Sony STRDG810 manual

©2007 Sony Cor poration 2-898-639- 11 (1) Multi Channel A V Receiver Oper ating Inst ructions Owner’ s Record The model an d serial numbe rs are locat ed on the rear of the unit. Reco rd the serial number in t he space provided below . Refer to them whenever you call upon you r Sony dea ler regardi ng thi s pro duct. Model N o. Seri al No. STR- [...]

2 US T o r educe the ris k of fire or electric shoc k, do not e xpose thi s apparatus to rain or moistu re . To prevent fi re, do not cove r the ventilat ion of the apparat us with news papers, tab le-cloths, curtains, etc. And don’t plac e lighte d candle s on the apparat us. To prevent fire or shoc k hazard, do not pla ce object s filled with l[...]

3 US About This Manual • The inst ruction s in th is manual are for model STR-DG8 10. Check you r model number by looking at t he lower right corne r of the front pa nel. In thi s manual , models of area code U is u sed for illustration pu rposes un less stated otherw ise. Any dif ference i n opera tion i s clea rly ind icated in th e text, for e[...]

4 US T a ble of Contents Getting Star te d Descripti o n and lo cation o f parts ......... ....... ... 5 1: Installin g speak ers ........ ........... ........ ........ 15 2: Conn ecting s peakers ............. ........... ....... . 16 3a: Con necting the audi o compo nents ........ . 17 3b: Connec ting the video co mponents ........18 4: Conn ecti[...]

5 US Getting Started Description and location of par ts Getting Started Front panel ?/1 AUTO CAL MIC SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) PHONES MEMORY/ ENTER CATEGOR Y MODE CATEGOR Y TUNING 2CH A.F .D. MOVIE MUSIC AUTO CAL DIRECT DISPLA Y INPUT MODE INPUT SELECTOR MASTER VOLUME TUNING MODE TONE TONE MODE VIDEO 3 IN/PORT ABLE AV IN VIDEO L AUDIO R 1 3 4 6 q; qa [...]

6 US Name Function J DIRECT Press to liste n to high quali ty anal og sound (pag e 57). K AUTO CAL Press to activate the Auto Cali bra tion func tion (pag e 30). L INPUT SELECT OR Turn to selec t the input source to playback (pag e 35, 37, 3 8, 5 7, 5 9, 64 , 71 , 74, 76 , 78) . M MO VIE Press to select a sound field (pag e 52, 54, 57) . MUSI C A.F[...]

7 US Getting Started About the indicators on the display SW LFE SP A SP B LC SL S ; D EX ; PL IIx ; PL OPT DTS -ES CAT 96/24 MEMORY ST MONO D.RANGE COAX HDMI NEO:6 SB R SR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 q ; 9 qa qs qh qf qg qd Name Function A SW Lights up wh en sub woofe r is set t o “YES” ( page 42 ) and t he audio sign al is output from the SUB WOOFER jack.[...]

8 US Name Function G DTS/ DTS-ES/ DTS 96/24 “DTS” li ghts up whe n DTS signals are i nput. “DT S-ES” lights up wh en DTS-ES signals are input . “DTS 96/24” li ghts up when the receiv er is deco ding DTS 96 kHz/24 bi t signals. Note When playin g a DT S format disc, be sure that you have m ade digital connec tions and t hat INP UT MO D E[...]

9 US Getting Started Rear panel AC OUTLET 2 3 4 5 6 1 DIGIT AL (ASSIGNABLE) DMPORT OPTICAL SAT IN DVD IN COAXIAL ANTENNA VIDEO 1 IN AM HDMI XM SAT IN DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT SA-CD/CD/CD-R TV L R OUT IN IN SA T AUDIO IN VIDEO IN DVD AUDIO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO 1 AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT VIDEO IN L R L R L R SUB WOOFER MONITOR SA[...]

10 US * You ca n watch the sele cted i nput imag e when yo u connect the MONITOR OUT j ack to a TV monitor (pag e 21). You can us e the supp lied rem ote to opera te the recei ver and to co ntrol the Son y audio/vi deo components tha t the remote is assig ned to operate. Yo u can also program the remote to contro l non- Sony au dio/v ideo compon en[...]

11 US Getting Started Name Function A AV ? / 1 (on/standby) Press to turn on or off the audio/vi deo co mponent s that the re mote is programmed to operate. To turn th e TV on o r off, press TV ( wl ) and then pr ess AV ? / 1 . If you press ? / 1 ( B ) at the same time, i t will tu rn off the receiver an d other compone nts (SYS TEM STANDBY). Note [...]

