Sony STR-DH800 manual

©200 9 Son y Corp ora tion 4- 131- 723 - 42 (1 ) M ult i C ha nnel A V Rece iver Operating Inst ructions STR-DH 800[...]

2 GB T o reduc e the ri sk of fire or e l ec tr ic shock, do not expos e this app aratus to ra in o r m ois tur e. To reduce the risk o f fire, d o n o t cover the ve ntila tion open ing of th e a ppar atus wit h newsp apers, ta bleclot hs, curt ains, etc . Do not plac e the nak ed flame sour ces such as lighted can dles on the app aratus. Do no t [...]

3 GB For cu s to m ers in Uni te d Ki ngdom, Eur ope and Australia This sym bol is i ntend ed to a lert the u ser to the pr esence of t he Hot Surf ace that may be hot if it i s tou ched duri ng the nor mal oper ation. About Thi s Manual • Th e in stru ct ions in th is man ual a re f or m odel S TR- D H80 0 . Ch ec k yo ur mode l nu m b er by loo[...]

4 GB T able of Content s De scr ipti on a nd lo cat io n of part s ... .. ... ...... .. ... 6 Getting Started 1: In s talli ng th e spe ak ers .... .. ... ... ..... ... ... ..... . 16 2: C onn ect ing th e spe aker s ... ... ... ..... ... ... ..... . 1 7 3: C onn ect ing th e TV ......... .. ... ...... .. ... ...... .. . 2 0 4a: Conne ctin g the au[...]

5 GB Other Operatio n s S w it ching betwe en digi tal and anal og aud io ( INP UT M ODE ) .... .. ...... ... .. ...... ... 85 Enjo ying t he sound/ images from oth er input s .. .... ..... . .. ..... ..... .... ..... . .. ..... ..... .... .... 85 Enjo ying the DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T (DM P OR T) ..... ... .. ...... ... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ...[...]

6 GB Des crip tion and l ocat ion of pa rts Front pane l ?/1 PHONES SPEAKERS INPUT SELECTOR INPUT MODE TUNING MODE MASTER VOLUME TONE MODE DISPLA Y DIMMER MUTING MEMORY/ ENTER 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F .D. MOVIE MUSIC TUNING TONE VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO L AUDIO R AUTO CAL MIC 9 q; qa qf qs 8 qd 13 24 5 6 qh qg 7 Name Functi on A ? / 1 (on /stan dby) Press to tu r[...]

7 GB Name Func t ion L 2CH/A.DIRECT P r e ss to se lect a s ound fiel d (pag e 59). A.F .D. MO V IE MUSIC M TUNING MODE Press to oper ate a tuner (FM/A M) (page 66). TUNING +/– MEMOR Y/ ENT ER N IN PU T M ODE Pr ess to se lect th e in put mode w h en the same compon ents are con nected to b ot h di gi t al a n d ana lo g jack s (page 85) . O PHON[...]

8 GB About t he indicators on the display 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 qj qh qa wa qk 3 ql w; qg qf qs qd 0 Name Function A SW Ligh t s up whe n the audio s ignal is ou tput fr om the SUBWOOFE R jacks. B LFE Ligh t s up when t he disc bei ng played back co ntains an LFE (Low Fre que ncy Effect ) channel and the LFE chan nel si gn a l i s a c tual l y be in g r[...]

9 GB Name Function H SP A/SP B/ SP A+B Li ghts up acc ording to the sp eaker system us ed (page 32). Howe ver, the se indicat ors do not light up i f the s peaker o utput is tu rned off or if headp hones are co nnected. I SLEEP Li ghts up whe n the slee p t imer is act i v ated (page 90) . J A.DIRECT L ights up when the re ceiver is pro cessing Ana[...]

10 GB Rear panel 5 6 6 8 7 1 2 3 4 DIGIT AL (ASSIGNABLE) DC5V 0.7A MAX ANTENNA DMPORT AM IN 2 IN 1 MONITOR OUT VIDEO 1 IN TV AUDIO IN VIDEO IN SA T AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT IN OPTICAL AUDIO IN VIDEO IN SUBWOOFER MONITOR AUDIO IN VIDEO IN BD L R L R L R SPEAKERS SAT IN BD IN DVD IN OPTICAL CENTER SURROUND FRONT A COAXIAL SURROUND BACK[...]

11 GB * Y ou can wat ch the se l e ct e d input im age when you connect the HDM I OUT or M ONITOR OUT jack t o a TV ( pag e 20, 24 ). You c an use t he sup plied remote to ope rate the r ece iv er an d to co nt ro l th e Son y audi o/ vi d eo compo nents t hat th e remote is assi gned to operat e. You can also p rogr am the re mote to c ontro l non[...]

12 GB Name Functi on A AV ? / 1 (o n/stan db y) P res s to tu rn on o r of f th e a udio/vi deo comp onent s tha t the rem ote is pro gramm ed to operat e. To t urn the TV on or off, press TV ( C ) a nd t hen pr ess AV ? / 1 . If yo u press ? / 1 ( B ) at the sa me ti me, it wil l tu rn of f th e rec eiver and oth er co mponents (SYSTEM STANDBY). N[...]

13 GB Name Function F A.F.D. P r ess to select a so und field (pag e 60, 62). MOV I E MUS I C G NIGHT M ODE P res s to ac tiva te the Ni gh t M ode fu nc ti on (p a g e 64 ). H SLEEP P res s to ac tiv ate the S lee p Time r fu nction and th e dur ation whi ch the receive r turn s o ff au tomati cal ly. I AMP MENU Pre ss to disp lay the m enu to ope[...]

