Sony 4-130-031-11(3) manual

©200 9 Son y Corp ora tion 4- 130- 031 - 11 (3 ) Home Th eatr e System Operating Inst ructions HT -SF360 HT -SS360[...]

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 ain, etc . Do not p lace the n aked f lame sour ces such as l ighted candl es on t he apparat us. To red[...]

3 GB Disposal of waste batteri es (ap pli c able in the E urope an Union and othe r European coun t ries with separate coll ection systems) Thi s symbol on th e battery or on the packag ing indi cates th at the batte ry pro vide d with this pr oduc t sh all no t be treated as house hold waste. On cert ain batt erie s this symb ol mig ht be used in [...]

4 GB About This Manual • The instr uc tion s in th is manu al a re fo r mo del HT- SF360 and HT-SS3 60. • I n this manua l, mod el s of area c ode CEL is used for illu stra tion purpo ses unle ss sta ted oth erwis e. Any di fferenc e in o peration is clear ly indi cated in the te xt, for exampl e, “Model s of area code A U only ”. The HT -S[...]

5 GB T abl e of Co nte nt s Des crip t ion and l oca tion of p arts ..... .. ... ... ..... 6 Gettin g Star ted 1: I nsta ll ing the s pea kers .... ... .. ...... ... .. ...... ... 1 3 2: C on nec tin g t he s pea ke rs ... .. ...... ... .. ...... ... 15 3: C on nec ting t he T V ... ...... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ... 16 4: Conn ecti ng the aud [...]

6 GB Des crip tion and l ocat ion of pa rts Front pane l ACTIVE STANDBY INPUT SELECTOR MASTER VOLUME ?/1 2 5 6 4 1 7 3 Name Function A ? / 1 (on/ standby ) Press t o t ur n t he r eceiver on or off (pag e 22, 29 , 30). B A CT IVE ST ANDBY lamp Lig hts up in am ber when the Control for HDMI an d/ or S- AI R s ta ndb y mode are set to on a nd the rec[...]

7 GB Indicators on t he display 2 4 5 6 1 3 7 8 9 q; qa qs qd Name Fun ction A LFE Lights up when th e disc being pla yed back con tains an LF E (L ow Frequen cy Effec t) channe l and the LFE ch annel si gnal is ac t ual ly b eing r eproduc ed. B SLEEP Lights up when the s leep ti mer is ac tiv ate d (pa ge 5 1). C Play ba ck cha nn el indic ato rs[...]

8 GB Rear panel 1 2 5 6 7 34 AM ANTENNA AUTO CAL MIC DMPORT FRONT R HDMI EZW-T100 SPEAKERS FRONT L SUR R SUR L CENTER SUBWOOFER DC5V 700mA MAX BD IN OUT SAT IN DVD IN AUDIO IN VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 L R L R AUDIO IN SA-CD / CD COAX IN SAT OPT IN OPT IN AUDIO IN TV DIGITAL TV A SPEAKERS secti on Conn ects to the suppl ied s peakers and subwoofer (page 1 5)[...]

9 GB Yo u can us e the sup plie d remot e RM- AAU058 t o o perat e the re ceive r and to cont rol t he Sony a udio/ video componen ts tha t the re mo te i s as sign ed to op er ate (p age 60 ). RM-AA U058 Basic op eratio ns Remote commander 123 46 78 0 ENTER 9 SYSTEM STANDBY DMPORT VIDEO1 VIDEO2 BD DVD RETURN/EXIT TV CH – PRESET – TV CH + PRESE[...]

10 GB T uner opera tions DMPORT operati ons T o control th e component 1 Press o ne of the i n put buttons C ( T V, BD, DVD or SAT ) to select th e compo nent you w ant to operate. Th e co mp one n t assi gn ed to th e sele ct ed input but ton b ecomes op erable. 2 Referring t o the foll owing table, press the co rrespondi ng button fo r the oper a[...]

