Sony STRDG710 manual

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    ©2007 Sony Cor poration 2-898-637- 11 (2) Multi Channel A V Receiver Oper ating Inst ructions Owner’ s Record The model an d serial numbe rs are locat ed on the rear of the unit. Reco rd the serial number in t he space provided below . Refer to them whenever you call upon you r Sony dea ler regardi ng thi s pro duct. Model N o. Seri al No. STR- [...]

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    2 US T o r educe the ris k of fire or electric shoc k, do not e xpose thi s apparatus to rain or moistu re . To prevent fi re, do not cove r the ventilat ion of the apparat us with news papers, tab le-cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t plac e lighte d candle s on the apparat us. To prevent fire or shoc k hazard, do not pla ce object s filled with l[...]

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    3 US About This Manual • The inst ruction s in th is manual are for model STR-DG7 10. Check you r model number by looking a t the lower right co rner of the fron t panel. In thi s manual , models of area code U is u sed for illustration purposes unless stated otherw ise. Any diff ere nce i n ope ratio n is c learly indi cate d in t he text, fo r [...]

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    4 US T a ble of Contents Getting Star te d Descripti o n and lo cation o f parts ......... ....... ... 5 1: Installin g speak ers ........ ........... ........ ........ 14 2: Conn ecting s peakers ............. ........... ....... . 15 3a: Con necting the audi o compo nents ........ . 16 3b: Connec ting the video co mponents ........17 4: Conn ecti[...]

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    5 US Getting Started Description and location of par ts Getting Started Front panel ?/1 AUTO CAL MIC SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B) PHONES VIDEO 3 IN/PORT ABLE AV IN VIDEO L AUDIO R MEMORY/ ENTER CATEGOR Y MODE CATEGOR Y TUNING 2CH A.F .D. MOVIE MUSIC AUTO CAL DIRECT DISPLA Y INPUT MODE INPUT SELECTOR MASTER VOLUME TUNING MODE 9 q; qh qa qd qs qg qf 8 13 24 5 [...]

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    6 US Name Function L 2CH Press to select a sound fiel d (page 49). A.F .D. MO VIE MUSI C M CA TE GOR Y MODE Used when listenin g to XM Radi o (pa ge 60). CA TE GOR Y +/– N VIDEO 3 IN/ PORT ABLE A V IN jacks Conne cts to a por tabl e audi o/ vide o comp one nt su ch as a camco rder or vide o game (page 24 , 33). O AU TO C A L MIC j ack Connects to[...]

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    7 US Getting Started About the indicators on the display SW LFE SP A SP B LC SL S ; D EX ; PL IIx ; PL OPT DTS -ES CAT 96/24 MEMORY ST MONO D.RANGE COAX HD MI NEO:6 SB R SR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 q ; 9 qa qs qh qf qg qd Name Function A SW Lights up w hen su b woof er sele ctio n is set to “YE S” (page 45) and the audio signa l is output fro m the SUB [...]

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    8 US Name Function G DTS/ DTS- ES/ DTS 96/24 “DTS ” lights up when t he rece iver is decodi ng DTS signals. “DTS-E S” light s up when th e re cei ver i s d ecod ing DTS-ES signa ls. “DTS 96/24” lights up whe n the receiver is decod ing DTS 96/24 (9 6 kH z/ 24 bit ) signal s. Not e When p layi ng a DTS for mat disc, be sure that yo u hav[...]

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    9 US Getting Started Rear panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 DIGIT AL (ASSIGNABLE) DMPORT OPTICAL SAT IN DVD IN COAXIAL ANTENNA VIDEO 1 IN AM HDMI XM DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT TV IN SA-CD / CD IN SA T AUDIO IN VIDEO IN DVD VIDEO IN VIDEO 1 AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT VIDEO IN L R L R L R SUB WOOFER MONITOR SAT IN COMPONENT VIDEO DVD IN VIDEO 1 I[...]

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    10 US * Y ou ca n watch th e selec ted inpu t imag e when you connect the MONITOR OUT or HDMI OUT jack to a TV or proje ctor (pag e 20) . You can use t he supplie d remote RM-AAU014 to operate the receiver and to contro l the Sony audio/ video componen ts that the remote is assi gned to ope rate (page 74 ). F ANTENNA section FM ANTENNA jack Conn ec[...]

