Limited Warranty (U.S. Only)
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... purchase in material or workmanship as fuses or batteries). 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 within 90 days of the date of two (2) year... service facility. PARTS: In addition, Sony will repair or replace the Product, at no charge, new or rebuilt replacements in the United States. This warranty does not cover customer instruction, installation, set up adjustments or signal reception problems. This warranty does not cover ...
... purchase in material or workmanship as fuses or batteries). 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 within 90 days of the date of two (2) year... service facility. PARTS: In addition, Sony will repair or replace the Product, at no charge, new or rebuilt replacements in the United States. This warranty does not cover customer instruction, installation, set up adjustments or signal reception problems. This warranty does not cover ...
Operating Instructions
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...display 23 Enjoying Surround Sound Using only the front speakers (2 Channel Stereo 24 Enjoying higher fidelity sound 24 Selecting a sound field 25 Understanding the multi channel surround displays 27 Customizing sound fields 28 Receiving Broadcasts Direct tuning 30 Automatic tuning 31 Preset tuning 31 Other Operations... Naming preset stations and program sources 33 Recording 33 Using the Sleep Timer 34 Adjustments using the SET UP menu 35 Changing the command mode of the receiver 35 Operations Using the Remote RM-PP412 Before you use your remote 36 Remote button description 36 ...
...display 23 Enjoying Surround Sound Using only the front speakers (2 Channel Stereo 24 Enjoying higher fidelity sound 24 Selecting a sound field 25 Understanding the multi channel surround displays 27 Customizing sound fields 28 Receiving Broadcasts Direct tuning 30 Automatic tuning 31 Preset tuning 31 Other Operations... Naming preset stations and program sources 33 Recording 33 Using the Sleep Timer 34 Adjustments using the SET UP menu 35 Changing the command mode of the receiver 35 Operations Using the Remote RM-PP412 Before you use your remote 36 Remote button description 36 ...
Operating Instructions
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Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System Speaker system hookups Required cords A Speaker cords (supplied) (+) (-) B Monaural audio cord (supplied) Black Active sub woofer INPUT AUDIO IN Front speaker (R) ...
Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System Speaker system hookups Required cords A Speaker cords (supplied) (+) (-) B Monaural audio cord (supplied) Black Active sub woofer INPUT AUDIO IN Front speaker (R) ...
Operating Instructions
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... you turn down the volume before you use speakers with low maximum input rating, adjust the volume carefully to excessive removal of the receiver. Examples of poor conditions of the speaker cord Stripped cords are not fully attached and are touching each speaker cord does not touch...stripped ends of the speakers may be distorted and will be short-circuited. When you turn off the receiver. For details on the receiver, the speaker may damage the receiver. Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System Stripped cords are touching the rear panel of the speakers. Notes • ...
... you turn down the volume before you use speakers with low maximum input rating, adjust the volume carefully to excessive removal of the receiver. Examples of poor conditions of the speaker cord Stripped cords are not fully attached and are touching each speaker cord does not touch...stripped ends of the speakers may be distorted and will be short-circuited. When you turn off the receiver. For details on the receiver, the speaker may damage the receiver. Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System Stripped cords are touching the rear panel of the speakers. Notes • ...
Operating Instructions
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...15 feet closer (C) to the listening position. Then specify the speaker parameters (size, position, etc.) and perform any other settings. Clearing the receiver's memory Before using your room (etc.). Multi channel surround setup For the best possible surround sound, all speakers should be...place the surround speakers either behind you want to clear the receiver's memory, do the following are reset to your system. However, we recommend that the receiver correspond to their factory settings. • All settings in the display. For the adjustable parameters, see the ...
...15 feet closer (C) to the listening position. Then specify the speaker parameters (size, position, etc.) and perform any other settings. Clearing the receiver's memory Before using your room (etc.). Multi channel surround setup For the best possible surround sound, all speakers should be...place the surround speakers either behind you want to clear the receiver's memory, do the following are reset to your system. However, we recommend that the receiver correspond to their factory settings. • All settings in the display. For the adjustable parameters, see the ...
Operating Instructions
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....". XX ft. LOW continued 17US Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System When placing surround speakers behind you have set to select the setting you may also be damaged at high volume position. Caution When you use Sony's Micro Satellite Speakers, select "MICRO SP.". Specifying the... speaker parameters 1 Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select " SET UP ". 2 Press or ...
....". XX ft. LOW continued 17US Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System When placing surround speakers behind you have set to select the setting you may also be damaged at high volume position. Caution When you use Sony's Micro Satellite Speakers, select "MICRO SP.". Specifying the... speaker parameters 1 Press MAIN MENU repeatedly to select " SET UP ". 2 Press or ...
