Sony STR-DG1000 manual

Sony Cor poration Printed in Malaysia ©2006 Sony Corporation 2-697-465- 11 (2) Multi Channel A V Receiver Oper ating I nstructions Owner’ s Record The model an d serial numbers are l ocated on the rear of the u nit. Record the serial numb er in the space provided below . Refer to them whenever you call upon you r Sony deal er regardin g this pro[...]

2 GB T o reduce th e risk of fire or elec tric shoc k, do not e xpose thi s apparatus to rain or moistu re . Don’ t thr o w away the batt ery wi th general ho use waste, dispose of it correct ly as chemic al w aste. For cu stom ers in t he Unite d States This s ymbol is int ended to alert th e user to the prese nce of uninsulate d “dan gerous v[...]

3 GB About This Manual • The instr uction s in this m anu al ar e for m odel STR- DG1000. Check your mode l number by looking at the lower rig ht corn er of the front p anel. • The instruct ions in this manua l describe th e contr ols on th e suppl ied remo te. Y ou can als o use the co ntrols on t he re cei ve r if t hey hav e th e same or si [...]

4 GB T able of Con tents Getting Star ted Descripti on and location of parts ............... ...6 1: Installin g speak ers ........... ....... ........... .....16 2: Conn ecting s peake rs ........ ....... ........ ........ 17 3a: Con necting the audi o compo nents ........ 19 3b: Connec ting the video co mponents .. ..... 24 4: Conn ecting th e an[...]

5 GB Changin g the dis play .............. ........... ....... .. 95 Using the Sle ep T imer ............ ....... ........... .. 96 Recording using the r ecei ver ...... ... .... ......... 9 6 Listenin g to the sound in another z one (Zone 2 o perations ) ........... ........... ....... .. 98 Using a bi- amplif ier connec tion ............ ... 101 [...]

6 GB Description and locatio n of parts T o remove the cover Pre ss PUSH . When you remove the cover , keep it out of reach from chi ldren. Getting Started Front panel Name Function A PO WER Press to tu rn the receiver on or off (pag e 37, 50 , 51, 52, 53, 79 ). B A UT O CAL MIC jack Connects t o the suppl ied optimiz er micr ophone for t he Digita[...]

7 GB Getting Started C TO N E MO D E Adjusts FR ONT B ASS and FR ONT TREBLE. Press TONE MODE repeatedly to s elect B ASS or TREBLE, then turn TONE to adjust the le ve l (page 59). TO N E D Remote sens or Receives signals from remote c ommander . E MEMOR Y/ ENTER Press to operat e a tuner (FM/AM/X M) (page 80, 8 5). TUNING MODE TUNING F CA TEGO R Y [...]

8 GB About the indicators on the display Name Functio n A SW Light s up w hen su b wo ofer selection is set t o “YES” and the audi o signal is output from the SUB WOOFER jack (page 66 ). While this in dicator li ghts up, the receiver creates a sub woofer si gnal based on the L .F .E. si gnal in th e di sc being p layed bac k or the lo w fr equ [...]

9 GB Getting Started C ; DIGIT AL (EX) Ligh ts up whe n the recei v er is decod ing Dolby Dig ital Surro und s ignal s. When the receiver is decoding Dolby Digital Surroun d EX signals, “ ; DIGIT AL EX” also lights up. When playing a Do lby Digital forma t disc, be sure that you have made digit al conne ctions and t hat INPUT MODE is not set t [...]

10 GB Q CA T Lights up when “ ALL CA TEGOR Y” mode is changed to “ONE CA TEGOR Y” mode during XM Radio operati on (page 85). R ZONE 2 Lights up while operatio n in zone 2 is be ing enab led. S SLEEP Lights up when the sle ep timer is acti v ated (pa ge 96). T L.F . E. Lights up when the d isc being p layed bac k contains an L.F .E. (Lo w Fr[...]

11 GB Getting Started Rear panel A A UDIO INPUT/OUTPUT s ection A UDIO IN/ OUT jacks Conne cts to a tape deck, MD dec k or DA T play er, etc (page 19 , 23). MUL TI CHANNEL INPUT jacks Conne cts to a Super Audi o CD player or D VD player with an analog audio jack f or 7.1 ch annel or 5. 1 channe l soun d (page 19, 22 ). PRE OUT j acks Con nects to a[...]

12 GB * Y ou can watch th e selecte d input im age when you connect the MONIT OR OUT jack t o a TV ( page 27). Y ou can also displa y certain me nu settings a nd the sound field on the m onitor when you press ON SCREEN on the remo te (page 89 ). E VIDEO/A UDIO INPUT/OUTPUT section AU D I O I N / OUT jacks Connec ts to a VCR or a DVD player etc. (pa[...]

13 GB Getting Started Y ou c an us e the su pplied remo te RM-A AL00 3 to operate t he receiv er and to cont rol the Sony audio/v ideo com ponents tha t the rem ote is assigned t o operate (p age 1 04). RM-AAL003 Remote commander Name Function A AV ? / 1 (on/st andby) Press to turn on or off the audi o/ video c omponen ts that the remote is assigne[...]

14 GB H Numeric button s Press to – preset/tu ne to preset statio ns. – sel ect trac k number s of the CD p layer, D VD pl ayer or MD deck. Press 0/10 to selec t trac k numb er 10. – sel ect chan nel numb ers of the VCR or sat ellit e tuner. – After pressi ng TV ( wj ), press the num eric buttons to selec t the T V chann els. I ENTER P ress[...]

15 GB Getting Started a) See the tabl e on page 103 for informati on on the buttons that you ca n use to control each compon ent. b) Th e tactile dot is at tached to thes e buttons ( H , PRESE T+). Use as a mark of opera tion. Notes • Some f uncti ons e xplai ned in t his sect ion may not work depend ing on the m odel. • The ab ove explanation [...]

