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Home Theatr e System ©2009 Sony Corporation 4-143-280- 12 (1) HT -FS3 Operating Instructions.
2 GB 3 Do not expose batt eries or appa ratus with batt ery- instal led to excessi v e heat s uch as s u nshin e, fir e or the like. Do not install the app liance in a con fined sp ace, such as a bookcase or buil t-in cabine t.
3 GB On safety • Should any solid object or liqui d fall into t he system, unplug th e system and have it checked by qualifie d personnel before o perating it any f urther. • Do not cli mb on the s ubwoofer, as you m ay fall down and injure yo urself, or syst em damage ma y result.
4 GB Copy rights This system incorporate s Dolby* Digita l and Pro Logic Surround an d the DTS** Digital Sur round Sys tem. * Manufa ctured under licens e from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logi c”, and the dou ble-D sy mbol are tradema rks of Dolby Laboratorie s.
5 GB Precautions ... .... .............. ............... ...........3 About th e S-AIR fun c tion ......... ...............4 Getting Started Unpackin g ............... ............... ........... .......6 Installi ng the s ystem .......... ...........
6 GB Inserting batteries into the remote You can co ntrol th e syste m using the suppli e d remote . Insert two R6 ( size AA) ba tteries b y matching the + an d – ends on the batt e ries t o the ma rkings insi de the compartment. • Do not leave the r emote in an extreme ly hot or hu m id p lace.
7 GB Getting Started Install th e subwoofer and speake rs as shown in the illustrati o n below. • Do not bloc k the heat ventilat ion on the rear panel of the subwoofe r. • Do not cov er the grill of the subw oofer. • It is recomme nded to p lace t he subwoofer o n the front ed ge of a tabl e or ra ck, etc.
8 GB • Both sp eakers should be pointed straight forward. Do not place the spe akers at an angle. • It is recommended to pl ace the speaker s on the ed ge of a t able or rack, etc.
9 GB Getting Started To install the speakers on a flat surface Before yo u install the speake rs, be s ure to atta ch the su pplied foot pads to prevent vibrati on or movem ent as show n in th e illustra tion bel ow. You nee d to attach the su pplied foo t pads to both the right and l eft spea kers.
10 GB • Use scre ws that are suitable fo r the wa ll materi al and strength. As a plaster b oard wall is e s pecia lly fragile, attach the screws se curely to a beam and fasten them to the wall. In s tall the speakers on a vertical and flat wal l where reinfor ceme nt is applied.
11 GB Getting Started The co nnector of the speake r cords is colo r-coded depe nding on the type of sp eaker. Connect th e speaker cor ds to matc h the color o f the SPEAKER jack s of the subwoofer. Connecting the speakers ANTENNA AM FM 75 COAXIAL HDMI TV OUT SAT/CA TV IN DVD IN BD IN EZW-T100 SPEAKER ONL Y FOR SS-FS3 R L DMPORT DC 5V 0.
12 GB Sony rec ommends that y ou connect components to the system using HDMI cable s . With HDM I, you c an easily e njoy bot h high quali ty sound an d high qua lity im ages. For de tails on the Co ntro l for H DMI f unct ion, re fer to ““BRA VIA ” Syn c Feat ures” (p age 29 ).
13 GB Getting Started Connec ting a Blu-ra y Disc player ( recorder), “ PlayStat ion 3,” DVD play er (record er), satel lite/cable television tuner, etc. Notes on HDMI connections • Use a High Spe ed HDMI ca ble. If yo u use a Standa rd HDMI cabl e, 1080 p images may no t be displaye d proper ly.
14 GB When you connect a DVD player (r e corder) , satelli te/cable tele vision tuner , “PlayStation 2,” etc., that has no HDMI j a cks, conn ect to the s ystem using the OP TICAL DIGITAL 1 IN or COAXIAL DIGITAL 2 IN jack.
15 GB Getting Started Connec ting a com ponent to the COAXIAL DIGI TAL 2 I N jack • The OPTICAL TV IN j ack has priority wh en you connect bot h the audio outpu t of the TV to the OPTIC AL TV IN and AUDIO IN jack of t he system.
16 GB Depend ing on the aud io outp ut settin gs of t he conne cted c ompone nt, the s ound may ou tput in 2 channe l sound format on ly. In this cas e, set the co nnec ted com ponent to ou tput the sound in m ulti chan nel soun d forma t (PCM, D TS, Dol by Digi tal).
17 GB Getting Started Connec ting the A M loop antenna (ae rial) The sha pe an d the l ength of the anten na (ae rial) ar e desi gned to re ceive A M s ignals. Do no t disma ntle or roll up the antenna (a erial). 1 Remove only th e loop part fro m the plastic s tand.