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    11 US Getting Started Name Function A TV ? / 1 (on/standby) Press TV ? / 1 and TV ( M ) at the sa me time to turn the TV on or off. AV ? / 1 (on/standby) Press to turn on or off the Sony aud io/vide o com ponen ts that th e remote is ass igned to operate ( pag e 74 ). If you press ? / 1 ( B ) at the same time, i t will tu rn off the receiver an d o[...]

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    12 US Name Functio n m / M b) Press to – search t r acks i n the forwar d/ reverse direc tion of the DVD player . – st art fast forward/re wind of the VCR, CD player or bl u- ray disc pl ayer. H a)b) Pres s to start playbac k of the VCR, CD player, DVD player, or blu-ray di sc player . X b) Press to pause pla yback or recordi ng of the VC R, CD[...]

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    13 US Getting Started a) T h e n u m b e r 5 , M A S T E R V O L + , T V V O L + , a n d H buttons ha ve tactile dot s. Use the ta ctile do ts as refe rence s when oper atin g the re ceiv er. b) This button is also a vaila ble for DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T ad apte r ope rati on. For deta ils on th e functio n of the butto n, refer to t he oper ating ins[...]

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    14 US 1: Installi ng speakers This receiver allows you to use a 6.1 chann el syst em (6 sp eakers and one sub w oofer ). To fully e njoy theater-lik e multi cha nnel surround sound requires fiv e speakers (two front speak ers, a c enter speaker, a nd two surroun d spe akers ) and a su b woof er (5. 1 channel ). Example of a 5.1 channe l speaker sys[...]

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    15 US Getting Started 2: Conne cting speaker s A Front speak er A (left) B Front speak er A (right) C Center s peaker D Surround speaker (left) E Surround speaker (right ) F Surro und bac k speake r G Sub woo fer b) a) If y ou have an additiona l front speake r system, connect them to the SPEAKERS FRONT B termina ls. You can sele ct the front spea [...]

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    16 US 3a: C onnectin g the audi o com pon ents The follo wing illustration sho ws ho w to connect a Super Audio CD/ CD player. After c onne cting y our Super Aud io CD/C D playe r , proceed to “3b : Connecti ng the vide o componen ts” (page 17 ). Connecting a Super Audio CD/ CD player DIGIT AL (ASSIGNABLE) DMPORT OPTICAL SAT IN DVD IN COAXIAL A[...]

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    17 US Getting Started 3b: Connecting the video components This sectio n descr ibes how t o conne ct your video co mponents to this rece iver. Before you begin , refe r to “C ompo nent to be co nnect ed” below for th e pages whic h descri be how to connect each compon ent. After connec ting all your compone nts, proceed to “4: C onnecti ng the[...]

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    18 US HDMI is the abbreviated nam e for High- Definition Mul timedia Interface. It is an interface whic h transmits vid eo and audio signals in digit al forma t. HDMI feat ure A digital audio signa l transmitted b y HDMI can be outpu t from the speak ers on this receiver. This sig nal supports Do lby Digital, DTS, and li near PCM. Connecting compon[...]

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    19 US Getting Started Notes on HDMI connections • Check the setup of th e conn ected com ponent if an im age is po or or t he soun d does n ot come ou t of a comp onent con nec ted via the HDMI cable. • An audio si gnal i nput to th e HDMI IN jack is output from the speaker ou tput j ack and HDMI OUT jack . It is not ou tput from an y other aud[...]

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    20 US The image from a video compon ent conne cted to this rece iver can be disp layed on a TV screen. It is no t nece ssary to conn ect all the cords. Conn ect aud io and vid eo cord s accor ding to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Note Be su re to tu rn o n the re ceiv er when t he vid eo an d audio sig nals of a play back com ponen t are being ou[...]

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    21 US Getting Started The follo wing illustratio n shows how to connect a DVD player/DVD recorder. It is not necessary t o connect al l the cords. Connect au dio an d video co rds accor ding to the jacks of yo ur compon ents. Note To input mu lti channe l digital audio from t he DVD player, set t he digital a udio o utput settin g on th e DVD playe[...]

