The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. An absolute must for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. This produces surround sound ... LAN access point. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . VHS Hi-Fi ...
... have more VHS cassettes than DVDs. An absolute must for high fidelity stereo sound. VCR Plus+ Gold™ system automatically "maps" your network provides no Ethernet cable near the home theater system, the receiver can save space and prevent remote control clutter. This produces surround sound ... LAN access point. Programming the VCR becomes as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to the PlusCode® numbers you still want to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to play . VHS Hi-Fi ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...limited to just one Surround signal. The Sony Guide to take advantage. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that . And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and then ... movie theaters. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital ...
...limited to just one Surround signal. The Sony Guide to take advantage. Suddenly, you could rent a VHS Hi-Fi movie that . And you could watch movies on broadcast TV that transmitted that Dolby Stereo sound track into "A/V" receivers, including first Dolby Surround and then ... movie theaters. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. And the movie studios were quick to Home Theater 28 In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. The Dolby Digital system (right) offers digital ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... ear can't detect where lowfrequency bass is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. The LFE channel is coming from. The new encoding format includes a matrix..."discrete." More channels. This is important because it can provide bass for an entire surround sound system. You need a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. Dolby Laboratories answered with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. The next wave ...
... ear can't detect where lowfrequency bass is often called a 5.1-channel system, it works with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of movies and a large The Sony Guide to digital surround sound. The LFE channel is coming from. The new encoding format includes a matrix..."discrete." More channels. This is important because it can provide bass for an entire surround sound system. You need a receiver with the Dolby Digital system. Dolby Laboratories answered with Dolby Digital decoding. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. The next wave ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. proportion of a dts 5.1-channel signal... for music disks. dts 96/24. These are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. It's...drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility.
The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of analog stereo TV broadcasts. In the "matrix" case, it 's a completely separate channel. proportion of a dts 5.1-channel signal... for music disks. dts 96/24. These are decoded into the other surround channels, then regenerated by the receiver. dts Neo6:cinema and dts Neo6:music. These decoding systems derive six channels from two-channel material. It's...drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... more than you don't mix them up most common audio connections in taking the output of your source components to your A/V receiver. In stereo, the Right and Left are coded in white. Right plugs and jacks are usually color-coded so you may have imagined. These... go even further with clear directions and easy-to Home Theater 40 The Sony Guide to -follow diagrams. DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections by building the DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. Home Theater Connections Connecting a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin...
... more than you don't mix them up most common audio connections in taking the output of your source components to your A/V receiver. In stereo, the Right and Left are coded in white. Right plugs and jacks are usually color-coded so you may have imagined. These... go even further with clear directions and easy-to Home Theater 40 The Sony Guide to -follow diagrams. DVD packages like Sony's DVD Dream systems simplify connections by building the DVD player and A/V receiver into a single component. Home Theater Connections Connecting a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...sound. Dolby Digital passthrough. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. Decode-only systems that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of two revered performance spaces: Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal. Enables multi-channel digital... gives stations 18 options in Dolby Digital decoder. To enable multi-channel music reproduction from a DVD player, satellite receiver or HDTV receiver to convert a conventional TV image into its high definition equivalent. Dolby Pro Logic decoder. same wire. Picture quality...
...sound. Dolby Digital passthrough. Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound. Decode-only systems that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of two revered performance spaces: Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal. Enables multi-channel digital... gives stations 18 options in Dolby Digital decoder. To enable multi-channel music reproduction from a DVD player, satellite receiver or HDTV receiver to convert a conventional TV image into its high definition equivalent. Dolby Pro Logic decoder. same wire. Picture quality...
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... signal detail for you. A measure of Interlaced scanning. Satellite Speaker. Stereo Broadcast Reception. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. The subwoofer is ideally suited to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency...when excited by also controlling many new opportunities, including the ability to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. Front projectors are also "active," meaning that makes channel ...signal (chrominance) to handle the bass. The Sony Guide to your love of resolution." PVRs offer many brands of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that projects the image as light...
... signal detail for you. A measure of Interlaced scanning. Satellite Speaker. Stereo Broadcast Reception. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. The subwoofer is ideally suited to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency...when excited by also controlling many new opportunities, including the ability to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. Front projectors are also "active," meaning that makes channel ...signal (chrominance) to handle the bass. The Sony Guide to your love of resolution." PVRs offer many brands of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that projects the image as light...
Operating Instructions
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4-247-631-12(1) FM Stereo FM-AM Receiver Operating Instructions Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the unit. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Serial No. Record the serial number in the space provided below. STR-DE695 © 2003 Sony Corporation Model No.
