Sony HT-DDWG700 manual

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    ©2008 Sony Corporation 3-284-098- 11 (1) Home Theatr e System Operating Instructions HT -DDWG700[...]

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    2 US Owner’ s Recor d The mode l and serial numbers ar e located on th e rear of th e uni t. Record the serial number in the space provided bel ow . Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dea ler regarding this produ ct. M o d e l N o . ______________________________________________________ Serial No . _ _ _ _________ ___________ ________[...]

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    3 US About This Manual • The inst ructions in this manual ar e for model HT -DDWG700. In this m anual, models of area code U is used for illust ration pur poses u nless stat ed otherwis e. Any dif feren ce i n opera tion is clearly i ndicate d in the text, for example, “Model s of area co de U only” . The HT -DD WG700 con sists of: • Recei [...]

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    4 US T able of Contents Getting Star te d Descripti on and locati on of pa rts ......... .......... 5 1: Installin g the speakers ...... ............... ........ 12 2: Conn ecting the spea kers .......... ............... . 14 3: Co nnecting th e audio/vid eo componen ts .................. ............... ............15 4: Conn ecting the anten nas [...]

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    5 US Getting Started Description and location of par ts Fr ont panel . Getting Started Receiver VIDEO IN/ PORT ABLE AUDIO IN PHONES INPUT SELECTOR A.F .D. MOVIE MUSIC ?/1 DIMMER SLEEP 2CH DISPLA Y MASTER VOLUME INPUT MODE 8 9 qa q; qs 14 2 3 6 5 7 Name Function A ? / 1 (on/s tandby) Press to tur n the rec eiver on or off (page 21, 25, 26, 39) . B D[...]

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    6 US About the indicator s on the display SW LFE LC R SL S SR ; D ; PLII ; PL OPT DTS MEMORY ST MONO D.RANGE COAX 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 qs qa 9 q; Name Function A SW Lights up when th e audio s ignal is outp ut from t he SUB WOOFER jack. B LFE Lights up whe n the disc being played back conta ins an LFE (Low Fre quency Effect) channe l and the LFE channel[...]

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    7 US Getting Started Name Function L Pla yback channe l indicat ors L R C SL SR S The le tters (L, C , R, etc.) indi cate the ch annel s bei ng played back. The b oxes aro und the le tters var y to show how the recei ver downmixes the so urce sound. Front Left Front Right Center (mona ural) Surroun d Left Surround Ri ght Surround (monaura l or t he[...]

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    8 US Rear panel 1 2 4 5 3 SA-CD / CD L R TV SA T IN SURROUND SUB WOOFER L R SPEAKERS FRONT CENTER L R DVD/BD IN DIGIT AL DMPORT OPTICAL SA T IN COAXIAL ANTENNA AM IN IN DC5V 0.7A MAX A DIGIT AL INPUT section OPTICAL IN jack Connects to a DVD play er, etc. Th e COAXIA L jack prov ides a bett er sound qual ity (pag e 18). COAXIA L IN jack B ANTENNA s[...]

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    9 US Getting Started You can use the sup plied RM-AAU024 Remote Comma nder to operate the receiv er and to co ntrol the Sony au dio/video componen ts that the remote is assigne d to operate (page 47 ). Remote commander 123 46 78 0/10 ENTER 9 SYSTEM STANDBY TV INPUT SLEEP DMPORT VIDEO DVD/BD SAT TV 2CH A.F.D. RETURN/EXIT TV CH – PRESET – TV CH +[...]

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    10 US Name Functio n H AMP MENU Pre ss to display the m enu of the re ceiver. Then , use V , v , B , b and ( P ) to perform menu opera tions. I ENTE R Press to ent er th e valu e afte r sele cting a ch annel, di sc o r track usin g the numer ic buttons of the T V, VCR or satell ite tuner. MEMO RY Press to stor e a stat ion. J MUTI NG Press to tu r [...]

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    11 US Getting Started a) T h e n u m b e r 5 , M A S T E R V O L + , T V V O L + , a n d H butt ons ha ve ta ctil e dots. Use th e tact ile dots as refere nces when ope rating the re ceiver . b) This button is a lso avai lable for DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T adapt er operatio n . F or details o n the functi on of the button, see the operat ing instructio [...]

