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One touch connectivity

BRAVIA at the heart of the HD experience

Having a fully loaded home entertainment system is great. But what you don’t want is a handful of remote controls and power leads to go with it. Thankfully, BRAVIA is all about total ease. So one touch, one cable and you’re connected.

HDMI

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High Definition connectivity starts with HDMI™.

HDMI™, or High Definition Multimedia Interface, replaces the classic analogue SCART connection. The main difference: SCART doesn't work with HD. HDMI does.

Just one high-capacity HDMI™ cable can easily hook up virtually any High Definition device to your BRAVIA, with impeccable transfer of high-quality digital picture and sound.

Some BRAVIA TVs and home theatre projectors are even equipped with a new type of HDMI™ with CEC.

This allows the separate components of your home cinema system to communicate with each other, making them compatible with BRAVIA Theatre Sync and BRAVIA Sync.

BRAVIA Theatre Sync

‘One Touch’ control over your entire home cinema system

BRAVIA Theatre Sync works by using special HDMI connections and a ‘One Touch’ set up that’s unique to Sony.

Making use of the HDMI™ with CEC capability, signals can be sent between the various units that make up the system, all by using the TV remote control.

So when you want to get started, a single push of a button automatically takes care of everything.

The audio equipment is switched on, the TV switched on, the correct inputs selected and the Blu-ray Disc™ player starts to play.

And with one touch of the remote, everything is switched off again. No need to manually turn off all the separate components.

BRAVIA Sync

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The new and improved version of BRAVIA Theatre Sync goes one step further.

Not only giving ‘one-touch’ control over your home theatre, it also brings the menu of a handheld device, such as a Handycam® camcorder, directly to your TV screen.

All you have to do is press the new ‘Sync Menu’ button on your remote.

XrossMediaBar™

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Thanks to the new XrossMediaBar™, inspired by the PLAYSTATION®3, it’s now easier then ever to browse the TV functions, change channels and access a world of home entertainment content.

Enjoy movies, games, music and pictures without hassle.

So hook those gadgets up and flip between games, music, pictures and all the rest from one simple graphical interface.