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...performance space. It sounds as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 But you can also find Super Audio CD playback in home audio reproduction until you 're transported... from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a ...
...performance space. It sounds as if the musicians are playing in many DVD-Video players and selected home theater packaged systems. The Sony Guide to Home Theater 10 But you can also find Super Audio CD playback in home audio reproduction until you 're transported... from landmark jazz and classical recordings of stereo and multi-channel Super Audio CD represent a passion for beautiful music, beautifully reproduced. Thanks to Sony's Direct Stream Digital™ recording technology, the sound is an obvious improvement over a ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to Home Theater 16 The Sony Guide to a compatible wireless LAN access point. If your local channel line-up. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes... as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to look 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. VHS tapes are not yet ...
...Dolby® Pro Logic® processing at home. A combination VHS/DVD player can be connected to a Sony PCWA-DE50 for 802.11a wireless LAN connection to Home Theater 16 The Sony Guide to a compatible wireless LAN access point. If your local channel line-up. And VHS Hi-Fi tapes... as easy as dialing a telephone number, thanks to look 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. VHS tapes are not yet ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. 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 the more complete audio-visual experience. During the production of movie sound tracks... one Surround signal. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in the comfort of audio. The Sony Guide to take advantage. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. ...
... more refined Dolby Pro Logic decoding circuitry. 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 the more complete audio-visual experience. During the production of movie sound tracks... one Surround signal. Dolby Stereo gained acceptance in the comfort of audio. The Sony Guide to take advantage. In the mid 1970s, Dolby Laboratories introduced a movie theater sound system called Dolby Stereo. High fidelity companies transformed their AM/FM receivers into your own home. ...
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...a single Surround channel, the Dolby Digital system delivers a separate channel to digital surround sound. Dolby Laboratories answered with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of bass means that a single subwoofer can also support fewer channels, all the way down to ...decoding. Dolby Digital® surround sound. This "omnidirectional" quality of movies and a large The Sony Guide to mono, for an entire surround sound system. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. But don't worry. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with ...
...a single Surround channel, the Dolby Digital system delivers a separate channel to digital surround sound. Dolby Laboratories answered with the Dolby Stereo signals encoded into literally thousands of bass means that a single subwoofer can also support fewer channels, all the way down to ...decoding. Dolby Digital® surround sound. This "omnidirectional" quality of movies and a large The Sony Guide to mono, for an entire surround sound system. Modern A/V receivers are 5.1 separate channels. But don't worry. The next wave of home theater sound innovation came with ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... no Neo6:cinema or Neo6:music encoding for source material. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of analog stereo TV broadcasts. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of the 96 kHz signal. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1.... many respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of the 96 kHz sampling rate). These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. Older decoders can deliver the ...
... no Neo6:cinema or Neo6:music encoding for source material. These new decoding systems derive 5.1 channels instead of the conventional 4 channels of analog stereo TV broadcasts. The DVD-Video standard offers the possibility of the 96 kHz signal. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1.... many respects, the A/V receiver is the brains of the 96 kHz sampling rate). These are amplified to drive the full range speakers. (Subwoofers typically have their own amplifiers built in.) The Sony Guide to 96 kHz while retaining full backwards compatibility. Older decoders can deliver the ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... for achieving a surround sound effect that go into determining sound quality. The Sony Guide to buy all the other technical details that 's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. The only speaker that's free of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is bad enough in the manufacturer's lineup! In...
... for achieving a surround sound effect that go into determining sound quality. The Sony Guide to buy all the other technical details that 's stable, consistent and ultimately convincing. The only speaker that's free of consistent sound, consider a mis-matched stereo system with most important consideration is bad enough in the manufacturer's lineup! In...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...Home Theater Connections Connecting a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin" plug. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to do the job. The physical connector is easier ...than one way 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. In stereo, the Right and Left are coded in Red. This section will review some cases, ...
...Home Theater Connections Connecting a home theater is called either an "RCA" or "pin" plug. The Sony Guide to your A/V receiver. Audio Connections Line-Level Analog Audio. These Sony systems go even further with clear directions and easy-to do the job. The physical connector is easier ...than one way 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. In stereo, the Right and Left are coded in Red. This section will review some cases, ...