11 GB T o contr ol the D VD recor der/ Blu-ray Disc r ecorde r Remote But ton Function J T OOLS/ OPTIONS Pr ess to enable you t o access va rious vi ewing op t ion s and chang e/make ad justment s ac cording to t he so urce an d screen forma t. K (Mutin g) Press t o turn o ff the sound. L + * /– Pres s to adjus t the volum e. M MENU/HOME P res s [...]

12 GB T o co ntro l the DVD p layer /B lu-r ay D isc pl aye r T o contr ol the HDD/D VD COM BO T o contr ol the SA T * The nu mb er 5, 2 + an d H bu ttons have tac tile dots. U se the tactil e dots as re fer ence s when oper ating th e recei ver. Notes • So m e f unc ti on s ex pl ai ne d in t his s ect i on ma y not wor k d e pen d in g o n t he[...]

13 GB Gett i ng Started 1: I nstal ling the spea ke rs This rec eiver allows you to u se a 5.1 channe l sp eaker syste m. To full y enjoy thea te r-like mul ti channe l surr ound sou nd, be sur e to conn ect all t he speak ers (tw o front spe akers , a cent er s peake r, a nd t w o s urrou nd sp eaker s) and a su bwoof er (5.1 cha nnel) . Yo u can [...]

14 GB Before you insta ll the spea ker a nd sub woofer , be su re to atta ch the su pplie d foot pad s to preve nt vibr ation or m ovement as shown i n the illu stra tion be lo w. Example of HT -SS360 fr ont sp ea ker Attach t he supplied foot pad t o th e bel ow spea ke rs For grea ter flex ibil ity in p osit ion ing t he speake rs, yo u are rec o[...]

15 GB Gett i ng Started For the sur round speaker s of HT -SF360 For the f ront and surr ound speaker s of HT -SS360 3 Hang th e speake rs on the screws. Notes • Use screws t hat are su i tab l e for the wal l ma t er i al and str ength. As a plast er boar d wall is espe cial l y fragi le, attach the scre ws securel y to a beam an d fast en them [...]

16 GB No te o n spea ke r co r ds The co nnector of the spea ker cor ds are t he same col or as the spea ker j ack to be conn ected . When connec ting a s peaker cor d, b e sur e to mat ch t h e color ed conne ctor to the sp eaker jack on t he rece iv er: T o connect t he speaker s corr ect ly Check th e speake r type by r eferr ing to the speake r[...]

17 GB Gett i ng Started Tips • To out put the soun d of the TV from the speaker s connect ed to the recei ver, be sure to – co nnect t he au dio out put jacks o f the TV t o t he TV IN jacks of the recei ver . – turn of f the TV’ s volume or acti vate th e TV’ s mu ting func tion . • All the di gital audi o jacks are co mpatibl e wi th [...]

18 GB The foll owing i llustr ation shows h ow to con nect au dio compon ents su ch as Super Audio CD pla yer, CD playe r and DIGITAL ME DI A P ORT ada pte r. You ca n also vi ew the imag es on the TV scree n by co nnecting the vi deo out put of th e DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter t o the v ideo in put of th e TV. Notes on c onnecting DIGIT AL MEDIA PO[...]

19 GB Gett i ng Started HDMI i s the abb revia ted name f or Hi gh- De fini tion Mul timedi a In terf ace. I t is an inte rf ace w hic h tr an s mit s vi de o a n d au dio si gna ls in di gi tal fo rm at. S ony reco m me nds that you c onnect com po ne nts to the re ce ive r us ing an HD MI cab le . Wit h H DM I, yo u c an e a si ly e nj oy bo t h [...]

20 GB Notes on HDMI c onnections • An audi o sig nal input to th e HDMI IN ja ck is out put fr om the SPEAKERS ja cks and HDMI O UT jack. It is no t out put from any othe r audio j acks. • Video sign als inpu t to th e HDMI IN jac k can only be output fro m the HDMI OUT jack. • The mult i/ster eo are a audio si gnal s of a Super Au dio CD are[...]

