Sony STR-DH700 manual

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    ©200 9 Son y Corp ora tion 4- 129- 783 - 42 (1 ) M ult i C ha nnel A V Rece iver Operating Inst ructions STR-DH 700[...]

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    2 GB T o reduc e the ri sk of fire or e l ec tr ic shock, do not expos e this app aratus to ra in o r m ois tur e. To reduce the risk o f fire, d o n o t cover the ve ntila tion open ing of th e a ppar atus wit h newsp apers, ta bleclot hs, curt ains, etc . Do not plac e the nak ed flame sour ces such as lighted can dles on the app aratus. Do no t [...]

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    3 GB Fo r custome rs in Eu rope and Australia This sym bol is i ntend ed to a lert the u ser to the pr esence of t he Hot Surf ace that may be hot if it i s tou ched duri ng the nor mal oper ation. About Thi s Manual • Th e in stru ct ions in th is man ual a re f or m odel S TR- D H70 0 . Ch ec k yo ur mode l nu m b er by look ing at the lower ri[...]

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    4 GB T able of Content s De scr ipti on a nd lo cat io n of part s ... .. ... ...... .. ... 6 Getting Started 1: In s talli ng th e spe ak ers .... .. ... ... ..... ... ... ..... . 16 2: C onn ect ing th e spe aker s ... ... ... ..... ... ... ..... . 1 7 3: C onn ect ing th e TV ......... .. ... ...... .. ... ...... .. . 1 9 4a: Conne ctin g the au[...]

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    5 GB Other Operatio n s S w it ching betwe en digi tal and anal og aud io ( INP UT M ODE ) .... .. ...... ... .. ...... ... 80 List enin g to di gita l so und from ot her input s ( DIGIT AL ASSI GN) ... .... . . . .. ... . .. . 81 Enjo ying the DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T (DM P OR T) ..... ... .. ...... ... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ... 8 2 Cha ngi ng t[...]

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    6 GB Des crip tion and l ocat ion of pa rts Front pane l ?/1 PHONES SPEAKERS INPUT SELECTOR INPUT MODE TUNING MODE MASTER VOLUME TONE MODE DISPLA Y DIMMER MUTING MEMORY/ ENTER 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F .D. MOVIE MUSIC TUNING TONE VIDEO L AUDIO R AUTO CAL MIC VIDEO 2 IN 9 q; qa qf qs 8 qd 13 24 5 6 qh qg 7 Name Functio n A ? / 1 (on /stan dby) Press t o tur[...]

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    7 GB Name Function L 2CH/ A.DIRECT Press to select a sound field ( pa ge 55 , 57) . A.F .D. MO V IE MUSIC M TUNING MODE Pr ess to op erat e a tuner (FM / A M) (p a ge 61). TUNING +/– MEMOR Y/ ENT ER N INP UT MOD E Pre ss to se lec t the inp ut mode when the same co mponents are conn ected to bo t h digit al and anal og jacks (pa ge 80). O PH ONES[...]

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    8 GB About t he indicators on the display SW LFE SP A SP B LC SL S P L IIx OPT HDMI DTS -ES RDS 96/2 4 MEMORY MONO SLEEP ST D.RANGE S-AI R COAX NEO:6 SB SBL R SR SBR DEX 1 2 3 4 5 7 qd q; qa qs 9 8 6 Name Functi on A SW Li ghts up when s ubwoofe r se l e ction is set to “YES” (p age 50) and the audio s igna l is out put f ro m th e SUB WO OF ER[...]

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    9 GB Name Func t ion E DTS(-ES ) indi ca tors DTS DTS-ES DTS 96/ 24 Light up when DTS or DTS-ES sign als are inp ut. Ligh ts u p wh en the receiv er is de coding DTS sign als. Ligh ts u p wh en the receiv er is de coding DTS -ES sign als. Ligh ts u p wh en the receiv er is de coding DTS 96/ 24 (96 kHz/ 24 b it) signal s. Note When p laying a DTS fo[...]

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    10 GB Name Functi on M Play ba ck ch ann el indic ato rs L R C SL SR S SBL SBR SB The letter s ( L, C, R, e tc. ) in dicate th e channels bei ng pl ayed back . The box es arou nd the lett er s vary to sho w how th e re ceiver do wnmixes t he source so und (based on the s peaker settin gs). Fr ont Lef t Fr ont Rig ht Ce nt er ( mon a ur al ) Surroun[...]

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    11 GB Rear panel 5 6 6 8 7 1 2 3 4 L R DIGIT AL (ASSIGNABLE) DC5V 0.7A MAX HDMI ANTENNA DMPORT SAT IN SAT IN DVD IN BD IN OUT AM Y P B / C B COMPONENT VIDEO OUT IN P R / C R DVD IN VIDEO 1 IN MONITOR OUT SA-CD / CD / CD-R VIDEO 1 IN TV TV AUDIO IN VIDEO IN SA T AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT IN OPTICAL AUDIO IN VIDEO IN SUBWOOFER MONITOR A[...]

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    12 GB * Y ou can watc h the selected inpu t image when y ou connect the M ONITOR OUT or HDMI OUT jack to a TV or pr ojecto r (p age 19). You c a n u se th e s upplied RM-AAU023 Remo te C omma nder to op erat e the rec eiver and to co ntrol the Sony audi o/vid eo com ponent s that the r emote is ass igned t o op erate ( page 88). F AUDI O INPUT/OUTP[...]