14 GB Name Function TUNING +/– Press to scan a stat ion. D.TUNING Pres s to enter direct tu ning mode . N TV CH + a) /– Press TV ( C ) and then press TV CH +/– to select preset T V ch annels. PR ESET + a) /– Press to – select pres et stat i ons . – select pres et channe ls of the VCR, s atelli te tun er, Blu-ray disc p layer, DVD player[...]

15 GB a) The numb er 5/SA T , TV CH + /PR ESET + and N but tons ha ve tact ile dot s. Use the tact i le do ts as refer ences when op eratin g the recei ver . b) Th is b utt on is a lso av ai lab le f or D IGIT AL MEDI A POR T adapt er op eratio n. Fo r d etails on t he func tion of the button, refe r to t he operat ing instructions supplied wi th t[...]

16 GB 1 : Instal ling th e sp eakers This re ceive r allo ws you to use a 7.1 c hannel syste m (7 speake rs and on e subw oofer) . To full y enjoy t heate r-like mul ti channe l surro und s ound r equir es f ive speak ers ( two front speake rs, a ce nter sp eak er, an d two surro und spea kers) and a su bwoo fer (5.1 channe l). Exam ple o f a 5.1 c[...]

17 GB Gett i ng Started 2: Co nnect ing t he spea ke rs Bef or e con n ecti n g the co r ds, be su re to di sc o nne ct th e A C po we r co rd ( ma ins le ad ). A F ron t s pea ke r A ( Lef t) B Front speaker A (Ri ght) C Cente r speak er D Surr ound s peake r ( Left) E Surr ound spe aker (Rig ht) F Surr ound bac k speak er (Lef t) a)b)c ) G Surr o[...]

18 GB a) If you co nnect only one s urr ound back sp eaker , connect it to the S PE AK ERS SURROUND BA CK/BI -AMP /FRONT B L term inals . b) If you are n ot u sing surr ound ba ck speaker , a nd yo u h a ve a n ad di ti ona l fr o nt sp ea ke r s y ste m , conne ct the add ition al front speaker syst em to th e SPEAKERS SURROUND B ACK/BI-AMP/ FRO N[...]

19 GB Gett i ng Started Af ter you have ins tall and conne ct yo ur spea ker, be s ure to s elect t he s peaker pat tern from S PEAKER me nu (p age 4 6). S elect the sp eaker patter n acco rding to your speak er sett ing. For detai ls of eac h para meter, see the tabl e as follo ws . Selecting a speaker pattern Sp eake r conn ect ed Front left/righ[...]

20 GB 3: Conn ecti ng the TV You can wat ch th e sel ecte d inpu t im age wh en you c onnect the HDMI OUT or MONITOR OU T ja ck t o a T V. It is no t neces sary t o conn ect all th e cords. Connect audio an d video co rds acc ordin g to th e jacks of you r compo nents . Before conne cting cords , be sure to di sconne ct the AC p o we r c ord. DIGIT[...]

21 GB Gett i ng Started Notes • B e sure to turn on the r eceiv er whe n the vi deo an d audio sign als of a p layback componen t are bein g o ut pu t t o a TV vi a th e re ce i ver . U nl ess th e po we r i s tur ned on, neit her vid eo nor audi o signa ls will be tr ansmit ted. • C onne ct imag e di splay compon ents s uch as a TV monit or or[...]

22 GB 4a: Con nect ing t he au di o co mp onents The foll owing i llustr ation shows h ow to con nect a Sup er Audio CD pl ayer, CD pl ayer or C D re corder . Be fore conne cting cor ds, be su re to di sc onn e ct th e AC po we r co rd. After conn ectin g your aud io compone nt, proce ed to “4b: Co nnectin g the vide o compo nents ” (page 23). [...]

23 GB Gett i ng Started 4b: C onnect ing th e video com ponen ts This sec tion describ es ho w to connec t yo ur vide o compon ents to t his rece iver . Before y ou begi n, s ee “Compon ent t o be conne cted” bel ow for the page s which des crib e how to conn ect eac h componen t. Af ter co nnecting all your compo nents, p roceed to “5 : Conn[...]

24 GB HD M I is the abbr ev iate d n am e fo r Hig h- De fi niti o n Multi me di a Inte rf ace . It is a n inte rface whic h tr ansmit s vi deo a nd aud io signa ls in di gital format . Notes • Be sure t o change th e factor y set t ing of the HDM I 1–4 in put butt on on the remot e so th at you can use the button to co ntro l you r comp onent [...]

25 GB Gett i ng Started HDMI features • A d igit al au dio sig nals trans mitted by H DM I can be ou tput from the sp eaker s connec ted to th e re ceive r. Th is s ig nal suppor ts D olby Digit al, DTS, and Li near PCM. • Thi s recei ver ca n recei ve multi channe l Linea r PCM ( up to 8 chan nels) w it h a samp ling fr equenc y of 19 2 kHz or[...]

26 GB The foll owing i llustr ation shows h ow to connect a DVD pla ye r. It is no t neces sary t o conn ect all th e cords. Connect audio an d video co rds acc ordin g to th e jacks of you r compo nents . Notes • Be sure to ch ange the factory se tting of the DVD inpu t butto n on the remo te so that yo u can use the button to control y our DVD [...]

27 GB Gett i ng Started Th e follow ing illu stra tion sh ows how to conn ect a Blu- ray di sc play er. It i s not nec essar y to conne ct a ll t he cor ds. Conne ct audi o and vide o cords ac cording t o the jac ks of your compon ents. Notes • The initial s ettin g of the COMPONE NT V IDEO IN 1 jac ks a r e Blu-ray d i sc p l ayer. If y ou wa n [...]

28 GB The foll owing i llustr ation shows h ow to con nect a sate llit e tuner or s et-t op box. It is no t neces sary t o conn ect all th e cords. Connect audio an d video co rds acc ordin g to th e jacks of you r compo nents . Notes • The initial setting of the COMP ONENT VIDEO IN 3 jack s a re sa tellit e tu ner or set-to p bo x. If you wan t [...]

