Sony STRDH800 manual

©200 9 Son y Corp ora tion 4- 131- 723 - 11 (1 ) M ult i C ha nnel A V Rece iver Operating Inst ructions STR-DH 800[...]

2 US 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 [...]

3 US 12) U se o nly w ith the car t, st and , trip od, b rac ket, or tabl e specif ied b y t h e manufact urer , or sol d with the ap paratus. W h en a cart is used , us e caut ion whe n moving t he cart/app aratus comb inatio n to avoid in jury fro m tip -over. 13) Unp l u g this a pparatu s duri ng light ning s torms or whe n unused f or long pe [...]

4 US About This Manual • The instr uc tion s in th is manu al a re fo r mo del STR- DH800. C heck you r mo del numb er by look ing at the lo wer ri ght corne r of the front panel. In th is m an ual , mo del s of are a cod e U i s u sed for il lustra tion pur poses un less state d otherwi se. An y dif ferenc e in operat ion is cl early indi cated [...]

5 US T abl e of Co nte nt s Des crip t ion and l oca tion of p arts .. ... ..... ... ... .. 7 Gettin g Star ted 1: I nsta ll ing the s pea kers .... ... .. ...... ... .. ...... ... 17 2: C on nec tin g t he s pea ke rs ... .. ...... ... .. ...... ... 1 8 3: C on nec ting t he T V ... ...... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ... 21 4 a: Con necti ng t he [...]

6 US S-AIR Operations About S-A IR pro ducts .... ..... ...... ..... ..... .... .... 85 Se tt ing u p an S-A IR pr odu ct ... ... ..... ... ... ..... . 86 Enjoy ing the syst em’ s sound i n anothe r room ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ... ...... .. ...... ... .. ...... ... .. . 9 0 Chan ging the cha nnel fo r bett er sound tran smi ss ion ..... .. .[...]

7 US De scri ption and lo cati on of part s Front panel ?/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 2 IN VIDEO L AUDIO R AUTO CAL MIC 9 q; qa qf qs 8 qd 13 24 5 6 qh qg 7 Name Func tion A ? / 1 (o n/sta ndby) P res s to tur[...]

8 US Name F unct ion L 2CH/A.DIRECT Press to se lect a so und fi eld (p age 60). A.F .D. MO VIE MUSI C M TUNING MODE Pr ess to opera te a tune r (FM/A M) a nd satel lite radio (SIRIUS ) (pag e 67, 73) . TUNING +/– MEMOR Y/ ENTER N INP UT M ODE Pre ss t o sel ect the input mode whe n t he same compo nents are co nnecte d to b oth digi t a l an d a[...]

9 US About the indicators on the dis p lay 12 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 0 qj qh wa qk 3 ql w; qg qf qs qd qa Name Func tion A SW Li ghts up when the au dio signal is out put fr om the SUBWOOFER jacks. B LFE Lights up when th e di sc b eing play ed back con tains an LFE (Low F requency E ffect) chann el and the LF E chann el sig nal is actu ally be ing re pr od[...]

10 US Name Function H Tu n i n g indica tors CA T ME M MON O ST SIRIUS Ligh t s up when t he receive r tunes i n radio st ations , o r sat el lite r adio s tat ions. Th e categ ory mod e is set to “ON E CA T” du ring the satellit e radi o opera t io n (page 75) . Ligh t s up when a m emory functi on, such a s Preset Memory (p age 69), etc. , is[...]

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

12 US * You can watch th e selected i nput ima ge when yo u connect the HDM I OUT or M ONITOR OUT jack to a TV (pag e 21, 25). You can use the su pplie d remot e to op erate th e rece iver an d to cont rol the Sony audi o/video com ponent s that the r emote is ass igned t o op erate. You c an als o pro gram th e remote to co ntrol non-S ony audio /[...]

13 US Name Functi on A AV ? / 1 (on/ sta nd by) Pr ess to turn o n or off the audi o/video compo nents that the rem ote is pro gr ammed to oper ate. To tu rn the TV on or off, pre ss TV ( C ) and th en press AV ? / 1 . If y ou pr ess ? / 1 ( B ) at the sam e time, it will tu rn off th e receiv er and other compon ents (SYSTEM ST ANDBY). Note The fu[...]

14 US Name Functio n F A.F.D. Press t o select a soun d field (pag e 61, 63). MOVI E MUSIC G NIGHT MODE Press to acti vate the Night Mode f unction (p age 65) . H SLEEP P ress t o activate t he Sleep T im er fu nc ti on an d th e dura tion whic h the receiver turn s o ff au tom atica lly. I AMP MENU Pr ess to dis pla y th e men u to operate the rec[...]

15 US Name Fun ction CATEGORY + /– Pr ess to selec t the cat egory for satelli te tuner (p age 75). TUNING + /– Press to scan a st ation. CATEGORY MOD E Pr ess to selec t the cat egory mode for sate llite t uner (page 7 5). D.TUNING Pre ss t o e nte r di rec t t uni ng mode. N TV C H + a) /– Press TV ( C ) and then press TV CH + /– to selec[...]