18 GB Connec ting the F M wire anten na (aeri al) Connect the FM wire antenna (aerial) to the FM 75 Ω COAXIAL jack. • Be su re to full y extend th e FM wire antenna (aerial) . • After connecting th e FM wire antenn a (aerial), kee p it as horizon tal as possible .
19 GB Getting Started Conn ectin g the D IGITA L MEDIA PORT ada pter You can en joy soun d from t he con nected c omponent on the sy stem b y connect ing the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter. Conn ect t he AC p o wer cord (mains lead) last. • Do not connect o r disconnec t the DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adap ter while the system is turned on.
20 GB Using the wire less system The syste m is compatib le with the S-AIR function, w hich allo ws sound trans mission between the subwo ofer and S-AIR prod uct (not su pplied ). Whe n you purc hase the S-AIR prod uct, you ne ed to establis h sound transmission.
21 GB Pl ay b ack Op t i on s For more information, r efer to th e pages indicate d in pare ntheses. Top pa nel (s ubwoof er) A ?/1 ( on/ standby) Press to tu rn the sy stem o n or off. B INPU T SELE CTOR Press to select the input so urce to play back.
22 GB Front p anel displa y (sub woof er) About the indications in the front panel display A POWER / ACTIVE S TANDBY indicator Lights as follows : Green: the syste m is turned on. No light: th e system is turned off. Ambe r: while the syst em is tur ned off, the Contro l for H DMI func tion or th e S-AIR STAND BY MODE function is working.
23 GB Pl ay b ack Op t i on s Remote control Here de scribe s the buttons for am plifier operat ion only . See page 39 for the button s for operat ion of th e connect ed com ponen ts. • Poin t the remote at the remot e sensor in the front panel dis play.
24 GB 1 Turn on the TV and choose a program. Refer to t he op eratin g inst ruction s of your TV for de tails . 2 Turn the system on. 3 Press TV (white) on th e remote.
25 GB Pl ay b ack Op t i on s Enjoying sa tellite/cable television tuner 1 Turn on the TV. Refer to t he op eratin g inst ruction s of your TV for de tails . 2 Turn the satel lite/cable television tuner and the system on. 3 Press SAT/CATV on the remote.
26 GB Enjoy ing a conne cted component through d igital connec tion You ca n enjoy an opt ically co nnected compon ent by pres sing D IGITA L 1 o n the remot e, and a c oaxial ly conne cted com ponen t by DIGITAL 2. 1 Turn the component an d the system on.
27 GB Surrou nd Function Selec ting th e sound fie ld This sys tem can cr eate m ulti chan nel surr ound sound. You c an select o ne of the opt imized sound fields fr om sys tem’s preprog ramm ed sound fields. Press SOUND FIELD. The prese nt soun d field a ppears.
28 GB You ca n enjo y sound ef fects and t o hear th e dialog clearly even at a low v olume level using thi s functi on. This f unctio n is useful fo r enjoyi ng sou nd at night. Press NIGHT MODE. To ca ncel the ni ght mode , pre ss NIGHT MODE again. • You can listen to Dolby Di gital sound a t low volum e by using AUDIO DRC (page 44).
29 GB “BRA VIA” Sync Features By conn ecting Sony co mponen ts that ar e compatible with the “ BRAVIA” Sync with an HDMI cable (not supplied), o pera tion is simplif ied as below: • On e-Tou.
30 GB 3 Select the input of the system connected to the component you want to watch (BD, DV D, SAT/CATV), and switch the HDMI input o f the TV, so that an image from the connected component is displayed. 4 Set the Co ntrol for HDMI function of t he TV to on .
31 GB “BRA VIA” Sync Features Setting the Control for HDMI function to off Set the Control for HDMI function to off whe n you connec t components not c ompatible with the “BRA VIA” Sy nc, or that do not have H DMI jacks, etc. 1 Press AMP MENU.
32 GB You can en joy the T V sound f rom the sp eakers of the sy stem by means of a simpl e operat ion. For d eta ils , see t he op era tin g inst ruct ion s of the TV. Press ?/1 to turn on t he system. The so und is output from the speak er of the system .
33 GB “BRA VIA” Sync Features Using t he input buttons of the remote The input butto ns (TV (white), BD, DVD, SAT/ CATV) work as fol lows when the Cont rol for HDMI functi o n is s et to on.
34 GB If a “BRA VIA” Sy nc-com patible TV is connecte d to the sy stem, and the system is in active standby mode, if the TV is turned of f, HDMI si gnal tr ansmission s tops, and p o wer cons umption i s reduce d. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press x / X rep eatedly until “SET HDMI” appears, then press or c .