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    12 US 1: Installi ng the speake rs To fully e n joy th eater-like m ulti channe l surround sound requires five speakers (two front speak ers, a c enter speak er, and t wo surroun d spea kers) a nd a su b wo ofer (5. 1 channel ). Example of a 5.1 channel speaker syste m configuration A Front s peaker (left) B Front speaker (righ t) C Center speaker [...]

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    13 US Getting Started You can i nstal l your front , cent er and su rround speakers on th e wall. 1 Prep are scre ws (no t su pp lied ) that are suitable for the hook on the ba c k of each speaker as shown in the illustrations below . 2 Fasten the screws to the wall. The screws should pr otrude 7/32 to 9 /32 inch (5 to 7 mm). 3 Hang the sp eakers o[...]

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    14 US 2: Co nnecting the sp eakers Before connecting the cords, be sure to disconn ect the AC power cord (mai ns lead). A Front s peaker (left) B Front speaker (righ t) C Center speaker D Surro und spe aker (le ft) E Surro und spe aker (right ) F Sub w oofer SURROUND L R L R SUB WOOFER FRONT CENTER SPEAKERS FC B A D E[...]

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    15 US Getting Started T o connect the speak ers correc tly Check the speake r type by referring to the speaker lab el* at the rear panel or b ottom of the s peake rs. * The sub woofer do not ha ve any charac ter on the speaker label . For details on the speak er type, see page 3 . Tip Use the supp lied s pea kers to op timiz e t he sy ste m’ s pe[...]

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    16 US The followi ng illustration sho ws how to connect audio compo nents such as MP 3 player, Super Audi o CD player or CD playe r. Before connecting the cords, b e sure to disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead) . Connecting audio components L TV SA T SURROUND SUB WOOFER L R SPEAKERS FRONT CENTER L R D VD/BD IN DIGIT AL DMPORT OPTICAL SA T IN C[...]

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    17 US Getting Started Notes • W hen listeni ng to a com ponent con nected to th e VIDEO IN/PORTABLE AUDIO IN jack, so u nd may be disto rted or interru pted. Th is is not a malfun ction an d will depend on the conne cted compon ent. • If the so u nd f rom the component co nnected to the VIDEO IN/PORTABLE AUDIO IN jack is very soft, you may incr[...]

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    18 US The followi ng illustration sho ws how to connect video compo nents such as D VD player, Blu-ra y disc player, satellite tuner, e tc. Before connecting the cords, b e sure to disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead) . Connecting video components SA-CD / CD L R SA T IN SURROUND SUB WOOFER L R SPEAKERS FRONT CENTER L R D VD/BD IN DIGIT AL DMPO[...]

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    19 US Getting Started If y ou connect a D VD recorder or Blu-r ay disc pla yer • Be sure to change the factory se tting of the DVD/BD input button on the remote so tha t you can u se the butto n to cont rol your DVD recorder or Blu-ray di sc player. For detail s, see “Changin g button assig nments” (p age 47). • You can also renam e the DVD[...]

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    20 US 4: Connectin g the antennas Connect the supplied AM loop ante nna and FM wi re ant enna . Before conn ecting the anten n as, be sure to disconn ect the AC power cord (mai ns lead). Notes • T o prevent noise pick up, keep th e AM loop antenn a away fro m the recei ver and o ther compon ents. • B e sure to fu lly ex tend th e FM w ire a nte[...]

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    21 US Getting Started 5: Prepar ing the re ceiver and the re mote Connect the AC power co rd (mains lead) t o a wall outlet. Before using the receiver for the fi rst time, initialize the rec e iver by p erforming the following pro cedure. This pro cedure can al so be used to return settings yo u have m ade to their factory defa ults. Be sure to u s[...]

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    22 US Insert two R6 (size-AA) batteries in the RM-AAU024 Remote Commander. Observe the c orrect polarity when installing batter ies . Notes • Do not leave the re mote in an extremel y hot or humi d plac e. • Do not u se a new ba ttery wi th ol d ones. • Do not mix ma nganese b att eries a nd ot her kin ds of batterie s. • Do not expose the [...]

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    23 US Getting Started 5 Press V / v repe atedl y to se lect “T . TONE Y”. The test tone i s output from each speaker in sequence as fo llows: Front left t Center t Front ri ght t Surro und ri ght t Surround left t Su b woofer 6 Adjust the spea ker levels and balance using the L EVEL menu so th at the le vel of the test tone sou nds t he same fr[...]