16 US a) The number 5/ SA T , T V CH +/P RESET + and N butto ns ha v e tactile dots. Us e the tactil e dots as referen ces when operat ing t he rec eiver . b) This button is a lso availa ble f or DI GIT AL M EDIA POR T adapte r o peration. For detai ls on the fu nct i on o f t he bu tt on , ref er to th e ope ra ti ng ins truc tions sup plie d wit [...]

17 US Gett i ng Started 1: I nstal ling the spea ke rs This rec eiver allows you to u se a 7.1 channe l syst em (7 spea kers an d one subwoo fer). To fully e njoy theat er-l ike multi chan nel sur round so und requi res f i ve spe akers ( two fro nt spea kers, a cen ter spe aker, and two sur round sp eakers ) and a sub woof er (5.1 cha nne l) . Exa[...]

18 US 2: Conn ec ting the sp eak ers Before conn ecting the cords , be sure to disco nnect the A C po wer cord (mai ns l ead). A F ront sp eaker A (L eft) B F ront sp eaker A ( Right) C Ce nter s peake r D S urrou nd speak er (Left) E Surro und spea ker (Ri ght) F Surro und back sp eaker (Left ) a) b)c) G Surro und back sp eaker (Right ) a) b)c) H [...]

19 US Gett i ng Started a) If you con nect only one sur round b ack spea ker , connect it to t he SPEAKERS SURR OUND BA CK/ BI-AM P/FRONT B L te rmin als. b) If you ar e not using sur round back sp eaker, an d you have an a dditional front s peaker syst em, connect the addi tional f ront speake r syst em to the SPEAKERS S URROUND BACK/ BI-AMP/ FRON[...]

20 US Aft er you ha ve i nstall an d connec t your sp eaker , be su re to sel ect the sp eaker pat tern fro m SPEAKER menu (pag e 47). Selec t the speak er pa tter n acco rding to your speak er se ttin g. Fo r det ails of each paramet er , s ee the ta ble as foll o ws. Selecting a speaker pat tern Sp ea ker co nn ect ed Front left/right Ce nte r Su[...]

21 US 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. Be fore connec ting cords, be s ure t o dis connec t the A C p ow[...]

22 US Notes • Be su re to tur n on t he recei ver when the v ideo 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. • Connect image dis play compo nents suc h as a TV mo nitor or a pr oje ctor to th e HD MI O[...]

23 US Gett i ng Started 4a: Conne ct ing th e audio c ompon ent s Th e follow ing illu stra tion sh ows how to conn ect a Supe r Audio CD pla yer, CD pl ayer o r CD rec ord er. Bef ore con necti ng cords , be sur e to disc onnect the AC po wer cord . Af ter co nnecti ng y our a udio componen t, proc eed to “4 b: Connec ting the vi deo com po ne n[...]

24 US 4b : Con nect ing t he vid eo co m ponent s This se ction desc ribe s how to conne ct your video compo nents to this recei ver. Before you begin, see “Compo nent to b e connec ted” below for th e pages whi ch desc ribe ho w t o con nect ea ch compone nt. After c onnectin g all you r compone nts, proce ed to “5: Con necti ng the an t e n[...]

25 US 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. Notes • Be sure t o chang e the fa ctory set ting o f the HD MI 1–4 i nput bu tton o n th e remot e so that you can u se the bu tton t o cont[...]

26 US HDMI feature s • A digital audi o si gnals t ransmi tted by HD MI can be o utput fro m the spea kers conne cted t o the r eceiv er. Thi s signal su pport s Dolby Digi tal, DTS, an d Linear PCM. • Th is r eceiv er c an re ceive mu lti chann el Line ar PCM (up to 8 cha nnels ) with a sam p li ng fr e qu enc y of 192 kH z o r le ss wit h an [...]

27 US Gett i ng Started Th e follow ing illu stra tion sh ows how to conn ect a D VD pl ayer. 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 • T he ini tial set ting of th e COMPON EN T VIDEO IN 2 jacks are DVD pla yer. If you want to connect your DVD play[...]

28 US The foll owing i llustr ation shows h ow to con nect a Blu -ray di sc pla yer. 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 • Th e in it ial se tting of the COMP ONEN T V IDE O IN 1 jac ks are Blu - ra y disc pl ayer. If y ou want to connec t your B[...]

29 US Gett i ng Started Th e follow ing illu stra tion sh ows how to conn ect a sat elli te tuner o r 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 • The init ial se tt ing of the COMP ON EN T VIDE O IN 3 ja cks a re sa tell ite tu ne r or s[...]

30 US 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 VCR, DVD recorde r , etc. 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 sure t o change the f actory set ting of the VIDE O 1 in put bu tton [...]

31 US Gett i ng Started 5: Co nnect ing t he antenn as ( aeri als) Conne ct the su pplie d AM loop an tenna (aer ia l) a n d FM w ire a nten na (a eria l) . Be fore co nnect ing ant ennas ( aeria ls), be sure to disco nnect the power cord . Notes • To preven t noise pic kup, keep t he AM loop antenn a (aerial ) awa y f ro m th e rece iver and oth[...]

32 US 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 ure to us e the b utto n s on t he re ce ive r f or th is op erat ion. 1 Press ? / 1 to tu rn off the re ceiver [...]