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    13 GB Name Functio n A TV ? / 1 (o n/s tandb y) Pres s TV ? / 1 and TV ( O ) a t the s ame time to turn the TV on o r off . AV ? / 1 (o n/s tandb y) Pr ess to turn o n or off the Sony aud io/ video com ponents that t he re mote is assign ed to oper ate (p age 88 ). If y ou pr ess ? / 1 ( B ) at the sam e tim e, it w ill tu rn off th e receive r and[...]

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    14 GB Name Function M M ENU/HOME Pre ss to dis play the me nu of the VCR, DVD player, sat ellite tu ner or B l u -ray dis c playe r on t he T V scr een. Press MENU/HOME and TV ( O ) at the same ti me t o displ ay the TV ’s menu. Then, use V , v , B , b and ( Q ) to perform men u ope r a t io ns. N . / > b) Pre ss to skip a tr ack of th e CD pl[...]

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    15 GB a) The num ber 5, TV V OL +, MA STER V OL + and H but tons have tacti le d ots . Use the ta ctile dot s as refer ences when op eratin g the recei ver . b) Th is b utt on is a lso av ai lab le f or D IGIT AL ME DI A POR T adapt er op eratio n. Fo r d etails on t he func tion of the button, refe r to t he operat ing instructions supplied wi th [...]

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    16 GB 1 : Instal ling th e sp eakers This re cei ver all ows yo u to use a 7. 1 channe l sy st em (7 s pea ke rs an d one s ub woo f er ). To full y enjoy t heate r-like mul ti channe l surro und s ound r equir es f ive speak ers ( two front speake rs, a ce nter sp eak er, an d two surro und spea kers) and a su bwoo fer (5.1 channe l). Exam ple o f[...]

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    17 GB Gett i ng Started 2: Co nnect ing t he spea ke rs Be fore conne cting the cord s, b e sur e t o d iscon nect the AC po wer c ord ( mains lead ). A Front speake r A (l eft) B Front speake r A (ri ght) C Cente r speak er D Surr ound s peaker (l eft) E Surr ound spe aker (r ight ) F Surr ound bac k speake r (lef t) a)b)c) G Surr ound bac k speak[...]

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    18 GB a) If you co nnect onl y one surr ound back sp eaker, connect it to the S PE AK ERS SURROUND BA CK/B I- AMP/F RON T B L term in als . b) If you are n ot u sing surr ound ba ck speaker , a nd yo u h a ve a n ad di ti ona l fr o nt sp ea ke r s y ste m , conne ct the add ition al front speaker syst em to th e SPEAKERS SURROUND B ACK/BI-AMP/ FRO[...]

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    19 GB Gett i ng Started 3: Co nnect ing t he T V Yo u can watch the sel ected input image when you connec t the HDMI OUT or M ONITOR OUT j ack to a TV. It i s not nec essar y to conne ct a ll t he cor ds. Conne ct audi o and vide o cords ac cording t o the jac ks of your compon ents. Before connect ing th e cords, be sure to disco nnect the A C pow[...]

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    20 GB Notes • Be sur e to turn on t he recei ver when the v i deo and audi o signals of a playb ack compon ent are being outp ut to a TV vi a t he r eceiver. Unless the pow er is turn ed o n, n eith er v ide o nor audi o s ignals w ill be tran smitte d. • When conne cting opt ical di gital co rds, inse r t t he plug s st raigh t in un til th ey[...]

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    21 GB Gett i ng Started 4b: C onnect ing th e video com ponen ts This sec tion describ es ho w to connec t yo ur vide o compon ents to t his rece iver . Before y ou begi n, ref er to “Comp onent to be co nnecte d” bel ow for the page s which des crib e how to conn ect eac h componen t. Be fore conne cting the cord s, b e sur e t o d iscon nect [...]

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    22 GB HD M I is the abbr ev iate d n am e fo r Hig h- De fi niti o n Multi me di a Inte rf ace . It is a n inte rface whic h tr ansmit s vi deo a nd aud io signa ls in di gital format . Notes • Be sure to ch ange the factory se tting of the DVD inpu t butto n on the remo te so that yo u can use the button to control y our DVD play er. For d etail[...]

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    23 GB Gett i ng Started HDMI features • A digi tal aud io signa l trans mit ted by HDMI can b e out put from t he s peake rs c onnect to th is rec eiv er . T his si gnal su ppor ts Do lby Digit al, DTS, and Li near PCM. • This r ecei ve r support s xvYCC t ransmi ssion . • This re cei ver s upport s the Cont rol fo r HDMI fun c tion . Fo r de[...]

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    24 GB The foll owing i llustr ation shows h ow to connect a DVD player or a Blu-ray dis c player. It is no t neces sary t o conn ect all th e cords. Connect audio an d video co rds acc ordin g to th e jacks of you r compo nents . Notes • Be su re t o ch ange the factory setting o f the DVD inpu t b utto n on the remo te so that you can use the bu[...]

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    25 GB Gett i ng Started Th e follow ing illu stra tion sh ows how to conn ect a sat elli te tuner o r a set-to p box. It i s not nec essar y to conne ct a ll t he cor ds. Conne ct audi o and vide o cords ac cording t o the jac ks of your compon ents. Notes • When co nnectin g opti cal digita l cords, inse rt the plug s st raigh t in un til th ey [...]