35 GB T une r F unct ions You can pres et 20 FM s tations , and 10 AM statio ns. Before tuning, make sure to turn th e volume down to minimum. 1 Press TUNER/BAND. You can change “ FM” o r “AM” by pressi ng TUNER/BAND. 2 Press and hold TUNING + or – until the auto scanning starts.
36 GB Preset r a dio st a tions in the system’ s memory fi rst (see “P reset ting ra dio stati ons” (p age 35 )). 1 Press TUNER/BAND. The last rece ived stat ion is tun ed in. You can change “ FM” o r “AM” by pressi ng TUNER/BAND. 2 Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to select the preset station.
37 GB T une r F unct ions Namin g preset stat ions You can en ter a nam e for preset stat ions. The se names (for examp le, “X YZ”) appear in t he fr ont panel di splay wh en a stat ion is se lected. You can enter a na me of up t o 8 charac ters fo r inpu ts a nd di spla y it .
38 GB What i s the Radio Dat a System? The Radio Dat a System (R DS) is a broadcasti ng service that allo ws radio s tations to send add ition al in fo rmat ion alon g wi th th e reg ula r program signal. This tune r offers conve nient RDS featur es, such as station name displ ay.
39 GB Adv anced Settings You can co ntrol c onnec ted Sony comp onent s with the r e mote of t h is syste m. Some functi ons may n ot be sele ctab le de pendi ng on the eq uipme nt. In that ca se, sele ct them using the remo te control s u pplied w ith the equipment.
40 GB To control the Blu-ray Disc/DVD/ Hard disc recorder 6 TOOLS/ OPTIONS Enable s you to access various vi ewing opt ions and change/make adjust ments ac cording to the source and scr een format. 7 (Muting) Press to turn off th e sound. 8 2 +/– Pres s to adjus t the vol ume.
41 GB Adv anced Settings To control the Blu-ray Disc/DVD player To control the HDD/DVD COMBO To control the satellite/cable television tuner • The above explanation s are intended to serve as an example only. Depending on the comp onent, the above opera tions may no t be possibl e, or may opera te differentl y than described.
42 GB You ca n change the fa ctory s ettings of the input buttons to suit the components in your system. For exam ple, if yo u connec t a Blu-r ay Disc player to the DVD jack on th e system , you can set the D VD button on th is remote to contr ol the Blu-ra y Disc pla yer.
43 GB Adv anced Settings Using t he AMP menu You can set the fo llowing it ems with AMP MENU on the remote . The defaul t settings a r e underlin e d. 1) Refer to ““BRAVIA” Sync Feat ures” (page 29). 2) This sett ing appea rs only when “ CTRL: HDM I” is set to “ ON.
44 GB Setti ng the su bwoofer le vel (SW LEVEL) You can use the SW LEV EL menu t o adjust t he level of th e subwoof er. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press x / X repeatedly un til “LEVEL” appears, then press or c . 3 Press x / X repeated ly until “SW LEVE L” appears, then press or c .
45 GB Adv anced Settings Adjust ing the b ass and trebl e level (BASS, TREBLE) You can adjust the bass and treble level easily. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press x / X repeatedly un til “TONE” appears, then press or c . 3 Press x / X repeatedly un til “BASS” or “TREBLE” appears, then press or c .
46 GB Enjoy ing multiplex broadcast soun d (DUAL MONO) You c an enj oy mu ltiple x broa dcast soun d whe n the syst em rece ives an AC -3 mult iplex br oadcas t signal .
47 GB Adv anced Settings Chan ging t he bri ghtness of the front panel display (DIMME R) The brig htness of the front panel disp lay can b e set to on e of 2 levels . 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press X / x repeat edly unti l “SYSTEM” appears, then press or c .
48 GB Using t he sleep timer (SLEEP) You can set th e system to turn o ff at a pres et time when yo u sleep l istenin g to music . You can preset th e time in 10 minute s decrements. 1 Press AMP MENU. 2 Press x / X repeat edly unti l “SYSTEM” appears, then press or c .
49 GB Adv anced Settings The syste m is compatib le with the S-AIR functi on (pa ge 6 4), wh ich allows sound transmi ssion betwe en the sys tem an d an S-A IR rece iver ( not s uppl ied). About S-AIR products There are tw o types of S-AIR pro ducts. • S-AIR main unit ( this su bwoofer): This is fo r tran smitti ng sou nd.
50 GB 2 Insert the wireless transm itter. • Inser t the wire less transm itter wit h the S-AI R logo facing up. • Inser t the wire less tran smitte r so that the V marks a re alig ned. • Do not inse rt anything oth er than the wirele ss transm itter into the EZW-T 100 slot.
