Sony DVD Dream DAV-FC8 - Home theater system

by Sony

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Product Manual [1.12mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 57.8 pounds
• ASIN: B0000CE6R1
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,228 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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Sleek looking and slick sounding, the Sony DAV-FC8 DVD Dream system is so named because it makes your DVDs look and sound, well, dreamy. The six-speaker system features a five-disc DVD/SACD/CD changer with progressive-scan output and front and rear floor-standing speakers. It offers decoding for the most common digital recording formats, including Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Pro Logic II, and can play CD-R/RW, Super Audio CD (multi), and MP3 files, in addition to JPEG slide shows. The unit also includes an AM/FM tuner with 20 FM and 10 AM presets. The entire system sets up quickly and easily, and with its S-Master full digital amplifier, is processes sound signals with remarkable efficiency.

Among the system's audio features are bass enhancement, Digital Cinema Sound (a Sony exclusive that creates an authentic listening environment), and a total power output of 600 watts (100 watts x 6). The changer offers DVD/CD/SACD text and shuffle, program, and repeat play modes, and is powered by Sony's preprogrammed luminous Remote Commander remote control. The unit also includes a power save mode to conserve energy.

The Dream system is endowed with a full-featured speaker system to give your DVDs and music the depth they deserve. The 5.1-channel system includes four floor-standing 100-watt speakers (front/rear), a 100-watt center speaker, and a 100-watt subwoofer, all with color-coded connections to make setup a breeze. The system connects to a series of additional components through its digital audio input, two video signal inputs, four video signal outputs (two composite, one component, and one S-Video), digital input (for satellite TV), two analog A/V inputs and one A/V output, and 3.5 mm minipin headphone jack. The device carries a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

What's in the Box
DAV-FC8 DVD Dream system, three 16.4-foot speaker cables, two 49.2-foot speaker cables, remote control, and user's manual.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dull, toneless, colorless sound., December 22, 2003

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Gus Patsis "David" (Jackson Hts., NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony DVD Dream DAV-FC8 - Home theater system (Electronics)

For the folks who plan to use this equipment to play CD's==forget it. Receiver does not have tone control--bass, treble) and as a result of this vital feature, all music is flat, dull, colorless,
lifeless. Big mistake on my part for not checking tone control feature before purchasing. Urge all to stay away from theatre-on-a-box if you plan to use and enjoy as a CD player. Strongly recommend you purchase components individually using an A/V receiver. Passing this Sony crap setup to a relative and starting from scratch with A/V receiver, dvd player, and speakers.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mechanical Trouble Not the first time either, July 5, 2004

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K. Meigs "Wifey created this review" (Richland, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DVD Dream DAV-FC8 - Home theater system (Electronics)

I purchased a different sony about 5 months ago as an open box item from circuit city. (I'll get to this one in a minute) When we got it home it accepted a CD then decided not to give it back. Then it refused more cd's. When you would turn the unit on the elevator would go up and down relentlessly and refuse to stop. Argh, we took it in to send for repair (we bought the extended warranty). 6 weeks later we find out it has to be sent to Sony. 3 weeks later, sony says it has physical damage. When it is returned it has NEW damage. Somewhere in shipping it was damaged and due to that they refused to fix it! Circuit City made good (they note any physical damage prior to shipping and there had been none) and replaced it with this DAV-FC8. For a couple of months it had worked GREAT. We forgot about the old one until this last week when I tried to put a DVD in and it loudly rejected it. Then the elevator did the up and down thing. Argh, again. Well, hopefully they don't damage it in shipping again and it will be fixed this time. Well, This is too much of a coincidence for us. We're officially unimpressed with the Sony Dream Systems. Don't get me wrong, we love Sony, we should own stock with how much we own of theirs just to get some money back out of our investments. The only thing left in our house that isn't Sony is our televisions. Even our alarm clock is a Sony. We were so sure of Sony products that our last Camcorder, we opted to not purchase the warranty from Best Buy. No trouble and we don't expect any. The Dream systems seem to have that cornered.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars painfull to use, March 8, 2004

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"james-314" (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony DVD Dream DAV-FC8 - Home theater system (Electronics)

Overall the system is nice: it sounds fine for a low end system and the picture quality is fine. But I hate using it as a CD player. It takes forever to switch between disks, about 30 seconds. Loading or ejecting a disk take even longer. There is no way to tell what disks are loaded in the machine, and you cannot change one disk while it is playing another. These seem like minor things, but when you walk in to the room and turn on the stereo to listen to some music they add up to a 5 minute delay before you are actually listening to anything. Bleh. If I had it to do over I would get a system like my older one that just has a big tray instead of the fancy slot loader. I guess the people at Sony put looks ahead of function on this one.