12 US Name Functio n H Numeric button s (number 5 a) ) Press to – p res et/ tune to pre set stat io ns. – select t rack number s of t he CD play er, VCD play er, DVD player, LD player, DAT de ck, tap e deck or MD deck. Press 0/10 to select track nu mber 10. – select c hanne l numb ers of the VCR, sate llite tu ner, Blu -ray di sc re corde r, [...]

13 US Getting Started Name Function x b) Press to st op pla yback o f the VCR, CD playe r, VCD player, LD player, DVD play er, MD deck, DAT deck, tape deck, Blu-ra y disc recorder, PSX, DVD/VHS COMBO or DVD/HDD COMBO. TUNING +/– Press to sc an a station. N TV C H + a) /– Press TV ( wl ), and then press TV CH +/ – to se lect pr eset TV chann e[...]

14 US a) The numb er 5, PRESET +, TV CH +, and H butt ons h ave tact ile do ts. Use the tact ile dots as referen ces when op erati ng th e re ceiv er. b) This butto n is also avai lable fo r Sony DIGI TAL MEDIA POR T adapter operation . For details on the functi on of the button, see the opera ting instructi ons suppli ed with the D IGITAL ME DIA P[...]

15 US Getting Started 1: Installing speakers This r eceive r a llows you to use a 6.1 channe l system (6 spea kers and one sub woofer). To fully enjoy the ater-like mu lti channel surround sound requires five speakers (two front speake rs, a center speake r, and tw o surround speakers) and a sub woo fer (5. 1 channe l). Example of a 5.1 cha nnel sp[...]

16 US 2: Co nnecting spe akers A Front speaker A (Left ) B Front speaker A (Ri ght) C Center speaker D Surro und spe aker (Le ft) E Surro und spe aker (Rig ht) F Surroun d back speaker G Sub w oofer b) a) I f you have an a dditional front speake r system, connec t them to the S PEAKERS F RONT B termin al. Yo u can select the f ront s peake rs you w[...]

17 US Getting Started 3a: Connecting the audio components The follo wing illustratio n shows how to conn ect a Super A udi o CD pla yer, CD pla yer or CD recorder. After connect ing yo ur S uper A udio CD pl ayer , CD player or CD reco rder, proc eed to “ 3b: Connecti ng the vi deo comp onent s” (page 1 8) or “ 4: C onnec ting the ante nnas ?[...]

18 US 3b: Conn ecting the video compon ents This secti on descr ibes how to ho ok up your componen ts to thi s receiver. Befo re you b egin, refer to “Componen t to be conne cted” bel ow for th e pages which describe how to connec t each com ponent. After ho okin g up all y our comp onent s, proceed t o “4: Connect ing the antennas ” (page [...]

19 US Getting Started HDMI is the a bbreviated name for High- Definition Multimedia I nterface. It i s an interf ace whic h transm its vide o and au dio signals in digital forma t. HDMI feature A digita l audio signals tr ansmitt ed by HDMI can be outp ut from the s peak ers co nnecte d to t he rec eiv er . This signal support s Dolby Digital, DTS [...]

20 US If y ou connect a Blu-ra y disc play er • Be sure to program the VIDEO 2 input button on the remote so that you can use the button to control your Blu-ray disc player. For details, see “Programming the remot e” (page 79). • You can also rename the VIDEO 2 input so that it can be displayed on the receiver’s display. For details, see [...]

21 US Getting Started The image from a visual componen t connecte d to t his rece iver can be d ispla yed on a TV screen. It is not necessary t o connect al l the cords. Connect au dio an d video co rds accor ding to the jacks of yo ur compon ents. Notes • Connec t image disp lay comp onents such as a TV or a projecto r to the MONITOR OUT j ack o[...]

22 US The followi ng illustratio n shows how to connect a DVD p layer and DVD recorde r. It is no t nece ssary to conn ect all the cords. Conn ect aud io and vid eo cord s accor ding to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Note To input multi channel di gital audi o from the DVD player , set the di gital au dio output setting on the DVD player. Refer to[...]

23 US Getting Started Connecting a DVD recorder Notes • B e sure t o chan ge the f actor y set ting o f the VIDEO 1 input button on the remo te so that you can use the button to c ontrol your DVD recorder. For details, see “ Progr amming t he re mote” (page 7 9). • You can also re name the VIDEO 1 inp ut so th at it can be displaye d on the[...]