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    24 US Selecting a comp onent 1 Press the input bu tton to select a component. You can also u se INPUT SELE CTOR on the receiver. The select ed input a ppears on the di splay. * “VIDEO/PORTABLE AUDIO” scrolls across the dis play, th en “VI DEO” appe ars. 2 T urn on t he component and star t playback. 3 Press MAS TER V OL +/– t o adjust the[...]

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    25 US Pl ayb a ck Liste ning/W atching a compon ent Listening to a Super Audio CD/CD 123 46 78 0/10 ENTER 9 SYSTEM STANDBY TV INPUT SLEEP DMPORT VIDEO DVD/BD SAT TV 2CH A.F.D. RETURN/EXIT TV CH – PRESET – TV CH + PRESET + TUNING – TV TUNING + FM MODE REPLAY ADVANCE MOVIE MUSIC AMP MENU CLEAR DISPLAY MUTING TV VOL MASTER VOL DVD/BD MENU D.TUNI[...]

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    26 US Watching a D V D/Blu-ray disc 123 46 78 0/10 ENTER 9 SYSTEM STANDBY TV INPUT SLEEP DMPORT VIDEO DVD/BD SAT TV 2CH A.F.D. RETURN/EXIT TV CH – PRESET – TV CH + PRESET + TUNING – TV TUNING + FM MODE REPLAY ADVANCE MOVIE MUSIC AMP MENU CLEAR DISPLAY MUTING TV VOL MASTER VOL DVD/BD MENU D.TUNING D.SKIP SA-CD/CD TUNER ?/1 . O H mM Xx < <[...]

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    27 US Amplifier Ope rations Navigating throu gh menus By using t he ampli fier me nus, you can make various adjust ments to c ustomize the receiver. 1 Press A MP MENU. “1-LEVEL” ap pears on the display. 2 Press V / v repeate dly to sel ect the menu you want. 3 Press or b to ente r the menu. 4 Press V / v repeate dly to sel ect the parameter you[...]

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    28 US The follo wing options are av ailable in eac h menu . For deta ils on na vigating thro ugh menu s, see page 27 . Overview of the menus Menu [Display] P arameters [Display] Settings Ini tial setting LEVE L [1-LEVEL] (pag e 30) T est tone* [T . TONE] T . TONE N, T . TONE Y T . TO NE N Front speaker balan ce* [FR T BAL] B A L. L +1 to B AL. L +8[...]

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    29 US Amplifier Ope rations * F or details, r efer to t he page in the p arentheses. Menu [Display] Parameter s [Dis play ] Settings Initial setting A UDIO [5-A U DIO] (pag e 32) Digita l audio input de coding prio rit y* [DEC. PRI. ] DEC. PCM, DEC. A UTO DEC. A UTO Digital broadc ast langua ge selectio n* [DUAL] DUAL M/S, DUAL M , DU AL S, DUAL M+[...]

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    30 US Adjusting the lev el (LEVEL menu) You can use t he LEVEL menu to adj ust the balance and level of each speaker. T hese settings are appli ed to all sound field s . Select “1 -LEVEL” in the amplifier me nus. For details on adjusting the para m eters, see “Navigatin g through menu s” (page 27) and “Overview of th e menus” (page 28).[...]

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    31 US Amplifier Ope rations Adjusting the tone (TONE menu) You can us e the TONE me nu to adj ust the tonal qu ality (bass/treble lev e l) of the front speakers. Select “2-TONE” in the amplif ier menus. For details o n adjusting the param e ters, see “Navigat ing thr ough menu s” (page 27 ) and “Overview of the menus” ( page 28). TONE m[...]

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    32 US Settings for the t uner (TUNER menu) You can use the TUNE R menu to set the FM station recei ving mode an d to name pres et stations. Select “4-TUNER” in the amp lifier menus. For details o n adjust ing the pa rameters, see “Navigatin g through menu s” (page 27) and “Overview of th e menus” (page 28). TUNER menu parameters x FM MO[...]

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    33 US Amplifier Ope rations x DU AL (Digita l broadcast language selection) Lets you sel ect t he lang uage y ou want to l isten to duri ng dig ital br oadcast . Thi s featur e only functio ns for Dolby Digi tal sources . •D U A L M / S ( M a i n / S u b ) Sound of the mai n languag e will be out put throu gh the fr ont left speaker and so und of[...]