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    22 US Connecting a D VD recorder Notes • Be sure to ch ange the fact ory setting of t he VID EO 1 input but ton on the re mote so that you can use th e button to control your DVD recorder. For details, see “Changi ng but ton as sign ment s” (pa ge 74) . • You can a lso rena me the V IDEO 1 input so that i t can be displaye d on the receive [...]

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    23 US Getting Started The follo wing illustratio n shows how to conne ct a satellite tuner or a set-top bo x. It is not necessary t o connect al l the cords. Connect au dio an d video co rds accor ding to the jacks of yo ur compon ents. Notes • When connec ting op tical digita l cord s, in sert the plug s s tra igh t in un til t he y cl ick in to[...]

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    24 US The follo wing illustration sho ws ho w to connect a componen t which ha s analog jack s such as a VC R, et c. It is no t nece ssary to conn ect all the cords. Conn ect aud io and vid eo cord s accor ding to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Connecting components with analog video and audio jack DIGIT AL (ASSIGNABLE) DMPORT OPTICAL SAT IN DVD I[...]

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    25 US Getting Started 4: Conne cting the a ntennas ( aerials) Connect the su pplie d AM loop ant enna (aerial) and FM wire ant enna (aerial). * T he shape of th e conne ctor varies depe nding on the a rea cod e of this re ceiver . Notes • To prevent nois e pick up, ke ep the AM loop anten na (ae rial) away f rom th e rece iver a nd ot her compon [...]

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    26 US 5: Prepa ring the re ceiver and the remote Connect the AC power co rd (mains lead) to a wall outlet. Before using the receiver for the first time, initialize the receiver by perform ing the follo wing p roce dure. Thi s proced ure ca n also be used to ret urn sett ings yo u have ma de to thei r facto ry de faults . Be sure to use the button s[...]

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    27 US Getting Started Insert two R6 (size-AA) batteries in th e RM-AAU014 remote comma nder. Observe the correct polarity when installing batteries . Notes • Do not leave the r emote i n an ext remely hot or humid pl ace. • Do not use a new batte ry with old on es. • Do not mix alkal ine batter ies and other ki nds of batt erie s. • Do not [...]

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    28 US 7: Calibrating the approp riate se ttings automatically (AUTO CALIBRA TION) The DCAC (Digital Cinema Auto Calibration) function allows yo u to perform automatic calibration suc h as: • Checkin g the conn ection between each speaker and the receiver . • Adjusti ng the spe aker le vel. • Measuring the d istance of e ach spe aker from your[...]

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    29 US Getting Started 1 Press AMP MENU . 2 Press A UTO CAL. Measurem ent starts in 5 seconds and the display change s as follows: A.CAL [5] t A.CAL [4] t A.CAL [3] t A.CAL [2 ] t A.CAL [1] While th e time is count ing do wn, stand away from the me asuremen t area t o av oid measureme nt error . 3 Measure ment star ts. The measurem ent process will [...]

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    30 US When err or codes appea r When an error is dete cted during Auto Calibratio n, an error c ode will appea r on the display cy clicall y after each mea surement process as follows: Error code t blank display t (error code t blank disp lay) a) t PUSH t blan k display t ENTER a) Appears w hen the re ar e more th an one error c ode. T o rectify th[...]

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    31 US Getting Started W arning codes and sol utions c) For deta ils, r efer “Fr ont spea ker dist ance ” (pag e 47). d) For de tails, refer “C enter spea ker distanc e” (pag e 47). e) For details, refer “ Surround left sp eaker d istance” (pag e 47). f) For details, refer “Su rround ri ght speake r dist ance” (p age 47). g) For deta[...]

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    32 US 5 Press V / v repea tedly to se lect “T. TONE Y”. The test ton e is output from each spe aker in sequence as fol lows: Fron t le ft t Center t Fr ont ri ght t Surr ound ri ght t Sur round b ack t Surr ound le ft t Sub woofe r 6 Adjust the sp eaker levels an d balance using the LEVEL menu so that the level of the test tone sounds the same [...]