24 US The followi ng illustratio n shows how to connect a satellite tuner or set-to p box. It is no t nece ssary to conn ect all the cords. Conn ect aud io and vid eo cord s accor ding to the jacks of yo ur componen ts. Notes • Whe n conne cting opti cal digi tal co rds, insert the plugs straight in until they click into place. • Do not ben d o[...]

25 US Getting Started The follo wing illustratio n shows how to connect a component which has an alog jacks such as a VCR, etc. Connecting components with analog video and audio jack DIGIT AL (ASSIGNABLE) DMPORT OPTICAL SAT IN DVD IN COAXIAL ANTENNA VIDEO 1 IN AM HDMI XM SAT IN DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT SA-CD/CD/CD-R TV L R OUT IN IN SA T AUDIO IN V[...]

26 US 4: Connecting the an tennas Connect the supplied AM loop antenna and FM wi re ant en na. * The shape of th e conn ecto r varie s depe nding on the area code of this receiv er. Notes • To preven t nois e pickup, keep the A M loop antenn a awa y from t he re ceive r and o ther compon ents. • Be su re to fu ll y exte nd th e FM w ire a nten [...]

27 US Getting Started 5: Prepar ing the re ceiver and the re mote Connect th e AC power cord to a wall outlet. * T he conf igurati on, shape , nu mber of AC outlet s and the in formati on describ ed on the label will vary acc ording to area . Notes • The AC OUTLE T(s) on the rear of the rec eiver i s a switched outl et, which suppli es power to t[...]

28 US Insert two R6 (size-AA) batteries in the RM-AAP016 remote co mmander. Observe the correct polarity wh en installing batter ies . Notes • Do not leave th e remote in an ex tremel y hot or humi d place. • Do not use a ne w batte ry wi th old on es . • Do not mix al kaline ba tteries and other kinds of batterie s. • Do not e xpose the re[...]

29 US Getting Started 7: Calibrating the appropriate settings automatically (AUTO CALIBRA TION) The DCAC (Digital Cinema Auto Calibration) function allows you to perform Autom atic Calibration , such as check ing the connec tion between eac h spea ker and t he recei ver, adjusti ng the speake r level, and measuring th e distance of each spe aker fr[...]

30 US On setting up the active sub w oofer • When a sub woofer i s connect ed, turn o n the sub wo ofer a nd turn up the vol ume beforehand. Turn the VOLUME knob t o just before the mid-point. • If you co nnect a sub woofer wi th a crossover frequency function, set the va lue to the maximum . • If you con nect a sub wo ofer with an auto stand[...]

31 US Getting Started The tab le below shows th e display whe n measurement starts. Note Y ou ca nnot meas ure the speaker height of the surround spea kers and the surrou nd back spea kers. Set this v alue u sing “ SUR POS. ” parameter s in th e SYSTEM menu (page 42). Tips • The Aut o Calibra tion func tion will be can celed when yo u do the [...]

32 US 3 Sa ve the me asur emen t re sult. Select “SA VE” in step 2. The measurem ent results are saved and you can select the calibra tion type in the A. CAL menu. For detail s on cali brati on type , see page 33. Tip The si ze of a speaker (LAR GE /SMAL L) is determin ed by the low frequency ch arac teristic s. The measur eme nt results may va[...]

33 US Getting Started When you sel ect “PHASE” You can check the phase of ea ch speake r (in phase/ou t of phase) . Press V / v repea tedly to sel ect a speaker , then p ress to return t o step 2 in “Confir ming/saving the measurement r esults”. * xxx rep resent a sp eaker channel FL Front left FR Fron t right CC e n t e r SL Surroun d left[...]

34 US 8: Adjusti ng th e spea ker levels and ba lance (TEST TONE) You can a djust the speaker l evels a nd bala nce while listen ing to the te st tone from y our listenin g posi tion. Tip The rece iv er empl oys a test tone with a frequency center ed at 80 0 Hz. 1 Press RECEIV ER. The RECEIVER indi cator lights up an d receiver operat ion is activ [...]

35 US Pl ay b ack When a test tone is not output fr om the speaker s • The spe aker cords may not be connect ed securely . • The sp eaker cords may h ave the short-circuit proble m. Note The test to ne does not work when ANALOG DIREC T is sel ect ed. Selecting a comp onent 1 Press t he in put but ton t o selec t a component. You can also use IN[...]