Operating Instructions
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... on page 16) to a distance 15 feet closer to your listening position to "NO". 18US Tip The receiver allows you specify the height of distance. And they can not be set to the front speakers (A on page 16). XXXX)* This parameter lets you to enjoy surround sound. Multi ...much better surround sound. Refer to section B. x Surround speaker distance ( SL SR DIST. Give it a try! Likewise, the surround speakers can be set further away from a distance equal to the front speaker distance (A on page 16) to a distance 5 feet closer to your surround speakers for proper implementation...
... on page 16) to a distance 15 feet closer to your listening position to "NO". 18US Tip The receiver allows you specify the height of distance. And they can not be set to the front speakers (A on page 16). XXXX)* This parameter lets you to enjoy surround sound. Multi ...much better surround sound. Refer to section B. x Surround speaker distance ( SL SR DIST. Give it a try! Likewise, the surround speakers can be set further away from a distance equal to the front speaker distance (A on page 16) to a distance 5 feet closer to your surround speakers for proper implementation...
Operating Instructions
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... • If you use the speaker distance parameter and speaker level adjustments to "LARGE") or sub woofer.*1 • If you cannot change this setting. LOW" and then use the speaker system other speakers. Only when you do not connect a center speaker, select "NO". Normally, select "LARGE"...."SMALL" to "LARGE". • If the sound is not as critical as effective. However, if the front speakers are automatically set the center speaker to activate the bass redirection circuitry and output the center channel bass frequencies from other than the supplied one, be...
... • If you use the speaker distance parameter and speaker level adjustments to "LARGE") or sub woofer.*1 • If you cannot change this setting. LOW" and then use the speaker system other speakers. Only when you do not connect a center speaker, select "NO". Normally, select "LARGE"...."SMALL" to "LARGE". • If the sound is not as critical as effective. However, if the front speakers are automatically set the center speaker to activate the bass redirection circuitry and output the center channel bass frequencies from other than the supplied one, be...
Operating Instructions
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...Although these adjustments can also be made via the front panel using the LEVEL menu (when the test tone is output, the receiver switches to the LEVEL menu automatically), we recommend you follow the procedure described above and adjust the speaker levels from your listening ...; If you do not connect surround speakers, select "NO".*3 Tip *1-*3 correspond to the following Dolby Pro Logic modes *1 NORMAL *2 PHANTOM *3 3 STEREO Tip Internally, the LARGE and SMALL settings for easier speaker level adjustment. 1 Press ?/1 on the remote to "LARGE". TONE" appears in the display and you cannot...
...Although these adjustments can also be made via the front panel using the LEVEL menu (when the test tone is output, the receiver switches to the LEVEL menu automatically), we recommend you follow the procedure described above and adjust the speaker levels from your listening ...; If you do not connect surround speakers, select "NO".*3 Tip *1-*3 correspond to the following Dolby Pro Logic modes *1 NORMAL *2 PHANTOM *3 3 STEREO Tip Internally, the LARGE and SMALL settings for easier speaker level adjustment. 1 Press ?/1 on the remote to "LARGE". TONE" appears in the display and you cannot...
Operating Instructions
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... program source. LEVEL 1 Rotate LEVEL to the program source. Extraneous noise may be set to minimum before you do the following to verify that the connections were made correctly. 1 Press ?/1 to turn on the receiver. 2 Turn on page 43 and take the appropriate measures to correct the problem. The... POWER indicator on the sub woofer. Set the volume level to best suit your preference according to adjust the volume. ...
... program source. LEVEL 1 Rotate LEVEL to the program source. Extraneous noise may be set to minimum before you do the following to verify that the connections were made correctly. 1 Press ?/1 to turn on the receiver. 2 Turn on page 43 and take the appropriate measures to correct the problem. The... POWER indicator on the sub woofer. Set the volume level to best suit your preference according to adjust the volume. ...
Operating Instructions
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... enjoy the audio source connected to mute the sound. MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator This indicator lights up . 22US MUTING Press MUTING on the TV and set the TV's video input to the DIGITAL COAXIAL input jacks. Basic Operations Selecting the component Input Selector buttons Press the input selector button to select... VCR Satellite tuner DVD player MD or Tape deck CD player Built in tuner Press VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 VIDEO 2 DVD MD/TAPE CD/SACD TUNER FM/AM After turning on the component you turn the power on or turn the MASTER VOLUME to turn on the remote to the MULTI CH...