33 US Gett i ng Started 7: Se lecting t he s pea ker syst em Yo u can sel ect the fr ont spe akers you w ant to dr ive . Be sur e to use th e butto ns on the r eceiv er for thi s opera tion. Press SPEAKERS repeatedly to select th e front sp eaker system you want t o drive . * To sel ect “SP B” or “SP A + B”, set “SB ASSIGN” to “SPK B?[...]

34 US Before y ou perf orm the Aut o Calibrat ion, set up an d connect the spe akers (pag e 17, 18) . • The AUTO CAL MIC j a c k is used fo r t he suppl ied op timizer microph one onl y. Do not conne ct o ther micro phones to this jack. Doi ng so may dam age th e receive r and the mi cropho ne. • Duri ng the cal ibratio n, the sou nd that comes[...]

35 US Gett i ng Started Note Dep ending on t he charact eristic s o f the sub woof er you ar e using, t he setup di stance v alue may be fur ther away from the actua l p os ition . Pres s A UTO CAL . Meas urement sta rts i n 5 s econds . A count down is di splay ed. The mea sureme nt process wi ll take approx imatel y 30 seco nds t o comp lete. The[...]

36 US 1 Confirm the measuremen t re sult. When t he measur emen t ends, a beep so unds and the m easur ement re sult appea rs on the disp lay. 2 Press AMP an d then press V / v repeated ly to select t h e item. Then , pr e ss . 3 Sel ect “SA V E EXIT ” in step 2 to save the m easur ement result. “COMPL ETE” ap pears on the dis pl a y and th[...]

37 US Gett i ng Started Wh en error code s ap pe ar Check the prob lem of the error and perfo rm Au to Cal ibra tion a gain. *1 xxx represent a speaker c hannel F Fr ont S Sur round SB Sur round bac k T o perf orm A uto Calibr ation aga in 1 Press . 2 Press V / v to select “ RETRY? YES”, then press . W hen y o u se lect “PH AS E IN FO” You [...]

38 US W hen y o u se lect “ W A RN CHECK” 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 to return to step 2 o f “Con fir mi ng/s a ving th e mea surement resu lts” ( p age 36). *3 xxx represent a speaker channel FL F ro nt le ft FR Fron t right CNT C enter SL Surro und left SR S[...]

39 US Gett i ng Started T o register more than one set of settings f or the list e ning en v ironm ent Yo u can select the sea ting pos iti on you want and re gist er the mea surem ent resu lts of the Aut o Ca libr at ion fo r tha t se atin g p osit ion . 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press V / v repeatedl y to select “AUTO CAL”. 3 Press or b t o enter t[...]

40 US 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. 1 Press AM P ME NU. 2 Press V / v rep eatedly to se lect “LEVEL ”, then press o r b . 3 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “TEST TO NE ” then press . 4[...]

41 US Pl ayb a ck Select ing a co m ponent 1 Press one of the input buttons t o se le ct t he c omp on ent y ou want. 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 T urn on the component and start playbac[...]

42 US To ac ti vate th e mu ting fun ction Pr es s MU TIN G o n the re mo te . Th e muti ng fu nc tion will be c anc el ed w he n you do the fol lowing . • Press MUTING again. • Incr ease t he volume . • Tu rn off the re ceive r. To avoid dam a ging your sp ea kers Be fo re y ou tu rn o f f the rec eiv er , be su re to tur n down th e volume [...]

43 US 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0/10 ENT/MEM 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D. MO[...]

44 US 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0/10 ENT/MEM 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC THEATER SYSTEM STANDBY RM SET UP ?/1 CLEA[...]

45 US 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. 2 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect the menu you wan t. 3 Press or b to enter the menu. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect the para meter you want to adjust. 5 Press or[...]

46 US 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 45. Overview of the m e nus Me nu [Display] Parameters [ Disp lay] S ettings In itia l setti ng AUTO CAL [AUTO CAL] (p age 38) A uto ca li brati on [A.CAL START] C alibr ation ty pe a) [CA L TY PE] FU LL F LAT, ENG IN EER FRONT RE F[...]

47 US Amp lif ier O per ation s SPE AKER [SPEAKER] (pag e 51) Speak er pat tern a) [S P PATTE RN] 3/4 .1, 3/4, 3/ 3.1, 3 /3, 2/4.1, 2/4 , 3/2. 1, 3/2 , 2/3.1, 2/3, 2/ 2.1, 2/2 , 3/0.1, 3/0, 2/ 0. 1, 2/ 0 3/4 .1 Fr ont speaker s a) [FRT S P] LARG E, SMA LL LARGE Cent er speaker a) [CNT SP] LARGE, SMALL LARGE Sur round spea kers a) [SUR S P] LARGE, S[...]

48 US SURROUND [SURROUND] (p age 54) Sound f ield se lection [ S.F. SEL ECT ] Fo r deta ils, see “E njoyin g Surro und S oun d” ( pag e 60). A.F.D. AUTO Enhanc ed surr ound mod e [E.SUR MODE] PLI I f) , PLIIx f) , NEO6 CIN, NEO6 MUS, NE URAL-THX PLIIx Effect l evel a) [ EFFEC T] E FCT. 50 %, E FCT . 80 %, E FCT . 100%, E FCT. 15 0% EFCT. 100% E[...]

