Sony RHT-G900 manual

3-291-730- 21 (1) Theatr e Stand System ©2008 Sony Corporation RHT -G900 RHT -G1500 Operating Instructions[...]

2 GB 3 To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not ex pose this apparatus to rain or mo istu re. Do not install the app liance in a con fined space, su ch as a bookcase or buil t-in cabine t. To prevent fire, do not cover the venti lation of the apparatus wit h news paper s, table-cloths , curtains, etc. And don’t place ligh ted candl es[...]

3 GB WARNING ...... ....... ....... ........... ........ .......4 CAUTION........ ....... ........... ....... ........ .......5 Precautions ....... .... ....... ........... ....... ....... ....6 Main fea tures .......... ....... ........ ........... .......7 Getting Started Supplied acces sories ... ....... ....... ........... ....8 Setting this st[...]

4 GB Do not lean on or hang from the TV when the TV is placed on the stand. The TV may fall from the stand ca using an acciden t resultin g in serious inju ry or death. Do not move the stand with the TV or other equipment installed on it. Be sure to remove the TV and ot her equipm ent wh en movi ng th e stan d. If you fail to do so, th e stand m ay[...]

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

6 GB On safety • Do not place unspecifi ed obje cts, such as a f lower vase or potte ry on the stand. • Do not make altera tions to the st and. • Should any s olid obje ct or l iquid fall into t he stan d, unplug th e stand and have it c hecked by qualif ied personnel before o perating it any f urther. On po wer so urces • Before operat ing[...]

7 GB Main features B Easy connection with HDMI b The cords a re all tangled up . Neat connecti ons (pag e 11). B Easy operation with only one TV remote (“BRAVIA” Sync) b Separa te re motes fo r each compone nt. Cons olida te opera tions on one rem ote (page 2 7). B Easy Surround settings b I need lo ts of cor ds and spe akers. Eas y set-up w it[...]

8 GB Please check the follow ing acc essori es in th e pack age. Optical ca ble (1 m) (1) Remote commander (RM-ANU032) (1) Size AA ( R6) batteri es (2) Top glas s panel ( 1) Corner p rotectors (4) Support belt and two screws (small/large) (1) Shelf board (1) (RH T-G900 only) Shelf s upport pins (4) (RHT-G900 onl y) FM wire antenna ( aerial) (1) Ope[...]

9 GB Getting Started Inst alling the to p glas s pane l Refer to “How to install the top glass panel” supplie d with this stand. Prev enting the T V fro m topp ling over As a pro tective m easur e, secur e the TV . Perfo rm fol lowi ng s teps as a pro tect ive m easur e if you hav e a Sony LCD TV. 1 Place the TV on the center of the stand. Inst[...]

10 GB Conn ectin g the F M wire antenn a (aer ial) Connect the FM wire antenna (aerial) to the 75 Ω COAXIAL jack. • Be sure to fully ext end the FM wire an tenna (ae rial). • Af ter conne cting th e FM wire an tenna (ae rial), keep it as horizont al as possible. • If you hav e poor FM recept ion, use a 75-oh m coaxial cable (no t supplied) t[...]

11 GB Getting Started We rec omme nd that you c onnect compon ents to the stan d us ing an HDMI cabl e. With HDM I, you c an easily e njoy bot h high quality s ound and hi gh qual ity images . However , it is neces sary to co nnect th e audi o output of the TV t o the au dio inpu t of the stand us ing an opt ical cab le or an au dio cord in or der [...]

12 GB • Refer to page 13 for how to co nnect a component without an HDMI jack. • The HDMI jac k has pri ority whe n you c onnect th e component to the stand using INPUT OP T, INPUT COAX and HDMI t ogether. • The INPUT OPT ja ck has pr iority whe n you conn ect both the audio out put of the TV to the INPUT OPT and INPUT ANALOG jack of the s ta[...]

13 GB Getting Started When you connect a DVD player (recorder), satellite tuner, “ PlayStati on 2”, etc ., that has no HDMI jacks, connect to the st and us ing the INPUT OPT or INPUT COAX jack. If a com ponent c onnecte d to INP UT SAT ja cks does not have an O PTICAL OU T jack, co nnect this stand u sing the INP UT COAX jack. In th is case, it[...]

14 GB • The INPUT OPT ja ck has pr iority whe n you conn ect both the audio out put of the TV to the INPUT OPT and INPUT ANALOG jack of the s tand. If you connect any of the components with HDMI jacks, and the Control for HDMI function is set to on Set “CTRL: HDMI” to “ OFF” in the AMP menu of the st and for t he comp onent connect ed to [...]

15 GB Getting Started You ca n enjo y sound fr om the conne cted compon ent on th e stand b y connect ing the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter. Con nect the AC pow er cord (m ains lead) last . • Do not connect or disconnect t he DIGITAL M EDIA PORT adapter while th e stand is turne d on. • When you connect the DIGITA L MEDIA PORT adapte r, be sure th[...]

