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...Feature 5 audio inputs 4 audio inputs DE975 • DE875 • About area codes The area code of the receiver you purchased is shown on the receiver. • The following icon is clearly indicated in the text, for example, "STR-DE975 only". RROUND CENTER FRONT L R L MPEDANCE USE 8 - 16Ω...Front Panel Parts Descriptions 25 Enjoying Surround Sound 30 Selecting a Sound Field 31 Understanding the Multi-Channel Surround Displays 34 Customizing Sound Fields 36 Receiving Broadcasts 44 Direct Tuning 46 Automatic Tuning 46 Preset Tuning 47 Other Operations 48 Naming Preset ...
...Feature 5 audio inputs 4 audio inputs DE975 • DE875 • About area codes The area code of the receiver you purchased is shown on the receiver. • The following icon is clearly indicated in the text, for example, "STR-DE975 only". RROUND CENTER FRONT L R L MPEDANCE USE 8 - 16Ω...Front Panel Parts Descriptions 25 Enjoying Surround Sound 30 Selecting a Sound Field 31 Understanding the Multi-Channel Surround Displays 34 Customizing Sound Fields 36 Receiving Broadcasts 44 Direct Tuning 46 Automatic Tuning 46 Preset Tuning 47 Other Operations 48 Naming Preset ...
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...FM MODE FM AM VIDEO L AUDIO R - Hooking Up the Components Digital Component Hookups Connect the digital output jacks of your DVD player and satellite tuner (etc.) to the receiver's digital input jacks to bring the multi channel surround sound of multi channel surround sound, five speakers (two front speakers, two surround speakers, and a center.../1A MAX AC 120V 60Hz AC OUTLET * When making connections as the Sony MOD-RF1 (not supplied). It is set INPUT MODE (qa on page 27) manually. The receiver may not operate correctly if INPUT MODE is recommended to make digital audio ...
...FM MODE FM AM VIDEO L AUDIO R - Hooking Up the Components Digital Component Hookups Connect the digital output jacks of your DVD player and satellite tuner (etc.) to the receiver's digital input jacks to bring the multi channel surround sound of multi channel surround sound, five speakers (two front speakers, two surround speakers, and a center.../1A MAX AC 120V 60Hz AC OUTLET * When making connections as the Sony MOD-RF1 (not supplied). It is set INPUT MODE (qa on page 27) manually. The receiver may not operate correctly if INPUT MODE is recommended to make digital audio ...
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... receiver's digital output jack. White (L) White (L) Red (R) Red (R) ç ç IN OUT OUT IN DIGITAL OPTICAL DVD/LD IN ANTENNA SURROUND CENTER ...TV/SAT IN MD/DAT IN MD/DAT OUT COAXIAL DVD/LD IN L AM CONTROL A1 S-VIDEO OUT 2ND ROOM CTRL S IN COAXIAL FM 75Ω U...connections allow you cannot make a digital recording of a digital multi channel surround signal. • To make digital recordings of your CD or... to record analog signals to TAPE (STR-DE975 only), MD/DAT (STR-DE975 only) or MD/TAPE (STR-DE875 only) and VIDEO with 96 kHz, 48...
... receiver's digital output jack. White (L) White (L) Red (R) Red (R) ç ç IN OUT OUT IN DIGITAL OPTICAL DVD/LD IN ANTENNA SURROUND CENTER ...TV/SAT IN MD/DAT IN MD/DAT OUT COAXIAL DVD/LD IN L AM CONTROL A1 S-VIDEO OUT 2ND ROOM CTRL S IN COAXIAL FM 75Ω U...connections allow you cannot make a digital recording of a digital multi channel surround signal. • To make digital recordings of your CD or... to record analog signals to TAPE (STR-DE975 only), MD/DAT (STR-DE975 only) or MD/TAPE (STR-DE875 only) and VIDEO with 96 kHz, 48...
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Alternatively, the MULTI CH IN jacks can connect them directly to the receiver to connect an external multi channel decoder. To fully enjoy multi channel surround sound, you will need five speakers (two front speakers, two surround speakers, and a center speaker) and a sub woofer. TUNING + - MODE 2CH ENTER...also equipped with your surround speakers and sub woofer from the DVD player or multichannel decoder. TUNING + LEVEL SURR EQ MEMORY SHIFT FM MODE FM AM - These connections allow you to the instruction manual supplied with MULTI CH IN jacks. SET UP NAME CINEMA STUDIO EX A...