49 US Amp lif ier O per ation s a) For deta ils, se e the page in the pa renthes es. b) xxx r epr esent a spe aker chann el (FL, FR, CNT , SL, SR, SB, SBL, SBR, SW ). c) De pe nds o n th e sp eaker patt ern se tt ing, som e para me ters m ay not be availa ble. d) Y ou c an only select th is par amete r if “SP P A TTER N” is n ot set to a sett i[...]

50 US 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. Se le ct “ LE VEL ” i n the a mpl ifie r men us. Fo r detai ls on adj usti ng the param ete rs, see “Nav igat ing thr ough menus” (pa ge 45) and “Ove rview of t[...]

51 US Amp lif ier O per ation s x D. RANGE (Dynamic range com pressor) Lets y ou compre ss the dy namic ra nge of the soun d t rack. Thi s may be usef ul when yo u wan t to wa tc h m ov ies at low volu me s la te at n i gh t. Dyn amic r ange co m p ress ion is possibl e wi th Do lby Di gita l so urces only . •C O M P . M A X The dy namic range is[...]

52 US x CNT SP (Center sp eaker) • LARGE If you c onnect a lar ge speak er tha t will ef fect iv ely repr oduce ba ss fre quenci es, sel ect “LA RGE”. N ormall y , sele ct “ LARGE”. Ho wev er , if t he fron t speak ers are s et to “SMALL”, you canno t set t he cent er s peake r t o “ LARGE”. •S M A L L If th e sound is dist orte[...]

53 US Amp lif ier O per ation s x FL DIS T . (Front left sp eaker distance) x FR DIST . (Fr ont right spe aker distance) Lets y ou set the di stanc e from your listeni ng p osition t o the fr ont spe akers ( A ). If bo th fron t speak ers ar e not pl aced an eq ual dis tance fro m yo ur liste ning pos ition, set the d istance to th e closest s peak[...]

54 US x DIST . UNIT (Di s tance unit) Le ts you sel ec t th e u nit of me asur e for s etti ng dist ances. •F E E T Th e dista nce i s di spla yed i n fe et. • METER Th e dista nce i s di spla yed i n met ers. x FR T CROSS (Front speaker cr o ssover frequency) Lets you s et t he ba ss c rosso ver freque ncy o f the fr ont spea kers t hat have b[...]

55 US 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 . Sel ec t “E Q” in the am pl if ie r m enu s. 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 45) a nd “Over view of t[...]

56 US x SR ANT AIM (SIRIUS antenna ai ming mode) This par amete r helps you to aim th e SIRIUS anten na fo r optima l sign al recept ion. Fo r detai ls, see “Check ing r ecei ving condi tions (SIR IUS Anten na Aiming )” (pag e 73). x SIRIUS ID (SIR IUS r adio ID) Lets you c heck the SIRI US Radio ID. F or detai ls, see “Check ing t he S i r i[...]

57 US Amp lif ier O per ation s x DEC. PRI O . (Dig ital a u dio input dec odi ng p ri or ity) Le ts you sp ecify the i nput m ode f or th e di gita l sign a l in put to t he H D MI IN ja cks . •D E C . A U T O Au tom a tica ll y sw i tch es the i npu t mo de be twe en D TS , Do lby Di gi tal, o r PC M . •D E C . P C M PCM sig nals ar e outpu t[...]

58 US Se tt in gs f or th e HDM I (HDMI menu) You ca n use the HDM I menu to make v arious ad ju stm e nts fo r HD MI se tt ing s. Se le ct “ HD MI ” in t he a mp li fier me nu s. F or detai ls on adj usti ng the param ete rs, see “Nav igat ing thr ough menus” (pa ge 45) and “Ove rview of the me nus” (page 46 ). HDMI menu para m eters x[...]

59 US Amp lif ier O per ation s Settings for the s ystem (SYSTEM menu) Yo u can us e the SYSTEM menu t o name inpu ts and ch ange the bri ghtne ss of the di spl ay . S elect “S YSTEM” in t he amp l ifi er menu s. Fo r deta il s o n adju s ting t he p ara m ete rs , se e “Navi gating th rough men us” (page 45) a nd “Over view of t he menus[...]

60 US E njoyi ng a pre-pr ogra m med so und f ield This re cei ver supp orts t he foll owi ng audio for mats. a) Audio sign als a re out put in anothe r f ormat if the play back co mponent does n ot co rrespo nd to t he fo rmat. For de t a i ls, re f e r to t he operat i n g instruct ions of t he playback compo nent. b) Signal s with a samp l ing f[...]

61 US Enjo ying Sur round Sound 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. repeated ly to selec t the sou nd field you want. F or detail s, see “ Types of A.F. D. mode ”[...]

62 US The enhan ced surrou nd mode all ows you to list en to hi gher fidel ity s ound and se lect the decodi ng mode for li steni ng to a 2 c hannel ster eo sound as multi ch annel sound . 1 Press AM P ME NU. 2 Press V / v re peatedly to select “SURROUN D”, t h en press or b . 3 Press V / v re peatedly to select “E.SUR MODE” th e n press or[...]

63 US Enjo ying Sur round Sound Types of enhanced surround m ode * Depends on the spea ker pat t e rn setting , some enhan ced sur r o und mode may not be a vai l a ble. 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 e[...]