21 GB Gett i ng Started Notes • To input multi channel digital au dio from t he DVD playe r, set th e dig ital aud io outpu t setti ng on the DVD pl ayer. Refer to t he operatin g instructions supplied with the DVD player. • W hen co nnec ting opti cal di gita l co rds, inse rt t he plu gs stra igh t in until th ey clic k into place . • Do no[...]

22 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. Bef ore usi ng the re ceive r for th e first t ime, in itia lize the rece iver by per form ing the foll owing proce dure. This p r oc edure c an al so be used t o ret urn set tin gs you have made to th eir fa ctory defa ults . Be s ur[...]

23 GB Gett i ng Started 7: Ca libratin g the appropr iate s ettin gs autom atical ly (AU T O CAL IB RA TI O N) Th is re ceive r is eq uipped with DCAC (Dig ita l Ci nema Auto Cali brat ion ) Tec hno logy whic h all ows you to per form au tomati c cal ibrati on as foll ow s: • Chec k the c onnecti on betwe en each speake r an d th e rece i ve r. ?[...]

24 GB Example: HT -SS360 1 Connect th e supplied optim izer microphone to th e AUT O CAL MIC jack. 2 Set up th e o pti mi zer mi cro phone . Place the opti mizer micr ophone at your list enin g p osition .Yo u can also use a st ool or tr ip od so that th e o pt imi zer mic rophon e remain s at th e same h eight as you r ears . Tip When you f a ce t[...]

25 GB Gett i ng Started Notes • If “PHONES” ap pears, you canno t perform the Auto C alibra t ion . Discon nect t he headph ones from t he S- AIR prod uct y ou ar e using, then re start th e Aut o Cali b rati on . • If “CHK MIC ” appears, you can not perf orm the Auto Cal ibr ation. Conn ect th e ca libra tion mic, the n restar t the Au[...]

26 GB When you s elect “WRN CHK” I f a war ni ng on th e mea s urem ent re sult is prese nt, det ail ed i n format ion is dis playe d. Pres s or B to r eturn to step 2 of “Con fir mi ng/s a ving th e mea surement resu lts”. When you s elect “DIS T” or “LEV EL ” You ca n check th e speake r distan ce or spe aker le vel. When you ha v[...]

27 GB Gett i ng Started 8: Ad justing t he s pea ker le vel s (TEST TO N E) You can adj ust th e sp eak e r leve ls wh il e li steni ng to the tes t tone from your l i s tening pos it io n. 1 Press AMP MENU. “SE T HD MI ” a pp ear s on th e di spla y . 2 Press V / v rep eatedly until “LEVEL” appear s, then press or b . 3 Press V / v rep eat[...]

28 GB Sel ect in g a comp one nt 1 Press the input bu tton to select a compon ent. You can a lso use INP UT SELECTOR on th e recei ver. The sel ecte d input appe ars on t he displa y. 2 Turn on th e c omp one nt a nd start playback. 3 Press 2 +/ – to adjust th e volume . You can also use MASTER VOLUME on the r eceiv er. T o acti vate th e mut ing[...]

29 GB Pl ayb a ck Enjoy ing sou nd/ ima ges from the c ompon ent s co nnect ed to t he re ceiv er 1 Tur n on the TV and c hoos e a program . F or deta ils, refer to th e opera ting inst ru ct ion s of t he T V. 2 Turn the receiver on. 3 Press TV. 4 Adjust the volume of the receiver. Tips • When you con nect a So ny TV, the aud io input of the TV [...]

30 GB 1 Tur n on th e T V. 2 Turn on the Blu-ray Disc or DVD play er (record er) and the re ceiver. 3 Press DVD or BD. You can a lso use INP UT SELECTOR on the receiver to select “DVD” or “BD”. Be sure t o change t he factor y sett ing of the DVD input bu tt on on the remote so that you ca n use the bu tton to co ntrol yo ur DVD player. For[...]