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    26 GB The foll owing i llustr ation shows h ow to con nect a co m p onent whi ch has an alog ja cks such as a DVD r ecorder , VCR, etc. It is n ot n ecessa ry t o con nect all the cord s. Conn ect audio a nd video cord s accordi ng to the j acks of yo ur com ponent s. Connecting co m ponents w it h analog video and audio jack VIDEO L AUDIO R AUT O [...]

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    27 GB Gett i ng Started Notes • B e s ure t o ch ange th e fa ctory settin g of the VIDEO 1 in put bu t ton o n t h e remote so t hat you can u se the butt on to control y our DVD rec order. F or det ai ls, see “C ha ngi ng bu tt on as si gn m ent s” (pag e 8 8 ). • You can als o rename th e V IDE O 1 inpu t so tha t it can be disp l a yed [...]

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    28 GB 6: Pre par ing th e re ceiv er and th e remot e Conn ect the AC po wer cord (mai ns lead) to a wa ll ou tlet. Be fore us ing th e re cei ve r for th e firs t tim e, init ia li ze t h e re ce ive r b y p erf or min g t he foll owing pr ocedur e. This pro cedur e can als o be used to retu rn sett ings you hav e made to thei r fact ory def aults[...]

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    29 GB Gett i ng Started In sert two R6 ( size- AA) ba tter ies in th e RM-AAU023 Remot e Comma nder . Ob serve the co rrec t polar ity wh en ins tallin g batt er ies . Notes • Do not leave t he remote in an ex trem ely hot or humid pl ace. • Do not use a new ba ttery wi th old one s. • D o not m ix ma nganese b atte ries and othe r ki nds of [...]

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    30 GB 8: Ca libr at in g th e a ppropri ate set ting s a uto m ati ca lly (A UTO C AL IB RA T IO N) The DCAC ( Dig ital Cinem a Aut o Ca libr atio n) fun c tion al low s you t o pe rfo rm au to ma tic cali bra tion such as: • Che cking the c onnect ion b etween each spe ak er a n d the re ce iver. • Adjus ting t he speak er le ve l. • Mea sur[...]

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    31 GB Gett i ng Started 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press AUTO CAL. Mea s urem ent st arts in 5 se c ond s an d the d i s play ch anges as fol lo ws: A. CAL [5 ] t A.CAL [4] t A. CA L [3 ] t A.CAL [2] t A.CAL [1] Wh ile th e tim e is co un ting down , sta nd away fr om th e m e asu re men t ar ea t o avoi d me asure ment e rror . 3 Measu remen t starts. Th[...]

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    32 GB Tips • Whe n Au to Ca libra tion starts : – Stand so me dist ance from the spe ake rs a nd the l is ten in g po s iti on to avo id m eas u re me nt fai lu re . This is becau se test sign als are out put from the speaker s durin g measurem ent. – A void mak ing noise t o get a more acc urate measure ment. • The Auto Cali brati on fu nc[...]

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    33 GB Gett i ng Started T o change the set tings manua lly 1 Record do wn the w arning co de. 2 Press . 3 Press ? / 1 t o turn of f the re cei ver . 4 Foll ow the sol uti on pr ovide d in the “W ar ning co des and solut ions” bel ow . 5 Tur n on t h e re ce iver and p erf or m A u to Calib rati on agai n (page 31). W arning c ode s and s olutio[...]

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    34 GB 9: Adj usti ng the sp eaker lev els and balanc e (TEST TONE) You can ad just t h e spe aker l evel s and bal ance whi le liste ning to the t est to ne from you r list en ing p ositi on. Tip The recei ver emplo ys a test tone wit h a freque ncy center ed at 800 H z. 1 Press AM P ME NU. “1-LEV EL” appear s on the di splay . 2 Press or b to [...]

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    35 GB Pl ayb a ck Select ing a co m ponent 1 Press the i nput button to selec t a compo nent. Yo u can also use INPU T SELECTOR on the re ce ive r. T he sele cted i nput ap pears on th e displ ay. * “SA-C D/CD/C D-R” scro lls a cros s the disp lay, the n “SA-CD/CD” ap pears. 2 Turn o n the component and start playback. 3 Pre ss MAST ER VOL [...]

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    36 GB You ca n enter a name of u p to 8 cha racte rs for input s and dis play it on the re ceiver’ s displ ay. Thi s is conv enient for la belin g the ja cks wi th th e names of t he connec ted com ponen ts. 1 Press the input bu tton to select the input you w ant to create an index name for. You can a lso use INP UT SELECTOR on th e recei ver. 2 [...]

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    37 GB Pl ayb a ck List ening/ Watchi ng a com pone nt Listening to a Super Audio CD/CD ?/1 PHONES SPEAKERS INPUT SELECTOR INPUT MODE TUNING MODE MASTER VOLUME TONE MODE DISPLAY DIMMER MUTING MEMORY/ ENTER 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D . MOVIE MUSIC TUNING TONE VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO L AUDIO R AUTO CAL MIC 123 46 78 0/10 ENTER 9 SYSTEM STANDBY TV INPUT SLEEP DMPORT[...]