64 US Types of m ovie/music mode * Y ou can only sel ect thi s sound f ield if t he headph ones are conne cted to th e r e ceive r . Sound f ield for So und f iel d [Display] Effect Movi e Cinema S tudio EX A DCS [ C.ST.E X 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 oducti[...]

65 US Enjo ying Sur round Sound Notes • The s ound fi elds for m usic and mo vies do n ot work in the fo llo wi ng c as es. – PCM signals with a sampling frequency of more than 48 kHz ar e being r eceiv ed. – DT S 96/24 sig nals are bei ng re cei ved. – DT S-HD sig nals with a samp ling fre quenc y of more tha n 48 kH z are bein g recei ved[...]

66 US Us in g o nl y th e fro nt spea ker s (2CH STER EO ) In thi s mode, th e recei ver outp uts the soun d from the front l eft/ right s peake rs onl y . Ther e is no so und from the sub woofe r . St an dar d 2 c han n el st er e o so ur ces co mp le tely bypas s the so und fi eld pr ocessi ng and mul ti channe l surr ound for mats ar e dow nmix [...]

67 US T uner Opera tions R eset ti ng so und fiel ds to the initia l sett ings Be sur e to use th e butto ns on the r eceiv er for thi s opera tion. 1 Press ? / 1 to tu rn off t h e receiver. 2 Whil e h old ing down MUSIC, press ? / 1 . “S. F. CLEAR” appe ars on t he disp l a y and al l so un d f ie lds ar e res et to t h ei r in iti al sett in[...]

68 US 1 Press TUNER re peatedly to select the FM or AM band. 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. Using the cont rols on the re ceiv er 1 T u rn I N PU T S ELEC TO R to s ele ct the FM or AM ba nd[...]

69 US T uner Opera tions (Models of a rea code U, CA o nly) Y ou ca n change the A M tunin g scal e to ei ther 9 k H z or 10 kHz u sing the b utton s on the rece iver. 1 Press ?/ 1 to turn of f the receiver. 2 Wh il e hold ing do wn TU NING MODE, press ?/1 . 3 Change the current AM tu ning scale to 9 kHz ( o r 10 kHz). T o res et the scal e to 10 k[...]

70 US 2 Tune in the station th at you want to pr eset using Automatic Tun ing ( p age 68) or Direct Tuni ng ( pag e 6 8 ) . Sw itch th e FM r ec ept io n mode , if neces sary (p age 6 8). 3 Pres s SHIF T . 4 Pre ss ENT/MEM. You ca n also use MEMORY /ENTER on th e recei ver. “M EM ” li gh ts u p fo r a few seco nd s. Perfo rm steps 5 and 6 be fo[...]

71 US T uner Opera tions 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 p reset station you want to create an index name for (page 70). 3 Press AMP MENU. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “TUNER”. 5 Press or b to enter the menu. 6 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “[...]

72 US SIRIU S and all rel ated marks an d logos are t rad e ma rks of Si ri us X M Ra di o In c. and i t s subsi diaries . All ot her mark s and l ogos are the prop erty of the i r re spectiv e owners. A l l r i g hts reserved. SIRIUS subscription so l d se pa rately. Taxes and a one-t ime activ ation fee may ap ply. SIRI US tuner re quir ed (sold [...]

73 US T uner Opera tions Prepari ng to list en to the SI RIUS S atell ite Radio 1 Press TUNER repeatedly to select “SIRIUS ”. 2 Press AMP MENU. 3 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “TUNER”. 4 Press or b to enter the menu. 5 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “S IR IU S ID ” . 6 Check the S IRIUS ID on the display and wr ite it in the spac[...]

74 US SIRIUS Signa l strength W hen yo u hav e fini she d Press MENU/ HOM E or AMP MENU. 1 Press TUNER re peatedly to select “SIRIU S”. Y ou can al so use INPUT SEL ECTOR on th e recei ver. 2 Press TU NING + or TUNING – t o select a channel. You can also press TUNING M ODE on th e recei ver to sel ect “AU TO”, and t hen press TUNI NG + o [...]

75 US T uner Opera tions 2 Press CATEGORY M ODE repeatedly to selec t the “ONE CAT”. • AL L C A T : Y o u ca n sel ec t a cha nne l fro m a ll t he c a tegor ies . T he in itia l se ttin g is “ ALL CA T”. • ON E C A T : Y o u ca n sel ec t a ch a n nel from one categ ory . “CA T” is di splay ed on the di splay wh en you set to “ON[...]

76 US Pre set ting SI RIUS Sa te ll it e Ra dio cha n ne ls Y ou can se lect the channel s you wa nt dir ectly by preset ting the m us ing the p reset numbe rs. Y ou can pre set up to 30 SIRI US Satel lite Radio ch annels . 1 Press TUNER repeatedly to select “S IRIUS”. You can also u se INPU T SELECTOR on the r eceiv er. 2 Select a channel you [...]

77 US T uner Opera tions 1 Press TUNER repeatedly to select “SIRIUS ”. Yo u can also use INPU T SELECTOR on the re ce ive r. 2 Press PR ESET + or PRES ET – repeatedly to selec t the pr eset channel you w ant. Yo u can also pre ss SHIFT an d then pre ss the nu m eri c bu t tons to sel ect th e pr es et chan nel you wan t. Then pr ess ENT/MEM t[...]