29 GB Gett i ng Started Th e follow ing illu stra tion sh ows how to conn ect a component which has analog jac ks such as a VCR, DVD recorder, etc. It i s not nec essar y to conne ct a ll t he cor ds. Conne ct audi o and vide o cords ac cording t o the jac ks of your compon ents. Notes • Be s ure t o change t he fac t or y setti ng of the VIDEO 1[...]

30 GB 5: Conn ecti ng the a nte nna s ( ae ria ls ) Connect the supp lied AM loo p ant enna (ae ri a l) and FM wir e an ten na ( a er ial) . Be for e co nne c ting ante nna s (a eria ls ), b e sur e to disc onnect the power cord. * T he shape of t h e connector varies de pendi ng on the area co de of this re ceiver. Notes • To preve nt n oise pic[...]

31 GB Gett i ng Started Bef or e usi ng th e re ceiv er for th e firs t tim e, ini tial ize th e receive r by perf orming the fol lowing proc edure . This proce dure ca n also be use d to ret urn set tings you ha ve made to the ir f actory defau lts. Be sur e to use th e butto ns on the r eceiv er for thi s opera tion. 1 Press ? / 1 to turn off the[...]

32 GB 7: Sel ecti ng the sp eaker syste m You ca n selec t t he front sp eaker s you wa nt t o drive . Be s ure to us e the b utto n s on t he re ce ive r f or th is op erat ion. Pres s SPEAKE RS repeated ly to select the fr o nt speaker system y ou wa nt to dr ive. * To sel ect “SP B” o r “SP A+B”, se t “SB ASS IGN” to “ SPK B ” in[...]

33 GB Gett i ng Started Befo re you per form the Au to Calibr ation , set u p and conne ct the s peaker s (page 16, 17 ). • The AUTO CAL MIC j ack is u sed for the suppl ied opt imize r micr ophone on ly. Do n ot conn ect other microp hones to thi s jack. Doi ng so may d amage t he r ecei ver a nd the mic r op hone. • Dur ing t he ca libr ation[...]

34 GB Note Depen ding on the char acteris tics of t he s ubwoofer you a re usi ng, th e setu p di stance v al u e may be further a way from the actua l position. Press A UTO CAL. Mea suremen t star ts in 5 secon ds. A count dow n is displa yed. The m easu rement proc ess will t ake ap proxi mate ly 30 sec ond s to com plete . Th e ta ble be lo w sh[...]

35 GB Gett i ng Started 1 Confirm the measu rement result. Whe n the me asure ment ends , a beep soun ds an d t he meas urem ent resul t appe ars on t he displ ay. 2 Press AMP and th en press V / v repeatedly to selec t the i t e m. Then, p ress . 3 Select “SA VE EXIT” in step 2 to save the measurem ent result . “COMPLETE ” appear s on the [...]

36 GB When er ro r code s appe ar Check th e proble m of the er ror and pe rfor m Auto Ca libr ation again. *1 xxx represent a speaker channel FF r o n t S Su rround SB S u rro un d bac k T o perfo rm A ut o Cali bration again 1 Pre ss . 2 Press V / v to select “RETRY? YES”, then pres s . When y ou select “PHASE I NFO ” You can ch eck the p[...]

37 GB Gett i ng Started When y ou select “W ARN CHECK” If a w ar nin g on th e mea s ur em ent re su lt is p resen t, d etai led inf ormat ion is disp layed. Press to retu rn to step 2 o f “C onfirming/saving the measu rement results ” (p ag e 35). *3 xxx represent a speaker c hannel FL Front left FR Fr ont rig ht CNT Center SL Surr ound l [...]

38 GB T o regist er m ore than one set of settings f or the l is tening environm ent You ca n select th e seat ing posi tion you want and regist er the m eas urement res ults of the Aut o Ca libr atio n for that se atin g pos itio n. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press V / v repea tedly to sel ect “ AUTO CAL”. 3 Press or b to enter the menu. 4 Press V / [...]

39 GB Gett i ng Started 9: Ad justing t he s pea ker level s a nd bal ance (TEST TO N E) Yo u can adjust t he s peaker leve ls and b alanc e wh ile li sten ing to the te st ton e from you r li stening pos iti on. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press V / v rep eat edl y t o s el ect “LEVEL ”, t h en press or b . 3 Press V / v repea tedly to sel ect “TEST[...]

40 GB Sel ect in g a comp one nt 1 Press o ne of the i n put b uttons to select the component you wan t. You can a lso use INP UT SELECTOR on th e recei ver. The sel ecte d input appe ars on t he displa y. * “S A-CD/CD/CD-R ” sc rolls across the displ ay, then “S A-CD/CD ” appears . 2 T urn on the compon ent and start p layback. 3 Press MA [...]

41 GB Pl ayb a ck To acti vate th e mu ting functi on P ress MUTIN G on the re mote. Th e muting func tion wi ll be can celed when you do t he foll owing. • Press MUTI NG again. • In creas e the vol ume. • Tur n off the rec eiver . To av oid damaging your spe ake rs Be fore you t urn of f th e rec eiver , be sure to t urn do wn the volum e le[...]

42 GB Li sten ing /W atc hin g a comp one nt Listening to a Super Aud io CD/CD ?/1 PHONES SPEAKERS INPUT SELECTOR INPUT MODE TUNING MODE MASTER VOLUME TONE MODE DISPLAY DIMMER MUTING MEMORY/ ENTER 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D . MOVIE MUSIC TUNING TONE VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO L AUDIO R AUTO CAL MIC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0/10 ENT/MEM 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D. MOVIE MUSI[...]

