Sony DAV-FC9 DVD Dream System

by Sony

Product Details

Product Manual [1.13mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 90 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000E25FI
• Item model number: DAV-FC9
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,136 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 3, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With 650 watts of total power (100 x 5, plus a 150-watt powered subwoofer), the DAV-FC9 DVD Dream System is Sony's top-end home theater system, furnishing users with ultraprecise images and sound. The system comes complete with a receiver, five-disc DVD/SACD/CD changer, an AM/FM tuner, four front and rear floor-standing speakers, a center speaker, and an active powered subwoofer. The DVD changer is compatible with CD-R/RW, SACD, MP3, and JPEG (with slide show) formats, and its 480p progressive-scan output guarantees sharp image display.

For superior audio while watching movies, the Dream System offers Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding. Other audio features include an S-Master full digital amplifier, a bass enhancement function, and Sony's Digital Cinema Sound system, which re-creates the sound fields of three of the world's best-known cinema studios.

The DAV-FC9 is equipped for compatibility, with component-video and S-video outputs, a digital input for satellite TV, two analog AV inputs and one output, two video signal inputs and four outputs, and a 3.5 mm mini pin headphone jack. For convenience sake, the system features color-coded speaker connections, along with DVD/CD/SACD text that displays onscreen and a preprogrammed luminous remote control. The system comes with a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

What's in the Box
Integrated receiver/DVD player/tuner, center speaker, four floor-standing surround speakers, subwoofer, speaker cable, remote control, and user's manual.

From the Manufacturer

Enter a world of unbelievable images and sound with Sony's DAV-FC9 DVD Dream system, which comes complete with a five-disc slot loading DVD/SACD/CD changer with progressive scan output, front and rear floor-standing speakers, an active powered subwoofer unit, and CD-R/RW, Super Audio CD (multi), and MP3 playback. The system also features an S-Master full digital amplifier and Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding, giving you the digital entertainment system you've dreamed about.

Features include:

• 5-disc DVD/SACD/CD changer with progressive scan output
• 650 watts total system power (100 watts x 5, powered sub at 150 watts)
• CD-R/RW, Super Audio CD (multi), MP3 playback
• JPEG playback with slide show
• Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding
• S-Master full digital amplifier
• 6-speaker system with front/rear floor-standing speakers, center channel, and active powered subwoofer
• Tuner with 20 FM/10 AM station presets
• Bass enhancement
• Digital Cinema Sound system
• Play modes (shuffle, program, repeat)
• Digital input for satellite TV

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sony DAV-FC9, June 26, 2005

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lowlevel "-lowlevel" (Toronto, Ontario CANADA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony DAV-FC9 DVD Dream System (Electronics)

Yeah.. this thing stinks. I paid alot of money for it, and its doing exactly what Mike B says too. Thing freeze up all the time, and now when you try to turn it off, it blinks standby indefinately. I even went to bed, and woke up 8 hours later, and it still blinks. You have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it on. (JUNK!) Everytime I buy something from sony, I get burned. This is the 5th item now from Sony, that has failed on me before or in this case just after the warrany expired (UGH). Anyway, buy cheap stuff from walmart. Atleast when it breaks you only paid $50 for it.,, not $1500.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DAV FC9, caveat emptor, December 28, 2005

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A. Cook "acook" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DAV-FC9 DVD Dream System (Electronics)

I had my "dream" system for less than two years when it seized up, flashing "Stand By" and it would not reset. I called Sony and went to a local/approved technician who still had to ship it back to the manufacturing plant. I have been without a DVD/CD system for 4 weeks now and do not have a commitment to get it back. The latest estimate is $300 to fix it, not covered by warranty. I should've stuck with RCA, my previous system was 15 years old and still functioning. Sony's dream is my nightmare. Do not buy it.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Expensive Paperweight, February 21, 2006

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E - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony DAV-FC9 DVD Dream System (Electronics)

For the first six months I had this it was great, but then it

started to freeze up and would flash "Standby" all night long.

For the price that I paid for this system, I expect it too last a

wee bit longer. This is the second Sony DVD player that I've had

that's broken down in under a year. The quality of Sony's DVD players has really deteriorated in the last few years, I wouldn't recommend buying a DVD player from Sony at all - and I certainly wouldn't recomend this one.