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    33 US Pl ay b ack Selecting a compon ent 1 Press the input button to select a component. You can also use INPUT SELECT OR on the receiv er. The se lected i nput appe ars on the displ ay. * “V IDE O 2/B D” an d “VID EO 3/P ORTA BLE AV” scroll across the displ ay, then “VIDEO 2” and “VI DEO 3” appe ar respe ctivel y. 2 Turn on the com[...]

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    34 US Listenin g/Watching a com ponent Listening to a Super Audio CD/CD 123 46 78 0/10 ENTER 9 SYSTEM STANDBY TV INPUT SLEEP DMPORT TV ?/1 AV ?/1 VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 DVD 2CH A.F.D. RETURN/EXIT TV CH – PRESET – TV CH + PRESET + TUNING – TV TUNING + REPLAY ADVANCE MENU MOVIE MUSIC MEMORY DVD MENU FM MODE CLEAR TOOLS DISPLAY MUTING TV VOL MA[...]

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    35 US Pl ay b ack Watching a DVD 123 46 78 0/10 ENTER 9 SYSTEM STANDBY TV INPUT SLEEP DMPORT TV ?/1 AV ?/1 VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 DVD 2CH A.F.D. RETURN/EXIT TV CH – PRESET – TV CH + PRESET + TUNING – TV TUNING + REPLAY ADVANCE MENU MOVIE MUSIC MEMORY DVD MENU FM MODE CLEAR TOOLS DISPLAY MUTING TV VOL MASTER VOL AUTO CAL D.TUNING D.SKIP AMP M[...]

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    36 US Navigating throu gh menus By usin g the amplif ier men us, you can make various a djustments t o custo mize the rece iver. 1 Press AMP MENU. “1-LEVE L” a ppears on t he di spla y. 2 Press V / v repea tedly to se lect the menu you want. 3 Press or b to enter t he menu. 4 Press V / v repea tedly to se lect the parameter you want to adjust. [...]

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    37 US Amplifier Ope rations The following options are av ailable in ea ch menu . Fo r details on na vigating through menus, see pa ge 36. Overview of the menus Menu [Display] Pa r a m e t e rs [Display] Settings Initia l setting LEVEL [1-LEVE L] (pag e 40) Test to ne a) [T. TONE] T. TONE Y, T. TONE N T. TONE N Fron t sp eake r bal anc e a) [FRT BAL[...]

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    38 US Menu [Display] Parameter s [Display] Sett ings In itia l setting AUDIO [5-AUDIO] (page 4 3) Digital a udio input decoding pri orit y a) [DEC . PRI .] DEC. AUTO, DEC. PCM DEC. AUTO for: SAT, DVD, TV, VIDEO 1, 2, 3; DEC. PCM for: SA-CD/CD Digital bro adcast l anguage sele ctio n a) [DU AL] DUAL M/S, DUAL M, DUAL S, DUAL M+S DUAL M Synch ronizes[...]

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    39 US Amplifier Ope rations a) For details, r efer to the p age in t he parent heses. Menu [Display] Pa r a m e t e rs [Display] Settings Initial setting SYSTEM [7-SYSTEM] (pag e 45) Sub woofe r a) [SW SPK] YES, NO YES Fron t sp eake rs a) [FRT SPK] LARGE, SMALL LARGE Center spea ker a) [CNT SPK] LARGE, SMALL, NO LARGE Surround spea kers a) [SUR SP[...]

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    40 US Adjusting the lev el (LEVEL menu) You can use the L EVEL menu to ad just the balance and level of each speaker. These settings are applied to all sound fields. Select “1 -LEVEL” in the amp lifier menus. Fo r details on adjusting the parameters, see “Navigatin g through menus” (page 36 ) and “Overview of th e menus” (page 3 7). LEV[...]

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    41 US Amplifier Ope rations Adjusting the equalizer (EQ menu) You can us e the E Q menu to adjus t the tonal quality (bass/treble level) of th e front speakers. Select “2-EQ” in the amplifi er menus. For details o n adjusting th e parameters, see “Navigat ing th rough me nus” (pag e 36) and “Overview of the menu s” (page 37 ). EQ menu p[...]