31 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. “SE T HD MI ” a pp ear s on th e di spla y . 2 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect the menu you wan t. 3 Press or b to e nter the menu. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to se [...]

32 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 31. Overview of the m e nus Me nu [Display] Parameters [ Disp lay] Setting s Initial s etting HDMI setti n gs [SET HDMI] (p age 35) Control for HDMI a)b ) [CONTRO L FOR HDMI] CTRL ON, CTRL OFF CTRL ON V olume li mit a) [VOL L IM] MA[...]

33 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Men u [Display] Pa r am et e rs [Display] Settin gs Initial se tting Lev el se tting s [LEVEL ] (pag e 37) Test ton e a) [T. TONE] T. TONE N, T. TONE Y T. TONE N Fr ont left spea ker level a) [F L LVL ] FL –6 dB to FL +6 dB (0.5 d B st ep) FL 0. 0 dB Cent er speaker level [CNT LVL ] CNT –6 dB to CNT +6 dB (0.5 d [...]

34 GB a) For deta ils , refe r t o th e pag e in the p are nthe ses . b) “CONTROL FOR H DM I” scroll acros s t h e display, t hen “C ONTROL” app ears. c) This p ar ame ter is only availab le wh en the resul t of th e A uto Cali brat ion i s saved . d) Whe n th e A uto Ca libr ation res ult i s sa ved, y ou can a dju st t he se ttin g in 0.0[...]

35 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Sett ings for th e HD MI (SET H D MI menu) Yo u can us e the SET HDMI menu t o make vari o us ad ju stm e nts fo r H DMI se tt ing s. S elect “S ET HDMI ” in the a mplif ier m enus. F or deta ils on ad just ing the pa ramet ers , see “Navi gating th rough men us” (page 31) a nd “Over view of t he menus ” [...]

36 GB Sett ings f or the Spea ke r (SP SETUP menu) You ca n use the SP SETUP menu to set the dist ance of t he speak ers con nec ted to this recei ver. Se le ct “ S P S ETUP ” in the a mpl ifie r men us. 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 31) and “Ove rview of the me nus” (pag[...]

37 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Adjust ing th e level (LEVEL m enu) Yo u can us e the LEVEL menu to adj ust the lev el of eac h speake r. S elect “L EVEL” in th e amplif ier m enus. F or deta il s o n adju s ting t he p ara m ete rs , se e “Navi gating th rough men us” (page 31) a nd “Over view of t he menus ” (pag e 32). LEVEL menu pa [...]

38 GB Sett ings for th e Custom Menu (CUSTOM menu) You ca n use the CUSTOM menu t o m a ke sett ings fo r the aud io to sui t your pref erenc e. Selec t “CUSTOM ” 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 31) and “Ove rview of the me nus” (page 32 ). CUSTOM[...]

39 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s x I N MODE ( Swi tchi ng t he au dio inpu t m ode ) Lets y ou set the aud io inpu t mode of in puts. F or de tails, see “Switch ing the audi o in put mod e (IN MOD E)” (page 51 ). Th is p aram eter is only avai lab le wh en S AT inp ut is s e lect ed . Se tt in gs f or th e S- AIR (S-AIR menu) For d etail s on S [...]

40 GB Sele cting the s ound fiel d Th is rec e iver c an cr eate mu l ti ch a nne l surro und s ound. You c an se lect one of t he optim ized sou nd fields from the re ceiver’ s prepr ogramm ed sound fie lds. Press SOUND FIELD repeatedly to select the sound fi eld y ou want. For det ails , see “Ty pes of so und field av aila ble” (p age 40). [...]

41 GB T uner Opera tions Notes • The ef f e cts provi ded by the vi rtual s peakers ma y cause incre ased no ise i n the playbac k signal. • When li stenin g with sou nd fields that 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 fu nc ti on do es no t wor[...]

42 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 Press T UNING + o r TUNING –. Press TUNING + to scan from low to high; pres s TUNING – to s can f rom hi gh to low. The r eceiv er sto ps sc annin g whene ver a stat io n is rec eived. To stop t he automa tic tu ning manu ally, pr[...]