78 US 4 Press V / v re peatedly to select “TUNER”. 5 Press o r b to enter the menu. 6 Press V / v re peatedly to select “PARENTAL”. 7 Press o r b to enter the par ame te r. 8 Press V / v re peatedly to select “LOCK ON” then press . “CODE x ” appea rs on the di spla y. 9 Pres s SHIF T . 10 Enter your 4-digit lock code us ing the nu m[...]

79 US T uner Opera tions 10 Press V / v r epeatedly to s elect “ LOCK OFF”, th en press . “CODE x ” ap p ear s on th e di spla y . 11 Press SHI FT. 12 Enter your 4-di git lock cod e usin g the numeri c buttons . “UNLOCKED” appears on the display . Notes • Whe n you se l e ct a ch annel usin g Cate gory Tunin g, locked chan nels are s [...]

80 US SIRIUS Sate llite Radio mes s age list Mess ag e ap pears Exp lan ation Rem edie s ANTE N NA The anten na i s not conn ected prop erly. Check the co nnect ion bet ween t he S iriusCo nnect Home tune r and the ant enna. ACQU IRING T h e recei ving c ondit ion i s not good. Try movi ng the ante nna to ano ther locat ion. For detai ls about the [...]

81 US “BRA VIA” Syn c Features What is “BRA VI A” Sync? “BRAV IA” Sync is c ompatibl e wit h Sony TV, Blu-ra y D isc/DVD player, AV amplifier , etc., tha t is equi pped wit h the Cont rol fo r HDMI func tion . 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 an HDMI ca ble (n ot suppl ied)[...]

82 US Prepar in 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 ti on on for bo th the re ce ive r and the con nec ted c omponent . Th e rec eiver i s co mp at ible wi th the “ Co ntro l for HD MI- Eas y Se tt ing” fu ncti o n. When your TV is compat ible wi th th e “ Con trol for HD MI-E [...]

83 US “BRA VIA” Syn c Features 10 Repeat s teps 8 and 9 for other comp onents that y ou want to use the Contr ol f or HDMI functio n. F or detail s on sett ing the TV and co nnecte d com ponent s, ref er to th e operati ng instr uctions of the r esp ec ti ve co mp one n ts . Notes • When you unpl ug the HDM I ca ble or chan ge the connect ion[...]

84 US En joyi ng the TV s ound from the sp eak ers con necte d to the rec eive r (System Audio Control) You can e njoy the TV sound from t he s peaker s con necte d to the re ceive r by a simpl e opera tion. You ca n operate Sys tem Audio Contr ol fu nction usi ng the TV me nu. For det ails, re fer to th e o pera t in g in stru c tion s of t h e TV[...]

85 US S-AI R Operations About S-AI R produc ts Th is r ecei ver is compat ib le wi th t he S-AIR func tion (pag e 111) , whi ch a llows wire less soun d t ransm ission bet ween S-AI R produc ts. Whe n you purch ase the S-AI R p roduct, you n eed to esta blish soun d tr ansmis sion (page 87) . Ther e are two t ypes of S- AIR produ ct. • S -AIR m a[...]

86 US Settin g up an S-AIR p roduct Before usi ng an S-AIR produ ct, be sure to pe rf orm the f ollo wi ng s e tti ngs to es tab lis h t he sou nd tran smissi on. To make use of the S- AIR func tion, you need to inser t the wirel es s tra nsmit ter ( not suppl ied) in to the S- AIR mai n uni t and the wi rele ss trans ceiv er (not supp lied) into t[...]

87 US S-AI R Operations Notes • In ser t th e wir e les s t ran sm itt er w ith the S-AI R lo go faci ng up. • I nse rt the wire less tra ns mitt er so that the V marks are alig ned. • Do not i nsert other than the wireless transmitter in to t he EZ W-T 100 s lot. 3 Use th e scre ws that y ou re m o ve d from step 1 to f asten the wireless t [...]

88 US Sound transmi ssion is establ ished as fol lows (e xample): Notes • Sou r ce s w ith c opy r i ght pr ot ec tio n ma y no t b e play able on S -A IR sub unit. • Wh en sound tran sm issio n is e stab lish ed – s ound ca n only be out put fr om the S-AI R rec eiv er if you co nnect the co mponent s to this rec eiv er via the an alog jacks[...]

89 US S-AI R Operations 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. 2 Match the IDs o f the S-AIR main unit and the S -A IR s ub un it. • To set t he I D o f the S -AI R m ain un it, se[...]

90 US E njoyi ng the sys tem’ s sou nd in a nother ro om (For the S-AIR rece iver only (not supplie d)) You ca n enjoy the sy stem’s soun d in anot her room by usi ng the S - AI R recei ver. The S - AI R recei ver can be place d in an other roo m for enjoyi ng t he s ystem’ s sou nd th ere. Fo r deta il s o f t h e S-A IR re ce ive r, re f er[...]

91 US S-AI R Operations 8 Adjust the volume on t h e S-AIR receiver. Note The so und of the S- A IR r eceiver may be cut off by opera tion of th e S- AIR m ain un it. 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 w hich shari ng the 2. 4 GHz band, su ch as wirel ess LAN or Bluetoot h, t he tra[...]

