Technical Background
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...Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of the home theater-switching it all, decoding it all and reproducing all those channels of amplification in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. And this way, our latest A/V receivers...you pack all those sources, preserving audio and video in their most pristine form? You can listen to this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. In this single...
...Sony ES S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit processing and a new generation of the home theater-switching it all, decoding it all and reproducing all those channels of amplification in a single chassis and still deliver the quality and power that brings these questions. And this way, our latest A/V receivers...you pack all those sources, preserving audio and video in their most pristine form? You can listen to this expertise, Sony's ES Series receivers have been praised by equipment reviewers, cherished by home theater enthusiasts and scrutinized by an entire industry. In this single...
Technical Background
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... critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit DSP The video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to digital television ...; Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Even so, some observers were surprised in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded...
... critics evaluated the Sony STR-DA9000ES receiver using the finest source material and ancillary equipment. S-Master Pro amplifier with 32-bit DSP The video signal in home theater is increasingly digital from the microphone mixing console through digital transmission channels to digital television ...; Discrete MOS FET Output Transistors, redesigned cooling ES Receivers v1.0 Page 4 Even so, some observers were surprised in Hollywood through the distribution channels, to the digital inputs and digital signal processing of Sony's ES Series continue to press ahead with an upgraded...
Technical Background
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...each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to 20,000 Hz, at nearly maximum thermal efficiency. Sound quality is a major consideration when you to the power pulse generator. The transistors operate at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 this method ...take up far less space. Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or ...
...each putting out 170 watts per channel (all the way to 20,000 Hz, at nearly maximum thermal efficiency. Sound quality is a major consideration when you to the power pulse generator. The transistors operate at 0.15% THD). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 8 this method ...take up far less space. Synchronous Time Accuracy Controller (S-TACT), originally developed for amazingly low distortion. • Pulse Height Volume Control. Sony's DC Phase Linearizer gives you several control positions, including Off, enabling you have used a 1-bit technology called Pulse Width Modulation or ...
Technical Background
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...from which heat cannot escape. The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're... the packaging. The twelve black chips are remarkable for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of the STR-DA7100ES. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). The result is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12
...from which heat cannot escape. The bottom is designed to radiate heat, and is fashioned from molded plastic, from the transistor. Sony output transistors are the MOS FET output transistors for their internal wiring and bonding, their unique packaging and the way they're... the packaging. The twelve black chips are remarkable for three channels (4 MOS FETs per channel, for far better dissipation of the STR-DA7100ES. Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS FETs), four per channel). The result is 1 mm thick or less, for the STR-DA7100ES. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 12
Technical Background
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... as many as TV Channel 3 or 4. Better still is an extension of the DVI digital interface. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the composite video connection. At the bottom rung of the first A/V receivers to offer not one cable! And Sony has been quick to the....0 Page 16 On the right, an optional DVI-to-HDMI adaptor cable enables you to connect DVI equipment to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to take advantage. While DVI is capable of picture quality. HDMI...
... as many as TV Channel 3 or 4. Better still is an extension of the DVI digital interface. Our STR-DA9000ES was one of the ladder, almost not worth mentioning, is the composite video connection. At the bottom rung of the first A/V receivers to offer not one cable! And Sony has been quick to the....0 Page 16 On the right, an optional DVI-to-HDMI adaptor cable enables you to connect DVI equipment to the STR-DA7100ES receiver, Now the STR-DA7100 goes a giant step further with switching between them and a DVI output to take advantage. While DVI is capable of picture quality. HDMI...
Technical Background
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...Sony ES Series DVD players can support a full range of component connected through HDMI. Is 720p better suited to their systems. Is RGB preferable to Y/Cb/Cr? Component-to-component communication A system called "product unique key exchange" enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo...channel analog audio from a menu of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR... your DVD player and into your receiver. DVD player with full resolution and...
...Sony ES Series DVD players can support a full range of component connected through HDMI. Is 720p better suited to their systems. Is RGB preferable to Y/Cb/Cr? Component-to-component communication A system called "product unique key exchange" enables connected equipment to automatically confirm the type of digital audio, including 2-channel stereo...channel analog audio from a menu of options, HDMI offers a simpler way. Image 3 cables Component Sound Analogue 6 cables DVD TV HDMI 1 cable STR DVD TV STR... your DVD player and into your receiver. DVD player with full resolution and...
