The player supports Dolby Digital surround sound and dts Digital Surround Processing playback, along with the JPEG video format, as well as Windows Media Audio (WMA) and MP3 audio formats. The XAV-W1 automobile video technique featuring SA-CD audio will be available in August for about $800.
Sony announced its first Tremendous Audio CD based automobile audio/video technique centering on the new XAV-W1 in-car video head unit. It is also Sony's first double din-sized visual entertainment technique for the automobile, providing outstanding picture and sound quality, simple connectivity to MP3 players and personalization options. The new Sony XAV-W1 video head unit not only features the SA-CD audio format but also five.1-Channel surround sound option. It's a 7-inch video screen (measured diagonally) that incorporates the WVGA TFT high-end standard for picture quality. The technique lets passengers enjoy CDs, DVD videos and Tremendous Audio CDs.
