Sony STR-DB900 manual

4-255-065- 11 (2) FM Ster eo FM/AM Receiver ©2004 Sony Cor poration Oper a ti ng Inst ructions STR-DB900[...]

2 GB To preven t fire or shoc k haz ard, do not expose th e unit to ra in or m oi st ur e. To prevent fir e , do not cover the ven til ation of the apparatus with ne ws papers, table-clo ths, curta ins, e tc. And don’t pla c e li ghte d c an dle s on the appa r at us. To prevent fire or sho ck haz ard, do not place objects filled wit h liq u ids [...]

3 GB Hooki ng up Compon ents Required cord s ........ ....... .... .... ... ........ ... ... 4 Connectin g analo g component s ........ ...... 5 Connectin g digital compone nts............ ... 6 Connectin g the an tennas ........... ........... ... 7 Placing sp eakers ................. ....... ........... ... 8 Connectin g speaker s .......... ....[...]

4 GB Before you get started The hoo kup diagr ams in this chap ter assu me the use of the fo llowin g option al conn ection cords ( (a) to (f) , no t su pplie d). (a) Audio/ video cor d Yellow (video) White (L/audio) Red (R /audio) (b) Audio cord White (L) Red (R) (c) Video cord Yellow (d) Optical d igital cord (e) Coaxial d igital cord (f) Monaur [...]

Hooking up Componen ts 5 GB If you con nect you r TV to the M ONI TO R jack, yo u can wat ch vide o ima ges f ro m the se le cted in put source ( page 17). For d e ta il s on t he r e q ui re d co rds ( (a ) to (f) ), see pa ge 4. * Use digit a l con nect ions for audio signals . Co nnec t the d igi tal outp ut ja ck of yo ur sate l lite tu ner to [...]

6 GB . Connect the di git al output ja cks of your DVD play er (e tc .) to this sy ste m’s digi ta l in put jacks to b ri ng the multicha nnel surr ound s ound of a movie th e ate r into your home. This recei ver a llo ws y o u to use a speake r syst em wi th up to 6. 1 chan nels. To fully enjo y mul tichan nel su rrou nd sou nd, five speak ers ([...]

Hooking up Componen ts 7 GB Connect th e supplied AM lo op antenna and FM wir e antenna as shown below. Notes • To prev ent noi se pickup , keep t he AM loop antenna away fro m the rece iver an d other co mponents. • Be sure to full y extend the FM wire anten n a. • After conn ecti ng the FM wir e a nte nn a, keep it as horiz on tal as po ssi[...]

8 GB To fully en joy sur round so und, conf igu re your sp ea kers as foll ow s . • Pla ce the fron t speakers in a loca tion 1 to 7 meters fro m the listenin g positio n ( A ). • You can en joy im prove d so und ef fe cts if y ou place th e ce nter spe aker fr o m a di s tanc e eq ual to th e front sp eaker di stance ( A ) to a distance 1 .5 m[...]

Hooking up Componen ts 9 GB When con ne ct in g spea ker co rds, mak e su re to atta ch the su pplied spe ak er plu gs to the speak er cor ds . For deta ils on how to att a ch the spe ak er pl ugs , see th e su ppli ed flyshe et. Before connecti ng the speaker cords, be sure to turn of f the receiver. Required cords (a) Speaker cord s (not supplied[...]

10 GB Note f or co nnecti ng the speaker cords to the receiver If the spea ke r cord s ar e not pro perl y co nne cte d, the re ceiv er may b e fa tal ly dam age d. To avoid the possibili ty of damage, follow the inst ru cti ons belo w . 1 Do not ho ok up th e spea ker co rds w h ile the recei ver p ower i s turne d on. Be sure to turn off the po w[...]

Hooking up Componen ts 11 GB Before pe rf ormi n g the initi al setu p proc ed ure, be sure t o pe rfor m th e follo wing op erat i ons . Conn ecting t he AC power cord Connect th e AC power cord to a wall outle t. Before you use your remote Inserting batteries into the remote Inse rt two R6 (s ize AA ) ba tte ries wit h the polarit y (+ an d –) [...]

