Television

with HDMI

Receiver with

HDMI input &

output

Receiver, what is your

input capabilit

DVP-NS9100ES

or NS3100ES

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