16 GB 1: Installi ng speakers This receiver allows you to use a 7.1 chann el syst em ( 7 s peak ers an d on e sub w oofer ). T o fully e njoy theater -like multi-chan nel surround sou nd requires fi ve speakers (two front speakers, a cen ter speaker , and two surroun d speakers) and a sub woofe r (5.1 channel syst em). Example of a 5.1 channe l spe[...]

17 GB Getting Started 2: Conne cting speaker s A Front speaker A (L) B Front speaker A (R) C Center s peaker D Surround speaker (L) E Surround speaker (R) F Surro und back spe aker (L) b) G Surro und back spe aker (R) b) H Sub wo ofer c) a) If you have an additional front speaker sys tem, con nec t the m to th e FRONT SPEAKERS B terminals. Y ou ca [...]

18 GB c) When you co nnect a s ub woofer with an auto standby fu nction, tur n of f the func tion when watch ing mo vies. If th e auto sta ndby function is set to on , it turns to stan dby mode automa tically based on the le v el of the in put signa l to a sub woof er , then s ound may not be o utput. Note When y ou con nect al l th e speak ers w i[...]

19 GB Getting Started 3a: Connecting the audio compone nts This s ection desc ribes how to ho ok up your compon ents t o thi s receiver . Befor e you b egin, refer to “Componen t to be connect ed” below for the pa ges which de scribe how to connect each compon ent. After hookin g up a ll your c ompon ents, proceed to “4: Conn ecting t he ante[...]

20 GB The follo wing illu stration sho ws ho w to connect a Super Audio CD play er , CD player and an MD/ D A T deck. Connecting components with digital audio input/output jacks Super Audio CD pla y er , CD p la ye r MD deck, DA T d ec k A B A A A udio cord (not supplied) B Coaxial digital cord (not supplied) C Optical digital c ord (not supplied) [...]

21 GB Getting Started Notes on pla ying a Super A ud io CD on a Super Audio CD pla y er • No soun d is ou tput when pla ying a Super Audi o CD on a Su per Aud io CD playe r connected to only the COAXIAL SA-CD/ CD IN jacks on this rece iv er . When you pla y a Super Aud io CD, connect the pl ayer to the MUL TI CHANNEL INPUT or SA-CD/CD IN jacks. R[...]

22 GB If your D VD or Super Audi o CD player is equipp ed with mult i-chann el output jacks, yo u can connect it to the MUL T I CHANNEL INPUT jacks of this receiver to enjoy mul ti- channel so und. Altern ativ ely , the mult i- channel input jacks can be us ed to co nnect an ex ternal mu lti-channel decoder . Notes • DVD and Super A udio CD playe[...]

23 GB Getting Started The follo wing illustration sho ws ho w to connect a component wit h analog jacks, such as tape deck, turn table, etc. Note If your turnta ble has a ground (e arth) wire, c onnect it to th e ( U ) SIGNAL GND terminal. Connecting components with analog audio jacks Super Audio CD player , CD player T a pe deck T u rntable A MD d[...]

24 GB 3b: Conn ecting the video compon ents This secti on describes h ow to hook up your compone nts to this recei ver . Before y ou be gin, refer to “Componen t to be connect ed” below for the pages which describe how to conne ct each com ponent. After ho oking up all your co mponent s, proceed to “4: Connecting t he antennas (aerials)” (p[...]

25 GB Getting Started HDMI is the a bbre viated nam e for High - Definition Multim edia Interface. It is an interface which transmits vi deo and aud io signals in digital forma t. HDMI features • A di gital au dio sig nals tra nsmitt ed by HD MI can be out put from t he speaker s and the PRE OUT jacks on this rece i ver . This signal supports Dol[...]

26 GB Notes on HDMI connections • Use an HDMI cable with the HDMI logo (made by Sony). • Check the set up of the co nnected component if an image is poor or the sound do es not come ou t of a compon ent conn ected vi a the HDMI cable. • An audio signal inp ut to the HDMI IN jack is output from the speake r output te rminals, HDMI OUT jack a n[...]

27 GB Getting Started The image from a visual component connected to this receiver and the menu of this receiver can be disp layed on a T V screen. It is not neces sary to connect all the cables. Connect au dio and vid eo cords ac cording to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Connecting a TV monitor TV mo nitor AB C D E A A udio cord (not supplied ) B[...]

28 GB Notes • C onnect i mage display co mponents such as a TV monit or or a pr ojector to the M ONITOR O UT ja ck on the re ceiver . Y ou m ay not be abl e to record, ev en if you conn ect recordi ng compo nents. • T ur n on th e receiver when t he vide o and au dio of a playb ack compo nent ar e being output to a TV via the re cei v er . If t[...]

29 GB Getting Started The follo wing illustration sho ws ho w to conn ect a D VD play er/ D VD recor der . It is not neces sary to connect all the cables. Connect au dio and vid eo cords ac cording to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Note T o out put multi -channe l digital aud io, set the dig ital audio out put setting on th e D VD player. Refer to[...]

30 GB Connecting a D VD recor der D VD record er AB A Optical digital cord (not supplied) B Audi o cord (not supplied) C Video cord (not supplied) D S video cord (not supplied) CD A udio sign als Vid eo si gnals[...]

31 GB Getting Started The follo wing illustration sho ws ho w to conne ct a satellite tuner . It is not neces sary to connect all the cables. Connect au dio and vid eo cords ac cording to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Connecting a satellite tuner Satellite tuner AB C D E A Optical dig ital cord (not supplied) B A udio cord (not supplied) C Compon[...]