51 GB Adv anced Settings Establ ishing sound transmission between the subw oofer an d S-AIR sub u nit (ID sett ing) Simply b y matching t h e ID of the subwo ofer and the S-AI R sub unit, you can estab lish so und trans mission. To set the ID of the subwoofer 1 Turn on the subwoofer .
52 GB To use multiple S-AIR main units You can use multiple S-AIR main units by settin g a different ID for each compon ent. Enjoying th e system’s sound in another room You c an enjoy the system ’s sou nd by usin g the S-AIR receiver . The S-AIR rece iver can be plac ed in an other roo m for enjo ying the s yste m’s sound t here.
53 GB Adv anced Settings 4 Press X / x to selec t the desired set ting. • “PART Y”: T he S-AIR receiv er outpu ts sound acc ording t o functions set on t h e subwoo fer. • “SEPAR ATE”: Yo u can se t the desi red func tion fo r the S- AIR receiv er w hile func tions of the subw oofer do n ot cha nge.
54 GB 2 Press X / x repeated ly until “SET S -AIR” appears in the front panel display, then press or c . • When the wireless tr ansmitt er is not inser ted in the subwoofe r, “SET S-AIR” cann ot be selec ted. 3 Press x / X repeatedly u ntil “S-AIR STBY” app ears in the front panel display, then press or c .
55 GB Adv anced Settings x After pai ring Sound tra nsmission is esta blished be twe en th e paired subwoo fer and S- AIR su b unit(s) only. To perform pairing 1 Place the S-AIR sub unit that you want to pair near the subwoofer. 2 Match the IDs of the subwoofer an d the S-AIR sub uni t.
56 GB 7 Start pairing of the S- AIR sub unit. Refer t o the oper a ting inst ructions of the S-AI R sub uni t. When sound tran smission is established, “COMP LETE” ap pears f or two sec onds in the fron t panel display. • Perfor m pairing with in several minu tes of Step 6.
57 GB Adv anced Settings 4 Press X / x to selec t the desired set ting. • “AUTO”: Normally select th is. The system changes “RF CHANGE” to “ON” or “O FF” au toma tically. • “ON”: The syst em transmits sound by searchi n g for the better channe l for tran sm ittin g.
58 GB When S-AIR reception is poor Chec k the follo wing. Keep cords that are connected to the S-AIR product (AC power cord (mains lead), speaker cords, or other cor ds) away from the wireless adapter and slot. Keep as much space as possible around S-AIR produ ct s.
59 GB Additional I nformation If you experi ence any of the f ollowing difficu lties while using the system, use this troubles hootin g guide t o help re medy th e proble m before r equest ing repa irs. Sh ould any proble m persist, co nsult yo ur nearest Sony dealer .
60 GB • If you re sume pl ayback of a disc w hen volume is maximu m, there may be no sound. In this case, tu rn dow n the volu me, t urn off the s ystem and turn on again. Sound is interr upted or there is noi se. • Check the output aud io for mats suppo rted by thi s syst em on pag e 62.
61 GB Additional I nformation The S-AIR function S-AIR connection is not established (sound tran smiss ion is not e stab lish ed), e .g., the indicator of the S-AIR sub unit turns off, flas hes , or t urn s re d. • If you use anoth er S-AIR main unit, place it more than 8 m (about 25 feet) away from the S-AIR main unit you are usin g.
62 GB If the system still does not operate properly after performing the above measures, reset the system as follows: Use buttons on the system for this op eration. 1 Press ?/1 to t urn on the power. 2 Press INPUT SELECTO R, VOLUME – and ?/1 at the same t ime.
63 GB Additional I nformation HDMI section Connector HDMI TM Co nne cter Video inputs/outputs BD, DVD, SAT/CATV: 640 × 480p@60 Hz 720 × 480p@59.94 /60 Hz 1280 × 720 p@59.
64 GB Dolb y Dig ita l This movie theater so u nd format is more advance d than Do lby Sur round P ro Logi c. In thi s forma t, the s urround speak ers o utpu t stere o sound with an ex pande d freque ncy ra nge, and a subwo ofer cha nnel for deep ba ss is indepen dently pr ovided.
65 GB Additional I nformation color sp ace ba sed on th e xvYC C spec ification s and is a trad emark of Sony C orpora tion. xvYCC is an intern ational s tandard of the techni cal spec ificati ons of t he exten ded-g amut color space for v ideo s ignals .
66 GB A A/V SYNC 45 AMP menu 43 A UDIO 45 , 46 A UDIO DRC 44 B BA S S 45 Blu-ray Disc player (recorder) conn ecting 13 C CTRL: HDMI 31 D DIGIT AL MEDIA POR T conn ecting 19 DIMMER 47 DISPLA Y 37 , 47 .
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