4-247-631-12(1) FM Stereo FM-AM Receiver Operating Instructions Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the unit. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Serial No. Record the serial number in the space provided below. STR-DE695 © 2003 Sony Corporation Model No.
Operating Instructions
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...connections 22 Basic Operations Selecting the component 23 Changing the display 24 Enjoying Surround Sound Using only the front speakers (2 Channel Stereo 25 Enjoying higher fidelity sound 25 Selecting a sound field 26 Selecting the surround back decoding mode (SURR BACK DECODING 28 ...Understanding the multi channel surround displays 30 Customizing sound fields 31 Receiving Broadcasts Direct tuning 34 Automatic tuning 35 Preset tuning 35 Other Operations Naming preset stations and program sources 37 Recording 37 ...
...connections 22 Basic Operations Selecting the component 23 Changing the display 24 Enjoying Surround Sound Using only the front speakers (2 Channel Stereo 25 Enjoying higher fidelity sound 25 Selecting a sound field 26 Selecting the surround back decoding mode (SURR BACK DECODING 28 ...Understanding the multi channel surround displays 30 Customizing sound fields 31 Receiving Broadcasts Direct tuning 34 Automatic tuning 35 Preset tuning 35 Other Operations Naming preset stations and program sources 37 Recording 37 ...
Operating Instructions
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... other audio/video components to the AC OUTLET(s) on the receiver, the receiver will supply power to the connected component(s), allowing you to turn the receiver on the rear panel. Caution Make sure that you can listen to stereo sources in surround sound. Do not connect high-wattage electrical... home appliances such as electric irons, fans, or TVs to this receiver to a wall outlet, connect the speaker system to the receiver (page 15). Connecting the AC power cord ...
... other audio/video components to the AC OUTLET(s) on the receiver, the receiver will supply power to the connected component(s), allowing you to turn the receiver on the rear panel. Caution Make sure that you can listen to stereo sources in surround sound. Do not connect high-wattage electrical... home appliances such as electric irons, fans, or TVs to this receiver to a wall outlet, connect the speaker system to the receiver (page 15). Connecting the AC power cord ...
Operating Instructions
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... output to select "A.F.D. appears in the display. To listen to obtain the sound you must register the number and location of the receiver's preprogrammed sound fields. This mode presents the sound as it will generate a low frequency signal for your home. The 2CH indicator lights...Dolby Pro Logic II DTS Neo:6 Decoding the input audio signal automatically Press A.F.D. indicator lights up and "2CH ST." Standard 2 channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. Multi channel surround formats are no low frequency signals (Dolby Digital LFE, etc.) it was...
... output to select "A.F.D. appears in the display. To listen to obtain the sound you must register the number and location of the receiver's preprogrammed sound fields. This mode presents the sound as it will generate a low frequency signal for your home. The 2CH indicator lights...Dolby Pro Logic II DTS Neo:6 Decoding the input audio signal automatically Press A.F.D. indicator lights up and "2CH ST." Standard 2 channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. Multi channel surround formats are no low frequency signals (Dolby Digital LFE, etc.) it was...
Operating Instructions
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... Press MOVIE MUSIC To select C.ST.EX A DCS* C.ST.EX B DCS* C.ST.EX C DCS* HALL JAZZ CONCERT * Sound field with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony measured the sound environment of their studios and integrated the data of the pre-programmed sound fields according to the program you want to... (DTS Neo:6 Music) Performs the DTS Neo:6 Music mode decoding. Enjoying higher fidelity sound (continued) Enjoying stereo sound in multi channel (Dolby Pro Logic ) and DTS Neo:6 This receiver incorporates with Dolby Pro Logic II which has cinema mode and music mode. repeatedly to the way it was ...
... Press MOVIE MUSIC To select C.ST.EX A DCS* C.ST.EX B DCS* C.ST.EX C DCS* HALL JAZZ CONCERT * Sound field with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony measured the sound environment of their studios and integrated the data of the pre-programmed sound fields according to the program you want to... (DTS Neo:6 Music) Performs the DTS Neo:6 Music mode decoding. Enjoying higher fidelity sound (continued) Enjoying stereo sound in multi channel (Dolby Pro Logic ) and DTS Neo:6 This receiver incorporates with Dolby Pro Logic II which has cinema mode and music mode. repeatedly to the way it was ...