32 GB The follo wing illu stration sho ws ho w to connect a component wh ich has analo g jacks such as a VC R, etc. It is not necessa ry to connect all the cables. Connect audio and vide o cords accordi ng to the jac ks of your comp onents. Connecting components with analog video and audio jack VCR A T o the VIDEO 3 IN/ PORT ABLE A V IN jacks (Fron[...]

33 GB Getting Started This recei v er is equipped with a function for con verting vide o signals. Y ou can output the video sign al after conn ecting thi s recei ver via the MONIT OR OUT jack as sho wn in the illustrat ion. • V id eo sign als can be outp ut as HDMI v ideo, compone nt video and S video sign als. • S vid eo si gnal s can be ou tp[...]

34 GB Notes on con verting video signals • Y ou can con vert on ly 480i com ponent video signals into HDMI signals, S video signa ls, or video si gnals. Sign als are con verted from 480i interl ace scann ing t o 480 p progr essive scannin g, then the signal s are outp ut. • When video o r S video signals f rom a VCR, etc., are converted on this[...]

35 GB Getting Started Y ou can set the video sign al conv ersion funct ion on/off. The rela tionshi ps between the video input an d output signals set by “VIDEO CONVER T ” and “PR OGRESSIVE OUT” in the V ideo Settin gs menu are sho wn in the c hart be lo w . a : V ideo signals a re conv erted an d output thr ough the video con verter . f : [...]

36 GB 4: Connecting the an tennas (aer ials) Connect the supplied AM loop antenn a (aerial) and FM wi re antenna (aerial). * T he shape of th e connecto r varies dependin g on the area . Notes • T o prevent noise pickup, ke ep the AM loo p anten na (aeri al) a way from the r ecei ver and o the r compon ents. • Be su re to fu lly exte nd the F M[...]

37 GB Getting Started 5: Prepar ing the rece iver and the re mote Connect the su pplied A C power cord (mains lead) to the A C IN terminal on the re ceiv er , then connect the A C power cord (mains lead) to a w all outle t. * T he configuration , shape, numbe r of A C outlets, and the in formation de scribed on the la bel will v ary ac cordi ng to [...]

38 GB Insert tw o R6 (size-AA) b atteries in th e RM- AAL003 remo te comman der . Observe the correct pol arity when installi ng batter ies. Notes • Do not lea ve the remote i n an e xtre mely hot or humi d plac e. • D o not use a new battery w ith old ones. • D o not mix man gane se ba tter ies and ot her kind s of batterie s. • D o not ex[...]

39 GB Getting Started T o swit ch the command mode of the RM-AAL003 remote 1 Press ? / 1 while pressing RM SET UP . The RM S ET UP b utton flash es. 2 Press 1 or 2 while t he RM SET UP button is flashing. When yo u pre ss 1, the com mand mode i s set to A V SYSTE M 1. When you pr ess 2, the com mand mode is set to A V SYSTE M 2. 3 Press E NTER when[...]

40 GB 6 Press V / v repeat edly to select “4 ohm” or “ 8 ohm” depending on the spe akers y ou are u sing, then press to enter the selection . 7 Press ME NU to exit the menu. Notes • If you are no t sure of the impedanc es of the speakers, r efer to t he operat ing instruc tions supplied wit h your speakers. (This infor mation is often on [...]

41 GB Getting Started 7: Calibrating the appropriate settings automatically (AUTO CALIBRA TION) The DCA C (Digital Cinema Auto Calibration) functi on allo ws you to perfo rm automatic calibration , such as chec king the co nnection between eac h speaker and the receiver , adjusting th e speaker le vel, and measurin g the distan ce of each spea ker [...]

42 GB Note Dependi ng on t he characteri stics of the sub woofer you are using, the setu p distance value may be further away from the actual position. Using the receiver as a pre- amplifier Y ou ca n use t he auto cali bration f uncti on wh en you use th e recei ver as a pre-ampli f ier . In this cas e, the distanc e v alue shown on the display ma[...]

43 GB Getting Started 6 Press V / v rep eat edl y to selec t “CAL TYPE, ” then press to enter the para meter . 7 Press V / v rep eat edl y to selec t the para meter , then pres s to ent er the sel ect ion. 8 Press V / v rep eat edl y to selec t “A UT O CAL ST ART , ” then press to st art the m easu re ment . Measureme nt starts in fi ve sec[...]

44 GB 1 Confirm the measurement result. When the measu rement end s, a beep soun ds and the measur emen t result appears on the di splay . 2 Press V / v repeat edly to select the item, then press . 3 Press V / v repeatedly to select a preset number to be used, then press . 4 Press . The measure ment results are saved. Tip The siz e of a speak er (L[...]

45 GB Getting Started •C O D E 3 1 1 Press , th en foll o w the instru ction s from s tep 1 of “Perf orming the au to calibra tion. ” • CODE 32, 33 1 When yo u pre ss , “RETR Y?” app ears. 2 Press V / v to selec t “YES, ” then press . 3 Follow the instructions from step 2 of “Perf orming th e auto c alibrat ion. ” 4 Press V / v [...]

46 GB Tip Depen ding on the positio n of the sub woofer, the measurem ent results for pol arity may vary . Howev er , there will be no proble ms ev en if you cont inue to us e the rece iver with th at value. x A UT O CAL ST ART? (Starts auto calibra tion) • MEASUREM ENT COUNTDO WN A time cou ntdown appears on the display from fiv e seconds t o on[...]

47 GB Getting Started x A.CAL LO AD? (Loads a preset measurement) •P R E S E T - 1 Loads the meas urement value stored as “PRESET -1. ” •P R E S E T - 2 Loads the meas urement value stored as “PRESET -2. ” •P R E S E T - 3 Loads the meas urement value stored as “PRESET -3. ” •O F F Select this whe n you do not want to load a pre[...]