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    38 GB Wa tching a DVD/ Blu-ray disc ?/1 PHONES SPEAKERS INPUT SELECTOR INPUT MODE TUNING MODE MASTER VOLUME TONE MODE DISPLAY DIMMER MUTING MEMORY/ ENTER 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D . MOVIE MUSIC TUNING TONE VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO L AUDIO R AUTO CAL MIC 123 46 78 0/10 ENTER 9 SYSTEM STANDBY TV INPUT SLEEP DMPORT VIDEO1 VIDEO2 BD DVD 2CH A.F.D. RETURN/EXIT TV CH [...]

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    39 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Na vigat ing th roug h menus By u sing the ampl ifie r menus, you ca n make v arious ad justme nts t o cust omize t he rec eiver . 1 Press AMP MENU. “1- LEVEL” appea rs on the dis play. 2 Press V / v repea tedly to selec t the menu you wan t. 3 Press or b to e nter the menu. 4 Press V / v repea tedly to selec t t[...]

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    40 GB The f ollo wing opti ons a re av aila ble in each menu. For de tails on na vig atin g thr ough menus , see page 39. Overview of the menus Me nu [Display] Parameters [ Disp lay] Setting s Initial setti ng LEVE L [1-LEVE L] (p age 44) Test t one a) [T. TONE] T. TONE N, T. TONE Y T. TONE N Fron t speaker balan ce a) [FRT BAL ] BAL. L +1 to BAL. [...]

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    41 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Men u [Display] Pa r am ete rs [Display] Settin gs Initial setting TUNER [4-TUNER] (pag e 47) FM station re ceiving mode a) [F M MODE] FM AUTO, F M M ONO FM AUTO Naming pres et sta tions a) [NAME IN ] For det ai ls, see “Naming pre set stat ions” (pag e 64). AUDIO [5-AUDIO] (pag e 48) Digi tal audi o inpu t de co[...]

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    42 GB Me nu [Display] Pa ra m et e rs [Display] Sett ings In itial setti ng SYSTEM [7-SYSTEM] (p age 50) Subw oofer a) [SW SPK] NO, YES YES Fr ont spea kers a) [FRT SPK] SMALL, LARGE LARGE Ce nt er s pea k e r a) [CNT SPK] NO, SMALL, LARGE LARGE Sur round spea kers a) [SUR SPK] NO, SMALL, LARGE LARGE Sur round bac k speakers a) [SB SPK] NO, SINGLE,[...]

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    43 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s a) For details, refer t o the page in the parenthese s . b) You can only sel ect this para meter when the surro und back sp eakers are set to “SINGLE”. c) You ca n only select this parameter when th e surround back speakers are set t o “DUAL”. d) “AUDIO FOR HDMI” and “CONT ROL F OR HDM I” scro l l ac [...]

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    44 GB Ad ju st ing t he l ev el (LEVEL menu) You ca n use the LEVEL menu to ad just the balan ce and lev el o f each sp eaker. These sett ings ar e appli ed to all so und fie lds. Selec t “1-LEVEL” in th e ampl ifier menu s. For detai ls on adj usti ng the param ete rs, see “Nav igat ing thr ough menus” (pa ge 39) and “Ove rview of the me[...]

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    45 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Adjust ing th e equali zer (EQ menu) Yo u can us e the EQ menu to adj ust the ton al q ualit y (bas s/tr eble l evel) of th e front spe ak ers . S elect “2- EQ” in the ampli fier menus . For deta il s o n adju s ting t he p ara m ete rs , se e “Navi gating th rough men us” (page 39) a nd “Over view of t he [...]

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    46 GB By decodi ng the sur round bac k signal of D VD so ftw are ( etc. ) re cord ed in Do l by D igit al Surrou nd EX, DTS-ES Matri x, DTS - ES Discr ete 6.1 , etc., for m a t, you can enj oy the surro und sound int ended b y the f ilmmak ers. Selec t the surround back decod ing m ode using “SB DEC” on t he SUR menu (pag e 45). T ype s of the [...]

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    47 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Notes • T h ere may be no so und fro m th e sur round back speaker in Dolby Digital EX mode. Some discs have no Dol by Digit al Surrou nd EX flag ev en thoug h the package s have Dolby D igit al EX lo gos. In this cas e, select “SB ON”. • You can sele ct the surro und back de coding mode only whe n A.F.D. mod[...]

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    48 GB Se tt in gs f or th e aud io (AUDIO menu) You can use the AUDIO menu to ma ke sett ings fo r the aud io to sui t your pref erenc e. Select “5-AUDI O” i n the a mplifie r me nus. Fo r detai ls on adj usti ng the param ete rs, see “Nav igat ing thr ough menus” (pa ge 39) and “Ove rview of the me nus” (page 40 ). AUDIO menu paramet e[...]

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    49 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Sett ings for th e HD MI (HDMI menu ) Y ou ca n use th e HDMI me nu to ma ke v ariou s a djust ments f or HDMI. Sel ec t “6-H DM I” in th e amp lifie r men u s. For deta il s o n adju s ting t he p ara m ete rs , se e “Na vigati ng thro ugh menu s” (pag e 39) and “Ove rvie w of the me nus ” (p age 40 ). H[...]

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    50 GB Se ttings f or th e syst em (SYSTEM menu ) Yo u c an u s e the S Y STE M me nu to se t the si ze and dis tance of the spea kers c onnect ed to t his syste m. Selec t “7-SY STEM” in th e amplif ier m enus. Fo r deta il s on ad ju sti ng t he p a ram ete rs , s e e “Nav igat ing thr ough menus” (pa ge 39) and “Ove rview of the me nus?[...]