43 GB Pl ayb a ck Watching a DVD/Blu- r ay Disc ?/1 PHONES SPEAKERS INPUT SELECTOR INPUT MODE TUNING MODE MASTER VOLUME TONE MODE DISPLAY DIMMER MUTING MEMORY/ ENTER 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D . MOVIE MUSIC TUNING TONE VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO L AUDIO R AUTO CAL MIC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0/10 ENT/MEM 2CH/ A.DIRECT A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC THEATRE SYSTEM STANDBY RM SET[...]

44 GB Nav igat ing t hrough menus By using t he ampli fier me nus, you can m ake vario us adj ustm ents to c ustomi ze the recei ver. 1 Press AMP M ENU. 2 Press V / v repeatedly to select th e menu yo u want . 3 Press o r b to enter th e menu. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to select the p arameter you want to adjust. 5 Press o r b to enter th e par ame [...]

45 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Th e follo wing opt ions ar e av ail able in eac h me nu. For det ails on na viga ting thro ugh me nus, see pag e 44. Over view of t he menus Men u [Display] Pa r am ete rs [Display] Setting s Init ial setting AU T O C A L [A UTO CAL] (pag e 37) Auto c alib ratio n [A.CAL ST AR T] Calib ration typ e a) [CAL TYP E] FU[...]

46 GB SPEAKER [SPEAKER] (p age 50) Spe aker patter n a) [ SP P A TTE RN] 3/4. 1, 3/4, 3/3 .1, 3/ 3, 2 /4.1, 2/4, 3/ 2.1, 3/2, 2/3 .1, 2/3, 2/2.1, 2/2, 3/0 .1, 3/0 , 2/0. 1, 2 / 0 3/4. 1 Fron t spea kers a) [F R T SP ] LAR GE, SMA LL LAR GE Center speaker a) [CN T SP] LARGE , SMALL LARGE Surround speak ers a) [S UR SP] LARGE , SMALL LARGE S ur ro un[...]

47 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s SURROUND [SURROUND] (pag e 53) Soun d fiel d select ion [S.F . SEL ECT] For deta i ls , se e “Enjoyi ng Surr ound Soun d” (pag e 59). A.F .D. A UTO Enha nced s urroun d m ode [E.SUR MODE] PL II f) , PLIIx f) , NEO6 CIN, NEO6 MUS, NEURAL-THX PLI Ix Effect level a) [EFFECT] EFCT . 50%, E FCT . 80%, EF CT. 100% , E [...]

48 GB a) For deta ils , see the page in the paren these s. b) xxx repres ent a speak er channel (FL, FR, CNT , SL, SR, SB, SBL, SBR , SW). c) Dep ends on the s peaker pat tern sett ing, some paramete rs may not be a vai lable. d) Y o u ca n only select th is para me ter if “SP P A TTERN ” is no t set to a settin g wi th surro und back sp eaker [...]

49 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Adjust ing th e level (LEVEL m enu) Yo u can us e the LEVEL menu to adj ust the bal ance and l evel of e ach s peake r. Thes e set tings are appl ied to all sound fi elds. S elect “L EVEL” in th e amplif ier m enus. F or deta il s o n adju s ting t he p ara m ete rs , se e “Navi gating th rough men us” (page [...]

50 GB x D . RANGE (Dynamic range compresso r) Lets you c ompress the dyna m ic r ange of t he sound trac k. Th is ma y be usefu l when you wa nt t o wa tch mo vi es a t low vo lum es la te a t night . Dynam ic ran ge com press ion is p ossib le with D olby Dig i t al s ources onl y. •C O M P . M A X The dyna mic rang e is compr essed dra m atic a[...]

51 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s x CNT S P (Cen ter speak er) • LARGE If you co nnect a lar ge spe aker t hat wil l ef fecti vel y repro duce bas s freq uencie s, select “LARGE”. Normall y , selec t “LARGE”. Howe ver , if t h e front speak er s are se t to “SMAL L”, you ca nnot set the cente r sp eaker to “LAR GE”. •S M A L L If [...]

52 GB x FL DI ST . (F ront left speaker distance) x FR DIST . (Front right s peaker distance) Lets you s et t he di stance from your lis tenin g pos itio n to the f ron t speak ers ( A ). If b oth f ront spea kers are not plac ed an equa l dist ance fr om y our list ening po sition, set th e dist ance to t he clos est spe aker . W ith only on e sur[...]

53 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s x DIST . UNIT (Dis tance unit) Lets you sel ect t he uni t of meas ure for s etti ng di stan c es . • FEET The dist ance i s displ ayed in fee t. • METER The dist ance i s displ ayed in mete rs. x FRT CROSS (F ront s peak er cr o ssover frequen c y ) Lets y ou set the bas s cros sover f requen cy of the fron t sp[...]

54 GB Ad ju st ing t h e e qua li ze r (EQ menu) You ca n use the EQ menu to adj ust t he t o nal qu al ity (ba ss /tre bl e le vel) o f th e fro nt speake rs. Selec t “EQ” in th e ampl ifie r menus. F or detai ls on adj usti ng the param ete rs, see “Nav igat ing thr ough menus” (pa ge 44) and “Ove rview of the me nus” (page 45 ). EQ m[...]

55 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s Settings for t he au dio (AUDIO menu) You can use the AUDIO men u to make set tings for the audi o to sui t you r pref erence . Select “AUDIO” in the amplifier menus. For deta il s o n adju s ting t he p ara m ete rs , se e “Navi gating th rough men us” (page 44) a nd “Over view of t he menus ” (pag e 45)[...]

56 GB Sett ings f or the vi deo (VIDEO menu) You ca n use the VI DEO me nu to assi gn the video i nput to othe r input source . Selec t “VID EO” in the amp lifi er menus . For detai ls on adj usti ng the param ete rs, see “Nav igat ing thr ough menus” (pa ge 44) and “Ove rview of the me nus” (page 45 ). VIDEO me nu parameters x V . ASSI[...]