48 GB Selecting a comp onent 1 Press one of the input button. When y ou want to select a component connecte d to the PHONO or the MUL TI CHANNEL INPUT jack, press SHI FT and then pre ss PHONO or MUL TI IN. Y ou can also use INP UT SELECT OR on the receiver . The sel ected input appe ars on the display . T o select a com ponent connected to the HDMI[...]

49 GB Pl ayb a ck T o activ ate the mu ting function Press MUTING on the remote. T o can cel, press MUTING on the remote agai n or turn MASTER V OLUME clo ckwise to raise the vo lume. Ev en if yo u turn o f f the recei v er , th e muting fu nction works when you turn the receiver on again. T o av oid damaging y our speaker s Before you turn of f th[...]

50 GB Listenin g to a Super Audi o CD/CD 2 3 5 5 3 • T he operati on is described for a Son y Su per A udio CD pl ayer . • R efer to the operating instructions supp lied with the Super Audi o CD player or CD player . z Y ou can select the sound field to suit t he music. Refer to page 74 for detail s. Recom mended sou nd fields: Classical : HALL[...]

Pl ayb a ck 51 GB W atching a DVD MUL TI CHANNEL DECODING lamp 2 3 7 7 3 • Refer to the op erati ng instr uctio ns s uppli ed with the TV and D VD player. z Sele ct the soun d forma t of t he disc to be played, if necessary . z Y o u can select the sound field to suit the mo vie o r the music. Ref er to page 74 for detai ls. Recomm ended sound fi[...]

52 GB Enjoying vid eo games VIDEO 3 IN/PORT ABLE A V IN 2 3 7 7 3 • R efer to the operating instructions supp lied with the TV an d video game. 1 T urn on the TV and video game . 2 T urn on t he r ecei ver . 3 Press V IDEO 3 * . Y ou can also use INPUT SELECTOR on this receiv er to sel ect “VI DE O 3*. ” * When you conn ect a TV gam e to the [...]

Pl ayb a ck 53 GB W atching video 2 3 6 6 3 • Refer to the op erati ng instr uctio ns s uppli ed with the TV and VCR. 1 T urn on the VCR. 2 T urn on the receiver . 3 Press VI DEO 1 * . Y ou can al so use INPUT SELECTOR on this receiver to select “VIDEO 1* . ” * When you connect VCR to the VIDEO 1 jack. An example of t he display 4 Switch the [...]

54 GB Navigating throu gh menus By usin g the am plifier menus , you ca n make v arious adj ustments to cus tomize the receiv er . 1 Press RECEIV ER. Receiver operation is enabled . 2 Press MENU. The list of setting menus appea rs. 3 Press V / v repeat edly to select the menu y ou want. 4 Press to enter the menu. 5 Press V / v repeat edly to select[...]

55 GB Amplifier Ope rations The following options are a vailable in each menu . Fo r details on n avi gating throu gh menus, see pa ge 54. Overview of the menus Menu Item P arameter Initial setting Refer page 1-L e vel Sett ings TEST TONE [ xxxxxxxx ] OFF , AUTO, FIX OFF page 58 - 59 PHASE NOISE [ xxxxxxx ] OFF , L/C, C/ R, R/SL, R /SR, SR /SL, SR/[...]

56 GB 3-Sur Settings SOUND FIELD SELECT ? A.F .D. AU T O page 7 2 SB DECODING [ xxxx ] OFF , A UTO, O N A UTO page 61 - 62 SB DEC MODE [ xxxxxxx ] DDEX, PLIIx MV , PLIIx M S PLIIx MV EFFECT LEVEL [ xxx %] 20% to 120% (5% step) 100% CENTER WIDTH [ x ]8 s t e p 3 DIMENSION [ xxxxxxx ] FR ONT +3 to SUR +3 0 P ANORAMA MODE [ xxx ] OFF , ON OFF SCREEN D[...]

57 GB Amplifier Ope rations * After the mea suremen ts are comp leted usi ng auto cali bration , the measure ment v alue is displayed as x ’ xx ”. ** Af ter th e meas uremen ts are comple ted usi ng aut o cali bra tion, you ca n adj ust the m in 1 inch i ncreme nts. 7-Sp eaker Sett ings SUB WOOFER [ xxx ] NO, YES YES page 66 - 70 FR ONT SP [ xx[...]

58 GB Adjusting the lev el (Level Settings menu) Y ou can use the Level Settings me nu to ad just the balanc e and level of each speaker . These settings are applied to all soun d fi elds. Sele ct “Le vel Settings” in the setting menus. F or details on adjusting the paramete rs, see “Na vig ating throug h menu s” ( page 54) an d “Overview[...]

59 GB Amplifier Ope rations x D. RANGE COMP . (Dynam ic range co mpressor ) Let s you compr ess th e dy namic rang e of th e soun d track. Thi s may be us eful whe n you want to watch movies at lo w vo lumes late a t nig ht. Dyna mic r ange co mpre ssion is poss ible with Dol by D igita l so urce s on ly . •O F F The dynam ic range is not com pre[...]

60 GB x CENTER BASS (Center speaker b ass level) x CENTER TREBLE (Center speaker t reble level) x SUR/SB BASS (Surr ound/surr ound bac k speake r bass level) x SUR/SB TR EBLE (Surr ound/surr ound bac k speake r treble level) x PRESET x CLEAR (Equa lizer pr eset clear) Y ou can reset the adjust ed equalizer s ettings to the initia l setting. F or de[...]

61 GB Amplifier Ope rations Settings for the surround sound (Sur Settings menu) Y ou can use the Su r Settings menu to select the soun d fiel d you wa nt for your liste ning pleasure . Select “Sur Settin gs” in the setting menus. F or de tails on a djusting the paramet ers, see “Navigat ing thro ugh menus” (page 54) and “Overview of the m[...]