12 GB You ca n perf or m setu p an d adju st m e nt of the speaker s connec ted to th e re ceiver by foll owing the pr ocedu res bel ow. 1 Select the speaker impedance. For more informatio n, see “Setting up the speake r im pe dance ” (pag e 12). 2 Select the sp eaker size and distance. For more informatio n, see “Setting up the speake r siz [...]

Hooking up Componen ts 13 GB When “NO” i s select ed, the front spe akers ar e auto mat i cally se t to “LARG E ”. x (FRONT) (Front speakers) • LARGE If you connect l arge spea kers tha t will eff ectively reproduce bass fr equencie s, select “LARGE” . Normally, select “LARGE”. •S M A L L If sound seems di stor t ed, or you feel[...]

14 GB Lets yo u set t he d istance from your lis tening p osition to the surr ound speak ers. You can ad just from 1. 0 m to 7.0 m in 0.1 mete r ste ps. If both s urround speakers are not plac ed an equal distanc e from your list ening p ositio n, set t his dista nce to the clo se st speak er . x DIST . XX m (Surround back speaker distance) Initia [...]

Hooking up Componen ts 15 GB — TEST TONE Use the r emote while se ated in your listening position to adjus t the le ve l of ea ch s pe aker. 1 Press ?/1 to turn on the receiver. 2 Press TEST TONE. “T. TONE” ap pear s in th e dis play and a tes t tone is o ut put fr om eac h sp eaker in th e followi n g sequ ence: 3 Adjust the L EVEL parameter[...]

16 GB After conne cting all of your compone nts to the receiver, c heck that the connectio ns were made correctl y as follo ws. 1 Press ?/1 to turn o n the receiver. 2 Press the button for the comp onent (VIDEO, DVD, TV/SAT, HDD/MD, MULTI CH) that you want to check. Or rotat e INPUT SELECT OR on the recei ver. 3 Turn on the component and start play[...]

Basic Operations 17 GB 1 Press the button for the component (VIDEO, DVD, TV/SAT, HDD/MD, TUNER) that yo u want to enjoy. Or rotate INPUT SELEC TOR on the receiv er. The selecte d input sourc e appears in the displa y. 2 Turn on the co mp one n t and star t playback. 3 Press MASTER VOL +/– to adjust the volume. Or rotate VOLUME on the receiver . T[...]

18 GB Before recei v ing br oa dcas ts , m a ke sur e yo u have c o nn ecte d the sup plie d FM and AM anten nas to the re ce iver (pa ge 7). Automatic tuning If you do not know th e freque ncy of th e st a tion you wa nt , you c an l et th e r ecei ver sc an all avai l a ble sta tio n s i n yo ur area. 1 Press TUNER to s elect the FM or AM band. O[...]

Basic Operations 19 GB 4 Press SHIFT to select the memory page and press PRESET/CH + or PRESET/ CH – to select a preset number. If “MEM O R Y ” goes out befor e you pr e ss the pres et num ber , st ar t a g ai n from st ep 3. 5 Press MEMORY again to store the station. If “MEM O R Y ” goes out befor e you c an store th e s ta tion, st art [...]

20 GB (Models of area code CEK, CEL only) RDS enables r adio stat ions to sen d additional infor mati on alon g w ith re gula r progr am signal s. This receiver als o allows you to use RDS (Radio Data System) and disp lay RDS informatio n. Receivin g RDS br oadcas ts Simply select a station on the FM b and. Use “Aut omat ic tu ning ” (p age 18)[...]

Basic Operations 21 GB You ca n ch eck t he c urre nt ly use d soun d field etc. by chang ing the inf ormation shown in the disp lay. Press DISPL AY repeatedly. Each time you press DISPLAY, th e display chang es as foll ows. • When signals are output from a c omponent othe r t ha n a tuner: Input name t Soun d f i el d nam e t Vo l u m e lev el ?[...]