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    51 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s x SB SPK (Su rroun d back speakers) Whe n the sur round sp eaker s are set to “NO” , the su r ro und back sp eak er s ar e al so auto ma ti call y se t to “ NO” a nd th e se tt ing cann ot be chan ged. •N O If you ha ve not conne cted a su rround b ack sp eaker , selec t “NO” . •S I N G L E If you co [...]

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    52 GB W ith two surround b ac k spea kers (The angle B should be the same) x CNT DI ST . (Cen ter speaker distance) Lets you s et t he di stance from your lis tenin g posit ion to the ce nter spea ker. x S L DIST . (Surround left sp eaker distance) x SR D IST. (Sur rou n d rig ht speaker distance) Lets you s et t he di stance from your lis tenin g [...]

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    53 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s x SUR PO S. (Surround speaker po sition) Lets you sp ecif y the l ocation of you r sur round spea kers for pr oper imp leme ntat ion of the sur r ound e f fects in t he CINE M A STUDIO EX mod es (p age 58) . Thi s setu p item is not av ailabl e when the sur round sp eaker s are set to “N O” (page 42 ). • BEHD/H[...]

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    54 GB Cali brating th e a ppropri ate set ting s a uto m ati ca lly (A. CA L menu) Fo r deta il s on A uto Calib r at ion, see “8: Cal ibrat ing the appr opri ate set tin gs automaticall y (AUTO CALIBRATI ON) ” (p age 30 ). Sett ings for th e S-AIR (S. AIR menu) Fo r detai ls on S-AIR , see “S-A IR Oper atio ns” (pag e 71).[...]

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    55 GB Enjo ying Sur round Sound Enjoy ing Do lby Digi ta l and DTS Sur roun d sound (A UTO FO RMA T DIRE CT) The Aut o Fo rma t Di re ct (A.F .D .) mo de a ll ows you to li st en to h igh er fi deli ty s ou nd a nd s e lect the decodi ng mode f or li sten ing to a 2 channel ste reo sou nd as multi channe l sound. Press A.F.D. repeatedly to select t[...]

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    56 GB Types of A.F.D. m ode * Y ou canno t sel ect thi s decodi ng mode if the sur round back s peakers are set to “NO” . A.F .D . mode [Display] Multi cha nnel au dio aft er decod ing Effect A.F.D. AUT O [A.F .D. A UTO] (Detect ing autom atic ally) Pr esents the sou nd as it was reco rded/en coded w ithout a dding any s urround ef fec t s. How[...]

  • Page 57

    57 GB Enjo ying Sur round Sound If you connect a subwoofer Thi s rece ive r will g ene rate a lo w fre que nc y sig nal fo r outpu t to th e subwoof er when the re is no LFE sig nal, which is a low-pa ss soun d eff ect ou tput fro m a sub woofer to a 2 ch annel sig nal. Howe ver, t he l ow fr equency sig nal is not gener ated f or “ N EO 6 CIN”[...]

  • Page 58

    58 GB Types of s ound field available * Y ou can only sel ect thi s sound f i e l d if th e headphones are connec ted to the rec eiver. Sound f ield for So und f iel d [Display] Effect Movie CINEMA STUDIO EX A DCS [C .ST. EX A] Rep roduc es the soun d charac teris tics of the Sony P ictu res Ente rtainment “Cary Grant T heat er” cinema pr oduct[...]

  • Page 59

    59 GB Enjo ying Sur round Sound Notes • T h e ef f ect s p rovide d by the virt ual speak ers may cause incre ased no ise i n the playbac k signal. • W he n l is tenin g with sound f ields t hat empl oy the virt ual spe akers , y ou wi ll not b e ab le to he ar a ny soun d coming direct ly from t he su rround sp eakers. • T hi s f u ncti on d[...]

  • Page 60

    60 GB Lis tenin g to the soun d wit hou t any adj ustm ent (A NA LO G DIR E CT) You ca n swit ch the audi o of the selec t e d input to two cha nnel ana log in put. This fu ncti on enabl es yo u to enjo y hig h qual ity anal og sou rces. When using this f uncti on, on ly the v olume a nd front speake r balan ce can be ad just ed. 1 Tur n INP UT SE [...]

  • Page 61

    61 GB T uner Opera tions List ening t o FM/AM rad io Yo u can l isten to FM and AM broadc asts thr ough the buil t-in tu ner. Bef ore ope ration, ma ke sure yo u have conn ected the FM and AM an tenn a s (a er ials ) to t he re ce ive r ( pag e 28) . Tip The tuning scale for di rect t uning diffe rs depe nding on t he area code as s hown in t he fo[...]

  • Page 62

    62 GB En te r the frequ e ncy of a st atio n di rec tly by using the nume ric bu ttons. 1 Press TUNER re peatedly to select the FM or AM band. You can a lso use INP UT SELECTOR on th e recei ver. 2 Press D.TUNING. 3 Press the n umeric bu tt o ns to enter the frequ ency. Examp l e 1: FM 102.50 MHz Selec t 1 b 0 b 2 b 5 b 0 Examp le 2: AM 1,35 0 kH z[...]