43 GB T uner Opera tions 5 Press or b . A pres et nu mber a ppear s in the di spla y. 6 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect the pres et num ber y ou wa nt. Yo u can s elect t he pr eset number direc t l y b y pre ssing t he n umber but t o ns. 7 Press . “COM PLETE” a ppears i n the displ ay, and t he stat ion is sto red. 8 Press MENU/HOME . 9 Rep[...]

44 GB If y o u enter a wrong c h aracter Press B / b r epe at ed ly un til t h e c har a ct er to be ch anged f lashes, th en pre ss V / v r epe at edly to s el ect th e de sir ed char ac te r. To eras e the ch aracte r, press B / b repea tedl y un til t he ch aract er t o be eras ed flas hes, t hen pres s CLEAR. 7 Press . “COMPLETE ” appear s [...]

45 GB Using “BRA VIA” Sync feat ures What is “BRA VI A” Sync? “BRAVIA” Sync is compatible with a Son y TV, Blu-ra y Disc/DVD Player, AV amplifier, et c., t h at is e q uip ped w ith th e C ont ro l for HDMI f uncti on. By c onnect ing Sony c omponent s th at are com pa tib le w ith t he “B RA VI A” Syn c wit h a n HDMI ca ble (n ot [...]

46 GB When your TV is not compatib le wi th th e “Co nt rol for HDM I-E as y Setting” f unction Turn the Cont rol for HDMI functi on of the recei ver and t he c onnect ed co mponent on i ndi vi du a ll y. 1 Perf orm the steps gi ven in “W hen yo ur TV is compat ible wi th the “Contr ol for HDMI-Ea sy Sett ing” f unction” (page 45) . 2 P[...]

47 GB Using “BRA VIA” Sync feat ures Playi ng back comp one nts with on e-touc h operat ion (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 receive r and the TV ar e turn ed on au tomat ical ly and sw itche[...]

48 GB W he n t he Sy st em A udi o C ont ro l fun ct io n is acti ve, and t he outpu t method ch anges fro m th e TV spea ker to t he speak ers con necte d to the r eceiv er aut omatic ally , l oud so und may be output dep ending on t he v olume level o f the recei ver. Yo u can prev ent this by l imiti ng t he maximum volume level. 1 Press AM P ME[...]

49 GB Using “BRA VIA” Sync feat ures Usin g the Powe r Saving fu nct io n (Power S av e) Yo u can r educe t he recei ver’ s power cons umptio n wh en you conn ect a “BRAVIA” S ync-comp atib l e TV to thi s rece iver du ring act ive s tandb y mode if t he TV is tur ned of f an d HD MI si gna l tr ans mis si on i s st op pe d. 1 Press AMP M[...]

50 GB Cha ngi ng th e bri ght ness of th e display (DIMMER) You ca n change the bri ghtness of the dis play. 1 Press AM P ME NU. “SE T HDMI” appe ars on th e displ ay. 2 Press V / v repeatedly until “CUSTO M” appears, then p ress or b . 3 Press V / v repeatedly until “DIMM ER” appears, then press or b . 4 Press V / v re peatedly to sele[...]

51 GB Other Operations Usin g the Slee p T im er (SLEEP) Yo u can set the r eceiv er to t urn off at a pr eset tim e wh en you sl eep whi le lis te nin g t o mu sic . Yo u can preset the time in 10 min utes d ecremen ts. 1 Press AMP MENU. “SE T HD MI ” a pp ear s on th e di spla y . 2 Press V / v rep eatedly until “CUSTOM ” appears, then pr[...]

52 GB Us ing a n S-AIR Produc t Th is rec e iver i s co mp at ible wi th the S -A IR fu nctio n (pa ge 62 ), wh ic h allo ws wi rele ss sound tr ansmi ssion betwe en S-AIR pr oducts . When you purc hase t he S-AIR pro duct, you need to pe rfor m t he followi ng sett ings to estab lish the sound trans missio n. About S-AIR products There ar e two ty[...]

