Sony RHTG2000 manual

Theatre Stand System Operati ng Instr uctio ns 2-651-468- 11 (2) © 2005 Sony Corporation RHT-G2000 This sy stem has th e followin g instr uctions: • Quick Setup Guide Desc ribe the basic co nnecti ons, se ttings an d operat ions. • Operating Instructions ( this book) Desc ribe mo re deta ils on se tting s and oper ations . © 2005 Sony Corpora[...]

2 US 3 To reduce the r isk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. For customers in the U.S.A This sym bol is intend ed to aler t the user to the presenc e of uninsu lated “dangerou s voltage” within the produc t’s enclosur e that may be of sufficient m agnitude to constitut e a risk of electric shoc k to [...]

3 US IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS For your pr otec tio n, pl ease rea d the se safet y instr ucti ons completel y before operating the appliance, and keep this manual for future re fere nce. Carefully observe al l warnings , precautio ns and in struct ions on the appliance and in the oper ating instructio ns, and adhere to them. INSTALLATION Water and Mois[...]

4 US Over loa ding Do not overlo ad wall ou tlets, extens ion cord s or co nvenie nce recept acles b eyond their ca pacit y, since th is can re sult in fire or ele ctric shock. When not in use Unplu g the power cord of t he app liance f rom the outlet wh en left unus ed for a lo ng period of time. To dis connect t he cor d, pull it out by gr asping[...]

5 US – If the appl iance does not op erate norma lly wh en f ollowi ng the operat ing instru ctions, a djust o nly thos e control s that are specifie d in th e operating instru ctions. Impr oper adj ustme nt of other c ontrol s may res ult in dam age an d will ofte n require extensive work by a qualifie d techni cian to re store the appliance to [...]

6 US Do not step on the stand. If you do so, you m ay fall fr om the st and resu lting in injury . This stand is only for the specified TV. • Do not place uns pecifi ed objects, such as a flower vase or pottery on the stand . • Do not make a lterations to t he stand. Secure the TV to the stand. If you fa il to do so , the TV may fall or the sta[...]

7 US On safe ty Should an y solid object or li quid fall into th e cab inet, unplu g the receiver a nd have it checked by qualif ied personne l before op erating it any further. On powe r source s • Before oper ating the receiver , check that the oper ating voltage is iden tical to you r local powe r supply. The opera ting volt age is indicat ed [...]

8 US WARNING ........... ............... ........... .................. .......... 5 CAUTION ..... ....... ....... ........ ....... ........... .............. ....... 6 Precautio ns ........... ............... ........... .............. ....... ....... 7 Contro lling t he connec ted compon ents Programming the remote for TV op eration (Sony TV o nl[...]

9 US If you co nnect you r TV by jacks o ther than V IDEO I N 1 or HD/DVD IN 5 (see the supplied “Quick Setup Guide”), follow the st eps below to program the remote. The TV input will be selected automatically (In put SYNC). 1 Press the input button fo r the component you wa nt to change while holdi ng down RM SETUP. The indi cator li ghts up. [...]

10 US You can progr am the remote to control n on-Sony comp onents by ch anging t he c ode. Once the c ontrol s ignals have been mem orized, yo u can use t hose com ponent s as part of your syste m. Furt her more, yo u can also prog ram the remot e for Sony components th at the remote is unable to control. No te that th e remote can only contr ol c[...]

11 US To control a CD player To control a DAT deck To control an MD deck To control a tape deck To control a VCR To control a DVD player Maker C ode(s) SONY 101, 102, 103 DENON 104, 123 JVC 105, 106, 107 KENWOOD 108, 109, 110 MARANTZ 116 ONKYO 112, 113, 114 PIONEER 117 YAMAHA 120, 121, 122 Maker C ode(s) SONY 203 PIONEER 219 Maker C ode(s) SONY 301[...]

12 US To control a TV To control a satellite tuner or cable box To control a tuner To control a hard disc recorder To control a blu-ray disc recorder You ca n contro l connec ted co mpone nts wit h the remot e of this sy stem. * The H , TV VOL+, and TV CH+ but tons have a tactile dot. Use the tacti le dot as a reference when operating the sys tem a[...]

13 US Common operations To control the DVD recorder/DVD player To control the TV To control the SAT To control the VCR To control the audio components • The above explanati ons are inte nded to serve as an exam ple only. Depend ing on the compone nt, the above operations may not be poss ible, or may op erate diff erently than desc ribed. • Befo[...]

14 US In FRONT mode, you can set the following ite ms with AMP MENU on the remote. The defa ult settin gs are und erlin ed. 1 Press AMP MENU to turn on the AMP menu. 2 Press C / X / x / c repeatedly to select the item and the setting. 3 Press AMP MENU to turn off the AMP menu. The fo llowin g pages sh ow det ails for ea ch sett ing. You ca n adjust[...]

15 US Narrows the dynamic ra nge of the sound track. Usefu l for watching movies at low volume late at night. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press x / X repeatedly until “CUSTOMIZE” appears, then press ENTER or c . 3 Press x / X repeatedly until “AUDIO DRC” appears, then press ENTER or c . 4 Press x / X to sel ect the setting. • DRC OFF : no comp re[...]

16 US If pic ture an d sound a re not syn chro nized, yo u can a djust th e delay be tween pi cture and s ound. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press x / X repeatedly until “CU STOMIZE” appears, then press ENTER or c . 3 Press X / x repeatedly until “A/V SYNC” appears, then press ENTER or c . 4 Press X / x to sel ect the setting. • SY NC OFF : does n[...]

17 US This sys tem can cr eate 5.1 ch annel surrou nd sound. You can take adv antage of this fro nt surr ound soun d simp ly by select ing o ne of s ystem 's prep rogr amm ed soun d fiel ds. T hey bring the exciting a nd power ful sou nd of mov ie theate rs into your h ome. Enjoyi ng Front Surround S ound Usi ng Soun d Fiel d Press SOUND FIELD[...]

