SERVICE MANUAL
Sony Corporation
Audio&Video Business Group
Published by Sony Techno Create Corporation
STR-DA5500ES
SPECIFICATIONS
MULTI CHANNEL AV RECEIVER
9-889-591-02
2009H05-1
© 2009.08
US Model
Canadian Model
AEP Model
UK Model
Ver. 1.1 2009.08
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This receiver incorporates Dolby* Digital
and Pro Logic Surround and the DTS**
Digital Surround System.
* Manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories.
Dolby and the double-D symbol are
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
** Manufactured under license under
U.S. Patent #’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674;
5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,226,616;
6,487,535; 7,212,872; 7,333,929;
7,392,195; 7,272,567 & other U.S. and
worldwide patents issued & pending.
DTS is a registered trademark and the
DTS logos, Symbol, DTS-HD and DTS-
HD Master Audio are trademarks of DTS,
Inc. © 1996-2008 DTS, Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
“Neural-THX” and “neural THX” introduced
in the Operating Instructions and displayed
in the display window and on the GUI menu
screen mean Neural-THX Surround.
This product using Neural-THX® Surround
is manufactured under license from Neural
Audio Corporation and THX Ltd. Sony
Corporation hereby grants the user a non-
exclusive, non-transferable, limited right of
use to this product under USA and foreign
patent, patent pending and other technology
or trademarks owned by Neural Audio Cor-
poration and THX Ltd. “Neural Surround”,
“Neural Audio”, “Neural” and “NRL” are
trademarks and logos owned by Neural
Audio Corporation, THX is a trademark of
THX Ltd., which may be registered in some
jurisdictions. All rights reserved.
This receiver incorporates High-Definition
Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) technology.
HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition
Multimedia Interface are trademarks or regis-
tered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
SIRIUS, XM and all related marks and logos
are trademarks of Sirius XM Radio Inc. and
its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Service
not available in Alaska and Hawaii.
The font type (Shin Go R) installed in this
receiver is provided by MORISAWA &
COMPANY LTD. These names are the trade-
marks of MORISAWA & COMPANY LTD.,
and the copyright of the font also belongs to
MORISAWA & COMPANY LTD.
iPod is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered
in the U.S. and other countries. All other
trademarks and registered trademarks are of
their respective holders. In this manual, ™
and ® marks are not specified.
The Bluetooth word mark and logos are
owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any
use of such marks by Sony Corporation is
under license. Other trademarks and trade
names are those of their respective owners.
“BRAVIA” Sync is a trademark of Sony
Corporation.
DLNA and DLNA CERTIFIED are trade-
marks and/or service marks of the Digital
Living Network Alliance.
VAIO is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, and
Windows Media are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
Intel, Intel Core, and Pentium are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation
or its subsidiaries in the United States and
other countries.
Rhapsody & the Rhapsody logo are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
RealNetworks, Inc.
SHOUTcast® is a registered trademark of
AOL LLC.
THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER
THE VC-1 PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE
FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COM-
MERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO
(i) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE VC-1 STANDARD (“VC-1
VIDEO”) AND/OR
(ii) DECODE VC-1 VIDEO THAT
WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER
ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON-
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR WAS
OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER
LICENSED TO PROVIDE
VC-1 VIDEO.
NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL
BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE
OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA, L.L.C. SEE
HTTP://WWW.MPEGLA.COM
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology
and patents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS
and Thomson.
“x.v.Color (x.v.Colour)” and “x.v.Color
(x.v.Colour)” logo are trademarks of Sony
Corporation.
This product incorporates copyright protec-
tion technology that is protected by U.S.
patents and other intellectual property rights.
Use of this copyright protection technology
must be authorized by Macrovision, and is
intended for home and other limited viewing
uses only unless otherwise authorized by
Macrovision. Reverse engineering or disas-
sembly is prohibited.
AUDIO POWER
SPECIFICATIONS
POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL
HARMONIC DISTORTION:
With 8 ohm loads, both channels driven, from
20 – 20,000 Hz; rated 120 watts per channel
minimum RMS power, with no more than
0.09% total harmonic distortion from 250
milliwatts to rated output.
Amplifier section
POWER OUTPUT
Rated Power Output at Stereo Mode1) 2)
(8 ohms 20 Hz – 20 kHz,
THD 0.09%):
120W+120W
Reference Power Output at Stereo Mode
(4 ohms 20 Hz – 20 kHz,
THD 0.15%):
120 W + 120 W
Reference Power Output
(8 ohms 1 kHz, THD 0.7%)
FRONT
2)
:
130 W + 130 W
CENTER
2)
: 130 W
SURROUND
2)
:
130 W + 130 W
SURROUND BACK
2)
:
130 W + 130 W
Reference Power Output
(4 ohms 1 kHz, THD 0.7%)
FRONT
2)
:
120 W + 120 W
CENTER
2)
: 120 W
SURROUND
2)
:
120 W + 120 W
SURROUND BACK
2)
:
120 W + 120 W
1)Depending on the sound field settings and the
source, there may be no sound output.