62 GB x VIR.SPEAKERS (Vir tual spe akers) This paramete r is provid ed especially fo r Cinema Studio EX modes (page 75 ). •O N V irtu al speakers are created . •O F F V irtu al speakers are not create d. By de codi ng the surr ound b ack s igna l of D VD software (etc.) recorded in Dolby Dig ital Surround EX, DTS-ES Matrix, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1,[...]

63 GB Amplifier Ope rations Notes • M atrix decodi ng conformin g to Dolby Digi tal EX is applied rega rdless of the surround b ack decode r mode setup w hen a sound field for a movie is sele cted . • M atrix decodi ng conformin g to Dolby Digi tal EX is appli ed if the speak er setting is 6.1 ch annel system an d movie decodi ng conform ing to[...]

64 GB Settings for the audio (Audio Settings menu) Y ou can u se the Audio S ettings menu to make settings for t he audio to suit your p reference. Select “ Audio S ettings” in the setti ng me nus. For details on adjusting the parameters, se e “Na vig ating throug h menu s” ( page 54) an d “Overview of the menus” (page 55). x DEC. PRIOR[...]

65 GB Amplifier Ope rations Settings for the video (Video Settings menu) Y ou can use the V ideo Setti ngs menu to reas sign t he c ompon ent vi deo in put t o an other input and to na me inpu ts. Select “V ideo Settings” in the set ting menu s. For details on adjusti ng the parameters, see “Nav igating through menus” (page 54) and “Ove r[...]

66 GB * Each vide o input can be adjuste d independe ntly for every INPUT SELECTOR. The adju sted v alue is held un til the me mory of thi s recei ver is clear ed. The adju sted v alue is re tain ed, e ven if the po wer is turned of f or the power cord (m ains le ad) is pu lled out. x NAME IN? (Naming inputs) Lets you set t he name of in puts selec[...]

67 GB Amplifier Ope rations surround back speaker s are also automatic ally set to “ SMALL” (unless pre viously set t o “NO”). x CENTER SP (Cent er speaker) •L A R G E If you connect a large speaker that will effecti vely reproduce ba ss frequencies, select “LARGE. ” Normally , select “LARGE. ” Howev er , if the front speakers are[...]

68 GB bass frequencies output from that speaker , set i t to “SM ALL. ” If the overall sound le vel is lower than you pre fer , set all spe akers to “LAR GE. ” If th ere is no t enou gh bass, you can use t he equalizer to boo st the bass levels. For de tail s, see “A djust ing the equal ize r (EQ Setti ngs menu)” (pag e 59). x FRONT L ([...]

69 GB Amplifier Ope rations Also, the dista nce between th e surround spea kers/ surround b ack speaker s and t he listening position C cannot be more th an 4.5 meter s (15 feet) c loser than the d istan ce b etwee n the list ening p osit ion and the fro nt speakers A . Pl ace the s peakers so that the differen ce in t he leng th of C in the follow[...]

70 GB Tip Surround sp eaker position is desi gned specifically for implem entation of t he Cinema St udio EX mod es. For other sound fields, spea ker position is not so crit ical. Those sound f ields we re designed unde r the premise that the surrou nd speakers would be lo cated behind the li stening position , but presen tation r emains f airly co[...]

71 GB Amplifier Ope rations Calibrating the appropriate settings automatically (Auto Calibration menu) For details, see “7: Calibrating the appropriate settings a utomatically (A UTO CALIBRA TION)” (page 41 ).[...]

72 GB Enjoying Dolby Digital and DTS surrou nd sound (A.F .D. mode) The A.F .D. (Auto Fo rmat Direct) mode allows you to l isten to highe r f idelit y sound a nd sel ect the deco ding mode for li stening t o a 2 channel stereo soun d as multi-c hannel so und. Press A.F .D. repeatedly to se lect the sound field y ou want. For details, see “T yp e [...]

73 GB Enjo ying Surr ound S ound T ype of A.F .D. mode * Y ou cannot select this decod ing mode if there are no surround back speakers conn ected to the receiver . A.F .D. mod e Multi-c hannel audio af ter decoding Effect A.F .D. A UTO (Detect ing aut omatica lly) Prese ts the soun d as it was re corde d/enco ded without adding a ny surround effect[...]

74 GB Selecting a pr e- progra mmed sound field (DCS) Y ou can take ad va ntage of surro und sou nd simply by select ing one of t he receiver’ s preprog rammed so und fields. T hey bring the ex citing and po w erful so und of mo vie theate rs and concert halls into you r home. Press MOVIE repeated ly to select a sound field f or mov ies or press [...]

75 GB Enjo ying Surr ound S ound T ypes of sound field a va ilable * Y ou can select this sound field mode if the headpho nes are conn ected to the receiver . Sound fie ld for Sound f ield Eff ect Movie CINEMA STUDIO EX A DCS Reprodu ces the so und characteri stics of the Sony Pictures Enter tainmen t “Cary Grant Theat er” cine ma prod uction s[...]

76 GB Using only the front speakers (2CH STEREO) In this mod e, the re ceiv er o utputs the sound from the front left/right speakers only . There is no s ound from the sub woofer. Standard 2 channel st ereo sources completely bypas s the sound field pro cessing and mu lti- channel s urround formats are downmixed to 2 channel . Press 2CH. Note No so[...]

77 GB Enjo ying Surr ound S ound Notes • T his function does not work in following cases. – MUL TI IN is sel ected. – Inp ut signal s of which the sa mpling fre quency is more tha n 96 kHz ar e being rec eived. • If y ou set th e NIGHT MODE to on during DTS 96/ 24 signa l receptio n, it wi ll play back only at 4 8 kHz. Tip Whil e this fun c[...]

