Sony STR-DG920 manual

©2008 Sony Corporation 3-289-200- 11 (1) Multi Channel A V Receiver Operating Instructions STR-DG920[...]

2 US Owner’ s Record The mode l and seri al numbe rs are loca ted on the rear of th e unit. Reco rd the seri al numb er in t he sp ace provided bel ow . Refer to them whe never you call upon your Sony dea ler regarding this produ ct. M o d e l N o . ______________________________________________________ S e r i a l N o . _________________________[...]

3 US About This Manual • The inst ruction s in th is manual are f or model STR-DG9 20. Check you r model numbe r by looking a t the lower right corne r of the front pane l. In thi s manual , models o f area code U is u sed for illustration purposes unl ess stated ot herwise. Any diff ere nce i n ope rati on is cle arly indi cate d in the text, fo[...]

4 US T a ble of Contents Getting Star te d Descripti on and lo cation of parts............ ....... 6 1: Installin g speak ers ..... ....... ........... ........... . 14 2: Conn ecting s peaker s ......... ....... ........... ..... 16 3: Conn ecting th e TV ............... ........... ........18 4a: Con necting the audi o compo nents .... ..... 19 4[...]

5 US Using the Remote Progra mming the remo te ......... ....... ........... .. 99 Clearing all the co ntents of the remo te’ s memory ........ ........... ........... ....... ........... 10 4 Additional Inf ormation Gloss ary ............ ........... ....... ........... ........ ... 104 Precau tions ..... ....... ........... ........... ....... [...]

6 US Description and locatio n of parts Status of the POWER b utto n x (Off) The receive r is turned off (in itial setting). Pre ss POW ER to tur n the r ec eiver on. You cannot t urn the receiver on u sing the remote. x (On /Stan dby) Press ? / 1 on the remote to tu rn the receiver on or set it to the st andby mod e. When you press POW ER on the r[...]

7 US Getting Started Name Function A ON/STANDBY lam p Lights up in green when the receiv er i s tu rned on. Lights up in red when the receiv er is se t to standby mode. B POWER Press to tur n the receive r on or off (page 6, 35, 46, 47, 55). C TONE MODE Adjusts the tonal qualit y (bass/tr eble level ) of the front, center and sur round speakers. Pr[...]

8 US Rear panel DIGIT AL ASSIGNABLE ASSIGNABLE (INPUT ONLY) OPTICAL IN OPTICAL VIDEO 1 IN COAXIAL DVD IN TV SAT IN SA-CD/ CD IN XM DMPORT DC5V 0.7A MAX SA T IN HDMI BD IN DVD IN VIDEO 1 IN OUT MD/T APE OUT IN IN TV IN AUDIO IN VIDEO IN SA T AUDIO IN VIDEO IN BD MONITOR AUDIO IN VIDEO IN AUDIO IN VIDEO IN DVD AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT [...]

9 US Getting Started * You c an watc h the se lected input image when you connect the MONITOR OUT or HDMI OUT jack to a T V (pa ge 18). You can op erate this receiv er using a GUI (Grap hical User Interface) (page 36). You can use the supplied remote to op erate the receiver an d to control the Sony aud io/vid eo componen ts that the remo te is ass[...]

10 US Name Funct ion A AV ? / 1 (on/standby) Press to turn on or off the audio/vi deo com ponents that the re mote is programmed to operate. To tu rn the TV on or of f, pr ess TV ( D ) and then pr ess AV ? / 1 . If you press ? / 1 ( B ) at the same time, i t will tu rn off the receiver a nd other co mponents (SYSTEM STANDBY). Note The fun ction of [...]

11 US Getting Started Name Function -/- - Press SHIFT ( X ), then press -/-- to se lect t he ch annel e ntry mode , either one or two di git of the VC R or s atellit e tune r. To select the chann el entr y mode o f the TV, press TV ( D ) and th en press -/- -. >10 Press SHIFT ( X ), then press >10 to – sel ect trac k num bers o ver 10 of th[...]

12 US Name Functi on X Press to paus e playba ck or record ing of the VC R, CD player, VCD play er, LD player, DVD pl ayer, MD deck, DA T deck, ta pe deck, Blu-ray disc pl ayer, PSX, D VD/VHS COMBO, or D VD/HDD COMBO. (Also starts recordi ng with compone nts in recordi ng standby.) x Pres s to s top pl ayback of t he VCR, CD player, VCD player, L D[...]

13 US Getting Started * The n umber 5, PR ESET + a nd N buttons hav e tact ile dots . Use the ta ctile do ts as re feren ces when operat ing the r eceiver. Notes • Some function s explained in this section m ay not work de pending on the model. • The above expl anatio n is intende d to serve as an exampl e only. Th erefo re, dep endin g on the [...]

14 US 1: Installi ng speakers This receiv er allows you to us e a 7.1 chann el system (7 speakers and one subwoofer). To fully e njoy theater-lik e multi cha nnel surround sound requires fiv e speakers (two front speak ers, a c enter sp eaker, and two surround speakers) and a subwoofer (5.1 channel ). Example of a 5.1 channe l speaker syste m confi[...]

15 US Getting Started Tips • When you c onnect a 7.1 c hannel sp eaker system, the angl e A should be the sa me. • When you c onnect a 6.1 c hannel sp eaker system, place the surrou nd ba ck spea ker beh ind the listen ing position. • Since the subwoofe r does not emit hig hly direct ional signal s, you can plac e it where ver you want.[...]