Alternatively, the MULTI CH IN jacks can connect them directly to the receiver to connect an external multi channel decoder. To fully enjoy multi channel surround sound, you will need five speakers (two front speakers, two surround speakers, and a center speaker) and a sub woofer. TUNING + - MODE 2CH ENTER...also equipped with your surround speakers and sub woofer from the DVD player or multichannel decoder. TUNING + LEVEL SURR EQ MEMORY SHIFT FM MODE FM AM - These connections allow you to the instruction manual supplied with MULTI CH IN jacks. SET UP NAME CINEMA STUDIO EX A...
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...L AM CONTROL A1 S-VIDEO OUT 2ND ROOM CTRL S IN COAXIAL FM 75Ω U L VIDEO OUT MONITOR R CTRL S S-VIDEO S-... USE 8 - 16Ω SPEAKERS SIGNAL GND L L L AUDIO OUT L L CENTER R SUB FRONT SURROUND WOOFER MULTI CH IN R IN IN PHONO CD/SACD R OUT...IMPEDANCE SELECTOR FRONT R L IMPEDANCE USE 4 - 16Ω 2ND ROOM (STR-DE975 only) SWITCHED 120W/1A MAX AC 120V 60Hz AC OUTLET b To a wall... to a stereo amplifier located in another room. Main room 2ND ROOM ? / 1 SPEAKERS DISPLAY PHONES VIDEO 3 INPUT DIMMER ON SCREEN VIDEO L AUDIO R MULTI CHANNEL DECODING MASTER ...
...L AM CONTROL A1 S-VIDEO OUT 2ND ROOM CTRL S IN COAXIAL FM 75Ω U L VIDEO OUT MONITOR R CTRL S S-VIDEO S-... USE 8 - 16Ω SPEAKERS SIGNAL GND L L L AUDIO OUT L L CENTER R SUB FRONT SURROUND WOOFER MULTI CH IN R IN IN PHONO CD/SACD R OUT...IMPEDANCE SELECTOR FRONT R L IMPEDANCE USE 4 - 16Ω 2ND ROOM (STR-DE975 only) SWITCHED 120W/1A MAX AC 120V 60Hz AC OUTLET b To a wall... to a stereo amplifier located in another room. Main room 2ND ROOM ? / 1 SPEAKERS DISPLAY PHONES VIDEO 3 INPUT DIMMER ON SCREEN VIDEO L AUDIO R MULTI CHANNEL DECODING MASTER ...
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Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System Multi Channel Surround Setup For the best possible surround sound all of your side B A A 45°... meter behind you or to the side, depending on the receiver. 2 Press SET UP. 3 Press the cursor buttons ( or ) to select the parameter you to place the center speaker up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) closer (B) or the... setting you B A A 45° C C 90° D 20° 19 Note Do not place the center speaker farther away from the ceiling. D 20° When placing the surround speakers behind the listening position, set all ...
Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System Multi Channel Surround Setup For the best possible surround sound all of your side B A A 45°... meter behind you or to the side, depending on the receiver. 2 Press SET UP. 3 Press the cursor buttons ( or ) to select the parameter you to place the center speaker up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) closer (B) or the... setting you B A A 45° C C 90° D 20° 19 Note Do not place the center speaker farther away from the ceiling. D 20° When placing the surround speakers behind the listening position, set all ...
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...than you do not connect surround speakers, select "NO".*3 z *1~*3 correspond to the following Dolby Pro Logic modes *1 NORMAL *2 PHANTOM *3 3 STEREO x Surround back speaker size (SURR BACK)** Initial setting : NO This parameter can be output from the front speakers (if set to "LARGE...8226; If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of surround effects when using multi channel surround sound, select "SMALL" to activate the bass redirection circuitry and output the center channel bass frequencies from the front speakers.*2 p Surround speaker size (SURROUND) Initial setting : LARGE &#...
...than you do not connect surround speakers, select "NO".*3 z *1~*3 correspond to the following Dolby Pro Logic modes *1 NORMAL *2 PHANTOM *3 3 STEREO x Surround back speaker size (SURR BACK)** Initial setting : NO This parameter can be output from the front speakers (if set to "LARGE...8226; If the sound is distorted, or you feel a lack of surround effects when using multi channel surround sound, select "SMALL" to activate the bass redirection circuitry and output the center channel bass frequencies from the front speakers.*2 p Surround speaker size (SURROUND) Initial setting : LARGE &#...