18 US Output ting sou nd source s from TV x NEWS This mo de cle arly rep roduces huma n voice in TV progra ms, suc h as news pr ograms or dram as. • The sy stem me morizes the l ast so und f ield sel ected for each input . In TUNER function mode, the same so und field is memoriz ed for both FM and AM. Tip[...]

19 US Pres etting r adio stations You can preset 20 FM sta tions, an d 10 AM s tations . Befo re tuning, make sure to turn d own the volu me to minimum. 1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly until the band you want appears. 2 Press and hold TUNING + or – until the auto scanning starts. Scanni ng stops when th e system tunes in a station. “TUNED ” and[...]

20 US Naming preset statio ns You c an en ter a name for pres et st ation. Th e na me (f or examp le, “XY Z”) ap pears wh en the station i s selec ted. Note that no more th an one name c an be ente red for e ach preset station . 1 Press TUNER/BAND repeatedly until “FM” or “AM” appears. The last s tation you received is tuned in. 2 Press[...]

21 US You can conne ct your op tiona l speake rs to thi s system as surrou nd s peak ers. The opt iona l spea k ers should be plac ed up to 5. 0 m (16 ft) from the listenin g position. Place the optional speaker s as ill ustrate d below. Connect ing the sp eakers Switchi ng from FRONT mod e to 5.1CH mode 1 Slide the 5.1CH/FRONT mode switch on the r[...]

22 US To ob tain t he best po ssib le su rrou nd soun d, se t for t he size of the spea kers y ou have con nected an d their distanc e from yo ur list ening posit ion. Defa ult se ttings are underl ined. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X/x rep eated ly until “SP SETUP ” or “LEVEL” appears, then p ress ENTER or c . 3 Select an item using X/x , the[...]

23 US To set the speaker level by using the test tone 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press x / X repeatedly until “LEVEL ” appears, then press ENTER or c . 3 Press x / X to sel ect “TEST TONE ”, and press ENTER or c . 4 Press x / X to sel ect “T.TON E ON”. The speakers emit the te st tone in turn. 5 Press C to return, and then press x / X to selec[...]

24 US Automatic outputting of the origi nal sound x AUTO FORMAT DIRECT AUTO The auto decoding func tion automatical ly detects the type of audio si gnal be ing inpu t (Dolb y Digita l, DTS, or standa rd 2 chann el s tereo) an d perfor ms t he pr oper de codi ng if necessary. Th is mode pr esents th e sound as it was rec orded/ enco ded, wi thout ad[...]

25 US If you experien ce any of the fo llow ing diffi culties w hile usin g the syst e m, use this troubl eshooting gu ide to hel p remedy the proble m before requestin g repairs . Should any proble m persi st, consul t your ne arest Sony deal er. General The power i s not turned on. • Ch eck that the AC po wer co rd is conn ected s ecurel y. If [...]

26 US Sound is interrupted or there is noise. • Chec k that you are not inpu tting PCM 96 kH z audio sign als; this syst em cannot outp ut P CM 96 kHz audi o sign als. There is no picture or an unclear pict ure appears on the TV screen. • You have set progressive format on your DVD pla yer but your TV cannot a ccept the s ignal in pr ogre ssive[...]

27 US AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIONS POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION: With 4 o hm loads , both ch annels drive n, from 2 00 – 20,000 Hz; rated 40 w atts per ch ann el mi nimu m RMS power , wit h no more than 0 .7 % total harm onic distorti on from 250 mill i watts to rated out put. Amplifier section Surround mode (reference) power outpu t [...]

28 US Speakers Front Speake r system Bass reflex , magnet ically shielde d Speaker unit 65 mm (2 5 / 8 inches) cone type Center Speake r system Bass reflex , magnet ically shielde d Speaker unit 65 mm (2 5 / 8 inch es) cone type Surround Speake r system Bass reflex , magnet ically shielde d Speaker unit 65 mm (2 5 / 8 inches) cone type × 2 Subwoof[...]

29 US For more informa tion, refe r to the pages in dicat ed in par entheses . Fron t pane l A Front pa nel displa y (30) B Sound fi eld indica tor (17) C VOLUME +/ – (26) D INPUT SELEC TOR (20, 26) E (remote senso r) (26) F " / 1 (on/standby) (20, 26) Index to Pa rts and Controls ?/1 12 6 4 3 5 conti nued[...]

30 US Fron t pane l displ ay About the indications in the front panel display A Current surround format B Lights up in SLEEP mode. (20) C Lights up whe n A/V SYNC is functio ning. (16) D Lights up whe n a radio st ation is t uned. (19) E Lights up wh en a stereo bro adcast is tuned. (19) F Lights up whe n list ening to the radio in mon aural effect[...]

31 US Rear pan el A COAXIAL FM 75 Ω jac k B SPEAKERS jacks (21) C 5.1CH/FRONT mode switch (21) D AUDIO VIDEO I NPUT jacks E AM t erm inal ANTENNA AM COAXIAL FM L R 5.1CH FRONT MODE L SURROUND SA T + - + - R 75 SPEAKERS AUDIO VIDEO INPUT DVD VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 1 conti nued[...]

32 US Remote control Here de scri bes the but tons fo r amplif ier operation onl y. See page 1 2 for the buttons for oper ation o f the conn ected components. A " / 1 (on/stan dby) B Input but tons C AMP MENU (14, 15, 16, 22) D TUNER MENU (19) E PRESET +/– (19) F MUTING G VOLUME +/– (19) The VOLUME + button has a ta ctile dot .* H DISPLAY [...]

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