... enjoy the audio source connected to mute the sound. MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator This indicator lights up . 22US MUTING Press MUTING on the TV and set the TV's video input to the DIGITAL COAXIAL input jacks. Basic Operations Selecting the component Input Selector buttons Press the input selector button to select... VCR Satellite tuner DVD player MD or Tape deck CD player Built in tuner Press VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 VIDEO 2 DVD MD/TAPE CD/SACD TUNER FM/AM After turning on the component you turn the power on or turn the MASTER VOLUME to turn on the remote to the MULTI CH...
Operating Instructions
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... the SPEAKERS FRONT B terminals) Both Speaker System A and B (Connected to the SPEAKERS FRONT A and B terminals) Select SP A (default setting) SP B SP A and SP B * If you press any button, the display becomes the brightest setting temporary. Index name does not appear when only blank spaces have assigned one to the component or preset...
... the SPEAKERS FRONT B terminals) Both Speaker System A and B (Connected to the SPEAKERS FRONT A and B terminals) Select SP A (default setting) SP B SP A and SP B * If you press any button, the display becomes the brightest setting temporary. Index name does not appear when only blank spaces have assigned one to the component or preset...
Operating Instructions
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... low frequency signal for your sub woofer to obtain the correct bass signal. AUTO". • When you want by selecting one of the receiver's preprogrammed sound fields. AUTO" mode so that you must register the number and location of movie theaters and concert halls into your speakers....can take advantage of your audio sound. You can also customize the sound fields to two channel (stereo) sources under this setting, we recommend that you want for output to 2 channel (stereo) sources using the front left and right speakers only. This mode outputs the sound from the sub...
... low frequency signal for your sub woofer to obtain the correct bass signal. AUTO". • When you want by selecting one of the receiver's preprogrammed sound fields. AUTO" mode so that you must register the number and location of movie theaters and concert halls into your speakers....can take advantage of your audio sound. You can also customize the sound fields to two channel (stereo) sources under this setting, we recommend that you want for output to 2 channel (stereo) sources using the front left and right speakers only. This mode outputs the sound from the sub...
Operating Instructions
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...field You can reproduce the sound in 5.1 channel when watching the videos of decoding is ideal for the movies encoded in the display. This setting is indicated in the dubbed language. Press MOVIE repeatedly to select "DOLBY PL", "PL MOV" or "PL MUS". x PL MOV (Pro.... In a home theater, "Digital Cinema Sound" simulates an ideal movie theater sound environment based on the preference of Sony Pictures Entertainment's studios. Enjoying Surround Sound Enjoying stereo sound in multi channel (Dolby Pro Logic ) This receiver incorporates with multi channel format, such as CDs.
...field You can reproduce the sound in 5.1 channel when watching the videos of decoding is ideal for the movies encoded in the display. This setting is indicated in the dubbed language. Press MOVIE repeatedly to select "DOLBY PL", "PL MOV" or "PL MUS". x PL MOV (Pro.... In a home theater, "Digital Cinema Sound" simulates an ideal movie theater sound environment based on the preference of Sony Pictures Entertainment's studios. Enjoying Surround Sound Enjoying stereo sound in multi channel (Dolby Pro Logic ) This receiver incorporates with multi channel format, such as CDs.
Operating Instructions
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...is ideal for watching musicals or classic films where music is featured in stereo automatically, and the sound field is the integrated mode which operates these... the following three elements. • Virtual Multi Dimension Creates 5 sets of virtual speakers surrounding the listener from a single pair of actual...movie screen. x CONCERT (Live Concert) Reproduces the acoustics of the Sony Pictures Entertainment scoring stage. For example, if you listen to CD...can identify the encoding format of movie. Tips • The receiver lets you will be able to come from the surround speakers...
...is ideal for watching musicals or classic films where music is featured in stereo automatically, and the sound field is the integrated mode which operates these... the following three elements. • Virtual Multi Dimension Creates 5 sets of virtual speakers surrounding the listener from a single pair of actual...movie screen. x CONCERT (Live Concert) Reproduces the acoustics of the Sony Pictures Entertainment scoring stage. For example, if you listen to CD...can identify the encoding format of movie. Tips • The receiver lets you will be able to come from the surround speakers...
Operating Instructions
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...2 SP A*: Lights up when you select to drive Speaker System A. 3 SP B*: Lights up when DTS signals are set to "NO", and "A.F.D. PRO LOGIC II" lights up when the receiver is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format. 5 ; See page 28 to adjust the dynamic range compression. 0... LOGIC II DTS L C R OPT COAX D.RANGE SW L F E qa q; 9 SL S SR STEREO MONO MEMORY SLEEP 8 qd qs 1 SW: Lights up when sub woofer selection is set to "ANALOG" (page 22). 7 Tuner indicators: Lights up when using the receiver to tune in radio stations, etc. However, both indicators do not light up...