53 GB Other 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 • Rem ove t he scr ews f rom the s lot cove r bear i n g th e caution mark. D o not re mov e other scre ws. • The slot cove r is no lo nger neces sary . How ev er, keep i t a ft er deta c h in g. 2 I[...]

54 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 pro ducts by set ting a di fferen t ID f or each uni t. To se t th e ID o f the S -AI R ma in unit 1 Press AM P ME NU. 2 Press V / v re peatedly to select “S-AIR”. 3 Press or b to enter t[...]

55 GB Other Operations x Bef ore pair ing S ound tra nsmiss ion is e stablis hed b y the ID (exa m ple ). x After pairin g S ound tra nsmiss ion is e stabli shed between the pai red S-AI R main uni t and S- AIR sub u ni t(s ) onl y. 1 Place the S-AIR sub un it that you want to pair near th e S-AIR ma in u ni t. Note Rem ove headp hones fro m the su[...]

56 GB Note Per fo rm th e pa iri ng w ith in se ve ral min ute s af ter st ep 8. Oth erw ise, th e p airin g is can celed auto mat ica lly and t he “IN COMP” display appear s. To cancel pa iring Res et the I D of the S -AIR ma in unit . Fo r de ta ils, se e “To se t the ID of the S- AIR m ai n unit” (pa ge 54). You can se t the sa me ID as [...]

57 GB Other Operations 7 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect the setting you w ant. • PARTY: The S-A IR sub unit outputs sound accordi ng t o fun ction set o n the S-A IR ma in un it. • SEPARATE: Y ou can selec t the in put you want f or the S- AIR recei ver whi le th e inpu t of the S -AIR mai n unit re main unchan ged . When “S EPARATE” is [...]

58 GB 6 Press V / v re peatedly to select the se tting you want , then press . • RF AUTO: Normally selec t t his . The system cha ng e “RF CHNG” to “RF ON” or “R F OFF” auto matica lly. • RF ON : The syst em trans mits sou nd by sear ching the better cha nne l fo r tran s mit tin g. • RF OFF: T he system tra nsmits sou nd by fi xi[...]

59 GB Other Operations (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 “STBY” to “STBY ON”. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “S -A I R” . 3 Press or b to e nter the menu. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “S T[...]

60 GB Cha ngi ng t he inpu t but ton 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 exam ple, if y ou conne ct a Blu- ray Disc playe r to the DVD jack on t he rece iver, you can set t he DVD b utt o n on this remote to co nt ro l th e Blu -r a y Dis c pl ay e r. You c an[...]

61 GB Using the Remot e/Additi onal Inf ormation Categori es and the correspondi ng but tons for TV d) The defa ult setti ng of the TV (w hite) bu tton. Whe n th is se tting is selecte d, t he au dio i npu t of th e TV is switch ed and the image f rom the TV tun er is displ ayed on t he TV scre en automati cally b y pre ssin g the TV (whi te) butto[...]

62 GB x DTS Digital Surr ound Digit al a udio encoding/ decod ing t echno logy fo r t h eater s devel oped by DTS, Inc. It co mp re sses a udi o less t han Do lb y D i gita l, deli verin g a h igher qual ity so und repro duction. x HDMI ( High-Defini tion Multimedia Interface) HD M I (Hig h-D efi n iti on Mu lti me dia In terface ) is an in terf ac[...]

63 GB Addi ti ona l Info rm atio n Precaut ions On sa fe ty S hould any sol id obje ct or liqui d fall in to the cabi net, unpl ug the re ceive r and have it chec ked by q ualifi ed pe rsonne l be fore o peratin g it any fu rther . On power s ources • Bef ore ope rating t he re cei ver , che ck tha t the opera ting v olt age i s iden tical wi th [...]

