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General Features
DVD/CD Playback
External Device Controls
Input and Output Notes
General Features
Motorized Touchscreen Display: The
Sony XAV-W1 is equipped
with a fully motorized slide-down 7" TFT active matrix LCD monitor with a 16:9
aspect ratio and a pixel count of 1,152,000. The monitor electronically slides down
for loading or ejecting a disc. It also has a 3-step adjustable viewing angle.
This unit has touch screen controls with interactive video graphics, making menu
navigation easy. The screen is non-glare and smudge-resistant. The monitors
brightness can be adjusted from -5 to +5 and features an auto-dimming function
via the unit's illumination wire when your vehicle's lights are turned on. The
monitor's aspect ratio can be changed to one of the following - Normal, Wide,
Full or Zoom.
2-DIN Chassis: The Sony XAV-W1
has a 2-DIN chassis (also known as "Double DIN" or size DD), and will fit in
many vehicles with a large dash opening. Unlike many in-dash monitors, there is
no hideaway box; all the inputs and outputs are included within the unit's
chassis. The unit can be ISO-mounted using factory brackets. As always, please
check the Crutchfield Vehicle Selector to verify fit with your vehicle.
Front Panel Controls: In
addition to the touchscreen controls, the unit includes frequently used buttons
along the bottom edge of the screen. You can change the illumination color of
the buttons to better match the interior lighting of your vehicle. You can
choose from the following colors - Aqua, Purple, Pink, Red, Green, Yellow,
Orange, or White.
Background Screens: The
background screen is displayed during audio playback. You can select from 3
types of backgrounds - Screen1, Screen2, or Screen3. Each background screen will
consist of a wallpaper and a spectrum analyzer pattern. You can choose from one
of four wallpaper settings and three spectrum analyzer patterns for each
Background Screen mode.
Custom Wallpapers: During
video/image disc playback you can capture images and store them (up to 4 images)
to set as your custom wallpaper for the unit's Background Screen. You can also
capture an image from a connected auxiliary video device.
Picture EQ: You can select a
picture quality suitable for the interior brightness of your vehicle. You can
choose from the following settings.
- Dynamic: vivid picture
with bright, clear colors
- Theater: brightens the
monitor; suitable for darkly-lit movies
- Sepia: applies a sepia
tone to the picture
- Standard: standard picture
quality
- Custom1/Custom2:
user-adjustable settings that allow you to manually adjust the monitors
Color Tone, Color and Brightness levels
Radio Tuning: The XAV-W1 allows
you to manual tune or seek tune AM/FM stations. In the Local Seek Mode, the unit
will only tune in stations with very strong signals during Seek tuning. The Mono
Mode allows you improve poor FM reception by selecting a monaural signal instead
of a stereo signal. The radio features 5 memory bands to store and receive AM/FM
stations. You can store up to 6 presets each in FM1, FM2, FM3, AM1 and AM2.
Other tuner features include:
- Best Tuning Memory (BTM):
This feature automatically selects stations with the best signals within the
selected band and stores them in order of their frequency. You can select
from FM1, FM2, FM3, AM1, and AM2.
- Manual Tuning: You can
manually tune and find your favorite radio stations one by one for FM1, FM2,
FM3, AM1, and AM2.
- Auto Tuning: You can use
the seek button to help you search quickly through the available stations
and then choose your own presets from these available stations.
- IF (Intermediate Frequency):
You can choose "Auto" to narrow automatically the reception frequency to
eliminate noise, or "Wide" to always hear FM stereo broadcasts in stereo and
with full frequency signal reception.
Drive S II: The Sony XAV-W1
features the Drive S II chassis platform. Drive S II includes the CD mechanism,
audio stages, 12 volt power supply, and tuner section. The CD mechanism includes
a suspension to resist shocks, a motor that draws less power, and a fast
low-current pickup that improves durability and CD/DVD playback accuracy. The
52W Peak x 4-channel S-MOSFET Power IC produces clearer, more accurate sound,
less distortion, and a higher signal-to-noise ratio than previous designs.