16 US 2: Co nnecting speak ers Before connecting cords, make su re to disconn ect the A C power cord (mains lead). A Front speaker A (left ) B Front speaker A (right) C Center speaker D Surro und spe aker (le ft) E Surround speaker (right) F Surround back speaker (left) b) G Surround back speaker (right) b) H Subwoofe r c) ASSIGNABLE (INPUT ONL Y) [...]

17 US Getting Started a) If you have an addition al front sp eaker system, connect t hem to the SPEAKERS FR ONT B termin als. Y ou ca n select the fron t spea kers yo u want to use wi th the SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) button on th e rece iver (page 39 ). b) If you con nect onl y one su rround back sp eaker, connect it to the SPEAKER S SURROUND B A CK L[...]

18 US 3: Connecting the TV You can wa tch th e selected input i mage when you conn ect the HDMI OUT or MONITOR OUT jack to a TV. You can operate t his receiver usin g a GUI (Graphical User Interface). It is not necessa ry to connec t all the cables. Connect audio and vi deo cords acco rding to the jac ks of your comp onents. DIGIT AL ASSIGNABLE OPT[...]

19 US Getting Started Notes • Before conn ecting cords, m ake sure to disco nnect the AC power cor d (mai ns lead ). • Be sure to tu rn on the re ceiver whe n the v ideo and audio of a playba ck compo nent are be ing output to a TV vi a the rece iver. If th e pow er supply of the recei ver is not turned on, neither vid eo nor audio is transmit [...]

20 US The followi ng illustratio n shows how to connect a Super Audio CD play er, CD player and DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter. Notes • Before connec ting cord s, make sure to disco nnect the AC p ower cor d (main s lead) . • When you play ba ck a Super Aud io CD disc on a Super A udio C D player , the sound is output onl y if you make t he connect[...]

21 US Getting Started Notes on conn ecting DIGIT AL MEDIA PORT adapter • When connecting the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter, be su re the connect or is inserted with the arrow mark facing towards the arrow mark on th e DMPORT jack. • Be sure to ma ke DMPORT co nnection s firmly, insert the connecto r straight in. • As the connector of the DIGITAL[...]

22 US If your DVD or Super Au dio CD play er is equipp ed with multi c hanne l ou tput ja cks, y ou can connect them to the M ULTI CHANNEL INPUT jacks of this recei ver to enjoy mu lti channel so und. Altern atively, t he multi channel input jacks c an be used to conn ect an external mu lti chann el decoder. Notes • Before conn ecting cords, make[...]

23 US Getting Started The follo wing illustratio n shows how to connect a component whi ch has analog jacks such as tape deck, etc. Notes • If your turnta ble has a gr ound (ear th) wire, con nect it to the U SIGNAL GND t erminal. • Before conn ecting cords, m ake sure to disco nnect the AC power cor d (mai ns lead ). Connecting components with[...]

24 US 4b: Conn ecting the video compon ents This se ction d escribe s how to conn ect yo ur video co mponent s to this r eceiver. Before you begin, refer t o “Compo nent to be conne cted” below f or the pages wh ich descr ibe how to connect each compon ent. After connec ting all your com ponents , proceed to “5: Connectin g the antennas (aeri[...]

25 US Getting Started HDMI is the a bbreviated name for High- Definition Multimedia I nterface. It i s an interf ace whic h transm its vide o and a udio signals in digital forma t. HDMI features • A di gital audio signal s transm itted by HDMI can be output from the speakers co nnected to the receive r. This signal sup ports Dolby Digital, DTS, a[...]

26 US Notes on connect ing cabl es • We recommen d that you u se a Sony HDMI cable. • We recomme nd that yo u use an HDMI cab le with the HDMI logo (made by Sony) for the HDMI ja ck corresp onding to hi gh speed ( an HDMI version1.3a, category 2 cable) when you vi ew images o r listen to soun d duri ng a Deep Color t ransmission or when y ou wa[...]

27 US Getting Started The follo wing illustratio n shows how to connect a DVD player. It is not necessary t o connect all the cords. Connect au dio and vi deo cords ac cordi ng to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Notes • To input multi cha nnel digital audio from the DVD playe r, set the digital au dio output setting on the DVD play er. Ref er to [...]

28 US The followi ng illustratio n shows how to connect a Blu-ray disc playe r. It is no t nece ssary to c onnect all the cords. Conn ect aud io and vid eo cor ds acc ordin g to the jacks of yo ur component s. Notes • To input multi c hannel d igital a udio fro m the B lu- ray disc p layer, set th e digital au dio output sett ing on the Blu-r ay [...]

29 US Getting Started The follo wing illustratio n shows how to conne ct a satellite tuner or set-top bo x. It is not necessary t o connect all the cords. Connect au dio and vi deo cords ac cordi ng to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Notes • Before con necting cords, make sure to disc onnect the AC po wer cord (m ains lead). • When conn ecting [...]

30 US The followi ng illustratio n shows how to connect a componen t which has analo g jacks such as a DVD recorder, VCR, etc. It is no t nece ssary to c onnect all the cords. Conn ect aud io and vid eo cor ds acc ordin g to the jacks of yo ur component s. Notes • Before conne cting cords, make sure to disconn ect the AC power cord ( mains lead) [...]

