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    4-170-065- 12 (1) Theatr e Stand System ©2010 Sony Corporation Operating Instructions RHT -G5[...]

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    2 GB 3 Do not in stall the appli ance in a c onfined space, s uch as a bookcase or built-in cab inet. To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the ventilation opening of th e apparatus with newspa pers, tablecl oths, curtain s, etc. Do not pl ace the naked flame source s such as lighte d candles on the apparatu s. To reduce the risk of fire or elec[...]

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    3 GB WARNING .......... ....... ........... ....... ...........4 CAUTION........ ........... ....... ........... ....... ....5 Precautions ....... .... .......... ........ ....... ...........6 Getting Started Supplied access ories .......... ....... ........... ....7 Setting this sta nd ......... ....... ........... ....... ....8 Connectin g the TV[...]

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    4 GB Do not lean on or hang from the TV when the TV is placed on the stand. The TV may fall from the stan d causi ng an acc iden t result ing in ser ious inju ry or deat h. Do not move the stand with the TV or other equipment installed on it. Be sure to remove the TV an d othe r equipm ent whe n movi ng the stand. If you fail to do so, the stand ma[...]

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    5 GB Do not place any heated objects such as a hot pan or a kettle on the stand. A top gl ass panel may brea k and cause injury . Or , it m ay cause damage to the stan d. Do not step on the stand. You m ay fa ll, o r brea k the glass and ca use inju ry. Do not subject the top glass panel to excessive shock. This stand us es glas s with an anti-s ca[...]

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    6 GB On sa fety • Do not place unspeci fied obj ects, su ch as a fl ower vase or pottery on the st and. • Do not make alteration s to the stand. • Should any solid object or liq uid fall int o the stand, unplug the stand and ha ve it checked by quali fied personnel bef ore operatin g it any further. On powe r sour ces • If you are not goi n[...]

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    Getting Started 7 GB Inserting batteries in to the remote You can co ntrol t he stand us ing the suppl ied rem ote. Ins ert two size AA (R6) ba tteries by matchin g the + and – ends on the batteries to the markings inside t he compartment. • Do not leave t he remo te in an extr emely h ot or h umid p lace. • Do not use a new batt ery with an [...]

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    8 GB Assembling the stand The stand requ ires assemb ly. For details , refer to “The atre Stand System Insta llation Guide” (supplie d). About the installation position Instal l the st and after c onnecting all the components to the st and. Instal l the st and after allowing for a spa ce of more than 7 cm from the wal l. This is to allow for he[...]

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    Getting Started 9 GB Conn ect the TV and/o r pla yer with HDMI ja cks t o the sta nd usi ng an HDMI cabl e. By connec ting Son y “BRAV IA” Sy nc-com patible compon ents usin g HDMI cables, op eration ca n be simplif ied when you s et the Contro l for HDMI function for the TV. See ““BRAVIA” Sync Features” (page 23). • The sta nd is com[...]

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    10 GB • The HDMI j ack connec tions ha ve prior ity when you conn ect diffe rent co mponents to the stand using the INPUT OPT/INPUT COAX and HDMI jacks. • Even if t he stand is t urned off (active stan dby mode) , the HDMI s ignal will be sent from the conn ected compon ent to the TV via the HDMI connect ion. You can enjoy imag e and sound from[...]

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    Getting Started 11 GB When connect ing a sa tellite t uner or cab le tel evision t uner th at does not have an HDMI jack, set “CTRL HDMI ” to “O FF” in the AMP men u of t he st and (p age 24 ). * Depend ing on the sate llite tun er, multi-c hannel sou nd may not be output. In this case, connect a digita l optica l cord in additio n to an HD[...]

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    12 GB When connectin g components that do not have HDMI jacks, such as a “PlaySta tion 2” or a DVD playe r, etc., set “CTRL HD MI” to “OFF” in t he AMP menu of the stand (p age 24 ). Even if “CT RL HDMI ” is set to “ON,” yo u can enjo y a video c assette r ecorder , etc., tha t does not ha ve surro und chann els b y co nnect ing[...]

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    Getting Started 13 GB • If you hav e poor FM recepti on, use a 75-ohm coaxi al cable (not sup plied) to conne ct the stand to an outdoor FM antenna ( aerial) as shown be low. • Be su re to full y exten d the FM wi re antenna (aeria l). • Afte r connecting th e FM wire ant enna (aerial ), keep it as horizon tal as possi ble. • Do not connect[...]