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...that decodes and amplifies the surround channels already encoded in Hollywood. The classic system that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of home theater sound. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. To enable multi... track encoding system that represents a total rethinking of two revered performance spaces: Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal. Sony's top receivers offer DSP modes that is lost whenever chrominance and luminance are designated as much data for over-the-air broadcasting gives...
...that decodes and amplifies the surround channels already encoded in Hollywood. The classic system that is a digital output from conventional, stereo sources, Sony engineers have captured the sound of home theater sound. dts ES discrete 6.1 and dts ES matrix 6.1. To enable multi... track encoding system that represents a total rethinking of two revered performance spaces: Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal. Sony's top receivers offer DSP modes that is lost whenever chrominance and luminance are designated as much data for over-the-air broadcasting gives...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...audience and project on a reflective, white screen. Front projectors are also "active," meaning that enables you to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. A measure of Interlaced scanning. Resolution can be compatible with all of an audio signal except for ...Simplifies operation by electrodes. Shows each scanning line in "lines of music. Stereo Broadcast Reception. Refinement of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Universal remote control. the point of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that reproduces all brands and models.) VCRPlus+ Gold technology...
...audience and project on a reflective, white screen. Front projectors are also "active," meaning that enables you to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. A measure of Interlaced scanning. Resolution can be compatible with all of an audio signal except for ...Simplifies operation by electrodes. Shows each scanning line in "lines of music. Stereo Broadcast Reception. Refinement of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Universal remote control. the point of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that reproduces all brands and models.) VCRPlus+ Gold technology...
Limited Warranty (U.S. Only)
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...facility. ACCESSORIES: Parts and labor for all parts costs. 3. SONY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS PRODUCT. 4-557-173-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/...Audio Systems Hifi Audio LIMITED WARRANTY Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is valid only in either its option, at no charge,...
...facility. ACCESSORIES: Parts and labor for all parts costs. 3. SONY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS PRODUCT. 4-557-173-02 General Stereo/Hifi Components/Tape Decks ® CD Players/Mini Disc Players/...Audio Systems Hifi Audio LIMITED WARRANTY Sony Electronics Inc. ("Sony") warrants this Product is valid only in either its option, at no charge,...
Operating Instructions
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Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. STR-DE995 STR-DE895 © 2003 Sony Corporation Record the serial number in the space provided below. Serial No. Model No. 4-244-963-12(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. STR-DE995 STR-DE895 © 2003 Sony Corporation Record the serial number in the space provided below. Serial No. Model No. 4-244-963-12(1) FM Stereo FM-AM Receiver Operating Instructions Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the rear of the unit.
Operating Instructions
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... 27 Changing the display 27 Enjoying Surround Sound Using only the front speakers (2 Channel Stereo 28 Enjoying higher fidelity sound 28 Selecting a sound field 29 Selecting the surround back ... BACK DECODING 31 Understanding the multi channel surround displays 33 Customizing sound fields 34 Receiving Broadcasts Direct tuning 37 Automatic tuning 38 Preset tuning 38 Other Operations Naming preset stations...73 Adjustable parameters for each sound field 75 1) STR-DE895 models of area code CA only. 2) STR-DE995 models of area code CA only and STR-DE895 models of area code U, E2/E3, ...
... 27 Changing the display 27 Enjoying Surround Sound Using only the front speakers (2 Channel Stereo 28 Enjoying higher fidelity sound 28 Selecting a sound field 29 Selecting the surround back ... BACK DECODING 31 Understanding the multi channel surround displays 33 Customizing sound fields 34 Receiving Broadcasts Direct tuning 37 Automatic tuning 38 Preset tuning 38 Other Operations Naming preset stations...73 Adjustable parameters for each sound field 75 1) STR-DE895 models of area code CA only. 2) STR-DE995 models of area code CA only and STR-DE895 models of area code U, E2/E3, ...
Operating Instructions
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... to a stereo amplifier located in a rack, etc. • If you place the other component away from this receiver. The remote sensor on the CONTROL S OUT component receives remote codes the same way as the remote sensor on this receiver. Setting the voltage selector If your receiver has a voltage selector on this receiver. 2ND ZONE hookup (STR-DE995 only...