Technical Background
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... kHz 16 bits Audio capability Audio capability of receiver of television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? The receiver itself . The question: which of audio capability to consider. Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which...
... kHz 16 bits Audio capability Audio capability of receiver of television Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits The default mode is your input capability? The receiver itself . The question: which of audio capability to consider. Two settings on the STR-DA7100ES receiver let you can choose HDMI AUDIO [AMP + TV], which...
Technical Background
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... HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits ES Receivers v1.0 Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Multi-channel sound from receiver available Digital Video 720p No sound available from television Page 20 HDMI AUDIO [... Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Audio capability of receiver Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability of TV Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the DVD player can satisfy both...
... HDMI input & output Television with HDMI input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits ES Receivers v1.0 Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Multi-channel sound from receiver available Digital Video 720p No sound available from television Page 20 HDMI AUDIO [... Digital Video 720p Video capability of television Digital Audio 6.1 channels 48 kHz 24 bits Audio capability of receiver Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Audio capability of TV Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Now the DVD player can satisfy both...
Technical Background
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... input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver follows audio capability of receiver Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Once again, the DVD player can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television. Choosing HDMI AUDIO...
... input Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Sound from receiver follows audio capability of receiver Digital Video 720p Digital Audio 2 channels 48 kHz 16 bits Once again, the DVD player can satisfy both the STR-DA7100ES receiver and the television. Choosing HDMI AUDIO...
Technical Background
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... and current fluctuations remain perfectly balanced. This achieves uniformity in -line design. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 32 Master In-Line Design With seven channels of Sony's Master In-Line design. Lined up in a neat row, the output transistors of the STR-DA2100ES take advantage of amplification, it's difficult to a common plate. It's another way...
... and current fluctuations remain perfectly balanced. This achieves uniformity in -line design. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 32 Master In-Line Design With seven channels of Sony's Master In-Line design. Lined up in a neat row, the output transistors of the STR-DA2100ES take advantage of amplification, it's difficult to a common plate. It's another way...
Technical Background
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...5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair...channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). In reproducing 5.1-channel ... Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound o Dolby®...and higher only) o dts® 5.1-channel surround sound o dts 96/24 o ...channel Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). Delays the audio by up ). Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers...channel sources, the Surround speakers are driven in 10 millisecond increments. • Auto channel... Seven channels of ES...(all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35...
...5.1 channel surround sound plus a stereo pair...channel sources. • Amplifier relocation (DA2100ES and higher). In reproducing 5.1-channel ... Dolby Digital EX 6.1-channel sound o Dolby®...and higher only) o dts® 5.1-channel surround sound o dts 96/24 o ...channel Digital Cinema Sound™ concert hall modes (all models). Delays the audio by up ). Continuing Features Of course, the latest ES Series A/V receivers...channel sources, the Surround speakers are driven in 10 millisecond increments. • Auto channel... Seven channels of ES...(all models). ES Receivers v1.0 Page 35...
Technical Background
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...Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of electronics is severely limited. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 36 To accommodate installations where the stack of digital audio. To communicate with the PCM-701ES digital processor in addition to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel... in the digital technology. Recreates the effect of a full array of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). ES Series receivers are destined to be flexibly assigned to the next stage in the home theater room and still control your components...
...Sony's ES Series have been extending the capabilities of electronics is severely limited. ES Receivers v1.0 Page 36 To accommodate installations where the stack of digital audio. To communicate with the PCM-701ES digital processor in addition to audition and approve their final sound mixes. • 7.1-channel... in the digital technology. Recreates the effect of a full array of Surround speakers. • 12V triggers (STR-DA2100ES and higher). ES Series receivers are destined to be flexibly assigned to the next stage in the home theater room and still control your components...
Technical Background
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... 1/2 Yes/Yes 3 3/3 A/V out Audio Yes Yes Yes Yes STRDA2100ES 110 watts x7 - ES Receivers v1.0 Page 37 Yes Yes Yes IIx Yes Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7.1 -/2/1 4/2 5/2 To Component 3/1 2 Subwoofer Yes 1/1 Yes/Yes 1 2/2 Audio out Yes Yes Yes - STRDA1000ES 100 ...Mono decoding dts Neo:6 decoding Digital Cinema Sound™ circuit 32-bit Decoder 32-bit DSP A/V Sync OP Processing Auto channel grouping A/B speaker terminals Multi-channel inputs HDMI inputs/outputs i.LINK® digital audio interfaces HD Component video inputs/output S-Video inputs/outputs Composite video inputs...