78 GB Adjusting the speaker levels and ba lance (TEST TONE) Y ou c an adjust th e speaker levels and ba lance while listen ing the test to ne from y our listenin g posi tion. Tip The rece iv er employs a test to ne with a freque ncy center ed at 800 H z. 1 T urn o n the rece iver and T V . 2 Press ON SCREE N. Switch the input of the TV so that the [...]

79 GB Enjo ying Surr ound S ound When a test tone is not outpu t fr om the speaker s • The speaker cords may n ot be connected securely . Check to see if they are connected securely and can not be disco nnected by pullin g on them slightly . • The speaker cords may h a ve the short- circuit proble m. When a test tone is output from a diff erent[...]

80 GB Listen ing to FM/AM rad io Y ou can listen to FM and A M broadcasts through the bui lt-in tuner . Before operation, make sure you ha ve connected the FM and AM antennas (aerial s) to the r eceiv er (pa ge 36). Tip The tuni ng scale for dire ct tuning is shown below . • F M band 1 00 kHz • AM band 10 kHz * * The AM tun ing scal e can b e c[...]

81 GB T uner Operations Enter the frequen cy of a station directly by using th e numeric butto ns. 1 Pres s TUNE R re peat edl y to select the FM or AM band. 2 Press D.TUNING. 3 Press th e numeric buttons to enter the frequ ency . Exampl e 1: FM 102. 50 MHz Select 1 b 0 b 2 b 5 b 0 Examp le 2: AM 1,35 0 kHz Select 1 b 3 b 5 b 0 4 Press ENTER. Tip I[...]

82 GB 3 Press MEMO R Y . “MEMOR Y” appears on the displ ay for a fe w seconds. Perform steps 4 and 5 befo re the disp lay goes ou t. 4 Press PRE SET +/– t o select a preset number . If “MEM OR Y” g oes out b efore yo u select the preset nu mber , start a gain from step 3. 5 Press ENTER. The stat ion is stored as t he select ed preset numb[...]

83 GB T uner Operations 2 T u ne in the pr eset stati on you want to create an index name for (page 82) . 3 Press RECEI VER. Receiver operation is enabled. 4 Press M ENU . The list of setting men us appears. 5 Press V / v rep eat edl y to sel ect “T uner Sett ings, ” then press . 6 Press V / v rep eat edl y to sel ect “NAME IN?. ” 7 Press t[...]

84 GB Notes • T o ens ure optimal re ception of XM’ s satell ite signal, move your antenna to v arious window locations aro und your hom e to see where the best reception will be recei ved. Most XM c ustomers place the antenn a in a sou th-facing wi ndow with a clear vi e w to the sky . • Resi dents in C anada, pleas e see info rmation about [...]

85 GB T uner Operations 1 Pres s TUNE R re peat edl y to sele ct “ XM RADI O . ” 2 Press T UNING +/ – to select a channel. Y ou can also press TUNING MODE on the receiver to select “ A UTO, ” and then turn TUNING to sel ect a channel. Y ou ca n select a channel fro m one category or all the categori es by changin g the category mode. 1 Pr[...]

86 GB 4 Press TUNIN G +/– to select th e channe l. Y o u can also press TUNING MODE on the receiver to select “ AUT O, ” and t hen turn TUNING to select the ch annel. Notes • W hen you sel ect a channe l in the “ON E CA TEGOR Y” mode, the cha nnel yo u select ed may not be the one in the category you want. Thi s is beca use on e cha nne[...]

87 GB T uner Operations Presetting XM Radio stations Y ou can select t he channel s you want d irectly by pres etting the m using the pres et numbers. Y ou ca n preset up to 30 XM Radio channel s. 1 Pres s TUNE R re peat edl y to sele ct “ XM RADI O . ” 2 T une in the chan nel you want to prese t. For d etails on se lecting cha nnels, see “Li[...]

88 GB 2 Press PRE SET +/– r epeatedly to select the preset channel you wan t. Y ou can also press the numeric bu ttons to select the pre set channel you want. Then press ENTER to enter the selection. Y ou can sel ect preset stored preset channe ls from 1 t o 30. Note The prese t channe l informati on will be upda ted dependi ng on the service pro[...]

89 GB Other Operations Displaying menus of the receiver on the TV screen Press ON SCREEN, t hen display a men u on the TV screen con nected to thi s receiver . Y ou can set up menus easily . 1 T urn on the rec eiver and the T V . 2 Press O N SCREEN . Switch the input of the TV so that a setting me nu is displ ayed on the TV screen con nected to thi[...]

90 GB Naming inputs Y ou can enter a name o f up to 8 cha racters for inputs and display i t on the receiver’ s disp lay . This is con venient for lab eling the jac ks with the names of the connected co mponents . 1 Press the input bu tton to select an input y ou want to create an index name f or . Y ou can also use INP UT SELECT OR on the receiv[...]

91 GB Other Operations Switching between digital an d analog audio (INPUT MODE) When you conn ect compone nts to both di gita l and analog au dio input j acks on the receiver , you can fix the au dio input mode to eithe r of them, or switch fro m one to th e other, depe nding on the type o f mat erial you int end to wa tch . 1 Press the inp ut b ut[...]

92 GB Listening to digital sound from other inputs (DIGIT AL ASSIGN) Y ou c an reas sign d igital audio input that has OPTICAL or CO AXIAL (VIDEO 1 IN, D VD IN, TV/SA T IN, MD/D A T IN, SA-CD/CD IN) signals t o anot her in put (V IDEO 2 e tc.) wh en the y are no t currently be ing use d. For example, to make the DVD player the soun d sour ce fo r t[...]