92 US 6 Press V / v re peatedly to select the se tting you want , then press . • RF AUTO: Normally selec t t his . Th e syst em cha nges “RF CHANGE ” to “RF ON” or “R F OFF” auto matica lly. • RF ON: The s ystem tr ansmit s sound by sear ching the better cha nne l fo r tran s mit tin g. • RF OFF: The sys tem tra nsmit s sound by f[...]

93 US Other Oper at ions 6 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect the setting you w ant. • STBY OFF: Yo u cann ot e njoy th e S- AIR r e ceiv e r whi l e t he S-AIR mai n unit is in st andby mod e. • STBY ON: You can enj oy the S- AIR rec e iver whi le the S -AI R m ai n u nit is in stan dby mode or tu rned on. To exit th e m enu Press MENU/HOME or [...]

94 US E njoyi ng t he soun d/ im age s from o th er input s You c an reassi gn audi o and/ or vide o sign als to ano t he r i nput when t hey a re n ot cu rrent ly being us ed. For exa mple, co nnect the O P TICAL OUT j ack of the DVD player to the OPTICAL BD IN jack of thi s rece iver whe n y ou want to inpu t the digit al optical au dio signals f[...]

95 US Other Oper at ions To retu rn to the prev ious disp lay Pr e ss B . * I nit ial s etti ng Notes • Y ou c an not assi gn op tica l sig nals fro m an inp ut source to the optica l in put jac ks on t he recei ver , an d you c annot assig n coaxia l signa l s fr om the inpu t source to t he coaxial in put jacks on the rece iver . • When you a[...]

96 US E njoyi ng t he DIG IT AL MEDIA PO RT (DMPOR T) The DIGITAL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) allo w s you to enjoy so und from a ne twork syste m such as a por tabl e audio s ource or compu ter. By connecting a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapt er ( not s uppli ed), you can e njoy sound from the conn ected compon ent o n the recei ver. Fo r deta il s, r ef er to t[...]

97 US 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 E DI A POR T adapter to th e DM P OR T jac k on the re cei ver . T o detach t he DIG IT AL MEDIA PORT ad a pter from DMP O RT 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 ec[...]

98 US 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[...]

99 US 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. “SLEEP” li ghts up in t he d isplay. Each time you press SLEEP, the di spla y c hanges cycl ical ly a s fo llows: 0-30- 00 t 1-00-0 0 t 1 -30 -00 t 2- 00-00[...]

100 US 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 [...]

101 US Other Oper at ions To se t up speakers 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “SPEAKER”. 3 Press or b to enter the menu. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to se lect “ SP PATTER N”. 5 Press or b to enter the para meter. 6 Press V / v select the appropria te spea ker pattern so that there are no su rround b ack speakers. 7 Press[...]

102 US Ope ratin g e ach com ponen t usin g the rem ote Y ou can con trol Sony o r non-So ny compo nents you are using wi th t he r emote su pp li ed w ith th e re ceiver. Th e re mo te is in itia lly se t t o c ontr o l So ny compo nents . When you chan ge the se ttin gs of the remot e accor ding to the co mpone nts you are us ing, you c an con tr[...]

103 US Using the Remote *1 LD play er only. *2 VIDEO CD only. *3 DE CK B on ly. T able of buttons used t o control each component (Mai n r emote commander) Co mponent Button TV V CR D VD pl ayer , DVD / VHS com bo Bl u-r ay Disc Player HDD Recorder PSX Vi de o CD pl ayer , LD pl ayer Digit al CA TV terminal (UC) DSS (UC) Ta p e deck A/B DA T deck C[...]

104 US Progra m ming t he remo te You ca n progra m the remot e t o cont rol non - Sony co mponent s by c hangi ng the co de. On ce the c ontro l si gnals have been memoriz ed, y ou can u se those com ponen ts as part of your syste m. Fu rt he r mor e , y ou c an al so pr og ram t h e rem o te fo r Sony compon ents t hat the rem ote is una ble to c[...]

105 US Using the Remote If pr ogramming is unsu cc essf ul, ch eck the f ollowing: • If t he indi cator does n ot li ght up in s tep 1 , the batt eries are weak. Replac e both bat teries . • If th e in dic at or fla sh es 5 tim es in quic k succe ssion whi l e enteri ng the numeri c code , an err or has occ urred . Start ag ain fr om step 1. T [...]

106 US T o control an MD de c k T o control an HDD re cor der T o co ntrol a B lu-r ay disc pl ayer/ re corder T o control a PSX T o control a D VD player T o co ntr ol a D VD re cord er T o contr ol a D VD/VHS COMBO T o contr ol a D VD/HDD COMBO T o contr ol a TV Ma ker C od e(s ) SONY 3 0 1 DENON 302 JVC 303 KENWOOD 3 04 Ma ker C od e(s ) SO NY 3[...]

107 US Using the Remote T o control an LD play er T o co ntrol a v id eo CD p layer T o control a VCR * If an AIWA V C R d oes not work ev en th ough y ou enter the c o de for AIWA, e nter the c od e fo r Sony inst ead. PHIL IPS 51 5, 5 18, 557 , 57 0, 571 PHIL CO 503, 504, 514, 51 7, 518 PION EER 509, 5 25, 526, 54 0, 551, 555 POR TLAND 503 QU ASA[...]