22 GB A SLEE P: Lig hts up when t he sl eep timer i s activa ted. B Playback channel indi cators: The lett ers (L, C, R, et c.) in di cate the chann el(s ) be ing played back. The box es aroun d the lette rs vary to sho w how the receiv er dow nmixes th e source sound ( based on the sp eakers se ttings). Abbreviation s: L (Front Le ft), R (Front R [...]

Enjoy ing Surr ound Sound 23 GB In this mode, the rece iv er output s so un d from the fron t L/R sp eakers only . No so und is ou tput from t he sub w oo fe r. Listen ing to 2 chan nel ste reo sourc es (2CH STEREO) Sta ndard 2 chan nel st ereo sourc es co mplet ely bypa ss sou nd fi eld pr ocessi ng an d mult ichan nel sur round format s ar e down[...]

24 GB Enjoying s tereo so und i n multi channel (2 chan nel decodin g mode) This m ode l ets yo u sp ecify the ty pe of d ecodi ng used fo r 2 chan nel au dio s ou rces . Th is re ceiv er can rep ro duce 2 c han nel s oun d in 6 ch an nels throu gh D T S Neo :6 ; 5 cha nne ls thr oug h Dolb y Pro Logi c I I or 4 ch annel s thr ou gh Dol by Pro Logi[...]

Enjoy ing Surr ound Sound 25 GB x C.ST.E X C (CINEMA STUDIO EX C DCS ) Reproduces th e sound ch ara c te risti cs of the Sony Pictur es E nter tainme nt sc oring st age. This mode is ideal f or watch i ng mu si ca ls or film s where or chestr a music is feat ured in the so undtrack. About CINEMA STUDIO EX modes CINEMA STUDIO EX modes a re suitable [...]

26 GB By adjustin g t he LE VEL me nu a nd TO NE menu, you can custo mize the sound fiel ds to suit your par t ic ul ar listen i ng situati on. Posit i on yo ur sp eaker s a nd do th e pr oced ur es descri bed in “Pla cing speak ers” (pa ge 8) and “Che ck ing th e co nnec tion s” (page 16) be fore you cu st o mize a s ound f ie ld . Adju st[...]

Enjoy ing Surr ound Sound 27 GB x EFCT. XXX (Effect level) Lets yo u adju st the size of the curr en t surro u nd effect . T hi s m en u ite m is di sp laye d only w hen “C . S T. EX A” , “C.ST. EX B”, “C. S T. EX C” , “CONCE RT”, “JAZZ”, or “HALL” i s sel ected . •S T D Normal surro und eff e c ts are ap plie d. •M I N [...]

28 GB You ca n sw i tch th e au dio inpu t mode f or DV D playba ck. 1 Press DVD to select DVD i nput. 2 Press INPUT MODE repeatedly to select the audio i nput mode. The sel ect ed au di o inpu t mo de app ears in the displa y. Audio input modes • AUTO IN Give s pr i or ity to di gi t al au dio sign als , an d speci fi es ana log au di o s igna l[...]

Other Operations /Settings 29 GB You ca n se lect a bil ingual pl ay mode to en joy DVD software etc. in AC-3 fo rmat. Press DUAL MONO repeatedly to select the setting you want. Or press MAIN M ENU r ep eate d l y to sele ct th e SET UP menu, then press F/f to select “DUAL XXX”. Press G/ g to select th e setting you wa nt. Multichannel play mod[...]

30 GB You can s elect a decoding mode for DTS 9 6/24 signals . 1 Press MAIN ME NU repeatedly to select the SE T UP menu . 2 Press F/f to select “ 96 XXXX”. 3 Press G/g to select the setting you want. DTS 96/24 decoding modes •9 6 A U T O When a DTS 96/24 signal is input, it is pla yed back a t a sam pling freq uenc y of 9 6 kH z. •9 6 O F F[...]