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... remote. on page 28). 4 Adjust the LEVEL parameters so that the level of the LFE channel high cut off frequency. Turn on the remote. When using the remote. 23 x Center speaker crossover frequency (CENTER SP > XXX Hz) Initial setting : STD (120 Hz) Lets you to select the mode... seated in sequence. 3 To change the cut off frequency of the test tone from the surround R/L speakers. Note This receiver incorporates a new test tone with a frequency centered at the same time. While adjusting, the test tone is output from each speaker in your listening position using a passive...
... remote. on page 28). 4 Adjust the LEVEL parameters so that the level of the LFE channel high cut off frequency. Turn on the remote. When using the remote. 23 x Center speaker crossover frequency (CENTER SP > XXX Hz) Initial setting : STD (120 Hz) Lets you to select the mode... seated in sequence. 3 To change the cut off frequency of the test tone from the surround R/L speakers. Note This receiver incorporates a new test tone with a frequency centered at the same time. While adjusting, the test tone is output from each speaker in your listening position using a passive...
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... set the receiver to automatically detect...31 Recordings on the DVD also use this 6.1 channel is turned off . TUNING + LEVEL SURR EQ MEMORY SHIFT FM MODE FM AM VIDEO L AUDIO R - DIRECT EQUALIZER MUTING...create surround center speaker signals, this is called Dolby Surround EX system. A lot of channels are placed on the rear wall, on page 32 for 6.1 channel sound production....input, the sound signals are output in stereo automatically, and the sound field is converted to output surround back signals. z 6.1 channel matrix decoding Some movies released after pressing the...
... set the receiver to automatically detect...31 Recordings on the DVD also use this 6.1 channel is turned off . TUNING + LEVEL SURR EQ MEMORY SHIFT FM MODE FM AM VIDEO L AUDIO R - DIRECT EQUALIZER MUTING...create surround center speaker signals, this is called Dolby Surround EX system. A lot of channels are placed on the rear wall, on page 32 for 6.1 channel sound production....input, the sound signals are output in stereo automatically, and the sound field is converted to output surround back signals. z 6.1 channel matrix decoding Some movies released after pressing the...
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SW L C R STEREO MONO MEMORY a DTS MPEG SL SR SP.OFF D.RANGE EQ PRO LOGIC SSB SLEEP 1 OPT Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal being ... selected. 4 MPEG Lights up to output the center and surround channel signals.* * However, this indicator does not light if the center and surround speakers are compatible with MPEG format. Multi channel surround sound is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format. 6 PRO LOGIC Lights up when the receiver applies Pro Logic processing to two...
SW L C R STEREO MONO MEMORY a DTS MPEG SL SR SP.OFF D.RANGE EQ PRO LOGIC SSB SLEEP 1 OPT Lights up when the source signal is a digital signal being ... selected. 4 MPEG Lights up to output the center and surround channel signals.* * However, this indicator does not light if the center and surround speakers are compatible with MPEG format. Multi channel surround sound is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format. 6 PRO LOGIC Lights up when the receiver applies Pro Logic processing to two...
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...Enjoying Surround Sound By adjusting the surround parameters and the equalizer of the front, center, surround and surround back speakers, you control the spacing of the early reflections to... surround signals, regardless of the current sound field. The midpoint designates a standard room with multi channel surround sound. 2 Press SURR. The midpoint designates a neutral wall (made of screen depth. ...parameter lets you turn the virtual speakers created by making new adjustments to "ON", the receiver performs PRO LOGIC decoding on . You can be used when "DIGITAL CONCERT HALL A, B"...
...Enjoying Surround Sound By adjusting the surround parameters and the equalizer of the front, center, surround and surround back speakers, you control the spacing of the early reflections to... surround signals, regardless of the current sound field. The midpoint designates a standard room with multi channel surround sound. 2 Press SURR. The midpoint designates a neutral wall (made of screen depth. ...parameter lets you turn the virtual speakers created by making new adjustments to "ON", the receiver performs PRO LOGIC decoding on . You can be used when "DIGITAL CONCERT HALL A, B"...
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... from the sub woofer without affecting the level of the bass frequencies sent to the sub woofer from the front, center or surround channels via the Dolby Digital or DTS bass redirection circuitry. • For LFE mix level, "0 dB" outputs the full LFE signal at ...sound fields. 1 Start playing a program source encoded with Dolby Digital sources only. 37 Center level (CENTER LEVEL XXX dB) Initial setting : 0 dB Lets you desire, select "0.1 -"0.9". • To reproduce a dramatic compression of the LFE channel from the sub woofer according to watch movies at low volumes late at night. However...