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    42 US By de codin g the surro und ba ck si gnal of D VD software (etc.) recorded in Dolb y Digital Surround EX, DTS-ES Ma trix, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, et c., format, y ou can en joy the surroun d sound intend ed by the filmm akers. Select th e surroun d back d ecoding mode usin g “SB DEC” on the SUR menu (pag e 41). T ypes of the surround bac k d[...]

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    43 US Amplifier Ope rations Settings for the tuner (TUNER menu) You ca n us e th e TUNER menu to set t he F M stati on receivin g mode and t o nam e pres et stations. Sele ct “4-T UNE R” in th e amp li fie r me nus . For deta ils on adjustin g the paramete rs, see “Navigat ing th rough me nus” (pag e 36) and “Overview of the menu s” (pa[...]

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    44 US x DUAL (Digital br oadcast language selection) Lets you select th e language you want to listen to during digit al broadca st. This featu re only functions for Dolby Digital so urces. • DU AL M/S (Ma in/Sub) Sound of the main languag e will be o utput thro ugh the f ront l eft spe aker and sound of the sub la nguage will be outpu t through [...]

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    45 US Amplifier Ope rations • TV+AMP The sound is outpu t from TV’ s sp eaker and the speakers conne cted to the receiv er . Notes • The sound qual ity of the playba ck com pone nt depend s on the TV’s sound qu ality, such as the number of chann els, and th e samp ling freque ncy, etc. When t he TV h as stere o speaker s, the sound out put [...]

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    46 US x CNT SP K (Center speaker ) • LARGE If you co nnect a lar ge speaker that will effecti vely reproduce b ass frequen cies, select “LARGE”. Norm ally , select “LARGE”. Howe ver , if the front speakers are set to “SMA LL”, yo u cannot set the center spea ker to “ LARGE”. •S M A L L If the so und is di stor ted, or you fe el [...]

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    47 US Amplifier Ope rations x FR T DIST . (Fr ont speaker distanc e) Lets you set the distan ce from you r listening position to the front speakers ( A ). If both front speake rs are not plac ed an equ al distanc e from yo ur listening po sition, set the di stance as the average di stance betw een the fron t speakers. x CNT DIST . (C enter sp eaker[...]

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    48 US x SUR POS. (Surr ound speaker positio n) Lets you specif y th e loca tion of your sur roun d speake rs for pr oper im plement ation of the surroun d effect s in the Cinema St udio EX modes (pag e 52). This setup item is not available whe n the surroun d speakers are set to “NO” (page 3 9). •S I D E / L O Select if the loca tion of yo ur[...]

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    49 US Enjo ying Surr ound Sound Calibrating the appropriate settings automatically (A. CAL menu) For details, s ee “7: Cali brating the ap propriate settings a utomatically (AUTO CALIBRATION)” (page 28). Enjoying Dolby Digital and DTS Surr ound sound (AUTO FORMA T DIRECT) The Auto Format Direct (A.F. D.) mode allows you to l isten to hi gher f [...]

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    50 US Types of A. F.D. mode * Y ou cannot select this de coding m ode if there is no surroun d back speaker con nected to the rece iver . Decoding mode A.F .D . mode [Display] Mu lti c hann el audio af ter decoding Effect (Detect ing auto matical ly) A.F.D. AUTO [A.F.D. AUTO] (Det ecting automa tically ) Presents t he sound as it was rec orded/ enc[...]

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    51 US Enjo ying Surr ound Sound If you connect a sub woofer This receiv er will generate a low freque ncy signal for o utput t o the s ub woo fer when there is no LFE signal, which is a low-pass sound effect outp ut from a sub woof er to a 2 channel signal. Howe ver, the lo w frequency signal is not ge nerate d for “NEO6 CIN” or “NEO 6 MUS”[...]

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    52 US Types of sound field av ailable * Y ou can on ly se lect t his so und f ield if th e headph ones a re con nected to the recei ver . Sound fi eld fo r Sound f ield [Display] Eff ect Movie CINEMA STUDIO EX A DCS [C.ST. EX A] Reprod uces the soun d character istics of t he Sony Picture s Enter tain ment “C ary Gr ant Th eater” cinema produc [...]