EQ7: The sound quality can be
adjusted using the built-in 7-band EQ with 7 preset EQ curves including a custom
EQ setting. The presets include the following settings:
|
Center Frequency → Preset ↓ |
62Hz |
157Hz |
396Hz |
1kHz |
2.5kHz |
6.34kHz |
16kHz |
|
Xplōd |
+5 |
+4 |
+2 |
+2 |
+2 |
+3 |
+3 |
|
Vocal |
+1 |
+3 |
+4 |
+3 |
+2 |
+3 |
+2 |
|
Edge |
+5 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
+2 |
|
Cruise |
+3 |
+2 |
0 |
-1 |
-1 |
0 |
+3 |
|
Space |
+2 |
+3 |
+2 |
0 |
+1 |
+5 |
+3 |
|
Gravity |
+3 |
+2 |
+1 |
0 |
+1 |
+2 |
+3 |
Custom
(user adjustable -8 to +8) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Multi-Channel
Decoder: The Sony XAV-W1 features six preamp outputs - stereo Front,
stereo Rear, mono Center and mono Subwoofer. Along with its built-in 5.1
surround sound decoder, this allows the unit to support Dolby Digital/DTS
and Dolby Pro Logic II. Dolby Digital/DTS offers 5.1-channels of discrete
surround. Dolby Pro Logic II produces 5 full-bandwidth output from 2-channel
sources. This is done using an advanced, high-purity matrix surround decoder
that extracts the spatial properties of the original recording without
adding any new sound or tonal colorations. The XAV-W1 supports two Dolby Pro
Logic II modes.
-
Music:
provides a deep, wide sound space to stereo audio recordings
-
Movie: provides enhanced sound field direction that approaches the quality of
discrete 5.1-channel sound to stereo television shows and all programs
encoded in Dolby Surround
Intelligent Time
Alignment: This unit can change the localization of sound by delaying
the sound output from each speaker to suit your position and simulate a
natural sound field with the feeling of being in the center of it where you
sit in your vehicle. You can choose from the following Listening Position
modes - Front left, Front right, Front center, All or Custom. The Custom
Listening Position mode allows you to precisely calibrate your listening
position from each speaker so that the sound delay reaches the listener more
correctly. The distance from each speaker to your custom listening position
is adjustable in 2 cm steps from 0 to 400 cm.
Center Speaker
Organizer (CSO): The CSO feature allows you to create a virtual center
speaker when you don't have the center-channel preamp output connected so
you can still fully enjoy surround sound in your vehicle.
Speaker Level:
This unit allows you to adjust the volume level of each connected speaker so
you get an even sound throughout your vehicle.
Crossover Filter:
The XAV-W1 features built-in Low-pass and High-pass crossover filters. The HPF can be
set to 80 or 120Hz and effects your connected front and rear speakers. The
LPF can also be set to 80 or 120Hz but only effects the subwoofer preamp
output.
Zone x Zone:
Activating the Zone x Zone function allows you to simultaneously listen to
separate sources in the front and rear of your vehicle. You can choose any
source for the Front zone while the Rear zone is restricted to disc only
playback.
Security Code:
This unit has a security function to discourage theft. You can enter your
own custom 4-digit number as your security code. Once the security function
is activated, you need to enter the security code to turn on the unit after
re-installing the unit in another vehicle or after charging your vehicle's
battery.
Remote Control:
The XAV-W1 is equipped with an IR wireless remote control (RM-X160) which can
operate the unit. The XAV-W1 must be initially powered on by pressing the "SRC"
key on the unit's front panel.
DVD/CD Playback
Disc Compatibility: The
built-in DVD/CD player can play back the following video disc formats - DVD-Video, DVD-R,
DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW and
Video CD. Compatible audio discs include CD (including CD-Text discs), CD-R, CD-RW
and SA-CD. This unit cannot play 3" (8 cm) discs.
SA-CD Playback: Super Audio CD
is a new high-quality audio disc standard where music is recorded in the DSD
(Direct Stream Digital ) format where as conventional CDs are recorded in the
PCM format. The DSD format, using a sampling frequency 64 times higher than that
of a conventional CD and with 1-bit quantization, achieves both a wide frequency
range and a wide dynamic range across the audible frequency range and so
provides music reproduction extremely faithful to the original sound. This unit
allows you to change the sound quality of Super Audio CD playback by switching
the sampling frequency. You can choose from High Quality (outputs at 176.4 kHz)
or Standard Quality (outputs at 44.1 kHz)
MP3/WMA/JPEG Compatibility: In addition to the
above listed compatible discs, this unit can also play MP3, WMA and JPEG files
recorded on CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL and DVD+RW discs. For CD,
the files should be recorded using ISO 9660 level 1/2, Joliet, or Romeo formats.
For DVD, the UDF Bridge format (combined UDF and ISO 9660) should be used. The
unit will recognize up to 256 albums (folders) and a total of 2000 files and
albums on a disc. ID3 tags up to 63 characters can be displayed. You can list up
to five tracks or images at one time on the unit's screen for faster searches. JPEG files can
be viewed in a slide show fashion with selectable intervals of 5, 10, 20 or 40
seconds.