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    14 GB For mo re in forma tion, see the pa ges indi cated i n parent hese s. Front panel button s and indic ator A INPUT SELE CTOR Press to sel ect the i nput so urce to play ba ck. Each time you p ress the butto n, the input source changes cyclic ally as fol lows: TV t BD t DVD t SAT/CAT V t AUDIO t FM t DMPORT t TV... B ?/1 (on/standby) C POWER/AC[...]

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    15 GB Pl ay b ack Op t i on s Fron t panel d isplay About the indications in the front panel display A Audio f ormat i ndicator s Ligh t up acco rding t o the audi o format tha t is be ing inpu t to the s tan d. D : Dolby Digital PLII : Do lby Pro Lo gic II LPCM : Linear PCM DTS B NIGHT (29) Lights up in NIGHT MODE. C SLEEP (30) Flashe s when the s[...]

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    16 GB Remote control Buttons for the operation of this stand A ?/1 (on/standby) B LEVEL Press to adju st the level of the ce nter si gnal and subwoofe r. This set ting is a pplied to a ll sound f ields. C AMP MENU (page 27) D C , X , x , c or Press C , X , x or c to select the se ttings. Then press to enter the selection . E MENU Press to preset a [...]

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    17 GB Pl ay b ack Op t i on s 1 Turn on t he TV and choos e a program. Refer t o the oper ating inst ructions of your TV fo r deta ils. 2 Turn the stand on. 3 Press INPUT SELECTOR +/– repeatedly until “TV” appears in th e front pane l display. 4 Adjust the volume by pressing VOLUME +/–. • The sound ma y be ou tput from the TV’s speaker.[...]

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    18 GB 4 For video components, change the TV’s input to the HDMI input you chose in step 3. For detail s, re fer to the operating instruct ions of your TV. 5 Adjust the vo lume by pressing VOLUM E +/–. • The sound may be output from the TV’ s speaker. In this case, t urn the volume of the T V’s spea ker dow n to minimum . • Even if you p[...]

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    19 GB T uner F unctions You can pr eset 20 F M sta tions . Be fore tuni ng, make sure to turn d own the vol ume to mini mum. 1 Press INPUT SELECTOR +/– repeatedly until “FM” appears in th e front pane l display. 2 Press and hold TUNING +/– until the auto scanning starts. Scann ing sto ps wh en the sy stem t unes in a station. “TUN ED” a[...]

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    20 GB To turn off the radio Press " / 1 to turn off the stan d. To chang e to anot her func tion, press INPUT SELECTOR +/–. To listen to non-preset radio stations Use manual or automatic tu ning in step 2. For ma nual tu ning, pres s TUNING +/– repeat edly. For automatic tuning, press and hold TUNING +/–. T he au tomat ic tunin g stop s [...]

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    21 GB T uner F unctions View ing the st ation n ame or freq uency in the fr ont pane l displ ay When the stan d is se t to “F M,” yo u can check the fre quenc y usi ng the fr ont pa nel dis play . Press DISPLAY. Each time you press DISPLAY, the st ation name and the fr equenc y alter nate in the front pa nel displa y. • The sta tion name is d[...]

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    22 GB Selecti ng the so und f ield This st and can cr eate m ulti-ch annel su rround sound. You can select one of stand’s optimi zed pre- prog rammed sound fie lds . Pres s SOUND FIELD +/ –. The p resent so und fiel d app ears in th e front panel disp lay. Each time you pre ss SOUND FIELD +/–, the disp lay chan ges cy clic ally as follow s: S[...]

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    23 GB “BRA VIA” Sync Features By conn ecting Sony co mponen ts that ar e compatible with “BRAVIA” Sync via an HDMI cable ( not supplied) , operation is simplifi ed as below : • One -Touch Pl ay (p age 24 ) • System Audio Co ntrol ( page 25) • Sy stem P owe r Off (p age 2 5) “BRAVIA” Sync is compatib le with Sony TVs, Blu-Ray Disc/[...]

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    24 GB If “COMPLETE” does not appear after performing the steps above Set the Control for HDMI fu nction to on for both the stand and th e connect ed com ponen t indi vidu all y. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x rep eate dly u ntil “SE T HDM I” appears, then press or c . 3 Press X / x repeated ly until “CTRL HDMI” appears, then press or c[...]

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    25 GB “BRA VIA” Sync Features You can en joy the TV sound fro m the spea kers of the stand by mea ns of a simp le operatio n. You can also ad just th e volume and turn off the sound of the stan d usin g the TV r emot e. For deta ils, refer to the operatin g instructi ons of th e TV. Press ?/1 to turn on th e stand. The so und is ou tput from th[...]