31 US Getting Started This receiver is equipped with a function for converti ng video si gnals. You can ou tput the video signa l after connecting t his receiver v ia MONITOR O UT or HDMI OUT jack as shown in the illu stra tio n belo w. • Video si gnals can b e outpu t as HDMI vid eo and c ompo nent vide o sign als. • Compon ent video si gnals [...]

32 US Notes on con verting video signals • When video signals from a VCR, etc ., are convert ed on this recei ver and then outpu t to your T V, depe nding on the stat us of th e video si gnal ou tput, the imag e on the TV screen may appear di storte d horiz ontal ly or no im age may be outp ut. • HDMI video s ignals canno t be conv erted to com[...]

33 US Getting Started In the video input/ output con version tabl e classi fied b y the menu settings For d etails on “Resolu tion” menu settin g, see “Settings fo r the video (V ideo settings m enu)” (page 49) and on operati ng, see “Converting analo g video i nput signa ls” (pag e 77). a : V id eo signa ls ar e up-co n verted and out [...]

34 US 5: Connecting the an tennas (aer ials) Connect the supplied AM loop antenna (aerial) and FM wi re antenna (aerial). * The shap e of t he co nnecto r v ari es dep endin g on the ar ea cod e of this re ceiver . Notes • To prevent no ise pick up, keep th e AM loop antenn a (aer ial ) away from t he re ceiver and o ther compon ents. • Be sure[...]

35 US Getting Started 6: Prepar ing the re ceiver and the re mote Connect the AC po wer cord (mains lea d) to a wall outlet. Notes • Before conn ecting t he AC po wer cord (mains lead), ma ke sure that met allic wi res of the sp eaker cords are no t touchin g each o ther betw een the SPEAKERS terminals. • Connect t he A C po wer cord ( mains le[...]

36 US Insert two R6 (size-AA) batteries in the RM-AAP023 remote co mmander. Observe the correct polarity wh en installing batter ies . Notes • Do not leave th e remote in an ex tremel y hot or humi d plac e. • Do not use a new batte ry wi th ol d ones . • Do not mi x ma ngan ese ba tter ies and othe r kin ds o f batterie s. • Do n ot expose[...]

37 US Getting Started 1 Connect a TV to this receiver . Refer to “3: Con necting the TV” (pag e 18). 2 Tur n on th e TV . 3 Press ? / 1 to turn on the receiver . 4 Press G UI MODE. “GUI MODE” ap pears on t he display and the GUI menu app ears on the TV screen . Press MENU if the GUI menu does not appear on the TV screen. 5 Press V / v repe [...]

38 US 1 Press GUI MODE. “GUI MODE” app ears on t he displa y and the GUI menu appears on the TV screen. Press MENU if the GU I menu d oes not appear on the T V screen. 2 Press V / v repe atedly to sel ect a menu you want. 3 Press or b to enter t he menu. The menu item l ist appears on the TV screen. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to select the menu i[...]

39 US Getting Started 8: Selecting the speaker system You can select t he front speakers you want to drive . Be sure to use the bu ttons on the receiver for this operat ion. Press SPEAK ERS (OFF/A/B/A+ B) repeated ly to select th e front speaker system you want to drive. T o turn off the speaker output Press SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) repeated ly until[...]

40 US Before you perform the Auto Calibration, set up and connect the sp eakers (pa ge 14–1 6). • The AUTO CAL MIC jack is used for the supp lied opti mizer m icropho ne only . Do not connect other mic rophones to t his jack. Doing so ma y damage the recei ver and the micr ophon e. • Durin g the measure ment, the sound t hat comes out of the [...]

41 US Getting Started 1 Press G UI MODE. “GUI MODE” ap pears on t he display and the GUI menu app ears on the TV screen . Press MENU if the GUI menu does not appear on the TV screen. 2 Press V / v repe ated l y to se lec t “Setting s”, then press or b . The Setting s menu list appe ars on the TV screen. 3 Press V / v repe ated l y to se lec[...]

42 US 1 Confirm the measurement result. When the measu rement end s, a beep soun ds. 2 Press V / v t o select th e item you want, then pr ess . * Whe n the speak er(s) is (are) o ut of the phase, “OUT ” is displayed on the TV screen. The “+” an d “–” te rminal s of th e speak er may be connec ted the othe r way arou nd. Howev er, depe[...]

43 US Getting Started Tip The size of a speaker (LA RGE/SMA LL) is deter mined b y the low freq uency ch aract eristic s. The mea suremen t results may vary, dependi ng on the positi on of t he optim izer micr ophone a nd spea kers, and the shap e of the room. It is recomm ended that you follow the measure ment results. Howeve r, you can cha nge th[...]

44 US Err o r Code 31, 32 , 33 1 When you press , “RETR Y?” appears. 2 Press B / b to s elect “Y es”, then press . 3 The measurem ent starts in five seconds. When “W arning” appear s If a warn ing on the m easurement resul t is present, d etailed information is displaye d. Press to return to step 1 of “Confirming/ saving the measureme[...]

45 US Pl ayb a ck 2 Turn on t he component a nd start p layback. 3 Press MASTER VOL +/ – to adjust the volume. You can also use MASTER VOLUME on the receiv er. Tips • Yo u can adju st the volume different ly depend ing on the speed wi th which you turn the MASTER VOLUME on the re ceiver . To turn t he volume up or down quic kly: turn th e knob [...]