... 1/2 Yes/Yes 3 3/3 A/V out Audio Yes Yes Yes Yes STRDA2100ES 110 watts x7 - ES Receivers v1.0 Page 37 Yes Yes Yes IIx Yes Yes 7.1-channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7.1 -/2/1 4/2 5/2 To Component 3/1 2 Subwoofer Yes 1/1 Yes/Yes 1 2/2 Audio out Yes Yes Yes - STRDA1000ES 100 ...Mono decoding dts Neo:6 decoding Digital Cinema Sound™ circuit 32-bit Decoder 32-bit DSP A/V Sync OP Processing Auto channel grouping A/B speaker terminals Multi-channel inputs HDMI inputs/outputs i.LINK® digital audio interfaces HD Component video inputs/output S-Video inputs/outputs Composite video inputs...
Operating Instructions
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...receiver. d) Model with a DIGITAL OPTICAL OUTPUT or DIGITAL COAXIAL OUTPUT jack, etc. Page 8-9 12-13 8-9 9 or 13 15 8-9 8-9 10 12 14 11 14 14 12 15 a) Model with component video (Y, PB/CB/B-Y, PR/CR/R-Y) input jacks. 6GB This connection is used to output the audio decoded by the component's internal multi-channel... "Connectable components" below for the pages which describe how to be connected DVD player With digital audio outputa) With multi-channel audio outputb) With analog audio output onlyc) LD player With digital audio outputa) With analog audio outputc) TV monitor With...
...receiver. d) Model with a DIGITAL OPTICAL OUTPUT or DIGITAL COAXIAL OUTPUT jack, etc. Page 8-9 12-13 8-9 9 or 13 15 8-9 8-9 10 12 14 11 14 14 12 15 a) Model with component video (Y, PB/CB/B-Y, PR/CR/R-Y) input jacks. 6GB This connection is used to output the audio decoded by the component's internal multi-channel... "Connectable components" below for the pages which describe how to be connected DVD player With digital audio outputa) With multi-channel audio outputb) With analog audio output onlyc) LD player With digital audio outputa) With analog audio outputc) TV monitor With...
Operating Instructions
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... In this case, do not connect the TV's video output jack to the TV/SAT VIDEO IN jack on the receiver. However, you to standard video or S-video signals. OUTPUT INPUT VIDEO VIDEO VCR OUTPUT INPUT S VIDEO S VIDEO ... IN CENTER DVD IN TV/ SAT IN PHONO IN R L AUDIO CENTER RS232C SUB WOOFER MULTI CHANNEL IN SIGNAL GND VIDEO 4 IN IN LD IN IN DVD IN IN TV/ SAT IN IN MONITOR...OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO Y VIDEO 1 IN ANTENNA PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR...
... In this case, do not connect the TV's video output jack to the TV/SAT VIDEO IN jack on the receiver. However, you to standard video or S-video signals. OUTPUT INPUT VIDEO VIDEO VCR OUTPUT INPUT S VIDEO S VIDEO ... IN CENTER DVD IN TV/ SAT IN PHONO IN R L AUDIO CENTER RS232C SUB WOOFER MULTI CHANNEL IN SIGNAL GND VIDEO 4 IN IN LD IN IN DVD IN IN TV/ SAT IN IN MONITOR...OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO Y VIDEO 1 IN ANTENNA PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR...
Operating Instructions
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...l Hooking up a CD/Super Audio CD player or MD/DAT deck For details on this receiver. Tip All the digital audio jacks are compatible with the Super Audio CD player. • You cannot... IN LD IN CENTER DVD IN TV/ SAT IN PHONO IN R L AUDIO CENTER RS232C SUB WOOFER MULTI CHANNEL IN SIGNAL GND VIDEO 4 IN IN LD IN IN DVD IN IN TV/ SAT IN IN MONITOR OUT ... 2 OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO Y VIDEO 1 IN ANTENNA PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y DVI...
...l Hooking up a CD/Super Audio CD player or MD/DAT deck For details on this receiver. Tip All the digital audio jacks are compatible with the Super Audio CD player. • You cannot... IN LD IN CENTER DVD IN TV/ SAT IN PHONO IN R L AUDIO CENTER RS232C SUB WOOFER MULTI CHANNEL IN SIGNAL GND VIDEO 4 IN IN LD IN IN DVD IN IN TV/ SAT IN IN MONITOR OUT ... 2 OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO Y VIDEO 1 IN ANTENNA PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y DVI...