  • Page 63

    63 GB T uner Opera tions Preset ting FM/ AM ra dio stat ion s Yo u can pr eset up to 30 FM st ations an d 3 0 AM st ation s. Then you can easi ly tun e in the sta tions you often li sten to. 1 Press TUNER repeatedly to select the F M or AM band. Yo u can also use INPU T SELECTOR on the re ce ive r. 2 Tune in the station that yo u want to p reset us[...]

  • Page 64

    64 GB 1 Press TUNER re peatedly to select the FM or AM band. You can a lso use INP UT SELECTOR on th e recei ver. 2 Tun e in the preset statio n you want to create an inde x n ame for (p age 63). 3 Press AM P ME NU. “1-LEV EL” appear s on the di splay . 4 Press V / v repeated ly to select “4-TUNER”. 5 Press or b to enter the menu. 6 Press V[...]

  • Page 65

    65 GB T uner Opera tions Usin g th e Ra dio Dat a Sy stem ( RDS) (Models of a rea code CEL, CEK only) This rec eiver also al lows you t o use RDS (R adio D ata Sys tem ), whic h ena bles ra dio sta tions to send ad ditiona l info rmatio n along wi t h the regu lar pr ogram signa l. Yo u can d ispla y RDS inf or mation . Notes • R DS is ope rab le[...]

  • Page 66

    66 GB What is “BRA VIA” Sy nc? “BRAVIA” Sync is co mpatible wi t h So ny TV, Blu-ray Disc/DVD player, AV amplifier , etc., that is equippe d with the Cont rol for HDMI func tion. By conne cting So ny compone nts that ar e compatible with the “BRAVIA” Syn c wi th an HDMI ca bl e (no t suppl ied), operat ion is sim plifi ed as fol lows: ?[...]

  • Page 67

    67 GB “BRA VIA” Syn c Features Note Dep ending on t he conne cted comp onent , the Control for HDMI function m ay not work . Refer to the ope ratin g instru ctio ns of the comp onen t. Prepa rin g for the “BRA VIA” Sync To use th e “B RA VI A” S yn c, tu rn the Co ntro l f or HDM I fu nc t ion on for bo th the re ce ive r and the con ne[...]

  • Page 68

    68 GB When your TV is not compatib le wi th th e “ Con trol for HD MI-E asy Setting” f unction T urn th e Con trol f or HDM I f unction of t he recei ver a nd the con necte d component on i ndi vidu a ll y . 1 Perf orm the st eps gi ven in “ When yo ur TV is compat ible wi th the “Contr ol for HDMI-Ea sy Setting” funct ion” (pag e 67 ) [...]

  • Page 69

    69 GB “BRA VIA” Syn c Features W atc hing a D VD (One-T ouch Play) Yo u can enjoy sou nd and image from the co mponent s co nnect ed to the rece iver via HDMI co nnectio ns by a simpl e opera tion. Play back a connected compon ent. Th e re ceiver and the TV wil l s witch to the a ppropr iate HDMI inpu t automa tica lly. In c ase th e rece iv er[...]

  • Page 70

    70 GB Notes • If Sys te m Au di o Con tro l do e s not func t ion acc ording to you r TV s etti ng, r efer t o the op eratin g inst ruc tion s of th e TV . • When “CONT R OL FOR HDMI” is se t to “CTRL ON” , the “AU DI O FO R HDM I” s etti ngs i n the HDM I men u will set automa ti cally dep endin g on the Sy stem Au dio Contr ol set[...]

  • Page 71

    71 GB S-AI R Operations Notes • Set the TV St andby Synch ro to “O N” befor e using the S yst e m Power Off fun ction. For details, refer to the opera t ing ins tructio ns of the TV. • Depending on th e stat us, the con nected comp onents may not be turned of f. For det ails, refer to the op eratin g instruct ions of t he connected componen[...]

  • Page 72

    72 GB Setting up a n S-AI R produc t Befor e using an S-AI R p r od uct, be sur e to per form the f ol low ing set tin gs to e s tabl is h th e so und t ransmi ssio n. To ma ke use of the S-AIR fun ctio n, you need to in s ert th e wir eles s t ran smi tte r (n ot sup pl ied ) into th e S-A IR ma in u n it and the wi rele ss tran s ceiv e r (no t s[...]

  • Page 73

    73 GB S-AI R Operations To inse r t the w irele ss trans mi tter into the S-AI R m ain unit 1 Remove the sc rews and detach t he slot co ver. Notes • Re move th e screws f rom th e slot cov er bea ring the cauti on mark. Do no t remo ve other scr ews. • T he slo t co ver is no longer necess ary. Howev er, keep it af ter detachi ng. 2 I nsert th[...]

  • Page 74

    74 GB When you ma tch the ID o f t he S- A IR main unit and t he S- AIR su b uni t , y ou can establ ish sou nd t r ansmi ssion . You can use mult iple S-AI R m ain unit by sett ing a diff erent ID for each uni t. To se t th e ID o f the S -AI R ma in unit 1 Press AMP MENU. “1- LEVEL” appea rs on the dis play. 2 Press V / v repea t ed l y to se[...]

  • Page 75

    75 GB S-AI R Operations To est abli sh sound tra nsmiss ion, yo u nee d to set the sa me ID for your S- AIR m ain unit a nd S-AI R sub unit . Ho wever, if yo ur neighbor s have S- AIR p roducts an d their IDs are t he sam e as yours , your nei ghbors coul d re ceive the sound of your S-AI R main unit or vice versa. To p revent th i s, you c an pa i[...]