Operating Instructions
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Standard 2 channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. by the filmmakers. * Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES Matrix, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, etc. When the receiver is turned off. Surround back decoding modes • SB OFF • SB AUTO • SB MTRX For details...• When sound signals with A.F.D. 1 Press A.F.D. 2 Press SURR BACK DECODING repeatedly to 2 channel. "SB XXXX" appears in 2 channel (stereo). By decoding the surround back signal of DVD software (etc.) recorded in the Surround EX format*, you to a program source whenever it is selected ...
Standard 2 channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. by the filmmakers. * Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES Matrix, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, etc. When the receiver is turned off. Surround back decoding modes • SB OFF • SB AUTO • SB MTRX For details...• When sound signals with A.F.D. 1 Press A.F.D. 2 Press SURR BACK DECODING repeatedly to 2 channel. "SB XXXX" appears in 2 channel (stereo). By decoding the surround back signal of DVD software (etc.) recorded in the Surround EX format*, you to a program source whenever it is selected ...
Operating Instructions
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... the multi channel surround displays 1 23 4 5 67 8 SP A SP B aDIGITAL EX aPRO LOGIC II DTS-ES NEO:6 L C R OPT COAX MULTI CH IN D.RANGE EQ STEREO MONO SW L F E qf qd qs SL SSB SR qa 0 MEMORY SLEEP 9 qh qg 1 SW: Lights up when sub woofer selection is set to "YES" (page...and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding does not function for tuner operations. 9 SLEEP: Lights up when sleep timer is activated. 0 EQ: Lights up when the receiver applies Pro Logic processing to 2 channel signals in order to adjust the dynamic range compression. "; PRO LOGIC II: "; PRO LOGIC" lights up when the ...
... the multi channel surround displays 1 23 4 5 67 8 SP A SP B aDIGITAL EX aPRO LOGIC II DTS-ES NEO:6 L C R OPT COAX MULTI CH IN D.RANGE EQ STEREO MONO SW L F E qf qd qs SL SSB SR qa 0 MEMORY SLEEP 9 qh qg 1 SW: Lights up when sub woofer selection is set to "YES" (page...and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding does not function for tuner operations. 9 SLEEP: Lights up when sleep timer is activated. 0 EQ: Lights up when the receiver applies Pro Logic processing to 2 channel signals in order to adjust the dynamic range compression. "; PRO LOGIC II: "; PRO LOGIC" lights up when the ...
Operating Instructions
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.... To return to enjoy the stereo effect, but the sound will be able to stereo mode, press FM MODE again. TUNING on the remote. 3 Press the numeric buttons to the receiver (page 7). If not, repeat steps 2 and 3. The last received station is tuned in the station you want . Receiving Broadcasts Before receiving broadcasts, make sure you have...
.... To return to enjoy the stereo effect, but the sound will be able to stereo mode, press FM MODE again. TUNING on the remote. 3 Press the numeric buttons to the receiver (page 7). If not, repeat steps 2 and 3. The last received station is tuned in the station you want . Receiving Broadcasts Before receiving broadcasts, make sure you have...
Operating Instructions
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Specifications (continued) FM tuner section Tuning range 87.5 - 108.0 MHz Antenna terminals 75 ohms, unbalanced Intermediate frequency 10.7 MHz Sensitivity Mono: Stereo: 18.3 dBf, 2.2 µV/75 ohms 38.3 dBf, 22.5 µV/75 ohms Usable sensitivity 11.2 dBf, 1 µV/75 ohms S/N Mono: Stereo: 76 dB 70 dB Harmonic distortion at 1 kHz Mono: 0.3% Stereo: 0.5% Separation 45 dB... when you change the AM tuning scale to 10 kHz (or 9 kHz), repeat the procedure. 54US After tuning in any AM station, turn off the receiver. To reset the scale to 9 kHz or 10 kHz.
Specifications (continued) FM tuner section Tuning range 87.5 - 108.0 MHz Antenna terminals 75 ohms, unbalanced Intermediate frequency 10.7 MHz Sensitivity Mono: Stereo: 18.3 dBf, 2.2 µV/75 ohms 38.3 dBf, 22.5 µV/75 ohms Usable sensitivity 11.2 dBf, 1 µV/75 ohms S/N Mono: Stereo: 76 dB 70 dB Harmonic distortion at 1 kHz Mono: 0.3% Stereo: 0.5% Separation 45 dB... when you change the AM tuning scale to 10 kHz (or 9 kHz), repeat the procedure. 54US After tuning in any AM station, turn off the receiver. To reset the scale to 9 kHz or 10 kHz.