46 US Listenin g/Watching a compone nt Listening to a Super Audio CD/CD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0/10 ENT/MEM 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC THEATER SYSTEM STANDBY ?/1 CLEAR />10 SHIFT TV – CATEGOR Y + TUNING – TUNING + DISC SKIP D.TUNING CATEGOR Y MODE RESOLUTION . mM > Xx MUTING VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 BD SAT TV PHONO XM MULTI IN DMPORT MD/ TAP[...]

47 US Pl ayb a ck Watching a DVD/Blu-ray disc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0/10 ENT/MEM 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC THEATER SYSTEM STANDBY ?/1 CLEAR />10 SHIFT TV – CATEGOR Y + TUNING – TUNING + DISC SKIP D.TUNING CATEGOR Y MODE RESOLUTION . mM > Xx MUTING VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 SAT TV PHONO XM MULTI IN DMPORT MD/ TAPE SA-CD/ CD TUNER TV VOL MAST[...]

48 US Settings for the audio (Audio settings menu) Y ou can u se the Audio se ttings menu to mak e settings for t he audio to suit your p reference. Select “A udio” in th e Settings menu. Fo r details on adjusting the parameters, see “7: Operating the receiver using the GUI (Graphical User Interface)” (page 36). x A/V Syn c (Synchroniz es a[...]

49 US Amplifier Ope rations Settings for the video (Video settings menu) You c an use the Vi deo set tings me nu to make setting s for video. Select “ Video” in the Settin gs menu. F or details on adjusting t he parameters, see “7 : Operating the receiv er using the GUI (Graphical User Interface)” (page 36). x Resolution (Con v erting video[...]

50 US x SW Level (Su bwoofer level fo r HDMI) Lets you set the le vel of th e subwoofer to 0 dB or +10 dB w hen PCM signa ls are input vi a an HDMI connection. Y ou can set the le vel for each HDMI input inde pendently . • AUTO The subwo ofer le vel is a utomatically set to 0 dB or +10 dB depe nding on the sampl ing frequency . •+ 1 0 d B •0 [...]

51 US Enjo ying Surr ound S ound 6 Press V / v repeate dly to select the surround sound you wan t. To select Enhanced Surround Mode 1 Select “Enhanced Sur Mode” in step 5 above. 2 Press V / v repeated ly to select the en hanced surr ound soun d you want. 3 Press . Note The sel ected Enhanc ed Surroun d Mode can o nly b e appl ied if you have se[...]

52 US This receiver supports the following audio forma ts. a) Audio signal s are output in another form at if the pla yback co mponent doe s not corre spond to the form at. For details, r efer to the o peratin g instruct ions o f the playback compone nt. b) Signa ls with a sam pling freq uency of mo re than 96 kHz are played ba ck at 96 kHz. When c[...]

53 US Enjo ying Surr ound S ound The Auto Format Direct (A.F .D.) mode allows you to liste n to high er fid elity soun d and select the decod ing mode for listening to a 2 chann el stereo soun d as multi chann el sound. * Depen ds on the Spea ker Pattern setting, some Enh anced Surroun d Mode par ameters may no t be av ailable. Notes • This func [...]

54 US Y ou ca n take adv antag e of surro und sou nd simply by selectin g one of the receiver’ s preprog rammed so und fields . They bring th e ex citing and po werful soun d of mo vie theaters and concert halls into your home. a) You can only sel ect this sound fi eld if the headph ones are con nected to th e receiver. b) Ap pears on the di spla[...]

55 US Enjo ying Surr ound S ound Notes • The soun d fields for m usic and movies d o not work in th e foll owing cases. – T he multi channel in put is selected . – DTS-HD si gnal s wi th a s ampl ing f reque ncy of more th an 48 kH z are bein g rece ived. – Dolby Tr ueHD sign als wi th a sam pling frequen cy of more than 4 8 kH z are b eing[...]

56 US Enjoying th e surround effect at low volume levels (NIGHT MODE) This funct ion allows you to retain a theater lik e environme nt at low vo lume levels. T his func tion c an be us ed w ith othe r so und fi elds. When w atching a mo vie late at night , you will be able to hear t he dialo g clearly e ven at a low vo lume le v el. Press NIGHT MOD[...]

57 US Adv anced Spe akers Se tting Up 4 Press V / v repeate dly to select “Manual Setup”, then press or b . 5 Press V / v / B / b to select s peaker you want to ad just. 6 Press . 7 Press B / b repeate dly to select the parameter you want. 8 Press V / v repeatedly to adjust the setting. x Level (Level of sp eaker) You can adjust each speaker’[...]

58 US Note When on e of t he sound fiel ds for music i s sele cted, no sound is outp ut from the subw oofer if al l the speakers are set to “LARGE ”. Howeve r, the sound will be outpu t from the sub woofer if – the digi tal input signal contain s LFE signal s. – the front and surround spe akers are set to “SMALL ”. – the sound fiel d [...]

59 US Adv anced Spe akers Se tting Up 5 Press V / v repeate dly to select the sp eaker pa ttern you want. 1 Press G UI MODE. “GUI MODE” ap pears on t he display and the GUI menu app ears on the TV screen . Press MENU if the GUI menu does not appear on the TV screen. 2 Press V / v repeate dly to select “Setting s”, then press or b . The Sett[...]

60 US x T est T one •O F F • AUTO The test to ne is out put from each speake r in sequence. • F L, CNT, FR, SR, SBR, SBL, SB, SL , SW You can select which speakers wil l output the test to ne. x Phase No ise •O F F • FL/FR , FL/CNT, CNT/FR, FR/SL , FR/SR, SR/SL, SR/ SBR, SBR/ SBL, SR/SB , SBL/SL, SB/SL, SL/ FL, FL/SR Lets you o utput the [...]