16 GB For more informa tion, ref er to th e pages indicate d in pare ntheses. Fron t pane l A (remote sensor) (37) Point th e remot e commander t owards he re. B POWER/ACTIVE STANDBY in dicator Lights as follows : Green : The stan d is turne d on. Amber: Co ntrol for HDMI f unction is working while the st and is tu rned off. Off: The stan d is turn[...]

17 GB Pl ay b ack Op t i on s Top pa nel displ ay About the indications in the top panel display A HDMI (11, 37) Lights u p when an HDMI eq uipm ent is being us ed. B Lights up according to the audio input signal s. C SLEEP (35) Flashes when the Sl eep Time r funct ion is active. D NIGHT (26) Lights up in NIGHT mode. E COAX/OPT Lights up acco rding[...]

18 GB Remote control Buttons for the operation of this stand A ?/1 ( on/ standby) Press to tu rn the st and o n or o ff. B LEVE L Press to adjust the level of the ce nter sp eaker and su bwoofer. This setti ng is ap plied to all soun d fiel ds. C AMP MENU Press to displa y the menu of the sta nd (page 32). D C , X , x , c or Press C , X , x or c to[...]

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

20 GB Enjoying Blu-ray Dis c, DVD, “PlayStation 2” o r “PlayStation 3” 1 Turn on the TV. 2 Turn the Blu-ray Disc/DVD player (recorder), “PlayStation 2” or “PlayStation 3” and the stand on. 3 Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – repeatedly until “B D” or “DVD” appears in the top panel display. 4 Change the TV i nput. Refer t o the o[...]

21 GB T uner Functions You can pres et 20 FM s tatio ns. Befo re tu ning , make sur e to turn down the v olume to minimum. 1 Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – repeatedly until “F M” appears in the to p panel display. 2 Press and hold TUNING + or – until the auto scanning starts. Scann ing sto ps wh en the st and tu nes in a station. “TUNED” l[...]

22 GB Preset radio s tations in the s tand’s memory firs t (see “P reset ting ra dio stati ons” (p age 21 )). 1 Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – repeatedly until “F M” appears in the to p panel display. The last rece ived stat ion i s tun ed i n. 2 Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to select the preset station. Each ti me yo u pr ess t he but[...]

23 GB T uner Functions You can en ter a name for pres et stat ions . The se names (for exam ple, “XY Z”) app ear in th e top panel di splay wh en a stat ion is se lected. Note that no more than one name can be entered for each pr eset st ation . 1 Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – repeatedly until “F M” appears in the to p panel display. The la[...]

24 GB What i s the Ra dio Data System? The Radio Dat a System (R DS) is a broadcasti ng service that allo ws radio s tations to send add ition al in fo rmat ion alon g wi th th e reg ula r program signal. This tune r offers conve nient RDS featur es, such as station name displ ay. RDS is ava ila ble o nly for FM sta tion s.* • RDS may not work pr[...]

25 GB Surr ound Fun ction Selec ting th e soun d fie ld This stan d can crea te mul ti chan nel sur roun d sound. You c an select o ne of stand’s optimized pre-pr ogramm ed sou nd fie lds. Press SOUND FIELD +/–. The pres ent so und fie ld appe ars in the to p panel displa y. Each time you press the S OUND FIELD +/– button , the d isplay c han[...]

26 GB • Multi -channel sound is processed by th e surround feature in any sound field . Also, multi- channel sou nd is process ed by the surr ound feature for any sound in “MOVIE” or “SPORTS. ” Enjoying t he soun d at lo w volum e (NIGH T mode ) You ca n enjo y so und ef fect s and to hear the dialog clearly even at a low volume level usi[...]

27 GB “BRA VIA” Sync Features By conn ecting Sony co mponen ts that ar e compatible with the “ BRAVIA” Sync with an HDMI cable (not su pplied), operatio n is simplif ied as below: • On e-To uch Pl ay: Whe n you pl ay back a compo nent such as a Blu -ray Dis c/DVD play er (recor der), the stan d and the TV are tu rned on autom aticall y an[...]

28 GB 4 Set Cont rol for HDMI functi on of the TV to on. The Control f or HDMI fu nction for the stand an d the conn ected co mpo nent is simultane ously se t to on. During th e setti ng, “SCANNING” appears in the top pan el dis play. A fter you fi nish the setting , “COMPLETE” appears in the top panel dis play. Wait until t he settin g is [...]

29 GB “BRA VIA” Sync Features Setting the Control for HDMI function to off for a compon ent w ithou t HDM I jack s To liste n to the sound of the component wi thout HDMI jacks when the Co ntrol for HDMI functio n is se t to on, s et it to off for that comp one nt in divi dual ly. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x rep eatedly until “SET HDMI” [...]

