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Formerly know as AC-3. Dolby Digital has five separate sound channels plus one or low frequencies (bass).
DVD Video
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), the next generation of optical disc storage technology, which is bigger and faster CD that can hold cinema-like video, better-than-CD audio, VCD and computer data.
One of the rewritable DVD standards that the DVD Forum has authorized and has almost the same specifications as DVD-ROM. DVD-RW features the easy playback of its contents with DVD video players and DVD-ROM drives as is the case with WORM type of DVD-R.
EQ7
EQ7 gives you array of equalizer option for creating the perfect listening environment for your music. Customize each of the six pre-set modes (Xplod, Vocal, Club, Jazz, New Age, and Rock)
TFT
Employing the latest technology in display screens The TFT or Thin-Film Transistor acitve Matrix Disply that promises graphics and still images richer in colour, sharper in definition and closer to reality! Boasting superior image resolution, pictures just naturally seem to come to live!
Touch Screen
Offers the user total control by way of touch. Radio Stations, Equalizer functions, picture modes & more can all be easily controlled via the Touch-screen operation.
Video CD
This allows the Unit to play Video CDs.
Wide Screen
Watch digitally mastered movies on the go in 16:9 wide screen mode. See all the detail the movie has to offer.
Zone By Zone
Simply by triggering the Zone By Zone function, front seat passengers can choose between their favourite radio stations or CD tracks (via changer or AUX) to enjoy their car rides. While back seat passengers can sit back & revel in the hottest DVD movie blockbusters.
ATRAC3plus
The ATRAC3plus compression rate is approximately 20 times higher than that of the Audio CD, resulting an increased data capacity for the media. Bit rates 64kbps and 48kbps, are available. ATRAC3plus enhanced compression technology provides excellent music.
4V Pre-out
This revolutionary system is Sony’s answer to a superior signal-to-noise (SN) ratio. By boosting audio signals to 4V, this system improves the SN ratio for clear, distortion-free sound.
Compact Disc - Digital Audio
This allows the unit to playback/read Compact Disc - Digital Audio discs.
Compact Disc - Recordable
This allows the unit to playback/read Compact Disc - Recordable discs.
Compact Disc - ReWritable
This allows the unit to playback/read Compact Disc - ReWritable discs.
High Pass Filter
This filter cuts out the low and midrange tones, delivering only high frequency’s range notes to your tweeters.
Low Pass Filter
This filter cut out the mid-range and high tones, delivering only the low frequency’s signals to your woofers.
BTM
BTM (Best Tuning Memory) automatically selects and stores the stations with the strongest signals, in order of frequency.
High Power 208W (52W X 4)
MP3
Sony brings all Audio to the Internet Age with this system compatible with MP3 digital music files. Now you can play all the tunes you have downloaded from the web, along with your favorite MD's or CD's.
S-MOSFET Power IC
1.3 Times larger than conventional MOSFET's, the new S-MOFET Power IC utilises Silicon On Insulator (S.O.I) semiconductor technology that produces clearer, more accurate sounds with less distortion and a higher signal-to-noise ratio.
Most Sony Headunits are WMA enabled, this multi-format connectivity option means you can play your prefered music in the whole myriad of digital music formats available.