61 US Adv anced Spe akers Se tting Up x Distance U nit (Dist ance unit) Lets you se lect the u nit of measu re for setting distances. • METER The distance i s displayed in meters. • FEET The distan ce is displayed in feet. Adjusting the equalizer You can use the followin g parameters to adjust the tona l quality (bass/trebel level) of all speak[...]

62 US 2 Press V / v repeat edly to se lect “Settings”, then press or b . The Settin gs menu list appears o n the TV screen. 3 Press V / v repeat edly to se lect “EQ”, then pr ess or b . 4 Choo se t he sp eak er yo u want to adju st u sing B / b , then press . 5 Press B / b repeat edly to se lect “Bass” o r “Tre ble”, then press V / [...]

63 US T uner Operations 3 Press V / v to select “ Auto T uning”, then press or b . 4 Press V / v . Press V to scan from low to high, press v to scan from high to low . The receiver stops scanni ng whenever a station is r eceiv ed. In case of poor FM stereo reception 1 Press OPTIONS . 2 Press V / v to s elec t “F M Mod e”, t hen p ress or b [...]

64 US 4 Press SHIF T , then pres s numeri c butto ns to en ter t he frequenc y . Exampl e 1: FM 102 .50 MH z Sele ct 1 b 0 b 2 b 5 Exampl e 2: AM 1,3 50 kHz Sele ct 1 b 3 b 5 b 0 Tip If yo u ha v e tune d in an A M st ation , adj ust the dir ectio n of the AM lo op ante nna (aerial) f or optimum reception. 5 Press . If y ou cannot tune in a station[...]

65 US T uner Operations T o tune to preset stations 1 Repea t steps 1 and 2 of “Presett ing radi o stat ion s”. 2 Press V / v to select th e preset statio n you want. Y ou can sel ect a preset sta tion as follows: • AM band AM 1 to AM 30 • FM band F M 1 to FM 30 T o name preset stations 1 Select a pre set statio n you want to name. 2 Press [...]

66 US XM Ready ® Subscriptio n Once you ha ve ins talled the XM Mi ni-Tun er Home Do ck, inse rted the XM Mini -Tuner, connect ed the XM Min i-Tuner Home Doc k to your XM Ready ® audio sy stem, and installed the antenn a, you are ready to sub scribe and begin rece iving XM program ming. There are three p laces to find yo ur eigh t charact er XM R[...]

67 US T uner Operations You can aim y our antenn a for op timal sig nal reception. 1 Press G UI MODE. “GUI MODE” ap pears on t he display and the GUI menu app ears on the TV screen . Press MENU if the GUI menu does not appear on the TV screen. 2 Press V / v repe ated l y to se lec t “XM”, t hen press or b . 3 Press O PTIONS, then pr ess V /[...]

68 US 2 Press V / v repeat edly to se lect “XM”, th en press or b . 3 Press OPTIO NS, then p ress V / v repeated ly to select “Radio ID” , then press or b . 4 Check the XM Radio ID on the TV screen and w rite it in the space provided here . ID:___ ____ _______ ____ _____ ______ Y ou can also ch eck the XM Radi o ID using the disp lay on the[...]

69 US T uner Operations 4 Press V / v to sel ect t he c han nel , then pr ess . The select ed channe l is being rece ived. The cha nnel in formatio n is disp layed on the TV scre en. Note When y ou sele ct a cha nnel i n the “Cat egory Mode,” the ch annel you se lected m ay not be t he o ne in the catego ry you w ant. T his is beca use one chan[...]

70 US Y ou can se lect th e channel s you want directly by pres etting them usi ng the preset numbers. Y ou can pre set up to 3 0 XM Radi o channel s. 1 Press GUI MODE. “GUI MODE” app ears on t he displa y and the GUI menu appears on the TV screen. Press MENU if the GU I menu d oes not appear on the T V screen. 2 Press V / v repeat edly to se l[...]

71 US T uner Operations XM Radio message list Message appear s on TV screen [Display] Explanation Remedies Check Antenna [ANTENNA] The XM ante nna is not connect ed to t he XM Mi ni- Tuner and Home Dock or the XM an tenna cabl e is damag ed. Check that the XM ante nna is conn ected to the XM Mini- Tuner a nd Hom e Dock securely and check the antenn[...]

72 US Using the Contr ol for HDMI function for “BRA VIA” Sync To use “BR AVIA” Sync, set t he Control f or HDMI function as exp lained belo w. By connect ing Sony compo nents that are compatible with the Control for HDMI function with an HDMI cable (not suppl ied), operation is simplified as fo llows: • One- T o uch Play : When you p lay [...]

73 US Contro l for HDMI Before connecti ng the cords, be sure to disconnect th e AC power cord (main lead ). T o enjo y TV m ulti channel surr ound sound broadcast ing You can listen to TV multi channe l surround sound broa dcast ing from th e speakers connected to t he recei ver. Connect the OPTICAL ou tput jack of the TV to the TV OP TICAL IN jac[...]

74 US Preparin g Control for HDMI function This receiver supports the Control for HDMI- Easy Settin g functio n. This functi on is only a vailable fo r certain types of T V. When yo u perfo rm the Cont rol for HDMI-Easy S etting from the TV, the Control for HDMI settin g on this receiver will automatic ally c hange ac cordingly . During Cont rol fo[...]