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    34 US x SUR POS. (Surr ound speaker posit ion) Lets you specify the l ocatio n of your sur roun d speake rs for prop er implem entati on of the surround effects in the CINEMA STUDIO EX modes (page 3 7). • BEHD/HI Select if the location of your surrou nd spea kers corr e spon ds to sections B and D . • BEHD/LO Select if the location of your surr[...]

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    35 US Enjo ying Surround S ound Enjoying Dolby Digital and DTS sur round sound (AUTO FORMA T DIRECT) The Auto Format Direct (A.F.D. ) mode allows you to listen to higher fidelity sound a n d select the decod ing mode for listening to a 2 channel stereo soun d as multi chann el sound. Press A.F .D. repeatedly to select the sound fiel d you want. For[...]

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    36 US Selecting a pr e- progra mmed sound field You c an take ad vantage of sur round sou nd simply by sele cting one of the recei ver’s pre- program med so und fi elds. They br ing th e exciting and powerful sound of movie theat ers and concert halls into your home. Press MOVIE repeated ly to selec t a sound field f or movies or press MUSIC repe[...]

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    37 US Enjo ying Surround S ound Types of s ound field available * Y ou can only select thi s sound field if the headphones are conne cted to the re ceiver . Sound fie ld for Sound f ield [Display] Effect Movie CINEMA STUDIO EX A DCS [C.ST .EX A ] Reprodu ces the so und chara cteristics of the Sony Pictures Enter tainment “Car y Grant Th eater” [...]

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    38 US Notes • T he effects provide d by the virtual speakers ma y cau se incr eased noise in the pla yback signal. • W hen listeni ng with sound fiel ds that e mploy the virtual spe akers, you will not be abl e to hear any sound com ing dir ectly from th e surround sp eakers. • Thi s function does no t work for signals with a sampl ing frequ [...]

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    39 US T uner Operations Resetting sound fields to the initial settings Be sure to use the bu ttons on the receiver for this operat ion. 1 Press ? / 1 to turn off the receiver . 2 While holding down 2CH, press ? / 1 . “S.F . CLR.” appears on the disp lay and all sound fi elds are reset to their in itial setting. Listenin g to FM/AM rad io You ca[...]

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    40 US 1 Press TUNER repe atedly to select the FM or AM band. You can also u se INPUT SELE CTOR on the receiver. 2 Press TUNING + or TUNING –. Press TUNING + to scan from low to high; pr ess TUNING – to scan from high to lo w. The receiv er stops s canning wheneve r a station is recei ved. In case of poor FM stereo reception If the FM ste reo re[...]

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    41 US T uner Operations Presetting radio stations You can prese t up to 30 FM stations and 30 AM stations. Then you can ea sily tune in the station s you ofte n listen to. 1 Pres s TU NER re peated ly t o select the FM or AM band. You can also use INPUT SELECT OR on the receiv er. 2 Tune in the station that you want to pre s et using Auto m atic Tu[...]

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    42 US 1 Press TUNER repe atedly to select the FM or AM band. You can also u se INPUT SELE CTOR on the receiver. 2 Press PRE SET + o r PRESE T – repeated ly to selec t the prese t station you want. Each ti me you pre ss the but ton, yo u can select a preset station as foll ows: You can also pre ss the numeric bu ttons to select the pre set station[...]

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    43 US Other Operations To create an index name 1 Use V / v / B / b to create an index nam e. Press V / v to sel ect a cha racter , the n press B / b to mov e the cursor to the next po sition. If you made a mistake Press B / b until the char acter you wa nt to change flashes, th en press V / v to select the correct charac ter . Tips • Y ou can se [...]

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    44 US Enjoying the DIGIT AL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) The DIGITAL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) allows you to enjoy sound fro m a netwo rk system such as a portable au dio source or comput er. When you connec t a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter (supp lie d), you can en joy sou nd from the con nected compo nent on the receiver. For details, se e the operating in structi[...]

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    45 US Other Operations 1 Press D MPORT. You can al so use the INPUT SELECTOR on the re ceiver to se le ct “DMPORT” . 2 Start p layback of the connect ed component. The so und is pl ayed back on the recei ver. For details, refer the operati ng instructions su pplied with the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter. Note Depending on the typ e of DIGITAL MEDI[...]