57 GB Amp lif ier O per ation s x SW LEV EL (Subwoofer level for HDMI) Let s you se t the level o f th e su bwo ofe r to 0 dB o r +10 dB whe n PCM sign als are i nput v ia an HDMI co nnectio n. Y ou can se t the le vel fo r each HDMI inpu t in depend ently . •S W A U T O Au tom ati ca ll y sets th e level to 0 dB o r +10 dB depend ing on the fre [...]

58 GB Se tt in gs f or th e S- AIR (S-AIR menu) For deta ils on S-A IR, se e “S-A IR Opera tion s” (p age 76 ).[...]

59 GB Enjo ying Sur round Sound Enjoy ing a pre- prog ramm ed soun d fiel d Th i s rec ei ver su pports th e foll owin g a udio fo rmats. a) Audio s ignals ar e output in an other for mat if t h e playback com pone nt d oes not corres pon d to the for mat. For detai ls, refer to the opera t ing ins tructio ns of th e pl ayback comp onent. b) Sign a[...]

60 GB The A uto Fo rmat D ire ct (A. F.D.) mod e allow s you to l ist en to h igher fi deli ty soun d and se lect the de coding mode for l i s tening t o a 2 ch annel ster eo sound as multi ch annel sound . Pres s A. F .D. repeatedl y to select th e soun d field yo u want . For d etai ls, se e “Typ es of A.F.D. mode” (pag e 60). Types of A.F.D.[...]

61 GB Enjo ying Sur round Sound The enh a nc ed surr ound mode al lows you to liste n to hi ghe r fi de lity s oun d a nd se le ct t he d ecoding mode for l isteni ng to a 2 chann el ste reo sou nd as multi channe l sound. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press V / v repeatedl y to se lect “SURROUND”, then p ress or b . 3 Press V / v repeatedl y to se lect [...]

62 GB Types of e nhanced surround mode * D epends on th e speak er patt ern sett ing, some enh anced s urround m ode may not be a vai lable. If you conn ect a subwoofer This re ceive r will gener ate a l ow fr equency signa l for o utput to t he subw oofe r when th ere is n o LFE signa l, wh ich is a l ow-pas s sou nd effe ct out put fr om a subw o[...]

63 GB Enjo ying Sur round Sound Types of movie/music mode * Y ou can onl y select this sound f ield if the head phones ar e connec t ed to the rece iver . Sound fie ld fo r Soun d fi eld [Di sp lay] Eff ect Movi e Cinema St udio EX A DCS [ C.ST. EX A ] Reprodu ces the sou nd charact eristics of the Sony P ictures Ent er tainmen t “Cary Gr ant The[...]

64 GB Notes • T h e s oun d fi el ds f or mu s ic an d movi es do not w ork in the f ollo wi n g cases. – PCM sig nals with a sam plin g fre quency of m ore than 48 k H z are b eing recei ved. – DTS 96/24 sign als are bein g recei ved. – DTS -H D si gnals wit h a sampling f requenc y of more than 48 kH z are being rec eived . – Dol by T r[...]

65 GB Enjo ying Sur round Sound Usin g only the front sp eakers (2CH STEREO) In th is mode, the r eceiv er out puts t he sound fro m the f ront left /rig ht sp eaker s onl y . Th ere is no sound from the subw oofer . S tandard 2 chan nel ster eo sour ces co mple tely by pass the s ound fi eld proc essi ng and mult i chan nel surro und forma ts are [...]

66 GB Res etti ng so und fiel ds t o th e i nit ia l se ttin g s Be s ure to us e the b utto n s on t he re ce ive r f or th is op erat ion. 1 Press ? / 1 to turn o ff the re ceiver. 2 Wh ile ho ldin g do wn MU SIC, press ? / 1 . “S.F. CLEAR” appea rs on the di s play and all s oun d fi el ds are r ese t to th eir in i tial se ttin g. List en i[...]

67 GB T uner Opera tions 1 Press TUNER repe atedly to select the F M or AM band. 2 Press TUNING + or TUNING –. Pre s s TUNING + to scan from low to hig h; pr ess TUN ING – to s can fr om hig h to lo w. T he rece iver stops scanni ng whe never a st atio n is r ec eiv ed . Using the controls on the rece iver 1 T ur n INPUT SELECT OR to select the[...]

68 GB (Mo del s of ar ea co de AU, TW, TH onl y) Y ou can c hange t he AM tuni ng scal e to ei ther 9 kH z or 10 k Hz usi ng t he b uttons on t he re ceiv er . 1 Press ?/1 to tu rn off the re ceiver. 2 Wh ile ho ldin g do wn TU NING MODE, press ?/1 . 3 Ch ange the current AM tuning scale to 9 kHz (or 10 kHz ). To res et the sc al e to 10 k Hz (o r [...]

69 GB T uner Opera tions 2 Tune in the stati on that yo u want to p reset using Autom atic Tuning (page 67) or Direct Tuning (page 67). S witch the FM rec eption mode , if n ecess ary (pag e 67). 3 Press SHIFT . 4 Press ENT /MEM. Yo u can also use MEM ORY/ENTER o n the re ce ive r. “M EM ” li ghts up fo r a few sec onds. P erform ste ps 5 and 6[...]

70 GB 1 Press TUNE R repeated ly to select the FM or AM band. You can a lso use INP UT SELECTOR on th e recei ver. 2 T une in th e pr eset station you want to create an inde x n ame for (p age 69). 3 Press AMP M ENU. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to select “TUNER”. 5 Press o r b to enter th e menu. 6 Press V / v repeatedly to select “NAME IN”. 7[...]