75 US Contro l for HDMI 1 Press G UI MODE. “GUI MODE” ap pears on t he display and the GUI menu app ears on the TV screen . Press MENU if the GUI menu does not appear on the TV screen. 2 Press V / v repeate dly to select “Setting s”, then press or b . The Setting s menu list appe ars on the TV screen. 3 Press V / v repeate dly to select “[...]

76 US Enjoying the TV soun d from the speakers connected to the r eceiver (System Audio Control) You can en joy the TV sound from th e speakers connect ed to the receive r by a simple operation . You c an op erat e Sy stem A udi o Cont rol function using the T V menu. Fo r details, re fer to the op erating in structions of the TV. When Sy stem Aud [...]

77 US Other Op erations Converting a nalog video input signals This receiv er allows you to convert th e resolu tion of an alog video inpu t signals. Press RESO LUTION re peatedly . Each tim e you press the bu tton, th e resolution of the out put signals wi ll be change d. Y ou can also u se “Resoluti on” in the V ideo settings menu. Enjoying t[...]

78 US You can select an operation screen using the GUI me nu, de pending on the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter you want to use. For some adapt er, such as TDM-BT 1 or TDM- NW1, th e operati on screen is fixed and you cannot change it on the GUI screen. 1 Press GUI MODE. “GUI MODE” app ears on t he displa y and the GUI menu appears on the TV screen.[...]

79 US Other Op erations T o operate t he TDM-iP1 or TDM- NC1 using t he GUI menu o f the receiver 1 Make s ure t hat “S ystem GUI” is selecte d in step 5 in “Selectin g an op era tion scree n to oper ate the co mpo nent conn ecte d to the DIGI T AL MEDI A PO RT adapte r” (pag e 78). 2 Select content f rom the content s list displa yed on t [...]

80 US Y ou can also operate the com ponents connect ed to the DIG IT AL MEDIA P OR T adapter u sing the follo wing b u ttons on the remote of the rece iv er . * When a TD M-i P1 is conn ecte d, t he rec eive r en ters pa use mod e when x is pressed. ** F ast- backwa rd/ forwar d wh ile pr essin g and holding th e m / M button. Option parameter s in[...]

81 US Other Op erations Naming inputs You can e nter a name of up to 8 characters for inputs and displa y it. This is con venient for labe ling the jac ks with the names of the connected componen ts. 1 Choose the item you want to create an index name for. You can nam e the fol lowing it ems. • Auto c alibration position (page 39) • Inpu ts (pag[...]

82 US Enjoying th e sound/ images from other inputs You can r eassign video an d/or aud io signal s to anothe r input. For exampl e, connect the OPTICAL OUT jack of the DV D player to the OPTICAL VIDEO 1 IN jack of this receiver whe n you want to input the only dig ital optical audio sign als from the DVD player. Connect the comp onent vide o jack [...]

83 US Other Op erations Notes • You ca nnot assign optica l signals from an input sou rce to t he opti cal input ja cks on the r eceiv er, and you ca nnot assign coa xial signals from t he inpu t sour ce to th e co axial in put jack s on the recei ver. • Whe n you assign the di gital audio input, the INPUT MODE se tting ma y change automati cal[...]

84 US Changi ng the display Y ou can check the sound field, et c., by changi ng the in formati on on th e displa y . Press DIS PLAY re peatedly . Each time you press DISPLA Y, the disp lay will change cycl ically as follows. Input nam e you select ed* t Original input name t S ound field current ly applied t Vo l u m e t Stream information FM and A[...]

85 US Other Op erations About the indicators on the display 12 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 q; qa qs qd w; qg wg wf wd ws wa ql qj qk qf qh Name Function A SW Lights up wh en sub woofer i s connec ted and the audio sign al is ou tput fr om the SUBWOOFE R jack. Wh ile this indi cator l ight s up, the receiv er creates a subw oofer sign al base d on t he L FE sign [...]

86 US Name Function I D.RANGE Lights up when dynam ic range compressio n is ac tivate d. J CA T Lights up when ca tego ry mode is select ed dur ing the XM Ra dio opera tion . K SP A/ SP B/ SP A+B Light s up accordi ng to the spea ker sys tem used (p age 39) . Howe ver, the se indica tors do no t ligh t up i f t he sp eake r out put is turned off or[...]

87 US Other Op erations Using the Sleep T imer You can se t the receiver to turn off automatica lly at a specified time. Press S LEEP rep eatedly w hile the power is on. Each time yo u press the button, the dis play changes cy clically as follows : 0:30:00 t 1:00 :00 t 1:30 :00 t 2:00:00 t OFF When Sleep Time r is activated, “SLEEP” lights up i[...]

88 US Recording using the receiver You can r ecord from a vi deo/audi o compo nent using th e receiver. Re fer to the operating instruc tions su pplie d with your recor ding componen t. Y ou c an re cord on to a M iniDi sc o r audi o tape using the rec eiv er . See the operat ing instruc tions su pplie d with your MD de ck or tape d eck. 1 Press th[...]

89 US Other Op erations Operating without connecting to the TV You can operate t his receiver using the display even if yo u do n ot use a GUI wh en a TV is not connect ed. Press GU I MODE re peatedly to select “GUI OFF”. When “GUI MODE” is displayed in th e display, the menu is se t to disp lay on th e TV screen using a GUI. 1 Press A MP. [...]