  • Page 76

    76 GB 8 Press V / v repeated ly to select the se tting you want , then press . • S TA RT: Th e S-A I R m ain un it st arts pair ing. “SEARCH” f lashe s on t h e dis play. • ST A T US: You can che ck the cu rrent ID . When the pa irin g sett ing is not ma de , “NO PA IR” appe ar s on the dis play. 9 St art pai ring of the S -AIR su b uni[...]

  • Page 77

    77 GB S-AI R Operations Notes • When yo u are usi ng another S-AIR sub un it, such as a su r ro und ampl i f ier , do no t change the ID of th e S- AIR m ain un it. Se t th e ID of the S-A IR r eceiver to matc h th e ID of the S-A IR main unit. • When yo u pair the S-A IR main uni t and anoth er S-AIR su b unit, suc h as a s urroun d amp lifier[...]

  • Page 78

    78 GB Chang ing t he chan nel for be tter so und tra nsmissi on If y ou us e mu ltip le wi re less syst ems whic h shari ng the 2. 4 GHz band, su ch as wirel ess LAN or Bluetoot h, t he trans missi on of S-AI R produc ts o r ot her wi reless sys tems ma y be unsta ble. In thi s case, yo u ma y improve the tran smis sion b y chang ing the “RF SETU[...]

  • Page 79

    79 GB S-AI R Operations Enjoy ing the S-AIR re ceiv er wh ile the S -AIR m ain u nit is i n s tan d by mode (For the S- AIR r eceiver only ( not suppli ed)) You ca n enj oy t h e S- AIR re ceiv e r whi le the S-AI R main u nit is in sta ndby mod e by s etting “STANDBY” to “STBY ON”. 1 Press AMP MENU. “1- LEVEL” appea rs on the dis play.[...]

  • Page 80

    80 GB Swit chin g betwee n digi tal an d analog audio (I NPU T MO DE) When yo u conne ct compon ents t o both dig ital and anal og audi o inp ut jack s on the re ceive r, you can fi x the aud io inpu t mode to ei ther of them , or swi t ch fro m one to t he ot her, depend ing on the typ e of mater ial you int end to watch . 1 Tur n INP UT SE LECT O[...]

  • Page 81

    81 GB Other Oper at ions List ening t o digit al soun d f rom ot her i npu ts (DIG IT AL ASSIGN) Yo u can r eassi gn digita l audio inp ut that has OPTICAL or COAXIAL (SAT IN, DVD IN) sig nals t o a nothe r input when t hey are no t cur rentl y being used . F or exampl e, to out put th e sound so urce fo r the DVD player using the OPTICAL IN jack o[...]

  • Page 82

    82 GB E njoyi ng t he DIG IT AL MEDIA PO RT (DMPOR T) The DIGITAL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) allo ws you to enj oy sound an d image fr om a netw ork syst em s uch as a port able audi o/vi deo sou r c e or comput er. By connecting a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapt er ( not s uppli ed), you can e njoy sound and image fro m the conne cted compone nt on th e recei v[...]

  • Page 83

    83 GB Other Oper at ions Y ou can lis ten to the s ound and vi ew the im ages fr om the com ponen t connec ted thr o ugh th e DIGIT AL M EDIA POR T adapter to th e DM P OR T jac k on the re cei ver . To deta ch the DIGITAL MEDI A PORT ada pt er from DMPORT ja ck P ress and h old bot h sid es of the co nnecto r a nd the n p ull out the conn ector . [...]

  • Page 84

    84 GB 1 Pre ss DMPORT. You can also u s e t h e INPUT SELECT OR on th e r ec eiv er to se lect “ DM PO RT ”. 2 Start p layback o f the con nected compo nent. The soun d is pl ayed bac k on the rec eiver and the i mage appe ars on the TV. Fo r deta il s, r ef er to th e ope ra ting ins tr uct io ns su ppli ed with the D IGI T AL MEDIA PORT adapt[...]

  • Page 85

    85 GB Other Oper at ions Usin g the Slee p Ti m er Yo u can s et the r eceiv er to tur n off auto ma ti call y a t a s p ecif ie d ti me. Press SLEEP rep eatedly wh ile th e po we r is o n. Each time you press SLEEP, the di spla y c hanges cycl ical ly a s fo llows: 2- 00-00 t 1 -30-0 0 t 1-00 -00 t 0- 30 - 00 t OFF Whe n sleep time r i s bei ng us[...]

  • Page 86

    86 GB 1 Press o ne of the i n put buttons to select the playback compo nent. You can a lso use INP UT SELECTOR on th e recei ver. 2 Prepare the playb ack compo nent for p laying. For e xamp le, in sert the vide o tape you want to c opy i nt o the VCR. 3 Prep are the recordin g compo nent. In sert a blan k video t ape, etc. into t he recor ding co m[...]

  • Page 87

    87 GB Other Oper at ions To se t up speakers 1 Press AMP MENU. “1- LEVEL” appea rs on the dis play. 2 Press V / v repea tedly to selec t “ 7 - SYSTEM” . 3 Press or b to e nter the menu. 4 Press V / v repea tedly to selec t “SB SP K”. 5 Press or b to e nter the para meter. 6 Press V / v repea tedly to selec t “NO ”. 7 Press B . 8 Pre[...]

