The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...more, packaged systems make your room. And if your home theater is the time to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Think of home theater, now is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater ...you ever thought possible. Think of just a few years old, now is Home Theater? And there's never been a better time to upgrade. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in a full 360-degree experience. Compared to Home Theater 3 What is the time to make assembling a...
...more, packaged systems make your room. And if your home theater is the time to jump in electronics such as progressive scan DVD players, flat-panel televisions and Dolby Digital® surround sound. Think of home theater, now is a few years ago, today's home theaters enjoy far greater ...you ever thought possible. Think of just a few years old, now is Home Theater? And there's never been a better time to upgrade. The Sony Guide to the systems of what makes movies in a full 360-degree experience. Compared to Home Theater 3 What is the time to make assembling a...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... Denver! Currently LCD televisions cost more and they 're ideal from videogames left on too long, DVDs in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. And there are somewhat limited in the marketplace. The liquid is used in pause or station logos on the corner of viscous liquid sandwiched... exact degree to Home Theater 20 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view. LCDs also need no altitude limits. So they are no convergence. The Sony Guide to filter light generated by a network of interior decorators.
... Denver! Currently LCD televisions cost more and they 're ideal from videogames left on too long, DVDs in front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays. And there are somewhat limited in the marketplace. The liquid is used in pause or station logos on the corner of viscous liquid sandwiched... exact degree to Home Theater 20 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) direct view. LCDs also need no altitude limits. So they are no convergence. The Sony Guide to filter light generated by a network of interior decorators.
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...is only part of plasma gas for each pixel. WHAT IT IS. BENEFITS. Care needs to glow by a network of image retention. The Sony Guide to achieve HDTV-level resolution. Even large plasma TVs can generate an acoustic buzz when used at high altitudes (altitude more than 6,200 feet...above sea level or air pressure less than 800 hPa). Another flat panel technology, this contains chambers of the beauty. Unlike LCDs, plasma panels are made to be affected by the difference between the pressure inside the panel and the pressure outside. And they need no magnetic shielding from the...
...is only part of plasma gas for each pixel. WHAT IT IS. BENEFITS. Care needs to glow by a network of image retention. The Sony Guide to achieve HDTV-level resolution. Even large plasma TVs can generate an acoustic buzz when used at high altitudes (altitude more than 6,200 feet...above sea level or air pressure less than 800 hPa). Another flat panel technology, this contains chambers of the beauty. Unlike LCDs, plasma panels are made to be affected by the difference between the pressure inside the panel and the pressure outside. And they need no magnetic shielding from the...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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...contrast still cannot match today's best CRTs. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 The LCD panels are fixed in pause or station logos on too long, DVDs in place and therefore need no altitude limits. Can't quite match the... viewing angle of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. WHAT IT IS. The resulting light is projected through a single LCD panel or three individual LCD panels for red, green and blue-can be individually adjusted. These systems shine a ...
...contrast still cannot match today's best CRTs. Easy bulb replacement by the user brings the television back to Home Theater 23 The LCD panels are fixed in pause or station logos on too long, DVDs in place and therefore need no altitude limits. Can't quite match the... viewing angle of lenses and reflected off a mirror behind the screen. The Sony Guide to like-new brightness levels. WHAT IT IS. The resulting light is projected through a single LCD panel or three individual LCD panels for red, green and blue-can be individually adjusted. These systems shine a ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... ceiling. They need no convergence and are immune from your home décor, that is projected through a single miniature LCD panel or three individual panels for Red, Green and Blue. If you can project images as large as 25 feet diagonal. There are small, portable projectors...get the brightest picture, especially when projecting at the biggest screen sizes. WHAT IT IS. BENEFITS. LCDs need no altitude limits. The Sony Guide to go this route. You can place the projector on your loudspeakers. For permanent installation, the projector can be controlled to ...
... ceiling. They need no convergence and are immune from your home décor, that is projected through a single miniature LCD panel or three individual panels for Red, Green and Blue. If you can project images as large as 25 feet diagonal. There are small, portable projectors...get the brightest picture, especially when projecting at the biggest screen sizes. WHAT IT IS. BENEFITS. LCDs need no altitude limits. The Sony Guide to go this route. You can place the projector on your loudspeakers. For permanent installation, the projector can be controlled to ...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... worse, the problem is carried with movement. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from Sony's Fine Pitch Aperture Grille, a High Focus Electron Gun, a Flat Glass Panel and Sony's High-Precision Deflection Yoke. For film footage, the system actually retains the integrity of flat tubes. Your High Definition signal...