108 US T o co ntr ol a sa tell ite tu ner (b ox ) T o control a cable bo x Gl ossa r y x Ci nema S tud io E X A surround sound mod e th at can be r egar ded as the com pilati on of Digit al Cinema Sound tech nolog y , del iv ers th e sound of a dubb ing thea te r using thr ee tech nologi es: “V ir tual Mul ti Dim ension s, ” “S creen Dep th M[...]

109 US Add itio nal In forma tio n x Deep Co lor V ideo signa ls f or whi ch t he c olor depth of sig nals passi ng t hrough an HDMI j ack hav e b een r aise d. The num ber o f colors t hat cou ld be e xpress ed b y 1 p ixel w as 24 bi ts (1 6,777, 216 c olors ) wit h the curr ent HD MI jack . Ho wev er , the nu mber of col ors whi ch can be e xpre[...]

110 US x DTS 96/24 A high soun d quali ty digita l sign al f ormat. It recor ds audi o at a sa mpling frequ ency and b it rate of 96 kH z/24 bi t which is the h i gh est possi ble for DV D vi deo. The numbe r of playba ck chann els var ies de pendin g on the soft ware . x DTS Digital Surr ound Digit al a udio encoding/ decod ing t echno logy fo r t[...]

111 US Add itio nal In forma tio n x S- AIR (S ony A u dio In terac tiv e Ra dio f requ enc y) Recen t t imes h ave s een t he r apid spre ad of DVD media, Digital Broadcasti n g, and other high qual ity media. To ens ure tha t the s ubtle nuan ces of the se high q uality m edia are t ransm itted wi th no det erior atio n, Sony has dev eloped a tec[...]

112 US On pl acem ent • Pl ace th e rece iv er in a loc ation with ad equat e 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 to[...]

113 US Add itio nal In forma tio n T ro ubl 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 sele cted, or only a very lo w -l evel sound i s heard. • Ch eck that the[...]

114 US There is se vere hum or noise. • Chec k that t he speak ers an d componen ts are conn ected sec urely . • Chec k that the c onnect ing cor ds are a way fro m a tran sf orm er or moto r, and at le as t 3 mete rs aw ay from a TV se t or fluor escent light . • Mov e your au dio compo nents a way from th e TV . • The plugs and jack s are[...]

115 US Add itio nal In forma tio n There i s no pict ure or an unclear pict ure appear s on the TV scre en or monito r . • Se l e ct the app r op riate i nput usi ng the input but to ns. • Set yo ur TV to th e appro priat e inpu t mode. • Mo ve your audio co mponent s away fro m the T V . • Depending on the DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T adap ter, vi[...]

116 US The source so und input to the HDMI jack is not out put fr om the receiver or the TV speaker . • Chec k the HDMI conne ctio n (page 25 ). • Y ou cannot listen to th e Super Audi o CD by c onnect ing HDMI. • Depe nding on the pl aybac k com ponent , you may need to set up the comp onent. Ref er to the o perat ing in stru cti ons su pp l[...]

117 US Add itio nal In forma tio n 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 us e anot her S- AIR mai n unit, plac e it mo re than 26 1/ 4 feet (8 m ) away fro m this S- A IR ma i n un it. • Co nfi rm th e S-AIR[...]

118 US The remote does not f unction. • Point the r emote at th e remot e senso r on th e recei ver . • Remo ve a ny ob stac les in the pa th be tween th e remote a nd the rec ei v er . • R e pla ce a ll t he b at teri es in th e re mo te wit h new ones, if the y are wea k. • Make sur e you select the correc t input on th e remote . • Whe[...]

119 US Add itio nal In forma tio n Specifi cations AU D I O P O W E R SPEC IF ICA TIO NS PO WER OUTPUT AND T OT AL HARMONIC DISTOR TION: W it h 8 ohm l oads, both chann els dr ive n, fr om 2 0 H z – 20, 000 Hz; ra ted 100 wa tts per chan nel mi nimum RMS po wer , wi th no more tha n 0.09% t otal h armoni c distor tion fro m 250 mi l l iwatts to r[...]

120 US General Power r equi rements 120 V AC, 6 0 Hz Power outpu t (DIGITAL ME D IA PO R T) DC O UT: 5V, 0.7 A MAX Power c onsumpt ion Power c onsumpt ion (dur ing stand by mode ) 0.9 W (When “ CTRL: HDMI” in HDMI menu is s et to “CTRL OFF” and “S -AIR STBY” in S- A IR menu is set t o “STBY OFF) Dimensions (width/h eig h t/d e p th) ([...]

121 US Add itio nal In forma tio n Index Numerics 2CH ST EREO 66 5. 1 cha n ne l 1 7 7. 1 cha n ne l 1 7 A A UTO CALIBRA T ION 33 A UTO FORMA T DIRECT (A. F .D .) 61 B BI-AMP 52 Bi-a mplif ier connec tion 100 Blu- ray dis c player conne ctin g 28 pl ayb a ck 44 C Cam corder conne ctin g 30 CD playe r conne ctin g 23 pl ayb a ck 43 CD recorde r conn[...]

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