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STR-DE875/DE975
SECTION 1
GENERAL This section is extracted
from instruction manual.
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DISPLAY
DIMMER
ON SCREEN
MEMORY SHIFT FM MODE FM AM
PRESET
TUNING TUNING
–+–+
MULTI CHANNEL DECODING
A.F.D.
SOUND FIELD MULTI /2CH A. DIRECT
DIGITAL CONCERT HALL
EQUALIZER
MUTING
INPUT MODE
MODE
2ND ROOM
FUNCTION
6.1 CH DECODING
CINEMA STUDIO EX
AA
MODE 2CH
PHONES
VIDEO 3 INPUT
VIDEO L AUDIO R
SPEAKERS
EQ
SURR
LEVEL
SET UP
NAME
ENTER
BBC
MASTER VOLUME
+
–
0
123 4 5 8
6
7qa 9
v
1?/1switch
Press to turn the receiver on and off.
2DISPLAY button
Press repeatedly to change the information on the
display window as follows:
Index name of the component or the preset station*
v
FUNCTION button indication or frequency**
v
Sound field applied to the program source
* Index name appears only when you have assigned one to the
component or preset station (see page 49). Index name does not
appear when only blank spaces have been entered, or it is the
same as the function button.
** Frequency appears only when the tuner is selected.
3DIMMER button
Press DIMMER repeatedly to adjust the brightness of
the display (5 steps).
When set to the dimmest setting, the display is turned
off. However, when you press any button, the display
becomes the brightest setting temporary.
4
The following buttons operate the built-in tuner. For
details, see “Receiving Broadcasts”starting from page 44.
PRESET TUNING +/– buttons
Scan all preset stations.
TUNING +/- buttons
Scan all the available radio stations.
MEMORY button
Press to memorize a preset station.
SHIFT button
Selects a memory page for preset stations.
FM MODE button
If “STEREO”flashes in the display and the FM stereo
reception is poor, press this button. You will not have
the stereo effect but the sound is improved.
FM button
Selects the FM band.
AM button
Selects the AM band.
5MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator
This indicator lights up when the unit is decoding
signals recorded in a multi channel format.
6Use the CINEMA STUDIO EX buttons to enjoy the
CINEMA STUDIO EX sound effects.
A/B/C buttons
Press to activate the CINEMA STUDIO EX A, B or C
sound field (page 32).
7Use the SOUND FIELD buttons to enjoy surround
sound. For details, see “Enjoying Surround Sound”
starting from page 30.
A.F.D. button / indicator
Press to set the receiver to automatically detect the
type of audio signal being input and perform proper
decoding (if necessary).
MODE button / indicator
Press to activate the sound field selection mode (page
31).
2CH button / indicator
Press to output sound from only the front (left and
right) speakers.
8MASTER VOLUME control
After turning on the component you selected, rotate to
adjust the volume.
Press MODE to display And rotate FUNCTION to select
V:XXX Any video source to enjoy with
the audio from the selected
component
A:XXX Any audio source to enjoy with
the video from the selected
component
qa INPUT MODE button
Press INPUT MODE to select the input mode for your
digital components. Each time you press the button,
the input mode of the currently selected component
switches.
Select To
AUTO 2CH Give priority to the analog audio
signals input to the AUDIO IN
(L/R) jacks when there is no
digital signals.
COAXIAL FIXED Specify the digital audio signals
input to the DIGITAL COAXIAL
input jacks.
OPTICAL FIXED Specify the digital audio signals
input to the DIGITAL OPTICAL
input jacks.
ANALOG 2CH FIXED Specify the analog audio signals
input to the AUDIO IN (L/R)
jacks.
When the MULTI CH is assigned to a specific function
using SET UP menu (page 51), “AUTO MULTI CH”
and “MULTI CH FIXED”are displayed instead of
“AUTO 2CH”and “ANALOG 2CH FIXED”.
Select To
AUTO MULTI CH Give priority to the analog audio
signals input to the MULTI CH
IN jacks when there is no digital
signals.
MULTI CH FIXED Specify the analog audio signals
input to the MULTI CH IN jacks.
92ND ROOM button (STR-DE975 only)
Press repeatedly to select the audio signals for output
to a stereo amplifier or speakers in another room (page
12).
Each press selects another audio source (except
PHONO) to be output from the 2ND ROOM jacks.
“SOURCE”selects the same program source as the
main function controls.
•Even if 2ND ROOM is set to “SOURCE”, the sound from
front speakers (L/R) is not output when the receiver is set
to MULTI CH IN.
•Only signals from components connected to the analog
inputs are output through the 2ND ROOM OUT jacks. No
signals are output from components connected to only the
digital input jacks.
0FUNCTION control
Rotate to select the component you want to use.
Toselect Rotate to display
VCR VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2
Camcorder or video game VIDEO 3 (STR-DE975 only)
DVD or LD player DVD/LD
TV or satellite tuner TV/SAT
Tape deck TAPE (STR-DE975 only)
MD or Tape deck MD/TAPE (STR-DE875 only)
MD or DAT deck MD/DAT (STR-DE975 only)
CD or SACD player CD/SACD
Built in tuner TUNER
Turntable PHONO
After selecting the component, turn on the component
you selected and play the program source.
•After selecting VCR, camcorder, video game, DVD player,
or LD player, turn on the TV and set the TV’s video input
to match the component you selected.
MODE button
Press to select and play another video/audio source in
combination with the selected component.
Each time you press the button, the display changes as
follows:
Standard display
tV:XXX tA:XXX
selected componentT