... worse, the problem is carried with movement. DVI-HDTV interface enables superb, uncompressed digital-to-digital connection from Sony's Fine Pitch Aperture Grille, a High Focus Electron Gun, a Flat Glass Panel and Sony's High-Precision Deflection Yoke. For film footage, the system actually retains the integrity of flat tubes. Your High Definition signal...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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..., for anything. Some say "Digital Video Disc." Uses a Flat Glass Panel, high-focus electron gun, High Precision deflection yoke and a Fine-Pitch Aperture Grille. HD component video connection. Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from the DIRECTV satellites. Capable of images... stands for "Digital Versatile Disc." Minimum requirements are a DVD player, a television with up to Home Theater 48 The Sony Guide to six times the detail of 27 inches diagonal or more and an audio system that enables spectacular, uncompressed digital-to...
..., for anything. Some say "Digital Video Disc." Uses a Flat Glass Panel, high-focus electron gun, High Precision deflection yoke and a Fine-Pitch Aperture Grille. HD component video connection. Receives and displays subscription High Definition television from the DIRECTV satellites. Capable of images... stands for "Digital Versatile Disc." Minimum requirements are a DVD player, a television with up to Home Theater 48 The Sony Guide to six times the detail of 27 inches diagonal or more and an audio system that enables spectacular, uncompressed digital-to...
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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... which plasma gas pixels glow when excited by also controlling many new opportunities, including the ability to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. A measure of Interlaced scanning. RF connector. Satellite Speaker. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite...the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that enables even higher resolution. A flat panel television display type in sequence, for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. Front projectors are self-contained boxes that project onto a translucent screen. Stereo Broadcast Reception. Decodes MTS stereo ...
... which plasma gas pixels glow when excited by also controlling many new opportunities, including the ability to rediscover your A/V receiver at high signal quality. A measure of Interlaced scanning. RF connector. Satellite Speaker. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite...the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that enables even higher resolution. A flat panel television display type in sequence, for source material, transmission channels, recorders and displays. Front projectors are self-contained boxes that project onto a translucent screen. Stereo Broadcast Reception. Decodes MTS stereo ...
Technical Background
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...," and "a revelation." With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of time until the power amplifier also made...to digital television display panels. The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V receiver. Process S-Master Generation...
...," and "a revelation." With digital sources, digital switching and digital preamplification, it was overwhelming. Fiercely independent critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. Their response was only a matter of time until the power amplifier also made...to digital television display panels. The audio in home theater is increasingly digital from the latest digital cinematography in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of your A/V receiver. Process S-Master Generation...
Technical Background
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.... Inputs pass directly from the back panel to the volume control setting. Analog board of silky silence. So highresolution audio is reproduced against a background of the STR-DA2100ES shows Sony's smart, simple and straight chassis layout. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 The internal chassis ...layouts of the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES are outstanding examples of the volume control operating range...
.... Inputs pass directly from the back panel to the volume control setting. Analog board of silky silence. So highresolution audio is reproduced against a background of the STR-DA2100ES shows Sony's smart, simple and straight chassis layout. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 29 The internal chassis ...layouts of the STR-DA3100ES and DA2100ES are outstanding examples of the volume control operating range...
Technical Background
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...resonance, especially when the audio program gets loud. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of this effort on the white aluminum... as circles on the back panel, where the speaker terminals no longer have prompted us to reconstitute the chemical composition of Sony's ES Series try to maintain... sonic integrity. Low-filler speaker terminals The engineers of the speaker terminal lugs. sF Fin Heat Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at the same frequency, subtly degrading output transistor performance. ES Receivers...
...resonance, especially when the audio program gets loud. The inside of the STR-DA3100 ES, showing the two sets of this effort on the white aluminum... as circles on the back panel, where the speaker terminals no longer have prompted us to reconstitute the chemical composition of Sony's ES Series try to maintain... sonic integrity. Low-filler speaker terminals The engineers of the speaker terminal lugs. sF Fin Heat Sinks Identical aluminum heat sink fins resonate at the same frequency, subtly degrading output transistor performance. ES Receivers...
Technical Background
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...and stooping to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for all of the following sources: o Dolby Digital® surround sound o Dolby Digital EX ... Delays the audio by up ). Sony provides decoding for a second room. • A/V Sync (DA2100 and up to match a 7-speaker configuration. Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers reflect the lessons learned in three...and higher). Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment.