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    46 US Changi ng the displa y You can check the sound fie ld, etc., by changi ng the in forma tion on th e displa y. Be sure to use the buttons on the receiver for this opera tion. Press DIS PLA Y repeat edly . Each time yo u pres s the button, the displa y changes cy clically as follows . All inputs e xcept the FM and AM band Index n ame of t he in[...]

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    47 US Using the Remote Changing b u tton assign ment s You can change th e factory settings of the input buttons t o suit the c o mpon ents in yo ur system. For examp le, if you con nect a DVD player to the SAT jacks on the recei ver, you can set the SAT button on this remote to control the DVD player. 1 Hold down the input button of which you want[...]

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    48 US Glossar y x Cinema Studio EX A surround sound mode that can b e regarded as the compilat ion of Dig ital Cinema Sou nd techno logy, d eliver s the soun d of a dubb ing theater using thre e technologie s: “Virtual Multi Dimen sions”, “S creen Depth Matchi ng”, and “Cinema Stud io Reverberation”. “Virtua l Multi Dim e nsions ”, [...]

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    49 US Addit ional Inf ormation x Sampling frequenc y To conve rt analog audio to dig ital, analog data should be quantified. This pro c ess is calle d sam pling, an d the number of times p e r seco nd the anal og data is quantified is calle d the sampling frequen cy. A standard mu sic CD stores da ta quant ified at 44 ,100 times per second, whic h [...]

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    50 US On placement • Place the receiver in a locati on with adequa te ventilation to prevent h eat buildup and prolong the life of the receiver. • Do not place the recei ver near heat sources , or in a place sub ject to direct su nlight, excessiv e dust, or mecha nical shock . • Do not pla ce anything on top of the cabi net that migh t block [...]

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    51 US Addit ional Inf ormation T roubleshoo ting If you ex perienc e any of the follow ing difficulties wh ile using the receiver, u se this trou bleshooting gu ide to help you rem edy the proble m. A udio There is n o sound, no matter w hich componen t is selected, o r only a very lo w-lev el sound is hear d. • C heck that the sp eakers and com [...]

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    52 US There is sever e hum, interrupted no ise or distortion fr om the component connected to the VIDEO IN/POR T ABLE A UDI O IN jack. • C heck that t he compone nts are connect ed securely. • This i s not a malfun ction an d will depen d on the co nnected co mponent. There i s no sound, or onl y a very low- leve l sound is hear d from the cent[...]

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    53 US Addit ional Inf ormation Radio stati ons cannot be tuned in . • C heck that the an tennas are co nnected securely. Adju st the ante nnas and con nect an externa l antenna, if ne cessary. • The sign al stre ngth of t he station s is to o weak (when tunin g in with automatic tuning) . Use direct t uning. • Make sure yo u set the tuning in[...]

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    54 US Specifications AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS PO WER OUTPUT AND T OT AL HARMONIC DIST ORTION: (Models o f area code U o nly) With 6 ohm loa ds, both chan nels driv en, from 120 – 20, 000 Hz; rat ed 85 watts per channel minimum RM S power, wit h no more tha n 1% total ha rmonic distor tion from 250 mill iwa tts to rated output. Amplifier sec tio[...]

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    55 US Addit ional Inf ormation Dimens ions (w idth/h eight/d epth ) (Approx .) 17 × 5 3/4 × 12 1/8 inch es (430 × 145 × 306 m m) includ ing pro jecting pa rts and co ntrols Mass (A pprox .) 16 lb 6 oz (7.4 kg) Speaker section • Front speakers (SS-MSP700) • Center speake r (SS-CNP710) • Surround sp eakers (SS -SRP700) Front/c e nter s peak[...]

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    Sony Cor poration Printed in M alaysia (1) Index Numerics 2CH STEREO 38 5.1 chan nel 12 A A UTO FORMA T DIRECT (A. F .D.) 35 B Bu-ray di sc player connect ing 1 8 playba ck 26 C CD player connect ing 1 6 playba ck 25 D Digita l Cine ma Sound (DCS) 48 DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T connect ing 4 4 input 24 Dolby Dig ital 48 DTS 48 D VD play er connect ing 1 8[...]