Sony DAV-S300 Review

Watch this item
Sony DAV-S300
2.8 stars
Average rating for this product is: 2.8 out of 5

From 6 ratings and 41 reviews

Thumb up 56% of users recommend this product

Rate it Now:

Click on the stars above to rate this product:

Tweet This Item


mapdnx's Review of Sony DAV-S300 DVD Home Cinema System

9th Nov 2004

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    4 stars
  • Ease of Set Up
    4 stars
  • Time Home Cinema System Owned
    Over 1 Year
  • Sound Quality
    4 stars
  • Ease of Use
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Very nice style, which has been copied over by others now.
Very nice sound.


Bad Points

Was the first of the entry level Home Cinema systems, and now shows its limits.


General Comments

Don't bin your Sony DAV-S300 yet...

YOU CAN REPAIR THIS YOURSELF EASILY

MINE SOMETIMES REFUSES DVD'S AS WELL, BUT YOU CAN RECALIBRATE IT VIA THE ENGINEERS SETUP MENU.

This info is only useful to realign the drive using DVD single layer/dual and layer audio CD.

It's too complicated to write what to do, but I would forward this to you by email.

I still love this system, and I would have loved it more if it had digital sound inputs.

The Sony will play CD/R disks. The Sirius brand is best, but only burn audio at 4x max for them to work.

IT HAS EVEN PLAYED A DVD/R DISK ONCE, so the disks must be getting better!!!

Tweet This Review

On average, people found this review helpful

How helpful did you find this review?


Members' Comments onmapdnx's Review

  • mapdnx Rank: Sergeant on 4th Dec 2004

    How to Access the secret service menu in the Sony DVD

    Press Muting and Return buttons and Turn the volume Knob to the Right

    Then the screen will show the service menu

    Use of this Service Menu Can Mess up your Player completely.

    Do Write down Any values you change beforehand.

    But it’s Pretty Safe to Just Run the Calibration Tests.

    #

    Select option 1 and follow the instructions.

    Cleaning the lens of the player just before re-calibration would be a good Idea as well.

    To Recalibrate the DVD you will need a Single layer DVD and a Double layer DVD.

    You must run both tests to set the Drive up properly and you may as well do the CD test too.

    I used my copy of Jackie Brown as it’s the only single layer disk I Know I have, a cheap cartoon of short duration may be single layer, or a Music DVD.

    Cheers

    MAPDNX

  • nadja16 on 10th Jan 2005

    THANK YOU so much for this help - it has saved my player's life! I can now play several discs that had stopped working - in fact all bar one (David Bowie's greatest hits - FYI, a dual-layer disc).

    I can also play DVD+RW discs (although not DVD+R) which is great for checking out my home movies.

    For anyone else about to do this - I did have to try a couple of different discs for the recalibration before it would then play the discs that had stopped working.

    I first tried a new disc, but the one that did the trick was The Matrix. I used a new Music disc for the single layer (and now my DVD+RW discs play every time).

    Good luck everyone!

  • Zsolt on 6th Apr 2007

    Hi!

    I have just run the test. The first remark is, that the test screen is black & white. Is it normal?

    After checking all types of disks, only the DVD-SL shows error. The test is running but stops at the Focus On stage and writes: Error!!! Adjustment Quit, Focus On in the middle of the screen, and "EMG. FO" in the right bottom.

    Do you have any idea how to clean the lens? Please can you let me know via the Review Centre forum?

    Thanks in advance.
    Zsolt.