Other Operations /Settings 31 GB How to selec t the su rround back de coding m ode You can se lect the sur round back mode you want accor ding to the in put stream. Th e initial setting is “SB A UTO”. x When you sel ect “SB AUT O” When th e in pu t strea m con tains the 6.1 ch annel de code f la g a) , th e appr op riat e d ecode r is appl [...]

32 GB This ch apte r pr ov ides in form a tion on the locat io n of bu tton s on the su pp lied re mote an d how to us e them t o perf or m ba si c r ece iver oper atio ns. Using the su pplied re mote Parts descripti on 1 2 5 6 9 0 qa 3 4 7 qs qd 8 qg qf H S jJ L VIDEO HDD/MD SYSTEM STANDBY TV ?/1 AV ?/1 DVD TV/SAT HDD FUNCTION AV MENU MUTING DISPL[...]

Using the supp lied remo te 33 GB DISC 9 When operatin g a CD player o r video CD pla ye r, pr es s to se le ct a disc direc tly (multi -disc c hange r only). DISPLAY qa Press to sel ec t th e infor m atio n displaye d on the disp lay of the receiv er or TV s creen. DUAL MONO w; Press to sel ect a b ili ngua l play mode (Dual Mon o). ENTER (After p[...]

34 GB Remote button Fu nctio n Numbe r butto ns (1-9, 0 /10)* (After pressing ALT) ql When operat ing a tuner : Press whil e pre ssi ng SHI F T to select the numer ic inpu t for th e tuner prese t sta ti on dur in g the direct tun ing or me m ory mode. When operat ing a CD player, vid eo CD player, DVD play er, M D deck or DAT deck: Press to select[...]

Using the supp lied remo te 35 GB * The function of these butt ons switch au tom atica lly each tim e yo u sele ct the i nput ( wd ) . Dependi ng on the co mpon ent, t he a bove opera tion m ay no t be possible or ma y ope rat e di ffe r en tly than describ ed . Note s • The 12 butto n is not avail able. • Some butt ons may not be used de pe nd[...]

36 GB When yo u progr am the rem ote to contro l the foll owing Sony or no n-Son y compon ents, yo u can us e the buttons on the remot e that are ma rked with cir cles in th e table be low. The supplied r emote can contro l the fol lowing components ( (1) to (11) ). Note that some buttons may not op er ate your comp onen t . (1) CD player (5) LD pl[...]

Using the supp lied remo te 37 GB * With a mult i-di sc ch anger only. ** For B decks only. TV CH +/–, TV VOL +/–, TV/ SAT, TV/ VIDEO, TV ?/1 , WIDE −−−−−− z −−−− H zzzzzz −− zzz S zzzzzz −− zzz s zzzzzz −− zzz l / L zzz z ** zz −− zzz j / J zzz zzz −− zzz >10/11 z − zzz −− zz −− -/- - −−[...]

38 GB You can program the remote to control non- Sony compo nent s. On ce th e cont rol s ignal s hav e been memo rized, you c an use th ose c ompone nts as part of you r syst e m. Furthermore , you can als o program th e remote for Sony comp onents that the remote i s unable to control. Note that the remote can only control compo ne nts th at ac c[...]

Using the supp lied remo te 39 GB The n umeric c odes corres pon din g to the compon ent an d the ma ker of the com ponent Use the n umeric codes i n the tab les below to contro l non-So ny com p onent s a nd also So ny compon ents th at the re mote is nor m al l y una ble to contro l. Si nce t he r emote sign al th at a compon ent acce pts diff er[...]

40 GB To control a TV To control an LD player To control a video CD player To control a VCR To control a satellite tuner or cable box Maker C ode(s ) SONY 501, 502 DAEWOO 504, 505, 506, 507, 515, 544 FISHER 508 FUJITSU 528 FUNAI 548 GOLDSTAR 503, 512 , 515, 517, 534, 54 4, 556 GRUNDIG 511, 533, 534 HITACHI 513, 514, 515, 544 , 557 ITT/NOKIA 521, 52[...]