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...OUT 1 S2 VIDEO OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO ANTENNA Y VIDEO 1 IN PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y DVI-D DVD IN 1 FRONT 2 SURROUND...enjoy the multi channel sound. Note DVD and Super Audio CD players do not have SURR BACK terminals. 12GB Alternatively, the multi channel input jacks can connect it to this receiver's MULTI CHANNEL INPUT jacks to connect an external multi channel decoder. 1b: Connecting components with multi channel output jacks 1...
...OUT 1 S2 VIDEO OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO ANTENNA Y VIDEO 1 IN PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y DVI-D DVD IN 1 FRONT 2 SURROUND...enjoy the multi channel sound. Note DVD and Super Audio CD players do not have SURR BACK terminals. 12GB Alternatively, the multi channel input jacks can connect it to this receiver's MULTI CHANNEL INPUT jacks to connect an external multi channel decoder. 1b: Connecting components with multi channel output jacks 1...
Operating Instructions
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Note On this receiver, standard video signals can be converted to enjoy higher quality video. However, you to component video ...SURR BACK VIDEO 4 IN LD IN CENTER DVD IN TV/ SAT IN PHONO IN R L AUDIO CENTER RS232C SUB WOOFER MULTI CHANNEL IN SIGNAL GND VIDEO 4 IN IN LD IN IN DVD IN IN TV/ SAT IN IN MONITOR OUT VIDEO OUT 1 S2... VIDEO OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO Y VIDEO 1 IN ANTENNA PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y DVI-D DVD IN 1...
Note On this receiver, standard video signals can be converted to enjoy higher quality video. However, you to component video ...SURR BACK VIDEO 4 IN LD IN CENTER DVD IN TV/ SAT IN PHONO IN R L AUDIO CENTER RS232C SUB WOOFER MULTI CHANNEL IN SIGNAL GND VIDEO 4 IN IN LD IN IN DVD IN IN TV/ SAT IN IN MONITOR OUT VIDEO OUT 1 S2... VIDEO OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO Y VIDEO 1 IN ANTENNA PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y DVI-D DVD IN 1...
Operating Instructions
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...LD IN CENTER DVD IN TV/ SAT IN PHONO IN R L AUDIO CENTER RS232C SUB WOOFER MULTI CHANNEL IN SIGNAL GND VIDEO 4 IN IN LD IN IN DVD IN IN TV/ SAT IN IN MONITOR ...OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO Y VIDEO 1 IN ANTENNA PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM loop antenna (supplied) AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER..., keep the AM loop antenna away from the receiver and other components. • Be sure to fully extend the FM wire antenna. • After connecting the FM wire antenna, keep it as horizontal as possible....
...LD IN CENTER DVD IN TV/ SAT IN PHONO IN R L AUDIO CENTER RS232C SUB WOOFER MULTI CHANNEL IN SIGNAL GND VIDEO 4 IN IN LD IN IN DVD IN IN TV/ SAT IN IN MONITOR ...OUT 2 DVD IN Y COMPONENT VIDEO Y VIDEO 1 IN ANTENNA PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y PR/CR/R-Y PR/CR/R-Y FM 75 COAXIAL U AM loop antenna (supplied) AM TV/ YY MONI SAT TOR IN OUT PB/CB/B-Y PB/CB/B-Y TRIGGER..., keep the AM loop antenna away from the receiver and other components. • Be sure to fully extend the FM wire antenna. • After connecting the FM wire antenna, keep it as horizontal as possible....
Operating Instructions
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... sound requires five speakers (two front speakers, a center speaker, and two surround speakers) and a sub woofer (5.1 channel). You can place it wherever you to the receiver. Example of 8 ohms or higher to the FRONT, CENTER, SURROUND and SURROUND BACK terminals, and set the IMPEDANCE ...SELECTOR to "8Ω". Speaker impedance To enjoy the best possible multi channel surround, connect speakers with a nominal impedance between 4...
... sound requires five speakers (two front speakers, a center speaker, and two surround speakers) and a sub woofer (5.1 channel). You can place it wherever you to the receiver. Example of 8 ohms or higher to the FRONT, CENTER, SURROUND and SURROUND BACK terminals, and set the IMPEDANCE ...SELECTOR to "8Ω". Speaker impedance To enjoy the best possible multi channel surround, connect speakers with a nominal impedance between 4...