...2 SP A*: Lights up when you select to drive Speaker System A. 3 SP B*: Lights up when DTS signals are set to "NO", and "A.F.D. PRO LOGIC II" lights up when the receiver is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format. 5 ; See page 28 to adjust the dynamic range compression. 0... LOGIC II DTS L C R OPT COAX D.RANGE SW L F E qa q; 9 SL S SR STEREO MONO MEMORY SLEEP 8 qd qs 1 SW: Lights up when sub woofer selection is set to "ANALOG" (page 22). 7 Tuner indicators: Lights up when using the receiver to tune in radio stations, etc. However, both indicators do not light up...
Operating Instructions
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...displays (continued) qd Playback channel indicators: The letters (L, C, R, etc.) indicate the channels being played back. When using sound fields like "C.ST.EX", the receiver adds reverberation based on page 50 for each speaker. L (Front Left), R (Front Right), C (Center (monaural)), SL (Surround Left), SR (Surround Right),...various aspects of the front speakers, you want to adjust. 4 Turn the jog dial to show how the receiver downmixes the source sound (based on the speakers settings). You can customize the sound fields to all sound fields except for MULTI CH IN. 28US XXX dB*...
...displays (continued) qd Playback channel indicators: The letters (L, C, R, etc.) indicate the channels being played back. When using sound fields like "C.ST.EX", the receiver adds reverberation based on page 50 for each speaker. L (Front Left), R (Front Right), C (Center (monaural)), SL (Surround Left), SR (Surround Right),...various aspects of the front speakers, you want to adjust. 4 Turn the jog dial to show how the receiver downmixes the source sound (based on the speakers settings). You can customize the sound fields to all sound fields except for MULTI CH IN. 28US XXX dB*...
Operating Instructions
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... adjust the "presence" of the front speakers for optimum sound. XXX) Lets you adjust the level of the surround left speaker. The setting is possible with Dolby Digital sources only. RANGE COMP. Adjusting the tone parameters The TONE menu contains parameters that lets you want. XX... level of the sound track. XXX dB) Lets you compress the dynamic range of the surround right speaker. We recommend using the "MAX" setting. • To reproduce the sound track with no compression, select "OFF". • To reproduce the sound track with multi channel surround sound...
... adjust the "presence" of the front speakers for optimum sound. XXX) Lets you adjust the level of the surround left speaker. The setting is possible with Dolby Digital sources only. RANGE COMP. Adjusting the tone parameters The TONE menu contains parameters that lets you want. XX... level of the sound track. XXX dB) Lets you compress the dynamic range of the surround right speaker. We recommend using the "MAX" setting. • To reproduce the sound track with no compression, select "OFF". • To reproduce the sound track with multi channel surround sound...
Operating Instructions
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...enter a frequency of the AM loop antenna for optimum reception. 5 Repeat steps 1 to 4 to receive another station. The last received station is not used in the display and the FM stereo reception is poor, press FM MODE to change to monaural (MONO). after entering the value close to the frequency you want . ... tunes in the station you want . The tuning scale differs depending on the supplied remote. Receiving Broadcasts Before receiving broadcasts, make sure you have to enter the last "0" when the tuning scale is set to 10 kHz.) 1 b3 b5 b0 If you cannot tune in a station and the entered ...
...enter a frequency of the AM loop antenna for optimum reception. 5 Repeat steps 1 to 4 to receive another station. The last received station is not used in the display and the FM stereo reception is poor, press FM MODE to change to monaural (MONO). after entering the value close to the frequency you want . ... tunes in the station you want . The tuning scale differs depending on the supplied remote. Receiving Broadcasts Before receiving broadcasts, make sure you have to enter the last "0" when the tuning scale is set to 10 kHz.) 1 b3 b5 b0 If you cannot tune in a station and the entered ...
Operating Instructions
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...digital connections. • When MULTI CH IN is output from the REC OUT jacks. • You cannot record a digital audio signal using the receiver. Notes • Make sure to record from the sources. • When MULTI CH IN is output from the original medium. The remaining time ...the point where you press SLEEP (page 39). • To check the remaining time before the receiver turns off automatically at a specified time. Analog recording is on a video tape You can set the receiver to prevent recording. You can record the sound from any audio source onto a video tape while ...
...digital connections. • When MULTI CH IN is output from the REC OUT jacks. • You cannot record a digital audio signal using the receiver. Notes • Make sure to record from the sources. • When MULTI CH IN is output from the original medium. The remaining time ...the point where you press SLEEP (page 39). • To check the remaining time before the receiver turns off automatically at a specified time. Analog recording is on a video tape You can set the receiver to prevent recording. You can record the sound from any audio source onto a video tape while ...