36 US The select ed inp ut app ears on t he disp lay. * “VIDEO 2/BD”, “VIDEO 3/PORTABLE AV” and “S A-CD/ CD/CD- R” scr oll acro ss the displ ay, then “V IDEO 2” , “VIDE O 3” and “SA -CD/ CD” app ear re spec tively . 2 Turn on the component and start pla yback. 3 Press MAS TER VO L +/– t o adjust the vo lume. You can also u[...]

37 US Pl ay b ack Liste ning/W atching a component Listening to a Super Audio CD/CD ?/1 AUTO CAL MIC SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) PHONES MEMORY/ ENTER CATEGORY MODE CATEGORY TUNING 2CH A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC AUTO CAL DIRECT DISPLAY INPUT MODE INPUT SELECTOR MASTER VOLUME TUNING MODE TONE TONE MODE VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE A V IN VIDEO L AUDIO R SYSTEM STANDBY TUN[...]

38 US Watching a D VD ?/1 AUTO CAL MIC SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) PHONES MEMORY/ ENTER CATEGOR Y MODE CATEGOR Y TUNING 2CH A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC AUTO CAL DIRECT DISPLAY INPUT MODE INPUT SELECTOR MASTER VOLUME TUNING MODE TONE TONE MODE VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE A V IN VIDEO L AUDIO R SYSTEM STANDBY TUNING – DISC SKIP MUTING TV VOL MASTER VOL TV CH PRESET TUNI[...]

39 US Amplifier Ope rations Navigating throu gh menus By using t he ampli fier menus, you can ma ke various adjust ments to c ustomize t he receiver. 1 Press RECEIV ER. The RECEIV ER in dicato r li ghts up a nd receive r operation is act ivated. 2 Press M ENU. “1-LEVEL” ap pears on t he display . 3 Press V / v repe ated l y to se lect the menu [...]

40 US The follo wing options are avail able in each menu . For details on navi gating thr ough menu s, see pa ge 39. Overview of the menus Menu [Display] Parame ters [Display] Settings Ini tial setting LEVE L (43) [1-LEVEL] Test to ne a) [T. TONE] T . TONE N, T . TONE Y T . T ONE N Fron t sp eake r ba lanc e a) [FR T BAL] B AL. L +1 to BAL . L +10,[...]

41 US Amplifier Ope rations Menu [Display] Parameters [Display] Settings Ini tial setting TUNER (46) [4-TUNER] FM stat ion rece iving mo de a) [FM MODE] FM AUTO, FM M ONO FM AUTO Nam ing p rese t st ation s a) [NAME IN] AUDIO (46) [5-AUDIO] Digita l audio input decodin g priori ty a) [DEC. PRI.] DEC. PCM, DEC. AUTO DEC. AUTO for: VIDEO 1, 2, 3, DVD[...]

42 US a) For deta ils, refe r to th e page in the par entheses . b) When you select this p arameter , the “HDMI ” indica tor fla shes in th e displa y . c) Whe n you set “CAL L O AD ” in A. CAL men u to “LOAD YES”, the setti ng is displaye d as “ xx ’ xx ” and you can ad just th e setting i n 1 inch incr eme nt. d) This paramete r[...]

43 US Amplifier Ope rations Adjusting the level (LEVEL menu) You can use th e LEVEL menu t o adjust the balance and l evel o f each speak er. These setting s are applie d to all sou nd fields. Select “1-LEV EL” in the ampl ifier menus. For details o n adjusting th e parameters, see “Navigat ing th rough me nus” (pag e 39) and “Overview of[...]

44 US Adjusting the equalizer (EQ menu) You can use t he EQ menu to adju st the tona l quality (b ass/treble l evel) of th e front speakers. Select “2 -EQ” in the amp lifier menus. F or details on adjusting the parameters, see “Navigatin g through menus” (page 39 ) and “Overview of th e menus” (page 4 0). EQ menu paramet ers x EQ (Equal[...]

45 US Amplifier Ope rations (SUR BACK DECODIN G) By decoding the su rround back sign al of DVD software (etc.) recorded in Dolby Digital Surr ound EX , DTS-E S Matr ix, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 , etc., format, you can enjoy th e surro und sou nd inte nde d by the f ilm makers . Sele ct the surr oun d back de codi ng mode using “SB DEC” in the SUR me[...]

46 US Settings for the t uner (TUNER menu) You can use the TUNE R menu to set the FM station recei ving mod e and to nam e preset stations. Select “4-TUNER” in the amplifie r menus. For details o n adjusting th e parameters, see “Navigatin g through menus” (page 39 ) and “Overview of th e menus” (page 4 0). TUNER menu paramet ers x FM M[...]