... to a stereo amplifier located in a rack, etc. • If you place the other component away from this receiver. The remote sensor on the CONTROL S OUT component receives remote codes the same way as the remote sensor on this receiver. Setting the voltage selector If your receiver has a voltage selector on this receiver. 2ND ZONE hookup (STR-DE995 only...
Operating Instructions
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...", you cannot set the surround speakers to "LARGE". • If the sound is set to the following Dolby Pro Logic modes *1 NORMAL *2 PHANTOM *3 3 STEREO x Surround back speaker selection (SB SP [XXX]) • If you connect surround back speaker(s), select "YES". • If you do not connect a center...]" is distorted, or you feel a lack of the center channel will be output from the surround back left /right speaker selection (SB L/R [XXX])*) (STR-DE995 only) • If you connect two surround back speakers, select "YES". • If you connect one surround back speaker, select "NO".
...", you cannot set the surround speakers to "LARGE". • If the sound is set to the following Dolby Pro Logic modes *1 NORMAL *2 PHANTOM *3 3 STEREO x Surround back speaker selection (SB SP [XXX]) • If you connect surround back speaker(s), select "YES". • If you do not connect a center...]" is distorted, or you feel a lack of the center channel will be output from the surround back left /right speaker selection (SB L/R [XXX])*) (STR-DE995 only) • If you connect two surround back speakers, select "YES". • If you connect one surround back speaker, select "NO".
Operating Instructions
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No signals are output through the 2ND ZONE OUT jacks. Basic Operations Listening to the sound in another room (STR-DE995 only) ?/1 g 2ND ZONE OUT AUDIO IN Stereo amplifier SPEAKERS Press 2ND ZONE repeatedly to select the analog audio signals for output to adjust the brightness of the current ...*1 t MD/TAPE t CD/SACD t TUNER *1 The audio signals of the display (3 steps). Changing the display DIMMER Press DIMMER repeatedly to a stereo amplifier in another room. Index name does not appear when only blank spaces have assigned one to "SOURCE", the sound from front speakers is not...
No signals are output through the 2ND ZONE OUT jacks. Basic Operations Listening to the sound in another room (STR-DE995 only) ?/1 g 2ND ZONE OUT AUDIO IN Stereo amplifier SPEAKERS Press 2ND ZONE repeatedly to select the analog audio signals for output to adjust the brightness of the current ...*1 t MD/TAPE t CD/SACD t TUNER *1 The audio signals of the display (3 steps). Changing the display DIMMER Press DIMMER repeatedly to a stereo amplifier in another room. Index name does not appear when only blank spaces have assigned one to "SOURCE", the sound from front speakers is not...
Operating Instructions
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... and a sub woofer, press A.F.D. reverberation). This mode outputs the sound from the sub woofer when "2CH STEREO" is selected. Standard 2 channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. repeatedly to set the speaker parameters before enjoying surround sound. AUTO ...Dolby Pro Logic II DTS Neo:6 Decoding the input audio signal automatically Press A.F.D. This mode automatically detects the type of the receiver's preprogrammed sound fields. Multi channel surround formats are no low frequency signals (Dolby Digital LFE, etc.) it was recorded/encoded...
... and a sub woofer, press A.F.D. reverberation). This mode outputs the sound from the sub woofer when "2CH STEREO" is selected. Standard 2 channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. repeatedly to set the speaker parameters before enjoying surround sound. AUTO ...Dolby Pro Logic II DTS Neo:6 Decoding the input audio signal automatically Press A.F.D. This mode automatically detects the type of the receiver's preprogrammed sound fields. Multi channel surround formats are no low frequency signals (Dolby Digital LFE, etc.) it was recorded/encoded...
Operating Instructions
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Enjoying Surround Sound Enjoying stereo sound in multi channel (Dolby Pro Logic ) and DTS Neo:6 This receiver incorporates with DCS mark use DCS technology. Software with multi channel surround audio signals is played back according to create surround effects (4 channels). x PL...the Pro Logic II movie mode decoding. Besides, this mode can reproduce the sound in the dubbed language. This setting is decoded with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony measured the sound environment of their studios and integrated the data of old movies or in 5.1 channel when watching the videos of the ...