90 US The follo wing options are a vailabl e in each menu . For details on navig ating thro ugh menu s, see pa ge 89. Overview of the menus Menu [Display] Parameter s [Display] Settings I nitial setting Auto Cal ibra tion sett ings [<A UTO CAL>] Auto Cal ibrat ion s tart [A.CAL ST AR T] Calib ratio n type [CAL TYPE ] FULL FLA T , ENGINEE R, F[...]

91 US Other Op erations Menu [Display] Parameter s [Dis pla y] Settings Initial setting Speaker settings [<SPEAKER> ] Spea ker pattern [SP P A TTERN] 2/0 to 3/4.1 3/4.1 Front speakers [FR T SP] LARGE, SMALL LARGE Center spe aker [CNT SP] LARGE, SMALL LARGE Surro und speakers [SUR SP] LARGE, SMALL LARGE Front le ft speaker distance [FL D IST .[...]

92 US Menu [Display] P arameters [Display] Setti ngs Ini tial setting Surround se ttings [<SURROUND>] Sound field selection [S.F . SELECT] Enhanc ed Surround Mod e [E.SUR MODE] PLII, PLIIx, NEO6 CIN, NEO6 MUS, NEURA L-THX PL IIx/PL II b) Ef fect le vel [EFFECT] E FCT . 50%, EFCT . 80%, EFCT . 100%, EFC T . 150% EFCT . 100% EQ se tting s [<[...]

93 US Other Op erations a) This paramete r is only av ailabl e if t he XM Min i-Tun er an d Home Do ck is connect ed to the XM jack on the receiv er. b) The i nitial setting is de pends on speaker configuration. c) You canno t select this se tting if your spe aker is se t to “ LARGE”. Menu [Display] Pa r am et e r s [Display] Settin gs Initial [...]

94 US For details o n the Auto Calibration , see “9: Calibrating t he appropriate sp eaker settings automatical ly (Auto Calib ration)” (pa ge 39). Refer to “Before you perform Auto Calibration” (page 40) be fore performing the Auto Calibration . T o operate on the receiver 1 Press GUI MODE repeated ly to select “GUI OFF”. 2 Press AMP. [...]

95 US Other Op erations 3 Sele ct “S AVE EX IT” i n step 2. The meas urement results are saved. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to select th e Auto Calibration typ e, then press . Tip The size of a speaker (LARG E/SMAL L) is deter min ed by the lo w fre quenc y characteri stics . The mea suremen t results may vary , dependi ng on the positi on of t he[...]

96 US For details on each soun d field type, see “En joying a pr e-pr ogramm ed soun d field” (page 50). Press 2CH/ A.DIRECT, A.F.D., MOVIE, or MUSIC rep eatedly. The select ed sound field typ e appears on t he display . T o select Enhance d Surr ound Mode 1 Press AMP . 2 Press MENU. 3 Press V / v repe ated ly t o sel ect “<SURROUND>”[...]

97 US Other Op erations 3 Press PRESET + or PRESE T – to select a preset number. 30 FM and 30 AM preset numbers are availab le. If “MEM” disapp ears before you select the preset num ber, start again from step 2. 4 Press ENT/MEM . If SHIFT indicator is light off before you press ENT/MEM, press SHIFT. You can al so use MEM ORY/ENTER on the rece[...]

98 US Checki ng the XM Radio ID 1 Press XM to select “XM RADIO”. Y ou can also u se INPUT SELECTOR on the receiver . 2 Press TUNING + or TUNING – to select chan nel 0. Y ou can al so press TUNING M ODE on the receiver t o select “AUT O”, then turn TUNING +/– to select channel 0. 3 Check the XM ID on the display and writ e it in the spac[...]

99 US Using the Remote Selecting a preset channel 1 Press XM to select “XM RADIO”. 2 Press PRESET + or PRESET – repe atedly to select the preset cha nnel you want. Y ou can also pre ss SHIFT, then press numeric buttons to select t he preset c hannel you w ant. Th en, pre ss ENT /MEM to e nter the selection . Y ou can also press TUNING MODE on[...]

100 US 3 Press numeric button s to enter the numeric code (or one of the codes if more than one code exis ts) corresponding to the component and th e maker of the component y ou want t o contr ol. See the t ables on pa ge 101–10 3 for infor matio n on th e numeric co de(s ). Note For a TV remote code value, only num bers in the 500’ s are valid[...]

101 US Using the Remote T o contr ol a CD pla yer T o contr ol a D A T deck T o contr ol a n MD dec k T o contr ol a tape dec k T o contr ol an LD pl ay er T o contr ol a vid eo CD pla yer T o contr ol a VCR * If an AI WA VC R doe s not w ork ev en thoug h you enter the cod e for AIWA, enter the cod e for Sony instead . Maker Code(s) SONY 101, 102,[...]

102 US T o contr ol a D VD pla yer T o contr ol a D VD recor der T o contr ol a TV Maker Code(s) SONY 401 , 402, 403 BR OKSONIC 424 DENON 405 HIT ACHI 416 JVC 415, 423 MITSUBISH I 419 ORITRON 417 P A N ASONIC 406 , 408, 425 PHILIPS 407 PIONEER 409, 410 RCA 414 SAMSUNG 416, 422 TOSHIBA 404 , 421 ZENIT H 418 , 420 Maker Code(s) SONY 401 , 402, 403 Ma[...]

