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STR-K890
About the indicators on the display
SW
LFE
SP A
SP B
LC
SL S
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D EX
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PL IIx
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PL OPT DTS
 
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Name Function
ASW Lights up when the audio signal 
is output from the SUB 
WOOFER jack.
BLFE Lights up when the disc being 
played back contains an LFE 
(Low Frequency Effect) 
channel and the LFE channel 
signal is actually being 
reproduced.
CSP A/SP B Lights up according to the 
speaker system used.
However, these indicators do 
not light upif thespeaker output 
is turned off or if a headphone is 
connected.
D; D (EX) Lights up when the receiver is 
decoding Dolby Digital signals. 
“; D EX” lights up when the 
receiver is decoding Dolby 
Digital Surround EX signals.
Note
When playing a Dolby Digital 
format disc, be sure that you 
have made digital connections 
and that INPUT MODE is not 
set to “ANALOG”.
E; PL II (x) Lights up when the Pro Logic II 
Movie/Music/Game decoder is 
activated. 
“; PL IIx” lights up when the 
Pro Logic IIx Movie/Music/
Game decoder is activated.
Note
Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding 
does not function for DTS 
format signals or for signals 
with a sampling frequency of 
more than 48 kHz.
Name Function
F; PL Lights up when the receiver 
applies Pro Logic processing to 
2 channel signals in order to 
output the center and surround 
channel signals.
GOPT Lights up when VIDEO 2 input 
is selected. However, 
“UNLOCK” appears on the 
display if no digital signal is 
input through the OPTICAL 
jack. 
“OPT” alsolights upwhenSAT 
input is selected if
–INPUT MODE is set to 
“AUTO IN” and the source 
signal is a digital signal being 
input through the OPTICAL 
jack.
–INPUT MODE is set to “OPT 
IN”.
HDTS (-ES)/
(96/24) Lights up when the receiver is 
decoding DTS signals. 
“DTS-ES” lights up when the 
receiver is decoding DTS-ES 
signals.
“DTS96/24”lightsup whenthe
receiver is decoding DTS 96 
kHz/24 bit signals. 
Note
When playing a DTS format 
disc,besure thatyou havemade 
digital connections and that 
INPUT MODE is not set to 
“ANALOG”.
IMEMORY Lights up when a memory 
function, such as Preset 
Memory, etc., is activated.
JTuner 
indicators Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in radio stations, 
etc.
KPreset 
station 
indicators
Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in preset radio 
stations. For details on 
presetting radio stations.
LD.RANGE Lights up when dynamic range 
compression is activated.
MNEO:6 Lights up when DTS Neo:6 
Cinema/Music decoder is 
activated.
NCOAX Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUTO IN” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
COAXIAL jack, or when 
INPUTMODE is set to “COAX 
IN”. 
OPlayback 
channel 
indicators 
L
R
C
SL 
SR 
S
SB
The letters (L, C, R, etc.) 
indicate the channels being 
played back. The boxes around 
the letters vary to show how the 
receiver downmixes the source 
sound. 
Front Left
Front Right
Center (monaural)
Surround Left
Surround Right
Surround (monaural or the 
surround components obtained 
by Pro Logic processing)
Surround Back (the surround 
back components obtained by 
6.1 channel decoding)
Example:
Recording format (Front/
Surround): 3/2.1
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO
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