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    53 US Enjo ying Surr ound Sound About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound) Sound f ields wit h DCS mark use DCS techn ology. DCS is a un ique sound rep rodu ction techn ology for home theat er de velo ped by Sony, in coopera tion with Sony Pi ctures Entertain ment, for enjoyin g the exciting an d powe rful soun d of movi e theate rs at home . With thi s “D[...]

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    54 US Using only the front speakers (2CH STEREO) In this mod e, the rec eiver output s the soun d from the front left /right sp eakers only . There is no s ound from the sub w oofe r. Standard 2 chann el stereo so urces com pletely bypa ss the so und fie ld proc essin g and multi chan nel sur round format s are d ownmi xed to 2 channel . Press 2CH.[...]

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    55 US T uner Operations Resetting sound fields to the initial settings Be sure to use the bu ttons on the recei ver for this opera tion. 1 Press ? / 1 to turn off th e power. 2 While holding down 2CH, press ? / 1 . “S.F . CLR.” appear s on the di spla y and all sound fi elds are reset to their initial setting. Listenin g to FM/AM rad io You can[...]

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    56 US 1 Press TUNER repe atedly to select the FM or AM band. 2 Press T UNING + or TUNI NG –. Press TUNING + to scan from low to high; pr ess TUNING – to sc an from h igh to lo w. The receiv er stop s scann ing wh enever a station is recei ved. Using the controls on the receiver 1 T urn INPUT SELECT OR to select the FM or AM band . 2 Press TUNIN[...]

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    57 US T uner Operations If you cannot tune in a station Make sure you ha ve ente red the right freq uency . If no t, re peat st eps 2 t o 4. If you still cann ot tune in a station, the frequenc y is not us ed in your area . Presetting radio stations You can preset up to 30 FM stat ions and 30 AM stations. Then yo u can easily tune in the stations y[...]

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    58 US 3 Press MEMO RY. You can al so use MEMORY /ENTER o n the receiver. “MEMORY” light s up for a few seconds. Perform steps 4 and 5 before “MEMORY” goes out . 4 Press the num eric bu ttons to select a pr eset num ber. You ca n also pre ss PRESET + or PRE SET – to sele ct a pres et n umber . If “MEMORY” go es out before you select th[...]

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    59 US T uner Operations 1 Pres s TUNE R rep eat edly t o select the FM or AM band. You can also use INPUT SELECT OR on the receiv er. 2 Tune in the preset station you want to create an index name for (page 58). 3 Press A MP ME NU. “1-LEVEL” ap pears on t he display . 4 Press V / v repea tedly to sel ect “4-TUNER”. 5 Press or b to en ter the[...]

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    60 US Listenin g to th e XM Rad io About XM Satel lite Radio XM Satellit e Radio off ers an extraordi nary variety of commercial-free music, plus the best in sports, news, tal k and en terta inme nt. XM is broad cast in sup erior digita l audio f rom coast to coas t. From rock to regg ae, from classic al to hip ho p, XM ha s someth ing for every mu[...]

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    61 US T uner Operations Before operating t he system, con nect the XM Connect-and-P lay antenn a to the XM ja ck. Note To ensu re optima l recep tion of XM ’s satellite signal, move y our ant enna to var ious wi ndow locations around your ho me to see whe re the best reception will be rece ived. Mo st XM cu stomers place the antenna in a so uth-f[...]

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    62 US 1 Press T UNER rep eatedly to select “XM RADIO” . Y ou can a lso us e INPUT SELECTOR on the receive r. 2 Press TUNING + or TUNING – to select a channel. You can also press TUNING MODE on the receive r to select “AUTO T.”, and then turn TUNING +/– to select a channel . Displa y Descript ion 2 (two) 5 (fi ve) 6 (six) 8 (eigh t) 0 (z[...]

  • Page 63

    63 US T uner Operations Y ou can se lect a channel from one category or all the catego ries by changing the category mode. 1 Pres s TUNE R rep eat edly t o sele ct “ XM RADI O”. You can also use INPUT SELECT OR on the receiv er. 2 Press C ATEG ORY MO DE repea tedly to se lect th e “ONE CAT”. • ALL CA T: Y ou can sel ect a channe l from a [...]