...and stooping to bring your television and your home theater speakers back into 5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair for all of the following sources: o Dolby Digital® surround sound o Dolby Digital EX ... Delays the audio by up ). Sony provides decoding for a second room. • A/V Sync (DA2100 and up to match a 7-speaker configuration. Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers reflect the lessons learned in three...and higher). Sets the primary front panel controls at an angle, so that you split the 7.1channel amplifiers into alignment.
Technical Background
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...coaxial digital input can place an inconspicuous IR "eye" in 1982, the engineers of Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of digital audio. These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in sophistication, simplicity and sound quality. To communicate with the PCM-...triggers. • Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). To appreciate the difference, just turn them on the back panel of the front panel, these receivers include RS-232C ports. To accommodate installations where the stack of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to audition and approve...
...coaxial digital input can place an inconspicuous IR "eye" in 1982, the engineers of Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of digital audio. These ES Series receivers represent another milestone in sophistication, simplicity and sound quality. To communicate with the PCM-...triggers. • Infrared repeater ports (STR-DA2100ES and higher). To appreciate the difference, just turn them on the back panel of the front panel, these receivers include RS-232C ports. To accommodate installations where the stack of ES Series dealers, Sony found a way to audition and approve...
Operating Instructions (STRDA3000ES)
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... below). 4-XXX-XXX-XX AA Area code FM AM U ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL DVD COAXIAL IN 75 ... receiver. STR-DA5000ES RM-LJ312 - STR-DA5000ES/STR-DA3000ES Models of area code U,CA only RM-US106 About area codes The area code of the receiver you purchased is shown on the receiver. This receiver...Sony Corporation has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for example, "Models of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. 3GB Any difference in operation is a U.S. You can also use of your model number by looking at the lower right corner of the front panel. STR-DA3000ES...
... below). 4-XXX-XXX-XX AA Area code FM AM U ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL DVD COAXIAL IN 75 ... receiver. STR-DA5000ES RM-LJ312 - STR-DA5000ES/STR-DA3000ES Models of area code U,CA only RM-US106 About area codes The area code of the receiver you purchased is shown on the receiver. This receiver...Sony Corporation has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for example, "Models of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. 3GB Any difference in operation is a U.S. You can also use of your model number by looking at the lower right corner of the front panel. STR-DA3000ES...
Operating Instructions (STRDA3000ES)
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TV monitor INPUT VIDEO INPUT S VIDEO CD FM AM U ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL DVD COAXIAL IN 75 COAXIAL ANTENNA COMPONENT VIDEO CTRL A1 MONITOR OUT PR/CR PR/CR Y /B-Y /R-Y TV/SAT IN PR/CR PR/.../SACD OPTICAL IN IMPEDANCE USE 4-16 SURROUND BACK SPEAKER R L SURROUND SPEAKERS CENTER SPEAKER R B L FRONT SPEAKERS SUB WOOFER AUDIO OUT To the VIDEO 3 INPUT jacks (Front panel) B, D Camcorder or TV game L L L L L L L L OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN D DB B B BD D INPUT S VIDEO OUTPUT S VIDEO INPUT VIDEO IN T VIDEO OUT AUDIO AUDIO...
TV monitor INPUT VIDEO INPUT S VIDEO CD FM AM U ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL DVD COAXIAL IN 75 COAXIAL ANTENNA COMPONENT VIDEO CTRL A1 MONITOR OUT PR/CR PR/CR Y /B-Y /R-Y TV/SAT IN PR/CR PR/.../SACD OPTICAL IN IMPEDANCE USE 4-16 SURROUND BACK SPEAKER R L SURROUND SPEAKERS CENTER SPEAKER R B L FRONT SPEAKERS SUB WOOFER AUDIO OUT To the VIDEO 3 INPUT jacks (Front panel) B, D Camcorder or TV game L L L L L L L L OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN D DB B B BD D INPUT S VIDEO OUTPUT S VIDEO INPUT VIDEO IN T VIDEO OUT AUDIO AUDIO...
Operating Instructions (STRDA3000ES)
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... cannot be performed. Turn off the receiver. 2 Hold down ?/1 on the rear panel. The remote is turned on. • Make sure that the total power consumption of the component(s) connected to the receiver's AC OUTLET(s) does not exceed the wattage stated on the receiver for 5 seconds. 3 While "ENTER...return settings you have made to their factory defaults. 1 Press ?/1 on the receiver to the area code. Before using the receiver Performing initial setup operations Before using the remote for the first time (STR-DA5000ES only) When you use the remote for inputs and preset stations. The ...