  • Page 88

    88 GB Chang ing b utton as sign men ts You ca n change t he factor y sett ings of the in put butt on s to suit the com ponen ts in you r syste m. For examp l e , if you conne ct a DVD recor der to t he VI DEO 1 jack s on the rece iver, you can se t t he VIDEO 1 butto n on th is re m o te to control the DVD recorder. Note You can not change t he set[...]

  • Page 89

    89 GB Using the Remot e/Addition al Informatio n Glos sa r y x Ci nema Studi o EX A surr ound s ound m ode that can be r egar ded as t he co mp ilati o n of Di gi tal C inema S ou nd tec hnolog y, de livers the sound of a dub bing the ater us ing thr ee technol ogie s: “Vir tual Mul ti Dimen sions”, “ Screen D epth Ma tc hi ng” , an d “C [...]

  • Page 90

    90 GB x Dolb y Pro Logic I I x Technol ogy f or 7 .1 c hannel (or 6 .1 c hannel ) playba ck. Al ong wit h audi o encod ed in Do lby Digit al Surr ound EX, 5.1 cha nnel Dol by Dig ital e ncoded audi o can be repro duced in 7.1 cha nnel (o r 6.1 cha nnel) . Further m o re, exist ing st ereo re corde d conten t can al so be r epr od u ced in 7. 1 ch a[...]

  • Page 91

    91 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n x Sam pli ng f re quenc y To conv ert anal og audio to digit al, an alog da t a shou ld be quan tifi ed. Thi s process is ca lled sam pling, a nd the num ber of tim es per sec ond the a nalog data is qua ntif i e d is c alled the sam p li ng f re q uen cy . A s ta n dard m us ic CD sto res dat a quantif ied at 44,1[...]

  • Page 92

    92 GB On pl acem ent • Pl ace th e rece iv er in a locat ion wit h adequ ate ve nti lat io n to pr even t he at bui ld up a nd prol ong t he l ife of the rece iv er . • Do no t place the rec eiv er ne ar heat sour ces, or in a pl ace sub ject to di rect sunl ight, exce ss ive dus t, o r mec ha nic al sh ock . • Do no t place an ythin g on top[...]

  • Page 93

    93 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n T roubl eshoo ting If yo u e xperien ce any of the fo llowi ng diff ic ulti es wh il e u si ng t h e re ce ive r, use t his tro ubles hooti ng guide to he lp you re medy the pr obl em . There i s no sound, no matt er whi ch co m ponent is s elected , or only a very low-leve l sound is heard. • Ch eck that the spe[...]

  • Page 94

    94 GB There i s sever e hum or noise. • Chec k that t he speak ers and com ponent s are conn ected sec urely . • Chec k that the connect ing co rds ar e awa y from a t rans former or moto r, and at le ast 3 mete rs away f rom a TV set or flu ores cent li ght. • Move you r audio c omponent s away fr om th e TV. • The pl ugs and jack s are di[...]

  • Page 95

    95 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n There i s no pict ure or an unclear pict ure appears on th e TV screen. • Se lect the approp riat e input using the input but t ons . • Se t your TV to t h e appro priat e input m ode. • Mov e your audi o compone nts away fro m the T V. • Dependin g o n the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapt er, vide o output m ay no[...]

  • Page 96

    96 GB The TV’ s remote ca nnot be used to contr ol the connected com ponent when using the Contr ol for HDMI functi on. • Chan ge the in put o f the re ceive r to the HDMI i npu t co nnect ed to the compon ent. Sound trans m issi on is not est abli shed. • If yo u use anothe r S-AI R main unit, place it more th a n 8 m away fr om th is S - AI[...]

  • Page 97

    97 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n The FM recepti on is poor. • Use a 75-oh m coaxi al ca ble (not supp lied) to con nect th e receive r to an out door FM ant enna ( aeri al) as shown belo w. I f you conne ct t he r ecei ver to an ou tdoor ante nna (ae rial), gro und i t against li ghtning. To prev ent a gas expl osio n, do not c onnect the grou n[...]

  • Page 98

    98 GB Clearing the receiver’s memory may remedy th e problem (page 28 ). Howe ver, n ote th at all mem oriz ed sett ing s will be rese t to the ir ini tial sett ings an d y ou will have t o readju st all se ttin gs on the re ceiv er. Consul t your near est Sony d ealer. Note t hat if servi ce p ersonn el c hanges som e pa rts durin g r epa ir , t[...]

  • Page 99

    99 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n 3) INPUT SH ORT (with sou nd f i e ld and eq ualizer bypas sed). 4) W eig hte d netwo rk, inp ut level. FM tun er section Tuni ng ra nge 8 7.5 – 108 .0 MHz Ant enn a FM wi re ante nna Anten na t erminals 75 oh ms, unba lanced Interm e di a te f re quenc y 10.7 MHz AM tuner sect ion Tunin g range Anten n a Loop an[...]

  • Page 100

    Son y Corpor atio n Pr in ted in Ma laysia (1) Inde x Numer ics 2 channe l 5 9 2CH STEREO 59 5.1 cha nnel 16 7.1 cha nnel 16 A A UTO CALIBRA TI O N 30 A UTO FORMA T DIRECT (A.F . D.) 55 B BI-AMP 51 Bi-ampl if ier co nnection 86 Blu-r ay disc play er con necti ng 22, 24 playba ck 38 C Camcorder con necti ng 26 CD pla y er con necti ng 20 playba ck 3[...]