47 US Amplifier Ope rations x DUAL (Digital br oadcast language selection) Lets you select the la nguag e y ou want to l iste n to duri ng dig ita l broad cast. This featur e only functio ns for Dolby Di gital so urces. • DUAL M/S (M ain/Sub) Sound of the mai n lang uage wil l be outp ut throu gh the fr ont lef t speaker and sound of the s ub lan[...]

48 US • TV+AMP The soun d is outp ut from T V’s spea ker and the speakers con nected to the receiver. Notes • The so und q uality of the playba ck com ponent depend s on the TV’ s sou nd qual ity, su ch as the numbe r of chann els, and th e samp ling freq uency, etc. When the T V has s tere o spea kers , the sou nd outpu t from th e rece iv[...]

49 US Amplifier Ope rations x CNT SPK (Center s peaker) • NO If you h ave not conn ected a center speak er, select “NO” . The soun d of the ce nter channel will be o utput from t he front speakers. •S M A L L If the so und is distort ed, or you fee l a la ck of surround effects wh en using mu lti chann el surround sou nd, select “SMALL”[...]

50 US With onl y one surr ound b ack speaker x CNT DIS T. (Cent er speak er dist ance ) Lets you set t he distance from your listening position t o the center sp eaker. x SL DIST. (Surround left speaker dist ance ) x SR DIST. (Surround right speake r dista nce) Lets you set t he distance from your listening position to the surroun d speaker s. If b[...]

51 US Amplifier Ope rations x SUR POS. (Surround speaker position) Lets you specif y the lo cati on of yo ur surro und speakers fo r prop er impleme ntation of the surround effects i n the Cinema Stu dio EX modes (page 55). This setup ite m is not available when the surround s peakers are set to “NO” (page 42). •B E H D / H I Selec t if th e [...]

52 US Enjoying Dolby Digital and DTS surrou nd sound (AUTO FORMA T DIRECT) The Auto Format Direct (A .F.D.) mode all ows you to l isten to hi gher fi deli ty soun d and se lect the deco ding mod e for listeni ng to a 2 ch annel stereo soun d as multi ch annel sou nd. Press A.F.D. repeatedly t o selec t the sound field you want . For details, see ?[...]

53 US Enjo ying Surr ound Sound T ypes of A.F .D . mode Decoding mod e A.F.D. mod e [Display] Multi chann el audio afte r decoding Effect (Det ecting automa tically ) A.F.D. AUTO [A.F.D. AUTO] (Detect ing automa ticall y) Prese nts th e sou nd as it was reco rded/ encoded witho ut addi ng any surroun d effects. Ho wever, this rece iver will genera [...]

54 US If y ou connect a sub woof er This receiver will ge nerate a low frequency signal for output t o the sub woofer wh en there is no LFE signal, which is a low-pass soun d effect outp ut fro m a sub woof er to a 2 channe l signal. However, the low frequency signal is not gene rated f or “NEO6 CIN” or “NEO6 MUS” when all speakers are set [...]

55 US Enjo ying Surr ound Sound T ypes of sound field av ailab le * Y ou can select this sound field mode if the he adpho nes are c onnec ted to the rec eiver . Sound fie ld for Sound f ield [Display] Effect Movie CINEMA STUDIO EX A DCS [C. ST. E X A] Reprodu ces the so und c haracteristics of the Sony Pictures Enter tainmen t “Cary Gran t Theate[...]

56 US About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound) Sound f ields wit h DCS mark use D CS techno logy . DCS is a uni que sound r eprod uction techno logy for hom e theat er d evelo ped by Sony, in coop eration wi th So ny P ictur es Entertainm ent, for enj oying the excitin g and powerful sound of movie t heaters at home. With thi s “Digital Cinema Sound” d[...]

57 US Enjo ying Surr ound Sound Using only the front speakers (2CH STEREO) In this mode, the receiver ou tputs the sound from the front left/ right speakers only. There is no sound f rom the s ub woofer. Standard 2 channe l stereo sources completel y bypass the sound fi eld proces sing an d multi channe l surro und fo rmats ar e do wnmixed to 2 cha[...]

58 US Resetting soun d fields to the initial settings Be sure to use the bu ttons on th e receiver for this opera tion. 1 Press ?/1 to turn off t he power. 2 While holding down 2CH, pr ess ?/1 . “SF. CLR.” app ears on th e display and all sound fields are reset to their initi al setting . Listening to FM/AM ra dio You can listen to FM and AM br[...]