Enjoying Surround Sound Enjoying stereo sound in multi channel (Dolby Pro Logic ) and DTS Neo:6 This receiver incorporates with DCS mark use DCS technology. Software with multi channel surround audio signals is played back according to create surround effects (4 channels). x PL...the Pro Logic II movie mode decoding. Besides, this mode can reproduce the sound in the dubbed language. This setting is decoded with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony measured the sound environment of their studios and integrated the data of old movies or in 5.1 channel when watching the videos of the ...
Operating Instructions
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... channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. x HP THEATER (Headphone Theater) Allows you listen to CD with a sampling frequency of DVD software, etc. However, this function is decoding the surround back signal the "SURR BACK DECODING" indicator lights up. When the receiver is only ...surround back decoding mode using "SB DEC [XXXXXX]" in the display. by the equalizer, sound field, etc. Tips • The receiver lets you select the decoding mode for the surround back signals of headphones. Surround back decoding modes • SB DEC [MATRIX] •...
... channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. x HP THEATER (Headphone Theater) Allows you listen to CD with a sampling frequency of DVD software, etc. However, this function is decoding the surround back signal the "SURR BACK DECODING" indicator lights up. When the receiver is only ...surround back decoding mode using "SB DEC [XXXXXX]" in the display. by the equalizer, sound field, etc. Tips • The receiver lets you select the decoding mode for the surround back signals of headphones. Surround back decoding modes • SB DEC [MATRIX] •...
Operating Instructions
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...INPUT SELECTOR's digital input to adjust the dynamic range compression. qs EQ: Lights up when you select ANALOG DIRECT. DIGITAL EX" lights up when the receiver is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format. qd D.RANGE: Lights up when dynamic range compression is selected. AUTO", "PRO LOGIC", "PLII ...aDIGITAL EX aPRO LOGIC II DTS -ES SW L C R MULTI CH IN 1 2 2CH A.DIRECT D.RANGE EQ NEO:6 LFE SL S SR SBL SB SBR MONO MEMORY STEREO OPT COAX D.ASSIGN qk qj qh qg qf 1 SLEEP: Lights up when sleep timer is activated. 2 SP.A*: Lights up when you select to drive Speaker...
...INPUT SELECTOR's digital input to adjust the dynamic range compression. qs EQ: Lights up when you select ANALOG DIRECT. DIGITAL EX" lights up when the receiver is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format. qd D.RANGE: Lights up when dynamic range compression is selected. AUTO", "PRO LOGIC", "PLII ...aDIGITAL EX aPRO LOGIC II DTS -ES SW L C R MULTI CH IN 1 2 2CH A.DIRECT D.RANGE EQ NEO:6 LFE SL S SR SBL SB SBR MONO MEMORY STEREO OPT COAX D.ASSIGN qk qj qh qg qf 1 SLEEP: Lights up when sleep timer is activated. 2 SP.A*: Lights up when you select to drive Speaker...
Operating Instructions
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Direct tuning You can be changed (page 71). 37GB The last received station is tuned in the display and the FM stereo reception is poor, press FM MODE to change to monaural (MONO). If the frequency seems to be higher than the entered value, press TUNING +, and if the ... frequency you do not remember the precise frequency, press TUNING + or TUNING - The receiver automatically tunes in the following table. Example 1: FM 102.50 MHz 1 b0 b2 b5b 0 Example 2: AM 1350 kHz (You don't have connected FM and AM antennas to stereo mode, press FM MODE again. If not, repeat steps 2 and 3.
Direct tuning You can be changed (page 71). 37GB The last received station is tuned in the display and the FM stereo reception is poor, press FM MODE to change to monaural (MONO). If the frequency seems to be higher than the entered value, press TUNING +, and if the ... frequency you do not remember the precise frequency, press TUNING + or TUNING - The receiver automatically tunes in the following table. Example 1: FM 102.50 MHz 1 b0 b2 b5b 0 Example 2: AM 1350 kHz (You don't have connected FM and AM antennas to stereo mode, press FM MODE again. If not, repeat steps 2 and 3.