71 GB T uner Opera tions Usin g th e Ra dio Dat a Sy stem ( RDS) (Models of a rea code CEL, CEK only) This rec eiver also al lows you t o use RDS (R adio D ata Sys tem ), whic h ena bles ra dio sta tions to send ad ditiona l info rmatio n along wi t h the regu lar pr ogram signa l. Yo u can d ispla y RDS inf or mation . Notes • R DS is ope rab le[...]

72 GB What is “BRA VIA” Sy nc? “BRAVIA” Sync is co mpatible wi t h So ny TV, Blu-ray Disc/DVD player, AV amplifier , etc., that is equippe d with the Cont rol for HDMI func tion. By conne cting So ny compone nts that ar e compatible with the “BRAVIA” Syn c wi th an HDMI ca bl e (no t suppl ied), operat ion is sim plifi ed as fol lows: ?[...]

73 GB “BRA VIA” Syn c Features Note Dep ending on t he conne cted comp onent , the Control for HDMI function m ay not work . Refer to the ope ratin g instru ctio ns of the comp onen t. Prepa rin g for the “BRA VIA” Sync To use th e “B RA VI A” S yn c, tu rn the Co ntro l f or HDM I fu nc t ion on for bo th the re ce ive r and the con ne[...]

74 GB When your TV is not compatib le wi th th e “ Con trol for HD MI-E asy Setting” f unction T urn th e Con trol f or HDM I f unction of t he recei ver a nd the con necte d component on i ndi vidu a ll y . 1 Perform the st eps gi ven in “When yo ur TV is compat ible wi th the “Contr ol for HDMI-Ea sy Setting” funct ion” (pag e 73 ) . [...]

75 GB “BRA VIA” Syn c Features W atc hing a D VD/Bl u-r ay disc (One-T ouch Play) Yo u can enjoy sou nd and image from the co mponent s co nnect ed to the rece iver via HDMI co nnectio ns by a simpl e opera tion. Play back a connected compon ent. Th e re ceiver and the TV wil l s witch to the a ppropr iate HDMI inpu t automa tica lly. In c ase [...]

76 GB T ur nin g off the r ec eive r wit h the TV (Syste m Power Off) W he n yo u tu rn the TV of f by us in g the PO W ER but to n on th e TV ’s rem ote , the recei ver and t he conne cted co mponent s turn off a uto ma tica lly . You can al so us e the rece iver ’s r emote t o tu rn off th e TV. Pres s TV, then press AV ? / 1 . The TV, rec ei[...]

77 GB S-AI R Operations Settin g up an S-AIR p roduct Before usi ng an S-AIR produ ct, be sure to pe rf orm the f ollo wi ng se tti ngs t o es tab li sh t he sou nd tran smissi on. To make use of the S- AIR func tion, you need to inser t the wire les s tra nsmi tte r (not supp lie d) in to the S- AIR mai n uni t and the wi rele ss trans ceive r (no[...]

78 GB To inse rt th e wir ele ss tra nsm itte r into the S -AI R ma in unit 1 Remo ve the screws and det ach the slot cov e r. Notes • R emove the sc rews f rom the slot cover b earing t he ca ut ion mar k . Do no t r emo v e othe r s cre ws . • The slot cover is no long er necessa ry. Howe ver, ke ep i t af ter detach ing. 2 Inse r t the wirel[...]

79 GB S-AI R Operations Whe n you match the I D of t he S-AI R main unit and the S- A IR sub unit , you can es t a blish soun d tr ansmis sion. You can u se mul tipl e S-A IR m ain unit by se ttin g a diff er e nt ID fo r e ach u nit. To set th e ID of the S-AI R ma in unit 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press V / v repe atedly to selec t “S-AIR” . 3 Pres[...]

80 GB To es tabli sh s ound tr ansm i s sion, y ou ne ed to set t he same I D fo r your S-AIR mai n unit and S-AIR sub unit . Howev er, if your nei ghbors have S-AI R produc ts a nd t heir IDs a re t he s ame as your s, you r neighbor s could r eceiv e the soun d of your S-A IR main unit or vice ver sa. To preve nt thi s, you can p air th e S-AIR m[...]

81 GB S-AI R Operations 8 Press V / v repeatedl y to se lect the setting you w ant, then press . • ST ART : The S-A IR ma in unit s tart s pa iri n g. “ SEA RC HI N G” fl ashe s o n th e displ ay. • CONDI TION: You can check the curr ent I D. When the pai ring settin g is not ma de, “NO PAIRI NG” appea rs on th e displ ay. 9 Start pa ir[...]

82 GB Notes • When you ar e using a nother S -A IR sub unit, suc h as a surroun d amplif ier , do n ot c hange the ID o f t he S-A IR ma in unit . S et th e ID of the S-AIR recei ver t o ma t ch t he ID of the S- AIR mai n u nit . • When y ou pai r t he S- AIR m ain u nit a nd anot her S-AI R sub unit , such as a sur round am plifier, you also [...]

83 GB S-AI R Operations Changi ng the ch anne l for b etter soun d tra ns mi ssi on If yo u u se mult iple wi reless sy stem s which sh aring th e 2.4 GHz band , such as wire less LAN or Blue t o oth, the transm ission of S-AIR p roducts or oth er wire less sy stems m ay be uns ta ble. In this ca se, t he tr an s mis sio n ma y b e im proved by cha[...]

84 GB Enjo ying t he S-AI R re ce iv er wh il e th e S- AIR main unit is in s tan d by mode (For the S-AIR rece iver only (not supplie d)) You ca n enjoy the S- AIR re ceive r while the S-AI R main unit i s in stand by mode by set ting “S-AIR STBY” to “STBY ON”. 1 Press AMP M ENU. 2 Press V / v repeatedly to select “S-AIR”. 3 Press or b[...]