64 GB If color i rregularit y is observed aga in.. . Pl ac e the sp eak e r fu rt he r a w ay f ro m t h e TV se t. If howling oc curs Repo siti on the sp eaker s or turn do wn the volum e on the r eceiv er. On clea ning Clean t he cabin et, panel , and con trols w i t h a so ft clo th slig h tly mo is tene d w ith a mi ld deter gent so luti on. Do[...]

65 GB Addi ti ona l Info rm atio n There i s no sound from digital sour ces (fr om OPTI CA L i nput jac k). • Check that th e IN MODE is se t to “AUTO” for SAT input . Th ere is se vere hum or noise. • Check that the spe akers and com pone nts are conne cted secur ely. • Check tha t the c onnect ing cor ds are aw ay fro m a transf orm er [...]

66 GB HDMI The vo lume turn s down w hen t he output method changes fr om the TV speaker to th e speaker s con nected t o the r eceiver . • The V olume Li m i t func tion i s working. Fo r detai ls, see “ U sin g th e V olume Limi t f unc ti on” ( pa ge 48 ) . The source sound inp ut t o the HDMI jac k o n the rece ive r is not ou tput f ro m[...]

67 GB Addi ti ona l Info rm atio n S-AIR f unction S-AIR conn ection is not establ ished (sound trans m issi on is not estab lishe d) , e.g. , the indicator of t he S-AIR sub unit tu rns off, flashes , or tur ns re d . • If you use anot her S- AIR mai n unit , plac e it m ore th an 8 m aw ay from th is S-AI R ma in un it. • Confi rm t he S-AIR [...]

68 GB Radio st ations ca nnot be tuned in. • Check tha t the an tennas are conn ected secu rely. Adj ust th e antenn as and con nect an ex terna l ante nna, if nec essar y. • The sign al streng th of th e statio ns is too weak (when tuni ng in with autom atic tunin g). Chan ge to mo naural re cepti on (pag e 42). • No stat ions hav e been pre[...]

69 GB Addi ti ona l Info rm atio n Specifi cations Amplif ier section Models o f area code CEL, CEK, A U, TW P ower Outp ut 1) St ereo mode ( rate d) 1 08 W + 108 W (3 ohm s at 1 k Hz, T HD 1%) Surro und mode (r eference ) RM S O u tpu t (3 ohm s at 1 k Hz, T HD 10%) FR ON T 2) : 143 W/ ch CEN TE R 2) : 1 43 W SU R 2) : 143 W /ch (1.5 o hm s at 7 0[...]

70 GB Pow er consu mption ( duri ng stand by mo de) 0.3 W (W hen Co ntrol for HDMI and S-A IR stand by are of f) Dimens ions (w/h/d) (Approx .) 430 × 66.5 × 33 3 mm inclu ding pro jecting p arts and cont rols Mass (A pprox.) 3.4 kg Speaker sect ion HT -SF 360 onl y • Front speake r (SS-M SP36F) • Surro und sp eaker (S S-SRP 36F) • Cente r s[...]

71 GB Addi ti ona l Info rm atio n Suppli ed speaker s Front speaker (2 ) Cente r speak er (1) Surro und spea ker (2 ) Subw oofer ( 1) Sup pl ied acces sories Oper ating Instruc tions (thi s m a nual) Quick Se tup Guide (1) Speak er Stand Inst allation Guide (H T-SF36 0 only ) (1) FM wire ante nna (1) AM loop ante nna (1) R emot e co mmand er • R[...]

Son y Corpor atio n Pr in ted in Ma laysia Inde x A A UTO CALIBRA TION 23 B Blu-r ay disc play er con necti ng 19 playba ck 30 C CD pla y er con necti ng 18 playba ck 30 Cont rol fo r HDMI con necti ng 19 pr ep a rin g 45 D Digit al Cine m a Sound (D CS) 40, 61 DIMMER 50 DISPLA Y 50 Dolby Di gital 61 DTS 62 DVD pl ay er con necti ng 20 playba ck 30[...]