  • Page 64

    64 US 3 Press the numeric butto ns to enter the chan nel number . 4 Press ENTER. Y ou can also u se MEM OR Y/EN TER on the receiver . The sele cted channel is tune in . Press DIS PLAY o n the re ceiver repeated ly. Each time you pres s DISPLAY while tun ing in the channel , the disp lay chang es cyclic ally as follows: Channe l na me t Chan nel num[...]

  • Page 65

    65 US T uner Operations 4 Press th e numeric buttons to enter t he preset number . You can al so select the numbe r by pressi ng PRESE T + or PRESET –. You can also turn TUNING +/– on the receiver. Preset numb ers from 1 to 30 are availabl e, and chan nel 1 is pres et for all the preset numbers when you pu rchase the receiver. 5 Press ENTER. Yo[...]

  • Page 66

    66 US XM Radio messages l ist Message appears Explanation Remedies ANTENNA The XM antenna is not connec ted or tran smission is not bein g received pro perly . Make sure tha t the a ntenn a is se curely conne cted. Try to dis connec t the antenn a then re connect, or turn off the pow er the n tu rn ba ck o n. UPDAT ING The encr yption c ode is bein[...]

  • Page 67

    67 US Other Operations Switching between digital an d analog audio (INPUT MODE) When you conn ect co mpone nts to both dig ital and analog au dio input jack s (SAT) on the receiver, you can fix the audi o input mo de. 1 Turn INPUT SELECTOR on the receiver to select the input. You can also use the input bu ttons on the remote. 2 Press INP UT MODE re[...]

  • Page 68

    68 US Enjoying the DIGIT AL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) The DIGITAL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) allows you to enjoy sound from a network system such as a portable au dio source or computer. By connecting a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter (not s uppli ed), yo u can enj oy sound from the connec ted com ponent on the receiver. For details, re fer to the o perating instruc[...]

  • Page 69

    69 US Other Operations You can listen to the sound from the componen t connected through the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adap ter to the DMPORT jack on the re ceiver . You can als o view the ima ges on the TV scre en by c onnect ing th e vide o outp ut of t he DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter to the receiver. To view the images, p roceed to “W atching a connect[...]

  • Page 70

    70 US 1 Press DMPOR T. You can also use the INP UT SELECTOR on the receive r to se lect “DM PORT”. 2 Start playbac k of the connected component. The sound i s play ed back on the receiver. For details, ref er to the operating instruction s supplied with the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter. You need to assign a compos ite video in put to DMPORT inpu [...]

  • Page 71

    71 US Other Operations Listening to digital sound from o ther inpu ts (DIGIT AL ASSIGN) You c an reas sign digi tal a udio i npu t tha t h as OPTICAL or COAXIAL (SAT I N, VIDEO 1 IN, DVD IN) signals to another input when they ar e not curren tly being use d. For example, to output t he sound sou rce for the DVD player using the OPTICAL IN jack on t[...]

  • Page 72

    72 US Notes • You canno t reassign m ore than on e digita l audio input t o the s ame inp ut. • You canno t use the dig ital aud io input as t he orig ina l inp ut wh en it has b ee n reas sig ned to another in put. • When you assi gn the digi tal audio in put, the INPUT MODE se tting may change au tomati cally (pag e 67). Naming in puts You [...]

  • Page 73

    73 US Other Operations Changing the display You can check the sound field, etc., by chang ing the in formation o n the disp lay. Be sure to use the bu ttons on the recei ver for this opera tion. Press DISPL AY repeat edly. Each ti me you pre ss the bu tton, the disp lay changes cyc lical ly as follows. All input s except the FM and AM band and XM R[...]

  • Page 74

    74 US Recording using the receiver You ca n rec ord f rom a video comp onent usin g the receiver. Se e the operating instruction s supp lied with your recordi ng compon ent. 1 Press one of the input buttons to se lect th e pla ybac k component. You can also u se INPUT S ELECTOR on the receiver. 2 Prepare the play back component f or playing. For ex[...]