93 GB Other Operations Notes • Y ou cannot r eassign mo re than one d igital audio input to the same input. • Y ou c annot assign optical signals from an input source to the optical inpu t jacks on the rec ei ver, and you ca nnot assign coaxial signals fro m the i nput sourc e to th e coax ial in put j acks on the r ecei v er . • Y ou c annot[...]

94 GB 6 Press . 7 Press V / v repeat edly to select the input y ou want to a ssign as an HDMI video input selecte d in step 5. 8 Press . The input you can assign varies for each comp onent video inpu t. For de tails, see “Assignable inputs for a n HDMI video inpu t. ” Assignabl e inputs f or an HDMI video input The initia l setting is m arked w[...]

95 GB Other Operations 5 Press V / v rep eat edl y to sel ect an input (D VD in the e xample) yo u want to reassign. 6 Press . 7 Press V / v rep eat edl y to sel ect the input (SA-CD/CD in the example) you want to assign as the component video input sele cted in s tep 5. 8 Press . If an input is switc hed to “SA-CD/C D, ” the image fro m the D [...]

96 GB Using the Sleep T imer Y ou can se t the recei v er to tu rn of f automatica lly at a specified time. Press SL EEP r epeatedly . Each time you press SLEEP , th e display changes cyclical ly as follows: When Sleep Timer is being used, “SLE EP” lights up on the d isplay . Tip T o check th e remain ing time be fore the recei v er turns o ff,[...]

97 GB Other Operations Notes • S ound adjustme nts do not affect the signal output from the T APE/CD-R OUT or MD/D A T OUT jacks. • The audio signals input to the MUL TI CHANN EL INPUT jacks are out put only from the fro nt left/ right cha nnels. T o record dig ital sound Connect a co mponent for play back to the digital a udio inpu t (OPTICAL [...]

98 GB Listening to the sound in another zone (Zone 2 operations) Y ou c an enj oy images and so unds fr om a componen t connect ed to th e receiver in a zone (zone 2) other th an the main zone . For ex ample, you can listen to the CD in the main zone and watc h the D VD in zone 2. When u sing an IR repe ater (n ot supp lied), y ou can a lso operat [...]

99 GB Other Operations 2 Outputs sound fr om speaker s in zone 2 using the receiver and another amplifier . Notes • Co nnect vide o signals to t he compone nt of zone 2 using the VID EO jack. • Co nnect audi o signals to t he compone nt of zone 2 using the AUDIO L/R jack. Tips • O nly signals from compon ents conne cted to the analog input ja[...]

100 GB The following opera tions are d escribed for connect ing an IR repeater and o perating the receiver in zone 2. When an IR repeater is not connect ed, us e this re cei ver in th e main zone. 1 T urn o n the main receiver (this re ceiv er). The rem ote swit ches to z one 2 mo de. 2 Press ZONE 2. 3 T urn on the amplif ier in zone 2 if it is use[...]

101 GB Other Operations T o operate the receiv er using an IR repeat er Y ou can operate the receiver without pointin g the remote toward the IR sens or of the receiver if you use an IR repe ater . Use an IR repeater whe n you install the receiver i n a place where si gnals from the remote c annot reach . Using a bi-amplifier connection If you are [...]

102 GB Notes • Y ou cannot use the FRONT SPEAKER S B termin als for a bi-amp lif ier co nnectio n. • W hen you use t he auto cali bration func tion, make the bi-am plifier settings before yo u perform auto calibr ation . • If you make the bi -amplif ier se ttings, the spea ker level, b alan ce, a nd e qua lizer sett ings of t he surr ound bac[...]

103 GB Using the Remote Operating ea ch comp onent using the re mote When you pro gram th e remote to contr ol the follo w ing Son y or non- Son y com ponen ts, yo u can use the buttons on the remo te that are marked with circles. Note, ho we ver , that some buttons may n ot oper ate your com ponen t. If you want to change the co ntents o f the i n[...]

104 GB Program ming the remote Y ou can customize the rem ote to match the componen ts connecte d to your receiver . Y o u can e v en program the remote to control n on- Sony component s and also So ny components that the remote is no rmally unable to control . The procedure b elo w uses as an example a case in w hich the other manufacturer’ s VC[...]

105 GB Using the Remote The numeri c codes corres ponding to the component and the maker of the component Use the numeric co des in the tables b elo w to control non-Sony comp onents an d also Sony compo nents that the remote is normal ly unable to control. Since the remote signal that a componen t accepts differs depen ding on the model and year o[...]

106 GB T o control a VCR * If an AIWA VCR does not work even t hough you enter th e code for AIWA, ente r the c ode for Sony instead. T o control a D VD player T o control a D VD recor der T o control a TV Maker Code(s) SONY 701, 70 2, 703, 704, 705, 706 AIW A * 710, 750, 757, 758 AKAI 707, 708, 709 , 759 BLA UPUNKT 740 EMERSON 711, 712, 713, 714, [...]

107 GB Using the Remote T o contr ol a sat ellite tuner or cable bo x T o contr ol a t uner T o contr ol a har d di sc recor der T o contr ol a b lu-ra y di sc pla yer T o contr ol a PSX Performing several commands in seque nce automatically (Macro Play) The Macro Pla y function lets you lin k sev eral command s in a sequentia l order as a single c[...]

108 GB 1 Press MACR O 1 or MA CRO 2 f or more than 1 second whil e pressing RM SET UP . The RM SET UP button flashes twice. 2 Press the input button of the component t hat y ou want to ass ign on e of the followi ng operations. The sele cted input butto n light s up. 3 Press t he button for the operation y ou want to perf orm to learn the func tion[...]