Using the supp lied remo te 41 GB You can switch the command mode (AV1 or AV2) of the remo te. If the command mode of the rece iver a nd t he r emot e is diff eren t, you can not use the r em o te to o p er a te the re ceiv er . Press AV1 (or AV2) w hile holding down RM SET UP P . RM SET UP P lights up on ce, th e n th e command mode switches. To r[...]

42 GB On sa fety Should any soli d obje ct or l iquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the r eceiver and h ave it chec ked b y qualif ied personnel before ope rat ing it any further. On powe r source s • Befo r e ope r a ting the un it, che c k that th e ope ratin g voltage is iden tica l w ith your loc al po w e r sup ply. The opera tin g voltag e [...]

Additiona l Inform ation 43 GB If you ex peri ence a ny of the f ollowing difficu ltie s while using the receiver, us e this troubles hoot in g gu ide to he lp you re med y th e proble m . Sh ou ld any pr obl em per sist, co nsul t your n ear es t Son y deal er . There is no sound no matter whi ch componen t is selec ted. • Check that both the re[...]

44 GB There is no sound or only a ver y low-level sound is heard from the surround speakers . • Make sure the sound field fun ction is on. Press A.F.D. or MODE on the r emote, or S OUND FIELD on t he receiv er (page 23). • Selec t a CINEMA S TUDIO EX mo de (pag e 24). • Adjust the s peaker level (page 15). • Make sure the sur round sp eaker[...]

Additiona l Inform ation 45 GB DEC. EROR Appears when a signa l the receiver cannot decod e is input and “DEC .” is se t to “DEC. PCM ” . In this case, set to “DEC. AUTO” (page 28). PROT ECT • Irregular current is output from the speakers. Tur n off the power and ch eck t h e s p eak er connect ions, then turn on th e pow er ag ai n. [...]

46 GB Supp lied ac cesso ries FM wire antenna (1) AM loop antenna (1 ) Remote co mmander (1 ) R6 (siz e AA) ba tterie s (2) Design and spe cifications are su bject to chan ge without noti ce.[...]

47 GB Additiona l Inform ation Main unit DIRE CT qa (23) DISPLAY 6 (20, 44) Display w indow 4 (21, 22) INPUT MODE 5 (28) INPUT SELECTOR 7 (16, 17, 18, 19) MULTI CH IN qs (17) PHONES jack qg (43) POWER (p ower) s witch 2 (11, 12, 15) PRESET TUNING +/– qf (18) SOUND FIELD q; (23, 24, 25, 43, 44) STANDBY indicator 3 SURROUND BACK DEC ODI NG qd (30) [...]

48 GB Remote control A.F.D. 4 (23, 24, 25, 32, 43, 44) ALT qh (32) ANGLE 8 (32, 36) ANT e; (32, 36) AUDIO 7 (32, 36) AV MENU 0 (32, 34, 35, 36) AV1 wd (32, 41) AV2 wd (32, 41) AV ?/1 (power) 2 (32, 36, 38, 41) CLEA R e; (32, 36 ) DIRE CT 6 (23, 32) DISC 9 (33, 36) DISPLAY qa (20, 21, 33, 36, 44) DUAL MONO w; (29, 33) DVD wd (16, 17, 28, 33) D.TUNIN[...]

49 GB Additional Info rmation A A.F.D. (Auto Format Di rect) 23 – 25 Adjustin g LEVEL parame ter 26 Speaker volume 15 TON E m enu 27 Automa tic tuni ng 18 B Bilingu al pla y mode 29 C Changing inform ation in d isplay 21 Checkin g conne ct ion 16 CINEMA STUDIO EX 24 – 25 Clearin g re ceiver’s m emo ry 11 , 45 Conn ecti ng AC power cord 11 Ana[...]

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