59 US T uner Operations 1 Pres s TUNE R rep eat edly t o select the FM or AM band. 2 Press TUNING + or TUNING –. Press TUNING + to scan from low to high ; press TUNI NG – to scan fro m hig h to low. The receiv er stops scann ing whene ver a statio n is recei ved. Using the contr ols on the receiver 1 Turn INPUT SE LECTOR to select the FM or AM [...]

60 US 4 Press ENTER. You can al so use MEMORY /ENTER o n the receiver. If y ou cannot tune in a station Make su re you hav e ente red t he righ t frequency. If not, repeat steps 2 to 4. If you still cann ot tune in a station, the frequen cy is not use d in your are a. Presetting radio stations You can pr eset up to 30 FM statio ns and 30 AM stat io[...]

61 US T uner Operations 2 Tune in the station that you want to pre set using Auto matic Tuning (page 59) or Direct Tuning (page 59). Switch the FM reception mode, i f necessary (page 59). 3 Pres s MEMO RY. You can al so use MEM ORY/ENT ER on the receiv er. “MEMORY” lights up for a few seco nds. Perform steps 4 and 5 before “MEMORY” goes out[...]

62 US 2 Press PRE SET + or PRE SET – repeated ly to selec t the preset station you want. Each ti me you pre ss the bu tton, you can select a preset station as foll ows: You can also pre ss the numeric bu ttons to select the pre set stati on you want. Then, press ENTER to enter the selection. Using the contr ols on the receiver 1 Turn INPUT SELECT[...]

63 US T uner Operations Listening to the XM Radio About XM Satellite Radio XM Satelli te Radio offe rs an extraordina ry variety o f commerci al-free mu sic, pl us the best in spo rts, news, talk and ente rtainment. XM is broadcast in superior di gital audio from coast to coast. From rock to regg ae, fro m classica l to hip hop , XM has somethin g [...]

64 US Before operati ng the re ceiver, connect t he XM Connect-a nd-Play anten na to the XM jack. Note To ensur e optimal re ceptio n of XM’s satell ite si gnal, move you r antenna to vario us window lo cations aroun d your hom e to see wher e the be st recept ion will be received. Most XM customers place the antenna in a south-fa cing wi ndow wi[...]

65 US T uner Operations 3 Check the XM Radio ID on the display an d write it in the space provided here. ID:_ _____ ____ _____ ______ _____ ___ If you ca nnot read the charact ers or numbers on the di splay clea rly, refer to the followin g table. 1 Press T UNER repe atedly t o select “XM RADIO”. You can a lso use INPUT SELECT OR on the receive[...]

66 US You can se lect a chann el from on e catego ry or all the c ategorie s by changi ng the category mode. 1 Press TUNER repe atedly to select “XM RADIO”. You can also u se INPUT S ELECTOR on the receiver. 2 Press CATEGO RY MODE repeatedly to select the “ONE CAT”. • ALL CAT : You can sel ect a chann el from all categor ies. The initial [...]

67 US T uner Operations 1 Pres s TUNE R rep eat edly t o sele ct “ XM RADI O”. You can also use INPUT SELECT OR on the receiv er. 2 Press D.TUNING. 3 Press the numeric buttons to enter the channel number. 4 Press ENTER. You can al so use MEM ORY/ENT ER on the receiv er. The select ed channe l is tune in . Press DIS PLAY o n the r eceiver repeat[...]

68 US Presetting XM Radio stations You can se lect t he chann els you want direct ly by presetti ng them u sing the preset numb ers. You can preset up t o 30 XM Ra dio ch annels. 1 Press T UNER rep eatedly to select “XM RADIO” . You can also use INPUT SE LECTOR on the receive r. 2 Tune in the channel y ou want to preset. For deta ils on selecti[...]

69 US T uner Operations 1 Pres s TUNE R rep eat edly t o sele ct “ XM RADI O”. You can also use INPUT SELECT OR on the receiv er. 2 Press P RESET + or PR ESET – repeated ly to s elect the preset channel you want. You can also p ress the numeric bu ttons to select the p reset chann el you want. Then press ENTER to enter the selection. You can [...]

70 US XM Radio messages l ist Message appears Explanation Remedies ANTENNA The XM antenna is not connected or transmissio n is not being receiv ed p roperly. Make sure that the antenna i s securel y connec ted. Try to disco nnect the ante nna then re conne ct, or turn off the po wer the n turn back on . UPDAT ING The enc ryption code is b eing upda[...]