85 GB Other Oper at ions Switchi ng be tween digital and an alog aud io (IN P UT MO DE) Whe n you con nect co mponent s to bot h digita l and a nalog input jacks on th e receiv er, y ou can fix the audi o in put mod e to either of them, or sw itch fro m one to the ot her, dependi ng on the typ e of ma teri al you in ten d to wa tch . 1 Tur n INP UT[...]

86 GB 8 Press V / v repeatedly to select the inp ut jack yo u wan t to assig n to t h e input which you selected in step 6. T o r eturn to th e previous display Press B . * Initia l se tting Notes • Y ou cannot assi gn opt ical s ignal s from an i nput sou rce to the opt i c al input jacks on th e rece iver , and you ca nnot assig n co axial sig [...]

87 GB Other Oper at ions Enjoy ing the DIGI T A L MEDIA POR T (DM P ORT) The DIGITAL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) all ows you to en j o y sound fr om a networ k sy stem su ch as a port able a udio sou rce or com puter. By c onnect ing a DIGI TAL MEDIA PORT adap t e r (not su pplied) , you can en joy soun d fro m the co nnected co m pone nt on the rece iv er[...]

88 GB Y ou can li sten to the soun d and vie w the ima ges from the co mpone nt conne cted through the DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T a dapter to the DMPOR T j ack on the rece iv er . T o deta ch the DIGIT A L ME DIA PORT adapter fr om DMPORT jack Press and hol d both sides of t he connect or and then pul l out t he connec tor. Notes • When conn ecti ng th[...]

89 GB Other Oper at ions 1 Press DMPO RT. You ca n als o use the INPUT SELECTOR o n the rec eiver to sele ct “ DMPOR T”. 2 Start pl ayback o f the co nnected compon ent. T he sound is pla yed back on the r eceiv er and th e i m age a ppe ar s on th e T V. F or deta ils, refer to th e opera ting ins truc t i ons suppli ed with the D I GI TAL MED[...]

90 GB Us ing the Sleep Timer Yo u c an se t t he re ceiv e r to tu rn of f autom ati call y at a s pecif ied ti me. Press SLE EP repeat e dly w hil e the po wer i s o n. “SLEE P” ligh ts up in the di splay . Each ti me you pres s SLEEP, th e display change s cycli call y as fol lows: 0- 30-0 0 t 1-00 -0 0 t 1-30- 00 t 2- 00-00 t OF F Tip To c h[...]

91 GB Other Oper at ions 1 Press one o f the input b uttons to selec t the p layback compon ent. Yo u can also use INPU T SELECTOR on the re ce ive r. 2 Prepare the p layback compon ent f o r playing. F or exampl e, ins ert the vi deo tape you wan t to c opy i n to th e VCR . 3 Prepare th e record ing compon ent. Ins ert a bl ank vide o tape, et c.[...]

92 GB To se t u p spea ke rs 1 Press AMP M ENU. 2 Press V / v repeatedly to select “SPEAKER”. 3 Press o r b to enter th e menu. 4 Press V / v repeatedly to select “SP PATTERN ”. 5 Press o r b to enter th e par ame te r. 6 Press V / v select the appro priate speaker pattern so that ther e are n o surr ound back speaker s. 7 Press o r B . 8 P[...]

93 GB Using the Remote Op erati ng each co mpone nt us ing th e re mote Y ou can cont rol Son y or non- Sony com ponent s you are usi ng with th e remote supp lied with t he rece iv er . The rem ot e is in i tiall y set to co ntro l Son y com ponent s. Whe n you chang e the set ting s of the re mote acco rding to th e compo nents you ar e using , y[...]

94 GB *1 LD pl ayer only . *2 VIDEO CD on ly. *3 DEC K B only. T able of buttons us ed to control each component (Main remote commander) Co mponent Bu tton TV VCR D V D playe r , DVD / VHS comb o Blu- ray Di sc Player HDD Recorder PSX V id e o CD player, LD player Digital sate l lit e/ te rres- trial rece iv er (EUR O ) Ta p e deck A/B DA T deck CD[...]

95 GB Using the Remote Pro grammi ng th e remote Yo u can pr ogram th e remote to co ntrol non- S ony compo nents by ch anging the code. O nce the cont rol s ignal s ha ve bee n mem orized, you can us e those com ponent s as part of your sys te m. F urtherm ore, you can als o progr am the r emote for S ony compone nts th at the rem ote is unab le t[...]

96 GB If pr ogramming is uns u ccess ful , ch eck t he fol lowing: • If the indi ca tor do es no t ligh t u p in st ep 1, th e ba tterie s are w eak. Rep lace bo th batt erie s. • If th e indicat or fla shes 5 ti mes in qui ck su ccess ion whi le e nteri ng th e num eric code, an er ro r ha s occ urr ed . St art ag a in f ro m ste p 1. T o cl e[...]

97 GB Using the Remote T o con trol an M D d eck T o contr ol an HDD recor der T o con trol a Bl u-r a y dis c player/ re co rd e r T o contr ol a PSX T o con trol a D V D p layer T o con trol a D V D r eco rder T o control a D VD/VHS CO MBO T o control a D VD/HDD CO MBO T o control a TV Mak er Co de( s) SONY 301 DENON 30 2 JVC 303 KENWOOD 304 Mak [...]

98 GB T o contr ol an LD pla yer T o contr ol a video CD pla yer T o contr ol a VCR * I f an A IWA VC R does no t wor k even though you enter the co de for AIW A, enter t he code for S ony inste ad. PH ILIPS 5 15, 518 , 557, 570, 571 PH ILCO 503, 504, 51 4, 517, 518 PI ONEER 509, 525 , 526, 540, 551, 555 POR TLAND 503 Q UA SAR 5 09, 535 RAD IO SHA [...]