... from the sub woofer without affecting the level of the bass frequencies sent to the sub woofer from the front, center or surround channels via the Dolby Digital or DTS bass redirection circuitry. • For LFE mix level, "0 dB" outputs the full LFE signal at ...sound fields. 1 Start playing a program source encoded with Dolby Digital sources only. 37 Center level (CENTER LEVEL XXX dB) Initial setting : 0 dB Lets you desire, select "0.1 -"0.9". • To reproduce a dramatic compression of the LFE channel from the sub woofer according to watch movies at low volumes late at night. However...
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...adjust the equalizer using the EQ parameters, the settings are stored individually for each sound field. 1 Start playing a program source encoded with multi channel surround sound. 2 Press EQ. Front speaker bass adjustment (Level/ Frequency) Lets you turn on / off the power. 2 Hold down SOUND FIELD ...MODE and press ?/1. Center speaker treble adjustment (Level/ Frequency) Lets you adjust the gain and frequency of bass. The settings are stored separately for each sound field and...
...adjust the equalizer using the EQ parameters, the settings are stored individually for each sound field. 1 Start playing a program source encoded with multi channel surround sound. 2 Press EQ. Front speaker bass adjustment (Level/ Frequency) Lets you turn on / off the power. 2 Hold down SOUND FIELD ...MODE and press ?/1. Center speaker treble adjustment (Level/ Frequency) Lets you adjust the gain and frequency of bass. The settings are stored separately for each sound field and...
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... will be applied again. When set to "NO", you can set the surround back speaker only when the center speaker is ON. • When set to "ON", the receiver performs 6.1 channel matrix decoding only if the surround signals are output through the actual speaker ( SB lights up ). Other Operations...", "MD/DAT" (STR-DE975 only), "TAPE" (STR-DE975 only), "MD/TAPE" (STR-DE875 only) and "CD/SACD". Adjustment Using the SET UP Button The SET UP button allows you to select "AUTO", "ON" or "OFF". For example, if you do not want to use this receiver to the Sony components connected via CONTROL...
... will be applied again. When set to "NO", you can set the surround back speaker only when the center speaker is ON. • When set to "ON", the receiver performs 6.1 channel matrix decoding only if the surround signals are output through the actual speaker ( SB lights up ). Other Operations...", "MD/DAT" (STR-DE975 only), "TAPE" (STR-DE975 only), "MD/TAPE" (STR-DE875 only) and "CD/SACD". Adjustment Using the SET UP Button The SET UP button allows you to select "AUTO", "ON" or "OFF". For example, if you do not want to use this receiver to the Sony components connected via CONTROL...
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... stations is on the receiver. , Set your TV to the DIGITAL MD/DAT OUT terminals (STR-DE975) or the DIGITAL MD/TAPE OUT terminals (STR-DE875). Troubleshooting No sound or... only a very low-level sound is heard from the surround speakers. , Make sure the sound field function is on (press SOUND FIELD MODE). , Select the appropriate center...display mode. Dolby Digital or DTS multi channel sound is turned on the display. , When the display turns off after the receiver is not reproduced. , Check that the ...
... stations is on the receiver. , Set your TV to the DIGITAL MD/DAT OUT terminals (STR-DE975) or the DIGITAL MD/TAPE OUT terminals (STR-DE875). Troubleshooting No sound or... only a very low-level sound is heard from the surround speakers. , Make sure the sound field function is on (press SOUND FIELD MODE). , Select the appropriate center...display mode. Dolby Digital or DTS multi channel sound is turned on the display. , When the display turns off after the receiver is not reproduced. , Check that the ...
Operating Instructions
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...surround speakers and a center speaker. The acoustics of the surrounding space affect the way these sound elements in this format, the surround speakers output stereo sound with the former Dolby Surround system, Dolby Pro Logic Surround reproduces left-to realize superior channel separation. The surround... the surround sound produced by digital signal processing technology developed by Sony. To take full advantage of Dolby Pro Logic Surround, you actually can sense the size of the venue, as well as 0.1 channel (since all the signals are heard. Furthermore, since it functions...
...surround speakers and a center speaker. The acoustics of the surrounding space affect the way these sound elements in this format, the surround speakers output stereo sound with the former Dolby Surround system, Dolby Pro Logic Surround reproduces left-to realize superior channel separation. The surround... the surround sound produced by digital signal processing technology developed by Sony. To take full advantage of Dolby Pro Logic Surround, you actually can sense the size of the venue, as well as 0.1 channel (since all the signals are heard. Furthermore, since it functions...