  • Page 75

    75 US Using the Re mote/Additio nal Inf ormation Categories and the corres ponding buttons a) Sony VCRs ar e oper ated wi th a VTR 2 or VTR 3 setting wh ich correspond s to 8 mm and VHS respecti vely . b) Son y DVD recorders are operated wit h a DVD1 or DVD3 setting. For deta ils, refer to t he operating instructions supplied wit h the DVD recorder[...]

  • Page 76

    76 US x Dol by P ro Log ic II This tech nology converts 2 ch annel st ereo recorded audio i nto 5.1 channel f or playba ck. The re is a M OVIE mod e for mov ies an d MUSIC mode for st ereo sources suc h as music. Old movies enc oded in the traditional stereo format can be enhanced with 5.1 chan nel su rroun d soun d. x Dol by P ro Log ic IIx Techn [...]

  • Page 77

    77 US Additiona l Inf ormation Precautions On safety Shoul d any solid object or liquid fall into th e cabinet , u nplug the recei ver a nd h ave it checke d by quali fied per sonne l b efore operati ng it any further . On power sources • Before operat ing the rece iv er , check that the operating volt age is identica l with your local power supp[...]

  • Page 78

    78 US T roubleshooting If yo u expe rien ce any o f the follo wing difficultie s while using the rece iver, use this trou bleshoo ting gui de to help yo u remedy t he problem. A udio There is no sound, no ma tter whic h component is selected, or onl y a very low-l evel s ound is h eard. • Check t hat the speakers and co mponent s are connected se[...]

  • Page 79

    79 US Additiona l Inf ormation The sour ce sound input from the HDM I jac k is not outp ut from th e receiver or the TV speaker . • Check the HDMI conn ect ion. • Y ou ca nnot li sten to the Su per Audio CD by connecting HDMI. • Depend ing on t he playba ck comp onent, you may need to set up the comp onent . Refer to th e operating i nstructi[...]

  • Page 80

    80 US Video There is no picture or an u nclear picture appe ars on the TV scre en. • Select t he ap propriate input using the inpu t bu ttons. • Set your TV to the appropria te input mod e. • Mov e your audi o com ponen ts aw ay fr om the TV . • Assign the comp osite video in put to the DMPOR T input correctly . • Dep ending on the DIGIT [...]

  • Page 81

    81 US Additiona l Inf ormation Remote commander The remote does not func tion. • Po int the remo te at the remote sensor on the receiver . • Remove any obs tacles i n the path bet ween the remote and the receiver . • Replace a ll the batterie s in the r emote with ne w ones, if t hey are wea k. • Mak e sur e you select the corr ect inpu t o[...]

  • Page 82

    82 US Specifications AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS PO WER OUTPUT AND T O T AL HARMONIC DIST ORTION: (Models o f area co de U onl y) With 8 ohm loa ds, both c hannels d riven, from 20 – 20 ,000 Hz ; rated 95 watt s per channe l minimum RMS power, with no more than 0.09% t otal ha rmoni c distor tion from 25 0 milliwatts to rated output. Amplifier sec[...]

  • Page 83

    83 US Additiona l Inf ormation Video section Inputs /Out puts V i deo: 1 Vp-p/7 5 ohm s COMPONENT VIDEO: Y: 1 Vp-p /75 ohm s P B /C B : 0.7 Vp-p/7 5 ohms P R /C R : 0.7 Vp-p/7 5 ohms 80 MHz H D Pass Through General Power re quirements Power outp ut (DIGITAL MEDIA PORT) DC OUT 5 V , 70 0 mA Powe r consump tion Power con sum ption (dur ing stand by m[...]

  • Page 84

    Sony Cor poration Printed in M alaysia (2) Index Numerics 2 channel 54 2CH STEREO 54 5.1 chan nel 14 6.1 chan nel 14 A A UTO CALIBRA TION 28 A UTO FORMA T DIRECT (A. F .D.) 49 B Blu-r ay disc pla yer connect ing 18 C Camcor der connect ing 24 CD player connect ing 16 playba ck 34 D DIGIT AL ASSIGN 71 Digita l Cinem a Sound (DCS) 53 DIGIT AL MEDIA P[...]