99 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n T o contr ol a satellit e tuner ( box) T o con trol a ca ble box Glos sary x Ci nema St udio E X A sur r ou nd sound mode tha t can be re gar ded as the co mpilat ion of Di gital Cin ema Sound techn ology , deli vers th e sound of a dubbi ng th eater u sing th ree te chnolo gies: “V irt ual Multi Dim ensions , ?[...]

100 GB x Deep Co l or V ideo sign als for which th e color dept h of signa ls pass ing thr ough an HDM I jack ha ve been raised. The n umber of c olors tha t coul d be exp resse d by 1 pixe l was 24 bi ts (16, 777,2 16 col ors) w ith the curre nt HDMI jack. Howe ver , the number of c olors which can be e xpre ssed by 1 pix el wi ll be 36 bi ts , e [...]

101 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n x DTS 96/24 A hi gh sound qual ity digit al si gnal fo rmat. It rec ords au dio at a sampli ng freque ncy and bi t rat e of 96 k Hz/24bi t wh ich i s t he highe st possib l e f or DVD v ideo. The number o f pla yback channe ls v aries dependi ng on the soft w are . x DT S Di git al S urr ound Digi tal au dio enco [...]

102 GB x S -AI R (Son y Au di o Int erac ti ve Radi o frequ en cy) Rece nt time s have se en the ra pid spr ead of DVD me dia , Digital Broadcast i ng, and other high qua lity media . To ensur e that the sub tle nuance s of th ese hig h qu al it y med ia ar e tr an sm itt ed w ith no deter iora tion, Sony has de velope d a te chnolo gy call ed “S[...]

103 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n On p lac emen t • Pl ace the recei ver i n a loca tion wi th ade quate vent ilat ion to pre ve nt he at b uildup and prolo ng the li fe of t he recei ver . • Do not p lace the re ceiv er nea r heat so urces , or in a pl ace subj ect to dir ect sun light, exce ssi ve du st, or me chanical s hock. • Do not p l[...]

104 GB T rou blesh ootin g If y ou ex perie nce a ny of the fol lowing dif fi cul tie s wh ile us ing the r ecei v er , us e this tro uble sho oting guid e to hel p yo u r emed y th e probl em. There i s no s ound, no matter whi ch component i s sel ected, or onl y a ve ry low-l evel so und is heard . • Chec k that t he speak ers an d compo nents[...]

105 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n There is seve re hum or noise. • Check that the spe aker s and com ponent s are conne cted secur ely . • Check tha t the con necting c ord s are a way fro m a tra nsfor mer or motor , and at leas t 3 meter s awa y from a TV set or fluo resce nt ligh t. • Mov e your aud io compone nts a way fro m the T V . ?[...]

106 GB The image of the COMPONENT VI DEO OUT is corrupted. • V ideo input signa ls othe r than 48 0p compo nent ar e not rec ei ved when sig nals are output fr om the VIDEO jack. Inpu t 480i com ponen t video sig nals. Recordi ng cannot be carrie d out. • Check th at the com ponents ar e connec ted corre ctly . • Selec t the sou rce compo nen[...]

107 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n The s ource sound i nput to t he HDMI jac k is not o ut pu t from the r eceiver or the TV speaker . • Check the HD MI connec tion ( page 24) . • Y ou can not li sten to the Super Audi o CD b y conne cting HDMI. • Depen ding on the pl ayback co mponent , you m ay need to set up t he compon ent. Re fer to the [...]

108 GB S-AIR c onnection i s not est abli shed (sound t ransmiss i on is not establ ished), e.g., the i ndi c at or of the S-AIR s ub unit t urns of f, f lashes, or tur ns red. • I f yo u use ano ther S-AIR m ain uni t, p lace it more th a n 8 m away fr om th is S - AIR main unit. • C on firm th e S -AI R ID s of the S-A I R ma in unit an d S-A[...]

109 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n The r emote does not function. • P oi nt t he r em ote at the r em ot e se ns or on the re c eiver . • Remov e an y obs tacl es in t he pat h bet ween the re mo te and th e rec eiver. • R epla c e all th e b att er ies i n t h e rem ot e w ith n ew ones , if th e y are weak. • Make su re you se lect t he c[...]

110 GB Sp ec if ic at ion s Am p lifie r se ctio n Models of a rea code CEL, CE K, AU, TW 1) Min imu m RMS Outp ut P owe r (8 ohms , 20 Hz – 20 kHz , THD 0 .09%) 85 W + 8 5 W Ster eo Mode Ou tput Power (8 oh m s, 1 kH z , TH D 1 %) 100 W + 100 W Sur round Mode Output Power 2) (8 oh m s, 1 kH z , TH D 1 0% ) 140 W p er chann el Models of ar ea cod[...]

111 GB Add itio nal In forma tio n Video sect ion I nputs/Ou tputs Vide o: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms COMP ONENT VIDEO : Y: 1 V p-p, 75 ohms P B /C B : 0 .7 V p -p , 75 o hm s P R /C R : 0 .7 V p -p , 75 o hm s 80 MHz H D Pass T hro ugh General Powe r requiremen ts Powe r output (D IGITA L MEDIA PORT) DC OUT: 5V, 0.7 A MA X Powe r consum ption Powe r consum p[...]

Son y Corpor atio n Pr in ted in Ma laysia Inde x Numer ics 2CH STEREO 65 5.1 cha nnel 16 7.1 cha nnel 16 A A UTO CALIBRA TION 32 A UTO FORMA T DIRECT (A.F . D.) 60 B BI-AMP 51 Bi-ampl if ier co nnection 91 Blu-r ay disc play er con necti ng 27 playba ck 43 C Camcorder con necti ng 29 CD pla y er con necti ng 22 playba ck 42 CD rec o rder con necti[...]