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    26 GB If a “BRAVIA” Sync- compatible TV is conn ected to the stand, a nd the T V is t urn ed off, HDMI sign al transmi ssion stops , and pow er consum ptio n is redu ced. The default setting is “ AUTO.” • This functio n is availa ble only when “CTRL HDMI” is set to “ON.” 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x rep eate dly u ntil “SE T [...]

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    27 GB Adv anced Settings Using t he AMP menu You can set the fo llowing it ems with AMP MENU on the remote . The defaul t settings a re underlined. * See ““B RAVIA” Sync Features ” (page 23). ** Th is setting a ppears only whe n “CTRL HD MI” is set to “ ON.” 1 Press AMP MENU to turn on th e AMP men u. 2 Press C / X / x / c repeatedl[...]

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    28 GB • These setti ngs are reta ined even if you disconnec t the AC power cord (main s lead) . The fol lowing p ages show details f or each setting. Setting the speaker level (CNT LEV EL, SW LE VE L) You ca n adjust the lev el and the bal ance of the speake r and subw oofer . 1 Select “LEVE L” in the AMP menu, th en press or c . 2 Selec t ?[...]

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    29 GB Adv anced Settings Enjoy ing multi plex broadc ast soun d (DUAL MONO ) You c an enj oy mu ltiple x broa dcast soun d whe n the sta nd recei ves an A C-3 mul tiplex br oadcast signal . • To recei ve an AC-3 signal, you need to conn ect a digital satell ite tun er to t he sta nd with an optic al ca ble or coaxia l cable, a nd set the di gital[...]

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    30 GB Changin g the d isplay set ting (DISPLAY) You c an chang e the di splay be havior of the f ront panel disp lay. 1 Select “S YSTEM” in th e AMP menu, then press o r c . 2 Select “ DISPL AY,” then press or c . 3 Select the setting. • ON : The displa y stay s turne d on. • OFF: The disp lay app ears for a few sec onds whe n you op er[...]

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    31 GB Additional I nfo rmation If you ex peri ence any o f the foll owi ng difficu lties while using the stand, use this troubles hootin g guide t o help re medy th e proble m before r equest ing repa irs. Sh ould any proble m persist, co nsult yo ur nearest Sony dealer . POWER The power is not turned on. • Check that th e AC power cord (mains le[...]

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    32 GB No sound or only a very low-level so und of the connected compone nt is heard from the stand. • Pre ss VO LUME + an d check the volu me level. • Press MUTING or VOLUME + to cancel the mutin g func tion. • Check that th e input source is c orrectly sele cted. • Check that all the cab les an d cords of the stand and the co nnected compo[...]

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    33 GB Additional I nfo rmation If “PROTECTOR” and “PUSH P OWER” appear alternately in the front panel displ ay. Pres s ?/1 to tu rn off t he stan d, and check th e following item after “STANDBY” disa ppears. • Is anythi ng bl ocki ng t he vent ila tion holes of the stand? After che cking the ab ove item and fi xing any proble ms, turn[...]

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    34 GB Formats su pporte d by th is stand Digital input fo rmats support ed by this stand ar e as f ollow s. * Lin ear PC M acc epts sampl ing f requ enci es of n o more than 48 kHz. Amplifier section Rated Output Power Stereo mode 75 W + 75 W, 4 ohms, 1 kHz, THD less than 1 % Referenc e Output Power Surround mode (per cha nnel) Front: 1 00 W + 100 [...]

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    35 GB Additional I nfo rmation Gene ral Power require ments 220 – 240 V, 50/60 Hz Power consumpt ion On: 80 W Active Standby (Power consumpt ion increases when the H DMI func tion is acti vated an d the TV conn ected to the stand i s turne d on, ev en if the st and is turned off.): 3. 5 W or less Standby: 0.3 W or less Dimension s (approx.) 1,000[...]

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    Sony Corporation Pr inted in Malaysia (1) A A/V SYNC 28 AMP menu 27 A UDIO DRC 28 AU T O S T B Y 30 B BA S S 28 “BRA VIA” Sync 23 C CNT LEVEL 28 Conne cting Blu-ra y Disc player 9 cable tele vision tuner 11 DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T adapter 12 D VD player 12 FM wire antenn a (aerial) 12 PlayStatio n 2 12 PlayStatio n 3 9 satellite tu ner 11 TV 9 vid[...]