User manual SONY ST-RGX99ES

[. . . ] · If you are not going to use the receiver for a long time, be sure to disconnect the receiver from the wall outlet. To disconnect the AC power cord, grasp the plug itself; never pull the cord. · One blade of the plug is wider than the other for the purpose of safety and will fit into the wall outlet only one way. If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet, contact your dealer. [. . . ] See "MultiChannel Surround setup" starting on page 16 to set the speaker parameters before enjoying surround sound. Enjoying Surround Sound 27 Selecting a Sound Field Cursor buttons SOUND FIELD buttons LEVEL TONE You can enjoy surround sound simply by selecting one of the pre-programmed sound fields according to the program you want to listen to. 1 MULTI CHANNEL DECODING Press MODE. The current sound field is indicated in the display. Turn the jog dial or press the cursor buttons ( or ) to select the sound field you want. See the table starting on page 29 for information on each sound field. ?/1 DIMMER DISPLAY BASS BOOST TONE PRESET ­ TUNING + SHIFT ­ TUNING + MEMORY FM/AM SPEAKERS R ON r OFF A FM MODE INPUT MODE I VIDEO DVD/LD TV/SAT 5. 1CH INPUT A MD/TAPE CD TUNER AUX A. CINEMA STUDIO B SOUND FIELD 2CH MODE BASS/ TREBLE ENTER C SUR ­ LEVEL i + SET UP NAME MASTER VOLUME 2 TONE B MUTING BASS BOOST PHONES SUR Jog dial To turn the sound field off Press A. F. D. or 2CH (page 24). BASS/TREBLE Brief descriptions of buttons used to enjoy surround sound LEVEL button: Press to customize the level parameters. SUR button: Press to customize the surround parameters in the current sound field. BASS/TREBLE button: Press to adjust the tone. Cursor buttons ( / ): Use to select parameters after pressing the LEVEL, SUR, BASS/TREBLE or SET UP buttons. Jog dial: Use to adjust parameters and select sound fields (etc. ). button: Press to set the receiver to automatically detect the type of audio signal being input and perform proper decoding (if necessary). button) Automatically detects the type of audio signal being input (Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic, or standard two channel stereo) and performs the proper decoding if necessary. This mode presents the sound as it was recorded/encoded, without adding any effects. Outputs the sound from the front left and right speakers only. Standard two channel (stereo) sources completely bypass the sound field processing. Multi channel surround formats are downmixed to two channels. Set the tone to OFF while using this mode to hear the source sound exactly as it was recorded. 2 CHANNEL (Press the 2CH button) This allows you to play any source using only the front left and right speakers. Note No sound is output from the sub woofer when the 2 CHANNEL mode is selected. To listen to two channel (stereo) sources using the front left and right speakers and a sub woofer, use the AUTO FORMAT DECODING mode. 30 Understanding the Multi-Channel Surround Displays 1 2 3 4 56 7 7 8 a DIGITAL PRO LOGIC OPT COAX a dts D. RANGE TA NEWS INFO MONO STEREO L C R LFE LS S RS MEMORY 9 q; 1 ; DIGITAL This indicator lights up when a sound field other than 2 CHANNEL is selected and the receiver is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital (AC-3) format. * * However, this indicator does not light when the recording format is 2/0 or 2/0 PRO LOGIC. 8 Tuner indicators These indicators light up when using the receiver to tune in radio stations, etc. See pages 37 ­ 40 for tuner operations. 9 Play back channel indicators The letters light up to indicate the channels being played back. L: Front Left R: Front Right C: Center (monaural) LS: Left Surround RS: Right Surround S: Surround (monaural or the rear components obtained by Pro Logic processing) The boxes around the letters light up to indicate the speakers used to playback the channels. See the next page for details regarding the playback channel indicators. [. . . ] Starts play. Additional Information X CD player/ MD deck/ VCD player/ LD player/ DAT deck TV/VCR/SAT >10 CD player/ MD deck/ Tape deck/ LD player/ VCD player TV/VCR/SAT/ Tape deck/ LD player/ VCD player/ MD deck/ DAT deck Pauses play or record. (Also starts recording with components in record standby. ) x Selects channel numbers. Selects tracks numbers over 10. Stops play. POSITION* After selectig a channel, disc or track using the numeric buttons, press to enter the value. SWAP* DISC ENTER Changes the position of the small picture. [. . . ]