71 US Other Operations Switching the au dio inp ut mode (INPUT MODE) You can select the audio inp ut mode b y setting the audi o input mode whe n you co nnect componen ts t o bot h dig ital a nd an alog audi o input jacks on the receiver. 1 Turn INPUT SELECTOR on the receiver to select the input. You can also use the input bu ttons on the remote. 2[...]

72 US Enjoying the DIGIT AL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) The DIGITAL MEDIA PORT (DMPORT) allows you to enjoy sound from a network system such as a portable au dio source or computer. By connecting a DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter (not s uppli ed), yo u can enj oy sound from the connec ted com ponent on the receiver. For details, se e the ope rating instru ction[...]

73 US Other Operations You can listen to the sound from the componen t connected through the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adap ter to the DMPORT jack on the re ceiver . You can als o view the ima ges on the TV scre en by c onnect ing th e vide o outp ut of t he DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter to the receiver. To view the images, p roceed to “W atching a connect[...]

74 US 1 Press DMPOR T. You can also use the INP UT SELECTOR on the receive r to se lect “DM PORT”. 2 Start playbac k of the connected component. The sound i s play ed back on the receiver. For deta ils, see the operat ing instructio ns supplied with the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adap ter. You n eed to assig n comp osit e video input to DMPORT inpu t s[...]

75 US Other Operations Listening to digital sound from o ther inpu ts (DIGIT AL ASSIGN) You c an reas sign digi tal a udio i npu t tha t h as OPTICAL or COAXIAL (SAT I N,VIDEO 1 IN, DVD IN) signals to another input when they ar e not curren tly being use d. For example, to output t he sound sou rce for the DVD player using the OPTICAL IN jack on th[...]

76 US Assignabl e inputs f or digital audio input The initia l setting is m arked with a n unders core. Notes • You cannot reassign several digital a udio inp uts to the same inpu t. • You canno t use the dig ital audio input for the orig ina l inpu t wh en it is rea ssig ne d to a noth er input. • When yo u reassign th e digital au dio inp u[...]

77 US Other Operations Changing the display You can check the sound field, etc., by chang ing the in formation o n the disp lay. Be sure to use the bu ttons on the recei ver for this opera tion. Press DISPL AY repeat edly. Each ti me you pre ss the bu tton, the disp lay changes cyc lical ly as follows. All inputs except the FM and AM band and XM Ra[...]

78 US Recording using the receiver You can record onto a CD-R usin g the receiver. Se e the operating instructio ns supp lied with your CD recor der. 1 Press one of the input buttons to se lect th e pla ybac k component. You can also u se INPUT S ELECTOR on the receiver. 2 Prepare the play back component f or playing. For example, tune to the rad i[...]

79 US Using the Remote Progra mming the remote You ca n prog ram the rem ote to cont rol non- Sony co mponent s by chan ging t he co de. Once the cont rol s igna ls hav e been m emoriz ed, y ou can use those com ponent s as part of your system. Furthe rmore, you c an als o pro gram t he remot e for Sony compon ents that t he remote is unab le to co[...]

80 US If pr ogramming is unsuccessful, chec k the fo llowing: • If the indica tor does not li ght up in step 1, the batterie s are weak. Rep lace both ba tterie s. • If the i ndica tor fl ashes 5 ti mes in quic k successio n while enterin g the numeric code, an error has occu rred. Start ag ain from step 1. T o clear th e memory o f the re mote[...]

81 US Using the Remote T o contr ol an LD pla yer T o contr ol a video CD pla yer T o contr ol a D VD/VHS COMBO T o contr ol a D VD/HDD COMBO T o contr ol a VCR * If an AIW A VCR does not work even th ough you enter the c ode for AIW A, enter the cod e for Sony instead . Maker Code(s) SONY 601, 602 , 603 PIONEER 606 Maker Code(s) SONY 605 Maker Cod[...]

82 US T o contr ol a D VD pla yer T o contr ol a D VD recor der T o control a TV Maker Code(s) SONY 401, 402, 403 RCA 414 SAMSUNG 416, 422 ZENIT H 418, 42 0 PANASONIC 406, 408, 425 PHILIPS 407 PIONEER 409, 410 TOSHIBA 404, 421 DENON 405 BROKSONIC 424 HITACHI 416 JVC 415, 423 MITSUBISH I 419 ORITRO N 417 Maker Code(s) SONY 403 Maker Code(s) SONY 501[...]