2)Measured under the following conditions:
Power requirements: 120 V AC, 60 Hz (in USA
and Canada), 230 V AC, 50/60 Hz (in Europe and
general area)
(US model only)
Frequency response
Inputs (Analog)
Inputs (Digital)
Outputs
FM tuner section
Tuning range
Antenna (aerial) FM wire antenna (aerial)
PHONO RIAA equalization
curve ± 1.0 dB (20 Hz –
20 kHz)
MULTI CHANNEL
INPUT, SA-CD/CD,
TAPE, MD, TV,
VIDEO 1/2, BD, DVD,
SAT
10 Hz – 100 kHz
± 3 dB
PHONO Sensitivity: 2.5 mV
Impedance: 50 kohms
S/N: 90 dB (A, 20 kHz
LPF)
MULTI CHANNEL
INPUT, SA-CD/CD,
TAPE, MD, TV,
VIDEO 1/2, BD, DVD,
SAT
Sensitivity: 150 mV
Impedance: 50 kohms
S/N: 100 dB (A,
20 kHz LPF)
BD, DVD,
SA-CD/CD (Coaxial)
Impedance: 75 ohms
S/N: 96 dB (A, 20 kHz
LPF)
VIDEO 1/2, TV, SAT,
TAPE, MD (Optical)
S/N: 96 dB
(A, 20 kHz LPF)
TAPE (REC OUT),
MD (REC OUT),
VIDEO 1, ZONE 2,
ZONE 3 (AUDIO OUT)
Voltage:150 mV
Impedance: 1 kohm
FRONT L/R, CENTER,
SURROUND L/R,
SURROUND BACK L/R
,
SUBWOOFER
Voltage: 2 V
Impedance: 1 kohm
Area Tuning scale
10 kHz step 9 kHz step
USA, Canada 530 –
1,710 kHz
531 –
1,710 kHz
Europe – 531 –
1,602 kHz
Antenna (aerial) terminals
75 ohms, unbalanced
AM tuner section
Tuning range 531 – 1,602 kHz
Intermediate frequency
450 kHz
Antenna (aerial) Loop antenna (aerial)
Video section
Inputs/Outputs
Video: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms
COMPONENT VIDEO:
Y: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms
PB/CB: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms
PR/CR: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms
80 MHz HD Pass Through
HDMI Video
Input/Output (HDMI Repeater block)
640 × 480p@60 Hz
720 × 480p@59.94/60 Hz
1280 × 720p@59.94/60 Hz
1920 × 1080i@59.94/60 Hz
1920 × 1080p@59.94/60 Hz
720 × 576p@50 Hz
1280 × 720p@50 Hz
1920 × 1080i@50 Hz
1920 × 1080p@50 Hz
1920 × 1080p@24 Hz
Supported playback formats
Content delivered from the device on the home
network needs to support the following formats
for you to play back content on this receiver.
* As BMP and PNG are not defined in DLNA
guidelines 1.0, image files in those formats may not be
played back properly, depending on the connected
server or the files.
Type of
content
Format Other conditions
Vid eo MPEG - 2
PS
DLNA guidelines 1.0
compliant
Maximum resolution
720 × 480
MPEG-2 System (up to
10 Mbps) mixed with
MPEG-1 Layer 1/2/3,
PCM, or AC3 audio
format
Windows
Media
Vide o
(WMV)
Maximum resolution
720 × 480
Windows Media Video
7/8/9 standard definition
(up to 2 Mbps for Main
profile) mixed with
Windows Media Audio
7/8/9 excludes all profile
of Windows Media
Audio professional
Music Linear
PCM
LPCM defined in DLNA
guidelines 1.0
MPEG-1
Layer3
(MP3)
DLNA guidelines 1.0
compliant
Windows
Media
Audio
(WMA)
DLNA guidelines 1.0
compliant
Excludes all profile of
Windows Media Audio
professional
AAC AAC_ISO defined in
DLNA guidelines 1.0
Photo JPEG DLNA guidelines 1.0
compliant
Number of pixels must
be up to 4096 × 4096
(horizontal pixels ×
vertical pixels).
BMP*
PNG*
General
Power requirements 120 V AC, 60 Hz
(in USA and Canada)
230 V AC, 50/60 Hz
(in Europe and general
area)
Power output (DIGITAL MEDIA PORT)
DC OUT: 5 V, 700 mA
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