30 GB Play back a co nnected component. The stan d and the TV ar e turned on autom aticall y and sw itch to the appropr iate HDMI input. • Depend ing on t he TV, the st art of the co ntent ma y not be output. • You can enjoy the B lu-ray Disc/DVD player (recorder) co nnected to the st and, even if y ou turn the stand off. The POWER/ACTIVE STAND[...]

31 GB “BRA VIA” Sync Features Using t he Volume Limi t funct ion When the System Audi o Contro l funct ion is active, and the output method changes fr om the TV spea ker to th e stand s peaker a utoma tically , loud sou nd may be output depe nding on the volum e level of th e stand. Yo u can pr event thi s by limiting the maximum volume level. [...]

32 GB Using t he AMP menu You can set the fo llowing it ems with AMP MENU on the remote . The defaul t settings a re underlin ed. * Refer to “ “BRAVIA” Sy nc Feat ures” (p age 27). ** This setting ap pears onl y when “CTRL: HDMI” is set to “ ON.” 1 Press AMP MENU to turn on th e AMP men u. 2 Press C / X / x / c repeatedly to select [...]

33 GB Adv anced Settings Enjoy ing mult iplex broadc ast soun d (DUAL MONO) You c an enj oy mu ltiple x broa dcast soun d whe n the sta nd recei ves an A C-3 mul tiplex br oadcast signal . • To receive AC-3 s ignal, you ne ed to connect a di gital satell ite tun er to the st and with a n optica l cable or coaxial c able, and set the digital out p[...]

34 GB Enjoying Dolby Digital sound at low v olume ( AUDIO DR C) Narr ows t he dy nami c rang e of the sou nd tr ack. Useful for enjo ying movies at low volume. AUDIO DRC only applies t o Dolby Digita l sources . 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x repeatedly until “AUDIO DRC” appears, then press or c . 3 Press X / x to selec t the setting. • OFF:[...]

35 GB Adv anced Settings Using t he sleep timer You can set th e stand to turn o ff at a preset t ime when yo u sleep l istenin g to music . You can preset the time in 10 minute s decrements . 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x repeat edly unti l “SLE EP” appears, then press or c . 3 Press X / x to select the preset time you want. The minutes disp[...]

36 GB If you experi ence any of t he f ollow ing difficu lties while using the stand , use this troubles hootin g guide t o help re medy th e proble m before r equest ing repa irs. Sh ould any proble m persist, co nsult yo ur nearest Sony dealer . General The power is not turned on. • Chec k that the AC power cord (mains lea d) is conne cted se c[...]

37 GB Additional I nfo rmation Control for HDMI If you expe rien ce any of the fol lowi ng difficulties while using the “BRAVIA” Sync, use th is troubles hootin g guide to he lp you rem edy the prob lem. The Control for HDMI function does not wo rk. • Check the HDM I conn ectio n (pag e 11). • Make s ure “CTR L: HD MI” is set to “O N?[...]

38 GB RHT-G900 RHT-G1500 Formats supported by this stand Digi tal i nput f ormat s supp orte d by th is st and ar e as follows. * Linear PCM acce pts sam pling frequenci es of no more th an 48 kH z. Amplifier section Rated Outp ut Power Stereo mod e 50 W + 50 W, 6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD less than 1 % Reference Out put Power Surroun d mode Front: 70 W/ch,[...]

39 GB Additional I nfo rmation Inpu ts (D igi tal) TV , DVD Optical SA T Coaxial , optical FM tuner section Sys tem PLL qu ar tz- loc ked d igi tal synthesize r Tuning range 87.5 – 108.0 MHz (50 kHz step) Antenna (aerial) FM wir e antenn a (aeria l) Antenna (aer ial) termin als 75 ohms, unbalanc ed Intermedia te frequ ency 10.7 MHz HDMI section C[...]

40 GB Dolby D igital This movie theater so und format is more advance d than Do lby Sur round P ro Logi c. In thi s forma t, the s urround speak ers o utpu t stere o sound with an ex pande d freque ncy ra nge, and a subwo ofer cha nnel for deep ba ss is indepen dently pr ovided. Th is forma t is also cal led “5 .1” wi th the su bwoof er cha nne[...]

41 GB Additional I nfo rmation A A/V SYNC 33 AMP menu 32 A UDIO D RC 34 B Blu-ray Disc player (recorder) conn ecti ng 11 D DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T conn ecti ng 15 DISPLA Y 23 , 34 DU AL MONO 33 D VD player (recorder) conn ecti ng 11 , 13 N NIGHT mode 26 P “Pla ySta tion 3” conn ecti ng 11 R Radio 22 Radio st ations 21 Remote before use 8 operating[...]

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