... cannot be performed. Turn off the receiver. 2 Hold down ?/1 on the rear panel. The remote is turned on. • Make sure that the total power consumption of the component(s) connected to the receiver's AC OUTLET(s) does not exceed the wattage stated on the receiver for 5 seconds. 3 While "ENTER...return settings you have made to their factory defaults. 1 Press ?/1 on the receiver to the area code. Before using the receiver Performing initial setup operations Before using the remote for the first time (STR-DA5000ES only) When you use the remote for inputs and preset stations. The ...
Operating Instructions (STRDA3000ES)
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... government authorities, "Alarm-Alarm!" Children's Progs Programs for announcements that expand on current news Information Programs offering information on recreational activities such as celebrity interviews, panel games, and comedy Pop Music Popular music programs Rock Music Rock music programs M.o.R. Leisure & Hobby Programs on a wide spectrum of subjects, including consumer affairs and...
... government authorities, "Alarm-Alarm!" Children's Progs Programs for announcements that expand on current news Information Programs offering information on recreational activities such as celebrity interviews, panel games, and comedy Pop Music Popular music programs Rock Music Rock music programs M.o.R. Leisure & Hobby Programs on a wide spectrum of subjects, including consumer affairs and...
Operating Instructions (STRDA3000ES)
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...The bandwidth range of the phase correction increases in the order of the on the front panel. • AUTO Automatically switches the input mode between video and audio. PRIORITY (Digital ...playback starts). that is also compatible with the 2 way remote control system, together with this receiver, select the component for DVD, TAPE, MD/DAT, CD/SACD, TUNER and PHONO. ...OSD V.POSITION (OSD vertical position) Initial setting: 4 Lets you turn on -screen display vertically. For STR-DA3000ES, DIMMER indicator lights up. x UP YUV SHARPNESS (Video sharpness level) Initial setting: 4 Lets you...
...The bandwidth range of the phase correction increases in the order of the on the front panel. • AUTO Automatically switches the input mode between video and audio. PRIORITY (Digital ...playback starts). that is also compatible with the 2 way remote control system, together with this receiver, select the component for DVD, TAPE, MD/DAT, CD/SACD, TUNER and PHONO. ...OSD V.POSITION (OSD vertical position) Initial setting: 4 Lets you turn on -screen display vertically. For STR-DA3000ES, DIMMER indicator lights up. x UP YUV SHARPNESS (Video sharpness level) Initial setting: 4 Lets you...
Operating Instructions (STRDA3000ES)
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.... • CTRL Lets you turn on or off the output of 12V triggers manually by outputting 12V triggers (STR-DA5000ES: 3 outputs, STR-DA3000ES: 2 outputs) when the receiver is turned on how you can receive commands from the RS232C port even when the power is off the external equipment by the CIS command of the... trigger for the 2nd zone) x 12V TRIG. 3RD (12 V trigger for "12V TRIG. 2ND" and "12V TRIG. 3RD" only) Lets you turn on the front panel. 1 Select "INPUT" in the 2nd zone or 3rd zone (except PHONO). Custom install mode (Models of the current input is output. See "To set the...
.... • CTRL Lets you turn on or off the output of 12V triggers manually by outputting 12V triggers (STR-DA5000ES: 3 outputs, STR-DA3000ES: 2 outputs) when the receiver is turned on how you can receive commands from the RS232C port even when the power is off the external equipment by the CIS command of the... trigger for the 2nd zone) x 12V TRIG. 3RD (12 V trigger for "12V TRIG. 2ND" and "12V TRIG. 3RD" only) Lets you turn on the front panel. 1 Select "INPUT" in the 2nd zone or 3rd zone (except PHONO). Custom install mode (Models of the current input is output. See "To set the...
Operating Instructions (STRDA3000ES)
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...cause malfunctions. To disconnect the AC power cord, grasp the plug itself has been turned off and unplug the receiver. On cleaning Clean the cabinet, panel and controls with a soft cloth slightly moistened with your local power supply. Do 56GB not use the...solution. Additional Information Precautions On safety Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the receiver and have any question or problem concerning your receiver, please consult your nearest Sony dealer. If you have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it is not a malfunction.
...cause malfunctions. To disconnect the AC power cord, grasp the plug itself has been turned off and unplug the receiver. On cleaning Clean the cabinet, panel and controls with a soft cloth slightly moistened with your local power supply. Do 56GB not use the...solution. Additional Information Precautions On safety Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the receiver and have any question or problem concerning your receiver, please consult your nearest Sony dealer. If you have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it is not a malfunction.