Disc Playback
Modes: The XAV-W1 features the following Repeat and Shuffle playback
functions depending on disc type.
- Repeat:
- DVD: repeats the
current title or chapter
- CD/SA-CD/VCD: repeats
the current track
- MP3/WMA/JPEG: repeats
the current track (image) or current album
- Shuffle:
- DVD: plays chapters in
current title in random order
- CD/SA-CD/VCD: plays
tracks in current disc in random order
- MP3/WMA/JPEG: plays
tracks/images in current album in random order
Direct Search Playback: The Sony XAV-W1 allows you to directly locate a desired point on a disc.
Search functions differ depending on the disc format type.
- DVD:
- Title Search: starts
playing from a selected title
- Chapter Search: starts
playing from a selected chapter
- CD/SA-CD/VCD/MP3/WMA:
- Track Search: starts
playing from a selected track
- JPEG:
- Image: starts playing
from a selected image
Multi-Disc Resume: This feature
allows you to store the resume settings in memory for up to 5 discs so the begin
playback where you stopped when you reinsert the disc.
Monitor Type: You can select a
16:9 Wide, 4:3 Letter Box or 4:3 Pan Scan aspect ratio for the integrated
monitor and an optional connected external monitor to suit your viewing needs.
DVD Level: The audio output
level differs depending on the recorded format. To reduce the volume level
differences between disc and source, you can ad-just audio output level according
to the recorded format. The default level is set for PCM format and the level
for Dolby Digital and DTS format can be adjusted separately from the default
level. The Dolby Level and DTS level is adjustable in single steps between -10
to +10.
Audio DRC: This feature makes
the sound clear when the volume is low. You can select from two DRC modes -
Standard or Wide Range.
Parental Control: You can lock
a disc or set playback restrictions according to a predetermined level such as
viewer age. Restricted scenes can be blocked or replaced with different scenes
when a parental control compatible DVD is played. The unit features 8 rating
levels protected by a custom 4-digit password.
Karaoke Function: The XAV-W1
features a 3.5mm microphone input attached to a 36" cord on the rear-chassis of
the unit so you can connect an optional microphone and enjoy karaoke. The
Karaoke mode allows you to cancel the vocal sound and sing along with your music
through your car stereo's speaker system. The volume level of the microphone
input can be adjust in single steps from 0 to 20. The Karaoke mode also features
an Echo adjustment that is adjustable in single steps from 1 to 6.
External Device Controls
iPod Ready: You can connect an
iPod to this unit and control it via the touch-panel controls and remote. The
optional XA-110IP or XA-120IP iPod Control Interface is required
and plugs into the unit's UniLink bus-connector. The XA-110IP/XA120IP allows an iPod (3rd generation or
newer, but not the iPod shuffle) digital music player with a dock connector to
be connected to and controlled by the XAV-W1. All the iPod buttons will be
disabled when connected to this adapter and it will be controlled from the
XAV-W1's touch-panel. With this interface, you'll be able to play your iPod
music files through the XAV-W1 and have all the titling information appear on
the Sony's display.
Note: The XA-110IP or XA-120IP will not charge the iPod nano 4th generation
and the iPod touch 2nd generation.
Satellite Radio Ready: There are currently three ways to connect an
optional satellite radio tuner to the XAV-W1:
- XM Satellite Radio: To receive XM Satellite Radio, you can
connect the optional CNP2000UC XM Mini Tuner and the Sony CNP-SON1 adapter
cable (package item number 700XMSON1).
- SIRIUS Satellite Radio: To receive SIRIUS Satellite
Radio, you can connect the optional SCC1 SiriusConnect vehicle tuner and the
optional SNYSC1 Sony interface module (package item number 700SIRSONY).
- A/V Input: A portable satellite radio receiver, such as the
Delphi SkyFi3 or SIRIUS Sportster, can be connected to
the head unit via one of the A/V auxiliary inputs or the Sony XA-300 UniLink
auxiliary input adapter (item number 158XA300).
Note: A subscription
is also required to receive satellite radio programming from SIRIUS
or XM.