109 GB Using the Remote Starting macro pla y 1 Press RECEIVER. The RECEIVER butt on lights up, and then turns of f. 2 Press MA CRO 1 o r MA CR O 2 to s tar t the macr o . The macro start s and execute the commands in t he order you assi gned th em. While the commands are b eing sent , the RM SET UP button flashes and t he RECEIVER b utto n lights u[...]

110 GB 4 P oint the remote code receiver section of the remote towar d the r ece iv er/t rans mit ter on the remote control to be learned from. While the seco nd remote is receiving the signal, th e input b utto n selecte d in step 2 turns of f. 5 The RM SET UP button flashes twice, t hen the le arning process is complete d. When the learning proce[...]

111 GB Using the Remote Clearing all the contents of the remote’ s memor y 1 Press and hold MASTER V OL – firs t, the n p ress ? / 1 and then AV ? / 1 . The RM SET UP button flashes three times. 2 Release M ASTER VOL –. All the cont ents of the remo te’ s memory (i.e., all th e prog rammed da ta) are clea red. 1 1,2[...]

112 GB Glossar y x Cinema Studio EX A surround sound mode that can be r egarded as the compilation of Digita l Cinema Sound techno logy , delivers the soun d of a dubb ing theater u sing three technolo gies: “V irtual Multi Di mensions , ” “Screen Depth Matchi ng, ” and “Cinema Stu dio Reverberation. ” “V irtual Multi Dim ensions, ”[...]

113 GB Additional Inf ormation x Dolby Pr o Logic IIx T echno logy f or 7. 1 chan nels (o r 6.1 c hann els) playb ack . Alon g wit h audio enco ded in Dolby Digital Surroun d EX, 5.1 channels Dolby Digital encoded aud io can be rep roduced in 7.1 chann els (or 6. 1 channels) . Furth ermore, existing ster eo recorded cont ent can also be repr oduce [...]

114 GB x PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) A method of co n ver ting anal og audio to digita l audio for ea sy enjoyment of dig ital sound. x Progressive A scanning method that dr aws all scanning lines sequ entially , as opposed to interlaced scannin g where all the odd and then all the ev en lines are drawn. x Sampling frequenc y T o convert analog au [...]

115 GB Additional Inf ormation • Do not p lace the re ceiv er near heat s ources, or in a place sub ject to direct sun light, excessiv e dust, or mechan ical shock. • Do not place anyt hing on to p of the cabin et that mi ght block the ventilat ion ho les and cause malfu nctions. • Do not p lace the receiv er near equipm ent such as a tele vi[...]

116 GB There is no sound fr om one of the fron t speak ers . • Conne ct a p air of headph ones t o the PHONES jack to verify that sound is outpu t from the hea dphones. I f only one channel is outpu t from th e headphon es, the compone nt may not be conn ected to the receiver correctly . Check that all t he cords are fully insert ed into the jack[...]

117 GB Additional Inf ormation There is n o sound, or onl y a very lo w- leve l sound is hear d fro m the ce nter/ surr ound/surr ound b ack spea kers . • Select a CINEMA STUDIO EX m ode (page 75). • Adju st the spea ker level (pag e 78). • Make sure the center/su rround speaker (s) is (are) set to either “SMALL” or “LARGE” (page 67 )[...]

118 GB The ima ge of the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT is co rrupted. • W hen the signal s are output from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jack, input signals ot her than 480p are corrupted if “PR OGRESSIVE OUT” is set to “ON. ” Set “PR OGRESSIVE OUT” to “OFF . ” • V ideo input signals othe r than 4 80p compone nt are not received when signals ar[...]

119 GB Additional Inf ormation • Mak e sur e y ou se lect th e co rre ct in put o n the remote. • When yo u op erate a pro gram med n on- Sony compon ent, the remot e may not functi on pro perl y depe nding o n th e model and the maker of the comp onent. Err or message If there is a malfunct ion, the d isplay sho ws a code of two numbers and a [...]

120 GB Frequenc y response Inpu ts (An alog ) Inputs (D igital) Output s EQU ALIZER FM tuner se ction T uning range 87.5 - 1 08.0 MH z Ante nna (aer ial) FM wire ant enna (aer ial) Antenna (aeria l) termina ls 75 oh ms, unbala nced Sensi ti vity Mono: 18. 3 dBf, 2. 2 µV/75 oh ms Stereo: 38.3 d Bf, 22.5 µ V/75 ohm s Usab le sensitivity 11.2 dB f, [...]

121 GB Additional Inf ormation Video section Inputs /Output s V ideo: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms S video: Y : 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms C: 0.286 Vp-p, 7 5 ohm s 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 MH z HD Pass Thr ough (Whe n “PR O GRE SSIVE OUT” is set to “OFF”.) General Power requir ements 12 0 V[...]

122 GB Index Symbols U SIGN AL GND terminal 23 , 36 Numerics 2CH STEREO m ode 76 5.1 chan nel system 16 7.1 chan nel system 16 A A.F .D. 72 A C po wer cord 37 Adjusting Audio 64 Equalizer 59 Le vel 58 Sound effect 74 Speak er 66 Surround 61 System 70 Tu n e r 63 Vi d e o 65 AN ALOG DIRECT 77 Auto Calibration 41 A UT O FORM A T DIRECT 72 B BI-AMP 10[...]

123 GB Additional Inf ormation O ON SCREEN 78 , 89 R Recording Onto a Mini Disc or audio t ape 96 Onto a video tape 97 Remote All clear 11 1 Before use 38 Lear ning 109 Macro P lay 107 Operating eac h componen t 103 Prog ramm ing 10 4 Resetting 119 S Satel lite tuner 31 SB DEC MODE 62 SB DECODING 62 Slee p T imer 96 Sound field s Customizin g 61 Re[...]