83 US Using the Remote T o contr ol a sat ellite tuner RADIO SH ACK 503 , 510, 527, 565, 567 RCA/PRO SCAN 503, 510 , 523, 529, 544 SAMSU NG 503, 515, 517, 531, 532, 534, 544, 556, 557, 562, 563, 566, 569 SAMPO 566 SABA 530, 537, 547, 549, 558 SANYO 508 , 545, 546, 560, 567 SCOTT 503, 566 SEARS 503, 508, 510, 517, 518, 551 SHARP 517, 535, 55 0, 561,[...]

84 US T o contr ol a cab le bo x T o contr ol a tun er T o contr ol a Blu- ra y disc recor der T o contr ol a PSX Glo ssary x Comp onen t vi deo A format for transmitting vide o signal informatio n consisting of three sep arate signals: l uminanc e Y, chrominanc e Pb, and chrominanc e Pr. High quality p ictures, suc h as DVD video or H DTV pictures[...]

85 US Additiona l Inf ormation x Dolby Pro Logic II This techn ology conv erts 2ch ste reo recorde d audio into 5. 1ch for pla yback. There is a MOVIE mode for movi es and MUSIC mo de for stereo sources such as music. Old mo vies encoded in the traditiona l stereo format can be enhanc ed with 5.1 ch surr ound so und. x Dolby Pro Logic IIx Tech nolo[...]

86 US Precautions On safety Should a ny solid ob ject or liq uid f all into the cabinet, unplug the receiver and have it checked by qualified personnel befo re operating it any furth er. On power sour ces • Befo re operating the receiv er, check that the operatin g volta ge is id entical with y our loca l power sup ply. The operati ng volta ge is[...]

87 US Additiona l Inf ormation T roubleshoo ting If you ex peri ence an y of the follo wing difficulties wh ile using the receiver, use this trou bleshoo ting guid e to help you rem edy the proble m. A udio There is n o sound, no matter whic h componen t is selected, o r only a v ery low -level s ound is hea rd. • C heck that t he speakers and co[...]

88 US The sour ce sound input from the HDMI jac k on the recei ver is no t output fr om the r ece iver or T V sp eaker. • Check the se tting of HDMI A UDIO in the VIDEO menu (page 41). • C heck the HDMI connection. • Y ou ca nnot l isten t o the Sup er Audio CD by co nnecting HDMI. • Depend ing on the p layback compon ent, you may nee d to [...]

89 US Additiona l Inf ormation Video There is no pictur e or an unclea r picture appear s on the T V screen or monitor . • Select th e appropria te input us ing the inpu t bu ttons. • Set y our TV to the appropria te input mode. • Move your audio co mpone nts away from the TV . • Assign t he co mposit e vide o input to DMPOR T input c orrec[...]

90 US Remote commander The remote does not function. • Point the rem ote at th e remo te sensor on the receiver . • Remove any obstacl es in the path between the remote an d the receiver . • Replace a ll the batterie s in the remote wit h new ones, if they are weak . • M ake sure you sele ct the correc t input on the remote. • When you op[...]

91 US Additiona l Inf ormation Specifications A UDIO PO WER SPECIFICA TIONS PO WER OUTPUT AN D T O T A L HARMONIC DIST ORTION: (Models of area code U only ) With 8 ohm load s, both chan nels driven, from 20 – 20,0 00 Hz; rate d 100 watt s per chan nel minimum RMS power, with n o more than 0.09% t otal harm onic distor tion fr om 250 milliwa tts t[...]

92 US Video sect ion Inpu ts/Out puts V id eo: 1 Vp-p /75 oh ms COMPONENT VIDEO: Y: 1 Vp-p/7 5 ohms P B /C B /B-Y: 0.7 Vp-p/ 75 ohm s P R /C R /R-Y: 0.7 Vp-p/ 75 ohm s 80 MHz HD Pass Through General Power requir ement s Power output (DIGITAL MEDIA PORT) DC OUT 5 V , 700 mA Powe r cons umptio n Power consum ption (du ring standby mode) 0.3 W (Whe n [...]

93 US Additiona l Inf ormation Index Numerics 2 ch annel 57 2CH STEREO 57 5.1 chann el 15 6.1 chann el 15 A A UTO CALIBRA TION 29 A UTO FORM A T DIRECT 52 C CD player conn ecti ng 17 playbac k 37 D DIGIT AL ASSIGN 75 Digita l Cinema Soun d (DCS) 56 DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T conn ecti ng 73 input 3 5 video assi gn 74 Dolb y Digital 84 DTS 85 D VD player [...]

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