HD Radio Ready: The Sony XAV-W1
is compatible with Sony's optional XT-100HD add-on HD Tuner (sold separately)
through its UniLink Bus connection. HD Radio
technology, where available, offers higher quality sound than conventional
analog broadcasts and receives text data. HD Radio provides FM broadcasts that
are equal to CD sound quality and AM broadcasts that are as good as analog FM
stereo broadcasts. HD Radio also provides a variety of data, including station
name, song title, artist name, album name, etc. Once connected, all AM and FM
broadcasts are received by the XT-100HD. HD appears as an additional source,
with five preset banks; HD1 (FM1), HD2 (FM2), HD3 (FM3), HD4 (AM1), and HD5
(AM2). In addition to conventional broadcasts, with HD Radio broadcasting it is
possible to choose from up to 8 multicast programs (HD1 to HD8 and analog).
There are also data programs for each program.
Changer Controls:
This unit is compatible with Sony UniLink CD/MP3 and MD changers and allows for
playback and control.
Multiple Changer Control:
A maximum of 5 CD changers, 5 CD/MP3
changers, or 5 MD changers may be connected to this receiver. When connecting
CD, CD/MP3 and MD changers, you may connect up to a total of 7 changers (but
there must not be more than 5 of one type of changer). When connecting more than
one changer to this receiver, you must use the Sony XA-C40 (item number
158XAC40) source selectors (up to three).
Input and Output Notes
Video Lock Out:
The video signal is locked out to prevent the viewing of a video source on the
XAV-W1's monitor while the vehicle is in motion. You will need to tap into the
vehicle's parking brake light circuit, splicing in the unit's light green wire
from the main power/speaker harness. Once connected, the video signal will only
be visible on the unit's monitor when the parking brake is applied.
A/V Inputs: The XAV-W1
has three Audio/Video auxiliary inputs with stereo RCA audio and composite video
jacks for use with a VCR or video game console. The three Audio/Video inputs can
be used for audio/video sources or audio-only sources. A fourth Aux input is a video only RCA jack, which can be used for a rear view camera.
Note: The
third A/V input shares its stereo RCA audio jacks with the unit's UniLink
bus-connector. You can use these audio inputs for either the third A/V input
or along with the UniLink bus-connector but not both together.
Rear View Camera:
When the vehicle is put into reverse gear, the monitor will automatically switch
to the video from the optional rear view camera. In order for the video to
automatically switch, the purple/white wire in the A/V input harness
needs to be spliced into the vehicle's back-up lamp circuit.
Rear Monitor Output:
The XAV-W1 features an output that allows you to feed audio and video signal
to a rear monitor. With the unit's Zone x Zone feature, you can watch a DVD on
the rear monitor while the front passengers enjoy the radio (AM, FM, or optional XM) or an auxiliary source.
UniLink Port: The
XAV-W1 is equipped with Sony's proprietary UniLink bus-connector for connection
of Sony compatible CD-changers, XM Radio Tuners, HD Radio Tuners and iPod
interfaces.
Optional Auxiliary
Input: In addition to the A/V inputs, you can connect another auxiliary
audio device (such as a portable digital memory player, cassette or MiniDisc
when used with the optional XA-300 UniLink Auxiliary Input Adapter (item number
158XA300). The XA-300 uses the UniLink and Bus Audio inputs on the back of the
receiver, and allows you to connect an optional CD/MD changer in addition to the
auxiliary audio source.
MIC Input: The
XAV-W1 features a 3.5mm microphone input attached to a 36" cord on the rear
chassis of the unit for use with an optional microphone.
6-Channel Preamp Output: The Sony XAV-W1 features stereo Front and Rear preamp outputs as
well as mono Center-Channel and Subwoofer outputs. The Front and Rear
channels can be balanced and faded from -10 to +10 while the volume of the
Center-Channel and Subwoofer outputs can be adjusted independently from -6 to
+6.
Remote Input: The unit has a 3.5mm mini-jack input
on the rear chassis for the optional Sony RM-X4S wired rotary commander. In
addition, the PAC SWI-PS steering wheel remote interface is compatible with this
head unit. The SWI-PS interface allows you to retain the use of your steering
wheel and/or rear seat radio controls when replacing the factory head unit in
select vehicles with this Sony head that features wired remote capability. In
some GM vehicles, this adapter allows you to retain heater control buttons as
well. The SWI-PS is compatible with over 95% of the vehicles made from 1986 to
the present. Compatible vehicles include many Acura, Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac,
Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Honda, Hummer, Infiniti, Isuzu, Jaguar,
Jeep, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury, Mini, Mitsubishi, Nissan,
Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Suzuki, Toyota, and Volkswagen
vehicles and Harley Davidson motorcycles. Please consult "What Fits My Car" to
see if your vehicle is compatible.