103 US Using the Remote T o contr ol a satelli te tuner T o contr ol a cab le bo x T o contr ol a tune r T o contr ol a Blu- ra y disc pl ay er T o contr ol a PSX T o contr ol a D VD/VHS COMBO T o contr ol a D VD/HDD COMBO TEKNIK A 517, 518, 567 W ARD S 503, 517, 566 YORK 566 ZENIT H 542 , 543, 567 GE 509, 510, 503, 544 LOEW E 515, 534, 556 Maker C[...]

104 US Clearing all the cont ents of th e remo te’ s memor y 1 While holding down MASTER VOL – , pr ess and hold ? / 1 , then press AV ? / 1 . The RM SET UP indicat or flashes 3 tim es. All the con tents of the remote’s m emory (i.e., all the prog rammed da ta) are cleared. Glo ssary x Cinema Studio E X A sur round s ound mo de tha t can be r[...]

105 US Additiona l Inform ation x Crossover frequency The frequency at which two speaker’ s freq uenc ies inte rsect . x Deep Color Video signal s for which t he color de pth of sign als pas sing th rough a n HDMI jack h ave been raised . The number o f colors that could be express ed by 1 pix el was 24 b its (16, 777,21 6 colors ) with the curre[...]

106 US x Dolby T rueHD Dolby True HD is Dolby’s lossless audi o techno logy develop ed for hig h-def initi on optical disc s. Dolby True HD audio is bit-fo r- bit identical to the original studio maste rs and provid es supr eme-quality audio up to 8c h at 96 kHz/2 4 bit and up to 6ch at 19 2 kHz/24 b it. Togethe r with high -definition video, it [...]

107 US Additiona l Inform ation x Interlace A scanni ng me thod wh ich co mpletes a pic ture by displaying half o f the lin es on a tube surface of a TV or monit or each 1/60 secon d. First, all the odd-numb ered lines are drawn, leaving spaces be tween each li ne, then all the ev en- numbered li nes are dra wn to fill t he spaces. “i” of “48[...]

108 US Precautions On safety Should a ny solid ob ject or liq uid f all into the cabinet, unplug the recei ver and hav e it checked by qualified perso nnel before operating it any furth er. On power sour ces • Before op erating the rec eiv er , check that the operatin g vo ltage is identica l with your local power supply . The ope rating v oltag [...]

109 US Additiona l Inform ation T roubleshooting If you ex peri ence an y of the follo wing difficulties wh ile using the receiver, use this trou bleshoo ting guid e to help you r emedy the proble m. A udio There is n o sound, no matter wh ich componen t is sel ected, o r only a v ery low -level s ound is hea rd. • C heck that the sp eakers and c[...]

110 US There i s seve re hum or n oise. • Check tha t the speakers an d componen ts are connected securely. • Check that the co nnecting cords are a way from a transforme r or motor, and at le ast 10 feet (3 metres) awa y from a TV set or fluorescent light. • Mo ve your audi o compo nent s away fr om the TV. • Make sur e you have gr ounded [...]

111 US Additiona l Inform ation Video There is no pictur e or an unclea r picture appear s on the T V screen. • Select the appropriate i nput on the rece iver (page 44). • Set your T V to the approp riate inpu t mode. • Move yo ur a udio co mpone nts a way fr om the TV. • Assign the com ponent video inpu t correctly. • The input sign al s[...]

112 US The Contr ol for HDMI fun ction does not wor k. • Check the HDMI conn ecti on (p age 73). • M ake sure “Control for HDMI” is set to “ON” in HDMI settings menu. • Make sure the co nnected component i s compatible with th e Control for HDMI functio n. • Check the Control for HDMI sett ings on the connect ed compon ent. See t he[...]

113 US Additiona l Inform ation Radio stati ons cann ot be tuned in . • C heck that the ant ennas (aerials) are connected sec urely. Adju st the antenna s (aerials) and con nect an exte rnal ante nna (aerial), if necessary. • Keep the XM an tenna, a way from the speaker cord s and the powe r cord to avoid picki ng up nois e. • The sign al str[...]

114 US Specifications A UDIO PO W ER SPECIFICA TIONS PO WER OUTPUT AND T O T AL HARMONIC DIST ORTION: (Models of area code U onl y) W ith 8 ohm lo ads, bo th cha nnel s driven, fr om 20 – 20,0 00 Hz; r ated 10 0 watts pe r channel minimum RMS power , with no more than 0.09% t otal ha rmonic di storti on from 25 0 milliwatts to rated output. Ampli[...]

115 US Additiona l Inform ation Video section Inputs /Output s Video: 1 Vp -p, 75 ohms COMPONENT VIDEO: Y: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms P B /C B : 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms P R /C R : 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms 80 MHz H D Pass Thr ough General Power re quirements Power outp ut (DIGITAL MEDIA PORT) DC O UT: 5V, 0.7 A MAX Powe r consump tion Power con sumpt ion (duri ng standby m[...]

(1) Sony Cor poration Printed in M alaysia Index Numerics 2ch Ster eo 51 5.1 chan nel 14 7.1 chan nel 14 A Auto Cal ibratio n 39, 94 B Blu-r ay disc pla yer connec ting 25 , 28 playba ck 47 C Camcor der connect ing 3 0 CD player connec ting 20 , 23 playba ck 46 D Digita l Cinem a Soun d (DCS) 54 DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T connect ing 2 0 enj oying 77 inp[...]