User manual SONY ST-RDE975

[. . . ] 4-234-334-12(2) FM Stereo FM-AM Receiver Operating Instructions STR-DE975 STR-DE875 © 2001 Sony Corporation WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. CAUTION You are cautioned that any changes or modification not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment. Precautions On safety · Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the receiver and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further. · To prevent fire, do not cover the ventilation of the receiver with newspapers, table cloths, curtains, etc. And don't place lighted candles on the receiver. · To prevent fire or shock hazards, do not place vases on the receiver. Note to CATV system installer: This reminder is provided to call CATV system installer's attention to Article 82040 of the NEC that provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical. On power sources · Before operating the receiver, check that the operating voltage is identical with your local power supply. [. . . ] Multi channel surround sound is downmixed and output from the front 2 channels. 5 ; DIGITAL This indicator lights up when the receiver is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format. 6 PRO LOGIC Lights up when the receiver applies Pro Logic processing to two channel signals in order to output the center and surround channel signals. * * However, this indicator does not light if the center and surround speakers are set to "NO", or the SPEAKERS button is set to OFF and the A. F. D. or NORMAL SURROUND sound fields are selected. 7 L. F. E. Lights up when the disc being played back contains the LFE (Low Frequency Effect) channel. When the sound of the LFE channel signal is actually being reproduced, the bars underneath the letters lights up to indicate the level. Since the LFE signal is not recorded in all parts of the input signal the bar indication will fluctuate (and may turn off) during playback. 8 SW Lights up when sub woofer selection is set to "YES" (page 20) and the audio signal is output from the SUB WOOFER jack(s). 9 Play back channel indicators The letters light up to indicate the channels being played back. The boxes around the letters vary to show how the receiver downmixes the source sound (based on the speakers setting). When using sound fields like "DIGITAL CONCERT HALL", the receiver adds reverberation based on the source sound. L: Front Left R: Front Right C: Center (monaural) SL: SurroundLeft SR: Surround Right S: Surround (monaural or the surround components obtained by Pro Logic processing) SB: Surround Back (the surround back components obtained by 6. 1 matrix decoding) Example: Recording format (Front/Surround): 3/2 Output channel: Surround speakers absent Sound Field: A. F. D. L SL C R SR Enjoying Surround Sound Note Pro Logic decoding does not function for MPEG format signals. 34 q; OPTCOAXMULTI CH IN a DTS MPEG SP. OFF a DIGITAL L. F. E. SW SL L C R SR STEREO MONO MEMORY SLEEP D. RANGE EQ PRO LOGIC SSB qh qg qf qd qs qa q; Tuner indicators These indicators light up when using the receiver to tune in radio stations, etc. See pages 44 ­ 47 for tuner operations. qa SLEEP Lights up when sleep timer is activated. qs EQ Lights when the equalizer functions. RANGE Lights up when dynamic range compression is active. See page 37 to adjust the dynamic range compression. qf DTS Lights up when DTS signals are input. Note When playing a DTS format disc, be sure that you have made digital connections and that INPUT MODE is NOT set to ANALOG (see qa on page 27). OFF Lights up when headphone is inserted or the SPEAKERS button is set to OFF. qh ; Lights up when Dolby Digital signals are input. Enjoying Surround Sound 35 Customizing Sound Fields By adjusting the surround parameters and the equalizer of the front, center, surround and surround back speakers, you can customize the sound fields to suit your particular listening situation. Once you customize a sound field, the changes are stored in memory indefinitely. [. . . ] To delay the output of an IR code Start over from step 1. In step 3, press VIDEO 1, then MACRO1 or MACRO2. This allows you to specify 1 second delay before output the next IR code. Be sure not to press MACRO1 or MACRO2 for more than 2 seconds. [. . . ]